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The Acid King (Simon true)
Par Jesse P. Pollack. 2018
True story of the murder of Long Island teen Gary Lauwers by Ricky Kasso in 1984, called a "Satanic sacrifice"…
by the international media. Recounts the case and America's War on Drugs campaign. Violence and strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018No visible bruises: what we don't know about domestic violence can kill us
Par Rachel Louise Snyder. 2019
Journalist examines the impact of domestic violence on American culture. Discusses the experiences of victims and perpetrators, effects on the…
greater community, known statistics and reasons why incidents are not reported, and government policies and programs implemented to combat it. Violence and strong language. 2019When a child kills: abused children who kill their parents
Par Leslie Wells, Michael Sanders, Paul A. Mones. 1991
Attorney presents eight case studies of children convicted of killing their parents. Discusses the motivations for the killings, the legal…
cases against the children, and the effects of abuse and killing on the children and their communities. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1991Drunk on sports
Par Tim Cowlishaw. 2013
A sportswriter and ESPN host discusses how he tackled his alcohol addiction. He shares stories of his career, including anecdotes…
of the many star athletes he has known. But he also relates how he finally confronted his drinking problem after being arrested for drunk driving. Some strong language. 2013Blitzed: drugs in the Third Reich
Par Shaun Whiteside, Norman Ohler. 2017
Examination of the use of drugs during the rule of the Nazi Party. Discusses Hitler's personal physician, Theodor Morell; the…
impact of drug use in the military on specific operations; and more. Translated from the original 2015 German edition. Bestseller. 2017Deep water (Simon true)
Par Katherine Nichols. 2017
In 1971, seventeen-year-old Eddie Otero, a skilled waterman and avid surfer, agreed to swim an illicit package across the border…
from Mexico. The author recounts how this one-time thrill turned into a million-dollar drug-smuggling operation. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2017The outrun
Par Amy Liptrot. 2017
Memoir of returning to live on the Orkney Islands, northeast of mainland Scotland. Discusses her family life, including her manic-depressive…
father; leaving the islands to live in London, where she realizes she's an alcoholic; and coming to terms with her past while surrounded by the Orkneys' raw beauty. 2016Instrumental: a memoir of madness, medication, and music
Par James Rhodes. 2017
Sexually abused as a child, a classical pianist describes how music saved him from a life of drug abuse and…
mental wards. Organized around classical music pieces important to him, he discusses his career and his efforts to process the traumas of his youth. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. 2014Drugs: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Leslie L. Iversen. 2001
The history of drugs, the various ways they work, and how new ones are developed, tested, and marketed. Focuses on…
pharmaceuticals--including pain relievers, antibiotics, and psychiatric drugs--but also includes discussion of legal and illegal recreational drugs. 2016The eye: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Michael F. Land. 2014
Traces the evolution of the marvel of biological engineering that controls vision. Describes how vision works in humans and other…
creatures, the eye's parts, how it moves, what happens in the brain, and what can go wrong. Discusses loss of vision and restoration procedures in those not blind from birth. 2014Leave out the tragic parts: a grandfather's search for a boy lost to addiction
Par Dave Kindred. 2021
Jared Kindred left his home and family at eighteen, choosing to wander America on freight trains and live on the…
street. Addicted to alcohol most of his short life, he never found a way to survive. Through this ordeal, Dave Kindred's love for his grandson never wavered. Kindred reconstructs the life Jared chose for himself--a life that rejected the comforts of civilization in favor of a chance to roam freeFreedom: my book of firsts
Par Jaycee Lee Dugard. 2016
In this follow up to A Stolen Life (DB 73692), Dugard chronicles some of her memorable experiences after years as…
a captive. In addition to the joys of her new freedom, she discusses the challenges she faced rebuilding her life. Bestseller. 2016The distance between us: a memoir
Par Reyna Grande. 2013
The author recounts her childhood, when her father left her, her siblings, and her mother behind in Mexico to cross…
the United States' border. Years later he summons his wife to join him, but Reyna and her siblings are left behind with their stern grandmother. Some violence. 2012My name is Mahtob: The Story that Began in the Global Phenomenon Not Without My Daughter Continues
Par Mahtob Mahmoody. 2015
The subject of Not without My Daughter (DB 27057) shares memories of the time spent with her father while her…
mother was searching for her, and of returning to America after her mother reclaimed her. Discusses how her Christian faith helped in dealing with the psychological effects of the experience. 2015Racial profiling and discrimination: your legal rights (Know Your Rights)
Par Corinne Grinapol. 2016
Guide to how to protect and fight for your human rights in a broken criminal-justice system. Provides examples and statistics…
on students who have been unjustly stopped by police and expelled from schools because of racial profiling and discrimination. For junior and senior high readers. 2015The sins of Brother Curtis: a story of betrayal, conviction, and the Mormon Church
Par Lisa Davis. 2011
Journalist Lisa Davis recounts how Mormon Sunday-school teacher Frank Curtis preyed on his young charges, even as he was protected…
by the church elders who knew of his behavior. She also describes events leading up to his crimes and the assembly of the case against his behavior. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011Buzzed: the straight facts about the most used and abused drugs from alcohol to ecstasy
Par Cynthia Kuhn, Scott Swartzwelder, Wilkie Wilson. 2014
Updated fourth edition describes the physiological effects of drugs on the body, including dangerous interactions and addiction potential. Discusses caffeine,…
nicotine, and alcohol as well as illegal and prescription drugs. Provides information on the brain and medical and legal issues involving drugs. Glossary of drug slang appended. 2014Dreamland: the true tale of America's opiate epidemic
Par Sam Quinones. 2015
Journalist investigates the impact of addiction to opiates, including morphine, OxyContin, and heroin. Focusing particularly on the town of Portsmouth,…
Ohio, the author discusses the ways people become addicted and the ways those addictions are fed, primarily through prescriptions and drugs smuggled from Mexico. 2015We have met the enemy: self-control in an age of excess
Par Daniel Akst. 2011
Akst examines the many forms that excess takes in early twenty-first century America, such as overeating, overspending, and procrastination. Akst…
discusses the importance and challenge of willpower against the temptations he describes, and calls for individuals to exercise more control in their daily lives. 2011Breaking free: true stories of girls who escaped modern slavery
Par Abby Sher. 2014
Profiles of three girls who claim to have been subjected to human sex trafficking: Somaly Mam, Minh Dang, and Maria…
Suarez. Discusses their experiences and how they escaped. Includes resources for learning more about how sex trafficking happens and ways to fight it. Violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2014