Best Selling Books by Amy Wallace

「モンスターズ・インク」「トイ・ストーリー」「ニモ」……ヒットを積み重ねるピクサー。「アナと雪の女王」世界的ヒットで完全復活したディズニー・アニメーション。彼らの成功を支えた、本当の理由とは？ピクサー創業者でディズニーアニメーションのトップが、その内側を惜しみなく開示する。

Peanut butter, eggs, milk, chicken, countless other foods--it can be tough to deal with allergies that not only keep you from enjoying the things your friends do but also threaten your health. In this detailed book, young readers will learn more about common allergies and what to expect if they''re diagnosed with them. Thoughtful text will discuss why allergies happen, symptoms to watch for, and how to stay safe, while color photos will help kids make connections to the text.

What do all human beings have in common? Despite the self-help books about sex, money, power, happiness, weight, and relationships, there is one thing we all face that none of that guidance can prevent . . . death.What if we weren''t so afraid of death, or of even talking about it? The fear of death – even when it''s below our conscious awareness – underlies all fears. But, as Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler remind us in Life Lessons . . . “Fear doesn''t stop death; it stops life.”What this book suggests is that exploring our fears about death – talking about it, learning about it – might allow us to live more fully now and to die more consciously, with less fear and less unfinished business.With thought-provoking quotes and a list of resources from the top contributors in the field, this book provides a sturdy framework for us to begin and continue our inquiry. There are practices and tools we can use along the way.The author''s informal style engages us easily in considering some of the most important questions about how we want to live and how we want to die.What "Fear of Death: It''s About Life, Actually. Let''s Talk About It" offers is an unusual opportunity to empower ourselves with regard to those questions and – perhaps – to help this conversation become a more natural part of our lives.

A mini version of the ''Book of Lists'' that includes some of the best, quirkiest and most bizarre lists from its bigger brother.

The patch reefs located in Biscayne National Park (BNP) are some of the most northern reefs of the Florida reef system. The focus of my study is seven patch reefs that were first surveyed annually between 1977 and 1981, revealing 8% - 28% cover by scleractinian corals. An assessment of BNP patch reefs completed in 2000 reported that coral cover had decreased to approximately 0.4% - 10%. The once dominant species in the Florida reef tract, Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis, have rapidly declined over time and were not found in any transects during the 2000 survey. This study is a re-assessment of the BNP patch reefs surveyed in 1977-1981. In addition, one patch reef from BNP and three in upper keys region of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) have been included (a total of 11 patch reefs, all with historical data available). This study found 2% - 13% coral cover at these 11 reefs using a photographic survey (Point Count) and 4% - 21% coral cover using Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) survey methods. These results are relatively similar to results reported for the same patch reefs in the 1990s and in 2002, indicating that the major changes occurred earlier with the extreme decline in Acropora spp. Montastraea annularis complex cover has also declined substantially at the BNP sites from 5.4% in 1977-81 to 1.3% in 2009. Although the number of species recoded on the seven resurveyed BNP patch reefs was only 23, compared with 28 recorded in the 1977-81 study, all species are still present in the region surveyed, indicating no actual loss of over all species richness.

Handboek met 155 lijstjes met (merkwaardige) informatie op allerlei gebied, zoals 10 mensen met extra lichaamsdelen, 8 niet langer uitgestorven dieren, de 10 grootste wapenimporteurs, 10 klassieke ezelsbruggetjes etc.