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¿Qué cosas hacen que una pareja sea feliz? Los científicos y académicos han pasado años investigando la naturaleza de las relaciones, los noviazgos, y el matrimonio, pero sus hallazgos tienden a quedar escondidas en diversas publicaciones académicas, sin jamás llegar al alcance de la gente común. Por eso, el aclamado autor de Los 100 Secretos de la Gente Feliz ha recolectado la información más significativa y reciente de los miles de estudios...
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La Ciencia de una Vida Saludable ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre las personas que se sienten y se ven saludables, y las que están cansadas o deprimidas y jamás están en forma? A diario enfrentamos una cantidad alarmante de estudios y estadísticas que nos dicen qué debemos y no debemos comer, cuánto tiempo tenemos que hacer ejercicio o cómo protegernos del humo de segunda mano y los dañinos rayos del sol. Pero estos estudios, además de ser...
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La Ciencia de una Familia Feliz ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre las personas que tienen relaciones íntimas y cariñosas con sus familias, y aquellas que tienen relaciones tensas y frustrantes? Sociólogos, terapeutas y siquiatras se han pasado toda una vida investigando los pormenores de la dinámica familiar, pero sus hallazgos tienden a quedar ocultos en publicaciones académicas que sólo leen otros expertos. Ahora, David Niven, autor bestseller...
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"What do successful people have in common? Scientists have studied the traits, beliefs, and practices of successful people in all walks of life, but their research most often winds up in stuffy academic journals to be read only by other scientists. Now, the bestselling author of The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People has collected the most current and important data from over a thousand studies on success, and spells out the key findings in a way...
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Los científicos y académicos llevan años intentando descubrir qué es lo que hace feliz a la gente. Pero sus investigaciones tienden a quedar escondidas en diversas publicaciones académicas y científicas, sin jamás llegar al alcance de la gente común. Por eso, en Los 100 Secretos dela Gente Feliz, el científico social y psicólogo, David Niven, Ph.D., nos presenta de manera clara y comprensiva, lo esencial de los miles de estudios científicos...
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¿Qué tiene en común la gente exitosa? Los científicos han estudiado el carácter, las creencias y las costumbres de personas exitosas de toda profesión y clase social, pero sus investigaciones casi siempre acaban en publicaciones académicas que solamente leen otros científicos. Ahora, el autor bestseller de Los 100 Secretos de la Gente Feliz ha reunido la información más reciente e importante de los miles de estudios que se han hecho acerca...
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Insufficient healthcare coverage, a weakened economy, the fragile environment—most people would be hard pressed to find even one example of how things are better today than they were yesterday. How about one for each day of the year?
In his engaging and informative new book, Up!, David Niven, the best-selling author of the 100 Simple Secrets series (more than a million copies sold in...
In his engaging and informative new book, Up!, David Niven, the best-selling author of the 100 Simple Secrets series (more than a million copies sold in...
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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...
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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...
10) The 100 simple secrets of the best half of life: what scientists have learned and how you can use it
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Why do people who have dogs live happier, longer, and more fulfilling 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...
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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...
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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
...16) Enchantment
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Uncle Rollo finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love, Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days.
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Nine in ten Americans believe the media are biased. Trust in journalists ranks beneath that in lawyers, and even the media themselves regularly portray their own industry as slanted toward Democrats and liberals. These perceptions, however, do not coincide with reality, as David Niven reveals in his bold new take on an often-debated subject. Tilt? The Search for Media Bias presents the first comprehensive review of the charges, the evidence, and the...
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"It's Not About the Shark opens the door to the groundbreaking science of solutions by turning problems--and how we solve them--upside down. When we have a problem, most of us zero in, take it apart, and focus until we have it solved. David Niven shows us that focusing on the problem is exactly the wrong way to find an answer. Putting problems at the center of our thoughts shuts down our creative abilities, depletes stamina, and feeds insecurities....