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The Book of Human Emotions: From Ambiguphobia to Umpty -- 154 Words from Around the World for How We Feel Hardcover – June 7, 2016

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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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"In a world dominated by technology, it is comforting to have Tiffany Watt Smith serve as a guide through the dark woods of our emotions and to remind us: There's a WORD for that."
―Roy Peter Clark, author of Writing Tools and The Art of X-Ray Reading

"Charming"―Melissa Dahl, New York Magazine

"One fun and breezy read."
―Susannah Cahalan, New York Post

"Have you ever felt an emotion that you wish you could express in words, but couldn't figure out quite how? Tiffany Watt Smith can help....Spend a little time learning these words, and it just may help you to understand emotions better."―Justin Bariso, Inc.

"The Book of Human Emotions is as exhaustive and readable a book on emotional vernacular as I can ever recall seeing.... It's an eye-opening read perusing words with a multitude of origins that capture shades and flavors of emotions (many of the words you'll know, but even those are unpacked here ingeniously)....This book is all about the ambiguity, and well worth checking out."―David DiSalvo, Forbes

About the Author

Dr. Tiffany Watt Smith is a research fellow at the QMUL Centre for the History of the Emotions, and was also a 2014 BBC New Generation Thinker. Before choosing to pursue a path in academic research and writing, Dr. Watt Smith worked as a theater director for seven years, including stints as Associate Director at the Arcola Theatre and International Associate Director at the Royal Court. She lives in London.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown Spark; First Edition (June 7, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316265403
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316265409
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.25 x 8.75 inches

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Andrea

Amazing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 31, 2020

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Am using this book in my classroom - we do an "emotion word of the day" and my students love it. There's a wonderful collection of words in here, and my students find that even if some of the words don't exactly resonate with them (yet), they still love it.

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Dixie Lee

Could only want more . . . words, definitions, languages.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 9, 2017

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A very interesting book about words, their meaning, roots of origin and emotional value. I especially enjoyed the words in several different languages that have no one English word equivelent. I just wish there was a dictionary that was more comprehensive and organized like a traditional dictionary.

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Benjamin Chaminade

The content of the book is great but the quality of it is very bad

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 15, 2017

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The content of the book is great but the quality of it is very bad. I had to buy the new version to be able to read it

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Ross W. Beales

I bought this after hearing the author’s TED Talk - ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 13, 2018

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I bought this after hearing the author’s TED Talk - fascinating perspective on how different cultures define (and perhaps experience) emotions.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 24, 2017

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I did not find this very interesting and stopped reading it about 1/3rd of the way through.

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Sharon B. Garrett

Not a book to just read through like a novel but a good "pick up for a ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 1, 2016

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I ordered this after seeing it used in an on line article. Not a book to just read through like a novel but a good "pick up for a minute" read.

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Henom McHenom

Amateurish writing.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 28, 2017

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Poorly written. Like someone started this book and realized you can't fill a whole book with it.

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morgana1980

Intersting

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 27, 2016

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A trip through the anthropological history of emotions and feelings. A good insight about the cultural aspects of what and how we feel

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Priyanka londhe

Amazing

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on June 10, 2021

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The author of this book also has an equally amazing TED Talk and lecture that she had given at Darwin College, Cambridge. This is an amazing insightful book that curates words from all over the world

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Reviewed in Spain 🇪🇸 on December 4, 2021

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He comprado este libro de tapa dura porque era una edición que parecía ser de mejor calidad que el de la tapa blanda. Al abrirlo, he visto que llegó con marcas negras de dedos en la portada y el encuadernado es TERRIBLE!!!
He pagado el doble que el de la tapa blanda para tener un modelo de veinte veces peor calidad.