Bayer, Linda N

Presents volume four in an eight-volume series on Holocaust Biographies and examines the role that Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz survivor, played and provides information on his youth in Romania, anti-Semitism, his survival from the concentration camps, and his work after the war as an educator and speaker on behalf of human rights around the world.

Describes the effects of crack and other forms of cocaine on the body, and discusses the reasons why people use them, the dangers of abusing them, and ways to prevent or get help for an addiction.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the second woman justice named to the United States Supreme Court.

A biography of the man who overcame childhood poverty and serious illness to become a successful composer, music arranger, and television producer.

Provides an overview of the history of illegal drugs in the U.S. and around the world, explores the link between drugs and crime, discusses the failure of the so-called war on drugs, and explores alternatives to dealing with the problem.

Provides information about the history, causes and effects, and treatment and therapies for a variety of personality disorders, including paranoid, schizoid and schizotypal, antisocial, borderline, histrionic and narcissistic, avoidant and dependent, and obsessive-compulsive.

Describes LSD, PCP, Ecstasy, and other hallucinogenic drugs; their history and effects; and how to get help in remaining or becoming drug-free.

Describes impulse-control disorders including pathologicalgambling, kleptomania, pyromania, trichotillomania and similar problems, and intermittent explosive disorder.

Examines various anxiety disorders, including panic attacks, phobias, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress.

Examines various sleep disorders, including primary insomnia, primary hypersomnia, narcolepsy, breathing-related sleep disorder, circadian rhythm sleep disorder, nightmares, and sleepwalking.