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Why do people gamble, and why is it that people sometimes gamble to excess? Originally published in 1992, The Psychology of Gambling provides a comprehensive study of gambling behaviour and explores both theories and therapies for the treatment of problem gambling. Involvement in each form of gambling is examined in terms of social and cognitive factors and from this a socio-cognitive theory of gambling is developed in which false beliefs about gambling play a core role in maintai...

The Workhorse© 2025 by Michael WalkerIntroduction:The saga is set—long before cities rose, when treasure maps were drawn on faded weathered parchment—there lived a poor prospector named Juriel (pronounced "Zhuriel"), a man who believed fortune was always hiding just one day farther down the road. He dreamt of treasures, but mostly just gold.His only companion was a horse, though "companion" was far too loving a word...

A "richly anecdotal" account of the secluded LA neighborhood's legendary music scene, a tale of groupies, cocaine, and California dreaming ( Salon).Finalist, SCBA Book Award for NonfictionA Los Angeles Times BestsellerIn the late sixties and early seventies, an impromptu collection of musicians colonized a eucalyptus-scented canyon deep in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles and melded folk, rock, and ...

The popular and critical successes of films like The Sixth Sense and The Ring and its sequels in the late 1990s led to an impressive international explosion of scary films dealing with ghosts. This book takes a close look at a number of those films from different countries, including the United States, Japan, South Korea, Spain, and Great Britain. Making a crucial distinction between these atmospheric films and conventional horror, Michael Walker argues that they are most...

Charles Frohman is a theater business mogul with a syndicate that stages productions up and down the eastern seaboard of the United States and across the Atlantic to England and Europe at the turn of the twentieth century. A great deal of Frohman's success is due to his association and friendship with one man – the prominent actor of his time, William Hooker Gillette.Actor, playwright, director, and stage set designer, William Gillette, has thrilled the American public with his int...

Discover how to describe your data in detail, identify data issues, and find out how to solve them using commonly used techniques and tips and tricksKey FeaturesGet well-versed with various data cleaning techniques to reveal key insightsManipulate data of different complexities to shape them into the right form as per your business needsClean, monitor, and validate large data volumes to diagnose problems before moving on to data analysis

Crew CollinsThe rush of the high. The mind tingling feeling of that first line. This secret of mine has spiraled out of control, but I can’t stop. The drugs fill a void, helping me feel something and nothing all at once.But him… He makes me feel everything.Anderson WalkerHe’s been my best friend for as long as I can remember. Thick as thieves. Life happened, our friendship has changed. Now I’m left with feelings I don’t know...

An intimate, first-hand account of the emotional and physical experience of doing time in jail and the strategies for enduring it. Jails are the principal people-processing machines of the criminal justice system. Mostly they hold persons awaiting trial who cannot afford or have been denied bail. Although jail sentences max out at a year, some spend years awaiting trial in jail-especially in counties where courts are jammed with cases. City and county jails, detention cent...

This work examines the cognitive capacity of great apes in order to better understand early man and the importance of memory in the evolutionary process. It synthesizes research from comparative cognition, neuroscience, primatology as well as lithic archaeology, reviewing findings on the cognitive ability of great apes to recognize the physical properties of an object and then determine the most effective way in which to manipulate it as a tool to achieve a specific goal. The authors argue...

In April 1897, a strange airship crashed in Aurora, Texas and the "unearthly" pilot was buried in the local cemetery. Today, the pilot finally awakened. God help us all. In July 2015, supernatural sleuth Kevin Starkly disappeared mysteriously in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. What secrets did he uncover about the Aurora UFO crash, and has he paid a terrible price for his curiosity? Four twenty-something paranormal investigators, a self-styled "Nerd Legion," —Tony Fermia (a psychic who talks ...

Unnatural behavior is a book that shows the progression of sexual behaviors that were once deemed twisted and reprehensive to us in America, as something our minds transform to accept as natural over time. It’s designed to explore how the mind transforms its beliefs due to influence through media, government, and peers in our changing times. This book is a deep dive into the most extreme types of sexual behavior and how more and more people are getting into these types of behavior as time ...

Explore supercharged machine learning techniques to take care of your data laundry loadsKey FeaturesLearn how to prepare data for machine learning processesUnderstand which algorithms are based on prediction objectives and the properties of the dataExplore how to interpret and evaluate the results from machine learningBook DescriptionMany individuals who know how to run machine learning algorithms do not have a good sense of ...