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503) Ben is back: DVD
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
"Ben Burns, a drug-addicted teenager, shows up unexpectedly to visit his family on Christmas Eve. His wary mother welcomes him, but after finding out he's still in danger, she must to do everything she can to help her family." --
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Russian
Description
"The country Georgia, the end of the 1980's, perestroika. Tbilisi youth, addicted to opiates, police indistinguishable from thieves, intelligentsia, parties. The characters of the novel "Damn the Wheel" suffer from radical changes in personality, the end of an era, major shifts in society or concepts." --
509) Beautiful boy: DVD
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Wdescreen.
Language
English
Description
"A portrait of a family's unwavering love and commitment to each other in the face of their son's addiction and his attempts at recovery. As David's son repeatedly relapses, the family is faced with the harsh reality that addiction is a disease that does not discriminate and can hit any family at any time." --
511) Digital nation
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Within a single generation, digital media and the World Wide Web have transformed virtually every aspect of modern culture, from the way we learn and work to the ways in which we socialize and even conduct war. But is the technology moving faster than we can adapt to it? And is our 24/7 wired world causing us to lose as much as we've gained? In Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier, FRONTLINE presents an in-depth exploration of what it means...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
"A deeply human story, Fentanyl, Inc. is the first deep-dive investigation of a hazardous and illicit industry that has created a worldwide epidemic, ravaging communities and overwhelming and confounding government agencies that are challenged to combat it. "A whole new crop of chemicals is radically changing the recreational drug landscape," writes Ben Westhoff. "These are known as Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and they include replacements...
514) Push
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
3 best friends who are financially challenged decide to sell ecstacy for a big time drug lord. As time passes, business increases but the friends can't handle the pressure. As addiction devours and friendship unravels, is it worth their lives?
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Distorted body image is a growing concern amongst women in educated, often affluent communities, fuelled by a public obsession with the perfect body and a skewed definition of what it means to look fit, healthy and/or beautiful. Sometimes that distortion result in obviously unhealthy behaviour, but, disturbingly, it can also manifest as an over-zealous focus on health and fitness. Fit not Healthy is the story of how one woman's determination to be...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Max has it all; looks, wit, and a beautiful family. He's untouchable, yet his life is far from picture perfect. As his addiction spirals out of control, Max's family is kept in the dark about his reality. During the wake of a federal investigation Max realizes he must fight off his demons and rediscover the true meaning of love.
518) Crazy love
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An examination of the human psyches of Burt and Linda Pugach. Tells the astonishing and unbelievable story of the obsessive roller-coaster relationship the couple shared. Their whirlwind romance culminated in a violent and psychologically complex set of actions that landed the pair on the cover of endless newspapers.
519) The addictive brain
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Addiction touches us all. Whether it’s a friend who can’t quit smoking, a colleague afflicted with alcoholism, or a relative abusing prescription drugs, we all know someone who suffers from some form of addiction—we may even have an addiction ourselves. By some estimates, roughly one in four Americans might be considered addicts. On the other hand, many of us use substances such as alcohol recreationally, without suffering the physical or psychological...
520) Valley of the dolls
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol, and pills.
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