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  Beautiful Boy

• The Eleventh House Can't Last ForeverAlison Johnson

  

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  The Eleventh House Can't Last Forever

  by Alison Johnson

  Two tons of silver and gold coins, hundreds of thousands of nickels, dimes, quarters, and gold pieces. They were under our beds, in the kitchen cupboards, up in the attics, in the bottom of dresser drawers, in holes in the ground. My father was obsessed with gathering up these coins and hiding them away in any likely spots in the houses and garages and store buildings he owned in our tiny town on the mid-Western... (more)
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  Glasshopper

  by Isabel Ashdown

  Isabel Ashdown's brilliantly structured novel weaves the story of 13-year-old Jake in the 1980s with his rebellious mother Mary's journey from the 1960s. The book is a poignant study of the effect of alcoholism on families and a hopeful testimony to the enduring resilience and optimism of youth. An extract won the 2008 Mail on Sunday Novel Competition; judges Fay Weldon and Sir John Mortimer describing the writing... (more)
• Just One More (Concerning the Problem Drinker)James Lamb Free

  

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  Just One More (Concerning the Problem Drinker)

  by James Lamb Free

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  Dorothy Parker : what fresh hell is this?

  by Marion Meade

  Dorothy Parker was known for her outrageous one-liners, her ruthless theater criticism, her clever verses and bittersweet stories, but there was another side to Dorothy Parker--a private life, set on a course of destruction. She suffered through two divorces, a string of painful affairs, a lifelong problem with alcohol, and several suicide attempts. In this lively, absorbing biography, Marion Meade illuminates... (more)
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  by Vernon E. Johnson

  This bestselling recovery classic has helped untold thousands of alcoholics onto the road to recovery. Written by the founder of the Johnson Institute in Minneapolis, one of the country's most successful training programs for treatment providers, I'll Quit Tomorrow present the concepts and methods that have brought new hope to alcoholics and their families, friends, and employers. Abstinence is not the only... (more)
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  Adult Children of Alcoholics (Revised Edition)

  by Janet G. Woititz

  This book provides wisdom and information for all Adult Children of dysfunctional families.
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  Factotum

  by Charles Bukowski

• HollywoodCharles Bukowski

  

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  Hollywood

  by Charles Bukowski

  John Pinchot, un enloquecido director de cine, se empena en llevar a la pantalla sus relatos de juventud, o sea, la autobiografia de un alcoholico empedernido. Chinaski desconfia del proyecto, aunque acepta a reganadientes escribir el guion de la pelicula. Y comienzan los verdaderos problemas. El autor cuenta las experiencias de su alter ego Chinaski durante la filmacion de la pelicula Barfly, interpretada por... (more)
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  From Darkness To Light

  by Charles Hamilton Sr

  This is what people are saying about A Step Of Faith: "The Lord has done an amazing work in Charles. His journey is inspirational and his love for the Lord shines through the telling of his story. His words paint vivid pictures of both the beauty of God's creation and the people Charles has encountered along the way. Read and be encouraged!" -Kristin Balla Author of "A Call To Arms" "A Step Of Faith is a... (more)
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  Malin Fors: Book 3

  Höstoffer

  by Mons Kallentoft

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  The Quilter's Homecoming (Elm Creek Quilts Series, Book 10)

  by Jennifer Chiaverini

  A Roaring Twenties adventure unfolds in The Quilter's Homecoming , as Jennifer Chiaverini continues her bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series "that neatly stitches together social drama and the art of quilting" ( Library Journal ). As young bride Elizabeth Bergstrom Nelson sets off with her husband, Henry, from her family home of Elm Creek Manor in Pennsylvania, this rich historical narrative travels to the... (more)
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  Drinking

  by Caroline Knapp

  What makes Knapp''s account fascinating is her ruthless dissection of a picture-perfect middle-class family, her candid analysis of her high functioning journalistic career, and a weird elegy for the 1980s.'
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  Asylum,

  by William Seabrook

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  David Copperfield

  by Charles Dickens

  David Copperfield is the story of a young man’s adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the... (more)
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  by D. L. Shiloh

  SEX. COLLEGE. CHICAGO. OLYMPIC MEDALS. UNEMPLOYMENT. A BOILER EXPLOSION. A 6-FOOT LOBSTER. WRITERS. NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES. PROOFREADERS. A GOOD WOMAN. THE JAVELIN. BILLS. COFFEE. WIVES. DRINKING. ARTISTS. LAWYERS. THE AFTERLIFE. HOSPITALS. ARSON. A CRAPPY MOVIE THEATER. TABLOID TV. CIGARETTES. POOKOO.
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  A Tale of Two Cities

  by Charles Dickens

  A Tale of Two Cities , by Charles Dickens , is considered a classic of English literature. It is an early nineteenth century Romantic novel set in the period of the French Revolution.
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  Il a jamais tué personne, mon papa

  by Jean-Louis Fournier

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  She Had No Enemies: How I Turned My Sister's Death By A Serial Killer Into A Positive Force In My Life

  by Dennis Fleming

  Dennis Fleming's 18-yr-old sister, Mickey, was murdered by serial killer Anthony J. LaRette, Jr. An intensely personal true crime memoir. Through a combination of solid journalism and introspective reflection, Dennis weaves an intricate story filled with sadness, anger, and even humor about his attempts to cope with the greatest tragedy he'd ever known. A life-affirming story about one man's twenty-five-year... (more)
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  Showing Out: A Novel

  by Timothy Reed

  Tiffany works in Peeps Castle, keeping her coked-up boyfriend in drugs, her crazy mother off the streets, and her vulnerable friends together as best she can in this unblinkingly powerful debut by Timothy Reed. From the depths of abuse and neglect to the ironic stability of her lucrative job performing in a glassed-in booth on 42nd Street, Tiffany, still haunted by the voices of her "swine chorus," is at the... (more)