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Under Our Roof: A Son's Battle for Recovery, a Mother's Battle for Her Son

A congresswoman and her son reveal how he survived a ten-year battle with opioid abuse-and what their family's journey to recovery can teach us about finding hope amid the unspeakable. "Beautiful and inspiring."-Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper (Book of the Week) When Madeleine Dean discovered that her son Harry was stealing from the family to feed a painkiller addiction, she was days away from taking the biggest risk of her life: running for statewide office in Pennsylvania. For years, she had sensed something was wrong. Harry was losing weight and losing friends. He had lost the brightness in his eyes and voice, changing from a young boy with boundless enthusiasm to a shadow of himself, chasing something she could not see. Now her worst fears had come to light. Under Our Roof is the story of a national crisis suffered in the intimacy of so many homes, told with incredible candor through the dual perspectives of a mother rising in politics and a son living a double life, afraid of what might happen if his secret is exposed. In this honest, bracing, yet ultimately uplifting memoir, they discuss the patterns of a family dealing with an unspoken disease, the fear that keeps addicts hiding in shame, and the moments of honesty, faith, and personal insight that led to Harry's recovery. In a country searching for answers to the devastating effects of opioids and drug abuse, Under Our Roof is a ray of hope in the darkness. It is not only a love story between mother and son but also an honest account of a pressing national crisis by a family poised to make a difference.

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Sustainable Agriculture Volume 2

This collection of review articles analyzes current agricultural issues and knowledge, and proposes alternatives. It will help scientists, professors, farmers and politicians trying to build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for future generations.Sustainability rests on the principle that we must meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Starving people in poor nations, obesity in rich nations, increasing food prices, on-going climate changes, increasing fuel and transportation costs, flaws of the global market, worldwide pesticide pollution, pest adaptation and resistance, loss of soil fertility and organic carbon, soil erosion, decreasing biodiversity, desertification, and so on. Despite unprecedented advances in sciences allowing to visit planets and disclose subatomic particles, serious terrestrial issues about food show clearly that conventional agriculture is not suited any longer to feed humans and to preserve ecosystems. Sustainable agriculture is an alternative for solving fundamental and applied issues related to food production in an ecological way. While conventional agriculture is driven almost solely by productivity and profit, sustainable agriculture integrates biological, chemical, physical, ecological, economic and social sciences in a comprehensive way to develop new farming practices that are safe and do not degrade our environment. In that respect, sustainable agriculture is not a classical and narrow science. Instead of solving problems using the classical painkiller approach that treats only negative impacts, sustainable agriculture treats problem sources. As most actual society issues are now intertwined, global, and fast-developing, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world.This book gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions. It will therefore help all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians who wish to build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for future generations.This book gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions. It will therefore help all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians who wish to build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for future generations.

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Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

Winner of the NBCC Award for General NonfictionNamed on Slate's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years, Amazon's Best Books of the Year 2015--Michael Botticelli, U.S. Drug Czar (Politico) Favorite Book of the Year--Angus Deaton, Nobel Prize Economics (Bloomberg/WSJ) Best Books of 2015--Matt Bevin, Governor of Kentucky (WSJ) Books of the Year--Slate.com's 10 Best Books of 2015--Entertainment Weekly's 10 Best Books of 2015 --Buzzfeed's 19 Best Nonfiction Books of 2015--The Daily Beast's Best Big Idea Books of 2015--Seattle Times' Best Books of 2015--Boston Globe's Best Books of 2015--St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Best Books of 2015--The Guardian's The Best Book We Read All Year--Audible's Best Books of 2015--Texas Observer's Five Books We Loved in 2015--Chicago Public Library's Best Nonfiction Books of 2015From a small town in Mexico to the boardrooms of Big Pharma to main streets nationwide, an explosive and shocking account of addiction in the heartland of America.In 1929, in the blue-collar city of Portsmouth, Ohio, a company built a swimming pool the size of a football field; named Dreamland, it became the vital center of the community. Now, addiction has devastated Portsmouth, as it has hundreds of small rural towns and suburbs across America--addiction like no other the country has ever faced. How that happened is the riveting story of Dreamland. With a great reporter's narrative skill and the storytelling ability of a novelist, acclaimed journalist Sam Quinones weaves together two classic tales of capitalism run amok whose unintentional collision has been catastrophic. The unfettered prescribing of pain medications during the 1990s reached its peak in Purdue Pharma's campaign to market OxyContin, its new, expensive--extremely addictive--miracle painkiller. Meanwhile, a massive influx of black tar heroin--cheap, potent, and originating from one small county on Mexico's west coast, independent of any drug cartel--assaulted small town and mid-sized cities across the country, driven by a brilliant, almost unbeatable marketing and distribution system. Together these phenomena continue to lay waste to communities from Tennessee to Oregon, Indiana to New Mexico. Introducing a memorable cast of characters--pharma pioneers, young Mexican entrepreneurs, narcotics investigators, survivors, and parents--Quinones shows how these tales fit together. Dreamland is a revelatory account of the corrosive threat facing America and its heartland.

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Pop Star Assassin Vol. 1

The year is 1977. The KING IS DEAD - LONG LIVE THE KING! The year is 1977. The King is dead, and the world mourns. But...When a mysterious briefcase turns up in his dressing room, Bruce, a coke-addled Elvis impersonator finds himself wedged between a Mob boss out to avenge the death of his only son, and a government conspiracy with far-reaching, world-ending ramifications, all in an attempt to discover the true identity of his father's killer. Questioning whether or not his entire life up until that moment has been a lie, Bruce sets out on a mission to discover the truth behind his own identity and that of his father. His mission throws him headlong into the heart of a government conspiracy perpetrated by a shadow agency known as "The Chamber". Their endgame: world domination at the hands of an unstoppable army of dead celebrity Look-A-Like(TM) robot assassins. With his life unraveling around him, Bruce joins forces with a rag-tag troupe of unlikely misfits willing to do whatever it takes to uncover the truth behind The Chamber, and make those responsible pay. Fighting their way to The Chamber's inner sanctum, Bruce and company set into motion a chain of events that lead them to a final confrontation with the mysterious, nigh-omnipotent figure, Nietzsche. The encounter forever transforms Bruce and leaves him a marked man on the run. Here's what people are saying about Pop Star Assassin: "POP STAR ASSASSIN is action-packed in the most literal sense, and in ways that you really don't see in comics. The art, by Marcelo Basile, keeps pace nicely, communicating the nonstop action and introducing us to countless unique characters (not to mention carrying us through a couple of bad trips). It reminds me of the best of 2000 AD, and that's a compliment. It's UNHINGED, but in all the BEST ways." - B CLAY MOORE, HAWAIIAN DICK, MILES TO GO, BATTLE HYMN "POP STAR ASSASSIN is a delightfully 70's Fremont Street fever dream. Elvis's illegitimate son Kung Fu grips you from page one, then drags you kicking and screaming through Las Vegas at its dirtiest. The book is a TON of FUN. Made me want a bag full of LEMON GRENADES." - DENNIS "HOPELESS" HALLUM, X-MEN, SEA OF STARS, SPIDER-WOMAN "Pull out your best vinyl Elvis record and drop the needle, open up that pin up of Norma Jean, load your pistol and take a trip to another time and space where sin city and science fiction mix together like a well built VODKA MARTINI OF DEATH. Yeah, I enjoyed the MADNESS that is POP STAR ASSASSIN, and you will too!" - JIMMY PALMIOTTI, HARLEY QUINN, JONAH HEX, PAINKILLER JANE "Taking a creative dive into classic American Pop Culture tropes while telling a wild tale of 70'S VEGAS is brilliant. The color palette blends seemlessly with the visuals pulling you into this FEVER DREAM by the throat and doesn't let go until the last page is read." Most comics bore me with how fucking serious they are. POP STAR ASSASSIN, brought a smile to my face." - ZACH HOWARD, HELLBOY, THE CAPE, WILD BLUE YONDER

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Coming Clean

Coming Clean - Diary of a Painkiller Addict: ab 3.99 €

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Pill Head

Pill Head - The Secret Life of a Painkiller Addict: ab 8.49 €

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Painkiller - Nur der Tod kennt die Wahrheit - Roman: ab 8.99 €

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Metal Division (CD-Digipak)

Das Heavy Metal - Biest aus Deutschland kündigt die Veröffentlichung seines neuen Albums für den 10. Januar 2020 an! Nach fast 20 Jahren und 10 Studioalben haben Mystic Prophecy in ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records ein neues Zuhause gefunden und kehrt nach dem Erfolg des Coveralbums "Monuments Uncovered" mit einem neuen Heavy Metal - Bulldozer zurück. Massive Riffs und hymnischen Hooks dominieren "Metal Division". Auf zum Heavy Metal Pantheon"! Ein Sound von Kriegstrommeln startet das Album. Ein Aufruf zu den Waffen an alle Heavy - Metal Fans, kämpfend vereint in der "Metal Division". Monströse Gitarrenriffs werden durch Hanno Kerstan's antreibendes Double Bass - Drumming über den Siedepunkt gebracht. Purer Judas Priest "Painkiller" - Stil! Stürmische, hymnische Rocker treffen auf ausgefeilte, melodische Gitarrenarbeit und leidenschaftlichen Gesang. Der Song "Curse Of The Slayer" zeigt überwältigende harte Riffs, gegenüber einem äußerst melodischen & eingängigen Refrain. In der Tat ist jeder Song auf 'Metal Division' ein solcher Headbanger, dass die Band eigentlich eine Halskrause ins Album packen müsste!

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