Books studying the psychological and neurological mechanisms of the human capacity for humor tend not to be a barrel of laughs. This book on the Krueger Library retention list is a case in point. For example, Dr. Ruch states, “This need to distinguish among facets of humorous and humorless personalities can be deduced from the fact that cultures typically have developed a rich vocabulary of humor-related nouns …” This observation is not a knee-slapper in English, though I am told it is much funnier in the original German.
Ruch, Willibald. The Sense of Humor: Explorations of a Personality Characteristic. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1998.
Recap: In 2022, twenty-four Minnesota libraries joined together in a commitment to retain over a half-million print books which are scarcely-held in Minnesota. It is called the Minnesota Shared Print Collection. This is one of the stories from the Winona State share of the collection.
For those distraught by the downward slide of the stock markets over the last two days, this book on the Krueger Library retention list might help (or make it worse). Understanding the psychological mechanisms related to financial markets might help foster a sense of stoic calm.
Cohen, David. Fear, Greed and Panic: The Psychology of the Stock Market. New York: Wiley, 2001.
Recap: In 2022, twenty-four Minnesota libraries joined together in a commitment to retain over a half-million print books which are scarcely-held in Minnesota. It is called the Minnesota Shared Print Collection. This is one of the stories from the Winona State share of the collection.