Summary: Pampered African Prince Akeem is a rebel who is against an arranged marriage and heads to Queens, New York to find a new bride. His regal father agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem conceals his true identity and gets a "regular" guy job at a fast-food...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A calamity at Dante and Randal's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional Disney-McDonald's-style fast-food empire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co. 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CLESummary: Satan is run out of his infernal kingdom and lands powerless in modern day Tokyo. In order to earn cash he gets a job at "MgRonald." Will he reclaim his homeland or be stuck flipping burger?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Funimation Productions 2014
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME DEVSpurlock, Morgan
Summary: Can man live on fast food alone? Morgan Spurlock tried to do just that. For thirty days, he ate nothing but three "squares" a day from McDonald's as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on American health. The resulting documentary film, Super Size Me, won him resounding applause and a worldwide release that broke box-office records. Audiences were captivated by his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 SPUSnyder, Lynsi
Summary: "When Lynsi Snyder's grandparents founded In-N-Out Burger in 1948, they built it with a passion for quality and service that Lynsi embraced at a young age. After starting as a store associate at age seventeen, she then worked in other departments, gaining first-hand experience with almost every aspect of the family business until she became president in 2010. She has led the company through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 647.95794 SNYSummary: Spurlocks social experiment in fast food gastronomy sees him attempting to subsist uniquely on food from McDonald's menu for an entire month. He also examines the corporate giant's role in contributing to America's obesity epidemic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Samuel Goldwyn Films, LLC 2004
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Summary: Fiona is the manager of a fast-food restaurant. She lives comfortably and happily with her family in the suburbs. That is until the day she accidentally gets locked into a walk-in freezer. She escapes the next morning, half frozen and barely alive, only to realize that her husband and two children didn't even notice she was missing. But when Fiona develops an obsession for everything cold and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ICELoftus, Jamie
Summary: "Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique-comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw Dog, will take you on a cross-country road trip in the summer of 2021, and reveal what the creation, culture, and class influence of hot dogs says about America now. Hot dogs. Poor people created them. Rich people found a way to charge fifteen dollars for them. They're high culture, they're low...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 LOFCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 LOFSummary: Can fast-food counter dudes Ed and Dexter battle big business? That's the order of the day when Mondo Burger's high-tech hamburger haven opens across the street from the tiny Good Burger diner. Catch up with the gags as Ed and Dexter scramble to save their jobs and stop Mondo Burger's bid for fast-food domination!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 1997
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GOOSummary: MgRonald's best demon lord worker is back, climbing the corporate ladder to become ruler of Earth. But Maou's plans of domination might need to be put on hold when a small girl claims to be his and Emi's child!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME DEVChatelain, Marcia
Summary: "From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America. Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald's have long symbolized capitalism's villainous effects on our nation's most vulnerable communities. But how did fast food...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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Summary: "A science-fiction graphic novella grounded in a familiar experience for most: spending an afternoon with our best pals over a burger and fries. But this joint has something more special than a Happy Meal: the "Once Party" menu. The "Once Party" menu, for ages 11 and up, can only be ordered once (of course). But there's a catch: not everyone who does gets the special prize. Those who do, go to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5 GALSinatra, Stephen T.
Contents: The 80/20 rule -- Why regular diets fail -- The secrets of easy weight-loss success -- The fast-food diet restaurant-by-restaurant guide -- Smart sit-down dining -- The fast food diet at the mall -- The six-week fast-food diet -- Fast food at home -- The fast-food diet for kids -- The fast-food diet vitamins and supplements -- The fast-food diet for business travelers -- The fast- food diet for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.25 SINSpurlock, Morgan
Summary: Do you dare find out what's happening behind the counters of your neighborhood fast-food joint? Then grab a bucket and dive into one of the creepiest graphic novels of the year! Supersized: Strange Tales from a Fast-Food Culture is an entertaining-and at times gut-wrenching-series of stories focusing on America's ubiquitous and potentially destructive fast-food culture. A perfect companion to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2007
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Pearson, Tracey Campbell.
Summary: Because Joe's Snack Bar always closes for the season, the townspeople speculate about where Joe goes for the winter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Christmas, Call number: JE PEASummary: When a marketing executive for a huge burger chain finds a nasty secret ingredient in their burger recipe, he goes to the ranches and slaughterhouses of Colorado to investigate and finds that the truth is sometimes difficult to swallow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FASSchlosser, Eric.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 394.1 SCHLOSchlosser, Eric.
Summary: A behind-the-scenes look at the fast food industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.12 SCHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 394.12 SCHSummary: Calling all dudes buckle up, because the new adventures of Ed and Dex start now! Your favorite fast-food duo is back and serving up nostalgic laughs and new antics in Good Burger 2. Follow Dexter Reed and original cashier Ed as they reunite in the present day at fast-food restaurant Good Burger with a hilarious new group of employees. Dexter is down on his luck after another one of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2024
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY GOOCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GOOCantor, Rachel
Summary: "In the not-too-distant future, the world is ruled not by governments but by fast-food delivery companies. Only one disgruntled employee stands between them and the end of civilization..."--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CANSummary: An Israeli man falls in love with a Palestinian woman. Their potential relationship is greatly complicated by their families' competing falafel stands on the West Bank, however.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ari Sandel 2005
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WESHale, Nathan
Summary: Twins Axl and Ivan, with Sid as their driver, make a late-night fast-food run for a high school theater crew but return to discover that goo monsters are copying--and mutating--everything in sight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2019