Nuestro cerebro está regulado por un grupo de sustancias químicas como son las hormonas y los neurotransmisores. Saturado analiza el papel que desempeñan estas sustancias en todos los aspectos de nuestras experiencias vitales, desde cómo tomamos decisiones, a quién amamos y qué recordamos, hasta impulsos básicos de supervivencia como el hambre, el miedo y el sueño. Ginny Smith explora la función de estas diminutas moléculas, apoyándose en las últimas investigaciones a la vanguardia de la q...

A NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEARFrom adrenaline to dopamine, our lives are shaped by the chemicals that control us. They are the hormones and neurotransmitters that our brains run on, and Overloaded looks at the roles they play in all aspects of our experiences, from how we make decisions, who we love, what we remember to basic survival drives such as hunger, fear and sleep.Author Ginny Smith explores what these tiny molecules do: what roles do cor...

Bloomsbury presents Overloaded written and read by Ginny Smith.A NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEARFrom adrenaline to dopamine, our lives are shaped by the chemicals that control us. They are the hormones and neurotransmitters that our brains run on, and Overloaded looks at the roles they play in all aspects of our experiences, from how we make decisions, who we love, what we remember to basic survival drives such as hunger, fear and sleep.Author Ginny Smith explores wh...

After 30 years of providing counseling and support for people living with cancer, the Cancer Lifeline organization knows that one of the main areas of interest for patients and their families is food and nutrition. What foods have been shown to help prevent the spread of cancer? What are the nutritional "rules" for people with cancer? In answer, this new edition of the organization's cookbook presents up-to-date nutritional information (including the Top Ten Super Foods that may protect an...

A sweeping, eerily resonant epic of race and violence in the Jim Crow South: a lyrical and emotionally devastating masterpiece from Charlie Smith, whom the New York Public Library has said “may be America’s most bewitching stylist alive.”Delvin Walker is just a boy when his mother flees their home in the Red Row section of Chattanooga, accused of killing a white man. Taken in by Cornelius Oliver, proprietor of the town’s leading Negro funeral home, he discovers the art of caring fo...

An interfaith collection of prayers, blessings, and poems offering comfort and hope to the healthcare workers that give so much.The COVID-19 pandemic has left few of us unaffected, but our healthcare workers have borne the brunt of its impact. Chaplains and clergy across all lines of faith have ministered to those caregivers through prayers and blessings.This curated collection of interfaith prayers, blessings, and poems was written by those who minister to...

The Winter 2022-23 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporaryAmerican literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in avariety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton amongminnows.”The Winter 2022-23 Issue, edited by Editor-in-chief Ladette Randolph and Poetry Editor John

One moment they were there. The next—they were gone. Across quiet neighborhoods, bustling cities, and rural backroads, children are vanishing—and behind every missing poster lies a story that demands to be heard. In this gripping and emotionally charged investigation, acclaimed journalist Claire Smith unravels the haunting truths behind some of the most chilling cases of child disappearance. From the first frantic 911 calls to the harrowing aftermath faced by families left in limbo, Vanish...

What if the child of a tyrant was born to break the chains of kingship? In a world consumed by dark magic and ruled by fire-forged bloodlines, a prophecy foretells the rise of a child who will end the age of cruelty. Born of royal blood but raised in hiding, Kaelen is the flamebearer who never asked to be chosen. Hunted by the empire his grandfather built, trained in secret by a humble farmer, and haunted by dreams of destiny, Kaelen must walk through war, betrayal, and spirit-bound fire t...

What happens after the world learns your darkest secret—one you didn’t even know you were keeping? In My Father’s Last Victim 2: The Aftermath – Picking Up the Pieces of a Shattered Past, Claire Smith returns with a powerful and deeply personal sequel to her gripping memoir. The truth about her father—a man she once trusted and loved—has been exposed. Now, she must navigate the aftermath of that revelation: the judgment, the whispers, and the struggle to reclaim her identity beyond the sha...

The Maid: A Psychological Thriller of Secrets and Survival Anya was just supposed to clean—blend in, stay quiet, and disappear. But when she discovers a hidden network of lies, power, and murder inside the walls of an elite high-rise, her past resurfaces, and survival becomes her only goal. Every room hides a secret. Every face is a mask. And Anya? She’s not who they think she is. Fast-paced and spine-chilling, The Maid is a gripping psychological thriller that dives into the darkness of i...

They stole her divinity. Now, she will burn the world to take it back.” When Evelyn Gray begins dreaming of fire and wings, she believes it’s nothing more than trauma and insomnia—until the marks appear beneath her skin. Golden veins, glowing with impossible light. Whispers that call her by a name the world has long forgotten. A name of worship. A name of wrath. A name once spoken in fear. Drawn into the ruins buried beneath modern London, Evelyn uncovers a temple that bears her own face c...