Disease & Health Issues
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Undoing Drugs: How Harm Reduction Is Changing the Future of Drugs and Addiction
$17.99 Add to cartFrom “one of the bravest, smartest writers about addiction anywhere” (Johann Hari, New York Times bestselling author)–the untold story of harm reduction, a surprisingly simple idea with enormous powe… [more below]
- Author: Szalavitz, Maia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0738285749
- Language: English
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Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America
$21.99 Add to cartA Hulu limited series inspired by the New York Times bestselling book by Beth Macy.
Journalist Beth Macy’s definitive account of America’s opioid epidemic “masterfully interlaces stories of communitie- Author: Macy, Beth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 06, 2019
- ISBN10: 0316551309
- Language: English
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They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals
$30.00 Read moreA landmark investigation of the chemical industry’s decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals, told through the story of a small town on the frontlines of an epic public health cr… [more below]
- Author: Blake, Mariah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1524760099
- Language: English
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Survive and Thrive! How Cancer Saves Lives: Inspiring Stories of Courageous Cancer Thrivers
$18.95 Add to cartAccording to the Cancer Council, 1 in 2 Australians will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85. Similar figures are reported for the USA and UK. Inevitably everyone in these countries will be impa
- Series: Survive and Thrive! #1
- Author: Spicer, Jo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: February 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0648436101
- Language: English
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
$30.00 Add to cartJohn Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadlie… [more below]
- Author: Green, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79822E+12
- Language: English
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Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat
$24.95 Add to cart“Hannah Proctor takes that feeling we all have, and names it again and again, helping us to resee the past and present of revolutionary struggle. A must-read.”
-Hannah Zeavin, Founding Editor, Paraprax… [more below]- Author: Proctor, Hannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1839766050
- Language: English
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Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics: Mental Illness and Homelessness in Los Angeles
$30.00 Read moreSociologist Neil Gong explains why mental health treatment in Los Angeles rarely succeeds, for the rich, the poor, and everyone in between.
In 2022, Los Angeles became the US county with the largest- Author: Gong, Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: March 29 2024
- ISBN10: 022658190X
- Language: English
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Plagues in the Nation: How Epidemics Shaped America
$28.95 Read moreAn expert legal review of the US government’s response to epidemics through history–with larger conclusions about COVID-19, and reforms needed for the next plague
In this narrative history of the US- Author: Price, Polly J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0807043494
- Language: English
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Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol
$18.99 Add to cartIn Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol, award-winning journalist Anne Dowsett Johnston combines in-depth research with her own personal story of recovery, and delivers a groundb
- Author: Dowsett Johnston, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 24 2014
- ISBN10: 006224180X
- Language: English
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Your Consent Is Not Required: The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced Treatment, and Abusive Guardianships
$29.95 Read moreAsylums are supposed to be in the past. However, though the buildings were closed, many of the practices lived on.
In fact, more law-abiding Americans today are being involuntarily committed and forci- Author: Wipond, Rob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1637741480
- Language: English
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Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from Contagion
$34.95 Read moreHow scientists saved humanity from the deadliest infectious diseases–and what we can do to prepare ourselves for future epidemics.
After the unprecedented events of the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be h- Author: Conniff, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0262047969
- Language: English
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Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat
$24.95 Add to cart“Hannah Proctor takes that feeling we all have, and names it again and again, helping us to resee the past and present of revolutionary struggle. A must-read.”
-Hannah Zeavin, Founding Editor, Paraprax… [more below]- Author: Proctor, Hannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1839766050
- Language: English
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Accidental Kindness: A Doctor’s Notes on Empathy
$18.00 Add to cartWe will all be patients sooner or later. And when we go to the doctor, when we’re hurting, we tend to think in terms of cause and condemnation. We often look for relief not only from physical symptoms… [more below]
- Author: Stein, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1469671816
- Language: English
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Fighting for Space: How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City’s Struggle with Addiction
$21.95 Read moreNorth America is in the grips of a drug epidemic; with the introduction of fentanyl, the chances of a fatal overdose are greater than ever, prompting many to rethink the war on drugs. Public opinion h… [more below]
- Author: Lupick, Travis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 05 2018
- ISBN10: 155152712X
- Language: English
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American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts
$17.99 Add to cartA comprehensive portrait of a uniquely American epidemic — devastating in its findings and damning in its conclusions
The opioid epidemic has been described as “one of the greatest mistakes of moder- Author: McGreal, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1541742753
- Language: English
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Is This Wi-Fi Organic?: A Guide to Spotting Misleading Science Online (Science Myths Debunked)
$16.95 Read moreHow to Separate Real Scientific Truths from Fake News
“Scientific literacy is our best defense in an age of increasing disinformation.” ―Kellie Gerardi, Aerospace Professional and Author of Not N
- Author: Farina, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: March 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1642504157
- Language: English
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Malicious Intent: Murder and the Perpetuation of Jim Crow Health Care
$27.95 Add to cart“Do we want to perpetuate a Jim Crow health system?” A brilliant, idealistic physician named Jean Cowsert asked that question in Alabama in 1966. Her answer was no–and soon after, she died under susp… [more below]
- Author: Smith, David Barton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: October 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0826506135
- Language: English
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Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls
$27.00 Add to cartThe first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the American judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the internet
On May 31, 2014, in t… [more below]
- Author: Hale, Kathleen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 080215980X
- Language: English
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Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America
$46.00 Add to cartJournalist Beth Macy’s definitive account of America’s opioid epidemic “masterfully interlaces stories of communities in crisis with dark histories of corporate greed and regulatory indifference” (New… [more below]
- Author: Macy, Beth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: August 07 2018
- ISBN10: 0316523178
- Language: English
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Tell Your Children: The Truth about Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence
$19.99 Add to cartIn “a brilliant antidote to all the…false narratives about pot” (American Thinker), an award-winning author and former New York Times reporter reveals the link between teenage marijuana use and ment… [more below]
- Author: Berenson, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1982103671
- Language: English
