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The Placebo Effect, everyone’s heard of it, most know at least a rudimentary definition of what it is. This guide will help refine and enhance your definition of it. Multiple Sclerosis is a horrible condition and not very well understood, this book aims to change that. Memory, determination, and patience, we all could use a little help in at least one of these categories.

Lieutenant Manny Ibarra, a former commander of LAPD’s infamous SIS Unit—often referred to as the “Death Squad”—was known for keeping his aggressive team under control. However, everything changed when his brother, homicide detective Frank Ibarra was gunned down in the driveway of his Los Angeles home by a gang from East L. A. Devastated by his murder, Manny declared war on the gang, seeking justice on his own terms, a form of justice that was not found in any law book. This deadly vendetta would ultimately cost Manny his career with the LAPD.

This is a bundle of several books covering topics ranging from neural networks, hypothalamus, difference between a man and woman's brain, artificial intelligence, psychopaths and sociopaths, dissociative identity disorder, neuroplasticity, neurogenesis, and many other related topics.

This amazing audiobook of Chinese myths include many stories which could teach you moral lessons and entertain you at the same time. Become fascinated by the epic tales from ancient, oriental regions. The book covers Chinese gods, immortals that the ancient Chinese believed in, epic legend of T'ai Sui, myths, dragons and dragon gods, and so much more.

Book 1: Indulge in the crazy, mystical, mythical aspects of Chinese folklore. You will listen about the most basic background information, the setting, the time period in which these tales were created, and so much more.

This audiobook covers several topics including neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), narcolepsy, acupuncture, and Alzheimer's disease. This includes information on signs, symptoms, treatment options, and practical advice. By the time you finish listening to the book, you'll gain sufficient knowledge on all these topics.

Synesthesia, what does this word mean? Synesthesia is a condition in which one sense (for example, hearing) is simultaneously perceived as if by one or more additional senses such as sight. Various causes and conditions in the brain can contribute to synesthesia. This book gives indications on whether or not you have it, along with other ways to find out if you possess synesthesia. There is a psychological measurement for the various classifications of it. Learn how this condition affects children and how you can help them.

Our future selves are obstinate in repeating the same errors every single time. In this book, I will describe elements in ourselves that contribute to what I call the “stupidity factor” of our future selves. I will present tips and techniques that you can use for taming that incorrigible future self to be less…stupid. Because when you realize your future self is still you, you will most likely behave the same way your present self behaves in the future. That’s an advantage because the future self will never magically change or surprise you with new behaviors. That’s a fact!

Oxytocin, estrogen, endorphins, dopamine. Hormones produced by the body and all but one relate to feeling happy. Estrogen is responsible for developing and maintaining the female characteristics of the human body. But what exactly do they do to make us feel happy? Are they dangerous or addicting? How does estrogen work? This guidebook will answer these questions and any others you may have about these subjects.

This is a bundle of several books that talks about different philosophers and thinkers. Learn about the ideals and thoughts of leading philosophers like Thomas Aquinas, David Hume, Desiderius Erasmus, Baruch Spinoza, John Locke, Plato, Jean-Paul Sartre, and many more....

Neuromarketing is a way for companies to sell you on their product by going straight to your brain. They do this by studying the human brain as it reacts to various marketing stimuli. The value behind this research is huge. Many studies are happening around the world. Mental, or psychological, imagery is a mental technique used to help achieve certain goals through psychological imagery.

Port City was never built for peace. For years, two rival families, the Santoros and Carusos, have shared the spoils of the city's rackets, maintaining a bloody but stable status quo. But when a brutal war shatters the old order, the truce is buried in a shallow grave. Now, the city is a powder keg, and the fuse has been lit. In a world where wise-guys and old-country bosses play for keeps, power isn't something you inherit—it's something you take by force.

Joe Roberts was named Tojo Roberts by his Japanese mother, but it's been shortened to Joe by everyone else. When he comes home to Arizona after military service in Iraq, he brings with him PTSD nightmares and unexpected wealth. He struggles with both. When he meets Lisa at a veteran's hospital PTSD meeting, his life is changed for the better.

Hindsight: The 7 Keys to Living Your Best Life is written through the eyes of the author as he relives some of the memories that taught him to grow a mindset of strength, determination, and gratefulness. Through seven key hindsights, you will be able to cultivate a strong mindset of your own. These lessons are shared with you to give you the knowledge and steps to achieve that goal you’ve always wanted and to give you direction on what to do next. If you are at a crossroads in your life, confused about where to go or how to reach your next goal, this book is for you.

Many lives are in imminent danger, but a mysterious entity has the power to change everything. Life is a breeze for Andreas, a simple man, and the captain of a ferry in one of Norway’s tourist-packed fjords. But things are not as perfect as they may seem. When Andreas begins to receive messages from an unknown source, he realizes that the future of the world is in danger. He decides to leave everything behind and devote his life to a single mission - saving the planet.

This psychological thriller takes us through Joshua’s childhood of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his earthly father, and into adulthood as Joshua attempts to break away from his family and church in order to find happiness. The entire world is watching as Joshua prepares to finally show the world who he really is.

A boy stands in a bathroom and discovers his face can change. Asa Greer is five years old when the mirror shows him something that should be impossible: the features of the boy next door, worn on his own skull. The borrowed face lasts three seconds. The cost is permanent. He will never smell his own skin again. Over the next fifty years, Asa consumes more than a hundred faces. Each acquisition deposits a blueprint into his nervous system and extracts an irreversible sensory payment.

An atom bomb is waiting to explode in the very heart of London...Le Docteur is a professor who fed up with the ways of the Western world, and decides to establish a terrorist network to outperform ISIS and fight the enemies of Islam. The talented professor plants fear across Europe through several murderous attacks, leaving an entire continent paralyzed. David Avivi, a senior officer in the Israeli Mossad, is leading the chase after the bloodthirsty terrorist band, aiming to capture its leader and prevent the impending catastrophe.

Dr. Lena Vasquez sees something in the data that the statistics do not measure. A gravitational lensing researcher at the University of Chicago, Lena finds a periodic oscillation in the dark matter density profile of a candidate dark galaxy. The signal is faint but structured, repeating with a regularity that cold, collisionless dark matter should not produce.

The title comes from "The Atomic Man," the seventh story in the collection, where a teenager named Calvin Reece understands what he has become. He has become light: the loneliest thing in the universe, touching everything, holding nothing. But the phrase describes all twelve protagonists. Each one reaches the world in some remarkable way and finds that the reach itself prevents the grasp. They affect everything around them and possess nothing of what they most need: ordinary human closeness, the unremarkable warmth of being known without being studied, feared, worshipped, or fled from.