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Bibliography Information:
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Collection:
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Adult Nonfiction |
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Call Number:
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364.1 |
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Author:
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Keefe, Patrick Radden |
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Title:
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Empire of pain |
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Remainder of title:
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the secret history of the Sackler dynasty / |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"The highly anticipated portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of SAY NOTHING The Sackler name adorns 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 sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sackler's were responsible for making and marketing Oxycontin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis. Empire of Pain is a masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, exhaustively documented and ferociously compelling"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9780385545686 |
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International Standard Book Number:
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0385545681 |
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(hardcover) |
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(hardcover) |
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(audiobook) |
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Canceled/invalid ISBN:
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9780385697545 |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Geographic area code:
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n-us--- |
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Classification number:
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HD9666.94 |
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Item number:
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K444 2021 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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338.7/616151092273 |
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Classification number:
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B |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1976- |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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Patrick Radden Keefe. |
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Title proper/short title:
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Secret history of the Sackler dynasty |
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Edition statement:
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First edition. |
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Place of publication:
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New York ,NY |
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Name of publisher:
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Doubleday/ Random House |
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Date of publication:
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2021 |
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New York : |
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Doubleday, |
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[2021] |
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Extent:
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xii, 535 pages : |
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Other physical details:
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illustrations ; |
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Dimensions:
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24 cm |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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Bibliography, etc. note:
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-515) and index. |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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Donated by Andrew Feniman |
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Purchase price:
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32.50 |
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Personal name:
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Sackler family. |
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Personal name:
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Sackler, Arthur M. |
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General subdivision:
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Family. |
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element:
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Purdue Pharma L.P. |
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General subdivision:
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History. |
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Subject:
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Rich people |
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Subject:
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Pharmaceutical industry |
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Form subdivision:
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Biography. |
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General subdivision:
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Marketing. |
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General subdivision:
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Corrupt practices. |
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Geographic subdivision:
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United States |
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Purchase |
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20210504 |
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Filed under FY21 LOAN |
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351705 |
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East City Books |
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HAND CARRY X COPIES/CIP COPY/LP COPY/ANY COPIES NEEDED FOR CONGRESSIONAL LOAN; DO NOT DISCARD; PLS CONTACT/scar, x7717 20201-04-16 |
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hh21 2021-05-04 one copy on-order for LOAN |
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rf26 2021-05-04 z-processor |
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rf26 2021-05-04 |
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rf26 2021-05-04 to Congressional Loan |