The Encyclopedia of Wit, Humor and Wisdom

by Leewin B. Williams
The Encyclopedia of Wit, Humor and Wisdom
Author: Leewin B. Williams
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2000-06
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0595096980
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Whenever you need an amusing story to hold attention, drive home a point in speech making to enliven conversation, or to read just for fun, the more than 4,100 peppery, bubbling stories in this volume will satisfy every demand. All are arranged alphabetically under subject. The index and cross-index makes it possible to locate the right story quickly. The range of this volume is far and wide. The stories are about people in all walks of life. All of them are wholesome and clean. And what is more, you will want to remember and retell these stories. Drawn from the vagaries, the foibles, and the peculiarities of human nature, they provide countless chuckles from many different locales. The ENCYCLOPEDIA of WIT, HUMOR and WISDOM is indispensable for public speakers, toastmasters, lawyers, ministers, educators, writers, salesmen, and those who love a good laugh.

Lowering the Bar

by Marc Galanter
Lowering the Bar
Author: Marc Galanter
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2006-08-08
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780299213541
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What do you call 600 lawyers at the bottom of the sea? Marc Galanter calls it an opportunity to investigate the meanings of a rich and time-honored genre of American humor: lawyer jokes. Lowering the Bar analyzes hundreds of jokes from Mark Twain classics to contemporary anecdotes about Dan Quayle, Johnnie Cochran, and Kenneth Starr. Drawing on representations of law and lawyers in the mass media, political discourse, and public opinion surveys, Galanter finds that the increasing reliance on law has coexisted uneasily with anxiety about the “legalization” of society. Informative and always entertaining, his book explores the tensions between Americans’ deep-seated belief in the law and their ambivalence about lawyers.

Secretly Inside

by Hans Warren
Secretly Inside
Author: Hans Warren
Publisher: Terrace Books
Total Pages: 584
Release: 2006
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780299209803
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In the Dutch countryside the war seems far away. For most people, at least. But not for Ed, a Jew in Nazi-occupied Holland trying to find some safe sanctuary. Compelled to go into hiding in the rural province of Zeeland, he is taken in by a seemingly benevolent family of farmers. But, as Ed comes to realize, the Van 't Westeindes are not what they seem. Camiel, the son of the house, is still in mourning for his best friend, a German soldier who committed suicide the year before. And Camiel's fiery, unstable sister Mariete begins to nurse a growing unrequited passion for their young guest, just as Ed realizes his own attraction to Camiel. As time goes by, Ed is drawn into the domestic intrigues around him, and the farmhouse that had begun as his refuge slowly becomes his prison.

Heavenly Hoots

by Ken Alley
Heavenly Hoots
Author: Ken Alley
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2000-09-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1462078486
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Heavenly Hoots is Christianity at its funniest! Every anecdote in this book has a distinct truthfulness about it and is a mini-sermon in itself. People should recognize Christians by the smiles on their faces and the chuckle in their hearts because they believe, "Laughter is the Best Medicine."

Life's a Gas

by Ken B. Alley
Life's a Gas
Author: Ken B. Alley
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2001
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0595170226
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Life's a Gas is a collection of over 1,000 true, funny happenings. You won't believe how people trip over their own tongues and take one step forward while taking two steps back and not even know it.

Watch Your Step!

by Ken Alley
Watch Your Step!
Author: Ken Alley
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2001-03-18
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1469761874
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Watch Your Step! is a collection of humorous farm anecdotes taken, with permission, from books originally compiled by Leewin B. Williams the first half of the 20th Century. It's amazing how much truth can be distilled from dated humor. You either recognize the people or, in some instances, you recognize yourself.

Striking Illustrations in Christianity

by B Alley
Striking Illustrations in Christianity
Author: B Alley
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2001-01-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0595177182
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STRIKING ILLUSTRATIONS IN CHRISTIANITY, a collection of down to earth thoughts from a long time ago. Even though they were excerpted from books our great-grandparents read, they hold the same values. The Golden Rule never changes.

Judges, Judging and Humour

by Jessica Milner Davis
Judges, Judging and Humour
Author: Jessica Milner Davis
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2018-07-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3319767380
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This book examines social aspects of humour relating to the judiciary, judicial behaviour, and judicial work across different cultures and eras, identifying how traditionally recorded wit and humorous portrayals of judges reflect social attitudes to the judiciary over time. It contributes to cultural studies and social science/socio-legal studies of both humour and the role of emotions in the judiciary and in judging. It explores the surprisingly varied intersections between humour and the judiciary in several legal systems: judges as the target of humour; legal decisions regulating humour; the use of humour to manage aspects of judicial work and courtroom procedure; and judicial/legal figures and customs featuring in comic and satiric entertainment through the ages. Delving into the multi-layered connections between the seriousness of the work of the judiciary on the one hand, and the lightness of humour on the other hand, this fascinating collection will be of particular interest to scholars of the legal system, the criminal justice system, humour studies, and cultural studies.