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It's the perfect marriage of wisdom and wit--here are 100 valuable lessons on how to live, drawn from 100 hilarious and unforgettable jokes. A really good joke, like a great poem, memorable song lyric, razor-sharp anecdote, or Zen koan, is a portal of discovery--it can get a meaningful message across in a way that's clear, humorous, and practical. It's the secret weapon of every great comedian--there's the joke, and then there's the subtext of the joke, and that can mean serious business. A funny, funny joke about a therapist and his patient conveys, for example, an important lesson on the power of communication. A surprising joke about a tribal shaman and the weather service turns into a necessary critique on how we should view experts.
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Life Is a Joke, John Javna, Gordon Javna
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- Released
- 2017
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Life Is a Joke
- Subtitle
- 100 Life Lessons
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Javna, Gordon Javna
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 1523500077
- ISBN13
- 9781523500079
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Self-Help, Humor, Personal Growth
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- It's the perfect marriage of wisdom and wit--here are 100 valuable lessons on how to live, drawn from 100 hilarious and unforgettable jokes. A really good joke, like a great poem, memorable song lyric, razor-sharp anecdote, or Zen koan, is a portal of discovery--it can get a meaningful message across in a way that's clear, humorous, and practical. It's the secret weapon of every great comedian--there's the joke, and then there's the subtext of the joke, and that can mean serious business. A funny, funny joke about a therapist and his patient conveys, for example, an important lesson on the power of communication. A surprising joke about a tribal shaman and the weather service turns into a necessary critique on how we should view experts.