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Type: educational

Status: I recommend

Author: Roger Rosenblatt

Tags: america culture consumerism

2006-02-21

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Type: documentary

Status: I recommend

Author: Greg Critser

Tags: america culture food obesity

Description: Publisher's Note: "Critser engages every aspect of American life to determine howPublisher's Note: "Critser engages every aspect of American life to determine how Americans have made themselves the second fattest people on the planet (after South Sea Islanders). "Fat Land" grapples with the expanding American waistline by tracing surprising connections among class, politics, culture, and economics."...

2006-02-17

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Helene Stapinski

Tags: family memoir america

Description: First Line: "The night my grandfather tried to kill us, I was five years old, the ageFirst Line: "The night my grandfather tried to kill us, I was five years old, the age I stopped believing in Santa Claus, started kindergarten, and made real rather than imaginary friends."...

2006-02-17