Download or read book Humour on the Couch written by Alessandra Lemma and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2000-05-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is primarily to highlight humour?s communicative, relational and innovative value in everyday life and in the privileged space, carved out of everyday life, that is psychotherapy. Chapter one describes philosophical, social and psychological perspectives on humour. In Chapters two and three humour is presented as a form of playing which originates in the earliest exchanges between mother and baby and which confers significant advantages on our adaption. In Chapter four the relationship between physical and mental health and humour is examined in the light of the research literature from psychology and medicine. Chapter five restricts itself to a discussion of psychoanalytic views on humour in psychotherapy. Finally, chapter six reviews evolutionary perspectives of humour.
Download or read book Curious Sofa written by Edward Gorey and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Couch written by Benjamin Parzybok and published by Small Beer Press. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Couch hits on an improbable, even fantastic premise, and then rigorously hews to the logic that it generates, keeping it afloat (at times literally) to the end."—Los Angeles Times "Delightfully lighthearted writing. . . . Occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, the enthusiastic prose carries readers through sporadic dark moments . . . Parzybok’s quirky humor recalls the flaws and successes of early Douglas Adams."—Publishers Weekly "The book succeeds as a conceptual art piece, a literary travelogue, and a fantastical quest.” —Willamette Week "Hundreds of writers have slavishly imitated—or outright ripped off—Tolkien in ways that connoisseurs of other genres would consider shameless. What Parzybok has done here in adapting the same old song to a world more familiar to the reader is to revive the genre and make it relevant again"—The Stranger “Beyond the good old-fashioned story, Couch meditates on heroism and history, but above all, it’s an argument for shifting your life around every now and then, for getting off the couch and making something happen.” —The L Magazine “Elevates this common piece of furniture from the stuff of everyday magic to something much more powerful.” —Jessica Schubert McCarthy, The Daily Evergreen "Couch follows the quirky journey of Thom, Erik, and Tree as they venture into the unknown at the behest of a magical, orange couch, which has its own plan for their previously boring lives. Parzybok's colorful characters, striking humor, and eccentric magical realism offer up an adventuresome read."—Christian Crider, Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL "This funny novel of furniture moving gone awry is a magical realism quest for modern times. Parzybok's touching story explores the aimlessness of our culture, a society of jobs instead of callings, replete with opportunities and choices but without the philosophies and vocations we need to make meaningful decisions."—Josh Cook, Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA "A lot of people are looking for magic in the world today, but only Benjamin Parzybok thought to check the sofa, which is, I think, the place it’s most likely to be found. Couch is a slacker epic: a gentle, funny book that ambles merrily from Coupland to Tolkien, and gives couch-surfing (among other things) a whole new meaning.”—Paul La Farge "One of the strangest road novels you'll ever read. It's a funny and fun book, and it's also a very smart book. Fans of Tom Robbins or Christopher Moore should enjoy this."—Handee Books "It is an upholstered Odyssey unlike any other you are likely to read. It is funny, confusing in places, wild and anarchic. It is part Quixote, part Murakami, part Tom Robbins, part DFS showroom. It has cult hit written all over it."—Scott, Me and My Big Mouth
Download or read book The Curious Sofa written by Edward Gorey and published by W. Clement Stone. This book was released on 1961 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book He Came with the Couch written by David Slonim and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling classic is now in paperback! When Sophie's family purchases a new couch, they get something they never expected. An original adventure that's both zany and tender, He Came with The Couch is silly, sweet, and hilarious good fun! GOOD FUN: This is a simple, fun story that is a silly read for the whole family! A CLASSIC BOOK: For fans of classic picture books as well as modern tales of fun, this book has humor for everyone. A FRIEND FOR THE AGES: Every child will want a friend and protector like the one Sophie has, instilling and cementing the power of friendship and good surprises. You never know what you’ll get when you get a new couch! Perfect for: parents and grandparents, educators, librarians
Download or read book Black Dog White Couch and the Rest of My Really Bad Ideas written by Dawn Weber and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-28 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's the Princess of Poor Choices. The Señora of Stupid Plans. The Queen of Questionable Schemes. Yes-Dawn Weber is really good. At bad ideas. In the irreverent, side-splitting "Black Dog, White Couch, and the Rest of My Really Bad Ideas," Weber makes the terrible choice of owning an ill-mannered black dog at the same time as a white couch, then obtaining another enormous, drooling dog-and several more white couches. But wait, there's more! Like the time she spent $800 on a 99-cent goldfish. And the time she super-glued mothballs to a tarp and almost killed her family. And almost every single thing she did in the 1980s. From the award-winning author of "I Love You. Now Go Away: Confessions of a Woman with a Smartphone" comes a memoir-in-essays-in-idiocy, chock full of bad ideas, aversions to pants, and never-ending quests to get the hell out of Ohio. So pull up a couch, pour a glass of gas-station wine, and pick up "Black Dog, White Couch, and the Rest of My Really Bad Ideas." You're in for a howling good time.
Download or read book Laughing Matters written by Bobbie Siegle and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-08-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays about everyday life, written by a woman who is surviving middle age with humor and as little energy as possible.
Download or read book Couch King written by D. Wolter and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notebook with mat cover is a nice present for men, women, comedians and kids who love jokes, parodies, humor, comedy, funny sayings and graphics. With this softcover notebook, you can quickly capture your notes, thoughts and ideas. Also perfect as an experience diary, travel journal, homework booklet, to-do list block or for brainstorming. Also well suited for drawings, diagrams and sketches. A nice gift for kids, students, boyfriend, girlfriend or grandma and grandpa to hold memories. Perfect for school, college or work. This notebook is a beautiful gift idea for your birthday, Valentine's Day, Father's Day, Mother's Day or for Christmas and Easter. Data: 6x9 inches - 120 pages
Download or read book Rhymes from the Recliner written by Fifth Floor Freddy and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beeeeeeeeeeeep! This is a jest. This is only a jest. Rhymes from the Recliner: A Collection of Couch Potato Poetry is a light-hearted devotional to classic television programming. It's tinted with humor, irony, and affection, and intended to put a horizontal hold on lovers of prose and tv shows. It is easily enjoyed by most everyone, though poetry readers and music listeners may be the most enthusiastic, for they will also notice that many of the poems are patterned after well known pieces of poetry and popular songs. It is for people who have grown tired of others tuning in and dropping out when they quote the same old, stuffy bits of philosophy about life and love. It is for those who want to arm themselves with a clever verse about The Love Boat or Name that Tune, and turn themselves into a regular boob-tube troubadour. It can be enjoyed with a latte at one's favorite coffee shop, or with a beer and a bag of chips on an old sofa, munching and giggling to Hee Haw as interpreted thru Shakespeare. There really is something good on television this book.
Download or read book He Came with the Couch written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophie's family has found the perfect couch, but it comes with something extra that's cute and blue and sticks like glue. This zany tale of a chronic state of couch-potatoness will tickle the funny bones of young readers. Full color.
Download or read book Couch King written by D. Wolter and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notebook with mat cover is a nice present for men, women, comedians and kids who love jokes, parodies, humor, comedy, funny sayings and graphics. With this softcover notebook, you can quickly capture your notes, thoughts and ideas. Also perfect as an experience diary, travel journal, homework booklet, to-do list block or for brainstorming. Also well suited for drawings, diagrams and sketches. A nice gift for kids, students, boyfriend, girlfriend or grandma and grandpa to hold memories. Perfect for school, college or work. This notebook is a beautiful gift idea for your birthday, Valentine's Day, Father's Day, Mother's Day or for Christmas and Easter. Data: 6x9 inches - 120 pages
Download or read book All of Reasons I Should Keep Sitting on the Couch Instead of Chasing My Dreams written by Scott Cuzzo and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous book for dreamers and people who want to do more with their life. The entire book is BLANK. Clearly, if you think sitting on the couch is more important than building your dream, this book is NOT for you. If you do not have a sense of humor...this book is not for you. If you think you should be building your dream and not sitting on the couch...this book IS for you. If you are really smart, you can use the blank pages to begin to plan and execute your dream.This is the book that you will want to leave out for others to see. On your desk (at work!), on the coffee table, or in your bathroom. Makes a great gift!Check back often for new, fun titles from Phony Books! Fake books...for fun's sake!
Download or read book A Couch for Llama written by Leah Gilbert and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a family finds a surprising new home for an old couch, a llama becomes the happiest creature of all. The Lago family really loves their couch. It’s perfect for reading, snuggling, playing, and jumping. But all good things must come to an end, and, one day, the family realizes the time has come to replace it. As they drive home with their brand-new bright-red couch, though, it gets knocked off the top of their car into a field . . . where a llama tries to make sense of this new thing. At first confused—It doesn’t talk! It doesn’t taste good! It doesn’t budge!—the llama soon realizes how comfy the couch is and settles right in. Can the family get its furniture back—and keep llama happy, too? Leah Gilbert has written and illustrated a warm picture book that touches both the heart and the funny bone.
Download or read book The Moron at the End of This Book written by Andrew Couch and published by . This book was released on 2023-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sardonic Post-it-Note to self, The Moron at the End of This Book is a collection of short stories and love letters to the living and the dead written by Author, and man of many uses, Andrew Couch. Take a trip from 1980s Mississippi to Y2K New York with this funny, surprisingly touching, and always honest masterwork of self-scrutiny.
Download or read book A Dude s Guide to the Couch written by John Weiler and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In every home. In every dude's life. There's one place always there. Through first lays, first beers, and first sports heartaches, the couch is where life unfolds. How can it be more amazing? Here's 70 ways. From award-winning writer and cartoonist John Weiler, A Dude's Guide to the Couch takes you on a journey from little dude (where making forts, fire, and can pyramids ruled the day) to living the ultimate dude dream life (think monkey butlers, Denise Richards, and victory cigars). This irreverent, cartoon-packed trip through dude culture pays homage to those who paved the way--Lebowski, Al Bundy, Bill & Ted, Chuck Norris and more--while never forgetting the staples that make life worth living: Beer. Pizza. Naps. Once you read this guide, you'll never look at your couch the same way again.
Download or read book Sitting More Comfortably on Your Couch written by Woody Forest and published by Woody Forest's Guides to Doing It Your Way. This book was released on 2023-07-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memorable and funny gag gift that will bring laughter to the party or celebration. A funny notebook disguised as a real book. Perfect for Graduation, White Elephant/Secret Santa. Appropriate and hilarious for kids and adults.
Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Humour Research written by Elisabeth Vanderheiden and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook provides new perspectives on humour from transdisciplinary perspectives. It focuses on humour as a resource from different socio-cultural and psychological viewpoints and brings together authors from different cultures, social contexts and countries. The book will enable researchers and practitioners alike to unlock new research findings which give new directions for contemporary and future humour research. By employing transdisciplinary and transcultural perspectives, the volume further discusses humour in regard to different cultural and political contexts, humour over the lifespan, in therapy and counselling, in pedagogical settings, in medicine and the workspace. The contributions also highlight the connections between humour and the COVID-19 pandemic and promise new inspiring insights. Researchers, practitioners and students in the fields of industrial and organisational psychology, positive psychology, organisational studies, future studies, health and occupational science and therapy, emotion sciences, management, leadership and human resource management will find the contributions highly topical, insightful and applicable to practice.
