This collection of reflective, critical, philosophical, and practical chapters represents the author’s 60 years as a veterinarian, ethologist, and bioethicist. The rising incidence of zoonotic diseases from farmed animals and wildlife in the expanding human population and so-called reverse zoonoses where humans are infecting other species are existential concerns. These concerns are linked with anthropogenic climate change and our impact on ecosystems which threaten biodiversity and the he...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our lives, by actor and advocate Michael J. Fox.The entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to the Future; as Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties; as Mike Flaherty in Spin City; and through numerous other movie roles and guest appearances...

Rule number one if you're going to fake marry a billionaire: only marry him if you like him and he likes you.Jameson Fox is the most infuriating, arrogant, frustrating, presumptuous, self-important alphahole I have ever met.He stole my company from me five years ago. Now, he's made me an offer I can't refuse: fake marry him, and he'll give it back.The only catch: we have to stay married for one year or I get nothing.Oh, the other catch? Jame...

'At the turn from our bedroom into the hallway, there is an old full-length mirror in a wooden frame ... This reflected version of myself, shaking, rumpled, pinched and slightly stooped, would be alarming were it not for the self-satisfied expression pasted across my face. I would ask the obvious question, "What are you smiling about?" but I already know the answer: "It just gets better from here."'Struck with Parkinson's - a debilitating, degenerative disease - at the hei...

'The book is great: moving but also properly funny.' Hadley Freeman, The Guardian'A memoir with an unusual sense of purpose. . . pithy, highly readable' The TimesThe entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to the Future. His two previous bestselling memoirs, Lucky Man and Always Looking Up, dealt with how he came to terms with the illnes...

I’m proud to be a geek.I’m smart, but I’m also awkward and somewhat socially inept—forever doomed to live in the shadow of my dead brother.My job as research engineer is amazing, though, and recently, I’ve managed to make some friends in my hometown of Forestville.But when the wrong people show too much interest in my latest invention, my boss wants me protected. Despite my fierce protests, I end up back in Forestville. With a bodyguard who poses as...

I love my job as a wilderness guide, even when an adorable guy sends me splashing into a river.I messed around with some guys while in college, but I haven’t been attracted to a man since. Until I meet Onno, a sweet Dutch man visiting Forestville.We’re the same age, and he’s so easy to talk to. Plus, I love his sense of humor.He would be so easy to fall for…The problem? He’s going back home to the Netherlands in three weeks.But not i...

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA poignant, heartfelt, and funny memoir about how, in 1985, Michael J. Fox brought to life two iconic roles simultaneously—Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties and Marty McFly in Back to the Future. An amazing true story as only Michael J. Fox can tell it**In early 1985, Michael J. Fox was one of the biggest stars on television. His world was about to get even bigger, but only if he could survive the kind of double duty...

I thought we were building a friendship. Turns out I’m falling in love.I’ve always wanted simple things. Become the local sheriff like my dad. Get married and have kids. Build a life in Forestville.I’ve done all that…but it hasn’t turned out as expected.At forty-eight, I’m single and co-parenting my two daughters with my ex-wife. My chances of meeting someone new in my small town are slim. Have I missed my chance at happiness?When a new high...

«Pieno di aneddoti, meditazioni e storie divertenti, «Il futuro è stato bellissimo» ci offre le intuizioni di un uomo che conosce la sofferenza fin troppo bene, ma si rifiuta di lasciarle intralciare la propria vita.»Time«Ciò che rende appassionante questo libro è il suo stile: buffo, affabile, amichevole, contagioso, conviviale e meditativo. »The Washington Times«Un libro per riflettere sulle nostre vite...