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Get the Summary of Donovan Ramsey's When Crack Was King in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "When Crack Was King" by Donovan Ramsey offers a multifaceted exploration of the crack epidemic's impact on the Black community. Through personal stories, Ramsey illustrates the profound effects of the drug on individuals and society. Elgin Swift's transformation from a troubled youth in Yonkers to a successful car salesman...
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Book Preview: #1 Uric acid is a compound that comes from only three sources: fructose, alcohol, and purines. It is strongly related to being overweight or obese, as well as the risk of cardiovascular problems and hypertension.
#2 The laws of nature, such as the effects of gravity, the principles of time and space, and the importance of food and water to human survival, were established...
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#1 There are many ways to end mental and emotional pain. One is to seek help and support, as many of us do. Another is to end the pain ourselves, through suicide, self-harm, or other methods.
#2 There is no objective test for mental illness.
#3 We don't know what causes mental health conditions or how they develop, and we have no good term to describe them.
#4 There...
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#1 I felt intuitively when it was time to leave my marriage. I was 29, and my husband and I had been together for 10 years. We had two children together. I felt so alone and isolated by the shame the violence in our relationship had created.
#2 The times in our lives that require us to transform are based on taking actions based on how we feel. We are the conduits for...
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#1 Our treatment of sleep today is brutish. We, on average, sleep about 7 hours a night, with 5 percent sleeping fewer than 5 hours and 6 percent sleeping more than 9 hours. By contrast, some historical reports suggest that we slept significantly longer in the past.
#2 We sleep less now than we did at any other point in history. This is likely due to the culture of long...
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#1 My father, Brin, came from a more humble background. He was born in Wales to a middle-class family where his father, Oliver John, worked as a carpenter. He was a brilliant man who spoke French and German fluently.
#2 I had many memories of my father, who was headmaster of King's College in Cambridge. I loved him very much, and still do. He was a charming, charismatic...
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#1 It is important to understand that an injury to the spine is different from an injury to the knee or hip. A spine injury sets off a cascade of events, and the disc bulge is just one of them.
#2 It is important to remember that an MRI scan is a picture of your anatomy in only one particular position. It would be naive to believe that a mechanic could look at a picture...
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#1 You know you're not expecting if you only feel in the mood about two weeks after your period, hoping that's when you ovulate. During sex, you start fantasizing about the sperm racing inside you rather than the joystick inside you.
#2 It can be difficult to understand how baby-making works and how your own body works (or doesn't work) to get pregnant. But remember...
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#1 The autonomic nervous system is the ultimate expression of the push-pull relationship between your Upstate and Downstate. It works in your favor when well-tuned, but can conspire against you when your response to stress creeps unchecked into your life.
#2 I was a late bloomer when it came to learning about the brain. I had spent my childhood dreaming of a career on...
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#1 I aspire to be the self-actualized person who no longer needs or even wants her birthday to be noticed. I try to not plan something for my birthday, but this year, I want to celebrate mine. I want to meet up with some friends in San Francisco for lunch.
#2 I find a lump in my breast, and I tell my husband about it. He tells me that it's probably a cyst, and that I...
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#1 When I asked Marin how she spent her time away from work, she told me she spent it on Facebook. When I asked Karen how she spent her time, she told me she was lonely and bored.
#2 The epidemic of brain fog is sweeping the country. It is an epidemic of many names: brain fog, depression, ADHD, and an inability to focus. And it affects many people.
#3 The short answer is that our...
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Book Preview: #1 I had just graduated from flight school and volunteered for Viet Nam. I hoped a combat tour would help me improve my mediocre career. The 57th Medical Detachment was the only helicopter ambulance unit in Viet Nam.
#2 The third commander of the 57th was Major Charles Kelly. He was reputed to be a bit of a rascal to work with, and he was getting weary of being separated...
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#1 The subconscious brain is constantly working, and it is capable of processing information quickly and effortlessly. It doesn't have to weigh every piece of information like the conscious mind does when making a decision.
#2 The subconscious is the part of your brain that helps you deal with boredom. It can instantly transport you to different locations, and it makes...
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#1 Until the nineteenth century, dreams were thought of in the context of spirituality rather than science. They were treated like a sort of magical X-ray, with doctors consulting dreams for clues to their patients' prognoses.
#2 Dreams can be so lifelike that they seem to be the product of supernatural forces. They can change our beliefs, and they can even instill a...
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#1 I was diagnosed with cancer. Aelius wrote down the dreams sent to him by Asclepius, and he writes about the experience of living in a body and experiencing suffering in a specific historical moment. The dream journal itself is the rejected way of telling this story, but its existence allows us to hear the voice of someone who lived through this illness and who tried...
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#1 When I was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer, I was thirty-eight years old. I was told that dying isn't the end of the world, and that there are many things worse than death. But the beautiful, vibrant world goes on.
#2 I was reminded of a story I heard on NPR about a team-building exercise that an employer in South Korea was using to raise worker morale. The...
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#1 We bought a house that was close to the water, trees, and a porch. It had ten large rooms, a farm kitchen complete with coal stove, fireplaces, and a room on the ground floor with its own private entrance and bath for our twelve-year-old daughter, Karen.
#2 We bought the house in December, and moved in the following month. The pulsing beauty of the carillon, spilled...
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#1 We are all shift workers. We follow different bedtime schedules on weekdays and weekends. The statement that we are all shift workers isn't just an idea; data points to this fact.
#2 A single night shift has cognitive effects that can last a week. These lapses in memory or attention can make us vulnerable to bad habits. The effects on our health are also troubling,...
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#1 The myth that underlies the conventional treatment of acid indigestion is that heartburn happens because we have too much acid in our stomachs. To relieve the pain, we simply need to reduce the level of acid.
#2 The acid-suppression theory, which governs the conventional medical therapy of acid indigestion, is based on the myth that acid indigestion, heartburn, and...
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