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Drunk

Author : Edward Slingerland
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
ISBN 13 : 0316453374
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Drunk written by Edward Slingerland and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An "entertaining and enlightening" deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization—and the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication (Daniel E. Lieberman, author of Exercised). While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place. Drunk elegantly cuts through the tangle of urban legends and anecdotal impressions that surround our notions of intoxication to provide the first rigorous, scientifically-grounded explanation for our love of alcohol. Drawing on evidence from archaeology, history, cognitive neuroscience, psychopharmacology, social psychology, literature, and genetics, Drunk shows that our taste for chemical intoxicants is not an evolutionary mistake, as we are so often told. In fact, intoxication helps solve a number of distinctively human challenges: enhancing creativity, alleviating stress, building trust, and pulling off the miracle of getting fiercely tribal primates to cooperate with strangers. Our desire to get drunk, along with the individual and social benefits provided by drunkenness, played a crucial role in sparking the rise of the first large-scale societies. We would not have civilization without intoxication. From marauding Vikings and bacchanalian orgies to sex-starved fruit flies, blind cave fish, and problem-solving crows, Drunk is packed with fascinating case studies and engaging science, as well as practical takeaways for individuals and communities. The result is a captivating and long overdue investigation into humanity's oldest indulgence—one that explains not only why we want to get drunk, but also how it might actually be good for us to tie one on now and then.

Blind Drunk

Author : Anne Morshead
Publisher : BalboaPress
ISBN 13 : 1452563659
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Blind Drunk written by Anne Morshead and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Light at the end of the tunnel for anyone living with a loved ones alcohol problem If your life has been brought down by a loved ones drinking problem or affected by the family disease of alcoholism, then this book is for you. It reassures you that you are not alone and isolated; gives valuable information about alcohol; and, most importantly, shows you the way to a freedom from the effects of loving an alcoholic. As the partner of a recovering alcoholic, Anne honestly and frankly describes her journey through the haze of living with this problem. A trained couples counsellor, she analyses her own behavior and, in so doing, encourages you to face reality, along with giving you some tools to change your life, leading to serenity and, above all, hope for the future.

Blind Drunk

Author : VERONICA. WOODRUFF
Publisher : Tidewater Press
ISBN 13 : 9781990160462
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Blind Drunk written by VERONICA. WOODRUFF and published by Tidewater Press. This book was released on 2025-01-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The medical evidence is clear--alcohol is bad for you. But will this alone be enough to end our complex love affair with booze? Society's dependence on alcohol goes far beyond the physical. We drink to celebrate, commiserate, socialize and mark the passage into adulthood. Individuals who opt out--with or without "a drinking problem"-- must re-invent themselves in multiple contexts. Combining memoir and analysis, author Veronica Woodruff chronicles the evolution of one family's drinking culture against the backdrop of society's quest for a healthy relationship with alcohol.

The Joy of Small Things

Author : Hannah Jane Parkinson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 178335237X
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book The Joy of Small Things written by Hannah Jane Parkinson and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book is a not-so-small joy in itself.' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Parkinson has the gift of making you look with new eyes at everyday things. The perfect daily diversion.' JOJO MOYES 'Always funny and frank and full of insight, I absolutely love Parkinson's writing.' DAVID NICHOLLS 'I loved this book . . . Parkinson's writing transports you to unexpected places of joy and comfort . . . these pages contain happiness.' MARINA HYDE 'The twenty-first century feels a lot more bearable in Parkinson's company.' CHARLOTTE MENDELSON Drawn from the successful Guardian column, these everyday exultations and inspirations will get you through dismal days. Hannah Jane Parkinson is a specialist in savouring the small pleasures of life. She revels in her fluffy dressing gown ('like bathing in marshmallow'), finds calm in solo cinema trips, is charmed by the personalities of fonts ('you'll never see Comic Sans on a funeral notice'), celebrates pockets and gleefully abandons a book she isn't enjoying. Parkinson's everyday exaltations - selected from her immensely successful Guardian column - will utterly delight. FEATURES BRAND NEW MATERIAL 'A compendium of delights.' OBSERVER 'Delightful . . . a love letter to those little moments of bliss that get us through the daily grind.' RED

Shark Drunk

Author : Morten Strøksnes
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473545951
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Shark Drunk written by Morten Strøksnes and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ** BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week ** Shark Drunk is, in part, the tale of two men in a very small boat on the trail of a very big fish. It is also a story of obsession, enchantment and adventure. A love song to the sea, in all its mystery, hardship, wonder and life-giving majesty. In the great depths surrounding the remote Lofoten islands in Norway lives the Greenland shark. Twenty-six feet in length and weighing more than a tonne, it can live for 200 years. Its fluorescent green, parasite-covered eyes are said to hypnotise its prey, and its meat is so riddled with poison that, when consumed, it sends people into a hallucinatory trance. Armed with little more than their wits and a tiny rubber boat, Morten Strøksnes and his friend Hugo set out in pursuit of this enigmatic creature. Together, they tackle existential questions, experience the best and worst nature can throw at them, and explore the astonishing life teeming at the ocean’s depths.

Why be Sober If the Car is Blind Drunk?.

Author : D. Woodyard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Why be Sober If the Car is Blind Drunk?. written by D. Woodyard and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: C to Fizzle

Author : John Stephen Farmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: C to Fizzle written by John Stephen Farmer and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Blackout

Author : Sarah Hepola
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 145555457X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Blackout written by Sarah Hepola and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* For Sarah Hepola, alcohol was "the gasoline of all adventure." She spent her evenings at cocktail parties and dark bars where she proudly stayed till last call. Drinking felt like freedom, part of her birthright as a strong, enlightened twenty-first-century woman. But there was a price. She often blacked out, waking up with a blank space where four hours should be. Mornings became detective work on her own life. What did I say last night? How did I meet that guy? She apologized for things she couldn't remember doing, as though she were cleaning up after an evil twin. Publicly, she covered her shame with self-deprecating jokes, and her career flourished, but as the blackouts accumulated, she could no longer avoid a sinking truth. The fuel she thought she needed was draining her spirit instead. A memoir of unblinking honesty and poignant, laugh-out-loud humor, BLACKOUT is the story of a woman stumbling into a new kind of adventure--the sober life she never wanted. Shining a light into her blackouts, she discovers the person she buried, as well as the confidence, intimacy, and creativity she once believed came only from a bottle. Her tale will resonate with anyone who has been forced to reinvent or struggled in the face of necessary change. It's about giving up the thing you cherish most--but getting yourself back in return. *Includes Reading Group Guide*

Distilled Spirits

Author : Don Lattin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520272323
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Distilled Spirits written by Don Lattin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the experiences of the author, a religion reporter, and his friendships with Aldous Huxley, Gerald Heard, and Bill Wilson, three men who had profound effects on the religion and spirituality of the twentieth century.

Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present

Author : John Stephen Farmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present written by John Stephen Farmer and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Ballad Book

Author : George Ritchie Kinloch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Ballad Book written by George Ritchie Kinloch and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shitfaced: Musings of a Former Drunk

Author : Seamus Kirst
Publisher : Seamus Kirst
ISBN 13 : 069282281X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book Shitfaced: Musings of a Former Drunk written by Seamus Kirst and published by Seamus Kirst. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Shitfaced: Musings of a Former Drunk, Seamus Kirst explores the milestones of self-destruction that marked his coming of age. At 13, he went to the ER for swallowing a bottle of pills. By 16, he was already a veteran of several in- and out-patient rehab programs for alcohol. As he walked across the stage at his high school graduation – just after delivering his valedictorian address – he had already been hospitalized three times for alcohol poisoning. The situation only accelerated at Brown University, where he abused a plethora of drugs, from Xanax to cocaine, while his alcohol abuse intensified. Most terrifying was his attitude toward his own dissolution, his rationalization of behaviors that brought him ever closer to death. In that sense, Shitfaced, is not just a memoir, but a dehortation for those who find themselves in the same place; Kirst goes back to find a self that he barely survived.

Flying Drunk

Author : Joseph Balzer
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781932714715
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Flying Drunk written by Joseph Balzer and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacket subtitle: The true story of a Northwest Airlines flight, three drunk pilots, and one man's fight for redemption.

The Ballad Book

Author : Kinloch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ballad Book written by Kinloch and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A to Byz

Author : John Stephen Farmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A to Byz written by John Stephen Farmer and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Author : Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1234 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Phrase and Fable written by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

When You Can't Believe Your Eyes

Author : Hannah Fairbairn
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
ISBN 13 : 0398092826
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book When You Can't Believe Your Eyes written by Hannah Fairbairn and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2019-07-05 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was first projected in 2004, when Author Hannah Fairbairn was teaching interpersonal skills at the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton, Massachusetts. The experiences of her adult students—and her own experience of sight lost—convinced her that everyone losing vision needs access to good information about the process of adjustment to losing sight and practical ways to use assertive speech. When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes is intended for anyone going through vision loss, their friends, and families. It will inform readers how to get expert professional help, face the trauma of loss, and navigate the world using speech more than sight. Each of the twelve chapters in the book contain many short sections and bullet-point lists, intended to facilitate access to the right information. It begins where you begin—at the doctor’s office or the hospital. Since vision loss takes many forms, there are suggestions for questions you might ask to get a clear diagnosis and the best treatment. Part One also has a description of legal blindness and possible prevention, advice about your job, and tips for life at home. Part Two is about believing in yourself as you deal with the loss, the anger, and the fear before you come up for air and consider training. Parts Three and Four describe using assertive speech and action in all kinds of settings as your independence and confidence increase. Part Five gives detailed information about everything from dating, and caring for babies to senior living, volunteering, and retaining your job. It is hoped that by reading and trying out the suggestions, the reader will recover full confidence, become a positive, assertive communicator, and lead a satisfying life. Because vision loss happens mostly in older years, the book is written with seniors particularly in mind. Professionals will also find it to be a useful resource for their patients.