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"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Brontë. It was first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Probably the most shocking of the Brontës' novels, it had an instant and phenomenal success, but after Anne's death her sister Charlotte prevented its re-publication. The novel is framed as a series of letters from Gilbert Markham to his friend and brother-in-law about the events leading to...
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The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Addiction is easy to fall into and hard to escape. It destroys the lives of individuals, and has a devastating cost to society. Steinberg and Bader harness the power of literature, poetry, and creativity to illuminate what alcoholism and addiction are all about. Each chapter begins with advice and commentary followed by a wealth of quotes to inspire and heal. The result is a mosaic of observations and encouragement that draws on writers and artists...
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Grupo Editorial Tomo
Pub. Date
2012.
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Español
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"La cura para el alcoholismo y las adicciones te enseñará a dejar de recaer, a terminar con la necesidad de la sustancia, a ponerle fin al comportamiento adictivo y a acabar con el sufrimiento." --P. [4] of cover.
The founder of Passages Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center in Malibu describes his son's addiction to heroin--the inspiration for the center's rehabilitation program--and explains the holistic and individualized approach he recommends....
11) Gervaise
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Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009.
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Français
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A story of mid-19th-century Parisian slums in which a young girl's dreams of a happy home and a successful laundry are cruelly destroyed by a drunken husband.
12) Up a road slowly
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Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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After her mother's death, Julie goes to live with Aunt Cordelia, a school teacher, where she experiences many emotions and changes as she grows from seven to eighteen.
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English
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Chronciles the emotional war between Irene America, a beautiful, introspective woman of Native American ancestry, struggling to finish her dissertation while raising three children, and her husband Gil, a painter whose reputation is built on a series of now iconic portraits of Irene.
15) Learning to fall
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2022.
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English
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Daphne spends a vacation with her estranged father, whom she has not seen in years, and the pair bond over their love of skateboarding.
17) A throw of dice
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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A departure from the historical super-productions for which he was known, The struggle was an intimate drama of an American everyman who falls victim to the debilitating affliction of alcoholism. No stranger to the destructive influence of drink, Griffith pulls no punches in dramatizing its potential horrors, especially in the terrifying climax when Jimmie, tormented by delirium tremors, attacks his young daughter (Edna Hagan) in the hovel that was...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Jack Canfield, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul; franchise and coauthor of The Success Principles, and Dave Andrews, a recovery expert, join forces to present a revolutionary program to help you cut back or quit drinking entirely--in the privacy of your own home. Alcohol kills one person every ten seconds worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Thankfully, now, for anyone who feels that alcohol...
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