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By Arthur Browne. 2015
Pulitzer Prize winner describes the life and career of the first African American New York Police Department officer, Samuel Battle…
(1883-1966). Using an unpublished autobiography coauthored by Langston Hughes as source, discusses Battle's trials, tribulations, and joys, including mentoring the first African American member of the Fire Department of New York. 2015By Johann Hari. 2015
After travel and research, journalist Johann Hari posits three truths about the War on Drugs: first, that drugs are not…
what we think they are; second, that addiction is not what we think it is; and third, that the drug war's motives are different from those broadcast. Some violence and some strong language. 2015By Sara Gottfried. 2015
Gynecologist explains how female weight gain is the result of misfires involving seven metabolic hormones--estrogen, insulin, leptin, cortisol, thyroid, growth…
hormone, and testosterone. She outlines her three-week program of three-day bursts that address each of these hormones in turn through dietary changes. 2015By Douglas Perry. 2014
Comprehensive portrait of Bureau of Prohibition agent Eliot Ness (1903-1957), the legendary leader of the Untouchables. Documents the years after…
his famous confrontation with Al Capone in Chicago, his attempts to end corruption in Cleveland, and his efforts to track the serial murderer called the Cleveland Torso KillerBy Wendy Ruderman, Barbara Laker. 2014
Two Philadelphia Daily News reporters chronicle their probe into corruption in the Philadelphia Police Department narcotics squad, for which they…
won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. Some strong language. 2014By Sheri R. Colberg, Osama Hamdy. 2013
Details a Harvard Medical School clinical obesity program adapted for home use by type 2 diabetics. Provides a week-by-week lifestyle,…
diet, and exercise regime designed to improve health and decrease medications. Gives specific eating plans and measurable exercise sessions that can help reverse the progression of the disease. 2013By Homayoun Tabandeh, David S. Boyer. 2014
Retina specialists and authors of Macular Degeneration (DB 74495) describe diabetic retinopathy, a potential problem for people with diabetes. Discuss…
its development, treatment options and ways to slow its progress, and lifestyle changes that lead to better glucose control. Offer advice on coping with visual impairment. 2014By Jake Kushner, Barbara J. Anderson, Moira McCarthy. 2013
Practical suggestions for parents dealing with a child with type 1 diabetes. Discusses the physiology of teenagers, including mood swings…
and depression; peer and family dynamics; and difficult issues such as drinking, driving, and rebellion. Includes ideas for transitioning to self-care and advocacy. 2013By Kevin Cook. 2014
Author of Titanic Thompson (DB 73236) details the 1964 murder of New York bartender Kitty Genovese. Examines the erroneous but…
much-publicized claim that no one came to Genovese's aid. Provides a portrait of the victim and her killer. 2014By Seth Rosenfeld. 2012
Journalist uses once-classified government documents to detail the FBI's efforts during the 1960s to undermine suspected radicals at the University…
of California, Berkeley, including Free Speech Movement leader Mario Savio. Describes covert operations authorized by J. Edgar Hoover at the request of then-governor Ronald Reagan. 2012By Joseph P. Napora, Joseph Napora. 2010
By Daniel J. Wallace. 2013
Rheumatologist pens a resource book for patients and caretakers dealing with the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus. Explains the nature…
of the illness, causes, symptoms, and treatments. Also discusses management, clinical trials, and prognosis. 2013By T. J. English. 2011
Explores tensions between the African American community and the NYPD during the 1960s. Examines the murders of two white upper-East-Side…
women and the coerced confession of nineteen-year-old drifter George Whitmore Jr., corruption on the police force, and the roles played by leading activists. Violence and strong language. 2011La presidenta de la Alianza Nacional para la Salud de los Hispanos presenta información y consejos útiles para las personas…
con diabetes. Incluye factores de riesgo, los cambios necesarios de vida, y un programa de salud de diez puntos para los afectados por la enfermedad. Incluye lista de recursosBy Ronald Kessler. 2011
Journalist and author of The Bureau (DB 55193) and The FBI (DB 37795) relates information he uncovered through research and…
interviews with bureau agents. Discusses controversial topics involving the FBI from the 1960s to 2011, including Hoover's sexual orientation and the raid on Osama Bin Laden's compound. 2011Medical director of the UltraWellness Center explains the causes of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Discusses adopting an organic diet,…
exercise plan, and stress-relief methods to prevent chronic illness. Includes recipes. Bestseller. 2012By Joby Warrick. 2011
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist details the December 30, 2009, gathering in Khost, Afghanistan, of CIA and U.S. military officials…
and Pakistani and Afghani operatives to meet Jordanian pediatrician and spy Humam Khalil al-Balawi. Relates Balawi's subsequent suicide bombing, which killed himself and seven CIA personnel. 2011By Jean Betschart Roemer, Jean Betschart-Roemer. 2011
Certified diabetes educator teaches patients strategies for maintaining a healthy lifestyle with type 2 diabetes. Provides meal plans and other…
charts and tools for implementing suggestions. Discusses medications, nutrition, complications, and emotional problems that may arise. 2011By Jeff O'Connell. 2010
Men's health writer describes his four years of research into diabetes, after being diagnosed as pre-diabetic in 2006. Posits that…
although the pharmaceutical industry and physicians advocate medication, proper diet and exercise are more effective in preventing and controlling the disease. Outlines the lifestyle actions he took. 2010