"A neurologist regales readers with extraordinary stories of the brain under siege. Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: The very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Here are true accounts of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake, from total loss of inhibitions to florid psychosis to compulsive lying. Cognitive neurologist Sara Manning Peskin demystifies...

Accidental Brothers tells the unique story of two sets of identical Colombian twin brothers who discovered at age 25 that they were mistakenly raised as fraternal twins-when they were not even biological brothers. Due to an oversight that presumably occurred in the hospital nursery, one twin in each pair was switched with a twin in the other pair. The result was two sets of unrelated "fraternal" twins-Jorge and Carlos, who were raised in the lively...

La muerte de un hijo o hija sin importar la forma ni la edad, es algo insuperable en lo que vamos a tener que aprender como madre o como padre a vivir sin ellos. Este libro, lo escribi pensando en poder ayudar a superar y reconstruir nuestro corazon tanto fisica, como emocional y espiritualmente con la ayuda de Jesus. Cuando nos toco vivirlo me hubiera gustado tener este tipo de ayuda para aligerar el dolor, es por eso que el anhelo de mi corazon...

In this book, Impact of Culture on the Transfer of Management Practices in a Former British Colonies: Cadbury, Nigeria, Dr. Olusoji George deals with a number of these issues head on. In particular, he has highlighted two elements largely ignored in the international management literature: first, colonial (political and economic forms) and their encounters with pre-existing employment management practices and secondly, emergent, post-colonial influences...

As students navigate learning and begin to establish a sense of self, local surroundings can have a major influence on the range of choices they make about who they are and who they want to be. This book investigates how various constructions of identity can influence educational achievement for African American students, both within and outside school. Unique in its attention to the challenges that social and educational stratification pose, as well...

La comunicacin constituye una estrategia clave para optimizar el aprendizaje y representa la va para relacionarse con otras personas. Actualmente se considera que la calidad educativa est circunscrita a la transformacin de los paradigmas pedaggicos utilizados por los docentes con respecto a las estrategias metodolgicas. Los docentes deben concebirse como protagonistas de la transformacin educativa, ser gestores de sus investigaciones para as solventar...

In the remote regions of Australias Northern Territory Indigenous Australians experience extreme disadvantagein health, income, employment, education and access to the conditions for a good life. This book is about their plight, and how governments can deliver strategies to prevent the continuation of their disadvantage. Governments and institutions like the World Health Organisation have expressed intentions to close the gaps that are represented...

In a groundbreaking study, the authors draw from well-known international studies and personal experiences and testimonials by Filipino subjects on why our children have totally different and distinct behaviors and values in response to modern technology.

We all know what we're doing with our significant others, booty calls, and one-night stands when the lights go out, but what about other Americans? Indulge your voyeuristic curiosity with The Sex Habits of Americans, a sizzling collection of surveys from Playboy, Trojan, and Men's Health that lets you in on the truths, myths, and raunchy details of the sex lives of Americans, including: - More men than women turn down sex because of stress - Men...

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