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In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, author Nick Lane brings together the latest research findings in the exciting field of mitochondria research to reveal how our growing understanding of mitochondria is shedding light on how complex life evolved, why sex arose (why don't we just bud?), and why we age and die. This understanding is of fundamental importance, both in understanding how we and all other complex life came to be, but also in order to be able to control our own illnesses, and delay our degeneration and death.

Through studious research into past civilizations, Burnham diagnoses the 20th century and finds it afflicted with destructive, even "suicidal" tendencies - all of which arise from the “Liberal syndrome” and its inherent applications. The book explores several important questions, including why Liberalism clashes with Christianity and how Liberalism is a root cause of race riots and the rapid growth in crime.

A compelling memoir by ABC News correspondent James Longman in which he discusses mental illness and trauma in families, what the latest genetic science is telling us, and how to not only persevere but thrive.

Life expectancy in the United States has recently fallen for three years in a row - a reversal not seen since 1918 or in any other wealthy nation in modern times. In the past two decades, deaths of despair from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism have risen dramatically, and now claim hundreds of thousands of American lives each year - and they're still rising. Case and Deaton, known for first sounding the alarm about deaths of despair, explain the overwhelming surge in these deaths and shed light on the social and economic forces that are making life harder for the working class.

When circumstances drive Zoya and Natalya to accept an offer from the most powerful organization in the Western Annex, it looks like their ship - literally - comes in. The job fails to live up to its promise and the pair soon find themselves fighting for their lives against a booby trapped ship and its unseen master. Will they unmask their enemies and survive their suicide run?

Les quarante années qui ont défait la France. Ce livre est paru initialement en 2014. "La France se couche. La France se meurt. La France avait pris l'habitude depuis le XVIIe siècle et, plus encore, depuis la Révolution française, d'imposer ses idées, ses foucades mêmes, sa vision du monde et sa langue, à un univers pâmé devant tant de merveilles. Non seulement elle n'y parvient plus, mais elle se voit contrainte d'ingurgiter des valeurs et des mœurs aux antipodes de ce qu'elle a édifié au fil des siècles."

Michael Dahl is broken. After sacrificing his magic, his health, and his lover to exorcise a demon spy, the nineteen-year-old agent is devastated to learn that the people he sought to protect see him as a conspiracy theorist and an embarrassment. But when he is shunted away to a meaningless research post, Dahl uncovers a disturbing revelation: his victory over the demon was not the end, but a portent of the impending apocalypse.

We'll live to fight another day! With those words, a hero rose to the challenge and a family found the strength within themselves to face the unthinkable. The forces of evil have descended upon Armstrong Ranch. The family had worked this ranch since the 1800s and now invaders from a faraway land had plans to take it away. Will the Armstrongs persevere in the face of a well-trained, deadly enemy which intends to steal their home and end their lives?

When Eric Carter helps a friend with a deadly ritual that could determine the fate of the most powerful mage family in Los Angeles he steps into the middle of centuries-long feuds with people who make the Borgias look like the Brady Bunch. Eric's just fine with the murder, soul eaters, and death magic. He's just having trouble adjusting to being brought back from the grave. If he's not careful, somebody's going to put him right back.

The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia provides the most thorough overview of the ethical and legal issues raised by assisted suicide and euthanasia - as well as the most comprehensive argument against their legalization - ever published. In clear terms accessible to the general listener, Neil Gorsuch thoroughly assesses the strengths and weaknesses of leading contemporary ethical arguments for assisted suicide and euthanasia.

Tysjachi ljudej mogut umeret' iz-za torgovogo konflikta ili tonkostej zakona prestolonasledija. Konflikt reshen, na tron posazhen pravil'nyj korol' - armija uhodit. No v jetot raz vse budet ne tak - eshhe nikto v sovremennoj istorii ne pytalsja zatejat' vojnu so stol' strannoj i zhestokoj cel'ju. No vse kogda-nibud' sluchaetsja vpervye. V strategicheski vazhnyj gornyj prohod s severa gonjat zhitelej so vsej Nurii.

As someone who orchestrates television- and photo-ready moments involving important political figures, Josh King has unique experience working with the reputations of public figures. In Off Script, King leads listeners through an entertaining behind-the-scenes journey through the most catastrophic scenes of political stagecraft since the dawn of the "age of optics" in 1988. Listeners might recall these moments as simple cases of bad luck, but King argues that they were actually symptomatic of something deeper in how we view our leaders.

Just in time for the presidential election of 2016 comes Political Suicide, a history of the best and most interesting missteps, peccadilloes, bad calls, backroom hijinks, sordid pasts, rotten breaks, and just plain dumb mistakes in the annals of American politics.

Leonard - komm, schnell. Fiona... da stimmt etwas nicht mit ihr... Sie liegt über der Tastatur - bewusstlos. Leonard und Beate Heidel sind entsetzt. Als sie spät in der Nacht von einem Theaterbesuch nach Hause kommen, finden sie ihre Tochter Fiona ohnmächtig vor ihrem Computer, auf dem Schreibtisch eine leere Flasche Alkohol und aufgebrauchte Packungen Aspirintabletten. Ein Selbstmordversuch.

Worldwide, more people die by suicide than by murder, and many more are left behind to grieve. Despite distressing statistics that show suicide rates rising, the subject, long a taboo, is infrequently talked about. In this sweeping intellectual and cultural history, poet and historian Jennifer Michael Hecht channels her grief for two friends lost to suicide into a search for history’s most persuasive arguments against the irretrievable act, arguments she hopes to bring back into public consciousness.

Тёмный смертник Макс, в прошлом барон Максимилиан Валевский, совершает героический поступок. Император лично желает наградить своего героя, но встреча с лидером империи означает только одно—Максу вернут его бывшее имя. Вот только таинственные силы, кружащиеся вокруг трона Заракской империи, имеют свои мысли по поводу того, как правильно использовать Макса и его способности. Дело за малым—прогнуть главного героя и заставить его делать то, что им нужно. Но согласится ли Макс выступать безвольной марионеткой в чьих-то руках?

У Максимилиана появился шанс отомстить за свою семью—герцог Одоевский принял участие в заговоре против императора и, если всё сделать правильно, то Макс сможет уничтожить того, кто с таким упоением зачитывал смертный приговор его семье. Вот только небольшая ошибка смела все планы Максимилиана и теперь только от него зависит судьба тысяч людей, попавших в лапы страшных монстров. Что выбрать? Месть или спасение?

Макс, в прошлом Максимилиан Валевский, начинает понимать, что такое быть тёмным в мире, где главенствует свет. Его используют, ненавидят, боятся, стараются убить при первой возможности, но главный герой готов выдержать любые испытания, лишь бы достичь своей цели—отомстить герцогу Одоевскому за гибель своей семьи. И на пути к этой цели все преграды будут сметены.

A Ph.D. biochemist and immunologist goes through the data on one of the greatest public policy disasters in human history—the lockdown response to COVID. How deadly was COVID originally and after it had evolved for a year or two? How many COVID deaths were prevented by the lockdowns? How many people did the lockdowns throw into depression? How many people did the lockdowns kill by deaths of despair? But the good news from the lockdowns is it shows citizens are willing to make enormous sacrifices for their society and that we can transform society on a dime.

Socialism and declining oil prices are often blamed for Venezuela’s catastrophe, but in reality, it was decades of destructive leadership under Hugo Chávez and his successor, Nicolás Maduro, that transformed Venezuela into a poor country and criminalized state beholden to a foreign power.