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  • Veterans of Foreign Whores

    Military Life Between Korea and Vietnam: a Memoir of Company C, 25Th Signal Battalion, Kaiserslautern, Germany, 1960-1964

    by John Strang ...
    Set in the politically-incorrect early 1960s, Veterans of Foreign Whores recounts the experiences of teenage soldiers and their World War II-era soldier-mentors in the U.S. Army's biggest base of American servicemen abroad, Germany's Kaiserslauternthe GIs' notorious K-Town. Not quite the heroes of the Battle of the Bulge and not yet the dispirited generation of Vietnam, the men of Company C, 25th ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Suicide in Popular Media and Culture

    Studies in Framing a Social Catastrophe

    by Janet Clare, Brennan Thomas, Alessandra Seggi, Adam Lauver, Elizabeth Spradley, Robert Tyler Spradley, Gary L. Kreps, Farrokh Alemi, Suzanne Carmack, David Gustafson, Judith Jacobson, Yan Leykin, Priya Nambison, Jack Simons, John Strang, Rediet Woldeselassie, Carla Sofka ...
    Series series Death and Culture
    Popular media are powerful mirrors and makers of meaning around suicide.This book brings together scholars from across disciplines to examine how suicide is mythologized, politicized and challenged across film, TV, young adult literature, digital platforms, online communities, and more. From news coverage of celebrity suicide to social media interventions with at-risk youth, this wide-ranging ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Oxford Handbook of Addiction Medicine

    by John Saunders, David Nutt, Susumu Higuchi, Sawitri Assanangkornchai, Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Wim van den Brink, Yvonne Bonomo, Vladimir Poznyak, Andrew Saxon, John Strang ...
    Series series Oxford Medical Handbooks
    Psychoactive substance use ranks among the five top risk factors contributing to the global burden of disease. Substance use disorders can cause, mimic, underlie, or complicate a large number of medical and psychiatric conditions. In recent years, there has been a rapid increase in non-substance forms of addiction such as gambling, internet gaming, and various other behavioural addictions. The ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Learning the Unix Operating System

    A Concise Guide for the New User

    by Jerry Peek, Grace Todino, John Strang ...
    If you are new to Unix, this concise book will tell you just what you need to get started and no more. Unix was one of the first operating systems written in C, a high-level programming language, and its natural portability and low price made it a popular choice among universities. Initially, two main dialects of Unix existed: one produced by AT&T known as System V, and one developed at UC ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Magic Fleet

    by John Strang ...
    The Magic Fleet, set in the years 1792-1798, continues the themes of the author's Plans of the Deathless Gods (Xlibris, 2002). It recounts the arrivals in the settlement of Fridericus, South New Zealand, of New Prussia Company ships Hera and, after significant delay, Apollon and Hephaistos. Meanwhile, Hermes, returning to Europe, discovers that war has broken out between Prussia and revolutionary ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Plans of the Deathless Gods

    by John Strang ...
    BOOK SUMMARYPlans of the Deathless Gods.The time: the seven years (1785-1792) before the breakup of European order instigated by the French Revolution.The scene: Prussia, South Africa, New Zealand.The characters: Curt Christoph von Allmen, who proposes the plan of a New Zealand sealing station as medium of commerce with China; his twin sister Maria, who composes an epic poem to commemorate its ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Drug Misuse and Community Pharmacy

    Edited by Janie Sheridan, John Strang ...
    Drug misuse is a major challenge for health professionals in the 21st century, and community pharmacy holds a key place in the management of prescribed medication, the provision of health education and promotion messages to drug users. Two decades ago there would have been no need for a book to describe such the role of community pharmacy; however, ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Heroin Addiction and The British System

    Volume II Treatment & Policy Responses

    Edited by Michael Gossop, John Strang ...
    The British system of dealing with drug addiction is notable for its flexibility and its capacity to adapt to changing circumstances. Because of this it has attracted considerable international interest, although it is rarely fully understood or accurately represented.Presenting a comprehensive account of the development of policies and treatments, Heroin Addiction brings together the perspectives ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Drug Policy and the Public Good

    by Thomas Babor, Jonathan Caulkins, Benedikt Fischer, David Foxcroft, Keith Humphreys, Isidore Obot, Peter Reuter, Robin Room, Ingeborg Rossow, John Strang, María Elena Medina-Mora, Jürgen Rehm ...
    Illegal psychoactive substances and illicit prescription drugs are currently used on a daily basis all over the world. Affecting public health and social welfare, illicit drug use is linked to disease, disability, and social problems. Faced with an increase in usage, national and global policymakers are turning to addiction science for guidance on how to create evidence-based drug policy. Drug ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

  • Heroin Addiction and The British System

    Volume I Origins and Evolution

    Edited by Michael Gossop, John Strang ...
    The British system of dealing with drug addiction is notable for its flexibility and its capacity to adapt to changing circumstances. Because of this it has attracted considerable international interest, although it is rarely fully understood or accurately represented.Presenting a comprehensive account of the development of policies and treatments, Heroin Addiction brings together the perspectives ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

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  • "The Good War"

    An Oral History of World War II

    by Studs Terkel ...
    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize: "The richest and most powerful single document of the American experience in World War II" ( The Boston Globe)." The Good War" is a testament not only to the experience of war but to the extraordinary skill of Studs Terkel as an interviewer and oral historian. From a pipe fitter's apprentice at Pearl Harbor to a crew member of the flight that dropped the atomic bomb ... Read more

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  • Fundamentals of Addiction

    A Practical Guide for Counsellors

    Edited by Marilyn Herie, PhD, RSW, W.J. Wayne Skinner, MSW, RSW ...
    Fundamentals of Addiction is an essential reference for counsellors and a comprehensive textbook for college and university level students in courses that address addictions. Written by more than 50 experts in addiction treatment and related fields, each chapter includes case examples, practice tips and print and online resources.This fourth edition of Alcohol & Drug Problems was renamed ... Read more

    $53.99 USD