Today we may be paying a high price for our modern comforts. In fact, cannons fears of a decline in fitness may have been justified: recent evidence suggests that the widespread adoption of climate control in home, car and office may be one cause of the current obesity epidemic. The disappearance of thermal stress from our lives may have another unintended consequence: it may have largely eliminated a valuable toughening process.

Dr Coates says that tried and tested research pointed the finger towards the ‘molecule of irrational exuberance’– the chemical that causes traders, during a bubble or a winning streak, to take too much risk. A] scintillating treatise on the neurobiology of the business cycle. Coates… draws an intimate portrait of life on a trading floor …The result is a provocative and entertaining take on the irrational exuberance—and anxiety—of the modern economy.”— Publishers Weekly Ison delves into the minds of these characters and others in this captivating and disturbing collection of stories: think Mary Gaitskill or Miranda July, but more demented.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review For example, the author attributed market crash in October to decreasing testosterone level of investors. Is that believable? I had a really hard time getting into this at first and read it in short bursts but then suddenly I couldnt put it down. I avoid WWII fiction because there is so much of it and I have read so much of it plus sometimes they are written to appeal to people who enjoy reading about suffering (which I dont and I think those types of books are a bit perverted)

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Ison is unflinching in her depiction of the self-inflicted corruption that replaces the character's moral core with a twisted version of Christianity, brilliantly illustrating the epigraph from Solzhenitsyn: ‘To do evil, a human being must first of all believe that what he’s doing is good’.” - Kirkus, starred review Inspired by David Copperfield, Kingsolver crafts a 21st-century coming-of-age story set in America’s hard-pressed rural South. The end was a solid cliffhanger with Marie-Jean's true fate unclear. I prefer finality at a stories conclusion with the various characters and lose ends wrapped up and their ultimate fates explained but that's a relatively selfish expectation.

Is Danielle really so clueless that she outs two people in her life, did she really think she was doing the right thing or is it a subconscious resentment that causes her actions?A spy drama right from the start "Time between Dog and Wolf" is a KDrama from 2007. But don't worry, the series still knows how to grip today. (I don´t even dare to imagine what a terrific spectacle the KDrama would be, if it would come along in the style of 2020 KDrama cinematography...) Coates, who once headed a derivatives trading desk, focuses on the moment of Jekyll-and-Hyde transformation that traders pass through when under pressure. This moment of transformation, which the French have called “the hour between dog and wolf” since the Middle Ages, results from rising levels of testosterone that increase both one’s self-confidence and, crucially, one’s appetite for risk. Danielle is 12 when her mother takes her from occupied Paris to live with family friends in the unoccupied zone because it is no longer safe for Jews in the city. Forced to adopt the Catholic faith, she lives a conflicted life trying to be good for her adoptive parents but unable to forget her mother and father and the Jewish legacy of her birth. Told from the perspective of a young Jewish girl grappling with identity, Ison’s timely book considers that moment between dusk and night, the almost imperceptible shift into darkness, both political and personal, as it exposes the high cost of accommodation of evil and bigotry. Provocative, vivid, and affecting, this novel will inspire important conversations that we all need to be having now. ”—EJ Levy, author, The Cape Doctor What makes A Child out of Alcatraz particularly memorable is its unique venue… the author paints a searing portrait of an American family that might have been typical had fate and history not intervened.” — Glamour

She is an art director. She has a bright personality and is very considerate to other people. She's honest about her feelings. She is the only daughter of Cheongbang's Boss, Mao. And knowing how beautifully the brain is integrated into the body could "bridge the abyss of misunderstanding that has separated the `two cultures' of science and the humanities". At the Hour Between Dog & Wolf is a thrilling novel, not just as a splendid read but as a deeply resonant work of art driven by the central yearning in the greatest literary narratives: the yearning for a self, for an identity, for a place in the world. Tara Ison has always been a writer I’ve ardently admired. Here she is at the height of her estimable powers." — Robert Olen Butler Told from the perspective of a young Jewish girl grappling with identity, Ison’s timely book considers that moment between dusk and night, the almost imperceptible shift into darkness, both political and personal, as it exposes the high cost of accommodation of evil and bigotry. Provocative, vivid, and affecting, this novel will inspire important conversations that we all need to be having now.”— EJ Levy, author, The Cape DoctorThis author is a former trader turned neuro-scientist and he explains how stress and hormones drive the behavior of traders, leading to irrational exuberance and well as irrational panic on the markets. If Coates is right- the evidence he presents is compelling- then the financial; crises that so frequently plague capitalism find their roots in human biology’ New Scientist Magazine The author said “We've been trying to identify the molecules and nervous pathways in the body that contribute to this transformation, that would account for shifts in risk preferences which we think destabilise the financial markets." Book Genre: Biology, Business, Economics, ers, Finance, Neuroscience, Nonfiction, Psychology, rs, Science, Self Help, Social Science

Tragedies abound in the hidden life of a Jewish girl in the historical novel At the Hour Between Dog and Wolf—and questions about what moral compromises are the acceptable cost of survival. Over the span of the next episodes, Min-ki and an old ex-NIS agent and restaurant owner form an investigation team secretly with two other NIS employees. Min-ki becomes obsessed with bringing down Kay and Cheongbang (Mao's gang). Ji-woo is convinced that Kay is Soo-hyun. An innovative blend of film criticism and literary memoir in this absorbing collection of 10 essays…. The result is powerfully universal, and the author’s writing is at once intellectually razor-sharp and poetic as she delves into the most complex of emotions…. These essays, combining cultural criticism with deeply personal reflections on love, religion, family, and the nature of art, offer brilliant analysis and food for thought for film aficionados and casual fans alike.” —Publishers Weekly

a chilling psychological portrait of a young Jewish girl hiding in France during WWII…. Finely drawn characters and scenes of rural life complement Ison’s unique vision and original spin on a familiar set-up. This challenging work stands out among historical fiction of the period.” - Publishers Weekly Robust animal behaviour model the ‘winner effect’ was applied, and research showed that rising levels of testosterone drove that animal to take more risks, become more confident, increase its haemoglobin and therefore step up oxygen content in the blood. Full Book Name: The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust If anyone is qualified to unify the seemingly disparate subjects of financial markets and neurology, it’s John Coates… The Hour Between Dog and Wolf is a powerful distillation of his work—and an important step in the ongoing struggle to free economics from rational-actor theory.”— The Daily Beast Beneath the bucolic scenes of Tara Ison’s novel are foreboding realities. Neighbors turn against neighbors; fascism creeps up; “good” people avert their eyes. Danielle, suspended between worlds, yearns for the safety of the prewar days, but makes concessions to mimic peace; each time she chooses blindness over alarm, her truths slip a bit further from her grasp. Willing to compromise friends, family, and her past for the illusion of safety, she flirts with nothingness. Even at the novel’s gripping end, the question of whether she will be able to rebuild remains.