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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 18 books in this booklist
£8.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780099590187 | ISBN 10: 0099590182
At twenty, Karl Ove moves to Bergen. As the youngest student to be admitted to the prestigious Writing Academy, he arrives full of excitement and writerly aspirations. Soon though, he is stripped of youthful illusions. His writing is reveale ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781743319925 | ISBN 10: 1743319924
An authoritative guide to the health risks of using cannabis and practical, step-by-step information on coping with withdrawal symptoms and quitting marijuana for good. Do you feel you're losing focus and concentration? Is weed taking a toll ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781783752973 | ISBN 10: 1783752971
Are you sick and tired of being addicted? Do you want to recover but think the 12-Step programme is not for you because you don’t believe in God? This book presents a new version of the Steps which is simple and do-able by everyone, whether they have ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781408837696 | ISBN 10: 1408837692
"She's experienced wealth, cultural alienation, homelessness, brushes with fame, prison, rehab, record deals, a million blown second chances, a dozen broken hearts and one bloody-knuckled ultimate spiritual redemption. She even died once in the proce ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780007436101 | ISBN 10: 0007436106
Addictions to iphones, painkillers, cupcakes, alcohol and sex are taking over our lives. Our most casual daily habits can quickly become obsessions that move beyond our control. Damian Thompson, who has himself struggled with a range of addi ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781843582724 | ISBN 10: 1843582724
Mark Ward enjoyed all the trappings of success as one of the most popular and highly-rated right wingers in football. 'Wardy' proved an overnight sensation at Oldham and continued to be a star at West Ham, Man City and Everton before inspiring Birmin ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780340993484 | ISBN 10: 0340993480
Since she rose to international fame in 1985 with her seminal Irish jazz album Tired and Emotional, Mary Coughlan's battles with addiction, the problems in her personal life and career have been well documented. But until now she has never spoken of ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780141189598 | ISBN 10: 0141189592
In his searing autobiography, John Healy describes his fifteen years living rough in London without state aid, when begginh carried an automatic three-year prison sentence and vagrant alcoholics prowled the parks and streets in search of drink or pre ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780749951726 | ISBN 10: 0749951729
Elizabeth Burton Phillips is a teacher, an ordinary middle-class mother who had always tried to do the best for her children; she never imagined that her identical twin sons, who had been doing so well at school, would become involved in drugs.   ... more
View book details£22.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781843105824 | ISBN 10: 1843105829
This book draws on a wide range of evidence to explore the facts about the relationship between substance misuse and domestic violence and their effect on children, and examines the response of children's services when there are concerns about the sa ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780571227716 | ISBN 10: 0571227716
Is Santa Claus really a magic mushroom in disguise? Was ‘Alice in Wonderland’ a thinly veiled psychedelic mushroom odyssey? Did mushroom tea kick-start ancient Greek philosophy? Much stranger than the fictions it has inspired, the world of the ma ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780553818178 | ISBN 10: 0553818171
From beloved daughter to abused foster child to crack addict, this is the heart-wrenching true story of a girl named Cupcake Brown. Following her mother’s death, Cupcake was just eleven years old when she entered the child welfare system. Moved f ... more
View book details£11.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780738210742 | ISBN 10: 0738210749
In this book, a developmental psychologist gives parents tips for keeping children of all ages away from drugs and alcohol. In a country where an estimated 25 percent of teenagers use illegal substances on a monthly basis, parents are right to be con ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780091905606 | ISBN 10: 0091905605
The day Koren turned fourteen she tasted alcohol for the first time. By the time she was fifteen, she was piecing together forgotten fragments of drink, men and misplaced clothes. And so it began... A New York Times bestseller, Smashed has alre ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780747574668 | ISBN 10: 0747574669
James Brown worked as a successful Hollywood screenwriter and would drive the freeways of Los Angeles from meeting to meeting with movie executives. But he carried a terrible, destructive secret. He was unable to function without stopping off in a ba ... more
View book details£32.99 paperback (2003) - ISBN 13: 9780415281720 | ISBN 10: 0415281725
Illicit drugs and their use are now, more than ever, a dominant concern of politicians, policy makers and the general public. Often our understanding of the 'drug problem' tends to be uni-dimensional and based around particular areas of risk: risk of ... more
View book details£25.00 paperback (2002) - ISBN 13: 9781853027918 | ISBN 10: 185302791x
Focusing on the needs of children of substance misusing parents and the dilemmas faced by professionals working with them, this comprehensive book brings together for the first time theoretical and practice issues for all those involved with the cros ... more
View book details£26.99 paperback (1996) - ISBN 13: 9781566394987 | ISBN 10: 1566394988
Many straight Americans would never embrace homosexuals as neighbors, co-workers, or friends. Still less would they accept as equals those transgendered individuals who work the streets to provide themselves with drug money. This book seeks ... more
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