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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 The two main conditions that lead to heart attacks and strokes are atherosclerosis, or the development of lumps in the artery wall, and atherosclerotic plaques. These do not just occur in the coronary and carotid arteries, but can also be found in arteries almost anywhere else in the body.
#2 The vascular system consists of the heart, arteries, and veins. The heart...
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#1 The muscular system is a quick breakdown of the muscles and how they can store emotions. When you look at a dandelion, some see amazing healing properties for body detoxification, while others see a nuisance and a weed.
#2 The primary purpose of the muscles is to move the body. Each muscle has a specific nerve or nerve bundle that runs through it. The nerves send...
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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 The market is full of books that can help you start your day off on the right foot. However, there aren't nearly as many that talk about the best evening routines that can ensure you an energized and productive morning.
#2 I will present the four elements of a successful evening routine: processing and planning, nourishment, disconnection, and self-development. I...
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Book Preview: #1 Insulin is a hormone that is produced in the pancreas and regulates our blood glucose levels. It has a wide range of effects on every cell in every tissue of the body, from the brain to the toes. It is an anabolic hormone.
#2 Insulin resistance is a reduced response to the hormone insulin. When a cell stops responding to insulin, it becomes insulin resistant. Ultimately,...
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#1 Your body's natural system that balances sleep and wakefulness does not make up for lost sleep by producing more sleep the next night. It makes up for lost sleep by producing deeper sleep. You can get the most out of this system by understanding how it works and what behaviors get in the way of the deep sleep you desire.
#2 You should not sleep in, and do...
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#1 The three accounts that make up this chapter are drawn from a prison population, where most of the studies of psychopathy take place, and from everyday life, where psychopaths are found not only in prison populations.
#2 I was hired as the prison psychologist in the early 1960s. I had no experience or interest in clinical psychology, but I was willing to learn. The...
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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 Sleep is a basic building block of your family's health and happiness. It is as natural as it comes, and your child's brains are programmed to develop good sleep from the time they are babies.
#2 Good sleep is a basic need that affects your child's happiness, success, and health. Insufficient sleep is like having a big piece of your life's foundation missing.
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#1 Betty Ford's story is one of extraordinary circumstances, as she was thrust into the world stage in 1974 as first lady. She was tough, strong, and graceful, and she fell in love with dancing as a child.
#2 Betty's childhood was spent moving around with her family. She had two brothers, Bill and Bob, and a sister, Hortense. They would eventually settle in Grand Rapids,...
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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 National Sleep Foundation commissioned a nationwide survey of the sleep habits and behaviors of children younger than four years old. They found that about half of the nation's babies log only twelve hours or fewer daily. This is a serious problem: a six-month-old baby who sleeps twelve hours a day will suffer a cumulative sleep loss of hundreds of hours by the...
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#1 The best treatment for back and neck pain is often little or no treatment at all. Minimal to no difference has been found between chiropractic, medication, or physical therapy for acute pain as compared to a simple educational booklet.
#2 Medical care often leads to the pill bottle, a needle-tipped syringe, or the scalpel. The results are often inadequate pain relief...
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#1 The most important takeaway from this is that sleep is a natural periodic state for the mind and body. If you're not doing it, you're being completely unnatural. And, nobody likes unnatural people.
#2 The shortcut to success is not made by bypassing dreamland. You will actually work better, be more efficient, and get more stuff done when you're properly rested.
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Book Preview: #1 The filters we apply to the past can make it seem like the 1800s was a time of elegance and romance, when in reality, it was a time of long hours spent doing menial labor for little pay.
#2 The underbelly of Western culture in the 1800s to the 1900s was never discussed in terms of the medical issues and diseases that afflicted that era. However, those were the most...
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#1 I was born in the Soviet Union under difficult circumstances. My father was involved in an illegal business, taking and printing photographs for churches. My family decided to flee the Soviet Union and relocate to Israel. During this time of transition for my family, five surgeries were performed on my eyes. The first two were unsuccessful. The other three were successful,...
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#1 The key to your freedom is in your hands. If you're in a situation where your symptoms are already severe, don't panic. The fact is, almost everybody in the world could feel infinitely better by making one simple change to their diet.
#2 The fact that you are reading this book shows that you have made a decision to do something about the amount of sugar you consume....
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