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Chasing the Scream: The Search for the Truth about Addiction

Contributor(s): Hari, Johann (Author)

ISBN: 9781620408902

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

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Pub Date: January 20, 2015

Dewey: 363.450973

LCCN: 2014021633

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.40" H x 9.30" L x 6.20" W ( 1.45 lbs) 400 pages

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Description:

The New York Times Bestseller

What if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong? Johann Hari's journey into the heart of the war on drugs led him to ask this question--and to write the book that gave rise to his viral TED talk, viewed more than 62 million times, and inspired the feature film The United States vs. Billie Holiday and the documentary series The Fix.

Brief description:

Johann Hari is a writer and journalist. He has written for the New York Times, Le Monde, the Guardian and other newspapers. His TED talks have been viewed over 70 million times, and his work has been praised by a broad range of people, from Oprah to Noam Chomsky to Joe Rogan. He lives in London.

www.johannhari.com
@johannhari101

Review Quotes:

"Superb journalism and thrilling story-telling." --Naomi Klein

"An absolutely stunning book." --Elton John

"A terrific book." --Bill Maher

"A wonderful book . . . I hope everyone will read it." --Sam Harris

"Wonderful . . . I couldn't put it down." --Noam Chomsky

"Amazing and bracing and smart. It's really revolutionary." --Dan Savage

"One of the world's most important and most enlightening thinkers and social critics." --Glenn Greenwald, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

"Incredibly insightful and provocative." --B.J. Novak, creator of THE OFFICE

"A testament to Hari's skill as a writer." --The New York Times

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