This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.The anxiety keeping you awake at 2 a.m. after quitting weed isn't your real anxiety finally showing itself — just a nervous system relearning how to run its own calming signal, on a documented, time-limited schedule.That's the actual mechanism, and the American Psychiatric Association gave it a name in 2013: cannabis withdrawal, experienced by roughly half of frequent users who stop, involving anxiety, insomnia, appetite loss, and ir...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. You've promised yourself it was the last time. You meant it. And you did it again three days later anyway.This isn't a book about being weak. It's about a piece of brain machinery so efficient it once kept you alive — now aimed at a slot machine, a phone feed, a bottle, or a fridge, all engineered by people who understand that machinery better than you do.Dopamine isn't the "pleasure chemical" you think it is — it's a prediction en...

Jaguar expert and enthusiast Mark Sutherland’s comprehensive and definitive account explores the development of all three series of the Jaguar XJ saloons. Launched in 1968, the Series 1 Jaguar XJ was the result of a lengthy development process and the last Jaguar that Sir William Lyons was personally involved with. It had stunning looks and performance while also offering value for money compared with other luxury cars. The Series 2 followed, with a longer floor plan, and included the shor...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.A joint that swells overnight into something that makes walking impossible is usually the first sign that uric acid has been rising for years, unnoticed.Gout is a form of arthritis, not an old man's disease brought on by rich food, and treating it as an occasional bad flare instead of an ongoing chronic condition is why so many people cycle through pain for decades instead of fixing it.This audiobook explains what actually rai...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.One in four adults is walking around with a liver quietly overloaded with fat, and almost none of them know it because this disease produces no symptoms until it has already done real damage. The first hint is usually a number on a routine blood panel, flagged almost by accident during a checkup for something else entirely.This audiobook explains what NAFLD actually is and why insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis feed each other i...

The proceeds of crime field continues to be one of the fastest moving areas of the law within the criminal justice system. New cases are reported on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis as well as frequently in the major law reports. Millington and Sutherland Williams on the Proceeds of Crime offers an extensive, authorative examination of proceeds of crime and confiscation legislation. It provides an easily navigable step-by-step approach that considers how the legislation is geared ...

Millington and Sutherland Williams on The Proceeds of Crime provides a definitive guide to all aspects of the law concerning the recovery of the proceeds of crime in England and Wales. It provides an easily navigable step-by-step approach that considers how the legislation is geared to ensuring that criminals do not benefit from their crimes financially, as well as detailed coverage of every stage of the confiscation process. This new edition has been fully updated to include all ...

The eighth book in the bestselling series of hauntingly true Canadian stories — back, and scarier than ever!In this eighth book of the best-selling series, Joel A. Sutherland brings together some of the most terrifying true stories from across the country.A headless apparition haunts the railway tracks in Woodridge, Manitoba.A ghostly spirit appears at sunrise, silently screaming on an outcrop of rocks in Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, Britis...

The fast and easy way to crack codes and cryptogramsDid you love Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol? Are you fascinated by secret codes and deciphering lost history? Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies shows you how to think like a symbologist to uncover mysteries and history by solving cryptograms and cracking codes that relate to Freemasonry, the Knights Templar, the Illuminati, and other secret societies and conspiracy theories.You'll g...

In this second volume of Mark Twain's writings for the New York Times, we find the great American humorist at the height of his powers. Twain's wit and wisdom are on full display as he skewers everything from politics to religion to the foibles of human nature. Whether he's writing about the Gilded Age or the Spanish-American War, Twain's insights are always sharp and his observations always hilarious. This collection is a must-read for anyone who loves Twain's work or who wants to underst...

The Causes and Consequences of Group Violence: From Bullies to Terrorists offers a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation of the causes and consequences of violence, ranging from bullying and hate crimes to revolutions, genocide, and acts of terrorism. Editors James Hawdon, John Ryan, and Mark Lucht bring together empirical investigations of these specific types of violence as well as theoretical discussions of the underlying similarities and differences among them. Focusing on ...

All you need to know about making and breaking codes.Gem Codes and Ciphers touches on everything from the smoke signals used by Native American Indians to encryption devices used by government agencies and the military.Not only does this handy, pocket-sized book cover the history of the development of codes and ciphers, it also has practical information and advice on how to make codes and, more importantly, how to break them!Topics covered:• Native American s...