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Book report
Nov. 28th, 2010 01:16 pmBook Report
Ad Nauseum: A Survivor’s Guide to American Consumer Culture by Carrie McLaren and Jason Torchinsky – I think sometimes that we are in denial about how much we are impacted by living in a consumer culture, one where advertisements scream at us constantly from every possible medium and subconsciously shape our desires. This was a fantastic anthology, talking about this culture and its impacts, techniques advertisers use to get us, and much more. Also, a few segments were so funny that I laughed out loud. Grade: B+
Learning to Breathe by Alison Wright –Wright is amazing. She is an adventurer who has traveled the globe and lived among people in every corner of the world. During a bus crash in Laos, she sustains injuries that should have killed her, and she languishes for 14 hours before she can get any halfway decent medical care. Her story had me glued to the page. She talks about her adventures before the accident and her long road to recovery afterwards. Less than 2 years after nearly dying, she climbs Kilimanjaro. Grade: B+
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Ad Nauseum: A Survivor’s Guide to American Consumer Culture by Carrie McLaren and Jason Torchinsky – I think sometimes that we are in denial about how much we are impacted by living in a consumer culture, one where advertisements scream at us constantly from every possible medium and subconsciously shape our desires. This was a fantastic anthology, talking about this culture and its impacts, techniques advertisers use to get us, and much more. Also, a few segments were so funny that I laughed out loud. Grade: B+
Learning to Breathe by Alison Wright –Wright is amazing. She is an adventurer who has traveled the globe and lived among people in every corner of the world. During a bus crash in Laos, she sustains injuries that should have killed her, and she languishes for 14 hours before she can get any halfway decent medical care. Her story had me glued to the page. She talks about her adventures before the accident and her long road to recovery afterwards. Less than 2 years after nearly dying, she climbs Kilimanjaro. Grade: B+
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