Things can’t get much worse-but can they get funnier.
THE ELEMENTS OF STRESS and the Pursuit of Happy-ish in this Current Sh*tstorm is a humorous handbook to help readers better deal with the challenges and headaches of our times, from overeating, to love problems, money woes, global warming, night sweats, winter itch, general anxiety, and so much more. Plus, forty stress-defusing cartoons from two of the best gag cartoonists in the world will help readers handle all the anxiety in today’s new world disorder–the perfect gift for fans of the original Elements of Style or anyone who has had it up to here. Now expanded with over twenty more cartoons and index!
Tabela de Conteúdo
TABLE of CONTENTS
Introduction; Initially, This Book Was About Gluten
I. And God Said, Let There Be Stress
1. History of Stress-Past, Present, and Future-Everyone’s Tense
2. Location, Location, Location; Looking for Stress In All the Wrong Places
3. The Hilarious World of Depression
II. Great Battles of Our Day
1. Conservatives vs. Progressives; Red States Versus Blue States
2. Us vs. Mother Nature; The Warmest Hell on Record
3. Man vs. Our Body; The Depths of Despair of Jeans That No Longer Fit
4. Couples: Keep Your Enemies Close and Your Exes as Far Away as Possible
III. Handling Strife
1. As the World Pivots: Pivoting For Fun and Profit
2. Is the Box of Wine Half Empty Or Half Full; How to Throw A Pity Party
3. Getting Stressed For Success
4. Chocolate
5. Hobbies: The Secret of the Destressed
6. Say Farewell to Stress: Top 33 Cliché Ways to Being Stressed in Descending Order
Afterword; The Missing Chapters
Index
Sobre o autor
Michael Shaw’s cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker since1999 and have a habit of going viral–appearing on an ABC news special following the World Trade Tower attack and on 60 Minutes as one of New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff’s ‘top five favorites.’ Shaw’s cartoon on The Charlie Hebdo shooting led to his appearance on Ronan Farrow Daily on MSNBC. His cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker Book of Literary Cartoons, The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker, The Rejection Collection I and II, The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons, The Ultimate Cartoon Book series and in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Harvard Business Review, Weekly Humorist, and Prospect magazine.His work can be seen at @shawtoons_on_fridge
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