Author: Pat-a-Cake
Publisher: Pat-a-Cake
ISBN: 9781526380005
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Babies will love these bright and bold high-contrast books, perfect for sharing from birth. High-contrast colours are easy for very little babies to focus on, and along with the fun mirror, Funny Faces will engage and entertain babies as their eyesight and senses develop. The friendly animal characters will guide you through the book, and there are lots of extra sounds to make and fun things to spot. Funny Faces aids the development of babies' eyesight by using high-contrast colours, patterns with striking illustrations and a mirror to peer in to. Babies will react with delight as they look at the funny animals, play peek-a-boo, and giggle as they see themselves in the mirror. The simple text prompts parent interaction. Also available: On the Move, Splish Splash, Moo Peek-a-Boo, Animal Train, Bath Time
The Mirror of Laughter
Author: Alexander Kozintsev
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351479407
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
The Mirror of Laughter presents a theory of humor and laughter by examining their relationship to human behaviors. Kozintsev is especially interested in the relationship between biological and cultural factors that influence behaviors. He divides his work into four chapters, the first of which establishes a theme of the book, focusing on the study of meaning from the perspective of philosophy and psychology, while examining linguistic theories of humor. The second chapter examines biological data regarding laughter and the evolutionary origins of laughter and humor. It demonstrates the author's interest in studying humor objectively by detailing physiological reactions and underlying psychological issues. The third section on play, including linguistic play, distinguishes between orderly and disorderly play. While orderly play has no biological roots and is synonymous with culture, disorderly play is rooted in the pre-human past. The final chapter discusses the conflict between culture and nature and how culture has transformed the original semantics of laughter. Kozintsev seeks to understand the relationship between the biological, cultural, and social origins of humor and, from here, he seeks to create new understanding that only the alliance of several disciplines could provide. All of this is done while the author challenges many popular ideas of humor, such as that humor is inherently related to hostility. Originally written in Russian, this work makes great strides towards its goal, and it does so in an interesting and enlightening way.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351479407
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
The Mirror of Laughter presents a theory of humor and laughter by examining their relationship to human behaviors. Kozintsev is especially interested in the relationship between biological and cultural factors that influence behaviors. He divides his work into four chapters, the first of which establishes a theme of the book, focusing on the study of meaning from the perspective of philosophy and psychology, while examining linguistic theories of humor. The second chapter examines biological data regarding laughter and the evolutionary origins of laughter and humor. It demonstrates the author's interest in studying humor objectively by detailing physiological reactions and underlying psychological issues. The third section on play, including linguistic play, distinguishes between orderly and disorderly play. While orderly play has no biological roots and is synonymous with culture, disorderly play is rooted in the pre-human past. The final chapter discusses the conflict between culture and nature and how culture has transformed the original semantics of laughter. Kozintsev seeks to understand the relationship between the biological, cultural, and social origins of humor and, from here, he seeks to create new understanding that only the alliance of several disciplines could provide. All of this is done while the author challenges many popular ideas of humor, such as that humor is inherently related to hostility. Originally written in Russian, this work makes great strides towards its goal, and it does so in an interesting and enlightening way.
Funny Faces
Author: Pat-a-Cake
Publisher: Pat-a-Cake
ISBN: 9781526380005
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Babies will love these bright and bold high-contrast books, perfect for sharing from birth. High-contrast colours are easy for very little babies to focus on, and along with the fun mirror, Funny Faces will engage and entertain babies as their eyesight and senses develop. The friendly animal characters will guide you through the book, and there are lots of extra sounds to make and fun things to spot. Funny Faces aids the development of babies' eyesight by using high-contrast colours, patterns with striking illustrations and a mirror to peer in to. Babies will react with delight as they look at the funny animals, play peek-a-boo, and giggle as they see themselves in the mirror. The simple text prompts parent interaction. Also available: On the Move, Splish Splash, Moo Peek-a-Boo, Animal Train, Bath Time
Publisher: Pat-a-Cake
ISBN: 9781526380005
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Babies will love these bright and bold high-contrast books, perfect for sharing from birth. High-contrast colours are easy for very little babies to focus on, and along with the fun mirror, Funny Faces will engage and entertain babies as their eyesight and senses develop. The friendly animal characters will guide you through the book, and there are lots of extra sounds to make and fun things to spot. Funny Faces aids the development of babies' eyesight by using high-contrast colours, patterns with striking illustrations and a mirror to peer in to. Babies will react with delight as they look at the funny animals, play peek-a-boo, and giggle as they see themselves in the mirror. The simple text prompts parent interaction. Also available: On the Move, Splish Splash, Moo Peek-a-Boo, Animal Train, Bath Time
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Author: Thomas Byerley
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Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Languages : en
Pages : 466
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the mirror of literature amusement
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Pages : 548
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Pages : 548
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The Mirror of Our Anguish
Author: Douglas Radcliff-Umstead
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838619308
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Introduces to the English-reading public the seven novels and the most typical tales of that writer, whose literary fame still rests upon his achievements as a dramatist.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838619308
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Introduces to the English-reading public the seven novels and the most typical tales of that writer, whose literary fame still rests upon his achievements as a dramatist.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
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Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc.
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Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc.
Crying Laughing
Author: Lance Rubin
Publisher: Ember
ISBN: 0525644709
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A tragicomic story of bad dates, bad news, bad performances, and one girl's determination to find the funny in high school from the author of Denton Little's Deathdate. Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: she's hilarious. It might be a long wait, though. After bombing a stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie has kept her jokes to herself. Well, to herself and her dad, a former comedian and her inspiration. Then, on the second day of tenth grade, the funniest guy in school actually laughs at a comment she makes in the lunch line and asks her to join the improv troupe. Maybe he's even . . . flirting? Just when Winnie's ready to say yes to comedy again, her father reveals that he's been diagnosed with ALS. That is . . . not funny. Her dad's still making jokes, though, which feels like a good thing. And Winnie's prepared to be his straight man if that's what he wants. But is it what he needs? Caught up in a spiral of epically bad dates, bad news, and bad performances, Winnie's struggling to see the humor in it all. But finding a way to laugh is exactly what will see her through. **A Junior Library Guild Selection**
Publisher: Ember
ISBN: 0525644709
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A tragicomic story of bad dates, bad news, bad performances, and one girl's determination to find the funny in high school from the author of Denton Little's Deathdate. Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: she's hilarious. It might be a long wait, though. After bombing a stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie has kept her jokes to herself. Well, to herself and her dad, a former comedian and her inspiration. Then, on the second day of tenth grade, the funniest guy in school actually laughs at a comment she makes in the lunch line and asks her to join the improv troupe. Maybe he's even . . . flirting? Just when Winnie's ready to say yes to comedy again, her father reveals that he's been diagnosed with ALS. That is . . . not funny. Her dad's still making jokes, though, which feels like a good thing. And Winnie's prepared to be his straight man if that's what he wants. But is it what he needs? Caught up in a spiral of epically bad dates, bad news, and bad performances, Winnie's struggling to see the humor in it all. But finding a way to laugh is exactly what will see her through. **A Junior Library Guild Selection**
The Laughing Classroom
Author: Diana Loomans
Publisher: H J Kramer
ISBN: 9780915811991
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Loomans, creator of The Laughing Classroom programs, and Kolberg, founder of the Comedy Sportz improvisation theater company, describe how to build education on a foundation of silliness. They do not provide an index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: H J Kramer
ISBN: 9780915811991
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Loomans, creator of The Laughing Classroom programs, and Kolberg, founder of the Comedy Sportz improvisation theater company, describe how to build education on a foundation of silliness. They do not provide an index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Author: Thomas Byerly
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Pages : 462
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Mirror
Author: Jeannie Baker
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0763648485
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An innovative, two-in-one picture book follows a parallel day in the life of two families: one in a Western city and one in a North African village. Somewhere in Sydney, Australia, a boy and his family wake up, eat breakfast, and head out for a busy day of shopping. Meanwhile, in a small village in Morocco, a boy and his family go through their own morning routines and set out to a bustling market. In this ingenious, wordless picture book, readers are invited to compare, page by page, the activities and surroundings of children in two different cultures. Their lives may at first seem quite unalike, but a closer look reveals that there are many things, some unexpected, that connect them as well. Designed to be read side by side — one from the left and the other from the right — these intriguing stories are told entirely through richly detailed collage illustrations.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0763648485
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An innovative, two-in-one picture book follows a parallel day in the life of two families: one in a Western city and one in a North African village. Somewhere in Sydney, Australia, a boy and his family wake up, eat breakfast, and head out for a busy day of shopping. Meanwhile, in a small village in Morocco, a boy and his family go through their own morning routines and set out to a bustling market. In this ingenious, wordless picture book, readers are invited to compare, page by page, the activities and surroundings of children in two different cultures. Their lives may at first seem quite unalike, but a closer look reveals that there are many things, some unexpected, that connect them as well. Designed to be read side by side — one from the left and the other from the right — these intriguing stories are told entirely through richly detailed collage illustrations.