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Quick view Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Scholsser The New York Times bestseller that blew the lid off the fast food industry--exposing how they've malled our landscapes, widened the gap between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad--now... View Details
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Quick view My Losing Season: A Memoir by Pat Conroy With all the drama and incandescence of his bestselling fiction, Conroy re-creates his pivotal senior year as captain of the Citadel Bulldogs. He chronicles the highs and lows of that fateful 1966 67 season, his tough disciplinarian coach, the joys of... View Details
Quick view League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions, and the Battle for Truth by Mark Fainaru-Wada From Mark Fainaru-Wada, the co-author of the controversial bestseller 'Game of Shadows', and Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Fainaru, comes a deep and probing look at brain injury and American football. View Details
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Quick view Guts by Gary Paulsen The author relates incidents in his life and how they inspired parts of his books about the character, Brian Robeson. View Details
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