Sono il più giovane stunt coordinator d’Italia, eppure la mia storia inizia più di un secolo fa. Dalle prime generazioni di stunt ai performer che si sono preparati e diventati grandi (in tutti i sensi) nella mia academy, questa professione esercita da sempre un fascino senza tempo sul pubblico. In pochi, però, sanno veramente che cosa ci vuole per fare questo lavoro a livelli altissimi e in modo continuativo nel tempo. Questo libro nasce proprio a questo scopo: fissare concetti, storie, c...

This fascinating book explores the different methodologies, resources and strategies that have been used to study emotion, and identifies emerging trends and research perspectives in the field.Emotion is a subject that has been thoroughly investigated in all fields of social and behavioural sciences. And yet the more we have attempted to individualize emotions and set limits that separate the different types of emotions, the more the subject has resisted these categorizations. Mapp...

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of how researchers collaborate in contemporary science, drawing on social and organisational psychology to analyse key dynamics in scientific teamwork.Applying a critical lens, Rethinking Research Collaboration examines the evolving structures, transformations and challenges within academic research environments. It draws together research into scientific collaboration, emotional intelligence and leadership, examining the implic...

Iqbal ha sfidato la mafia dei tappeti e si è battuto fino alla morte perché nessun bambino venga più sfruttato; Malala ha sfidato i talebani rischiando di rimanere uccisa pur di garantire alla ragazze il diritto all'istruzione; Greta ha sfidato i potenti della terra per difendere l'ambiente; Simone ha sfidato i fascisti di CasaPound reclamando il diritto degli ultimi, che siano rom o migranti, a non rimanere indietro. Tenacia, coraggio, caparbietà, razionalità: sono i termini con cui potre...

New York Times BestsellerStop—and even reverse!—age-related weight gain and muscle loss with the first-ever weight-loss plan specifically designed to shrink your belly, extend your life, and create your healthiest self at mid-life and beyond.You don’t have to gain weight as you age. That’s the simple yet revolutionary promise of The Whole Body Reset, which uncovers why standard diet and exercise advice stops working for us...

This “delightful…compelling” (Scientific American) and revelatory look at the science behind why animals play “will fill you with joy and wonder” (Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus).Acclaimed science writer David Toomey takes us on a fast-paced and entertaining tour of playful animals and the scientists who study them. From octopuses on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to meerkats in the Kalahari Desert to brown bears on Alaska’s Aleut...

Twelve-year-old Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt Fitzroy has murder on his hands and trouble on his tail. He believes that Henry, the hippopotamus at the brand-new FunJungle, has been murdered. The zoo’s top brass claim the hippo went belly up the natural way, but Teddy and his feisty friend Summer McCraken have other ideas. Could the culprit be FunJungle’s animal-hating head of operations? Or is it FunJungle’s owner—Summer’s dad—a man who is much more concerned about money than animal welfare? ...

“A haunting, razor-sharp mystery.” —Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling authorThis twisty and sinister thriller follows a New York art gallery assistant reckoning with her past as she is trapped in a web of deceit after an up-and-coming painter is murdered—perfect for fans of Katy Hays and Julia Bartz.November 2001: Chloe Harlow wakes up late, with hazy memories of the party the night before but no recollection of how she got b...

Sebastian wird durch den Tod seiner Freundin Giulia auf der Insel Ischia tief erschüttert. Um ihren Verlust zu verarbeiten, macht er sich auf die weite Reise aus dem dunklen Norden ins lichte Italien und erlebt dabei Veränderungen, die er nicht für möglich gehalten hätte.Eine anrührende Erzählung über die Suche nach einem sinnerfüllten Leben.

An engaging and surprising retelling of Little Red Riding Hood that follows Lu (aka Little Red) and her grandmother into the wolf’s belly—a magical dimension home to all the wolf has ever eaten. Perfect for fans of LIGHTFALL and THIS WAS OUR PACT.You may think you know the story.Little Red Riding Hood is swallowed by a wolf, and later rescued by a kindly Woodcutter.But that’s not what really happened.For starters, her name was Lu. The daught...

Michelle e John: astro nascente della musica la prima, uno tra gli attori più belli e famosi al mondo il secondo. Michelle e John: una coppia invidiata, una vita fatta di lusso, mondanità e fama, ma anche di duro lavoro e compromessi, nella quale nulla è lasciato al caso, con strategie di manager e produttori per far brillare il più a lungo possibile il nome dei loro protetti. Finché un drammatico incidente spezzerà questo solido equilibrio, lasciandosi dietro una giovane vita spezzata e u...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed papers of the Second International Conference on Applied Informatics, ICAI 2019, held in Madrid, Spain, in November 2019.The 37 full papers and one short paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 98 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on bioinformatics; data analysis; decision systems; health care information systems; IT Architectures; learning management systems; robotic autonomy; security services; socio-te...