Davide Piovesan

Parents may wish to raise bilingual, multilingual, multicultural children, but don't always know how to. This book shares the necessary resources to succeed in doing so (whether the parent(s) speak(s) the language or not). The author was raised bilingual (English-French) without an accent in either language and also speaks Italian. She's now raising her own children bilingual and multicultural.

Few things in life are more satisfying than beating a rival. We love to win and hate to lose, whether it's on the playing field or at the ballot box, in the office or in the classroom. In this bold new look at human behavior, award-winning journalist and Olympian Matthew Syed explores the truth about our competitive nature: why we win, why we don't, and how we really play the game of life.

Che cosa hanno imprese internazionali come Apple, Google, Ikea, Starbucks o il macellaio Dario Cecchini, che voi non avete? Perché queste aziende continuano a stupire con il loro spettacolare successo, mentre le grandi marche di una volta arrancano a fatica alle loro spalle? Le "P" tradizionali come prezzo, promozione, pubblicità, posizionamento e altre che il marketing usa da tempo non funzionano più. Oggi, all'elenco, c'è da aggiungere un'altra P di importanza eccezionale: quella di Purple Cow, la Mucca Viola.

In The Science of Likability, you'll get all that and more. I've taken 27 seminal scientific and psychological studies and broken them down, so you can use their findings to your advantage. Every piece of advice in this book to increase your social standing and likability factor is 100% backed by in-depth, peer-reviewed research. You can get a new haircut and wardrobe, and you even learn funny jokes. But likability is something more. It's subconscious, and it's the small signs that signal our brains to let their guards down and embrace others.