9780316265409-0316265403-The Book of Human Emotions: From Ambiguphobia to Umpty -- 154 Words from Around the World for How We Feel

The Book of Human Emotions: From Ambiguphobia to Umpty -- 154 Words from Around the World for How We Feel

ISBN-13: 9780316265409
ISBN-10: 0316265403
Edition: First Edition
Author: Tiffany Watt Smith
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover 336 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780316265409
ISBN-10: 0316265403
Edition: First Edition
Author: Tiffany Watt Smith
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover 336 pages

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The Book of Human Emotions: From Ambiguphobia to Umpty -- 154 Words from Around the World for How We Feel (ISBN-13: 9780316265409 and ISBN-10: 0316265403), written by authors Tiffany Watt Smith, was published by Little, Brown Spark in 2016. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Emotions (Mental Health) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Book of Human Emotions: From Ambiguphobia to Umpty -- 154 Words from Around the World for How We Feel (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Emotions books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.73.

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A thoughtful, gleeful encyclopedia of emotions, both broad and outrageously specific, from throughout history and around the world.

How do you feel today? Is your heart fluttering in anticipation? Your stomach tight with nerves? Are you falling in love? Feeling a bit miffed? Do you have the heebie-jeebies? Are you antsy with iktsuarpok or filled with nakhes? Recent research suggests there are only six basic emotions. But if that makes you feel uneasy, suspicious, and maybe even a little bereft, The Book of Human Emotions is for you.

In this unique book, you'll get to travel across the world and through time, learning how different cultures have articulated the human experience and picking up some fascinating new knowledge about yourself along the way. From the familiar (anger) to the foreign (zal), each entertaining and informative alphabetical entry reveals the surprising connections and fascinating facts behind our emotional lives.

Whether you're in search of the perfect word to sum up that cozy feeling you get from being inside on a cold winter's night, surrounded by friends and good food (what the Dutch call gezelligheid), or wondering how nostalgia evolved from a fatal illness to enjoyable self-indulgence, Tiffany Watt Smith draws on history, anthropology, science, art, literature, music, and popular culture to find the answers.

In reading The Book of Human Emotions, you'll discover feelings you never knew you had (like basorexia, the sudden urge to kiss someone) and gain unexpected insights into why you feel the way you do. Besides, aren't you curious what nginyiwarrarringu means?
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