Ogni mattina un editor si sveglia e sa che dovrà smaltire il più in fretta possibile le valanghe di manoscritti che si accumulano sulla sua scrivania. Spesso sono proposte assurde, e 'Quello che ho imparato sulla montagna' non è da meno: un mattone di oltre mille pagine, privo di qualsiasi suddivisione in capitoli e ricoperto di margherite adesive. Il nome del suo autore poi, Tupak Soiree, puzza di pseudonimo da metri di distanza. Solo un disperato potrebbe proporlo alla cieca a una riunione di redazione. È esattamente quello che fa Edwin, editor della sezione autoaiuto alla Panderic Inc. Certo, Edwin non si aspetta che il manoscritto venga accolto. Né tantomeno che diventi un bestseller globale con conseguenze catastrofiche per il mondo intero. Il libro di Tupak Soiree, infatti, non è un manuale di autoaiuto come tutti gli altri: funziona. E mentre la Felicità® si diffonde come un morbo, le industrie collassano e i fedeli dell'estasi abbandonano il proprio lavoro per «andare a pesca», Edwin capisce che gli rimane una sola cosa da fare: dovrà salvare il mondo. Felicità® di Will Ferguson torna in libreria con la prefazione di Diego De Silva e una traduzione aggiornata a cura di Andrea Buzzi. A vent'anni di distanza dalla prima pubblicazione, rappresenta ancora una satira brutale del nostro tempo (e della vita in casa editrice), e ci ricorda, con affilata ironia, che forse ciò che più ci rende umani sono proprio le nostre mancanze. E che ciò che rende preziosa la felicità è il suo essere miracolosamente occasionale.

Like the alphabet, the calendar, or the zodiac, the periodic table of the chemical elements has a permanent place in our imagination. But aside from the handful of common ones (iron, carbon, copper, gold), the elements themselves remain wrapped in mystery. We do not know what most of them look like, how they exist in nature, how they got their names, or of what use they are to us. Unlocking their astonishing secrets and colorful pasts,Periodic Tales is a passionate journey through mines and artists' studios, to factories and cathedrals, into the woods and to the sea to discover the true stories of these fascinating but mysterious building blocks of the universe.

From internationally bestselling travel writer Will Ferguson, author of Happiness™ and Spanish Fly, comes a novel both epic in its sweep and intimate in its portrayal of human endurance.

A car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine.

A woman without a name walks out of a dust storm in sub-Saharan Africa.

And in the seething heat of Lagos City, a criminal cartel scours the Internet, looking for victims.

Lives intersect. Worlds collide. And it all begins with a single email: “Dear Sir, I am the daughter of a Nigerian diplomat, and I need your help…”

Will Ferguson takes readers deep into the labyrinth of lies that is “419,” the world’s most insidious Internet scam.

When Laura Curtis, a lonely editor in a cold northern city, discovers that her father has died because of one such swindle, she sets out to track down—and corner—her father’s killer. It is a dangerous game she’s playing, however, and the stakes are higher than she can ever imagine.

Woven into Laura’s journey is a mysterious woman from the African Sahel with scars etched into her skin and a young man who finds himself caught up in a web of violence and deceit.

And running through it, a dying father’s final words: “You, I love.”

Viaggio in autostop attraverso il Giappone, seguendo il flusso, da sud verso nord, della fioritura del ciliegio, oggetto di culto nazionale. Il viaggiatore è un profondo conoscitore di questa terra, ci ha vissuto parecchi anni e parla un po' la lingua. Lo spunto narrativo principale è offerto dai personaggi incontrati facendo l'autostop, una carrellata che va dal professore universitario nazionalista allo studente fricchettone, all'ingegnere della Mitsubishi in vacanza. Divertenti le note sulle diversità linguistiche che, oltre a dire molto sulla cultura nipponica, si prestano anche a equivoci e gag esilaranti. Interessanti le analisi sui modi di interagire dei giapponesi e sul loro culto per i rapporti gerarchici.

This book focuses on the structure and development of conscience, a subject that has been dominant in developmental psychology since the 18th century. International experts in the field contribute to this broad overview of the relevant research on the development of moral emotions and on the Kohlbergian-originated cognitive aspects of moral development.

The first section of the book focuses on the cultural conditions that create the context for the development of conscience, such as moral philosophy, religion, and media violence. Building on the theory and research on emotion, other chapters cover issues including the development of shame, self regulation and moral conduct, social cognition, and models of guilt. The book also covers moral reasoning, moral identity, moral atmosphere, moral behavior, and discusses subjects such as lying, how to measure moral development, the impact of parenting, the dysfunctions of conscience evident in narcissism, psychopathy, issues surrounding gender, and aggression.

The Development and Structure of Conscience will be ideal reading for researchers and students of developmental and educational psychology.

All organisms require nitrogen to live and grow. The movement of nitrogen between the atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere in different forms is described by the nitrogen cycle. This book is an activity of the COST 856 Action on Denitrification. It covers all aspects of the N-cycle: chemistry, biology (enzymology, molecular biology), physics, applied aspects (greenhouse effect, N-pollution problems, practices in farming, in waste-water treatment, and more). In this book, leading editors offer the latest research available on dentrification (reduction of nitrates or nitrites commonly by bacteria- as in soil).

* Provides details on denitrification and its general role in the environment
* Offers latest research in N-Cycle and its reactions
* Discusses impacts on various environments: agriculture, wetlands, plants, waste-water treatment and more
* The only book available in the field since the last 20 years
* Contains 27 chapters written by internationally highly recognized experts in the field
* Covers all modern aspects, emphasizes molecular biology and ecology
* Written in an easily understandable way

A wild ride through Canadian history, fully revised and updated!

This new edition of Canadian History For Dummies takes readers on a thrilling ride through Canadian history, from indigenous native cultures and early French and British settlements through Paul Martin's shaky minority government. This timely update features all the latest, up-to-the-minute findings in historical and archeological research. In his trademark irreverent style, Will Ferguson celebrates Canada's double-gold in hockey at the 2002 Olympics, investigates Jean Chrétien's decision not to participate in the war in Iraq, and dissects the recent sponsorship scandal.

The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism, a new book from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, assesses the motivations and capabilities of terrorist organizations to acquire and use nuclear weapons, to fabricate and and detonate crude nuclear explosives, to strike nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities, and to build and employ radiological weapons or "dirty bombs."

First mass market edition of this bestselling and critically acclaimed travelogue. 25,000 copies sold in trade paperback. From the author of the cult novel; }Happiness TM{. "Mr Ferguson is a very gifted writer" Bill Bryson. "A fantastically off

While the rest of the country is joining the new happiness cult, Edwin is in trouble. A cartel of drug, alcohol, tabacco and drug-rehab bosses have a contract out on him. It's all the fault of the mysterious tupac soiree, and his book "What I learned on the mountain". But who is tupac? And what does all this have to do with an epic drunken concounter with Oliver Reed?