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Provides a fun, concise introduction to jai alai, a fast-paced ball game with ancient roots that is admired by fans for the sport's power and spectacle. The book outlines the multifaceted history of the sport and explores the players and venues, providing a carefully crafted and thoroughly researched look into the sport.

In this entertaining and informative account Paula E. Morton surveys the history of the tortilla from its roots in ancient Mesoamerica to the cross-cultural global tortilla. This study - the first to extensively present the tortilla's history, symbolism, and impact - shows how the tortilla has changed our understanding of home cooking, industrialized food, healthy cuisine, and the people who live across borders.

The truth behind supermarket tabloids "At last, the story behind the journalistic movement that gave us Bat Boy and Elvis Lives!, and changed American politics forever. Your wait in the supermarket line will never be the same."--Mark Lane, author of Sandspurs: Notes from a Coastal Columnist "Anyone who wants to understand American popular culture of the last fifty years would do well to read Tabloid Valley."--James Bowman, author of Media Madn...