Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
"The Sackler name has adorned the walls of many storied institutions -- Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and the sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing a blockbuster painkiller, OxyContin, that was the catalyst for the opioid...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When Juneau's clan disappeared, she lost so much more than her friends and family. She soon discovered everything she thought she knew about her life was a lie. Her people's gifts were actually secret abilities that others wanted, desperately enough to kidnap an entire village. Juneau and her new companion Miles's cross-country journey to find her clan has led them to a game preserve in New Mexico. Now Juneau's people are finally within reach, and...
Series
Language
English
Description
Americans pay among the highest prices for prescription drugs, thanks to government legislation and the powerful pharmaceutical lobbies. The effect has been disastrous, with many citizens obtaining cheaper medicine from Canada, and others forgoing it altogether at the risk of their health. These crippling prices are set by "big pharma," at the insistence of those who support free trade. Consumers call the pharmaceutical companies greedy and selfish,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A TRULY KILLER ROMANCE. Aoi Nemo, heir apparent to a gigantic pharmaceutical fortune, has fallen head over heels for the assassin Akaumi Kiruru. To spend more time with her, he took out an anonymous hit-on himself! Somehow, against all odds, his crazy dating strategy actually seems to be working. After a "date" at the beach, the two of them are growing closer and closer together. But when a major incident rocks the League of Assassins, their strange...