Nel 1934 il poco più che ventenne David Niven arrivò negli Stati Uniti per fare il piazzista di liquori, dopo che sino a un paio d'anni prima aveva fatto parte della fanteria britannica, come da tradizione di famiglia. Era brillante, sportivo, ben educato e se come venditore prima, come organizzatore di corse di ponies dopo, si sarebbe rivelato un disastro, non gli mancava la faccia tosta e un perenne sorriso sulle labbra. Come per caso, un giorno si ritrovò in uno studio cinematografico, comparsa a due dollari al giorno in un film dove faceva un peone messicano. Nel giro di pochi anni divenne una star. 'C'era una volta Hollywood' sono le memorie più divertenti e meglio scritte su quella che è stata e rimane la Mecca del cinema. Sfilano nelle sue pagine i ritratti degli amici più cari di Niven, Clark Gable, Humprey Bogart, Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, i registi più eccentrici, da Lubitsch a Wyler a Chaplin, i produttori più celebri, compreso Sam Goldwin che lo licenziò, i parties più pazzi, quelli di Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, Claudette Colbert, Greta Garbo, le croniste più pettegole, Hedda Hopper, Louella Parsons... Ribattezzata dallo stesso Niven 'Lotus Land', Hollywood fu dagli anni Trenta agli anni Sessanta la terra incantata in cui egli si mosse da par suo, con quel british touch che lo rendeva unico e con la capacità di non prendersi mai troppo sul serio, essendo sempre a suo agio, si trattasse di frequentare divi, divine e teste coronate, ma anche cowboys, marinai, attori senza talento e giocatori di professione. 'C'era una volta Hollywood' ha l'effervescenza, la lumin

Ezra l'ha appena scoperto: Bea se n'è andata. Sua sorella non ha lasciato nulla dietro di sé. Nessun biglietto, nemmeno una parola. E lui si sente perso, confuso e proprio non capisce perché lo abbia lasciato indietro, visto ciò che li lega e i segreti terribili che per anni hanno custodito tra le mura di casa. Poi, Ezra trova un biglietto. Sopra c'è appuntato solo un indirizzo mail. E lui inizia a scrivere. Bea è stanca di fingere che le cose vadano bene. Lo fa da quando sua madre si è risposata. Ma adesso non ha più intenzione di sopportare l'indifferenza e le umiliazioni e da mesi progetta la fuga. Una fuga perfetta in cui Bea salverà suo fratello, salverà entrambi, lei e lui, scappando lontano da una famiglia che non la ama e non le appartiene. Poi però riceve una mail. Una mail che stravolge i suoi piani e cambia la posta in gioco. Bea parte, ma senza Ezra. Deve farlo, perché insieme a lui non potrebbe trovare le risposte che cerca. Gli lascia allora una mail, nella speranza che, come per lei, anche per lui un indirizzo possa cambiare le cose...

Chi ha un cane vive più lungo, e meglio. Non sono chiacchere ma dati statistici. Avere accanto un amico a quattro zampe non aiuta solo a combattere l'ansia e a mantenersi in buona salute, ma migliora anche i rapporti interpersonali. Chi ha un cane infatti è più portato a essere paziente e aperto con gli altri. Per non parlare dell'effetto che i cuccioli non mancano mai di ottenere in un parco affollato di ragazze intente a prendere il sole... Attraverso una serie di deliziosi aneddoti supportati da ricerche scientifiche, David Niven racconta cento irresistibili storie di felicità canina... e bipede!

Anderson (teaching, learning and leadership, Australian Council for Educational Research) and primary and secondary school principals from small schools in Australia discuss small school leadership and its challenges. After a description of research from Australia and overseas on small school size (those with enrollments of 200 or less) and location, leadership, community relationships, and networks of learning and support, the principals address improving student outcomes in the areas of teacher quality, leadership, professional learning, and students as learners and people. They also present a key challenge to their leadership and how it was handled, and detail the school contexts, their journeys to becoming principals, their roles in the community, and what it means to be a leader in a small setting. There is no index. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Che cosa hanno di diverso le famiglie unite e affiatate da quelle caratterizzate da relazioni conflittuali? Sovente sociologi, terapisti e psichiatri hanno speso la loro carriera alla ricerca di una teoria generale riguardo alle dinamiche familiari, ma tutto ciò che ne è scaturito è solo una serie di oscuri responsi, comprensibili esclusivamente dagli esperti in materia. Finalmente, l'autore è riuscito a estrapolare alcuni dei dati più significativi tra gli oltre mille studi sociologici rilevanti condotti sulla famiglia. Ogni caso esposto è accompagnato da una storia vera che ne illustra gli aspetti pratici.

'Cento piccoli segreti per avere successo' presenta le teorie alle quali sono giunti coloro che hanno studiato il successo nelle sue mille sfumature. Ogni tesi contiene la conclusione scientifica, un esempio pratico e un consiglio utile per aumentare le possibilità di afferrare il successo. Che cos'hanno in comune le persone di successo? Gli scienziati ne hanno analizzato i tratti caratteristici in tutti i campi, ma gli esiti delle loro ricerche purtroppo spesso sono pubblicati da tediose riviste accademiche lette solo dagli specialisti. L'autore ha raccolto in questo libro i dati più aggiornati e significativi riguardo al successo estrapolati da oltre un migliaio di casi, proponendo ai lettori le sue scoperte in materia.

Set in the aftermath of }Avengers Disassembled{, as a new team of superheroes emerge. Features fan favourite characters including Wolverine, Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man and Spider-Woman. With full colour illustrations by David Finch a

Why do people who have dogs live happier, longer, and more fulfulling lives? Sociologists and veterinarians have spent years investigating the positive effects that dogs have on people's health and happiness yet their findings are inaccessible to ordinary people, hidden in obscure journals to be shared with other experts.

Now the international bestselling author of the 100 Simple Secrets series has collected the most current and significant data from more than a thousand of the best scientific studies on the profound relationship between humans and our canine companions. These findings have been boiled down to the one hundred essential ways dogs positively impact our lives. Each fact is accompanied by a inspiring true story. If you love your dog, and science tells us that you do, this book will inspire and entertain.

Communicate Better: It sounds odd to say a creature that communicates with barking and body language can have such a profound effect on human communication. But by providing a common point of reference and concern, dogs help us to feel a connection to other humans. That connection makes us feel more comfortable communicating with each other. When meeting a new person, the presence of a dog reduces the time before people feel comfortable while talking with each other by 45 percent.

Live Longer: There is perhaps no better gift that dogs offer us humans than this simple fact. People who care for a dog live longer, healthier lives than those who do not. On average, people who cared for dogs during their lives lived 3 years longer than people who never had a dog.

No Monkey Business: Primates are genetically more similar to humans than any other creature. But try to tell a chimpanzee something and you will be hard pressed to get your message across. Dogs are uniquely attuned to the messages we send. Dogs study humans and have evolved to build social skills that help them to function around us. Dogs are 52 percent more likely to follow human cues such as pointing toward a source of food than are primates.

Around the Block: Good habits are often misunderstood as difficult or unpleasant chores. But there is tremendous value in the simple act of taking a walk. Walking not only burns calories, it also decreases stress. Having a dog means regularly talking walks – it's something you do for your dog but in truth your dog is doing for you. Dog owners walk 79 percent farther in an average week than non–dog owners.

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What are the keys to success? Scientists have studied the traits, beliefs, and practices of successful people in all walks of life. But the answers they find wind up in stuffy academic journals aimed at other scientists.

The 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People takes the best and most important research results from over a thousand studies and spells out the key findings in ways we can all understand. Each entry contains advice based on those findings, a real life example of what to do or not to do, and a telling statistic based on scientific research.

Scientists and academics have spent entire careers investigating what makes people happy. But hidden in obscure scholarly journals and reports, their research is all too often inaccessible to ordinary people. Now the bestselling author of the 100 Simple Secrets series distills the scientific findings of over a thousand of the most important studies on happiness into easy-to-digest nuggets of advice. Each of the hundred practices is illustrated with a clear example and illuminated by a straightforward explanation of the science behind it to show you how to transform a ho-hum existence into a full and happy life.

• Believe in yourself: Across all ages, and all groups, a solid belief in one's own abilities increases life satisfaction by about 40 percent, and makes us happier both in our home lives and in our work lives.
• Turn off your TV: Watching too much TV can triple our hunger for more possessions, while reducing our personal contentment by about 5 percent for every hour a day we watch.

What are the essential qualities of a great relationship? What do people in healthy and happy relationships do differently? Scientists and academics have spent entire careers investigating the nature of relationships, dating, and marriage, yet their findings are inaccessible to ordinary people, hidden in obscure journals read only by other academics. Now the bestselling author of the 100 Simple Secrets series has collected the most current and significant data from more than a thousand studies on relationships and spells out the key findings in plain English. The advice is not based on one person's unique experiences or opinions, but offers for the first time the research of noted scientists studying the lives and loves of average Americans. Each of the findings is accompanied by a true story that shows the results in action.

• Love is hard to calculate: Researchers have proven that a partner's age, income, education, and religion are unrelated factors in the likelihood of relationship satisfaction.
• Always trying to win can lead to a major loss: People who feel a sense of competition with their partner are 37 percent less likely to feel that their relationship is satisfying.
• leave the past in the past: More than 40 percent of people report that jealousy over a previous relationship is a source of conflict in their current relationship.

Sociologists, therapists, and psychiatrists have spent entire careers investigating the ins and outs of health, success, and happiness, but their findings are inaccessible to ordinary people, hidden in obscure journals seen only by other experts.

Now David Niven, the international bestselling author of the Simple Secrets series, has collected the most current and significant data from more than a thousand of the best scientific studies on three of the most important aspects of our daily lives. Niven has boiled these findings down to sound, succinct advice for each day of the year, presenting 365 essential ways to find and maintain health, wealth, and wisdom. Each entry is accompanied by a true story showing the results in action. Whether you want to enhance your body, your bank account, your IQ, or all three, this bestselling series offers 365 essential ways to let science help you.

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In New England today, there are megalithic stones, stone chambers and structures, carvings and petroglyphs, even an unidentified skeleton in armor that defy easy explanation. From Maine to Massachusetts, this work presents an examination of various unexplained historical remains in New England. From the most notorious to the lesser known, it explores not only the layout and dimensions of such sites—some reminiscent of Stonehenge with their huge stones, astronomical alignments and undiscovered purposes—but also the history and possible explanations for their existence. Theories regarding Norse, Phoenician, Irish, Celtic and Native American origins are presented here in an impartial and logical manner. Sites discussed include Mystery Hill in North Salem, New Hampshire (also known as America's Stonehenge); Dighton Rock in Berkley, Massachusetts; Newport Tower in Newport, Rhode Island; and the Bellows Falls Petroglyphs in Bellows Falls, Vermont. An appendix provides information regarding sites open to the public.

Practical advice on how to thrive in the second half of your life, based on scientific studies. The sixth book in the bestselling 100 Simple Secrets series.

What do people who relish the second half of their lives do differently than those who dread getting older? Sociologists, therapists and psychiatrists have spent entire careers investigating the ins and outs of successful aging, yet their findings are inaccessible to ordinary people, hidden in obscure journals to be shared with other experts.

Now the international bestselling author of The 100 Simple Secrets series has collected the most current and significant data from more than a thousand of the best scientific studies on the second half of life. These findings have been boiled down to one hundred essential ways to find and maintain joy, health, and satisfaction every day of your life. Each one is accompanied by a true story showing the results in action.

The Baby Boomers are hitting retirement age. This upbeat, light approach will appeal to the enormous market of citizens grappling with the effects of becoming 'senior', looking to discover the positive benefits of aging beyond discount tickets at the movie theatre. Books about aging well continue to sell year in and year out. The Simple Secrets approach will stand out among the heavier self-help/psychology titles and will without a doubt become an affordable impulse and gifty mainstay in this category.

A good inexpensive gift for parents and grandparents.

Sociologo e psicologo, David Niven ci svela in questo libro 100 semplici e piccoli segreti, tutti basati sulle conclusioni cui sono giunti i ricercatori scientifici sulla felicità. Ogni capitolo contiene una scoperta fatta attraverso tale ricerca, come: guardare troppa televisione triplica la nostra voglia di possedere più cose e riduce la nostra soddisfazione personale del 5% per ogni ora al giorno che passiamo davanti al televisore; o divertirsi è uno dei cinque fattori principali che rendono piacevole la vita...

The Simple Science of a Happy Family

From raising children to getting along with in-laws, what do people with close and loving families do differently than those with strained or unfulfilling relationships? Sociologists, therapists, and psychiatrists have spent entire careers investigating the ins and outs of family dynamics, yet their findings are inaccessible to ordinary people, hidden in obscure journals to be shared with other experts. Now, David Niven, the international bestselling author of The 100 Simple Secret series has collected the most current and significant data from more than a thousand of the best scientific studies on families and then spelled out the findings in plain English.

The advice is based not on one person's unique experiences or opinions, but offers for the first time the research of noted scientists studying average American families. These findings have been boiled down to one hundred essential ways to find and maintain love, joy, and satisfaction in all family relationships. Each statistic is accompanied by a true story about a real family showing the results in action.

Don't Forget the Past: Parents who share stories of family history with their children create higher levels of concern for family members and increase the likelihood of their children's happiness.

No Price Tag: Once basic necessities are met, the increasing economic status of one's family has zero effect on the likelihood of feeling satisfied with life.

Let Every Opinion Be Heard: Senior citizens having trouble living in their own homes are 84 percent more likely to be satisfied with their housing situation if they feel as if their concerns are an important part of selecting a new home or facility.

The Greatest Gift: Life satisfaction is 72 percent more likely among those who feel content with their family life.

The popular Canadian television personality shares more than two thousand practical, time- and money-saving hints on cleaning, pest control, laundry, sewing, pet care, gardening, plumbing, carpentry, painting, and many other useful topics, accompanied by a helpful Easy-Find Index designed to provide quick answers to common problems. Reprint.

The Simple Science of a Healthy Life

From fitness to diets to emotional health and longevity, what do people who feel and look healthy do differently than those who are overtired, depressed, or out of shape? Every day we face an avalanche of studies and statistics that tell us what we should or shouldn't eat, how long we need to exercise, or how to protect ourselves from secondhand smoke and the harmful rays from the sun. Not only are these studies often contradictory, but the actual scientific information is usually inaccessible.

Moving beyond the myths and misinformation, the advice in these pages is not based on one person's opinions or one expert's study. For the first time the research available on the health of average Americans has been distilled into one hundred essential ways that we can become healthier and happier. Each of the core findings is accompanied by a real life example showing these results in action.

• Eat more often. Oxford University researchers found that people who ate five or six times a day had a 5 percent lower total cholesterol than average and were 45 percent more likely to be able to sustain their target weight than people who ate once or twice a day.
  
  
• Who says caffeine is bad for you? The majority of scientific evidence shows that, for a healthy adult, moderate quantities of caffeine (about three cups of coffee per day) pose no significant health risks.
  
  
• Home sweet home. People who described their home lives as satisfying were 24 percent more likely to live beyond normal life expectancy, according to a UCLA study.