Author: Daniel Nettle
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: way, makes, personality
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2007-10-25
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0199211426
ISBN-13: 9780199211425

It is one of the great mysteries of human nature. Why are some people worriers, and others wanderers? Why are some people so easy-going and laid-back, while others are always looking for a fight? Written by Daniel Nettle--author of the popular book Happiness--this brief volume takes the reader on an exhilarating tour of what modern science can tell us about human personality. Revealing that our personalities stem from our biological makeup, Nettle looks at the latest findings from genetics and brain science, and considers the evolutionary origins and consequences of different personalities.

Author: Daniel Nettle
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: diversity, linguistic
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 1999-07-10
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0198238584
ISBN-13: 9780198238584

There are some 6,500 different languages in the world. This book investigates why diversity arose, how it relates to the origins and evolution of language and culture, and whether the uneven distribution of human languages may be linked with patterns of human geography and history. Daniel Nettle draws on work in anthropology, linguistics, geography, archeology, and evolutionary science to explain linguistic diversity.

Author: Daniel Nettle
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: smile, science, happiness
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2006-09-07
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0192805592
ISBN-13: 9780192805591

Bringing together the latest insights from psychiatry, psychology, and philosophy, Daniel Nettle sheds light on happiness, the most basic of human desires. Nettle examines whether people are basically happy or unhappy, whether success can make us happy, what sort of remedies to unhappiness work, why some people are happier than others, and much more. The book is packed with fascinating observations. We discover the evolutionary reason why negative thoughts are more powerful than positive ones. We read that happiness varies from country to country, for example, the Swiss are much more hap

Authors:Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: languages, world, extinction, voices, vanishing
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2002-05-16
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0195152468
ISBN-13: 9780195152463

Few people know that nearly one hundred native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia’s 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least half of the world’s languages may die out in the next century. Daniel Nettle and Suzanne Romaine assert that this trend is far more than simply disturbing. Making explicit the link between language survival and environmental issues, they argue that the extinction of languages is part of the larger picture of near-total collapse of the worldwide ecosystem. Indeed, the authors contend

Authors:Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: languages, world, extinction, voices, vanishing
Number of Pages: 241
Published: 2000-06
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0195136241
ISBN-13: 9780195136241

Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia’s 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least half of the world’s languages may die out in the next century. What has happened to these voices? Should we be alarmed about the disappearance of linguistic diversity? The authors of Vanishing Voices assert that this trend is far more than simply disturbing. Making explicit the link between language survival and environmental issues, they argue that the extinction of languages is par

Authors:Stefan Sagmeister, Daniel Nettle, Steven Heller, Nanc
Publisher: Abrams
Keywords: life, learned, things
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2008-02-01
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0810995298
ISBN-13: 9780810995291

This book began as a list designer Stefan Sagmeister made in his diary under the title Things I have learned in my life so far, which includes statements such as "Worrying solves nothing" and "Trying to look good limits my life." The list reveals something that is profoundly true: Although human beings have been pursuing happiness for countless generations, it is not so easily achieved. And we need constant reminders to keep us on the right path.With the support of his clients, Sagmeister transformed these sentences into typographic works, from billboards in France to sign-toting inflatable mo

Authors:Diana Hopkins, Mark Nettle,
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Keywords: ielts, passport
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 1995-11-10
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0134053745
ISBN-13: 9780134053745

This book aims to go beyond mere exam practice; it provides in-depth practice, based on the authors’ experience with candidates, in those skills and attitudes which are not only essential for success in each of the papers, but will also be needed in the students’ later studies. It contains an answer key and notes to the teacher and student. There are ten units each containing: sample tests (the tests used throughout the book become increasingly like the real exam, and unit 10 contains a full IELTS sample test); answer key and feedback notes; skills focus. The book is aimed at advan