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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48176740 Title: Alcohol : the worlds favorite drug. Author: Griffith Edwards Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, ©2002. ISBN/ISSN: 0312283873 9780312283872 0312302363 9780312302368 OCLC:48176740

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Alcohol : the worlds favorite drug.

Author:	Griffith Edwards
Publisher:	New York : Thomas Dunne Books, ©2002.
Edition/Format:	Book : English : 1st U. S. edView all editions and formats
Summary:	A history of alcohol examines its many forms, including cocktails, medicine, and as a religious symbol, revealing a liquid that has the power to either provide supreme pleasure or utter destruction.
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Genre/Form:	Case Reports
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Griffith Edwards Find more information about:
ISBN:	0312283873 9780312283872 0312302363 9780312302368
OCLC Number:	48176740
Notes:	Originally published: London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2000.
Description:	viii, 230 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents:	Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Note -- Alcohol, what is it? -- Alcohol, myths and metaphors -- Short history of drunkenness -- Thomas Nashe's menagerie -- Alcohol is a drug of dependence -- American Prohibition experiment -- Calling alcoholism a disease -- Alcoholics Anonymous -- In the name of treatment -- Mysterious essences of treatment -- Once an alcoholic ... -- Molecule as medicine -- Drinker's dilemma -- Ambiguous futures.
Responsibility:	Griffith Edwards.
More information:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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A history of alcohol examines its many forms, including cocktails, medicine, and as a religious symbol, revealing a liquid that has the power to either provide supreme pleasure or utter destruction.

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