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Tears of a Tiger |
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A high school basketball star struggles with guilt and depression following the drunk-driving accident that killed his best friend. Short chapters and alternating viewpoints provide "raw energy and intense emotion," said PW. Ages 12-up. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up--In the second book of Sharon M. Draper's trilogy (Atheneum, 1994) about teens faced with grim and realistic situations in a contemporary urban high school, star basketball player Andy Jackson can't recover from the depression building in him after his drunk driving resulted in the death of his friend, Rob. About half a dozen actors share the reading of this emotionally taut narrative which unfolds in conversations, notes, reports, and other documents.... |
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The Vice Guide to Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll |
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The AARP Guide to Pills: Essential Information on More Than 1,200 Prescription & Nonprescription Medications, Including Generics |
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With close to 1,000 pages of information vetted by pharmacologists and doctors representing the top pharmacology centers this all-color guide-in a highly accessible and readable format-is the most up-to-date on the market. And, at a mere $24.95, it's a fabulous value.
Mid-life and older Americans look first to AARP as a trusted source of the vital information that will improve their lives. Month to month and year to year, the association's 36 million members read and rely upon its magazines, its newspapers, its book-publishing division, and its website (aarp.org). When AARP says something, they know you can take that information to the bank. That's why book buyers will turn to this lavish manual for answers to their questions about life-saving-and life-enhancing-medications. The AARP Guide to Pills... |
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Go Ask Alice |
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Anonymous |
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The torture and hell of adolescence has rarely been captured as clearly as it is in this classic diary by an anonymous, addicted teen. Lonely, awkward, and under extreme pressure from her "perfect" parents, "Anonymous" swings madly between optimism and despair. When one of her new friends spikes her drink with LSD, this diarist begins a frightening journey into darkness. The drugs take the edge off her loneliness and self-hate, but they also turn her life into a nightmare of exalting highs and excruciating lows. Although there is still some question as to whether this diary is real or fictional, there is no question that it has made a profound impact on millions of readers during the more than 25 years it has been in print. Despite a few dated references to hippies and some expired slang, Go Ask... |
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Drugs In Modern Society w/PowerWeb Drugs Mandatory Pkg. |
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Taking a pharmacological approach, Carroll offers strong coverage of each of the drug groups, including over-the-counter and prescription drugs. This is a straightforward, nonjudgmental examination of drug use that emphasizes the importance of education in preventing and solving societal and individual drug problems. Now packaged access to the Annual Editions Online this text offers students and instructors the most up-to-date information available.
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C. Brown (Brown & Benchmark). Ball State University, Muncie, IN. Fourth edition of a textbook on the pharmacology of drugs including social, cultural, and economic aspects. Previous edition 1993. Focuses on psychoactive drugs, but includes legal and illegal recreational drugs. Intended for drug education courses. Color... |
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Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports |
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Mark Fainaru-Wada |
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The complete inside story of the shocking steroids scandal that turned the sports world upside down For years, in the shadowy reaches of the world of sport, there were rumors that some of our nation’s greatest athletes were using steroids, human growth hormone, and other drugs to run faster, jump higher, and hit harder. But as track stars like Marion Jones blazed their way to Olympic medals and sluggers such as Mark McGwire brought fans back to baseball with stratospheric home runs, sports officials, the media, and fans looked past the rumors and cheered on the stars to ever-higher levels of performance. Then, in December 2004, after more than fifteen months of relentless reporting, San Francisco Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams broke the story of the Bay Area Lab Co-operative, a... |
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Love First: A New Approach to Intervention for Alcoholism & Drug Addiction |
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Jeff Jay |
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If alcoholics and addicts won't accept help until they are ready, what gets them ready? This book provides an answer in clear and concise terms. Dispelling two damaging myths - that an addict has to hit bottom and that intervention must be confrontational - the authors' proven approach puts love first and shows families, step by step, what to do next.
About the Author
A certified alcohol and drug counsellor, Jeff Jay is a professional interventionist who works with families and businesses nationwide. He has been featured in "'USA Today"' and the "'Washington Post"'. Debra Erickson Jay works nationally as an interventionist specializing in older adults and writes a column on alcohol and drugs for a Michigan weekly paper. She has also appeared... |
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Prescription for Nutritional Healing |
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Phyllis A. Balch |
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Prescription for Nutritional Healing by nutritionist Phyllis A. Balch and James F. Balch, M.D., has long been considered one of the most trusted, comprehensive sources on the mind-boggling array of vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other dietary supplements now available. Working from the premise that a good diet promotes good health, this third edition of PNH still starts with the basics: consume fresh produce, grains, and lean meats; avoid foods that are processed or high in saturated fat; cook using glass, stainless steel, or iron--never aluminum; and drink filtered water. The authors also stand by their claim that the government-prescribed recommended daily allowances are ridiculously low, and that the book's optimal daily intake for nutrients should be followed instead. So what's new in the third edition? Along with... |
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs : A Low Culture Manifesto |
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There's quite a bit of intelligent analysis and thought-provoking insight packed into the pages of Chuck Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, which is a little surprising considering how darn stupid most of Klosterman's subject matter actually is. Klosterman, one of the few members of the so-called "Generation X" to proudly embrace that label and the stereotypical image of disaffected slackers that often accompanies it, takes the reader on a witty and highly entertaining tour through portions of pop culture not usually subjected to analysis and presents his thoughts on Saved by the Bell, Billy Joel, amateur porn, MTV's The Real World, and much more. It would be easy in dealing with such subject matter to simply pile on some undergraduate level deconstruction, make a few jokes, and have yourself a clever little book. But... |
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Pharmacotherapy (Pharmacotherapy) |
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Joseph T. DiPiro, et al |
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From The New England Journal of Medicine, May 18, 2000
"Medicines," wrote Leonardo da Vinci, "will be well used when the doctor understands their nature, what man is, what life is, and what constitution and health are. Know these well and you will know their opposites; you will then know well how to devise a remedy." As the coauthor of a textbook on clinical pharmacology and drug therapy for medical students, in which this principle is espoused, I applaud any attempt by others to do likewise. That is indeed the basis for this textbook on drug therapy for clinical pharmacists. An introductory section on some of the basic principles of clinical pharmacology is followed by 16 sections on the management of diseases, organized according to systems of the body. In each of the chapters dealing with individual diseases, the authors first... |
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Nursing Drug Handbook 2006 |
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Springhouse |
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The best-selling nursing drug handbook for 26 years is now in its fully updated 2006 edition. Organized by therapeutic class, Nursing2006 Drug Handbook provides quick access to current, accurate information on over 1,000 generic and 3,500 brand-name drugs.
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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx |
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Adrian Nicole LeBlanc |
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Politicians rail about welfare queens, crack babies and deadbeat dads, but what do they know about the real struggle it takes to survive being poor? Journalist LeBlanc spent some 10 years researching and interviewing one extended family-mother Lourdes, daughter Jessica, daughter-in-law Coco and all their boyfriends, children and in-laws-from the Bronx to Troy, N.Y., in and out of public housing, emergency rooms, prisons and courtrooms. LeBlanc's close listening produced this extraordinary book, a rare look at the world from the subjects' point of view. Readers learn that prison is just an extension of the neighborhood, a place most men enter and a rare few leave. They learn the realities of welfare: the myriad of misdemeanors that trigger reduction or termination of benefits, only compounding a desperate... |
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2006 Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR): Your Complete Print and Electronic Drug Information Solution |
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Brandon/Hill Medical List minimal-core, first-purchase selection (#519). Annual reference features FDA-approved labeling for drugs as well as prescription information provided by manufacturers for drugs marketed without FDA approval. Includes a color product identification guide. Each monograph offers in depth data and key facts. Includes PDR Electronic Library on CD-ROM.
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The Pill Book |
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Harold M. Silverman |
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For over two decades, millions of consumers have trusted The Pill Book to provide official, FDA-approved drug information plus guidelines from leading pharmacists. Each drug is profiled in a consise, readable, aand easy-to-understand entry, making The Pill Book the perfect reference for readers who have questions about the medications their doctors prescribe.
The most up-to-date information about more than 1,800 most commonly prescribed drugs in the United States. The 11th edition introduces more than 40 new FDA-approved drugs and dozens of brand names. Each easy to understand entry includes:
-Generic and brand-name listings that can help you save money
-What the drug is for, and how it works
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Mosby's Nursing Drug Reference 2006 (with DrugPro CD-ROM) |
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Linda Skidmore-Roth (Editor) |
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For current, complete drug information, with a focus on safe medication administration, this book is the ideal choice. This indispensable resource, featuring the latest drug information organized alphabetically, is a favorite among students and practitioners. Readers will find indications, precautions, and nursing considerations applicable to any patient care setting. Every copy includes a CD-ROM packed with useful tools, such as patient teaching guides in English and Spanish, a drug interaction tool, and detailed information on herbal products.
About the Author
Linda Skidmore-Roth, RN, MSN, NP, Consultant, Littleton, Colorado; Former Nursing Faculty, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico; El Paso Community College, El Paso, Texas
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Deadly Reigns |
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Teri Woods |
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Mosby's 2006 Nursing Drug Cards |
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Joseph A. Albanese |
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Here’s the essential drug information every nursing student must know, in a concise, portable, and convenient card format. The 2006 edition features an all-new mini-CD-ROM and 480 cards which contain pharmacology and nursing management content for over 860 generic and 1,320 brand-name drugs. This boxed set also includes approximately 70 drug category cards, which allow for easy review and thorough understanding of the relationship among individual drugs in the same category.
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A Million Little Pieces |
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James Frey |
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The electrifying opening of James Frey's debut memoir, A Million Little Pieces, smash-cuts to the then 23-year-old author on a Chicago-bound plane "covered with a colorful mixture of spit, snot, urine, vomit and blood." Wanted by authorities in three states, without ID or any money, his face mangled and missing four front teeth, Frey is on a steep descent from a dark marathon of drug abuse. His stunned family checks him into a famed Minnesota drug treatment center where a doctor promises "he will be dead within a few days" if he starts to use again, and where Frey spends two agonizing months of detox confronting "The Fury" head on: I want a drink. I want fifty drinks. I want a bottle of the purest, strongest, most destructive, most poisonous alcohol on Earth. I want fifty bottles of it. I want crack, dirty and yellow and filled with... |
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Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide 2006 |
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Amy M. Karch |
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The book includes a full-color photoguide to pills and capsules, details on preventing and reporting medication errors, and over 20 appendices, including cardiovascular guidelines, intramuscular and subcutaneous administration sites, and drugs that interact with grapefruit juice.
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PDR Nurse's Drug Handbook |
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George R. Spratto |
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Every hospital nurse needs a handy, quick reference for commonly used drugs. The PDR Nurse's Drug Handbook 2002 has been updated with 25 new drug monographs, an expanded IV index, and tables of food-drug interactions, as well as drugs used in AIDS therapy. The information needed for medications is at your fingertips, and you'll have access to the monthly drug updates on the PDR Web site.
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Welcome to the nurse?s choice for drug information. With over 1,000 of the latest and most common FDA-approved drugs, the 2006 PDR® Nurse?s Drug Handbook? is a clinical requisite. Each entry provides a wealth of facts concerning drug action, dosage, interactions, and contraindications. Clear guidelines are... |
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Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, & Biologicals |
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Ann Smith, et al |
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An extensively revised and updated one-volume encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals that contains more than 10,000 monographs.
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Concise and authoritative reference containing a diverse collection of more than 10,000 monographs. More than 4,000 monographs cover pharmaceuticals and drugs, 2,000 cover naturally occurring substances and plants, 1,000 focus on elements and inorganic chemicals, and almost 1,000 pertain to compounds of agricultural significance. Previous edition: c1996. Organized alphabetically.
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The PDR Pocket Guide to Prescription Drugs |
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"The PDR® has been rewritten in language the average mortal can understand."-- The Associated Press
"Brief, lucid entries on major drugs and their side effects."-- The Wall Street Journal
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The Associated Press The Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR®) has been rewritten in language the average mortal can understand.
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No Country for Old Men |
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Cormac Mccarthy |
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From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Seven years after Cities of the Plain brought his acclaimed Border Trilogy to a close, McCarthy returns with a mesmerizing modern-day western. In 1980 southwest Texas, Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, stumbles across several dead men, a bunch of heroin and $2.4 million in cash. The bulk of the novel is a gripping man-on-the-run sequence relayed in terse, masterful prose as Moss, who's taken the money, tries to evade Wells, an ex–Special Forces agent employed by a powerful cartel, and Chigurh, an icy psychopathic murderer armed with a cattle gun and a dangerous philosophy of justice. Also concerned about Moss's whereabouts is Sheriff Bell, an aging lawman struggling with his sense that there's a new breed of man (embodied in Chigurh) whose destructive power he simply... |
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Joey Pigza Loses Control |
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Jack Gantos |
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The loveable, disaster-prone hero of Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key is back, this time in charge of his attention deficit disorder and ready to greet the world as a normal kid--with the help of his new and improved meds, of course. Now that Joey has a handle on his actions, he feels prepared to face the most mysterious member of his family--his estranged father, Carter Pigza. He convinces his skeptical mom to let him spend part of his summer vacation getting to know his dad again. The only problem is that Joey's dad is just as wired as Joey used to be: "I looked over at his mouth, which never seemed to close--not even the lips touched together--and it made me dizzy to listen to him." Carter believes that Joey can kick his ADD the way he himself kicked alcoholism--cold turkey. But when Carter flushes his meds, Joey... |
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Drug Information Handbook 2005-2006 |
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Charles F. Lacy |
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Covers over 1339 Drug Monographs. Drug Interaction information is separated into the following: Cytochrome P450 Effect, Increased Effect/Toxicity, Decreased Effect, and Ethanol/Nutritional/Herb Interactions.
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Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA. Annual listing brand and generic drug names. New to this edition is a dictionary-like heading at the top of each page. Contains more the 1285 drug monographs. An appendix includes tables and charts covering a variety of topics. Softcover.
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Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference, 34th Edition |
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Sean C. Sweetman (Editor) |
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Healthcare professionals around the world turn to Martindale when they need accurate, up-to-date information on the safe and effective use of drugs and medicines. They know every entry is carefully compared against the latest peer-reviewed studies and guidelines from expert bodies
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Provides practical pharmacists and physicians with unbiased, evaluated data on drugs and medicines used throughout the world. Part one contains 4,293 monographs, part two contains 852 short monographs, and part three contains proprietary preparations from a range of countries. System requires: 32MB RAM, 8MB free space, and Internet. Book alone listed in approval week 2002-23.
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Pharmacotherapy Handbook |
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Barbara G. Wells, et al |
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Pharmacotherapy Handbook provides readers with a portable, readable guide that is integral to any clinical setting. Bold-face type highlights drug names when they first appear and in all closing information.
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Idaho State Univ., Pocatello. Pocket-sized handbook combining tables, algorithms, and charts. Organized alphabetically by organ system and disease state. For clinicians. Companion to the Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 4th ed., c1999, by Joseph DiPiro. Trim size: 7.5 x 4.5 inches. Outline format. Softcover.
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Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook: Desk (Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook) |
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Donald C. Plumb |
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The 5th edition of Donald Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook remains the resource every veterinarian needs to keep within easy reach. Newly revised, this edition of the handbook includes more than 50 new monographs with a list of synonyms at the end of each monograph, a revised insulin monograph, an expanded ophthalmology section and new headings for reproductive/nursing safety.
About the Author
Donald C. Plumb is now retired from Director of Pharmacy Services at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota where he practiced veterinary pharmacy for over 20 years.
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