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No eres tú. Es tu biología: Cómo la ciencia nos manipula para consumir más a cuesta de nuestra salud.¿Por qué no podemos dejar de comer alimentos insanos ni de hacer scroll con el móvil? El biomédico danes Nicklas Brendborg nos revela los mecanismos biologicos que manipulan, entre otros, los fabricantes de alimentos y los gigantes tecnologicos para que consumamos mas. La industria alimentaria utiliza a un ejercito de investigadores con el fin de conseguir que siempre comamos un poco mas. Y los gigantes tecnologicos emplean a un numero aun mayor de personas cuyo trabajo consiste en dificultar al maximo que guardemos el movil. Pero no es culpa nuestra que nos cueste abandonar los malos habitos cuando nuestro entorno trata de impedirnoslo. En esta batalla, las armas son los escaneres cerebrales, los laboratorios de alta tecnologia y los ultimos descubrimientos que desvelan secretos de la biologia humana. Con estadisticas asombrosas y fascinantes ejemplos del mundo animal, Brendborg desvela los superestimulos y demuestra los oscuros secretos que se esconden destras de nuestro modo de vida moderno.

La obra que destapa cómo el tráfico de petróleo y otros lubricantes fueron determinantes para la victoria franquista.En la guerra civil, como ya sucedió en la gran guerra, la motorización convirtió el combustible en un elemento esencial. El petroleo y sus derivados fueron factor imprescindible para movilizar tropas por tierra, mar y aire, y poner en marcha la maquinaria de guerra.Los sublevados contra la Republica solventaron la carencia inicial de carburantes gracias al aprovechamiento de las preexistentes redes conspirativas monarquicas y a otras de nueva creacion. Densas mallas de espionaje y negocios facilitaron un acceso ilimitado al petroleo americano y generaron grandes fortunas ademas de corrupciones y complicidades. Pero, sobre todo, nuevas evidencias presentadas en este trabajo situan la ayuda internacional en petroleo y sus derivados como uno de los elementos esenciales en la victoria del general Francisco Franco. Angel Viñas suma una nueva pieza, tan documentada como decisiva, a la reconstruccion y funcionamiento de los acuerdos internacionales de los sublevados. Ademas de los regimenes fascistas afines, contaron con la connivencia de representantes del gran capital y de politicos de las naciones democraticas.Escrito a cuatro manos con el ingeniero industrial, investigador y especialista Guillem Martinez Molinos, este nuevo libro demuestra que el oro negro y la implicacion estadounidense resultaron, a todas luces, determinantes para el resultado final de la contienda.

Tu coche es tu templo. Tu mejor colega. Tu psicólogo con ruedas. Y debes honrarlo sin freno.En esta guía casi espiritual, descubrirás mil curiosidades sobre los mejores coches del mundo: los que te puedes permitir. Aprenderas los trucos mas originales de mecanica y mantenimiento mientras recitas el padrenuestro de la automocion. Dejaras tu coche listo e impoluto siguiendo los diez mandamientos del buen conductor y viviras una experiencia religiosa que te hara reir hasta que se te salten las lagrimas. Pero no temas: estas santas escrituras sirven tanto para conductores acerrimos como para noveles.Esta es tu verdadera biblia, hermano.No esta escrita en piedra, pero si con aceite, oxido y mucho corazon.En este libro encontraras:* Los imprescindibles para llevar en el coche en caso de averia * Todo lo que debes saber sobre el cuidado de los neumaticos * Los mejores tips para tener un motor inmortal * Consejos para usar un OBD sin miedo * Los trucos para que tu coche reluzca por dentro y por fuera * Una guia para tunear sin arruinarte... ¡y mucho mas!

For centuries it was far more efficient to move goods by water than by road. The end of the 18th century saw 2,000 miles of canal built in Britain: the Canal Age had begun.Constructing the canals consisted of a great deal of hard work and manual labour, headlines by individual names but mostly done by tens of thousands of men across Britain called navvies. Initially much like carting on roads, boating on canals grew as canal systems expanded across the country, but still required long hours, hard work and specific skills.This detailed and informative guide tells the story of the boats and their workers. From the professional leggers who walked boats through tunnels to lock keepers to canal children running ahead of the boats, original photographs and artefacts such as tug tickets and timetables show what life was like on the canal.A classic Pitkin guide to immerse readers in the world of canals in Britain, including a list of museums and heritage centres to provide further insight into the history of the canal network.

One day I will look back and laugh, but not just yet. Harrys life had been stuck in neutral until he discovered Peggy lying in a field. It then promptly went into reverse. Is Peggy the romantic interest of this story or two tons of automotive scrap metal? Harrys subsequent restoration project takes us on a journey through a life that has more bumps than the A12 and a cast of eccentric characters who are caught up in the joy of attempting the impossible, just for the sheer love of it. This is the story of one mans attempt to restore an Austin 1100. Along the way it also becomes the story of one mans attempt to restore himself, and as anyone whos ever tried their hand at restoration knows, you cant rebuild something without taking it apart first. This book is for anyone who wants to follow their dream but has forgotten to take out breakdown insurance for it.

Titanic represents a microcosm of the world in 1912. It was a mans world in many respects, across law, land ownership, voting rights, family structures and religious hierarchies. The stories we know about those involved that fateful night are as varied as the people aboard the ship, but many of them revolve around the roles and actions of the men. This new book from Melinda Ratchford delves into the world as it was for women in 1912, and presents a selection of womens stories, including a variety of women who travelled aboard Titanic, from rich to poor, and well-known to largely forgotten, and also stories of some women who didnt travel but whose lives were inextricably linked to the tragedy and changed forever. This collection of stories presents the lives of these women before, during and after the tragedy that irrevocably changed their world, and ours.

At well over 1.2 million cars and counting, the Mazda MX-5 holds the Guinness World Record as the bestselling two-seater sports car ever produced. With a compelling mixture of timeless good looks, simple mechanicals, legendary reliability and Mazdas commitment to developing and honing an idea first conceived back in the 1970s, the MX-5 not only single-handedly revived the ailing sports car segment on its debut, but is one of few cars still flying the flag today. The motoring landscape has changed dramatically since its conception, but one thing is certain: you can still rely on an MX-5 for a good time.This fully revised edition of Mazda MX-5 charts the MX-5s story from the first seeds of its conception right up to the concept cars and special editions of the modern day, covering:tDesign, development and production over more than three decades and four generations.tThe engine and drivetrain technology that gave the MX-5 its sharp handling and performance.tStories of the engineers and designers behind the MX-5s successes, showing how simple, intelligent engineering ensured such a bespoke product was able to compete in a world obsessed by volume and margins.tThe MX-5s extensive racing story.tA detailed buyers guide for all four generations, compiled with the help of specialists, as well as details of the myriad special editions sold globally.tDetailed specifications for all major models.Illustrated in full colour, Mazda MX-5 is a concise, detailed guide to this groundbreaking and innovative sports car.

The tradition of the two-door luxury car began early in the history of the Rolls-Royce and Bentley marques. In the 1950s, its most famous realisation was the Bentley Continental, but that name was not revived when the new generation of monocoque models arrived in the mid-1960s. Instead, there were near-identical Rolls-Royce and Bentley variants of a stunningly attractive two-door design that came as either a saloon or a drophead coupe.From 1971, the range gained a clearer identity of its own as the Corniche, with a larger and more powerful 6.75-litre V8 engine. The Corniche remained in production for nearly a quarter of a century, during which time it quite literally stood alone as a symbol of wealth and as the epitome of luxury motoring.The drophead models were always the stronger sellers, and Rolls-Royce drew up plans for a new two-door luxury car to replace the Corniche saloons. In practice, the 1975 Camargue would establish its own market, and the closed Corniche stayed in production until 1980. The Camargue was both glamorous and rare, but it had a quite unmistakable presence and gained its own fame as the worlds most expensive production car.This book tells the full story of these iconic ranges, and will be essential reading for owners and admirers of the immortal Corniche and the controversial Camargue.

With a heritage that harks back to the early Twenties, Jaguar is one of UKs oldest automobile marques still in business. As well being famous for several iconic sports cars such as the XK120, E-type and XK8 along with its many successes in international motorsport, it also has a reputation for producing elegant, luxurious and powerful saloons. These have included the Mk VII, Mk 2 and Mk X, plus eight generations of XJ, all of which set a new standard for their performance, ride and comfort.Launched in 1986, the fourth XJ model internally known by Jaguar as the XJ40 not only had a new and more modern design than its more traditional predecessors but also featured an innovative, and at the time class-leading, specification that included a clever onboard diagnostic system. However, never a car without issues the XJ40s gestation alone took well over a decade its many reliability issues would have a long lasting impact on both its reputation as well as Jaguar itself.

Between 1982 and 1992, the World Sportscar Championship embraced the FIAs Group C regulations, spawning a generation of long-distance racing sports prototypes representing manufacturer teams such as Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, Mazda, Peugeot, Nissan and Toyota, as well as a host of specialists such as Spice and Tiga. Driven by top-line drivers, these cars competed in one of the most exciting epochs in the annals of endurance racing. This book focuses on the cars, drivers and races of the era.

VOCE NO PRECISA DE MAIS DADOS, PRECISA DE INFORMAÇO QUALIFICADA A construço civil sempre foi movida por prazos, orçamentos e presso. Mas, no centro de tudo, existe um ativo silencioso e decisivo: a informaço. Neste livro, Rodrigo Katarinhuk engenheiro civil com mais de 20 anos de experiencia em projetos de alto impacto revela como transformar dados brutos em decises estrategicas capazes de redefinir resultados em obras, empresas e carreiras.Com linguagem acessivel e aplicaço pratica, O Poder da Informaço Qualificada oferece uma nova lente sobre gesto, produtividade e inteligencia tecnica no setor. Voce aprendera a: Diferenciar dados de informaço e de conhecimento; Analisar riscos com mais preciso; Aplicar indicadores de desempenho (KPIs) com foco em obra; Tomar decises baseadas em evidencias, no em achismos; Comunicar-se melhor com times, clientes e stakeholders.Este no e apenas um livro tecnico e um guia para transformar seu modo de pensar, planejar e construir. Uma leitura essencial para engenheiros, gestores, investidores e todos que acreditam que o futuro da construço civil sera liderado por quem domina a informaço.