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Freefall
Ebury Publishing 2010; US$ 16.01Whether he was performing the circus as a reluctant child juggler, living in a punk rock commune or staying with a coke-addled cop in Mexico on a school exchange program, Oran Canfield never had a 'normal' childhood. After being abandoned as a baby by his motivational guru father (Jack Canfield, author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books)... more...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cigars, 2nd Edition
DK Publishing 1997; US$ 18.95For millions of men and women, it's the ultimate pleasure... From private parties to hip bars to posh gentlemen's clubs, cigar smoking has become an eight billion dollar global pastime. But, like wine, a fine cigar requires dedicated study and tasting. Here is the only comprehensive book on the subject, featuring all the information that novice... more...
Junkie Love
Ebury Publishing 2010; US$ 9.34Camden Town. The late 1980s. A hinterland of rundown squats, petty crime and hard drugs. Amid this sordid milieu, junkies Phil and Cissy go about their daily routine of sex, shooting up and dodging the police. For a while they have each other and nothing else seems to matter. But as their addictions worsen, money runs short and Cissy's psychotic... more...
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008; US$ 16.99"An American classic" ( Newsweek ) that defined a generation. ?An astonishing book? ( The New York Times Book Review ) and an unflinching portrait of Ken Kesey, his Merry Pranksters, and the 1960s. more...
Hooked
Mainstream Publishing 2011; US$ 10.67In Hooked , reformed addict Clare Gee draws on her own experiences of cocaine addiction, alcoholism and prostitution in telling the sensational story of a woman living on the edge. Emotionally scarred by having never known her mother, Katie escapes to London and immerses herself in a seedy world of drugs, drink and sex, chasing happiness in... more...
Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man
Random House 2011; US$ 12.00What makes one of the most gifted, charismatic and successful literary agents in New York fall into full-blown crack-addiction: a collapse that would cost him his business, his home, many of his friends and - very nearly - his life? In his utterly compulsive narrative, Bill Clegg leads us through the grimiest back-rooms of Manhattan's underbelly,... more...
Addiction and Recovery For Dummies
Wiley 2011; US$ 16.99Evaluate medications and treatment programs Break free from addictive substances or behaviors and get a fresh start Think you have an addiction? This compassionate guide helps you identify the problem and work towards a healthy, realistic approach to recovery, explaining the latest clinical and self-help treatments for both adults and teens. This... more...
Alcohol Nation
Little, Brown Book Group 2011; US$ 20.83We are a nation that loves to drink. And we're passing the habit on to our children. But a growing body of compelling new evidence about the dangers of alcohol consumption at a young age will force us to reconsider the entire way we view alcohol and young people. As parents, we need to talk to our children about alcohol but many of us are not sure... more...
Wasted
Little, Brown Book Group 2009; US$ 22.64Mark Johnson?s father had ?LOVE? tattooed across his left hand, but that didn?t stop the beatings. The Johnson children would turn up to school with broken fingers and chipped teeth, but no one ever thought of investigating their home life. Mark just slipped through the cracks, and kept on falling. For years. Constantly in trouble at school, Mark... more...
Cannabis: A History
Transworld 2011; US$ 13.34To some it's antisocial anathema, to others it is a harmless way to relax, or provides relief from crippling pain. Some fear it is a dangerous drug that leads to 'reefer madness' and addiction; to others still it is a legal anomaly and should be decriminalized. Whatever the viewpoint, and by whatever name it is known, cannabis - or marijuana, hashish,... more...









