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Alone Together

Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

by Sherry Turkle ...

A groundbreaking book by one of the most important thinkers of our time shows how technology is warping our social lives and our inner onesTechnology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. But this relentless connection ... Read more

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A groundbreaking book by one of the most important thinkers of our time shows how technology is warping our social lives and our inner onesTechnology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. But this relentless connection
... Read more
The Tennis Partner

A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss

by Abraham Verghese ...

An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from Abraham Verghese, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water, an Oprah's Book Club Pick.“Heartbreaking. . . . Indelible and haunting, [The Tennis Partner] is an elegy to friendship found, and an ode to a good friend lost.”—The Boston GlobeIn this pow... ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from Abraham Verghese, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water, an Oprah's Book Club Pick.“Heartbreaking. . . . Indelible and haunting, [The Tennis Partner] is an elegy to friendship found, and an ode to a good friend lost.”—The Boston GlobeIn this pow...
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The Elissas

Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia

by Samantha Leach ...

Amazon's Best Nonfiction Book of the Month for June 2023Nylon's "June 2023's Must-Read Book Releases"Pure Wow’s “11 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in June”The Skimm’s “17 of Our Favorite Books Coming Out This Summer”Glamour’s “15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, So Far”Bustle’s “Most Anticipated Books Of Spring & Summer 2023”Harper’s Bazaar’s “23 Best Summer Beach Reads of 2023”Zi... ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Amazon's Best Nonfiction Book of the Month for June 2023Nylon's "June 2023's Must-Read Book Releases"Pure Wow’s “11 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in June”The Skimm’s “17 of Our Favorite Books Coming Out This Summer”Glamour’s “15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, So Far”Bustle’s “Most Anticipated Books Of Spring & Summer 2023”Harper’s Bazaar’s “23 Best Summer Beach Reads of 2023”Zi...
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28 Seconds

A True Story of Addiction, Tragedy, and Hope

by Michael Bryant ...

A night that began with a dinner to celebrate his eleventh wedding anniversary ended in a jail cell for Michael Bryant. He was charged with dangerous driving causing death and criminal negligence causing the death of cyclist Darcy Sheppard. Ironically, he had helped write the legal test for the same charges sixteen years earlier. Bryant, as Ontario's attorney general, was the man responsible for ... Read more

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A night that began with a dinner to celebrate his eleventh wedding anniversary ended in a jail cell for Michael Bryant. He was charged with dangerous driving causing death and criminal negligence causing the death of cyclist Darcy Sheppard. Ironically, he had helped write the legal test for the same charges sixteen years earlier. Bryant, as Ontario's attorney general, was the man responsible for
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High Achiever

The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life

by Tiffany Jenkins ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An up-close portrait of the mind of an addict and a life unraveled by narcotics—a memoir of captivating urgency and surprising humor that puts a human face on the opioid crisis.Tiffany’s story continues in the New York Times bestseller A Clean Mess, available now!**“Raw, brutal, and shocking. Move over, Orange Is the New Black.”—Amy Dresner, author of My Fair JunkieWhen ... Read more

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An up-close portrait of the mind of an addict and a life unraveled by narcotics—a memoir of captivating urgency and surprising humor that puts a human face on the opioid crisis.Tiffany’s story continues in the New York Times bestseller A Clean Mess, available now!**“Raw, brutal, and shocking. Move over, Orange Is the New Black.”—Amy Dresner, author of My Fair JunkieWhen
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Finding Your Best Self

Recovery from Addiction, Trauma, or Both

by Lisa M. Najavits, PhD ...

Addiction and trauma are two of the most common and difficult issues that people face. In this motivating book, leading expert Lisa Najavits explains the link between addiction and trauma and presents science-based self-help strategies that you can use no matter where you are in your recovery. Every chapter features inspiring words from people who have "been there," plus carefully designed ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Addiction and trauma are two of the most common and difficult issues that people face. In this motivating book, leading expert Lisa Najavits explains the link between addiction and trauma and presents science-based self-help strategies that you can use no matter where you are in your recovery. Every chapter features inspiring words from people who have "been there," plus carefully designed
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Allen Carr's Easy Way to Control Alcohol

by Allen Carr ...

Series Book 9 - Allen Carr's Easyway
READ ALLEN CARR'S EASY WAY TO CONTROL ALCOHOL AND BECOME A HAPPY NON-DRINKER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.Allen Carr established himself as the world's greatest authority on helping people stop smoking, and his internationally best-selling Easy Way to Stop Smoking has been published in over 40 languages and sold more than 10 million copies.In this classic guide, Allen applies his revolutionary method ... Read more

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READ ALLEN CARR'S EASY WAY TO CONTROL ALCOHOL AND BECOME A HAPPY NON-DRINKER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.Allen Carr established himself as the world's greatest authority on helping people stop smoking, and his internationally best-selling Easy Way to Stop Smoking has been published in over 40 languages and sold more than 10 million copies.In this classic guide, Allen applies his revolutionary method
... Read more
In Pain

A Bioethicist’s Personal Struggle with Opioids

by Travis Rieder ...

NPR Best Book of 2019A bioethicist’s eloquent and riveting memoir of opioid dependence and withdrawal—a harrowing personal reckoning and clarion call for change not only for government but medicine itself, revealing the lack of crucial resources and structures to handle this insidious nationwide epidemic.Travis Rieder’s terrifying journey down the rabbit hole of opioid dependence began with a ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

NPR Best Book of 2019A bioethicist’s eloquent and riveting memoir of opioid dependence and withdrawal—a harrowing personal reckoning and clarion call for change not only for government but medicine itself, revealing the lack of crucial resources and structures to handle this insidious nationwide epidemic.Travis Rieder’s terrifying journey down the rabbit hole of opioid dependence began with a
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The Mind-Body Guide to the Twelve Steps

Finding Joy, Sensuality, and Pleasure in Recovery--Integrative spiritual and somatic practices for healing from trauma and addiction

by Nina Pick ...

**A trauma-sensitive companion to the Twelve Steps: body-based exercises for deepening your recovery, expanding your spiritual practice, preventing relapse, and understanding the root of your addiction.For readers of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts and Trauma and the 12 Steps**Considering addiction through a trauma-informed lens, The Mind-Body Guide to the Twelve Steps offers an accessible, lyrical, ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

**A trauma-sensitive companion to the Twelve Steps: body-based exercises for deepening your recovery, expanding your spiritual practice, preventing relapse, and understanding the root of your addiction.For readers of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts and Trauma and the 12 Steps**Considering addiction through a trauma-informed lens, The Mind-Body Guide to the Twelve Steps offers an accessible, lyrical,
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It Will Never Happen to Me

Growing Up with Addiction as Youngsters, Adolescents, and Adults

by Claudia Black, PhD ...

Claudia Black's bestselling classic on the experience and legacy of being raised in an addictive household.In an all too familiar scenario, played out in millions of homes every day, children who grow up in addictive families abide by certain rules: don't talk, don't trust, don't feel. The rigid survival roles and youthful coping behaviors they take on, such as the responsible child, the adjuster, ... Read more

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Claudia Black's bestselling classic on the experience and legacy of being raised in an addictive household.In an all too familiar scenario, played out in millions of homes every day, children who grow up in addictive families abide by certain rules: don't talk, don't trust, don't feel. The rigid survival roles and youthful coping behaviors they take on, such as the responsible child, the adjuster,
... Read more
The Therapeutic Community

Theory, Model, and Method

by George De Leon, PhD ...

This volume provides a comprehensive review of the essentials of the Therapeutic Community (TC) theory and its practical "whole person" approach to the treatment of substance abuse disorders and related problems. Part I outlines the perspective of the traditional views of the substance abuse disorder, the substance abuser, and the basic components of this approach. Part II explains the ... Read more

$121.99 CAD

This volume provides a comprehensive review of the essentials of the Therapeutic Community (TC) theory and its practical "whole person" approach to the treatment of substance abuse disorders and related problems. Part I outlines the perspective of the traditional views of the substance abuse disorder, the substance abuser, and the basic components of this approach. Part II explains the
... Read more
The Recovering

Intoxication and Its Aftermath

by Leslie Jamison ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Empathy Exams comes this transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction.With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, The Recovering turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of ... Read more

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Empathy Exams comes this transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction.With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, The Recovering turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of
... Read more
Behavioral Addictions

Criteria, Evidence, and Treatment

Edited by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg MD, Laura Curtiss Feder PsyD ...

DSM-V broke new ground in May of 2013, designating a new disorder called "behavioral addiction." Clinicians immediately wanted to know: how is a behavioral addiction different from an impulse control disorder? What are the criteria for determining that some behaviors are addictions rather than impulses? What, if anything, does this mean in terms of effective treatment?Behavioral Addictions is the ... Read more

$63.99 CAD

DSM-V broke new ground in May of 2013, designating a new disorder called "behavioral addiction." Clinicians immediately wanted to know: how is a behavioral addiction different from an impulse control disorder? What are the criteria for determining that some behaviors are addictions rather than impulses? What, if anything, does this mean in terms of effective treatment?Behavioral Addictions is the
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Living Sober Sucks (but living drunk sucks more).

by Mark Tuschel ...

This book offers a different path that breaks the stereotype of the 12-step system. An alternative to the typical recovery model or "program" system. An inspiring, real life story, like no other story you've heard before. It is entertaining, funny, sad and brutally honest. Straightforward and uncomplicated. Written in raw terms and language for the alcoholic. Reality is reflected on every page. ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book offers a different path that breaks the stereotype of the 12-step system. An alternative to the typical recovery model or "program" system. An inspiring, real life story, like no other story you've heard before. It is entertaining, funny, sad and brutally honest. Straightforward and uncomplicated. Written in raw terms and language for the alcoholic. Reality is reflected on every page.
... Read more
The Science of Addiction: From Neurobiology to Treatment

From Neurobiology to Treatment

by Carlton K. Erickson ...

A comprehensive overview of the neurobiology behind addictions. Neuroscience is clarifying the causes of compulsive alcohol and drug use––while also shedding light on what addiction is, what it is not, and how it can best be treated––in exciting and innovative ways. Current neurobiological research complements and enhances the approaches to addiction traditionally taken in social work and ... Read more

$33.99 CAD

A comprehensive overview of the neurobiology behind addictions. Neuroscience is clarifying the causes of compulsive alcohol and drug use––while also shedding light on what addiction is, what it is not, and how it can best be treated––in exciting and innovative ways. Current neurobiological research complements and enhances the approaches to addiction traditionally taken in social work and
... Read more
Escape from Intimacy

Untangling the ``Love'' Addictions: Sex, Romance, Relationships

by Anne Wilson Schaef ...

$11.99 CAD
Tales of Addiction and Inspiration for Recovery

Twenty True Stories from the Soul

by Barbara Sinor ...

Whether addicted or not, we all have stories to tellThe stories of tragedy and redemption found within Tales of Addiction are not about the well known celebrities you find in the usual tabloids. Rather, these stories are true-grit tales told by people you will never meet but whose words will haunt you for months, years maybe. The author collected the stories for over two years through a "call for ... Read more

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Whether addicted or not, we all have stories to tellThe stories of tragedy and redemption found within Tales of Addiction are not about the well known celebrities you find in the usual tabloids. Rather, these stories are true-grit tales told by people you will never meet but whose words will haunt you for months, years maybe. The author collected the stories for over two years through a "call for
... Read more
Psychology Today: Breaking the Bonds of Food Addiction

by Susan McQuillan M.S., R.D. ...

Finally, freedom from food addiction!From Alpha Books and Psychology Today magazine comes expert advice that explains the whys and hows of food obsession and compulsive overeating. Readers will gain the background and tools needed to fashion a plan for happier, healthier living and help themselves out of compulsive overeating-starting right now. It also shows readers how to work out individual ... Read more

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Finally, freedom from food addiction!From Alpha Books and Psychology Today magazine comes expert advice that explains the whys and hows of food obsession and compulsive overeating. Readers will gain the background and tools needed to fashion a plan for happier, healthier living and help themselves out of compulsive overeating-starting right now. It also shows readers how to work out individual
... Read more
Allen Carr's Quit Drinking Without Willpower

The original Easyway method

by Allen Carr ...

Series Book 6 - Allen Carr's Easyway
READ THIS BOOK NOW AND BECOME A HAPPY NONDRINKER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.Allen Carr's Easyway is the most successful stop-smoking method of all time. It has helped millions of smokers from all over the world to quit. In Quit Drinking Without Willpower, Allen Carr's Easyway method has been applied to problem drinking. By explaining why you feel the need to drink and with simple step-by-step ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

READ THIS BOOK NOW AND BECOME A HAPPY NONDRINKER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.Allen Carr's Easyway is the most successful stop-smoking method of all time. It has helped millions of smokers from all over the world to quit. In Quit Drinking Without Willpower, Allen Carr's Easyway method has been applied to problem drinking. By explaining why you feel the need to drink and with simple step-by-step
... Read more
Mind Over Matter

Hard-Won Battles on the Road to Hope

by Jordin Tootoo, Stephen Brunt ...

Following the bestselling success of the inspiring All the Way, pioneering Inuit NHLer Jordin Tootoo begins the process of healing in the wake of the suicide and violence that marks his family, only to discover the source of all that trauma in his father's secret past.For some hockey players, retirement marks the moment when it’s all over. But Jordin Tootoo is not most hockey players.Having ... Read more

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Following the bestselling success of the inspiring All the Way, pioneering Inuit NHLer Jordin Tootoo begins the process of healing in the wake of the suicide and violence that marks his family, only to discover the source of all that trauma in his father's secret past.For some hockey players, retirement marks the moment when it’s all over. But Jordin Tootoo is not most hockey players.Having
... Read more
Dark Days, Bright Nights

Surviving the Las Vegas Storm Drains

by Matthew O'Brien ...

A vivid and enlightening oral account of homelessness in the Las Vegas storm drains and the hard work of re-entering mainstream society.Are you aware that hundreds of people live underground in the flood channels of Las Vegas? Few people were until Matthew O'Brien grabbed a flashlight, tape recorder, and expandable baton for protection and explored the storm-drain system in depth. This research ... Read more

$19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A vivid and enlightening oral account of homelessness in the Las Vegas storm drains and the hard work of re-entering mainstream society.Are you aware that hundreds of people live underground in the flood channels of Las Vegas? Few people were until Matthew O'Brien grabbed a flashlight, tape recorder, and expandable baton for protection and explored the storm-drain system in depth. This research
... Read more
Down and Back

On Alcohol, Family, and a Life in Hockey

by Justin Bourne ...

For readers of Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father and Hockey Confidential, Down and Back tells broadcaster Justin Bourne’s story of following his Hall-of-Fame father not only to the NHL, but also into rehab.Bob Bourne was everything a son wants to emulate—an NHL All-Star, a Sports Illustrated “Sportsman of the Year,” a Stanley Cup champion. Justin Bourne followed in those huge footsteps, ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

For readers of Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father and Hockey Confidential, Down and Back tells broadcaster Justin Bourne’s story of following his Hall-of-Fame father not only to the NHL, but also into rehab.Bob Bourne was everything a son wants to emulate—an NHL All-Star, a Sports Illustrated “Sportsman of the Year,” a Stanley Cup champion. Justin Bourne followed in those huge footsteps,
... Read more
Trichotillomania Stop Hair Pulling Guide

by V.T. ...

Are you suffering from a strange disease, that keep pulling your hair out? Well, it's called trichotillomania, and you are not alone.This ebook compiles tons of tips from REAL trichotillomania sufferers, sharing their stories and more importantly, how to cure it.Read through this ebook, make notes and you will realize you are not alone. It's a common disease, and you'll see different treatments to ... Read more

$5.48 CAD

Are you suffering from a strange disease, that keep pulling your hair out? Well, it's called trichotillomania, and you are not alone.This ebook compiles tons of tips from REAL trichotillomania sufferers, sharing their stories and more importantly, how to cure it.Read through this ebook, make notes and you will realize you are not alone. It's a common disease, and you'll see different treatments to
... Read more
Treating Addiction

A Guide for Professionals

by William R. Miller, PhD, Alyssa A. Forcehimes, PhD, Allen Zweben, PhD ...

This widely respected text and practitioner guide, now revised and expanded, provides a roadmap for effective clinical practice with clients with substance use disorders. Specialists and nonspecialists alike benefit from the authors' expert guidance for planning treatment and selecting from a menu of evidence-based treatment methods. Assessment and intervention strategies are described in detail, ... Read more

$78.99 CAD

This widely respected text and practitioner guide, now revised and expanded, provides a roadmap for effective clinical practice with clients with substance use disorders. Specialists and nonspecialists alike benefit from the authors' expert guidance for planning treatment and selecting from a menu of evidence-based treatment methods. Assessment and intervention strategies are described in detail,
... Read more

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