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 - January 2018
A Short History of Drunkenness
MARK FORSYTH
Viking, 2017, 256 pp, ISBN: 9780241297681(hardcover); ASIN: B07473XGCM (Kindle)
Beyond This Darkness: A Faith-based Pathway to Recovering from Addictive Behaviors
BEN PUGH, JASON GLOVER, AND DANIEL THOMPSON
Resource Publications, 2017, 92 pp, ISBN: 9781498243230 (hardback); ISBN: 9781532618031 (paperback); ASIN: B072C4CKQP (Kindle)
Brain Research in Addiction
TANYA CALVEY AND WILLIAM DANIELS, eds.
Elsevier, 2017, 284 pp, ISBN: 9780128135020 (Nook)
The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love -- Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
JUDSON BREWER AND JON KABAT-ZINN
Yale University Press, 2017, 256 pp, ISBN: 9780300223248 (hardcover); ASIN: B06VSPVRQQ (Kindle)
Busted: An Illustrated History of Drug Prohibition in Canada
SUSAN C. BOYD
Fernwood, 2017, 128 pp, ISBN: 9781552669761 (paperback)
Cannabis: A Complete Guide
ERNEST SMALL
Taylor & Francis, 2017, 597 pp, ISBN: 9781498761635 (hardcover)
Cannabis for Seniors
BEVERLY A. POTTER
Ronin Publishing, 2017, 200 pp, ISBN: 9781579512422 (paperback)
Challenging the U.S.-led War on Drugs: Argentina in Comparative Perspective
SEBASTIÁN ANTONINO CUTRONA
Routledge, 2017, 170 pp, ISBN: 9780415791885 (hardcover)
Containing Addiction: The Federal Bureau of Narcotics and the Origins of America's Global Drug War (Series: Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond)
MATTHEW R. PEMBERTON
University of Massachusetts Press, 2017, 336 pp, ISBN: 9781625343154 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781625343161 (paperback)
Drug Control and Human Rights in International Law
RICHARD LINES
Cambridge University Press, 2017, 238 pp, ISBN: 9781107171176 (hardcover); ASIN: B06X9Z6R6M (Kindle)
Drugs and Society, 13th edition
GLEN R. HANSON, PETER J. VENTURELLI, AND ANNETTE E. FLECKENSTEIN
Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2017, 694 pp, ISBN: 9781284110876 (paperback)
Drugs in Germany and the United States, 1819-1945: The Birth of Two Addictions
JONATHAN LEWY
Nomos, 2017, 338 pp, ISBN: 9783848732845 (paperback)
Gambling Disorders in Women: An International Female Perspective on Treatment and Research
HENRIETTA BOWDEN-JONES AND FULVIA PREVER
Routledge, 2017, 306 pp, ISBN: 9781138188310 (hardback); ISBN: 9781138188327 (paperback); (Nook)
Gambling on Authenticity: Gaming, the Noble Savage, and the Not-so-new Indian (Series: American Indian Studies)
BECCA GERCKEN AND JULIE PELLETIER, eds.
Michigan State University Press, 2017, 180 pp, ISBN: 9781611862560 (paperback); 2018, ASIN: B075CRL8TY (Kindle)
Handbook of Cannabis and Related Pathologies: Biology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
VICTOR R. PREEDY
Elsevier/Academic Press, 2017, 1170 pp, ISBN: 9780128007563 (hardcover); ISBN: 9780128008270 (Nook)
Healing with Medical Marijuana: Getting Beyond the Smoke and Mirrors
MARK SIRCUS
Square One Publishers, 2017, 208 pp, ISBN: 9780757004414 (paperback); ISBN: 9780757054419 (Nook)
Hollywood Shot by Shot: Alcoholism in American Cinema
NORMAN K. DENZIN
Routledge, 2017, 309 pp, ASIN: B075CN6Q33 (Kindle); originally published 1992
Integrating Psychological and Pharmacological Treatments for Addictive Disorders: An Evidence-based Guide
JAMES MACKILLOP, GEORGE A. KENNA, LORENZO LEGGIO, AND LARA A. RAY, eds.
Routledge, 2017, 252 pp, ISBN: 9781138919099 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781138919105 (paperback); ASIN: B073RP2VSM (Kindle); ISBN: 9781317405856 (Nook)
Internet Addiction: Neuroscientific Approaches and Therapeutical Implications Including Smartphone Addiction, 2nd edition
CHRISTIAN MONTAG AND MARTIN REUTER, eds.
Springer, 2017, 392 pp, ISBN: 9783319462752 (hardcover)
Learning Mechanisms in Smoking
WILLIAM ALVIN HUNT
Routledge, 2017, 248 pp, ASIN: B0747QBNLW (Kindle); originally published 1970
Legalizing Drugs: The Key to Ending the War
STEVE ROLLES
New Internationalist Publications, 2017, 144 pp, ISBN: 9781780263960 (paperback)
Making Peace in Drug Wars: Crackdowns and Cartels in Latin America
BENJAMIN LESSING
Cambridge University Press, 2017, 348 pp, ISBN: 9781107199637 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781316648964 (paperback)
Marijuana: Examining the Facts
KAREN VAN GUNDY AND MICHAEL S. STAUNTON
ABC-CLIO, 2017, 284 pp, ISBN: 9781440836725 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781440836732 (Nook)
Of Royalty and Drink
JOHN VAN DER KISTE
CreateSpace, 2017, 134 pp, ISBN: 9781975976101 (paperback)
Prohibition in Columbus, Ohio
ALEX TEBBEN
The History Press, 2017, 144 pp, ISBN: 9781540226365 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781467137218 (paperback); ASIN: B0753QLHVH (Kindle)
Psychotropic Drugs, Prevention and Harm Reduction
IMAINE SAHED AND ANTONY CHAUFTON, eds.
ISTE Press/Elsevier, 2017, 162 pp, ISBN: 9780081023730 (Nook)
Recovery Rising: A Retrospective of Addiction Treatment and Recovery Advocacy
WILLIAM L. WHITE
Rita Chaney, 2017, 735 pp, ASIN: B07526ZDVD (Kindle)
Rethinking Black Motherhood and Drug Addictions: Counternarratives of Black Family Resilience (Series: Black Studies and Critical Thinking)
TIERRA B. TIVIS
Peter Lang, 2017, ISBN: 9781433135040 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781433135033 (paperback)
Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll in the Dutch Golden Age
BENJAMIN B. ROBERTS
Amsterdam University Press, 2017, 160 pp, ISBN: 9789462983021 (hardcover)
Stepping Out of the Abyss: A Jewish guide to the 12 Steps
MENACHEM POZNANSKI AND ARYEH BUCHSBAYEW
Mosaica Press, 2017, 215 pp, ISBN: 9781937887957 (hardcover)
Substance Abuse: A Reference Handbook, 2nd edition revised
DAVID E. NEWTON
ABC-CLIO, 2017, 366 pp, ISBN: 9781440854774 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781440854781 (Nook)
The Alcoholic Society: Addiction and Recovery of the Self
NORMAN K. DENZIN
Routledge, 2017, 447 pp, ASIN: B0747R2GGL (Kindle); originally published 1987
**The Bill China Cannot Afford: Health, Economic and Social Costs of China's Tobacco Epidemic
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2017, 56 pp, ISBN: 978929061790
The Carlat Guide to Addiction Treatment: Ridiculously Practical Clinical Advice
MICHAEL WEAVER
Carlat, 2017, 248 pp, ISBN: 9780997510638 (paperback)
**The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research
NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE
The National Academies Press, 2017, 486 pp, ISBN: 9780309453042 (paperback)
The Politics of Drugs: Perceptions, Power and Policies
SUSANNE MACGREGOR
Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, 372 pp, ISBN: 9781137496812 (hardcover); ASIN: B074563NC2 (Kindle)
Toward a Phenomenology of Addiction: Embodiment, Technology, Transcendence
FRANK SCHALOW
Springer, 2017, 191 pp, ISBN: 9783319669410 (hardcover); ASIN: B076DVKF5Z (Kindle)
Twelve Step Facilitation Handbook: A Therapeutic Approach to Treatment and Recovery, 2nd edition
JOSEPH NOWINSKI AND STUART BAKER
Hazelden Publishing, 2017, 2156 pp, ISBN: 9781616497668 (paperback)
Utopiates
RICHARD H. BLUM
Routledge, 2017, 319 pp, ISBN: 9781351300308 (Nook); originally published 1964
Writing Under the Influence: Alcohol and the Works of 13 American Authors
AUBREY MALONE
McFarland & Company, 2017, 187 pp, ISBN: 9781476667409 (paperback); ISBN: 9781476667409 (Nook)