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Bianca is born and raised in the Netherlands. She has experienced the ups-and-downs that living a life with focus on materials can bring along. The prison was the place that God used to change her.
The non-fiction story in this book is about me, and some of the situations, my family members and I went through. I rather not talk about others, but you need to understand what my background is and what my foundation was, made of in order to understand...
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Marsha Rene seemed destined for the good life, raised by loving parents in a Long Island suburb where she and her brothers often rode their bikes until their father's whistle summoned them home for dinner. But at eight years old, her father died, leaving Marsha, her mother, and her brothers struggling to move forward.
In a few short years, Marsha, still grieving, became a drug addict and, in the drug underworld of '90s New York, experienced sexual...
643) Counting Scars
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IL: UG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
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When sixteen-year-old Adele Reimer is forced to spend two weeks at a youth reform camp, she has no idea it will lead to a complicated and dangerous love triangle.
With her mother in rehab and her estranged father unable to take immediate custody, Adele's only goal at the camp is to avoid any trouble. But then Adele meets mysterious Fergus and charming Andy and soon finds herself pulled into a dangerous situation that might end up costing her life....
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A memoir of self-destruction, recovery, and redemption from a four-time National Poetry Slam finalist.
This mesmerizing memoir recounts Jason Carney's twisting journey as he overcomes his own racism, homophobia, drug addiction, and harrowing brushes with death to find redemption and unlikely fame on the national performance poetry circuit. Woven into Carney's path to recovery is a powerful family story, depicting the roots of prejudice and dysfunction...
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The Rise and Fall of Cannabis Prohibition in Wisconsin is "one part history book, one part memoir, and one part encyclopedia." The Rise and Fall of Cannabis Prohibition in Wisconsin, the first book of its kind focusing on the state of Wisconsin, begins with the story of how the state came to pass its first law prohibiting marijuana in 1935, the legislation that further criminalized cannabis through the next several decades, and the efforts to undo...
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America's war on drugs. It makes headlines, tops political agendas and provokes powerful emotions. But is it really worth it? That's the question posed by Steven Duke and Albert Gross in this groundbreaking book. They argue that America's biggest victories in the war on drugs are the erosion of our constitutional rights, the waste of billions of dollars and an overwhelmed court system. After careful research and thought, they make a strong case for...
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Councilman Chuck (as he likes to be referred to) was the youngest of the five Black candidates in Richmond, Virginia, who were elected to the first Black majority Council in Richmond's history and who then picked the first Black man (Henry L. Marsh, III) to be mayor of the former Capital of the Confederacy. The impact of someone as articulate, outspoken, and well dressed as Chuck who took an unpopular political position favoring Black people, poor...
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This title examines how inhalants and club, prescription, and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs affect individuals and society, investigates how people are working to put an end to drug abuse, and analyzes the controversies and conflicting viewpoints surrounding the issue. Features include a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
649) Rules for Life
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When her mother died two years earlier, Izzy thought the world would change in some identifiable way, but it didn't. It didn't even slow down. Along with constantly watching her brother, Jason, to ensure he didn't repeat his involvement with drugs, Izzy has managed to get through school and the rest of her life using her mother's endless "rules" as guidance, even making up some of her own as she goes along. When her father starts dating again and...
650) The Fix
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One conversation is all it takes to break a world wide open.
Seventeen-year-old Macy Lyons has been through something no one should ever have to experience. And she's dealt with it entirely alone.
On the outside, she's got it pretty good. Her family's well-off, she's dating the cute boy next door, she has plenty of friends, and although she long ago wrote her mother off as a superficial gym rat, she's thankful to have allies in her loving, laid-back...
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This informative title highlights the life of Amy Winehouse. Readers will learn about Winehouse's music-filled childhood in Southgate, a North London suburb. Winehouse's early musical work is discussed, from her beginnings in the childhood duet Sweet n Sour to her job as a reporter for World Entertainment News Network to the beginning of her musical success with when she signed with EMI. Winehouse's albums Frank and Back to Black are introduced,...
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When Barbara Legere's son Keven begged her for permission to die, she refused.
Keven had spent half his life struggling with substance use disorder while his single mom battled courts, healthcare companies, rehab facilities and mental health professionals in an effort to protect him. As their relationship strained Keven's drug use progressed, Legere was forced to accept and love Keven as he was in their limited time together-two years before he took...
653) Sidelined
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Genna Pierce's life is finally falling into place. Perfect grades? Check. Her choice of scholarship now that basketball recruiters are sniffing around? Check. The hot guy she's crushed on since freshman year finally noticing her? Looks like it'll be a check any day now.
But when a freak accident sidelines Genna, her perfect life starts breaking apart into a million less-than-perfect pieces. No more scholarships. Spiraling grades. And she's sure Jake...
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Maddie and Ivan have been friends forever. They go to school together, surf, party, and hang out all the time. Ivan eats at Maddie's house almost every day. But all is not well in Ivan's world, and as control of his life slips farther away from him, Maddie agonises over her role in his life. Ivan fears the fallout if the people in his community discover what he's been hiding, but Maddie thinks telling his secret will help him. As Maddie struggles...
655) The First True Thing
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"A raw and heartbreaking story about addiction and recovery that will leave readers breathless." -Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces
Claire Needell's evocative novel, perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train, explores the risks of substance abuse as well as what it means to take control of your life when it seems like the only path forward is the one that will take all of your courage.
Marcelle is clean and sober,...
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Will and Blue are each recovering in their own way from their near-death experience over the summer, but a ghost from Blue's past threatens to turn their lives as well as the entire town of Westbury upside down in this exciting sequel to the first book of the ground-breaking "Vox Oculis" trilogy by award-winning author Frederic Martin.It's autumn. It's high school. Will is dealing with unwanted fame while Blue flies under the radar, but for how long?...
657) Dream Kids
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Out of place at an experimental high school, sensitive high school junior Bryce Hughes steals his father's pharmaceutical sales samples to stay steady and share recreationally with his wealthy, spoiled, nihilistic friends at their wild weekend parties. Hopelessly hung up on his ex-girlfriend, Paige, whose emotions are as fickle as her taste for fashion, Bryce can barely see the quiet scholarship girl, Jaycee, who adores him.
Over the course of a single...
658) Trapped
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Being trapped is, a serious problem that is faced by millions. People can be, trapped in relationships, to substances, to drugs, to careers, to success, to commitments, to gambling, to watching pornography, or even to shopping. But, being trapped doesn't just happen. To truly, overcome being, trapped, one must identify and confront the root causes that led to being trapped in the first place.
In Trapped, Brandon Holt, LCDC (Licensed Chemical Dependency...
659) The Ravenous
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There's something wrong with Rose.
From the outside, the Cane family looks like they have it all. A successful military father, a loving mother and five beautiful teenage daughters. But on the inside, life isn't quite so idyllic: the Cane sisters can barely stand each other, their father is always away and their neglectful mother struggles with addiction and depression.
When their youngest and most beloved sister, Rose, dies in a tragic accident,...
660) Corbenic
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It starts when Cal gets off the train at the wrong stop in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere. He's stranded.
Following a muddy path leads him to a castle that appears to be deserted. But inside is Corbenic, a magnificent hotel filled with rich people preparing for a banquet-and Cal is their guest of honor. During the meal, he experiences a disturbing vision, but when he is asked to talk about what he has seen, he denies it. What if...
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