In this novel, Niven presents a fully-fleshed culture of evolved humans who live without gravity in the gas cloud surrounding a neutron star. In this Smoke Ring, free-floating life forms flourish, and all of them, from fish to fowl, can fly...
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David Niven, now remembered as one of the most debonaire and English of actors, was also a wit and humorist extraordinaire.
In this bestselling volume of autobiography, he takes us back to his childhood days, his humiliating expulsion from school and to his army years and wartime service. After the war he returned to America and there came his tremendous Hollywood success in films as varied and acclaimed as Wuthering Heights and Around the World in 80 Days.
Honest, warm and extremely entertaining, The Moon's a Balloon is the compelling story of a great actor and, above all, a great man.
The 100 Simple Secrets Of Happy People
Experts have spent their careers investigating what makes people happy.
While their methods are sound and their conclusions valuable, the
results often remain hidden in obscure scholarly journals. At last,
social scientist and psychologist David Niven, Ph. D., has cut through
the scientific gobbledygook. After examining over a thousand of the
most recent and important scholarly studies into the psychological
traits of happy people and uncovering their most promising discoveries
into the causes of happiness. Dr. Niven presents 100 easy-to-digest
nuggets of advice: ‘Enjoy what you have.’ ‘Believe in Yourself.’
Grounded in science, his approach is fresh, useful, and inspiring.
