The Making of Addiction - The 'Use and Abuse' of Opium in Nineteenth-century Britain
This book uncovers the original influences that shaped the creation and the various interpretations of addiction as a disease, and of addiction to opiates in particular. It delves into the treatments, regimes, and prejudices that surrounded the condition, a newly emerging pathological entity and a form of 'moral insanity' during the nineteenth century. Letters, diaries and newspapers are drawn upon to detail personal struggles with addiction and the trials of those who cared and despaired.
Added by: isabeljimenez | Karma: 1202.60 | Fiction literature | 6 December 2010
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Thanksgiving
When Megan Murphy discovered a floppy-eared rabbit gnawing on the hem of her skirt, she meant to give its careless owner a piece of her mind, but Dr. Patrick Hunter was too attractive to stay mad at for long. Soon the two are making Thanksgiving dinner for their families.
Making Money in Forex: Trade Like a Pro Without Giving Up Your Day Job
A practical guide to trading around the commitments of career and family Making Money in Forex will help aspiring traders successfully enter this field while maintaining a job. With this book, author Ryan O'Keefe explains his own personal journey to becoming a trader and shows you how to follow a similar path.
The Making of Modern America: The Nation from 1945 to the PresentBy far the best text available for post-1945 U.S. history courses. Donaldson deftly integrates political, diplomatic, social, and cultural history in a style that will engage undergraduates. Especially interesting is his treatment of science and medicine, important topics often receiving scant attention in textbooks. I plan to adopt The Making of Making of America in my own course. --Anthony O. Edmonds, George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of History, Ball State University
Trade and Traders in Mid-Victorian Liverpool - Mercantile Business and the Making
Much has been written on the mercantile history of the port of Liverpool by many others. This Liverpool school has concentrated on recording the histories of the major shipping companies of the port. here Gaeme Milne provides a broader study of the trading community of the port in the mid-Victorian period.
