The Book of Human Emotions - An Encyclopedia of Feeling from Anger to Wanderlust
By Tiffany Watt Smith

Is your heart fluttering inand anticipation? Is your stomach tight withand nerves? Are you falling inand love? Feelingand a bit miffed? Are youand curiousand (perhaps about this book)? Do you have theand heebie-jeebies? Are you antsy withand iktsuarpok? Or giddy withand depaysement?The Book of Human Emotionsand is a gleeful, thoughtful collection of 156 feelings, both rare and familiar. Each has its own story, and reveals the strange forces which shape our rich and varied internal worlds. In reading it, you'll discover feelings you never knew you had (likeand basorexia, the sudden urge to kiss someone), uncover the secret histories ofand boredomand andand confidence, and gain unexpected insights into why we feel the way we do.Published in partnership with the Wellcome Collection.Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health. Inspired by the medical objects and curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome, it connects science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection exhibitions, events and books explore a diverse range of subjects, including consciousness, forensic medicine, emotions, sexology, identity and death.Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome, a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive, funding over 14,000 researchers and projects in more than 70 countries.wellcomecollection.org