First Pages
A Webliography for Incoming First Year Students
Beautiful Boy: A father's journey through his son's addiction
by David Sheff
Read an excerpt
The incoming first year class at NU is reading Beautiful Boy by David Sheff as part of the First Pages program, which establishes a common theme for discussion among the entering class.
Biographical Information
- David Sheff’s website (includes information about the author and the book, as well as a blog for posting stories and comments about addiction)
- New York Times Magazine article by David Sheff that became the basis for Beautiful Boy (February 6, 2005)
Book Reviews
- Marin Independent Journal (April 6, 2008)
- New York Times (February 21, 2008)
- San Francisco Chronicle (March 4, 2008)
- Time Magazine (2009 Time 100) tribute by National Institute on Drug Abuse director Nora Volkow.
- U.S. News & World Report (March 17, 2008)
Video of David and Nic Sheff (being interviewed on the Today Show)
Books at Snell Library by David Sheff
- Beautiful Boy: a father's journey into his son's addition
- China Dawn
- Game Over: how Nintendo zapped an American industry, captured your dollars and enslaved your children
- The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Websites for information about and referrals for substance abuse
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- City of Boston-Emergency Shelters-Substance Abuse
- Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Abuse Services
- Narcotics Anonymous
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens
- National Library of Medicine-Health Hotlines-Substance Related Disorders
- Northeastern University Employee Assistance Program for employees.
- Northeastern University OPEN (Office of Prevention and Education@Northeastern) for students.
- Partnership for a Drug Free America
- U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
- U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
- U.S. Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
Selective documents on Substance Abuse
- Drug-related Hospital Emergency Department Visits (US Dept of Health & Human Services, 2008)
- Methamphetamine Use Estimated to Cost the U.S. About $23 Billion In 2005 (Rand Corporation, 2009)
- National Drug Threat Assessment 2009 (US Dept. of Justice, 2009)
- National Survey on Drug Use & Health (US Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, 2008)
- Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research Based Guide (US National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2009)
- Substance Use and Mental Health Information for Each State (US Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, 2008)
Contact
For information about First Pages, please contact Lauren Pouchak at (617) 373-7217 l.pouchak@neu.edu
For information about library resources, please contact Jamie Dendy at(617) 373-3344 j.dendy@neu.edu
Previous "First Pages" books
- Three cups of tea by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin (2008)
- Easter Rising by Michael Patrick MacDonald (2007)
- Mountains beyond mountains by Tracy Kidder (2006)