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• Author(s): Herbert M. Lefcourt • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: EmotionsIn his earlier work the author has studied stress and the personality characteristics that protect us from its effects on health and well-being....

• Author(s): V. Raskin • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Linguistics - SemanticsGOAL This is the funniest book I have ever written - and the ambiguity here is deliberate. Much of this book is about deliberate ambiguity,...

• Author(s): Herbert M. Lefcourt • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Psychotherapy - GeneralThis monograph reflects a culmination of influences. Over a decade ago, a graduate student at the University of Waterloo, Dr. Car...

• Author(s): V. Raskin • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Linguistics - SemanticsGOAL This is the funniest book I have ever written - and the ambiguity here is deliberate. Much of this book is about deliberate ambiguity,...

• Author(s): Ofer Feldman • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: General

• Author(s): P. E. McGhee • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: EmotionsProgress in understanding humor and developing a comprehensive, testable theory of humor has been slow in coming. Fortunately, we do not need to have a...

• Author(s): King-Fai Tam • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Linguistics - SociolinguisticsFrom the Back CoverThis book offers the first comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the way Chinese humor fits into broader d...

• Author(s): Ofer Feldman • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: GeneralFrom the Back CoverThis anthology of studies is a follow-up to Political Humor Worldwide: The Cultural Context of Political Comedy, Satire, and Parody. ...

• Author(s): King-Fai Tam • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Linguistics - SociolinguisticsFrom the Back CoverThis book offers the first comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the way Chinese humor fits into broader d...

• Author(s): Ofer Feldman • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: General

• Author(s): Ofer Feldman • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: GeneralFrom the Back CoverThis collection of original chapters reflects the increasing interest over the past few decades in the relationship between political...

• Author(s): Tabea Scheel | Christine Gockel • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Industrial & Organizational PsychologyThis 2nd edition provides a comprehensive, updated review of current knowledge on the adaptive and...

• Author(s): Tabea Scheel • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Industrial & Organizational PsychologyFrom the Back CoverThis book provides a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art on the adaptive and maladaptive ...

• Author(s): P. E. McGhee • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: EmotionsAbout a decade ago we edited The Psychology of Humor. Besides the summary chapter and bibliography of about 400 items, the book contained eleven origin...

• Author(s): Herbert M. Lefcourt • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: EmotionsIn his earlier work the author has studied stress and the personality characteristics that protect us from its effects on health and well-being....

• Author(s): Nilupama Wijewardena • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Human Resources & Personnel ManagementFrom the Back CoverThis book focuses on an emerging area of study in management: managerial humor and its imp...

• Author(s): Mordechai Gordon • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Philosophy, Theory & Social AspectsFrom the Back CoverThis book is a philosophical investigation of the significance of humor and laughter, examining i...

• Author(s): Eleni Loizou • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Schools - Levels - Early Childhood (Incl. Preschool & KinderFrom the Back CoverThis book provides a wide spectrum of research on young children's humor and...

• Author(s): Lydia L. Moland • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: AestheticsFrom the Back CoverThis book offers an analysis of humor, comedy, and laughter as philosophical topics in the 19th Century. It traces the introduc...

• Author(s): Gina C. Mireault • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Developmental - GeneralFrom the Back CoverThis volume explores in depth how infants--perhaps as young as three months--develop the capacity to appreciate, ...

• Author(s): Lydia L. Moland • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: AestheticsFrom the Back CoverThis book offers an analysis of humor, comedy, and laughter as philosophical topics in the 19th Century. It traces the introduc...

• Author(s): Eva Ullmann • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Management ScienceFrom the Back CoverMit diesem Buch können Sie als Führungskraft Ihren persönlichen Humorstil entdecken, trainieren und bewusst einsetzen. Humo...

• Author(s): Eleni Loizou • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Schools - Levels - Early Childhood (Incl. Preschool & KinderThis book provides a wide spectrum of research on young children's humor and illuminates the de...

• Author(s): Barbara Plester • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Industrial & Organizational PsychologyFrom the Back CoverThis book discusses boundaries for organizational humour as well as the jokers and jesters that...

• Author(s): Barbara Plester • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Industrial & Organizational PsychologyFrom the Back CoverThis book discusses boundaries for organizational humour as well as the jokers and jesters that...

• Author(s): Martin-Niels Däfler • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Management ScienceFrom the Back CoverMit vielen Praxisbeispielen und klar strukturiert beschreibt Däfler, was gelassene Menschen anders machen. Er begib...

• Author(s): Fabiana Lopes Da Cunha • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Human Geography​This work analyzes carnival in Rio de Janeiro through the irreverent view disclosed by the illustrated Brazilian magazines Fon-Fon! a...

• Author(s): Steve Ringwood • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Space Science - AstronomyFrom the Back CoverIn this entertaining parody of letters to a typical "lonely hearts" columnist, real-life expert and long-time ast...

• Author(s): Michael Barber • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Movements - PhenomenologyFrom the Back CoverThis book illustrates how non-pragmatic finite provinces of meaning emancipate one from pragmatic everyday pressu...

• Author(s): André F. Nebe • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Media StudiesFrom the Back CoverAndré F. Nebe uses his humour structure analysis to make viewers' preferences and corresponding audiovisual offerings in films...

• Author(s): Michael Barber • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Movements - PhenomenologyFrom the Back CoverThis book illustrates how non-pragmatic finite provinces of meaning emancipate one from pragmatic everyday pressu...

• Author(s): Adela Cortina • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: EthicsApplied ethics is an essential part of practical knowledge in pluralistic and democratic societies. Its fundamental characteristic does not consist only...

• Author(s): Shaw M. Akula • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Life Sciences - BiologyFrom the Back CoverThis collection of nine essays provides an entertaining and thoughtful glimpse into trending topics in our lives. Th...

• Author(s): Menachem Fisch • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: LanguageThis book looks closely at three first-order reflexive emotions--shame, humor and humility--that are shown to be not only exclusively human, but defi...

• Author(s): Chaya Ostrower • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: PersonalityFrom the Back CoverHumor und Lachen können eine stärkende, heilende und schützende Wirkung auf die psychische und körperliche Gesundheit haben, ab...

• Author(s): Dayong Gu | Ying Wang • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: PathologyThis book provides a detailed and practical guide to the morphological diagnosis of humoral cells using both light and electron microscopy.