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'Breadline USA' Examines the Reality of Hunger in Americanew

America's No. 1 health problem, the media relentlessly tell us, is obesity. Americans eat too much and we're the fattest people in the world. Except that, according to Sasha Abramsky, many Americans go hungry on a regular basis. And even many of those who aren’t hungry today suffer from what experts have taken to calling "food insecurity."
Sacramento News & Review  |  Kel Munger  |  07-23-2009  |  Nonfiction

Santa Barbarans Team Up to Pen First Ever Yoga Textbooknew

It's all in the title, Yoga: For the Joy of It!. More than a tale about mind meeting body, this recently released hardback is the first ever college text all about yoga.
Santa Barbara Independent  |  Alexandra Markus  |  06-01-2009  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

What's So Funny About Cancer?new

Breast cancer memoirists all seem to agree that laughter is pretty good medicine.
Chicago Reader  |  S.L. Wisenberg  |  01-12-2009  |  Books

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