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Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Opioid addiction is fast becoming the most deadly crisis in American history. In 2017, it claimed nearly fifty thousand lives -- more than gunshots and car crashes combined, and almost as many Americans as were killed in the entire Vietnam War. But even as the overdose crisis ravages our nation -- straining our prison system, dividing families, and defying virtually every legislative solution to treat it-- few understand how it came to be. Opium tells...
Author
Series
Ibis trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"The stunningly vibrant final novel in the bestselling Ibis Trilogy It is 1839 and China has embargoed the trade of opium, yet too much is at stake in the lucrative business and the British Foreign Secretary has ordered the colonial government in India to assemble an expeditionary force for an attack to reinstate the trade. Among those consigned is Kesri Singh, a soldier in the army of the East India Company. He makes his way eastward on the Hind,...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"To begin with I was in love and I am in love so that's not hard," Barbara Bush told her granddaughter Ellie LeBlond Sosa on her porch in Kennebunkport, Maine. Sosa had asked for the secret to her and President George H.W. Bush's 77-year love affair that withstood World War II separation, a leap of faith into the oil fields of West Texas, the painful loss of a child, a political climb to the highest office, and after the White House, the transition...
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Whether we're facing anxiety, loneliness, or uncertain times, knitting is a powerful tool for survival--and a metaphor for life. Join economist and lifelong knitter Loretta Napoleoni on a voyage through history, following the yarn of social, economic, and political changes--and a personal journey of discovery as well, purling and stitching every step of the way in this remarkable exploration of the power of knitting." -- Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature's toxins and why we are attracted--and addicted--to them, in this "magisterial, fascinating, and gripping tour de force" (Neil Shubin). A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard gardens, and private stashes. Scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a poppy seed, a mold spore, a foxglove leaf, a magic-mushroom cap, a marijuana bud, or an apple...
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