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Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2014].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 461 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Draws on interviews with more than one hundred people close to the famous athlete to chronicle fourteen critical years in his career, from his cancer recovery to his precipitous fall after revelations about his systemic doping became public.
23) Love is the drug
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
335 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Emily Bird is an African American high school senior in Washington D.C., member of a privileged medical family, on the verge of college and the edge of the drug culture, and not really sure which way she will go--then one day she wakes up in the hospital with no memory of what happened.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 330 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nurse Jackie Peyton faces her biggest challenge yet as the whole truth about her addiction is seemingly out to everyone. The stakes have never been higher and the question is, can the world's toughest nurse save herself?
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From one of the world's foremost experts on the effects of recreational drugs on the mind and body, a powerful argument that the greatest dangers from drugs flow from their being illegal, and a field guide to their use as part of a responsible and happy life. Dr. Carl Hart, Ziff Professor at Columbia University and former Chair of the Department of Psychology, is one of the world's preeminent experts on the effects of so-called recreational drugs...
27) Drug abuse
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses drug abuse; describes the effects on the body, mind, and emotions; and examines the path to addiction.
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
317 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's 1997, and 14-year-old Juliet has it pretty good. But over the course of the next two years, she rapidly begins to unravel, finding herself in a downward trajectory of mental illness and self-destruction" --
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Free Refills is the harrowing tale of a Harvard-trained medical doctor run horribly amok through his addiction to prescription medication, and his recovery. Dr. Peter Grinspoon seemed to be a total success: a Harvard-educated M.D. with a thriving practice; married with two great kids and a gorgeous wife; a pillar of his community. But lurking beneath the thin veneer of having it all was an addict fueled on a daily boatload of prescription meds. When...
31) Summer of '69
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First editon.
Lexile measure
HL 830L
Physical Desc
373 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"With his girlfriend away, eighteen-year-old Lucas Baker's only plans for the summer are to mellow out with his friends, smoke weed, drop a tab or two, and head out in his microbus for a three-day happening called the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. But life veers dramatically off track when he suddenly finds himself in danger of being drafted and sent to fight in Vietnam" -- Dust jacket.
Author
Series
Publisher
SportsZone, an imprint of ABDO Publishing, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2014].
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The spotlight on sports is brighter than ever, and the focus isn't just on the scores. This title takes a critical look at a challenging issue within the sports world, providing history and context while also examining key factors in the issue and how it is being addressed. This title is balanced and straightforward, and uses numerous examples to illuminate the issue. With a glossary, primary source sidebars, and additional resources, this title...
33) Absent
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
180 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Paige Wheeler died in a fall off the high school roof and now her spirit seems bound to the school grounds, along with Brooke and Evan, two other teen ghosts who died there--but maybe if she can solve the mystery of her apparent suicide they will all be able to move on.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 278 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A voice-driven, gripping, and propulsive addiction memoir about a wealthy Black woman on a journey to becoming whole while grappling with issues of substance abuse, race, class, self-sabotage, and love, by the host of the popular podcast, The Only One in the Room... After years of hiding her addiction from everyone, Cathcart Robbins settled into a complicated purgatory. She learned the hard way that privilege doesn't protect you from pain. Facing...
35) Gracie's choice
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gracie and her sister and brothers, each the product of a different dead-beat dad, have been dragged through life by their drug-addled mother. At the age of 17, Gracie decides to get a job, succeed in school, and be the mother her siblings never had.
36) Marlena: a novel
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An electric debut novel about love, addiction, and loss; the story of two girls and the feral year that will cost one her life, and define the other's for decades. Everything about fifteen-year-old Cat's new town in rural Michigan is lonely and off-kilter, until she meets her neighbor, the manic, beautiful, pill-popping Marlena. Cat, inexperienced and desperate for connection, is quickly lured into Marlena's orbit by little more than an arched eyebrow...
Author
Series
DHEW publication volume no. (ADM) 79-420
Pub. Date
1979
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xix, 343 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sports provide people around the world with unmatched entertainment, from the excitement of victory to the agony of defeat. Unfortunately, it also has become painfully clear that the agony of sports goes well beyond athletes losing games or competitions. Playing through concussions, the abuse of pain medicine, the use of performance-enhancing substances, and other health-related issues have become a constant reminder that being a professional athlete...