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Berton the Big Wheel: A Safe Driving Story

Berton the Big Wheel: A Safe Driving Story

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Seller: Eclectibles
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Berton the Big Wheel: A Safe Driving Story
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Eclectibles (United States)
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Very good to near-fine.
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Falls Church, Virginia: American Automobile Association, 1981. Very good to near-fine.. A charming children's story published by AAA's Traffic Safety Department in 1981 for families of young children, instructing them in "big wheel" and sidewalk safety: "Please read Berton the Big Wheel with your child. Talk about the safe behaviors listed at the top of this page. And supervise your child when he or she is playing outside" (p. [8]). Above this statement is a list of Berton's 7 "tips for safe driving" on the last page (e.g. ride on the sidewalk, watch out for people, look out for cars, etc.). The story itself shows children driving Berton the Big Wheel recklessly into traffic, scaring Berton, but ends happily when the kids go and play in a safe playground instead of the street. Single vol. (9" by 6"), pp. [8], illus., in original illus. self wrps.
The Middle Mind: Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves

The Middle Mind: Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves by White, Curtis

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The Middle Mind: Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves
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White, Curtis
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
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9780060730598
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San Fransisco: HarperSanFransico, 2004. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Second printing. Wrapper edges lightly rubbed. 2004 Trade Paperback. x, 205 pp. "What do George W. Bush, the Ivory Tower, Steven Spielberg, and Terri Gross have in common? Does a political scandal make for good news copy? Does network programming allow us to unwind from a day's work? Does the art at the local museum make for pleasant cocktail conversation? An unflinching and wry look at the dumbing down of the American imagination. In this groundbreaking and incisive exploration, acclaimed social critic Curtis White describes an all-encompassing and little-noticed force taking over our culture and our lives. White calls this force the Middle Mind -- the current failure of the American imagination in the media, politics, education, art, technology, and religion. The Middle Mind is pragmatic, plainspoken, populist, contemptuous of the right's narrowness, and incredulous before the left's convolutions. It wants to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and has bought an SUV with the intent of visiting it. It even understands in some indistinct way how that very SUV spells the Arctic's doom. The Middle Mind is not about left or right, highbrow or lowbrow, academia or pop culture; in fact, it pervades society without discrimination. The danger is not in a specific point of view, but rather in how the Middle Mind thrives in the common ground of unquestioned mediocrity. All we seem to ask about the culture we experience is whether it's entertaining. White argues that we have forgotten how to read, to watch, to think for ourselves. Because it is neutral, widespread, and easily digestible, the Middle Mind has lulled the American imagination to sleep. As we sit comfortably amused and distracted, just outside the door there is an immediate crisis of a nation blindly following the path of least resistance. Irreverent, provocative, and far-reaching, White presents a clear vision of this dangerous mindset that threatens America's intellectual and cultural freedoms, concluding with an imperative to reawaken and unleash the once powerful American imagination.

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