02842cam a2200373 4500 240267935 TxAuBib 20140811120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781481585491 1481585495 23984a9c-4ae8-41f7-af8f-2370428e601b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9781982430016 278095 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Stuever, Hank. Tinsel [Libby Audiobook] : A Search for America's Christmas Present. Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2009. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 284MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 284MB. HTML:<p>In Tinsel, Hank Stuever searches out the most outlandish cultural excesses as well as the secret beauties of modern America's half-trillion-dollar Christmas holiday.</p> <p>When Stuever's narrative begins, he's standing in line with the people waiting to purchase flat-screen TVs at Best Buy on Black Friday. From there he follows Tammy Parnell, the proprietor of "Two Elves with a Twist," a company that decorates other people's houses for Christmas; Jeff and Bridgett Trykoski, owners of that one house every town has with Christmas decorations visible from space; and single mother Caroll Cavazos, who hopes that the life-affirming moments of Christmas might overcome the struggles of the rest of the year. Steuver's portraits are at once humane, heartfelt, revealing—and very, very funny.</p>. "With impeccable research and solid reporting, Stuever has written the gift book that keeps on giving—Christmas consumerism wrapped together with traditional family values.". HTML:<i>Publishers Weekly</i>. Humor (Nonfiction.) Nonfiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-11 10:13:24. Porter, Ray. http://slc.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=23984a9c-4ae8-41f7-af8f-2370428e601b http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/278095-Tinsel.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/278095-Tinsel.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=23984A9C-4AE8-41F7-AF8F-2370428E601B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/278095-Tinsel.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/278095-Tinsel.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=23984A9C-4AE8-41F7-AF8F-2370428E601B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)