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  • America's Longest War

    Rethinking Our Tragic Crusade Against Drugs

    by Steven B. Duke, Albert C. Gross ...
    America's war on drugs. It makes headlines, tops political agendas and provokes powerful emotions. But is it really worth it? That's the question posed by Steven Duke and Albert Gross in this groundbreaking book. They argue that America's biggest victories in the war on drugs are the erosion of our constitutional rights, the waste of billions of dollars and an overwhelmed court system. After ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Memoirs of an Addicted Brain

    A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs

    by Marc Lewis, PhD ...
    Marc Lewis's relationship with drugs began in a New England boarding school where, as a bullied and homesick fifteen-year-old, he made brief escapes from reality by way of cough medicine, alcohol, and marijuana. In Berkeley, California, in its hippie heyday, he found methamphetamine and LSD and heroin. He sniffed nitrous oxide in Malaysia and frequented Calcutta's opium dens. Ultimately, though, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Dying to Survive

    Updated 10-year anniversary edition

    by Rachael Keogh ...
    Rachael Keogh was catapulted into the public consciousness when a shocking image of her needle-ravaged arms – skin burnt from injecting heroin into her wasted veins – made front pages around the country. Desperate for help, she made a public appeal to secure one of just 27 detox beds in Ireland so that she could reclaim her life from the drugs that had consumed it. What followed was an ... Read more

    $10.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Hot Zone

    The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

    by Richard Preston ...
    The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus.Now a mini-series drama starring Julianna Margulies, Topher Grace, Liam Cunningham, James D'Arcy, and Noah Emmerich on National Geographic.A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Smashed

    Story of a Drunken Girlhood

    by Koren Zailckas ...
    Garnering a vast amount of attention from young people and parents, and from book buyers across the country, Smashed became a media sensation and a New York Times bestseller. Eye-opening and utterly gripping, Koren Zailckas’s story is that of thousands of girls like her who are not alcoholics—yet—but who routinely use booze as a shortcut to courage and a stand-in for good judgment.With one stiff ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Ninety Days

    A Memoir of Recovery

    by Bill Clegg ...
    The goal is ninety. Just ninety clean and sober days to loosen the hold of the addiction that caused Bill Clegg to lose everything. With six weeks of his most recent rehab behind him he returns to New York and attends two or three meetings each day. It is in these refuges that he befriends essential allies including Polly, who struggles daily with her own cycle of recovery and relapse, and the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Little Book of Quitting Cannabis: Quit Marijuana and Live Happily Ever After!

    by Chris Sullivan ...
    The Little Book of Quitting cannabis is not so little in content or results. Anyone reading this book can enjoy immediate and permanent freedom from addiction to cannabis regardless of the amount consumed. The reason this book is so popular is because ALL desire and dependency on cannabis is removed effortlessly as you read along. This means that you never miss it even for a solitary second after ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

    by Barbara Gordon ...
    Discover the captivating journey of a woman who almost lost everything on her road to recovery.An Emmy-award-winning documentary producer, Barbara Gordon has a man she loves, an amazing group of friends, and a stunning apartment in the heart of Manhattan; yet, she is barely aware of the fact that her life is about to spiral out of control.A nameless terror begins to disrupt her daily life, and in ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Body of Truth

    How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight—and What We Can Do about It

    by Harriet Brown ...
    "A must-read for anyone ready to start shaking this fat = bad, thin = good obsession. Brown's book can help you love your body now." — BustleFor more than three decades, our quest for thinness has morphed into a relentless obsession with weight and body image. As a science journalist, Harriet Brown has explored this collective longing and fixation from an objective perspective; as a mother, wife, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Little Red Book

    by Anonymous ...
    Filled with practical information for those first days of sober living, this little book:* offers newcomers advice about the program, how long it takes, and what to look for in a sponsor* provides in-depth discussions of each of the Twelve Steps and related character defects* poses common questions about AA and helping others, identifying where to find answers in the Big Book* features non-sexist ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Mayhem

    A Memoir

    by Sigrid Rausing ...
    A searingly powerful memoir about the impact of addiction on a family.In the summer of 2012 a woman named Eva was found dead in the London townhouse she shared with her husband, Hans K. Rausing. The couple had struggled with drug addiction for years, often under the glare of tabloid headlines. Now, writing with singular clarity and restraint, Hans’ sister, the editor and publisher Sigrid Rausing, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Drug Dealer, MD

    How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop

    by Anna Lembke ...
    The disturbing connection between well-meaning physicians and the prescription drug epidemic.Three out of four people addicted to heroin probably started on a prescription opioid, according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the United States alone, 16,000 people die each year as a result of prescription opioid overdose. But perhaps the most frightening aspect of ... Read more

    $16.39 USD