Past AATH Book Award Winners:
2007 Winners:
The 2007 AATH Book Awards were sponsored by the Gliner Center for Humor Communication and Health. The mission of the Gliner Center for Humor Communication and Health is to promote and utilize humor communication as a basis for education, applied research and practices that inform, influence and enhance personal and public health. Major initiatives are the Legacy Leadership Institute on Humor Communication and Health, the Humor Your Way to Good Health Programs, the Humor Resource Library, the Gliner Center Award, Gliner Fellows, Maryland Day, and lectures and symposia.
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Furthering the Mission - AATH member: for the best nonfiction book written by, or edited by, a member of AATH that reflects and advances the understanding and application of humor and laughter for their positive benefits
Yoga For Your Funny Bone by Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant, http://www.accidentalcomic.com/ -
Furthering the Mission - Non-member: for the best nonfiction book written by, or edited by, a nonmember that reflects and advances the understanding of application of humor and laughter for their positive benefits
Don't Leave Me This Way (or, When I Get Back on my Feet, You'll Be Sorry) by Julia Fox Garrison, ISBN13: 978-0-06-112061-9
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Humor/Laughter Research: for the best book of research of humor and/or laughter either written by, or edited by, a member or a nonmember
The Psychology of Humor by Rod A. Martin, ISBN 13: 978-0-12-372564-6 Buy at Amazon -
Good Humor Award: Best Humor Book of the Year: the funniest and most original/creative humor book of the year, written by, or edited by, either a member or a nonmember.
You Just Have to Laugh Through Tough Times by David Naster, http://www.naster.com/
2006 Winners:
Member Category:
Scott Endres
Teaching is Too Important to Take Seriously: A Guide to Laughter in Teaching and Life
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Nonmember Category:
Peter J. Flierl, MSW
Prayer, Laughter & Broccoli: Being There When Your Wife Has Breast Cancer
http://www.prayerlaughterandbroccoli.com