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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-10 - Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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Language: en
Pages: 222
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1989-02-24 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 417
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-13 - Publisher: Penguin
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Language: en
Pages: 299
Pages: 299
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: Crown
A collection of essays highlight typical American foibles, poking fun at such areas as the futility of the reduced fat diet, the differences in men's and women'
Language: en
Pages: 225
Pages: 225
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-06 - Publisher: Harvard University Press
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