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The Science of Sleep, by developmental molecular biologist Dr. John Medina, gives you the facts - and the prescription to sleep well - in his signature engaging style. Adapted from Medina's Brain Rules for Aging Well: 10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp, you'll learn how the sleep cycle is born of a constant tension between hormones and brain regions vying to keep you awake and hormones and brain regions trying to make you go to sleep. This is called opponent-process theory.

Pablo Medina has written a new novel, a radiant journey through the mind of Amadeo Terra, a Cuban cigar factory worker confined in a Florida hospital after a stoke has left him paralyzed. His body no longer works, but his mind is very much alive, as is his ruthless and audacious wit. His only human contact is with the callous nurse who constantly scolds him, the orderly who barely acknowledges him, and the nun who prays for Amadeo's salvation while he fantasizes about what's under her habit.

DESCUBRE EL PODER TRANSFORMADOR DE LOS HÁBITOS IMPARABLES. “HÁBITOS IMPARABLES” te revela la fórmula neurológica para crear rutinas automáticas que te llevarán al éxito sin depender de la fuerza de voluntad. Basado en las últimas investigaciones de neurociencia y psicología del comportamiento, este libro te enseña a transformar tu vida a través de pequeños cambios que generan resultados extraordinarios. La neurociencia de los hábitos es el secreto que han descubierto las personas más exitosas del mundo. Mientras otros luchan contra su fuerza de voluntad, tú aprenderás a ...

Learn how this Emmy-winning host, producer, and television personality became the world's most famous drag queen. RuPaul Andre Charles always knew he was meant to be a performer. Even as a young child, he loved to dress up and imitate the glamorous women he saw on television. When he turned...

With so many discoveries over the years, science is literally changing our minds about the optimal care and feeding of the brain. All of it is captivating. A great deal of it is unexpected. Do I have Alzheimer's? by developmental molecular biologist Dr. John Medina gives you the facts - and the prescription to age well - in his engaging signature style.

Sales engagement is how you engage and interact with your potential buyer to create connection, grab attention, and generate enough interest to create a buying opportunity. Sales Engagement details the modern way to build the top of the funnel and generate qualified leads for B2B companies. This book explores why a sales engagement strategy is so important, and it walks you through the modern sales process to ensure you're effectively connecting with customers every step of the way.

In a little corner of Maine occupied by a wholly unremarkable town, the tension in the air is palpable; taxes are rising; more and more redcoats roam the streets; the whispers of rebellion are growing louder. Like it or not, war is brewing... I had pledged myself to a life of nonviolence, but how much longer could that promise hold?My life in Cesarton had always been simple: Throw some coals into the fire, grab my hammer and a red-hot lump of metal, and bang it until it ended up in a shape I liked. That's how my apprenticeship under Grigory had been going, and despite the tensions caused by...

¿Harry Potter o El Hobbit? ¿J. K. Rowling o Tolkien? Quizá no tengas que decidir entre los libros más vendidos para jóvenes de la historia. Llega Piedras Verdes, un universo de aventuras, suspense y fantasía que te arrastrará entre dos mundos en guerra. Al otro lado es el esperado desenlace de la saga. En él, nuestros cuatro amigos se internarán en otro mundo en pos de una misión imposible: terminar con el Rey Rojo y su invencible ejército. En su viaje a través de los Cuatro Reinos aprenderán que nada es lo que parece y descubrirán lo más importante de todo: a sí mismos. "...

First, the fire mage can only produce ice, then one of the wolf shifters can't shift back to human. What's worse, it all seems centered around the Tea Cauldron, especially when an out-of-town witch suffers from the same magical issue shortly after stopping by. Turns out, it's not the first time this has happened in Olmeda, and all the leads point to an old local dark coven. Is a witch related to the past trying to get revenge on the city, or is there a new magical threat targeting those close to me?

What if your story was already written by the future? Between science and mysticism, memory and rebirth, What Would a White-Tailed Deer Whisper? unfolds as a visionary thriller exploring the fragile boundary between mind and matter. After a near-death ritual in the desert, Menadi awakens in a world of secret experiments, ancient symbols, and metaphysical conspiracies linking human consciousness to cosmic origins. Haunted by ancestral memories and pursued by those who seek to control him, he must confront the shadow of his own past lives to uncover a truth that transcends time itself. ...

Esta é uma coletânea de algumas das ideias mais importantes encontradas na obra dos filósofos, teóricos políticos, sociólogos, artistas e romancistas que acreditamos ter mais a nos oferecer nos dias de hoje.

Profundiza en cómo los pensamientos y creencias influyen en la prosperidad financiera. El narrador guía al oyente a identificar y cambiar mentalidades de escasez por una "mente abundante" que atraiga oportunidades. Incluye anécdotas de personas que superaron obstáculos económicos cambiando su forma de pensar y prácticas como la visualización de metas financieras, la gratitud y la generosidad para construir una riqueza sostenible y consciente.

A guide to medical terms in Mexican Spanish. This includes words, phrases and medical terminology. Topics covered include patient discussions, medical examinations, personnel, medical equipment, medical clothing and accessories, surgical tools and procedures, pain assessments and specialist medical terminology across a range of topics (renal, endocrine, respiratory, oncology, reproductive, cardiovascular etc.).

Leaving behind a wife and three young children in Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare moved to London for its thrilling theater scene, where everyone mixed freely across ages, classes, and ranks. It was through their mutual passion for the theater that the handsome twenty-seven-year-old playwright first met and fell deeply in love with the effeminate seventeen-year-old earl who beguiled men and women alike and avowed that 'desire and pleasure [should] sometimes triumph over reason.'

Jonathan Medina "America's #1 Youth Motivator" was saved by Student Leadership. After working with over a MILLION Students, Educators, Advisors, and Parents Jonathan now takes his engaging motivational philosophy from speeches and packs it into the this quick guide for student leaders and those who work with student leaders. Working with Tens of Thousands of student leaders at schools, conferences, conventions, camps, summits, Jonathan has created the go to step by step playbook, taking you on a journey to transform your student leadership life and accelerate your path to student leadership...

When eight-year-old Elliot discovers a mysterious crystal rune in his attic, he unknowingly sets off a chain of events that threatens to unravel the very fabric of his world. As the heir to a nearly extinct race of Rune Masters-beings with absolute control over elemental magic-Elliot's unexpected awakening draws the attention of hidden factions and ancient enemies. Unbeknownst to humanity, a millennia-old prophecy foretold the return of these powerful beings, signaling a shift that could end the fragile peace maintained since the Great War.

Inspirado en el bestseller #1 del New York Times Ella persistió / She Persisted de Chelsea Clinton y Alexandra Boiger, llega ahora esta serie en Chapter Books sobre mujeres que sobresalieron, lucharon y se levantaron contra viento y marea. Sonia Sotomayor es la primera jueza latina en la...

Set in the shadowy Killing Fields of Cambodia, this gripping military thriller follows Tess Hardy as she works to unravel the mystery of how her husband, and many others, keep disappearing and turning up dead in the mine-laden backwaters of Southeast Asia. Tess Hardy thought she had put Luke...

Promover uma cultura de inovação parece ótimo na teoria, mas o que é preciso para realmente fazê-la funcionar na prática? Neste livro, o físico Safi Bahcall demonstra a importância das estruturas organizacionais e explica como projetá-las de modo a permitir que essa cultura se instale e dê resultados. Vivemos uma época em que é comum rejeitar e desconsiderar o pensamento inovador. No lugar disso, Bahcall propõe uma estrutura que promove o trabalho em equipe e abraça iniciativas ousadas e com um quê de loucura, as chamadas missões lunáticas.

¿Harry Potter o El Hobbit? ¿J. K. Rowling o Tolkien? Quizá no tengas que decidir entre los libros más vendidos para el público juvenil. Llega Piedras Verdes, un universo de aventuras, suspense y fantasía que te arrastrará entre dos mundos en guerra. Nuestros cuatro amigos regresan a Piedras Verdes, el lugar donde el verano anterior corrieran las aventuras más increíbles de sus vidas. Juntos buscarán una nueva puerta que los lleve hasta los Cuatro Reinos. Pero antes tendrán que burlar al Rey Rojo y sus sicarios, sedientos de venganza. Mientras tanto, en el reino de Shamtei-Lo, ...