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  • Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

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  • Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious

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    Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious is a 1905 book by Sigmund Freud that examines humor from the perspective of psychoanalysis and Freud's model of the human psyche (consisting of id, ego and superego). According to Freud, humor is the superego's allowing of unconscious and suppressed material to enter consciousness, producing pleasure through absurdity. Freud categorizes types of humor, differentiating between jokes and humor and tendentious and non-tendentious jokes.

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short story concerning Mr. and Mrs. Button, whose newborn baby appears to be a seventy-year-old man. The Buttons are horrified at this, and despite the old man's cranky demeanor, are determined to treat him the way a real baby should be treated. However, as Benjamin ages, they discover that he is actually growing younger in appearance. This story explores the themes of social propriety, normalcy, and existence.

  • No Adam in Eden

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  • Tight White Collar

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  • The 9/11 Commission Report

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  • The Classic Slave Narratives

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  • The Portable Beat Reader

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  • The New Testament of the Bible

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    The New Testament is the second part of the Christian Bible chronicling the life and teachings of Jesus Christ of Nazareth and his disciples. The Bible claims Jesus was the son of God, born to the virgin Mary. Jesus performed miracles that fed the hungry and healed the sick, teaching his followers to love thy neighbor and enemy, guidelines of pacifism, forgiveness, charity, renunciation of earthly posessions and humility. Jesus was crucified by the Romans and, after three days in the tomb, was resurrected.

  • The Old Testament of the Bible

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    The Old Testament of the Bible is the first half of the Christian Bible, sharing stories with the Jewish torah. The Old Testament tells the story of God's creation of all existence and His evolving relationship with mankind, from His expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden for disobeying Him, through the flood and preservation of Noah, the covenant between God and the Israelites, and the descendants of Jacob, their battles, misfortunes and victories. Thematically, the Old Testament emphasizes obedience, law, tradition, honesty and piety.

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