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  • The Narcotic Farm

    The Rise and Fall of America's First Prison for Drug Addicts

    The United States Narcotic Farm opened in 1935 in the rolling hills of Kentucky horse country. Portrayed in the press as everything from a "New Deal for the drug addict" to a "million-dollar flophouse for junkies," the sprawling art deco facility was equal parts federal prison, treatment center, working farm, and research laboratory. Its mission was to rehabilitate addicts, who were increasingly ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

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  • My Life Among the Serial Killers

    Inside the Minds of the World's Most Notorious Murderers

    In this memoir, a forensic psychiatrist chronicles her work with more than 80 serial killers and her thoughts on what compels them.Judging by appearances, Dr. Helen Morrison has an ordinary life in the suburbs of a major city. She has a physician husband, two children, and a thriving psychiatric clinic. But her life is more than that. She is one of the world's leading experts on serial killers, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chasing the Scream

    The Inspiration for the Feature Film "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"

    by Johann Hari ...
    The New York Times BestsellerWhat if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong? Johann Hari's journey into the heart of the war on drugs led him to ask this question--and to write the book that gave rise to his viral TED talk, viewed more than 62 million times, and inspired the feature film The United States vs. Billie Holiday and the documentary series The Fix.One of Johann Hari's ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Her Best-Kept Secret

    Why Women Drink-And How They Can Regain Control

    For readers of Quit Like a Woman, this “engaging account of women and drink, [cites] fascinating studies about modern stressors…and evidence that some problem drinkers can learn moderation….Bound to stir controversy” (People).In Her Best-Kept Secret, journalist Gabrielle Glaser uncovers a hidden-in-plain-sight drinking epidemic. Using “investigative rigor and thoughtful analysis” (The Boston Globe ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Drug Use for Grown-Ups

    Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear

    **“Hart’s argument that we need to drastically revise our current view of illegal drugs is both powerful and timely . . . when it comes to the legacy of this country’s war on drugs, we should all share his outrage.” —The New York Times Book ReviewFrom one of the world's foremost experts on the subject, a powerful argument that the greatest damage from drugs flows from their being illegal, and a ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A Really Good Day

    How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life

    The true story of how a renowned writer’s struggle with mood storms led her to try a remedy as drastic as it is forbidden: microdoses of LSD. Her revealing, fascinating journey provides a window into one family and the complex world of a once-infamous drug seen through new eyes.When a small vial arrives in her mailbox from "Lewis Carroll," Ayelet Waldman is at a low point. Her moods have become ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • High Price

    A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society

    by Carl Hart ...
    A pioneering neuroscientist recounts his youth in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods and how it led him to his groundbreaking work in drug addiction.Winner, Pen/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award"A fascinating combination of memoir and social science." —John Tierney, New York TimesAs a youth, Carl Hart didn't realize the value of school; he studied just enough to stay on the ba... ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • My Daughter's Addiction-A Thief in the Family (Hardwired for Heroin)

    by Marie Minnich ...
    A gripping and compelling story of one mothers journey raising her heroin addicted daughter.On the night of August 22, 2009, her beloved 32-year old daughter died from heroin overdose.Despite all the sorrow, this story is neither gloomy nor depressing, but rather an unflinching account of one woman's life, and her daughter whom she did not abandon to the bitter end. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Forensic Psychology of Criminal Minds

    The bestselling author of The Forensic Science of C.S.I. examines the real-life cases behind the hit television series Criminal MindsWeek after week, the hit TV show Criminal Minds gives viewers a look inside the psyches of the fictional serial killers tracked by the BAU (Behavioral Analysis Unit). This elite team of FBI agents travels the country assisting law enforcement officials by examining ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Bellevue

    Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital

    From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes a riveting history of New York's iconic public hospital that charts the turbulent rise of American medicine.Bellevue Hospital, on New York City's East Side, occupies a colorful and horrifying place in the public imagination: a den of mangled crime victims, vicious psychopaths, assorted derelicts, lunatics, and exotic-disease sufferers. In its two and a ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • No Time to Say Goodbye

    Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One

    by Carla Fine ...
    Suicide would appear to be the last taboo. Even incest is now discussed freely in popular media, but the suicide of a loved one is still an act most people are unable to talk about--or even admit to their closest family or friends. This is just one of the many painful and paralyzing truths author Carla Fine discovered when her husband, a successful young physician, took his own life in December ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Serial Killers

    101 Questions True Crime Fans Ask

    by Joni Johnston ...
    A forensic psychologist answers true crime fan questions and reveals the terrifying truth behind the world's deadliest serial killers.Serial killers haunt our dreams and inspire the terrifying villains of TV shows and horror movies. But how much do you really know about the minds behind the world's deadliest killers? What drives these murderers to kill and kill again? And what fuels our ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus