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Par Frank Owen. 2008
Journalist examines the culture surrounding the manufacture, use, and trade of methamphetamine. Recounts interviews with addicts, "cooks," and dealers. Discusses…
the drug's origins and history--including military applications during World War II--and describes political and law-enforcement efforts to stop substance abuse. Some strong language. 2007Par Silvia Vasquez-Lavado. 2022
"In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life—one brave step at a…
time. She will inspire untold numbers of souls with this story, for her victory is a win on behalf of all of us."—Elizabeth Gilbert This audiobook is read by the author. "Complex and compelling, Vasquez-Lavado's quest to heal herself from the deep wounds of patriarchy is also a vibrantly feminist celebration of female resilience."— Kirkus Reviews "Making history is nothing new for adventurous mountaineer, explorer, entrepreneur, author, and activist Silvia Vasquez-Lavado."— Out Magazine Endless ice. Thin air. The threat of dropping into nothingness thousands of feet below. This is the climb Silvia Vasquez-Lavado braves in her page-turning, pulse-raising memoir following her journey to Mount Everest. A Latina hero in the elite macho tech world of Silicon Valley, privately, she was hanging by a thread. Deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing the abuse she'd suffered as a child, she started climbing. Something about the brute force required for the ascent—the risk and spirit and sheer size of the mountains and death's close proximity—woke her up. She then took her biggest pain as a survivor to the biggest mountain: Everest. "The Mother of the World," as it's known in Nepal, allows few to reach her summit, but Silvia didn't go alone. She gathered a group of young female survivors and led them to base camp alongside her. It was never easy. At times hair-raising, nerve-racking, and always challenging, Silvia remembers the acute anxiety of leading a group of novice climbers to Everest's base, all the while coping with her own nerves of summiting. But, there were also moments of peace, joy, and healing with the strength of her fellow survivors and community propelling her forward. In the Shadow of the Mountain is a remarkable story of heroism, one which awakens in all of us a lust for adventure, an appetite for risk, and faith in our own resilience. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and CompanyTexans who spent their youth in an institution for "dependent and neglected" children reveal both the positive outcomes and the…
horrific abuses that resulted when a government-run "home" was allowed to operate for decades without any public oversightPar Kambri Crews. 2012
In this memoir, a daughter looks back on her unconventional childhood with deaf parents in rural Texas while trying to…
reconcile it to her present life, one in which her father is serving a twenty-year sentence in a maximum security prison. As a child, she wished that she had been born deaf so that she, too, could fully belong to the tight-knit deaf community that embraced her parents. Some violence and strong languagePar Dave Pelzer, David J Pelzer. 1995
"El niño sin nombre" es el relato de uno de los casos de abuso infantil mas extremos en la historia…
de California. Es la historia de Dave Pelzer, quien era golpeado y hambreado salvajemente por su madre emocionalmente desequilibrada y alcoholica. BestsellerPar Alan Schwarz. 2016
More than 1 in 7 American children get diagnosed with ADHD, three times what experts have said is appropriate. That…
means millions of kids are misdiagnosed and taking medications for a psychiatric condition they probably do not have. The numbers rise every year. Yet many experts and drug companies deny cause for concern. Alan Schwarz says that while ADHD is real, he urges America to address this growing national health crisisPar Kristi Coulter. 2018
Par Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous World. 2014
Originally published in 1952, this classic book is used by Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) members and groups around the world. It…
lays out the principles by which A.A. members recover and by which the fellowship functions. The basic text clarifies the 12 Steps which constitute the A.A. way of life and the Traditions by which A.A. maintains its unityPar Alcoholics Anonymous World Services. 1980
Dr. Bob, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous with Bill W., grew up in Vermont and became a hard-drinking college boy, then…
a medical student fighting the onset of his own alcoholism, a respected physician, a loving but increasingly unreliable family man, and at last a desperately ill drunk. Then he met Bill W., who urgently needed a fellow alcoholic to help him maintain his own sobriety. Dr. Bob's story soon became inextricably entwined with that of Alcoholics Anonymous: from a fledgling Fellowship to a powerful spiritual movement with a worldwide reach. Some strong languagePar Anonymous. 2008
This book contains the twelve steps or principles to recovery, the twelve traditions of NA, and an inspiring selection of…
personal stories written by men and women who are recovering from an addiction to drugsPar Stacey Lannert. 2012
As her parent's marriage crumbles, Stacey finds comfort in her loving father, Tom. Until, at age eight, Tom initiates Stacey…
to a game they must keep between themselves. For the next ten years, Stacey's life is ripped apart by physical and sexual abuse. Feeling hopeless, she takes matters into her own hands by ending the life of her abuser. Redemption takes a dark, disturbing look into a life destroyed before ever having a chance to live. Will an act of clemency get Stacey a new start at life? Explicit descriptions of sex, strong language, and violencePar Nicole Lea Helget. 2007
Helget's rural Minnesota childhood included joys and gritty reality. She is one of six girls born to a farmer with…
dashed baseball aspirations. From churchgoing to caterpillar hunting, Helget's youthful innocence was tempered with hard lessons taught by her parents. Some strong language, and some violencePar Nancy Campbell, Nancy D Campbell, J. P. Olsen, Luke Walden. 2008
In 1935, a new kind of institution opened on a farm outside Lexington, KY. The United States Narcotic Farm was…
not just a prison for drug addicts, but was also a hospital. Patients received medical treatment, psychotherapy, and vocational therapy, such as working the farm or learning a trade. "Narco" also provided multiple forms of recreation, most notably music. However, the high rate of relapse led to the program's closure in 1974 and the facility now serves as a medical center for federal inmates. 2008Par Emma Healey. 2022
Wry, inventive, and relentlessly honest, a memoir of trying to make a living without compromising your truth.Emma Healey just wants…
to be a writer, but that’s more a journey than a job, and the journey isn’t free. As a teenager, she begins her adventures in precarious employment when introduced by her actor/playwright mother to the role of "standardized patient," performing illness as a living training dummy for medical students. In university, she joins a creative writing program, cultivating a poet’s interest in language while learning lessons about the literary world that have more to do with survival than art. Through her twenties, she writes software manuals for the world’s leading producer of online pornography, masters search engine optimization for a marketing firm run out of a bedroom by two Phish-loving brothers, narrowly escapes death as a research assistant for a television drama, and works the night shift captioning daytime TV. Along the way, as she navigates dating apps, tumultuous relationships, and the evolution of a voice that she is slowly learning to trust, she begins writing personal essays for money—and finds herself embroiled in a content economy that blurs the boundaries between day job and making art even further. Through the stories of several very odd jobs, each related to—but also achingly far from—the job she really wants, poet and essayist Emma Healey creates a unique snapshot of the gig economy that is also a timeless meditation on identity, value, and language. For a writer trying to pay the bills, life can be a work in progress.Par Emily Bingham. 2015
Author Emily Bingham was always curious about her great-aunt Henrietta, who lived from 1901 to 1968. Henrietta defied society's conventions…
and led a glamorous and provocative life filled with travel, art, drinking, and partying. She also took many lovers--both men and women--and this made her an embarrassment to her wealthy Louisville family. 2015Par Domenica Ruta. 2013
In this haunting, darkly funny memoir, the author recalls growing up north of Boston in the 1980s with her fiercely…
determined mother, a drug addict of highbrow taste, whose fortunes swung wildly between riches and welfare. Some strong languagePar Kevin Shea, Derek Sanderson. 2012
In his candid, hilarious, and often poignant memoir, one of the greatest of the Big Bad Bruins of the 1970s…
recalls his high-flying NHL career, his descent into addiction and bankruptcy, and his long road back to health and prosperity. Contains strong languagePar Gregory L. Jantz, Ann McMurray. 2010
Eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overeating are among the most painful and difficult illnesses a person can face.…
Sufferers know firsthand the confusion and agony these illnesses can bring. They also know how it feels to long for hope--and to wonder if victory can ever be achieved. Dr. Gregg Jantz fills in the gaps left by traditional treatment programs, tackling not only the emotional, but also the crucial and all-too-often ignored relational, physical, and spiritual dimensions of healingPar Steven Martin. 2012
An authority on opium paraphernalia traces the history of opium use while recounting his descent into addiction, describing how his…
experiments while researching an article led to a dangerous habit that prompted numerous rehabilitation efforts. Strong languageBreaking Night is slang for staying up through the night until the sun rises. It is also the unforgettable, stunning…
memoir of Liz Murray who at the age of fifteen found herself on the streets when her family of loving but drug-addicted parents finally unraveled. When her mother died of AIDS, Liz returned to high school while homeless, won a New York Times scholarship and made it into Harvard prevailing against all odds