Blood and Laughter

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Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 9389253357
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (892 download)

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Book Synopsis Blood and Laughter by : Manjula Padmanabhan

Download or read book Blood and Laughter written by Manjula Padmanabhan and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A neighbourhood that turns a blind eye to a recurring gruesome crime. A game show that puts the lives of its contestants on the line. An insidious tableau that pits three artists against each other. A world where organs of the poor are commercially harvested for the rich. Collected Plays brings together, in a much-anticipated series, the dramatic works of Onassis Prize-winning playwright and author Manjula Padmanabhan. Blood and Laughter, the first volume, presents within its covers Padmanabhan’s full-length plays – including the three-times cinematized Lights Out, the previously unpublished Mating Game Show and Artist’s Model, and the award-winning Harvest – all known for their masterful portrayal of the dilemmas of morality, relationships and the idea of justice. Horror, anticipation and chilling realism mark each of these works, drawing readers and audiences alike to the edge of their seats. With new introductions to the works that affirm the relevance of the themes of the plays, this collection showcases the playwright’s mastery of her art and reconfirms her standing among the leading dramatists of our time.

Harvest

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Publisher : Aurora Metro Publications Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1906582378
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (65 download)

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Book Synopsis Harvest by : Manjula Padmanabhan

Download or read book Harvest written by Manjula Padmanabhan and published by Aurora Metro Publications Ltd.. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A futuristic satire on the trade in live organs from the Third World to the West. Om, a young man is driven by unemployment to sell his body parts for cash. Guards arrive to make his home into a germ-free zone. When his brother Jeetu returns unexpectedly, he is taken away as the donor. Om can’t accept this. Java, his wife, is left alone. Will she too be seduced into selling her body for use by the rich westerners? Harvest won first prize in the first Onassis Cultural Competition for Theatre and was premiered in Greek at the Teatro Texnis, Athens. It has also been performed by a youth theatre in the UK, broadcast by the BBC World Service and made into a feature film, directed by Govind Nihalani, titled Body, which was screened at the Regus London Film Festival. The play is also studied by many colleges and universities to explain how globalisation works. Manjula Padmanbhan Born in Delhi to a diplomat family in 1953, she went to boarding school in her teenage years. After college, her determination to make her own way in life led to works in publishing and media-related fields. She won the Greek Onassis Award for her play Harvest. An award-winning film Deham was made by Govind Nihalani based on the play. She has written one more powerful play, Lights Out! (1984), Hidden Fires is a series of monologues. The Artist's Model (1995) and Sextet are her other works.(1996). She has also authored a collection of short stories, called Kleptomania. Her most recent book, published in 2008, is Escape. Apart from writing newspaper columns she created comic strips. She created Suki, an Indian comic character, which was serialized as a strip in the Sunday Observer.Before 1997 (the year her play Harvest was staged) she was better known as a cartoonist and had a daily cartoon strip in The Pioneer newspaper. As playwright 1984 - "Lights Out" 2003. Harvest. London: Aurora Metro Press. As Author and Illustrator 2013. Three Virgins and Other Stories New Delhi, India: Zubaan Books. 2015. Island of Lost Girls. Hachette. 2011. I am different! Can you find me? Watertown, Mass: Charlesbridge Pub. 2008. Escape. Hachette. 2005. Unprincess! New Delhi: Puffin Books. 1986. A Visit to the City Market New Delhi: National Book Trust 2003. Mouse Attack As Illustrator Baig, Tara Ali, and Manjula Padmanabhan. 1979. Indrani and the enchanted jungle. New Delhi: Thomson Press (India) Ltd. Maithily Jagannathan and Manjula Padmanabhan. 1984. Droopy dragon. New Delhi: Thomson Press. Comic Strips 2005. Double talk. New Delhi: Penguin Books.

The Devil's Laughter

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Publisher : Lyrical Press
ISBN 13 : 1601835264
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis The Devil's Laughter by : William W. Johnstone

Download or read book The Devil's Laughter written by William W. Johnstone and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something funny’s going on in Louisiana’s backwoods . . . Someone in LaGrange has stirred up something truly evil. From beyond, demonic messengers emerge out of the fires of Hell itself, to ignite an orgy of chaos, murder, and bloody destruction. But the Devil was the only one laughing . . . Town veterinarian Link Donovan (former CIA) and Sheriff Ray Ingalls have grave premonitions that the ungodly laughter they heard echoing through the woods meant this was only the beginning. Once they root out the rich folk whose meddling released the minions of Satan, they recruit a band of God-fearing locals like themselves ready to battle—and obliterate—whatever face of evil dares to cross their paths.

Laughter and Blood

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Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 9389253373
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Laughter and Blood written by Manjula Padmanabhan and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conjoined triplets on a blind date. A lesson in human reproduction by a manic-prudish teacher. A heart-stopping game of cards. An instrument that tunes in to the music of our bodies’ organs. Collected Plays brings together, in a much-anticipated series, the dramatic works of Onassis prize-winning playwright and author Manjula Padmanabhan. Laughter and Blood, the second volume, presents within its covers Padmanabhan’s short performance pieces. From The Sextet and Ladies’ Night to Hidden Fires and Blind Date, these wildly inventive, subversive and often chilling plays introduce readers to the intrigues of inverted power structures, tantalizingly suggestive interactions and powerful voices from the fringe. With new introductions to the works that affirm the relevance of the themes of the plays, this collection showcases the playwright’s mastery of her art and reconfirms her standing among the leading dramatists of our time.

I Want to Laugh

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Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1449072070
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (49 download)

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Book Synopsis I Want to Laugh by : Derrick Ellis

Download or read book I Want to Laugh written by Derrick Ellis and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recommended daily dose of laughter is 15 minutes a day. I WANT TO LAUGH gives you the health benefits of laughter. For example, laughter lowers Blood Pressure, promotes better sleep, increases natural killer cells (to attack cancers and tumors), improves respiration, and much much more. In addition, there are hundreds and hundreds of jokes, quips, and quotations for almost every occasion. That's right this book will provide the quotes and jokes you need to get your day or night going with excitement. After reading only a few pages, readers will find themselves emailing these side-splitting jokes to friends, family members, and co-workers.

Laughter Out of Place

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520276043
Total Pages : 400 pages
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Book Synopsis Laughter Out of Place by : Donna M. Goldstein

Download or read book Laughter Out of Place written by Donna M. Goldstein and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-09-29 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the author's experience in Brazil, this text provides a portrait of everyday life among the women of the favelas - a portrait that challenges much of what we think we know about the 'culture of poverty'. It helps us understand the nature of joking and laughter in the shantytown.

Laughter Yoga

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143134949
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Book Synopsis Laughter Yoga by : Madan Kataria, M.D.

Download or read book Laughter Yoga written by Madan Kataria, M.D. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could you use a good laugh? This definitive guide by the founder of the worldwide laughter yoga movement will show you how to giggle your way to good health! Bring laughter into your life at any time of day--no special equipment needed, no new wardrobe, no expensive classes, not even a sense of humor! Laughter yoga is all about voluntary laughter--how you can learn to laugh even in the absence of humorous stimuli, and reap the extraordinary, scientifically proven benefits, which include stress reduction, pain relief, weight loss, heightened immunity, and, especially, enhanced mood: If you act happy, you'll become happy--your body can't tell the difference! Children laugh more than 300 times a day, adults fewer than fifteen. But it's easy to start laughing again. The exercises in this book combine voluntary laughter with yogic breathing to give you a full body-mind workout. And it turns out that laughter is the fastest way to reduce stress and the best kind of cardio: Ten minutes of hearty laughter is equal to thirty minutes on the rowing machine. With Laughter Yoga, join the growing worldwide movement and discover how laughter really is the best medicine. A PENGUIN LIFE TITLE

Laughing in the Hills

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 163450948X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (345 download)

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Book Synopsis Laughing in the Hills by : Bill Barich

Download or read book Laughing in the Hills written by Bill Barich and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Barich burst onto the literary scene more than twenty-five years ago with this remarkable account of racetrack life. Holed up in a cheap motel in Albany, California, only a few miles from Golden Gate Fields, he looked to the track to help him make sense of his life during a dark peiod of loss and challenge. With rare sensitivity, he captured the gritty world of the backstretch, and also its poetry, as few other writers have done. Laughing in the Hills, which was first serialized in the New Yorker, has become a classic of sporting literature and a must for anyone who loves horses and the world they create. “It is a lovely, valuable book, introspective without being self-servingly so, affectionate but never saccharine in its evocation of racetrack life, witty and perceptive throughout.” —Jonathan Yardley, Sports Illustrated Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

The Laughing Cure

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Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 1510702504
Total Pages : 269 pages
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Book Synopsis The Laughing Cure by : Brian King

Download or read book The Laughing Cure written by Brian King and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Brian King is a psychologist and stand-up comedian whose humor therapy seminars are attended by more than ten thousand people each year. In The Laughing Cure, King combines wit with medical research to reveal the benefits of laughter and humor on physical and emotional health. King’s language is humorous and uplifting, and his advice is backed in science. The Laughing Cure features clinical studies and interviews with some of the nation’s top doctors that prove that laughter lowers blood pressure, reduces stress hormones, increases muscle flexion, boosts immune systems, and triggers endorphins. It’s been shown to relieve depression, to produce a general sense of wellbeing, even to make us more productive, loving, and kind. The Laughing Cure presents step-by-step guidance and proven techniques to embrace laughter as both medicine for current conditions and preventative medicine. This highly unique and enjoyable read explains why much-talked about, but little understood methods of therapy like those embraced by acclaimed humor doctor Patch Adams—played by Robyn Williams in a 1998 film—and laughter yoga actually work. Growing up, King wanted to be a stand-up comic; his PhD. was his backup plan. Little did he know, the impact his unique situation would put him in, the way it would allow him to help others. Very few doctors have the ability to heal the way that King does; his method is cheap, easy, chemical-free—even fun. With The Laughing Cure, readers will learn how—and why—laughter saves lives.

The Positive Psychology of Laughter and Humour

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Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1837538344
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (375 download)

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Book Synopsis The Positive Psychology of Laughter and Humour by : Freda Gonot-Schoupinsky

Download or read book The Positive Psychology of Laughter and Humour written by Freda Gonot-Schoupinsky and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-09 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the authors’ diverse backgrounds and expertise, this is the first academic volume dedicated to the rarely discussed topic of laughter and humour in positive psychology.

Treatise On Laughter

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Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817300260
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Book Synopsis Treatise On Laughter by : Laurent Joubert

Download or read book Treatise On Laughter written by Laurent Joubert and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1980-06-30 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translation from French of an essay on the nature and character of human laughter Until its translation, Treatise on Laughter remained accessible solely to readers of French for nearly four centuries. Joubert’s treatise offers a curious and stimulating experience: the sensation of moving through another epistemology. His theory was composed during a period of great turmoil in the history of France when the human race was becoming much more aware of the organic structure of man and nature. He begins with the immediately observable phenomena before penetrating into the more hidden aspects of one of the most admirable of human acts, amirables accions de l’homme, laughter. Joubert is keenly aware of the difficulty of his subject matter. Rather than discouraging him, however, this becomes an incentive, making the study of such a formidable mystery more enticing. His ideas can appear quaint, and many of his beliefs can make us smile. Yet our smile may well disappear when we wonder which of today’s accepted ideas might seem laughable half a millennium hence.

American Medicine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 870 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)

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Blood Rites

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101146664
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Blood Rites by : Jim Butcher

Download or read book Blood Rites written by Jim Butcher and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-08-03 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files, Chicago's only professional wizard takes on a case for a vampire and becomes the prime suspect in a series of ghastly murders. Harry Dresden has had worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Like fleeing a burning building full of enraged demon-monkeys, for instance. Or going toe-to-leaf with a walking plant monster. Still, there’s something more troubling than usual about his newest case. The film’s producer believes he’s the target of a sinister curse—but it’s the women around him who are dying, in increasingly spectacular ways. Harry’s doubly frustrated because he only got involved with this bizarre mystery as a favor to Thomas—his flirtatious, self-absorbed vampire acquaintance of dubious integrity. Thomas has a personal stake in the case Harry can’t quite figure out, until his investigation leads him straight to the vampire’s oversexed, bite-happy family. Now, Harry’s about to discover that Thomas’ family tree has been hiding a shocking secret: a revelation that will change Harry’s life forever.

Strange Nervous Laughter

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429969628
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Book Synopsis Strange Nervous Laughter by : Bridget McNulty

Download or read book Strange Nervous Laughter written by Bridget McNulty and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You'll not find six more remarkable characters: a cashier-turnedmotivational speaker, an undertaker with a toenail fetish, a girl wrapped in dreams, a man who communicates with whales, a garbage man with a peculiar sense of smell, and a Guinness Book of World Records representative. When a random holdup at a local grocery brings them together, their once separate lives intertwine in a humorous blend of lyricism, whimsy and wit. This is a rare book about what love does to us, how our lives are changed by being in love—and the odd ways in which we sometimes behave. Up-and-coming novelist McNulty shows herself to be a writer to watch.

Laugh Your Way to Happiness

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Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1780287739
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Book Synopsis Laugh Your Way to Happiness by : Lesley Lyle

Download or read book Laugh Your Way to Happiness written by Lesley Lyle and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lesley Lyle presents the surprising scientific evidence that reveals the importance of laughter for our mental and physical health, our prosperity, our relationships, our careers – in fact, every aspect of our lives. Drawing inspiration from Laughter Yoga, a movement founded in India by Dr Madan Kataria that uses laughter and breathing exercises to bring about amazing changes in the health and well-being of thousands of individuals, Lesley reveals: The scientific evidence of laughter's beneficial effects on our health, including lowering blood pressure and improving concentration The emotional aspects of laughter and how it can alleviate anxiety, stress and depression The spiritual aspects of laughter and how it can help provide a sense of connection and wholeness Throughout Lesley reveals how to bring more laughter into your daily life, including practising simple but fun exercises that will help you see opportunities for laughter in the most unexpected places. Laughter can be simulated as an exercise in a group; with eye contact and childlike playfulness, it soon turns into real and contagious laughter. This is a book that will delight, as well as inform – most importantly, it will positively change your life.

Laugh and Live

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Total Pages : 236 pages
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Book Synopsis Laugh and Live by : Douglas Fairbanks

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Blood of the Fold

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Publisher : RosettaBooks
ISBN 13 : 0795346034
Total Pages : 806 pages
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Book Synopsis Blood of the Fold by : Terry Goodkind

Download or read book Blood of the Fold written by Terry Goodkind and published by RosettaBooks. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Seeker of Truth takes his rightful place as the new ruler of D’Hara in the third novel of the #1 New York Times–bestselling author’s epic fantasy series. After escaping from the Palace of Prophets, Richard comes to terms with his true identity as a War Wizard. But when he brings down the barrier between the Old and New Worlds, the Imperial Order suddenly poses a threat to the the freedom of all humankind. As the Imperial Order sends delegations and armies into the New World, Richard’s only chance to stop the invasion is to claim his heritage as the new Lord Rahl and ruler of D’Hara. But convincing the D’Harans of his legitimacy won’t be easy. Meanwhile, a powerful enemy is on the trail of Richard’s love, Kahlan Amnell. And when the spell Richard cast to protect her is broken, he must martial his newfound authority—and the armies that come with it—to save her life.