Título: Laughter Is the Best Medicine: @Work
Autor: Editors of Reader's Digest
Sinopse: Lighten up and laugh your way through the 9-to-5 grind with this mix of hilarious wisecracks, uproarious one-liners, full-color cartoons, and quotations from famous (and not-so-famous) wits. The hundreds of jokes and quips in Laughter the Best Medicine @ Work have been collected from more than eight decades worth of Readers Digest magazines and are guaranteed to brighten up your workday. Youll find everything from outrageous resumes to creative excuses for calling in sick. So whether you suffer from an e-mail gone wrong, an irritating coworker, or a dreadful boss, youll see that laughter is the best medicine for all your work woes. A survey sent out to our contractors posed the question, What motivates you to come to work every day? One guy answered, Probation officer. E. Hewitt One of the less difficult blanks to fill in on our job-agency application is "Position Wanted." One job seeker wrote "Sitting." Flo Traywick, Lynchburg, Virginia What do you call twin policemen? Copies. Tyler Meason My sister Angela was impressed by a job applicant's confidence. "How will you gain your coworkers' respect?" she asked. The reply: "Mainly through my misdemeanor." Gretchen Duff, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania My laptop was driving me crazy. The A, E, and I keys always stick, I complained to a friend. She quickly diagnosed the problem. Your computer is suffering from irritable vowel syndrome. Angie Bulakites My coworker at the hotel was miserable at his job and was desperately searching for a new one. "Why don't you work for your mother?" I suggested. He shook his head. "I can't," he said. "Her company has a very strict policy against hiring relatives." "Who made up that ridiculous rule?" "My mother." Doug Barilla, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Laughter Is the Best Medicine: @Work”, de Editors of Reader's Digest, publicado pela editora Penguin, em 2012 e com 216 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Penguin
Páginas: 216
Ano: 2012
Edição:
Linguagem: English
ISBN: 160652481X
ISBN13: 9781606524817
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Penguin oferecem uma experiência de leitura que mescla narrativas envolventes e textos densos, com temas que transitam entre suspense, filosofia, história e literatura clássica. O catálogo apresenta desde thrillers contemporâneos com tramas policiais e conspirações até reflexões existenciais e guias práticos, como manuais de sobrevivência e técnicas culinárias. Essa diversidade sugere um equilíbrio entre histórias narrativas e obras mais informativas ou ensaísticas, com um tom que pode variar do tenso e misterioso ao didático e contemplativo. A linguagem frequentemente privilegia personagens complexos e conflitos profundos, enquanto o ritmo pode oscilar entre o acelerado das tramas de suspense e o mais pausado das obras clássicas e filosóficas.
