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John T. Cacioppo's groundbreaking research topples one of the pillars of modern medicine and psychology: the focus on the individual as the unit of inquiry. By employing brain scans, monitoring blood pressure, and analyzing immune function, he demonstrates the overpowering influence of social context - a factor so strong that it can alter DNA replication.

An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases - and the panic and corruption that make them worse. The Next Pandemic is a firsthand account of disasters like anthrax, bird flu, and others - and how we could do more to prevent their return. It is both a gripping story of our brushes with fate and an urgent lesson on how we can keep ourselves safe from the inevitable next pandemic.

Midnight. Some call it the witching hour. Others call it the devil’s hour. Here in the graveyard, midnight is a very special time. It is a time when ghostly spirits are at their strongest, when the veil between our world and theirs is at its thinnest. Legend has it, that while most of the world is asleep, the lack of prayers allow the spirits to communicate under the cover of darkness, among the headstones, their whispers rustling in the leaves of the old oak trees. But if you’re here in the graveyard, you can tell yourself it’s just the wind....

Few organizations solve as many impossible problems as NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and nobody knows more about leading rocket scientists to unlikely breakthroughs than Adam Steltzner. As the phase lead and development manager for EDL (entry, descent, and landing) of the Curiosity rover to Mars, Steltzner spearheaded the creation of one of engineering's wackiest kluges - the sky crane, which allowed the heaviest rover in the history of space exploration to land on Mars unscathed.

Thirteen outstanding authors. Thirteen aviation stories that never happened. Throughout the human experience, historians have wondered, “What if?” What if Americans had fought on the side of Germany in World War I? What if Germany had invested in naval aviation in World War II? What if Russia had started World War III? Wonder no more, for these questions, along with many others, are answered within this audiobook.

From her troubled childhood to her time as a young editor at Vogue to her partnership with cobbler Jimmy Choo to her very public relationships, Tamara Mellon offers a gripping account of the episodes that have made her who she is today. The result is a must listen for entrepreneurs, fashionistas, and anyone who loves a juicy true story about sex, drugs, money, power, high heels, and overcoming adversity.

Sixteen historians, all members of the Society of Independent Southern Historians, have come together to write this truthful history of America specifically for home-schooled students. Herein is a history that is truthful, concise, yet comprehensive, written especially for students of middle school and high school age and for the parents who provide guidance through the home school educational approach. The 40 student lessons in this book present 278 years of our history.

Most of what are referred to as Korean martial art styles are actually derived from Japanese/Okinawan karate systems or find their roots in Chinese boxing. The Korean peninsula has existed as a fragile territory between China and Japan and thus shared many cultural elements from their neighbors. To what degree has the Japanese and Chinese arts influenced those practiced in Korea over the centuries? Can we distinguish any original Korean martial art style?  Chapters in this anthology are derived from the Journal of Asian Martial Arts specifically in response to such questions as asked ...

Thieves of Baghdad immerses the listener into the rich culture, the colorful characters, the double-dealing, and the derring-do, to sort out once and for all what actually happened during the chaos of the Baghdad invasion, exactly how the thefts took place, and how the most notable objects were retrieved. We hear Bogdanos and his team going on raids and negotiating recoveries, blowing open safes, and mingling in the marketplaces, often encountering an assortment of rogues and villains.

Apocalypse-definition: the complete final destruction of the world, especially as described from the Book of Revelation in The Bible; an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic level. Eighteen bestselling and award-winning authors have contributed their visions of the apocalypse: Classic sci-fi writer William F. Nolan adds to his canon with a tale from his futuristic Logan’s Run series. Creator of the popular Repairman Jack series, F. Paul Wilson presents his vision of a world where vampires have become the ruling race. Bestselling author Heather Graham...

The continuance of the epic adventure story of United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant Michael Smith. The son of World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Winner Herald Smith, at age eighteen, Michael volunteers for the Marines in 1967 and is sent to fight on a Swift Boat in Vietnam. Out on patrol on the Cua Viet River one night in June of 1968, his boat is attacked by an UFO, and Michael is taken captive. Carried into outer space he is recruited by none other than the ancient Greek Gods led by Zeus, the King of all the Gods. Originally from Atlantis, the Gods have been fighting in a ...

The continuance of the epic adventure story of United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant Michael Smith. The son of World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Winner Herald Smith, at age eighteen, Michael volunteers for the Marines in 1967 and is sent to fight on a Swift Boat in Vietnam. Out on patrol on the Cua Viet River one night in June of 1968, his boat is attacked by an UFO, and Michael is taken captive. Carried into outer space he is recruited by none other than the ancient Greek Gods led by Zeus, the King of all the Gods. Originally from Atlantis, the Gods have been fighting in a ...

Like his father Herald, a WWII Congressional Medal of Honor Winner on D-Day, Michael Smith serves his country in the Vietnam War. A Marine Gunnery Sergeant, Michael’s Swiftboat is out on patrol one night when he is captured by an unexpected enemy. They ask him to join a different cause, the salvation of the human race! Now Michael must choose to forsake his life on earth along with his family and friends in order to save their future!

Metrofix: The Combative Comeback of a Company Town shows what went right and what went wrong when General Electric moved most of its businesses out of Schenectady, New York. Once known as “The City that Lights and Hauls the World” because of its electrical and railroad industries, the Electric City enjoyed decades of dizzying, enviable success. Like other river towns upstate, it was a 20th-century economic powerhouse that fueled the wealth and reputation of the Empire State.

The third book in the epic story of United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant Michael Smith. Kidnapped from a Swift Boat on the Cua Viet River in 1968 during the Vietnam War by a UFO, Michael Smith finds himself aboard the Atlantean Mothership Helios. The Helios is orbiting the solar system near the speed of light. In the service of the Atlantean-Alliance led by the Greek King of the Gods, Zeus, Michael Smith has been assigned to work with the Greek Goddess Athena. He is tasked with developing the Atlantean Gunnery Corps while simultaneously preparing for a vital mission with Athena back on ...

Michael Smith enlisted in the United States Marines in 1967 and went to serve in Vietnam where he was inexplicably swept up into a different war! Now aboard the Atlantean-Alliance Mothership Helios orbiting the solar system at light speed, Michael is serving under the command of Zeus, the King of the Ancient Greek Gods. Partnered with the Goddess Athena, the beautiful, but stoic daughter of Zeus, he trains to fight in a rebellion against non-human creatures known as Korantians, aliens seeking to colonize earth and enslave its human population. Now fully trained, Michael boards the Recovery ...

The Epic Story of United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant Michael Smith continues. Kidnapped by a UFO during a patrol in his Swift Boat during the Vietnam War, he find's himself aboard the Atlantean-Alliance Mothership Helios which is under the command of Zeus, the King of the Ancient Greek Gods. Michael makes a new life for himself on the Helios while training to return to earth to undertake a critical earth mission with the Goddess Athena. As his training winds down he finds himself both newly married and facing fatherhood. Then a devastating tragedy strikes which disables him. Faced with ...

Edited by William Trudell and Lorene Shyba, More Tough Crimes is the third book in the Durvile True Cases series. Like other books in the series More Tough Crimes provides a unique window into the world of criminal justice. These stories are "tough crimes" because of the emotional demands put on the judges and lawyers involved. Many cases in the book are recent, but some from the past were so disturbing that even decades later, they resonate in the public consciousness.

The Epic Story of Marine Gunnery Sergeant Michael Smith, Book 2. Captured during the Vietnam War from a Navy Patrol Boat on the Cua Viet River, Michael Smith is recruited by the Greek Gods for a special mission. He finds himself orbiting the solar system on the Mothership Helios, the flagship of the Atlantean-Alliance. The Helios is commanded by Zeus, the King of the Gods, under whose orders Michael is trained to fight the Korantians, enemy aliens who seek to enslave the human race and conquer earth. As he trains, Michael interacts with many of the ancient Gods of Greece, some of whom ...

My story is a true life drama set in the remote east Texas woods in 1971. The main characters are 10 emotionally disturbed delinquent teenage boys from the Southside of Chicago. The boys had been rejected from Chicago and Illinois juvenile facilities and from the boys ranch in Austin Texas.