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Independent Thinking on Laughter

Author : Dave Keeling

Publisher : Crown House Publishing Ltd

Page : 122 pages

File Size : 16,68 MB

Release : 2020-03-09

Category : Education

ISBN : 178135345X

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Dave Keeling's Independent Thinking on Laughter: Using humour as a tool to engage and motivate all learners is an uplifting manifesto packed with tips and techniques to help educators unleash the power of humour and laughter in the learning environment. Foreword by Ian Gilbert. Education is too important to be taken seriously: everyone in our schools from the youngest learner to the, ahem, 'most senior' teacher likes to laugh. And beyond the many stress-busting and morale-boosting benefits that laughter brings on an individual level, the collective rewards of laughter in the classroom setting are also numerous such as enhancing openness and teamwork, stimulating imagination and creativity and, above all, strengthening the student-teacher relationship. No one is more familiar with the power of classroom conviviality than 'stand-up educationalist' and Independent Thinking Associate Dave Keeling, who in this book takes readers on an enlightening journey into the part that humour can play in improving the learning experience for all concerned. Writing with his trademark wit, Dave shares handy hints acquired from his experience in the world of comedy and offers a veritable smorgasbord of activities for use with learners all proven to generate laughter, enhance learning and make the teacher look great. The teacher's mission, if they choose to accept it, is to take these ideas and exercises and adapt, enjoy, explore and generally mess about with them to their heart's content. An inspiring read for all teachers and educators. Independent Thinking on Laughter is an updated edition of The Little Book of Laughter (ISBN 9781781350089) and is one of a number of books in the Independent Thinking On series from the award-winning Independent Thinking Press.



The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

Author : Milan Kundera

Publisher : HarperCollins

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 42,58 MB

Release : 2023-03-28

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0063290693

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"An absolutely dazzling entertainment. . . . Arousing on every level—political, erotic, intellectual, and above all, humorous." —Newsweek "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting calls itself a novel, although it is part fairy tale, part literary criticism, part political tract, part musicology, and part autobiography. It can call itself whatever it wants to, because the whole is genius." —New York Times Rich in its stories, characters, and imaginative range, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the novel that brought Milan Kundera his first big international success in the late 1970s. Like all his work, it is valuable for far more than its historical implications. In seven wonderfully integrated parts, different aspects of human existence are magnified and reduced, reordered and emphasized, newly examined, analyzed, and experienced.



Rumi's Little Book of Love and Laughter

Author : Coleman Barks

Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing

Page : 242 pages

File Size : 42,30 MB

Release : 2016-10-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 161283373X

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Rowdy, ecstatic, and sometimes stern, these teaching stories and fables reveal new and very human properties in Rumi's vision. Included here are the notorious "Latin parts" that Reynold Nicholson felt were too unseemly to appear in English in his 1920s translation. For Rumi, anything that human beings do--however compulsive--affords a glimpse into the inner life. Here are more than 40 fables or teaching stories that deal with love, laughter, death, betrayal, and the soul. The stories are exuberant, earthy, and bursting with vitality--much like a painting by Hieronymus Bosch or Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The characters are guilty, lecherous, tricky, ribald, and finally possessors of opened souls. Barks writes: "These teaching stories are a kind of scrimshaw--intricately carved, busy figures, confused and threatening, and weirdly funny. This is an entertaining collection from one of the greatest spiritual poets of all time, rendered by his most popular translator. "The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along."--Rumi



The Little Book of Laughter

Author : Maureen Sangiorgio

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 40,5 MB

Release : 2018-07

Category : American wit and humor

ISBN : 9781642557763

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The Little Book of Laughter contains a wide range of jokes, riddles, and rhymes such as blond jokes, married couple jokes, mother-in-law jokes, office jokes, sports jokes, riddles, rhymes, limericks, and funny one-liners. Appropriate for all ages, the book includes jokes the whole family can read. The compact size makes it easy to tuck in to your handbag, beach bag, or luggage so you can pass the time while traveling, or sitting on the beach.



The Little Book of Laughnosis

Author : James Hazlerig

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 66 pages

File Size : 43,87 MB

Release : 2016-08-09

Category :

ISBN : 9781536948585

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Intense Chronic Seriosity-an affliction that causes people to smile too little and frown too much-is an epidemic in our society. Laughnosis is the cure. Unconditional Laughter-that is laughter that occurs because we decide to laugh, rather than because something is funny-has the amazing power to help us change our own brain chemistry, which leads to instant changes in mood, behavior, and outlook. In this book, hypnosis practitioner James Hazlerig shares practical laughter exercises he uses to help his changework clients take charge of their neurology and ultimately their lives. Foreword by Dave Berman, CHt, Laughter Ambassador



The Little Book of Laughter

Author : Randall Corder

Publisher : Dorrance Publishing

Page : 31 pages

File Size : 25,93 MB

Release : 2016-12-06

Category : Humor

ISBN : 1480972541

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The Little Book of Laughter by Randall Corder Humor! Laughter! The purpose of The Little Book of Laughter is to create smiles, laughter, and tears of joy and goodness. It sings the praise of life in itself.



Laughter

Author : Robert R. Provine

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 11,65 MB

Release : 2001-12-01

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 1101659254

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Do men and women laugh at the same things? Is laughter contagious? Has anyone ever really died laughing? Is laughing good for your health? Drawing upon ten years of research into this most common-yet complex and often puzzling-human phenomenon, Dr. Robert Provine, the world's leading scientific expert on laughter, investigates such aspects of his subject as its evolution, its role in social relationships, its contagiousness, its neural mechanisms, and its health benefits. This is an erudite, wide-ranging, witty, and long-overdue exploration of a frequently surprising subject.



Laughter Yoga

Author : Madan Kataria, M.D.

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 266 pages

File Size : 23,99 MB

Release : 2020-04-07

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 0143134949

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Could you use a good laugh? This definitive guide by the founder of the worldwide laughter yoga movement will show you how to giggle your way to good health! Bring laughter into your life at any time of day--no special equipment needed, no new wardrobe, no expensive classes, not even a sense of humor! Laughter yoga is all about voluntary laughter--how you can learn to laugh even in the absence of humorous stimuli, and reap the extraordinary, scientifically proven benefits, which include stress reduction, pain relief, weight loss, heightened immunity, and, especially, enhanced mood: If you act happy, you'll become happy--your body can't tell the difference! Children laugh more than 300 times a day, adults fewer than fifteen. But it's easy to start laughing again. The exercises in this book combine voluntary laughter with yogic breathing to give you a full body-mind workout. And it turns out that laughter is the fastest way to reduce stress and the best kind of cardio: Ten minutes of hearty laughter is equal to thirty minutes on the rowing machine. With Laughter Yoga, join the growing worldwide movement and discover how laughter really is the best medicine. A PENGUIN LIFE TITLE



Enjoyment of Laughter

Author : Max Eastman

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 338 pages

File Size : 23,52 MB

Release : 2017-09-29

Category : Humor

ISBN : 1351311700

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Humor at its best is a somewhat fluid and transitory element, but most books about it are illustrated with hardened old jokes from the comic papers, or classic witticisms jerked out of their context. Max Eastman, in this work, avoids this catastrophe by quoting mainly from contemporary American humor. This is not an anthology in that selections have been made with a view to making a point rather than covering the field. The purpose of Eastman's fabled work is to make the reader laugh. Since his early school days, it has seemed to him that textbooks are wrongly written in that they are conducted in a way which ignores the natural operation of the mind. As a result, the opinion is universal, and under the circumstances a fact, that in order to learn anything you have to study. Since this introduction to humor is itself near to writing a textbook, Eastman uses the very text he constructs to illustrate the manner in which textbooks should be written. Examination and classification of the kinds of humorous experience upon the basis of a theory is a science. As such, this work offers a fair chance to illustrate a method of instruction. However, the distinction between a good joke and a bad one will not prevent the reader from making bad jokes nor enable one to make good ones. There is an artistic and playful element that simply cannot be taught. Enjoyment of Laughter presents a total view of the science of laughter and draws upon some of the great American humorists to do so.