Book list
Addiction publishes new book lists five times per year, both in print and on this website. Items are alphabetised by author within each list. Entry in this list neither precludes nor guarantees later review. Note that entries with ** in front of citation are government documents and ++ denotes non-English language publications.
Compiled by Andrea L. Mitchell, SALIS: Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists.
Email: amitchell@salis.org
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Previous Issue - October 2018
A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life
AYELET WALDMAN
Anchor Books, 2017, 256 pp, ISBN: 9780451494092 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781101973721 (paperback); ASIN: B01FPH0IUO (Kindle)
A Thousand Thirsty Beaches: Smuggling Alcohol from Cuba to the South during Prohibition
LISA LINDQUIST DORR
University of North Carolina Press, 2018, 312 pp, ISBN: 9781469643274 (hardcover); ASIN: B07BB5P8GK (Kindle)
Alcohol & Pregnancy: My Responsible Disturbance, 2nd edition
ELIZABETH RUSSELL
Zeus Publications, 2018, 404 pp, ISBN: 9781922229878 (paperback)
American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis - and How to End It
RYAN HAMPTON
All Points Books, 2018, 304 pp, ISBN: 9781250196262 (hardcover); ASIN: B079DV71G8 (Kindle)
Analysis of Drugs of Abuse (Series: Methods in Molecular Biology)
RABI A. MUSAH, ed.
Springer, 2018, 231 pp, ISBN: 9781493985784 (hardcover)
Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women
SUSAN BURTON AND CARI LYNN
New Press, 2017, 228 pp, ISBN: 9781620972120 (hardcover)
Cannabis Consulting: Helping Patients, Parents, and Practitioners Understand Medical Marijuana
EZRA PARZYBOK
ForeEdge, 2018, 232 pp, ISBN: 9781512601107 (paperback); ASIN: B076HVPNDT (Kindle)
Cannabis in Spiritual Practice: The Ecstasy of Shiva, the Calm of Buddha
WILL JOHNSON
Inner Traditions, 2018, 144 pp, ISBN: 9781620556856 (paperback); ASIN: B077S3STGY (Kindle)
Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism
NAN ENSTAD
University of Chicago Press, 2018, 336 pp, ISBN: 9780226533285 (hardcover); ISBN: 9780226533315 (paperback)
Cornerstones: Meditations for the Journey into Manhood and Recovery
VICTOR LA CERVA
Hazelden Publishing, 2018, 400 pp, ISBN: 9781616497620 (paperback); ASIN: B07CL5Q4HL (Kindle)
Craft Weed: Family Farming and the Future of the Marijuana Industry
RYAN STOA
MIT Press, 2018, 248 pp, ISBN: 9780262038867 (hardcover)
Curbing the Opiate Crisis: A Call to Action
CLYDE MIGHELLS
CreateSpace, 2018, 68 pp, ISBN: 9781983747465 (paperback); ASIN: B078ZHCJZ5 (Kindle)
Drug Policy and the Public Good, 2nd edition
THOMAS BABOR, JONATHAN CAULKINS, BENEDIKT FISCHER, DAVID FOXCROFT, KEITH HUMPHREYS, MARÍA ELENA MEDINA-MORA, ISIDORE OBOT, JÜRGEN REHM, PETER REUTER, ROBIN ROOM, INGEBORG ROSSOW, AND JOHN STRANG
Oxford University Press, 2018, 400 pp, ISBN: 9780198818014 (paperback); ASIN: B07F3JTXS6 (Kindle)
Gambling in America (Series: Information Plus Reference Series)
STEPHEN MEYER
Cengage Learning, 2018, 133 pp, ISBN: 9781410325488 (paperback)
Gambling Policies in European Welfare States: Current Challenges and Future Prospects
MICHAEL EGERER, VERVE MARIONNEAU AND JANNE NIKKINEN, eds.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, 317 pp, ISBN: 9783319906195 (hardcover); ASIN: B07F3Y4X5F (Kindle)
God on High: Religion, Cannabis, and the Quest for Legitimacy
LAURIE COZAD
Lexington Books, 2018, 190 pp, ISBN: 9781498504041 (hardcover); ASIN: B07DBFMC83 (Kindle)
Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
STEPHEN R. PLATT
Alfred A. Knopf, 2018, 556 pp, ISBN: 9780307961730 (hardcover); ASIN: B074YK9NHS (Kindle)
Implementing the Grand Challenge of Reducing and Preventing Alcohol Misuse and Its Consequences
AUDREY L. BEGUN, DIANA M DINITTO AND SHULAMITH LALA ASHENBERG STRAUSSNER, eds.
Routledge, 2018, 256 pp, ISBN: 9781138572881 (hardcover)
Internet Addiction in Children and Adolescents: Risk Factors, Assessment, and Treatment
KIMBERLY S. YOUNG AND CRISTIANO NABUCO DE ABREU
Springer, 2017, 324 pp, ISBN: 9780826133724 (paperback); ASIN: B01N38JK2V (Kindle)
Internet Gaming Disorder: Theory, Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention
DANIEL L. KING AND PAUL H. DELFABBRO
Elsevier, 2018, 294 pp, ISBN: 9780128129241 (paperback); ASIN: B07FNJFFFH (Kindle)
Opium's Long Shadow: From Asian Revolt to Global Drug Control
STEFFEN RIMNER
Harvard University Press, 2018, 384 pp, ISBN: 9780674976306 (hardcover); 368 pp, ASIN: B07DGJZHL2 (Kindle)
Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs and Substances: Issues, Influences and Impacts
AARON SMITH, BOB STEWART, KATE WESTBERG, AND CONSTANTINO STAVROS
Taylor and Francis, 2018, 174 pp, ISBN: 9781138492943 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781138492950 (paperback); ASIN: B07DV1SKW5 (Kindle)
Saving Jenny: Rescuing our Youth from America's Opioid and Suicide Epidemic
VIVIAN PERCY
Radius Book Group, 2018, 320 pp, ISBN: 9781682309995 (hardcover); ASIN: B07B5ZPSDS (Kindle)
**Slang Terms and Code Words: A Reference for Law Enforcement Personnel
US DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
US Drug Enforcement Administration, 2018, DEA-HOU-DIR-022-18
Snow Job?: The War against International Cocaine Trafficking
KEVIN JACK RILEY
Routledge, 2018, 303 pp, ISBN-13: 9781351292788 (eBook), originally published 1996
Tears of Bacchus: A History of Wine in the Middle East
MICHAEL KARAM, ed.
Gilgamesh Publishing, 2018, 218 pp, ISBN: 9781908531834 (hardcover)
The Complex Connection between Cannabis and Schizophrenia
MICHAEL T. COMPTON AND MARC W. MANSEAU, eds.
Elsevier, 2018, 362 pp, ISBN: 9780128047910 (paperback); ASIN: B0756T92VB (Kindle)
The Drug Paradox: An Introduction to the Sociology of Psychoactive Substances in Canada
TARA BRUNO AND RICK CSIERNIK
Canadian Scholars Press, 2018, 285 pp, ISBN: 9781773380520 (paperback)
The Internet Trap: Five Costs of Living Online
ASHESH MUKHERJEE
University of Toronto Press, 2018, 208 pp, ISBN: 9781442649835 (hardcover); ASIN: B079C66SYP (Kindle)
The Lost Chapters: Finding Recovery and Renewal One Book at a Time
LESLIE SCHWARTZ
Blue Rider Press, 2018, 272 pp, ISBN: 978-0525534631 (hardcover) ASIN: B076NTN6M3 (Kindle)
The Medical Marijuana Guide: Cannabis and Your Health
PATRICIA C. FRYE
Rowman & Littlefield, 2018, 224 pp, ISBN: 9781538110836 (paperback)
The Psychology of Addiction
JENNY SVANBERG
Taylor and Francis, 2018, 276 pp, ISBN: 9781138207271 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781138207288 (paperback); ASIN: B07BY6SL8P (Kindle)
The Street-wise Guide to Coping with and Recovering from Addiction
ROBERT LEFEVER
Edward Everett Root Publishers, 2018, 182 pp, ISBN: 9781912224470 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781912224487 (paperback)
Transcending Addiction: An Existential Pathway to Recovery
RYAN KEMP
Routledge, 2018, 152 pp, ISBN: 9781782205883 (paperback); ASIN: B07DF7BZZM (Kindle)
Understanding and Loving a Person with Alcohol or Drug Addiction: Biblical and Practical Wisdom to Build Empathy, Preserve Boundaries, and Show Compassion
STEPHEN ARTERBURN
David C Cook, 2018, 128 pp, ISBN: 9780781414913 (paperback); ISBN: 9780830772223 (eBook)
Voices of Guinness: An Oral History of the Park Royal Brewery (Series: Oxford Oral History)
TIM STRANGLEMAN
Oxford University Press, 2018, 352 pp, ISBN: 9780190645090 (hardcover)
World Health Organization International Study on the Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): Canadian Component
SVETLANA POPOVA
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 2018, 82 pp, ISBN: 9781771144100