The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
by Sam Quinones
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American comedian, actor, and media personality
American writer and editor
Recommended by 5 notable people, including David Heinemeier Hansson and Chris Sacca
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Recommended by 6 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Mystery & Crime, and Politics.
Winner of the NBCC Award for General NonfictionNamed on Amazon's Best Books of the Year 2015Michael Botticelli, U.S. Drug Czar (Politico) Favorite Book of the YearAngus Deaton, Nobel Prize Economics (Bloomberg/WSJ) Best Books of 2015Matt Bevin, Governor of Kentucky (WSJ) Books of the YearSlate.com's 10 Best Books of 2015Entertainment Week...
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Mystery & Crime, and Politics.
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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