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483) Destructor de almas, te saludo: un testimonio personal sobre las mujeres, la adicción y el amor
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"Se tiene por terrible la adicción al alcohol, el tabaco y los estupefacientes, pero casi siempre se pasa por alto el daño que la codependencia --la fijación dañina por alguien más-- puede hacer en nuestras vidas. Tristemente, nos dice la autora, el entendimiento sociocultural de los males de la codependencia está poco difundido. Existen incluso aquellos que desdibujan este mal tachándolo sólo de un desliz de juicio, o de un juego del destino...
484) The night of the gun
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Built on 60 videotaped interviews, legal and medical records, and three years of reporting, Carr gives his story of his years as an addict and chronicles his journey from crack-house regular to columnist for the New York Times.
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"The Bipolar Addict: Drinks, Drugs, Delirium & Why Sober Is the New Cool delivers an insider's look into the invisible world of those living with a co-occuring disorder of manic depression and addiction. These true tales of survival, including the author's own, offer insight into a secret tribe of mentally ill heroes, the promise of sobriety and the triumph of stability." --
488) Understanding addiction and recovery through a child's eyes: help, hope, and healing for the family
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Zbudowane w połowie XIX wieku dzięki gorączce złota, San Francisco od początku przyciągało ludzi poszukujących wolności, bogactwa, możliwości zaczęcia od nowa. To miasto marzeń, kontrkultury, ruchu LGBT, muzyki, sztuki i wina. Mekka artystów i niebieskich ptaków. Dom Janis Joplin i Grateful Dead. Intelektualne zaplecze Doliny Krzemowej, centrum start-upów i najnowszych technologii. Magda Działoszyńska-Kossow zabiera czytelników...
492) Dear Jack
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A series of letters Conroy wrote to her son Jack as he grew from a child into a young man addicted to heroin, interspersed with personal recollections of their life.
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The Devil's needle: In one of the most notorious films of the silent era a morphine-addicted model sends a neurotic painter down a path of moral deterioration.
The inside of the white slave traffic: A 1913 dramatization of the methods in which young women are abducted or otherwise procured for prostitution.
Children of Eve: Attacking child labor and living conditions in the tenements, this film culminates in a detailed reenactment of the tragic...
496) Matki
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Polish
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"Matki to oparta na faktach powieść, w której losy głównych bohaterek splatają się ze sobą w ciasny warkocz doświadczeń i wydarzeń. Ich drogi krzyżują się za sprawą dwóch niezaprzeczalnych podobieństw: wszystkie są Polkami, żyjącymi na emigracji w Stanach Zjednoczonych, i matkami dzieci uzależnionych od narkotyków. Bezradność popycha je do udziału w programie terapeutycznym, skierowanym do rodziców dzieci, które znalazły...
497) I am Jennie
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A memoir from the former porn star and addict Jennie Ketcham, whose stage name was Penny Flame.
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"The first time Billy Moore walked into his cell packed with seventy prisoners, the floor resembled a mass grave, with intertwined arms and legs, and the smell of human feces was so strong he almost vomited. That night, he slept next to a dead man. It wouldn't be the last time. Behind the walls of Klong Prem "Bangkok Hilton" prison, life has no value. Overcrowded cells are a breeding ground for HIV, TB, dengue fever, and hepatitis, and the conditions...
500) Shattered minds
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Carina used to be one of the best biohackers in Pacifica. But when she worked for Sudice and saw what the company's experiments on brain recording were doing to their subjects, it disturbed her--especially because she found herself enjoying giving pain and contemplating murder. She quit and soon grew addicted to the drug Zeal, spending most of her waking moments in a horror-filled dream world where she could act out her depraved fantasies without...
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