18 books like Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique

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Astérix et la Transitalique Jean-Yves Ferri · 2014 · ★ 3.7 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Light Join Asterix and Obelix on a wacky new journey with your favorite characters, packed with laughs by the bucket-load and all the usual adventure and action! ---------- ###German-language description: Asterix und Obelix begeben sich in die Höhle des Löwen! Denn Cäsar hat zu einem Wagenrennen quer durch Italien aufgerufen! Natürlich verlangt er hinterrücks nach dem Sieg eines römischen… Shares Comic, Humor

The History of England Jane Austen · 1977 · 42p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Includes both a copy of the handwritten and illustrated edition and a printed version, written by Jane Austin when she was sixteen. Shares Comedy, Wit and humor, Humor, Nonfiction

Figures of Earth James Branch Cabell · 1921 · ★ 4.0 · 136p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The story of Manuel, a swineherd in thirteenth-century France, who becomes Count Manuel of Poictesme. The motto on his coat of arms is "Mundus Vult Decipi"--The world wishes to be deceived. It is in playing on others' expectations that he rises to hero status and becomes Manuel the Redeemer. Shares Comedy, Wit and humor, Humor

A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare · 1800 · 98p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Two young lovers, Hermia and Lysander, meet in the wood with the intention of running away and getting married secretly. They are followed by Demetrius, who loves Hermia, and Helena, who is in love with Demetrius. What they don’t know is that the wood is enchanted… Shares Comedy, Humor

Das NEINhorn Marc-Uwe Kling · 2019 · ★ 5.0 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Light Im Herzwald kommt ein kleines, schnickeldischnuckeliges Einhorn zur Welt. Aber obwohl alle ganz lilalieb zu ihm sind und es ständig mit gezuckertem Glücksklee füttern, benimmt sich das Tierchen ganz und gar nicht einhornmäßig. Es sagt einfach immer Nein, sodass seine Familie es bald nur noch NEINhorn nennt. Eines Tages bricht das NEINhorn aus seiner Zuckerwattewelt aus. Es trifft einen… Shares Humor

Sacred Energies of the Sun and Moon

Sacred Energies of the Sun and Moon Erika Buenaflor · 2020 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

Hold Nothing

Hold Nothing Elena Brower · 2025 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

Advances in Psychology Research Alexandra M. Columbus · 2008 · 199p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

Psychology Saundra K. Ciccarelli · 2006 · ★ 3.2 · 792p · ≈ 26h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

Somehow

Somehow Anne Lamott · 2024 · ★ 3.9 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of Publishers Weekly’s Best Religion Books of 2024“Anne Lamott is my Oprah.” —Chicago TribuneFrom the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow, a joyful celebration of love“Love is our only hope,” Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. “It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to… Shares Psychology

Signs

Signs Laura Lynne Jackson · 2019 · ★ 4.2 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A renowned psychic medium teaches us how to recognize and interpret the life-changing messages from loved ones and spirit guides on the Other Side.“A collection of incredible stories . . . that speak to the universe’s endless capacity for magical moments.”—goop Laura Lynne Jackson is a psychic medium and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Light Between… Shares Psychology

The principles of psychology William James · 1890 · ★ 3.9 · 897p · ≈ 29h · Demanding The Principles of Psychology is a monumental text in the history of psychology, written by William James and published in 1890. There were four methods in James' psychology: analysis (i.e. the logical criticism of precursor and contemporary views of the mind), introspection (i.e. the psychologist's study of his own states of mind), experiment (e.g. in hypnosis or neurology), and comparison (the… Shares Psychology

Wanting

Wanting Luke Burgis · 2021 · ★ 4.2 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate * Financial Times Business Book of the Month * Next Big Idea Club Nominee * One of Bloomberg's "52 New Books That Top Business Leaders Are Recommending" * Aleo Review of Books 2022 Book of the Year *A groundbreaking exploration of why we want what we want, and a toolkit for freeing ourselves from chasing unfulfilling desires.Gravity affects every aspect of our physical being, but there’s a… Shares Psychology

Voices

Voices Staroba · 2015 Shares Psychology with this book.

Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self

Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self Eric Wargo · 2021 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

Invoke the Goddess

Invoke the Goddess Kala Trobe · 2019 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

Rationale of the dirty joke G. Legman · 1968 · ★ 3.8 · 811p · ≈ 27h · Challenging Shares Wit and humor, History and criticism, Humor with this book.

1066 and All That Walter Carruthers Sellar · 1930 · ★ 3.9 · 116p · ≈ 3h · Moderate A tongue-in-cheek history of England which takes as its basic tenet the idea that history is only what you can remember and is therefore a collection of half remembered facts. The authors maintain that there are only two memorable dates, these being 1066 (the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Invasion) and 55 BC (the first Roman Invasion). The book begins with the Roman invasion and continues to… Shares Comic, Wit and humor, Humor

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