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04.12: David Sheff
2013-03-15 00:36:44| Powells Books Events Calendar
"Addiction is a preventable, treatable disease, not a moral failing. As with other illnesses, the approaches most likely to work are based on science — not on faith, tradition, contrition, or wishful thinking." These facts are the foundation of Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy (Eamon Dolan), a myth-shattering look at drug abuse by the author of Beautiful Boy. Based on the latest research in psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, Clean is a leap beyond the traditional approaches to prevention and treatment of addiction and the mental illnesses that usually accompany it. The existing treatment system, including twelve-step programs and rehabs, has helped some, but it has failed to help many more, and David Sheff explains why. Clean offers clear, cogent counsel for parents and others who want to prevent drug problems and for addicts and their loved ones no matter what stage of the illness they're in. But it is also a book for all of us — a powerful rethinking of the greatest public health challenge of our time.
04.12: Monica Drake
2013-03-15 00:36:44| Powells Books Events Calendar
In the hip haven of Portland, Oregon, a pack of unsteady but loyal friends asks what it means to bring babies into an already crowded world. Sarah studies animal behavior at the zoo. She's well versed in the mating habits of captive animals, and at the same time she's desperate to mate, to create sweet little offspring of her own. Georgie is busy with a newborn, while her husband, Humble, finds solace in bourbon and televised violence. Dulcet makes a living stripping down in high school gyms to sell the beauty of sex-ed. Nyla is out to save the world while having trouble saving her own teen daughter, who has discovered the world of drugs and the occult. As these friends and others navigate a space between freedom and intimacy, they realize the families they forge through shared experience are as important as those inherited through birth. A smart, edgy, and poignantly funny exploration of the complexities of what parenthood means today, Monica Drake's The Stud Book (Hogarth) demonstrates that when it comes to babies, we can learn a lot by considering our place in the animal kingdom.
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04.12: Children's Nature Programs
2013-03-15 00:36:43| Powells Books Events Calendar
Join us for two preschool nature programs led by a local naturalist. Each program includes a story, real specimens, hands-on learning activities, and ways for students to connect to the nature in their community. At 1 p.m., students will discover the world of "Rambling Raccoons" and will be led on their own nocturnal adventure. At 2 p.m., "Busy Beavers" will lead students to discover how beavers get all of their chores done and how humans try to copy their creativity. These programs are produced by Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District.
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