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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Amy Winehouse left an indelible mark on both the music industry and pop culture with her soulful voice and bold '60s-inspired aesthetic. Featuring stories and anecdotes from a wide range of characters connected to Amy, specially commissioned photography of memorabilia, styled and dressed themed sets incorporating Amy's clothing, possessions, and lyrics, and previously unseen archival images, this volume presents an intimate portrait that celebrates...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A memoir of a decade in prison by a well-educated young addict known as the "Apologetic Bandit" In 2003, fresh out of NYU, Daniel Genis was working in publishing as his writer father had always expected. But he was also hiding a serious heroin addiction that led him into debt and burglary. After he was arrested for robbing people at knifepoint in 2003, Daniel Genis was nicknamed the "apologetic bandit" in the press, given his habit of apologizing...
243) Strangers with candy
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Comedy about a middle aged woman and former drug addict who returns to high school. A prequel to the television series.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Everybody was rooting for Jonathan Conyers after seeing his profile on Humans of New York went viral and sparked millions in donations to the Brooklyn Debate League. The kid who went from struggling to read to being a breakout star on his high school debate team, thanks to a life-changing friendship with his transgender debate coach, captured the heart of America. Jonathan's story highlights the important role teachers play in opening up worlds of...
247) Trainspotting
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Blu-ray version.
Language
English
Description
Four friends try to make it in the world on their own terms.
248) The councillor
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When the death of Iron Queen Sarelin Brey fractures the realm of Elira, Lysande Prior, the palace scholar and the queen's closest friend, is appointed Councillor. Publically, Lysande must choose the next monarch from amongst the city-rulers vying for the throne. Privately, she seeks to discover which ruler murdered the queen, suspecting the use of magic. Resourceful, analytical, and quiet, Lysande appears to embody the motto she was raised with: everything...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Presents a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out at Sherman Square or "Needle Park" in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a small-time thief and addict, and Helen, a homeless girl abandoned by her lover after an illegal abortion.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In Suddenly a trio of assassins, led by a cold-blooded psychopath, hold a family and a local sheriff hostage while waiting for their target. In The man with the golden arm fresh out of prison for heroin possession, a professional card dealer struggles to become a jazz drummer while his gambling boss, neurotic wife, and villainous dope dealer all conspire against him. In Fear in the night a young man has a horrific nightmare wherein he commits a murder,...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Sgt. Terence McDonagh of the New Orleans PD has been promoted to lieutenant, thanks to an act of bravery just after Hurricane Katrina. He jumped into the murky, rising waters of a flooded jail to save a prisoner, injured his back in the process, and now he's addicted to painkillers. That's OK, though, because McDonagh is also addicted to every drug on the planet, and helps himself by raiding the evidence room after drug busts. The slaughter of a Senegalese...
254) 1982
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tim Brown is a devoted family man who has worked hard to provide a good life for his wife Shenae and daughter Maya. But all is threatened when Shenae's old boyfriend returns from prison and lures her back into a dangerous lifestyle. Though his wife has abandoned him, Tim refuses to give up hope, fighting against impossible odds to bring his family back together.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"After an injury cripples her dance career in the US, Sam is scouted by a wealthy Russian investor seeking ballerinas for his Versailles-esque campus in rural Russia. Not only is she geographically cut-off from the rest of the world, Sam isolates herself from friends and family as her heroin addiction takes control. Similarly alone, Jonah, her brother, is monitoring elephants in the thick of Gabon. An unfortunate crossing with a poacher soon pulls...
256) Ben is back
Pub. Date
[date not specified]
Language
English
Description
When a drug addict surprises his family by returning home on Christmas Eve, he and his mother realize that they must rebuild their relationship.
258) Animals
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
It tells the story of Bobbie and Jude, a young drug-addicted couple who exist somewhere between homelessness on the streets of Chicago and the fantasy life they imagine for themselves. Though they masterfully con and steal in an attempt to stay one step ahead of their addiction, they are ultimately forced to face the reality of their situation.
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