"In Antibiotics, readers will learn about the science and technology behind the development of antibiotics. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage readers as they learn more about the challenges overcome to create antibiotics and how this super science feat continues to adapt in our changing world. A Take a Look! infographic aids understanding, sidebars present interesting, supplementary information, and an activity helps...

"She can't recognize her home. Her bedroom is unfamiliar. And she can't remember the handsome stranger lying next to her in bed. A stranger who claims he's her husband. And then Tess receives a text message on her phone. One that changes everything: 'Don't trust the man who calls himself your husband.'" -- cover, page 4

"Culture writer Caitlin Donohue uses interviews with medical researchers, educators, activists, artists, business leaders, and other experts to craft an inclusive and comprehensive overview of cannabis in the Western Hemisphere for young adults"--

"In 2070, nanotech longevity drugs have become the de-facto currency of a post-apocalyptic Earth. Glow is one such drug, addictive and all-controlling, with the devastating power of copy, edit, and paste memories from host to host. On the streets of Coriolis City, Rex battles his addiction to Glow, and the beguiling, terrifying voices it puts in his head, all while fleeing drug liches, corrupt militia, and an unstoppable assassin sent down from space....

"Deaths due to drug related overdose in the United States are 115 people every day. Thousands of families are affected by the drug epidemic in this country, and it is a serious national crisis. The parents, siblings, friends, and loved ones left behind are faced with many unanswerable questions, made worse by the stigma associated with this kind of death. The truth is that addiction is a disease, just like cancer. And while that disease leaves devastating...

"Until the twentieth century, scientists investigating the effects of drugs on the mind did so by experimenting on themselves. Vivid descriptions of drug experiences sparked insights across the mind sciences, pharmacology, medicine, and philosophy. Accounts in journals and literary fiction inspired a fascinated public to make their own experiments--in scientific demonstrations, on exotic travels, at literary salons, and in occult rituals. But after...

"Two girls find friendship on their path to mental health in a story of acceptance, recovery, and resilience"-- Dani comes from the richest, most famous Black family in Texas and seems to have everything a girl could want. So why does she keep using and engaging in other self-destructive behavior? Camila's Colombian-American family doesn't have much, but she knows exactly what she wants out of life and works her ass off to get it. So why does she...

"Once demonized and still largely illegal, psychedelic drugs are now officially a 'breakthrough therapy' in treating mental illness, used to heal trauma, conquer addiction, and enhance well-being. But as Andy Mitchell reveals, this approach to psychedelics is overhyped, and most importantly, neglects what is so unusual and valuable about them: the psychedelic experience itself. In Ten Trips, Mitchell takes ten different drugs in ten diverse locations--including...