Author : Victor Gunn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1977-01-01
Category : Large print books
ISBN : 0850466962
Death Comes Laughing
Victor Gunn
Death Comes Laughing
Death Comes Laughing Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Death Comes Laughing book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Laughing Shall I Die
Tom Shippey
Author : Tom Shippey
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780239507
Laughing Shall I Die by Tom Shippey Pdf
Laughing Shall I Die explores the Viking fascination with scenes of heroic death. The literature of the Vikings is dominated by famous last stands, famous last words, death songs, and defiant gestures, all presented with grim humor. Much of this mindset is markedly alien to modern sentiment, and academics have accordingly shunned it. And yet, it is this same worldview that has always powered the popular public image of the Vikings—with their berserkers, valkyries, and cults of Valhalla and Ragnarok—and has also been surprisingly corroborated by archaeological discoveries such as the Ridgeway massacre site in Dorset. Was it this mindset that powered the sudden eruption of the Vikings onto the European scene? Was it a belief in heroic death that made them so lastingly successful against so many bellicose opponents? Weighing the evidence of sagas and poems against the accounts of the Vikings’ victims, Tom Shippey considers these questions as he plumbs the complexities of Viking psychology. Along the way, he recounts many of the great bravura scenes of Old Norse literature, including the Fall of the House of the Skjoldungs, the clash between the two great longships Ironbeard and Long Serpent, and the death of Thormod the skald. One of the most exciting books on Vikings for a generation, Laughing Shall I Die presents Vikings for what they were: not peaceful explorers and traders, but warriors, marauders, and storytellers.
I Told You I Was Ill
Liz Evers
Author : Liz Evers
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-24
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781843179276
I Told You I Was Ill by Liz Evers Pdf
Death may be bleak but - rest in peace - there is nothing gloomy about this curious compendium of tales of the departed. Here is a book that looks at the funny side of one of life's certainties (the other being taxes ... about which nothing is amusing). With advice on planning your big finish and how to attract the crowds at your funeral, as well as inspirational anecdotes involving extremely wealthy animals, no headstone is left unturned in the quest for hilarity. From funeral facts and famous last words, to musings on the afterlife, all that is witty and wry about kicking the bucket is presented here for your amusement. Just don't follow the example of the Greek philosopher Chrysippus ... who died laughing.
Exit Laughing
Victoria Zackheim
Author : Victoria Zackheim
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781583944080
Exit Laughing by Victoria Zackheim Pdf
There’s nothing funny about dying … or is there? Malachy McCourt, Jacquelyn Mitchard, and 22 more share hilarious and moving stories of confronting death. Exit Laughing makes death more approachable as it reveals the funny side of “passing on.” As painful as it is to lose a loved one, Exit Laughing shows us that in times of grief, humor can help us with coping and even healing. Best-selling author Amy Ferris explains how her mother’s dementia led to a permanent ban from an airline. Ellen Sussman writes of flying her mother's body home and watching the burial wardrobe spill out on the baggage carousel. Broadway and television actor Richard McKenzie shares the riotous story of a funeral procession led by a lost hearse. Bonnie Garvin even manages to find a heavy dose of dark humor in her parents’ three unsuccessful attempts at a double suicide. These stories, along with tales from Joshua Braff, Barbara Graham, Dianne Rinehart, and more, constitute a book whose purpose is to remind readers that when dealing with illness, aging, and dying, there is an important place for laugh-out-loud humor.
The Cancer That Died of Laughter
Eyal Eltawil
Author : Eyal Eltawil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 172408657X
The Cancer That Died of Laughter by Eyal Eltawil Pdf
With a mere 5% chance of recovery from cancer, Eyal Eltawil's struggle to survive includes the use of comedy. Diagnosed with stage 4 cancer at the age of 31 and with metastases in his body, Eyal Eltawil was given a mere 5% chance of recovery. Eyal decided to look at his cancer from a humoristic point of view and find laughter in the process. The topic of his life's story was not one he chose, but he did make the choice to create "stand-up comedy" while he struggled to survive. Using a humoristic perspective during the entire process, he turned the C word (Cancer) into one relating to Comedy. This, was Eyal's way of dealing with his illness and enabling recovery. 3 years after his full recovery, he was told that there was a fair chance the cancer had returned. Despite the harsh news, and while waiting anxiously for the lab results, he decided to laugh again and relates his experience in a book. The stand-up comedy kept working and the recovery was there to stay!
Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers
NA NA
Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1585 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349813667
Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers by NA NA Pdf
Death by Laughter
Maggie Hennefeld
Author : Maggie Hennefeld
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780231559812
Death by Laughter by Maggie Hennefeld Pdf
Can you really die from laughing too hard? Between 1870 and 1920, hundreds of women suffered such a fate—or so a slew of sensationalist obituaries would have us believe. How could laughter be fatal, and what do these reports of women’s risible deaths tell us about the politics of female joy? Maggie Hennefeld reveals the forgotten histories of “hysterical laughter,” exploring how women’s amusement has been theorized and demonized, suppressed and exploited. In nineteenth-century medicine and culture, hysteria was an ailment that afflicted unruly women on the cusp of emotional or nervous breakdown. Cinema, Hennefeld argues, made it possible for women to laugh outrageously as never before, with irreversible social and political consequences. As female enjoyment became a surefire promise of profitability, alarmist tales of women laughing themselves to death epitomized the tension between subversive pleasure and its violent repression. Hennefeld traces the social politics of women’s laughter from the heyday of nineteenth-century sentimentalism to the collective euphoria of early film spectatorship, traversing contagious dancing outbreaks, hysteria photography, madwomen’s cackling, cinematic close-ups, and screenings of slapstick movies in mental asylums. Placing little-known silent films and an archive of remarkable, often unusual texts in conversation with affect theory, comedy studies, and feminist film theory, this book makes a timely case for the power of hysterical laughter to change the world.
Last Laughs
Regina Barreca
Author : Regina Barreca
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000579246
Last Laughs by Regina Barreca Pdf
First published in 1988, the 19 original essays (and three "Sylvia" cartoons) included in this volume deal with the gender-specific nature of comedy. This pioneering collection observes the creation of women’s comedy from a wide range of standpoints: political, sociological, psychoanalytical, linguistic, and historical. The writers explore the role of women’s comedy in familiar and unfamiliar territory, from Austen to Weldon, from Behn to Wasserstein. The questions they raise will lead to a redefinition of the genre itself.
Life, Love, Laughter
Osho
Author : Osho
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-09
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1429935251
Life, Love, Laughter by Osho Pdf
In Life, Love, Laughter: Celebrating Your Existence, one of the twentieth century’s greatest spiritual teachers shares how humor and wisdom strengthens our lives. In this collection of reflections, Osho’s encouraging and loving stories go far beyond the usual chicken-soup fare. Life, Love, Laughter establishes a new genre of introspective text stripped of all platitudes and clichés, and absolutely in tune with the realities of the twenty-first century. In this artful work, Osho mixes entertainment and inspiration, ancient Zen stories and contemporary jokes to help us to find love, laughter, and ultimately, happiness. Featuring an original talk by Osho on DVD, you’ll experience his direct insight and wit straight from the source. Osho challenges readers to examine and break free of the conditioned belief systems and prejudices that limit their capacity to enjoy life in all its richness. He has been described by the Sunday Times of London as one of the “1000 Makers of the 20th Century” and by Sunday Mid-Day (India) as one of the ten people—along with Gandhi, Nehru, and Buddha—who have changed the destiny of India. Since his death in 1990, the influence of his teachings continues to expand, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world.
Laughing Matters
Lee Siegel
Author : Lee Siegel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1987-12-09
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0226756912
Laughing Matters by Lee Siegel Pdf
"How can anyone laugh who knows of old age, disease, and death?"—Buddhacarita This question, so solemnly posed by the young Buddha, first led Lee Siegel to examine the hitherto unexplored realm of Indian comedy. Laughing Matters is Siegel's account of two intersecting journeys: a search for comic traditions created and preserved in Sanskrit literature and a journey through modern India in quest of a laughter that persists across time and culture. Hearing a boisterous and bawdy voice from India's past, Siegel has provided original and highly entertaining translations of Sanskrit literature that reveal a sparkling sensibility embedded in the texts. These translations are integrated with a detailed analysis of the types and structures of India's mirth. Siegel develops an original theory of comedy and laughter, applying it to reveal the humor in the ancient works. Defining sacred and profane comedy and the "taste" and "erotics" of laughter, he delineates two main Indian categories of comedy—laughter at others and laughter at oneself—which are roughly parallel to the Western traditions of satire and humor. He examines these categories in all of their forms and functions: satires of manners, social satire, and religious satire; and human and divine comedy. Siegel concludes by presenting his perceptions of humor in modern India as seen through cartoons, movies, books, and social gatherings. Laughing Matters is both a serious and a hilarious study of the Indian comic sense of life—a vision formed in the convergence of the bitter insight of satire and the sweet outlook of humor. Past and present, the contextual and the universal, scholarship and the picaresque, are all interwoven in this original treatise on the aesthetics of comedy and the psychology of laughter.
A Time to Laugh
Donald Capps
Author : Donald Capps
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0826418570
A Time to Laugh by Donald Capps Pdf
Shows the ways in which humour can be recovered for religion. This book argues that religion is diminished when it fails to understand and embrace its own historical connection. Its chapters deal with topics ranging from humour as an expression of intimacy to humour as the maintenance of the soul.
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Kelley Armstrong,Nancy Holder,Steve Rasnic Tem,Lois H. Gresh,Gar and Judy Reeves-Stevens,Daniel Sernine,Paul Kane,Sèphera Girón,Kathryn Ptacek,Steve Vernon,Rebecca Bradley,Mary E. Choo,Morgan Dambergs,Tobin Elliott,Pat Flewwelling,J. M. Frey,Ken Goldman,Amy Grech,David McDonald,Ryan McFadden,Silvia Moreno-Garcia,Elaine Pascale,Richard Payne,Christine Steendam,George Wilhite,Erin Underwood,Melanie Tem
Author : Kelley Armstrong,Nancy Holder,Steve Rasnic Tem,Lois H. Gresh,Gar and Judy Reeves-Stevens,Daniel Sernine,Paul Kane,Sèphera Girón,Kathryn Ptacek,Steve Vernon,Rebecca Bradley,Mary E. Choo,Morgan Dambergs,Tobin Elliott,Pat Flewwelling,J. M. Frey,Ken Goldman,Amy Grech,David McDonald,Ryan McFadden,Silvia Moreno-Garcia,Elaine Pascale,Richard Payne,Christine Steendam,George Wilhite,Erin Underwood,Melanie Tem
Publisher : EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770530638
Expiration Date by Kelley Armstrong,Nancy Holder,Steve Rasnic Tem,Lois H. Gresh,Gar and Judy Reeves-Stevens,Daniel Sernine,Paul Kane,Sèphera Girón,Kathryn Ptacek,Steve Vernon,Rebecca Bradley,Mary E. Choo,Morgan Dambergs,Tobin Elliott,Pat Flewwelling,J. M. Frey,Ken Goldman,Amy Grech,David McDonald,Ryan McFadden,Silvia Moreno-Garcia,Elaine Pascale,Richard Payne,Christine Steendam,George Wilhite,Erin Underwood,Melanie Tem Pdf
Nancy Kilpatrick has gathered together twenty-five original stories by Kelley Armstrong; Nancy Holder & Erin Underwood; Steve and Melanie Tem; Lois Gresh; Gar and Judy Reeves-Stevens; Daniel Sernine; Paul Kane; Sephera Giron; Kathryn Ptacek; Steve Vernon and others to look at the what-if’s of our expiring future.
Emma's Laugh
Diana Kupershmit
Author : Diana Kupershmit
Publisher : She Writes Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781647421137
Emma's Laugh by Diana Kupershmit Pdf
As Diana surveyed her newborn baby's face, languid body, and absent cry, she knew something was wrong. Then the doctors delivered devastating news: her first child, Emma, had been born with a rare genetic disorder that would leave her profoundly physically and intellectually disabled. Diana imagined life with a child with disabilities as a dark and insular one—a life in which she would be forced to exist in the periphery alongside her daughter. Convinced of her inability to love her “imperfect” child and give her the best care and life she deserved, Diana gave Emma up for adoption. But as with all things that are meant to be, Emma found her way back home. As Emma grew, Diana watched her live life determinedly and unapologetically, radiating love always. Emma evolved from a survivor to a warrior, and the little girl that Diana didn’t think she could love enough rearranged her heart. In her short eighteen years of life, Emma gifted her family the indelible lesson of the healing and redemptive power of love. This is a mother’s requiem to her perfectly imperfect child—a child who left too soon, but whose lessons continue to inspire a life lived and loved.
My Daughter Died Laughing
Lori Earp
Author : Lori Earp
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781619846975
My Daughter Died Laughing by Lori Earp Pdf
In My Daughter Died Laughing you will learn about the life of 14 year old Ashley Long and about her tragic accidental death due to helium inhalation. This memoir is written by Lori Earp, Ashley’s mother. Lori shares her family’s tragedy and takes you on their grieving journey. By writing this memoir Lori hopes to raise awareness about the hidden dangers of inhaling helium.
Death Comes by Amphora
Roger Hudson
Author : Roger Hudson
Publisher : Twenty First Century Publishers Ltd
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Athens (Greece)
ISBN : 9781904433682
Death Comes by Amphora by Roger Hudson Pdf
In Ancient Athens in 461BC, aristocratic General Kimon has driven back the might of the Persian Empire and forged a new empire for Athens, making his city the commercial centre of the Eastern Mediterranean. Now he is struggling for his political existence against the radical democratic reforms of the demagogue Ephialtes and his ambitious supporter Perikles. Into this political turmoil steps Lysanias, just 18, just reached manhood, and an innocent amidst the deceit and corruption of the big city. Recalled from an Athenian colony by a mysterious message from his wealthy uncle Klereides, he discovers that his uncle has died in suspicious circumstances, that he is the heir, and that his obligations now include marrying his uncle's teenage widow. Convinced that his uncle was murdered and driven by the ancient duty of vengeance, Lysanias sets out to discover the truth, aided by his elderly slave Sindron. Their investigations take them deep into the murky interlocking worlds of Athenian politics, business, finance, religion and even art, where it seems Klereides had many enemies and where even his friends cannot be trusted. With his own loyalties torn between the rival political factions, aristocrats and workers, due to his early training as an artisan, Lysanias himself faces violent death before he and Sindron discover the culprit and Ephialtes' assassin.
