narcotic addicts

Traces one year in the life of fifteen-year-old DeAndre McCullough and other people who live near the corner of Fayette and Monroe in West Baltimore, Maryland, telling of their struggles to survive in the midst of the drug market that dominates their world, and revealing the rays of hope that shine out of the troubled environment.

The director of two successful treatment programs writes about the signs of addiction, the effects of drug abuse, and the steps to recovery.

In an alternate world in which Alaska, rather than Israel, has become the homeland for the Jews following World War II, Detective Meyer Landsman and his half-Tlingit partner Berko investigate the death of a heroin-addicted chess prodigy.

Examines the history, characteristics, dangers, and rehabilitation treatment associated with heroin.