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The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious
by Sigmund FreudWhy do we laugh? The answer, argued Freud in this groundbreaking study of humor, is that jokes, like dreams, satisfy our unconscious desires. The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious explains how jokes provide immense pleasure by releasing us from our inhibitions and allowing us to express sexual, aggressive, playful, or cynical instincts that would otherwise remain hidden. In elaborating this theory, Freud brings together a rich collection of puns, witticisms, one-liners, and anecdotes, which, as Freud shows, are a method of giving ourselves away. .
The Joke's On Me...!
by Mel Simonsfrom the book's back cover: "Hey, did you hear the one about the honest lawyer?.. "So, this priest says to a rabbi..." When it comes to comedy, nobody knows the comics and their jokes as well as Mel Simons. Mel has spent his entire career enjoying, collecting and chronicling the best of the best, whether it be the comedy of radio, TV, nightclubs or stand-up comedians. Take These Jokes, Please! is the latest in Mel’s prolific series of books, which cover radio, television, music, and comedians. Take These Jokes, Please! includes the jokes of the greatest of the greats, including comics who Mel knew personally, including entertainers like Milton Berle, Red Buttons and Joan Rivers. If you just like jokes for jokes’ sake, he has also placed humor into categories, such as “Lawyer Jokes” and “Bar Jokes.” Mel, an entertainer, lecturer, author and radio personality lives in Boston. His home boasts one of the largest collections of entertainment memorabilia any where.
The Joker
by Andrew HudginsFrom an award-winning poet and compulsive joke teller, a memoir about the jokes that educated him about history, religion, and family--delighting him, and often horrifying him, as he grew into adulthood.Since he was a child, Andrew Hudgins was an unabashed joke teller. When he decided to write about jokes, he discovered that he was actually writing about himself: what jokes had taught and mistaught him, how they often charmed him, and yet how they occasionally made him nervous with their frequent delight in chaos and anger. Born into an Air Force family, Hudgins spent his early childhood moving from base to base. He made friends by telling jokes to his classmates and observing how they responded. But jokes provided Hudgins with more than a source of amusement or a means to relate to friends. Jokes revealed a new world to him: the serious taboo subjects that his family didn't openly discuss--religion, race, sex, and death. In The Joker, Hudgins tells and analyzes the jokes that explore the contradictions in the Baptist religion he was raised in, the jokes that told him what his parents did not tell him about sex, and the racist jokes that divided his family. Hudgins also recounts the jokes he used to court his wife, writer Erin McGrath, and those they continue to tell as they renew their love for each other. Called "a treasure, a golden whoopee cushion, pearled set of chattery teeth" (Benjamin Percy, author of Red Moon, The Wilding, and Refresh, Refresh) and "an absolutely brilliant book, as necessary as it is pleasurable" (Richard Bausch, author of Something Is Out There), The Joker is creative nonfiction at its best, written by a man who knows how to tell a joke, make you laugh, and then dissect what makes it so funny--without killing the humor.
The Joker: Independent Reading 11 (Reading Champion #539)
by Kay WoodwardMilly was a joker - she just LOVED playing jokes on her family. But after a whole week of Milly tricking them, her family decide to play a joke of their own...Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure.Independent Reading 11 stories are the perfect introduction to first chapter books for children aged 6+ who are reading at book band 11 in classroom reading lessons.
The Jokiest Joking Bathroom Joke Book Ever Written . . . No Joke!: 1,001 Hilarious Potty Jokes to Make You Laugh While You Go
by Amanda Brack May RocheEvery kid's favorite subject: bathroom humor!Inside are over a thousand knee-slapping bathroom jokes for kids, along with hundreds of silly illustrations!How can you distinguish your dad’s poop from others?It’s really corny.Why did the turd never get anything done?Because he was pooped.What do you call a kid with a bad case of the runs?Down in the dumps.Hilarious and more!
The Jokiest Joking Christmas Joke Book Ever Written . . . No Joke!: 525 Yuletide Gags, Santa Sillies, and Frosty Funnies (Jokiest Joking Joke Books #6)
by Brian Boone525 Christmas shenanigans to giggle all the way!Fa la la la la, la ha-ha-ha! Welcome to The Jokiest Joking Christmas Joke Book Ever...No Joke!–where you will find a jolly sleigh ride of jokes, giggles, gags, and Christmas joy that will have you snickering along with good ol’ St. Nick and all his reindeer friends. Get ready for the Santa season with enough laughs to shake your belly like a bowlful of jelly! This Christmas companion can fit just as easily inside your stocking as it can in your sleigh–so take it on the go-ho-ho! - 525 of the goofiest, kid-friendliest jokes for frosty fun - Splendid sillies for everyone on Santa’s good list - Festively funny illustrations for a jingle-belling good time Let your yuletide dreams be merry and bright with these funny one-liners, sparkling knock-knock jokes, snowy puns, and holiday chucklers that are sure to keep you laughing like it’s Christmas every day!
The Jokiest Joking Joke Book Ever Written . . . No Joke!: 2,001 Brand-New Side-Splitters That Will Keep You Laughing Out Loud (Jokiest Joking Joke Bks.)
by Kathi WagnerThe Jokiest Joking Joke Book Ever Written . . . No Joke! is the biggest, funniest, laugh-out-loudest joke book on the planet! Crack open this book to have everyone you know in stitches. Be ready for anything with jokes, puns, and riddles from a range of categories: celebrities, gadgets, video games, the classroom, zombies, and a bunch more! Complete with tons of awesome illustrations!- 2,001 unbeatable modern jokes- 400 showstopping illustrations- Have your friends rolling on the ground in no time!- Knock-knock jokes, puns, riddles, one-liners, and more!The hilarious one-liners, wisecracks, and gags will keep the shenanigans going for you, your friends, and anyone with a funny bone. With more than 2,000 kid-friendly side-splitters--from knock-knock jokes, to riddles and puns, to some of the silliest gut-busters ever--this book is more than a gigantic collection of wisecracks, it's a must-have for any jokester!
The Jokiest Joking Knock-Knock Joke Book Ever Written...No Joke!: 1,001 Brand-new Knee-slappers That Will Keep You Laughing Out Loud
by Brian Boone Amanda BrackKnock-knock. Who's there? Even more joking shenanigans!This outrageous book features hundreds of hilarious knock-knock jokes for kids, along with hundreds of clever illustrations.Knock-knock.Who's there?Lettuce.Lettuce who?Lettuce in and we'll tell you another knock-knock joke!Knock-Knock.Who's there?VeniceVenice who?Venice dinner?Knock-Knock.Who's there?Police.Police who?Police open the door!Knock-Knock.Who's there?Luke.Luke who?Luke before you leap.
The Jokiest Joking Puns Book Ever Written . . . No Joke!: 1,001 Brand-New Wisecracks That Will Keep You Laughing Out Loud (Jokiest Joking Joke Books)
by Brian BooneA pun-derful collection of jokes and wordplay for kidsThis hilarious collection of puns will delight kids of all ages. Featuring all-new jokes and accompanied by clever illustrations, The Jokiest Joking Puns Book Ever Written will keep kids amused for hours!Inside are gems like:What does a house wear? A dress.What do you call an alligator in a vest?An investigator.The birthday party was a disaster. Even the cake was in tiers. What kind of shorts do clouds wear? Thunderwear.
The Jokiest Joking Spooky Joke Book Ever Written . . . No Joke: 1,001 Giggling Gags About Goblins, Ghosts, and Ghouls (Jokiest Joking Joke Books #5)
by Brian BooneGet spooked by the kookiest and creepiest bunch of jokes there is!The Jokiest Joking Spooky Joke Book Ever . . . No Joke! is a haunted library full of ghoulish guffaws and giggles that will have you and all your favorite goblins laughing like jack-o’-lanterns! No nightlights necessary, this kid-friendly joke book is a puntastically playful tomb of fun. Take this cauldron companion anywhere, and you can bring even the most dead-boring situations howling back to life! - 1,001 of the silliest, kid-friendliest jokes for spooktacular fun- Funny stuff for all your best vampires, werewolves, witches, and Franken-friends- Lots of funnily frightening illustrations throughoutPerfect for scaredy-cats and ghost-lovers alike, these funny one-liners, knock-knock jokes, graveyard puns, and creepy-crawly chucklers will keep you screeching like it’s Halloween all year long. Keep your wits about you with this cackling crypt of must-LOL jokes!
The Jokiest Joking Trivia Book Ever Written . . . No Joke!: 1,001 Surprising Facts to Amaze Your Friends
by Brian Boone Amanda BrackA fun collection of incredible facts for curious kids!The Jokiest Joking Trivia Book Ever Written...No Joke! is chock-full of amazing facts about everything from food to travel to science to history! It's nothing but fun, with hand-drawn original illustations on nearly every page. Kids will love to impress their friends with their cool knowledge, and parents will be happy their kids are learning something.For example:There are exactly 206 bones in your body. (We counted.) More than half of those are in your hands, toes, fingers, and feet.Think how cold you are when you forget your winter coat. Now consider how cold you’d be without your skin. Your skin weighs the same as four heavy winter coats.
The Jolliest Bunch: Unhinged Holiday Stories
by Danny PellegrinoFrom the New York Times bestselling author of How Do I Un-Remember This? and host of the hit podcast Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino comes a collection of tragically hilarious holiday mishaps.For many families, the holiday season is—quite frankly—unhinged. Whether that involves inappropriately improvised monologues at the children's Christmas pageant, gifts that land someone in the emergency room, or just sitting through the emotional rollercoaster of a Hallmark movie marathon, the holidays are a chaotic and magical time. And nobody knows this better than Danny Pellegrino.For Danny, the holidays are always accompanied by both merriment and mayhem. And like the gay Ghost of Christmas Past, he's here to take you on a nostalgic trip through his most festive memories in a collection of stories that are heartfelt, hilarious, and (unfortunately) true. So grab your favorite winter beverage, snuggle up by the crackling fireplace, and turn up the holiday tunes from the pop diva of your choosing. The Jolliest Bunch is a healthy dose of holiday cheer to prepare you for the unhinged season ahead and remind you of the moments that make all the chaos worth it.
The Jones Family Express
by Javaka SteptoeEver since Steven was a little boy his Aunt Carolyn has gone traveling, and she always makes sure to send him a special postcard. Now Steven wants to find something special for Aunt Carolyn in time for the annual family block party. He tries several stores in his Brooklyn neighborhood, but he doesn't have enough money to buy the gift he wants. Giving up on a store-bought gift, Steven finds an old toy train at his uncle's cluttered apartment and creatively transforms it into “The Jones Family Express,” a movable family photo album Aunt Carolyn can take with her wherever she goes. Steven gets a special surprise too—a postcard from his aunt that's “Good for one trip with Aunt Carolyn.” The Jones Family Express is a delightful celebration of strong family ties and the ingenuity and creativity of one young boy. Javaka Steptoe's stunning and inventive mixed media collage illustrations, alive with color and texture, are sure to delight parents and children alike.
The José Mourinho Quote Book
by Ebury Press‘Please don’t call me arrogant, but I’m European champion and I think I’m a special one.’ Widely known for his strong personality, sharp dress sense, and eccentric comments at press conferences, there is only one José Mourinho. Regarded as many by the world’s best manager and one of the greatest of all time, he achieved huge success whilst at Benfica, Uniao de Leiria, Porto, Chelsea, Internazionale and Real Madrid. Never one to doubt his own abilities, the charismatic and controversial manager has dominated headlines with his many clashes with the press and run-ins with the football authorities. Silver-tongued and passionate, this compendium of quotes from the ‘special one’ includes the very best of Mourinho on football: his erudite comments, bizarre philosophies, confident expressions of unwavering self-belief and his love of the beautiful game. ‘Look, I'm a coach, I'm not Harry Potter. He is magical, but in reality there is no magic. Magic is fiction and football is real.’ A warning to Real Madrid fans, 2010 ‘Look at my haircut. I am ready for the war.’ At the launch of a new shirt deal between Chelsea and Adidas. The event also became a chance to unveil his new, short-trimmed haircut. ‘I think they should get George Clooney to play me. He's a fantastic actor and my wife thinks he would be ideal.’ Contemplating a film of his life
The Journal of Mortifying Moments
by Robyn HardingKerry Spence is unfulfilled by her soulless career in advertising, disappointed by her dysfunctional relationship, and horrified by the ever-increasing size of her ass. Ever since her gorgeous, self-absorbed boyfriend Sam demoted her to late night hook-up status, she has fortified herself with prime-time TV and blissful binges on cream cheese frosting, awaiting an epiphany that will reveal her next move. Of course, everybody in her life is full of advice. Her free-spirited divorcee mother-when not necking furiously with her much younger boyfriend- sagely counsels her daughter to do whatever it takes to snag Sam back, since, quite frankly, he is the best she can do. Her friends ply her with fruity cocktails and dispense bits of 'Cosmo' wisdom like "Divide your age in half and add seven-that's the youngest man you are allowed to date" and "Scotch tape can eliminate forehead wrinkles. " And then there is Kerry's shrink, the calm, unflappable therapist who suggests she start "a diary of past encounters with men that may be contributing to her negative and dysfunctional quasi-relationship. " Or, as Kerry sees it, a journal of mortifying moments. Beginning with a kissing game gone bad in grade school, the journal jump-starts Kerry's stroll down memory lane of man troubles. But just as Kerry decides her poorly dressed therapist is as crazy as everybody else in her orbit, she begins to realize the journal may actually make some sense-as she plumbs the depths of her most embarrassing experiences on a quest for personal awareness that will give her the strength to turn her life around-and just maybe find love again. The Journal of Mortifying Moments is a hysterically funny glimpse into the quirky, slightly obsessive, and completely lovable mind of Kerry Spence. But somewhere amidst the laugh-out-loud hilarity of Kerry's exploits emerges the story of a woman who learns to stop trying to be someone she's not, and start loving the wonderful, quirky person she is, once and for all.
The Journey Home (Step into Reading)
by Bill ScollonIn theaters November 25, 2015, Disney/Pixar The Good Dinosaur is a humorous and exciting original story about Arlo, a lively Apatosaurus with a big heart. After a traumatic event unsettles Arlo's family, he sets out on a remarkable journey, gaining an unlikely companion along the way--a human boy. This Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader based on the film is perfect for boys and girls ages 4 to 6.Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.
The Journey of Joenes
by Robert SheckleyThe Journey of Joenes, also published as Journey Beyond Tomorrow, tells the tale of a picaresque journey through an imagined future taken by a naive and innocent man unprepared for the wonders and oddities he encounters. Sheckley examines the present through the distorting lens of a future wonderfully skewed from, and yet darkly, hilariously similar to, our own world. From the very beginning of his career, Robert Sheckley was recognized by fans, reviewers, and fellow authors as a master storyteller and the wittiest satirist working in the science fiction field. Open Road is proud to republish his acclaimed body of work, with nearly thirty volumes of full-length fiction and short story collections. Rediscover, or discover for the first time, a master of science fiction who, according to the New York Times, was &“a precursor to Douglas Adams.&” &“I have always loved Robert Sheckley. . . . I don&’t know of anyone else in SF who has written quite so many classic stories . . . wittier than Pohl . . . blacker than Lenny Bruce, subtler and more bent that the Firesigns and Monty Python put together . . . The key words with Sheckley are clever, deadly cool and crazy as a bedbug.&” —Spider Robinson
The Joy of Being Online All the F*cking Time (Literally): The Art Of Losing Your Mind (literally)
by Jennifer McCartneyFrom the author of The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place, comes a defense of screen time. We’re inundated with advice on how to cut back on our screen time, and urged instead to embrace nature, human relationships, and being present in the moment. But has anyone actually considered those realities? They sound like a lot of work. In her new book, Jennifer McCartney gives thanks for phones, iPads, laptops, the menu tablets at Chili’s, and all screens everywhere. We can now follow a baby alpaca on a webcam, watch a viral video on TikTok, find an ex on Facebook, measure our pupillary distances, answer any question without engaging our brains—there’s so much to learn, with little to no effort. The Internet practically runs itself! We use it for work, for family, for research. We’re really, really good at being online! And that’s something to celebrate. With her usual balance of pithy wisdom, aptitude tests, and hilarious commentary, McCartney embraces our new reality. After all, as Descartes might have said, “I scroll, therefore I am.”
The Joy of Doing Just Enough: The Secret Art Of Being Lazy And Getting Away With It
by Jennifer McCartneySit around, leave sh*t all over the place, drink, forget about deadlines . . . being lazy is pretty easy. The real art in being chill is when someone without any real ambition can fly under the radar, and live unscathed by the never-ending reams of self-help and inspiration rained upon anyone who just wants to watch Netflix. The magical place where doing what comes naturally keeps the do-ers at arm’s length. Rather than doing less, do just enough. So screw TED Talks, Instagram images of a beach that say "Fail Better" in gold cursive, marathon training, tips for keeping plants alive, and all self-aggrandizing social media. Ninety-nine percent of people on this planet are just pretty average. We're doing our thing. Trying to get out of bed in the morning. Hey, are you awake right now? Reading a sentence? You know what? That's success in my book. Being a person is hard enough without all the pressure to be good at it.
The Joy of Doing Nothing: A Real-Life Guide to Stepping Back, Slowing Down, and Creating a Simpler, Joy-Filled Life
by Rachel JonatFight back against busyness and celebrate the pleasure of doing nothing in this new guide that helps relieve stress and increase happiness in your life.In The Joy of Doing Nothing you’ll discover how to step away from everything you think you have to do and learn to live a minimalist life. Rachel Jonat shares simple strategies to help you stop overscheduling, find time for yourself, and create moments of calm every day. You’ll learn how to focus more on the important aspects of life, such as family and friends, and scale back your schedule to create more time in the day to care for yourself.
The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage
by Greg GutfeldFrom the irreverent star of Fox News's Red Eye and The Five, hilarious observations on the manufactured outrage of an oversensitive, wussified culture.Greg Gutfeld hates artificial tolerance. At the root of every single major political conflict is the annoying coddling Americans must endure of these harebrained liberal hypocrisies. In fact, most of the time liberals uses the mantle of tolerance as a guise for their pathetic intolerance. And what we really need is smart intolerance, or as Gutfeld reminds us, what we used to call common sense.The Joy of Hate tackles this conundrum head on--replacing the idiocy of open-mindness with a shrewd judgmentalism that rejects stupid ideas, notions, and people. With countless examples grabbed from the headlines, Gutfeld provides readers with the enormous tally of what pisses us all off. For example:- The double standard: You can make fun of Christians, but God forbid Muslims. It's okay to call a woman any name imaginable, as long as she's a Republican. And no problem if you're a bigot, as long as you're politically correct about it. - The demonizing of the Tea Party and romanticizing of the Occupy Wall Streeters. - The media who are always offended (see MSNBC lineup)- How critics of Obamacare or illegal immigration are somehow immediately labeled racists. - The endless debate over the Ground Zero Mosque (which Gutfeld planned to open a Muslim gay bar next to). - As well as pretentious music criticism, slow-moving ceiling fans, and snotty restaurant hostesses. Funny and sarcastic to the point of being mean (but in a nice way), The Joy of Hate points out the true jerks in this society and tells them all off.
The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place: The Art of Being Messy
by Jennifer MccartneyLearn to be messy and everything else in your life will fall into place. The anti-clutter movement is having a moment. You may have heard about a book--an entire book--written on the topic of tidiness and how "magical" and "life-changing" it is to neaten up and THROW AWAY YOUR BELONGINGS. Yes, you read that correctly. It's time to fight that ridiculousness and start buying even more stuff and leaving it any place you want. Guess what, neatniks? Science shows that messy people are more creative.* Being a slob is an art, and there's a fine line between being a consumer and being a hoarder. Don't cross that line. This book shows you how to clutter mindfully and with great joy. The results are mind-blowing. Your plants will stop dying. Your whiskey bottle will never run dry. Your drugstore points will finally add up to a free jar of salsa and some nice shampoo. You'll go shopping and discover you've lost weight... It's time to take back your life from the anti-clutter movement. *As well as smarter and more attractive.
The Joy of Photoshop: When You Ask The Wrong Guy For Help
by James FridmanThe Joy of Photoshop is the long-awaited book from the social media sensation James Fridman.Have you ever taken a seemingly perfect picture only to have it ruined by one tiny detail? Photoshop master James Fridman is only too happy to help, even if he sometimes takes requests a little too literally.The Joy of Photoshop contains James's best-loved and funniest image alterations. From the woman who wished to look like a mermaid, to super-fans who want to be edited into their favourite movies, his followers never get quite what they asked for. Including plenty of never-before-seen pictures, this meme-tastic book will have you in stitches!
The Joy of Photoshop: When You Ask The Wrong Guy For Help
by James FridmanThe Joy of Photoshop is the long-awaited book from the social media sensation James Fridman.Have you ever taken a seemingly perfect picture only to have it ruined by one tiny detail? Photoshop master James Fridman is only too happy to help, even if he sometimes takes requests a little too literally.The Joy of Photoshop contains James's best-loved and funniest image alterations. From the woman who wished to look like a mermaid, to super-fans who want to be edited into their favourite movies, his followers never get quite what they asked for. Including plenty of never-before-seen pictures, this meme-tastic book will have you in stitches!
The Joy of Socks: A Parody
by Emlyn Rees Josie LloydEveryone has socks. In fact, most people love socks. That said, it's not a subject we discuss openly other than with our friends; we just take it for granted that everyone has lots of socks and has their own socksual preferences.Most of us would admit to having enjoyed a wide variety of socks. We have our favourite socks, of course, but also socks for all sorts of occasions: novelty socks, casual socks, outdoor socks, socks that are a bit racy, socks we admit to and socks that are just downright dirty.Some people are fastidious when it comes to socks, never entertaining the thought of odd socks, while others are definitely on the fifty shades of socks spectrum.Whatever kind of socks you're in to, we hope you find that this guide stimulates your imagination and reassures you that it's OK to love all socks.