Richard Johnson

Nature puts a “survival switch” in our bodies to protect us from starvation. Stuck in the “on” position, it’s the hidden source of weight gain, heart disease, and many other common health struggles. But you can turn it off. Dr. Richard Johnson has been on the cutting edge of research into the cause of obesity for more than a decade. His team’s discovery of the fructose-powered survival switch—a metabolic pathway that animals in nature turn on and off as needed, but that our modern diet has permanently fixed in the “on” position, where it becomes a fat switch—revolutionized the way we think about why we gain weight. In Nature Wants Us to Be Fat, he details the mounting evidence on how this switch is responsible both for excess fat storage and for many of the major diseases endemic to the Western world, including heart disease, cancer, and dementia. Dr. Johnson also reveals the surprising link between the survival switch and health conditions such as gout, kidney disease, liver disease, stroke—and even behavioral issues like addiction and ADHD. And, most important, he shares a science-based plan to help readers fight back against nature. Guided by ongoing clinical research—plus fascinating observations from the animal kingdom, evolution, and history—Dr. Johnson takes you along on an eye-opening investigation into: • What you can do to turn off your survival switch • What we have in common with hibernating bears, sperm whales, and the world’s fattest bird • Why it’s fructose (not glucose) that drives insulin resistance and metabolic disease • The foods we eat that trigger the body to make its own fructose • The surprising role salt and dehydration play in fat accumulation Dr. Johnson not only provides new recommendations for how we can prevent or treat obesity, but also how we can use this information to reduce our risk of developing disease. Nature wants us to be fat, and when we understand why, we gain the tools we need to lose weight and optimize our health.

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Nature Wants Us to Be Fat

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Whether you are interested in learning about Buddhism or looking to make changes in your life, Buddhism for Beginners has you covered. Written in a style that is simple and engaging, it explores the history of Buddhism, its philosophies, and its relevance in today's society. The book provides numerous meditative exercises that will allow you to experience the wondrous teachings of this ancient wisdom. Inside you will read about... - A Brief History of Buddhism - The Spread of Buddhism - The Servant or the Master: Which One are You? - Self-Identification with the Mind and Body - Meditation - The Presence of Mindfulness - The Principle of Karma - Dualistic versus Non-Dualistic Perspectives - The Principle of Non-Substantiality - One's Life and the Environment - Sentient and Non-Sentient Beings - Attachment - The Ten Worlds The author explains how Buddhism is more than a religion; it's an internal science. Rather than relying on dogma or sacred texts, Buddhism teaches us to look inward and challenge our most deep-seated beliefs for the purpose liberating ourselves from our minds.

All You Need to Start Your Journey

Buddhism for Beginners

Kenneth Grahame

K. Grahame

Mae Besom

Wind in the Willows

Usborne Illustrated Originals

Tarta de Cumpleaños

Saint George & the Dragon

"QUIC Protocol Design and Implementation" QUIC Protocol Design and Implementation offers a comprehensive exploration of the groundbreaking transport protocol that is redefining Internet communication. The book begins by tracing the limitations of traditional transport mechanisms such as TCP and UDP, detailing the motivations behind QUIC's creation and chronicling its evolution from a Google prototype to a globally adopted IETF standard. Readers gain a deep understanding of QUIC's core principles—latency reduction, multiplexing, robust security, and adaptability—and learn how these shape both its technical architecture and its pivotal position within the modern protocol landscape. The text meticulously unpacks the protocol's inner workings, from sophisticated packet and header structures to critical mechanisms for handshake, encryption, and loss recovery. Full coverage is provided of QUIC’s integration with TLS 1.3 for security, as well as advanced topics like congestion and flow control, head-of-line blocking mitigation, stream prioritization, and support for multipath communication. By weaving in extensive implementation insights—covering everything from event-driven programming models to testing and debugging tools—the book empowers engineers to build high-performance, robust QUIC stacks for both server and client. Bridging theory with real-world deployment, this work also examines performance optimization, security hardening, and interoperability considerations that are crucial for operational success. Readers are guided through emerging ecosystem trends, including HTTP/3, IoT, gaming, and VPN applications, and are offered a forward-looking perspective on protocol evolution, standardization, and community-driven innovation. "QUIC Protocol Design and Implementation" is an indispensable resource for practitioners, researchers, and architects seeking to master the intricacies of next-generation Internet transport.

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"Zig Programming Essentials" "Zig Programming Essentials" is the definitive guide for both newcomers and seasoned systems programmers seeking a comprehensive understanding of the Zig programming language. With a clear focus on Zig’s core tenets—simplicity, predictability, and performance—this book meticulously introduces readers to Zig’s unique philosophy and key features, such as safety, compile-time execution, and seamless cross-compilation. Beginning with step-by-step guidance on setting up the Zig toolchain and structuring robust projects, it provides essential context on the language’s growing ecosystem and community. Structured to be both accessible and deep, the book covers every crucial aspect of Zig: from the sophisticated type system, powerful memory management and allocator patterns, and explicit error handling to generics, compile-time metaprogramming, and idiomatic design patterns. Specialized chapters explore advanced topics like C interoperability, project packaging and deployment, concurrency, and asynchronous programming. Throughout, real-world examples, best practices, and hands-on walkthroughs empower readers to harness Zig for modern, reliable, and performant software—from bare-metal systems to cross-platform applications. Whether you are looking to master Zig for low-level systems work, embedded development, or high-assurance application programming, "Zig Programming Essentials" stands as an authoritative resource. It not only demystifies the intricacies of the language but also instills the confidence and practical skills needed to contribute to Zig’s innovative ecosystem and push the boundaries of efficient, maintainable software development.

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"CRI-O Deep Dive" "CRI-O Deep Dive" is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to understanding, deploying, and optimizing CRI-O—the lightweight, Kubernetes-native container runtime. This book delves deeply into CRI-O’s internal anatomy, meticulously exploring its architecture, data flow, plugin interfaces, and the critical role it plays in Kubernetes ecosystems. Readers will benefit from insightful comparisons with alternative runtimes, step-by-step workflows that trace the life of a pod, and best practices for configuration management, establishing a clear foundation for both new and seasoned practitioners. The book thoroughly surveys advanced topics essential for production-grade container environments, including image management, storage architecture, networking, and lifecycle management. Through detailed chapters, it illuminates strategies for optimizing performance and scalability, enforcing container and image security, and integrating with orchestrators like Kubernetes and OpenShift. Practical guidance on high-availability deployments, disaster recovery, monitoring, and automated configuration is paired with hands-on discussions of troubleshooting, observability, and real-world scalability constraints. Recognizing that innovation is continuous, "CRI-O Deep Dive" concludes by addressing extensibility, emerging technologies, and the future of CRI-O in a rapidly evolving cloud-native landscape. Readers will find in-depth coverage of extension frameworks, debugging strategies, integrations with distributed tracing and analytics, and evolving trends such as WebAssembly runtimes and confidential workloads. Whether you are an operator, architect, or developer, this book equips you with actionable knowledge and technical confidence to harness the full capabilities of CRI-O in modern, secure, and performant containerized environments.

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Thomas Wotton

Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets Now Existing ... Illustrated with Their Coats of Arms ... : to which is Added an Account of Such Nova Scotia Baronets as are of English Families and a Dictionary of Heraldry ...

The Baronetage of England

Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets Now Existing: with Their Descents, Marriages, and Memorable Actions Both in War and Peace. Collected from Authentic Manuscripts, Records, Old Wills, Our Best Historians, and Other Authorities. Illustrated with Their Coats of Arms, Engraven on Copper-plates. Also, a List of All the Baronets, who Have Been Advanced to that Dignity, from the First Institution Thereof. To which is Added, An Account of Such Nova-Scotia Baronets as are of English Families; and a Dictionary of Heraldry, Explaining Such Terms as are Commonly Used in English Armory

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System design interview is one of the most dreaded and difficult aspects of technical job interviews. The questions involved are scary. But a careful study of the analysis and methodologies recorded in this journal will enable you to scale through any hurdles you may meet during assessments using data engineering processes. This manual will give you a clear and in-depth understanding of the various processes involved in using data-intensive applications. If you are a practitioner or a non-backend engineer, after reading it, you will discover amazing facts about the ways you can apply data systems across networks such as RDBMS, NoSQL, IMS, and others. You will learn various ways engineers are interviewed using different frameworks. This book enables you to know more about scalability or distributed systems. Other things you will learn in this book include: The Foundation for System Design Interviews How to Design a Key-Value Store Ways to Scale Users in System Design Interviews Using Distributed Systems in Designing an Identity Generator How to Design a Web Crawler Different Methods of Designing News Feed System How to Design a System for Search Autocomplete Chat System Designing YouTube Designing How to Design a URL Shortener Rate Limiter Designing How to Design a Notification System Methods of Designing Google Drive How to Design Consistent Hashing and more And many more... You Can Download FREE with Kindle Unlimited and Discover Things You Need to Know Prior to the Interview. So what are you waiting for? Scroll up you will see the orange "BUY NOW" button on the top right corner and download your copy now! See you inside!!!

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