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Comedy Begins with Our Simplest Gestures: Levinas, Ethics, and Humor Duquesne University Press

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"""The comedy begins with our simplest gestures,"" writes Emmanuel Levinas in Entre Nous, as he goes on to describe how our human inevitable awkwardness proves comedic. And yet, he says, the comedy may take a tragic turn. When the awkwardness of the act is turned against the goal pursued, we are in ...

Forest Resources in U.S. History

Author(s): James P Armstrong, Gloria S. Oporto

Forest Resources in U.S. History presents a broad-brush overview of the history of Americans and our forest resources. This text covers how Americans have shaped forests and used the resources that forests provide to create the most prosperous nation the world has seen.Forest Resources in U.S. Histo...

Topics in Introductory Statistics

Author(s): Martha Goshaw

Topics in Introductory Statistics is intended for an introductory course at the 100 level and assumes just a basic elementary algebra background. The book is written in a module/topic format. The material to be covered is divided into three modules, much the way tests might be given.  Module 1 cover...