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The Book of Human Emotions: An Encyclopedia of Feeling from Anger to Wanderlust
Tiffany Watt Smith
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Description for The Book of Human Emotions: An Encyclopedia of Feeling from Anger to Wanderlust
Paperback. Series: Wellcome. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JMQ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 352.
Is your heart fluttering in anticipation? Is your stomach tight with nerves? Are you falling in love? Feeling a bit miffed? Are you curious (perhaps about this book)? Do you have the heebie-jeebies? Are you antsy with iktsuarpok? Or giddy with depaysement? The Book of Human Emotions is a gleeful, thoughtful collection of 156 feelings, both rare and familiar. Each has its own story, and reveals the strange forces which shape our rich and varied internal worlds. In reading it, you'll discover feelings you never knew you had (like basorexia, the sudden urge to kiss someone), ... Read more
Is your heart fluttering in anticipation? Is your stomach tight with nerves? Are you falling in love? Feeling a bit miffed? Are you curious (perhaps about this book)? Do you have the heebie-jeebies? Are you antsy with iktsuarpok? Or giddy with depaysement? The Book of Human Emotions is a gleeful, thoughtful collection of 156 feelings, both rare and familiar. Each has its own story, and reveals the strange forces which shape our rich and varied internal worlds. In reading it, you'll discover feelings you never knew you had (like basorexia, the sudden urge to kiss someone), ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Wellcome
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781251300
SKU
V9781781251300
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Tiffany Watt Smith
Tiffany Watt Smith is research fellow at the QMUL Centre for the History of the Emotions, and was also a 2014 BBC New Generation Thinker. Before beginning her career in academia, she worked as a theatre director for seven years, including stints as Associate Director at the Arcola Theatre and International Associate Director at the Royal Court. She lives in ... Read more
Reviews for The Book of Human Emotions: An Encyclopedia of Feeling from Anger to Wanderlust
[Watt Smith] treats each emotion with the expertise of a wine taster, showing how it is formed from a mixture of many other emotions
Craig Brown
Mail on Sunday
So riveting are these miniature essays exploring 156 emotions that if anyone interrupts your reading, you'll probably feel irritated ... Educative, entertaining.
Observer
Delightful
Prima ... Read more
Craig Brown
Mail on Sunday
So riveting are these miniature essays exploring 156 emotions that if anyone interrupts your reading, you'll probably feel irritated ... Educative, entertaining.
Observer
Delightful
Prima ... Read more