Ordinary Recovery
Mindfulness, Addiction, and the Path of Lifelong Sobriety
Written by William Alexander
Foreword by Kevin Griffin

Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Trumpeter
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-59030-828-8 (1-59030-828-X)

The key to ongoing freedom from alcoholism or any other kind of addiction is right before us, here and now, in the ordinary and perfect present moment. The problem is that addictions are often the result of our efforts to escape living in the present in the first place. Bill Alexander’s... Read more >

The Rooms of Heaven

Written by Mary Allen

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 11, 2000
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-77656-7 (0-679-77656-7)

“A love story, a memoir, a haunting tale of grief and healing. This book is all that and more.” —Chicago Tribune

In the tradition of Susanna Kaysen's Girl, Interrupted and Caroline Knapp's Drinking: A Love Story, Mary Allen tells a riveting love story that explores the uncharted territory between passion and addiction... Read more >

Black Crack in Iran

Written by Aslon Arfa
Text by Steffen Gassel

Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
Publisher: powerHouse Books
On Sale: February 8, 2011
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 978-1-57687-554-4 (1-57687-554-7)

Creating an accurate picture of daily life in Iran is a difficult endeavor. Due to strict religious and moral codes, even photographing a woman inside her home without a scarf covering her head is all but impossible. Evidence of the censure of media in Iran has always been visible to Western... Read more >

My Roadmap
A Personal Guide to Balance, Power, and Purpose by the Authors of My Orange Duffel Bag
Written by Sam Bracken and Echo Garrett

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $9.99
ISBN: 978-0-307-95586-9 (0-307-95586-9)

An inspiring transformational journal to help find meaning, vision, and purpose based on the seven rules of the road from My Orange Duffel Bag that helped Sam Bracken accomplish his goals and stay on the right road to success.
Recommended as a companion to the award-winning memoir My Orange Duffel Bag... Read more >

The Healing Power of the Breath
Simple Techniques to Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Enhance Concentration, and Balance Your Emotions
Written by Richard Brown and Patricia Gerbarg

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Shambhala
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-1-59030-902-5 (1-59030-902-2)

Millions of Americans suffer from mood problems and stress-related issues including anxiety, depression, insomnia, and trauma-induced emotions and behaviors; and most would prefer not to take medication for their conditions due to troublesome side effects, withdrawal symptoms, and disappointing success rates.

Drs. Richard P. Brown and Patricia L. Gerbarg provide a... Read more >

Holy Hunger
A Woman's Journey from Food Addiction to Spiritual Fulfillment
Written by Margaret Bullitt-Jonas

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 11, 2000
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-70087-3 (0-375-70087-0)

"A worthwhile tale about true nourishment that comes not from [eating] but from engaging on a spiritual path." --Los Angeles Times

In this wrenchingly honest, eloquent memoir, Bullitt-Jonas describes a childhood darkened by the repressive shadows of her alcoholic father and her emotionally reclusive mother, whose demands for excellence, poise, and self-control... Read more >

Overcoming Addictions
The Spiritual Solution
Written by Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
On Sale: March 24, 1998
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 978-0-609-80195-6 (0-609-80195-3)

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Bobby's Book

Written by Emily Davidson
As told by Bob Powers
Photographed by Bruce Davidson

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $21.00
ISBN: 978-1-60980-448-0 (1-60980-448-1)

In 1998, at the very moment that a publisher had approached Bruce Davidson about a book of his 1959 Brooklyn Gang photographs, former gang leader Bobby Powers unexpectedly telephoned the Davidsons. Over the next decade, Emily Davidson maintained an ongoing conversation with Powers in order to bring to light his struggle to overcome his... Read more >

The Power of Habit
Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Written by Charles Duhigg

Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: February 28, 2012
Price: $28.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-6928-6 (1-4000-6928-9)

Selected for common reading at Babson College

A young woman walks into a laboratory. Over the past two years, she has transformed almost every aspect of her life. She has quit smoking, run a marathon, and been promoted at work. The patterns inside her brain, neurologists discover, have fundamentally changed.

Marketers at Procter... Read more >

Stop Obsessing!
How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions
Written by Edna B. Foa and Reid Wilson
Foreword by David H. Barlow

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: July 31, 2001
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-38117-7 (0-553-38117-2)

Stop Obsessing! reviews powerful and reliable techniques that have helped thousands of patients with OCD reduce or eliminate unwanted thoughts and rituals. Read more >

Bitter Pills
Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs
Written by Stephen Fried

Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: May 4, 1999
Price: $23.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-37852-8 (0-553-37852-X)

When award-winning investigative journalist Stephen Fried looked into the cause of his wife's violent reaction to a prescribed new antibiotic, he wrote a series of articles on his research into the matter which led to a full-scale probe of "the other drug problem"-legal drugs and and the unexplored problem of adverse... Read more >

Healing Emotions
Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mindfulness, Emotions, and Health
Written by Daniel Goleman

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Shambhala
On Sale: January 14, 2003
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 978-1-59030-010-7 (1-59030-010-6)

Can the mind heal the body? The Buddhist tradition says yes—and now many Western scientists are beginning to agree. Healing Emotions is the record of an extraordinary series of encounters between the Dalai Lama and prominent Western psychologists, physicians, and meditation teachers that sheds new light on the mind-body connection. Topics... Read more >

How to Break Your Addiction to a Person

Written by Howard Halpern

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: December 30, 2003
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-38249-5 (0-553-38249-7)

How to Break Your Addiction to a Person is both an insightful look at the qualities of addictive human relationships, as well as an instructive, step-by-step guide to breaking that addiction--and surviving the split.

Drawing on dozens of provocative case histories, psychotherapist Howard Helpern expertly covers the nuances of this topic, such... Read more >

Switch
How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Written by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Crown Business
On Sale: February 16, 2010
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-52875-7 (0-385-52875-2)

Chip and Dan Heath, the bestselling authors of Made to Stick, are back with a groundbreaking book that addresses one of the greatest challenges of our personal and professional lives--how to change things when change is hard.

In Switch, Chip and Dan Heath have written a thoroughly engaging narrative about the... Read more >

Beyond the Influence
Understanding and Defeating Alcoholism
Written by Katherine Ketcham, William F. Asbury, Mel Schulstad and Arthur P. Ciaramicoli

Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: April 4, 2000
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-38014-9 (0-553-38014-1)

Although alcoholism has been recognized by scientists as a disease rather than a character flaw, proper treatment for this condition is still unavailable to millions. Beyond the Influence offers solutions. This invaluable sourcebook, compiled by top experts in the field of alcohol dependency, clarifies the neurological nature of the disease and... Read more >

Teens Under the Influence
The Truth About Kids, Alcohol, and Other Drugs- How to Recognize the Problem and What to Do About It
Written by Katherine Ketcham and Nicholas A M D Pace

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: August 26, 2003
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-345-45734-9 (0-345-45734-X)

Teens Under the Influence focuses entirely on adolescent alcohol and other drug use, addressing the immediate dangers that threaten teens—exploring the short- and long-term effects of their addiction and giving parents, counselors, and educators solid, sensitive, and practical advice to combat this growing epidemic.

Full of candid true stories from adolescent drug... Read more >

Drinking: A Love Story

Written by Caroline Knapp

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 12, 1997
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-31554-8 (0-385-31554-6)

Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Author Caroline Knapp, for example, started drinking at age fourteen. She drank through her years at an Ivy League college, and through an award-winning career as a lifestyle editor and columnist. Publicly, she was a dutiful... Read more >

Witness to the Fire
Creativity and the Veil of Addiction
Written by Linda Schierse Leonard

Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Shambhala
On Sale: October 10, 1990
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 978-0-87773-588-5 (0-87773-588-3)

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An Anatomy of Addiction
Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug, Cocaine
Written by Howard Markel

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: July 3, 2012
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7879-0 (1-4000-7879-2)

Acclaimed medical historian Howard Markel traces the careers of two brilliant young doctors—Sigmund Freud, neurologist, and William Halsted, surgeon--showing how their powerful addictions to cocaine shaped their enormous contributions to psychology and medicine.

When Freud and Halsted began their experiments with cocaine in the 1880s, neither they, nor their colleagues, had any... Read more >

An Anatomy of Addiction
Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug Cocaine
Written by Howard Markel

Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-42330-7 (0-375-42330-3)

From acclaimed medical historian Howard Markel, author of When Germs Travel, the astonishing account of the years-long cocaine use of Sigmund Freud, young, ambitious neurologist, and William Halsted, the equally young, pathfinding surgeon. Markel writes of the physical and emotional damage caused by the then-heralded wonder drug, and how each man... Read more >

How to Stop Time
Heroin from A to Z
Written by Ann Marlowe

Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: November 7, 2000
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-72016-8 (0-385-72016-5)

In this hypnotic and piercingly intelligent chronicle, Ann Marlowe dissects her former heroin habit, and recounts in harrowing detail the rigors and realities of life under the influence while building a successful Wall Street career and establishing a reputation as a critic in the alternative press. A one-time Harvard grad student... Read more >

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Close Encounters with Addiction
Written by Gabor Mate, M.D.
Foreword by Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.

Format: Trade Paperback, 520 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: January 5, 2010
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-1-55643-880-6 (1-55643-880-X)

Based on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s skid row, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts radically reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined... Read more >

Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals
The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Written by Ian Osborn

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Dell
On Sale: April 13, 1999
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-440-50847-2 (0-440-50847-9)

Over five million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Ian Osborn, M.D., a specialist on OCD and a sufferer himself, has written the first comprehensive book on this condition. In this practical guide, he provides scholarly insight on the experience, diagnosis, and treatment of OCD. He also reveals new discoveries about... Read more >

The Mindful Path to Addiction Recovery
A Practical Guide to Regaining Control over Your Life
Written by Lawrence Peltz

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Trumpeter
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-59030-918-6 (1-59030-918-9)

Mindfulness, the quality of attention that combines full awareness with acceptance of each moment, just as it is, is gaining broad acceptance among mental health professionals as an adjunct to treatment. Because at the heart of addiction is the fear of painful emotional states, addicts compulsively seek drugs and alcohol to... Read more >

Real Boys Workbook
The Definitive Guide to Understanding and Interacting with Boys of All Ages
Written by William Pollack and Kathleen Cushman

Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Villard
On Sale: May 1, 2001
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-75526-2 (0-375-75526-8)

The Real Boys' Workbook is a unique, instructive workbook, full of advice, exercises, and stories to help parents, professionals, and boys themselves understand boys—and how to make life with them better. How to listen to boys, talk and be with them, exercises to teach you new ways to handle situations, and... Read more >