Chasing the Scream
The Search for the Truth About Addiction
1st Edition
Published on 15. January 2015
400 pages
978-1-4088-5785-4 (ISBN)
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE FEATURE FILM THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY
'Screamingly addictive' STEPHEN FRY
'Superb ... Thrilling story-telling' NAOMI KLEIN
'A powerful contribution to an urgent debate' GUARDIAN
What if everything we've been told about addiction is wrong? One of Johann Hari's earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of his relatives and not being able to. As he grew older, he realised there was addiction in his family. Confused, he set out on a three-year, thirty-thousand mile journey to discover what really causes addiction - and how to solve it.
Told through a series of gripping human stories, this book was the basis of a TED talk and animation that have been viewed more than twenty million times. It has transformed the global debate about addiction.
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE FEATURE FILM THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY
'Screamingly addictive' STEPHEN FRY
'Superb ... Thrilling story-telling' NAOMI KLEIN
'A powerful contribution to an urgent debate' GUARDIAN
What if everything we've been told about addiction is wrong? One of Johann Hari's earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of his relatives and not being able to. As he grew older, he realised there was addiction in his family. Confused, he set out on a three-year, thirty-thousand mile journey to discover what really causes addiction - and how to solve it.
Told through a series of gripping human stories, this book was the basis of a TED talk and animation that have been viewed more than twenty million times. It has transformed the global debate about addiction.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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978-1-4088-5785-4 (9781408857854)
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JOHANN HARI is an internationally bestselling author. His first book, Chasing the Scream, was a New York Times bestseller and is being adapted into a Hollywood feature film. His second book, Lost Connections, was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. He has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Le Monde and others, and he was twice named Newspaper Journalist of the Year by Amnesty International. His TED Talk, 'Everything You Think You Know About Addiction Is Wrong', and the animation based on it, have had more than twenty million views. His books have been translated into eighteen languages.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Mount Rushmore
- 1: The Black Hand
- 2: Sunshine and Weaklings
- 3: The Barrel of Harry's Gun
- 4: The Bullet at the Birth
- Part II: Ghosts
- 5: Souls of Mischief
- 6: Hard to Be Harry
- 7: Mushrooms
- Part III: Angels
- 8: State of Shame
- 9: Bart Simpson and the Angel of Juárez
- 10: Marisela's Long March
- Part IV: The Temple
- 11: The Grieving Mongoose
- 12: Terminal City
- 13: Batman's Bad Call
- Part V: Peace
- 14: The Drug Addicts' Uprising
- 15: Snowfall and Strengthening
- 16: The Spirit of '74
- 17: The Man in the Well
- 18: High Noon
- Conclusion: If You Are Alone
- Afterword: The Opposite of Addiction Is Connection
- A Note on Narrative Techniques
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- eCopyright
