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Margaret Visser, the author of Much Depends on Dinner, is best known for her books about the history, anthropology, and mythology of everyday life. Now she has turned her scholarly eye towards gratitude. The result is a book called The Gift of Thanks: The Roots, Persistence and Paradoxical Meanings of a Social Ritual. It's published by Harper Collins.
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Margaret Visser, the author of Much Depends on Dinner, is best known for her books about the history, anthropology, and mythology of everyday life. Now she has turned her scholarly eye towards gratitude. The result is a book called The Gift of Thanks: The Roots, Persistence and Paradoxical Meanings of a Social Ritual. It's published by Harper Collins.
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First aired in Canada on CBC Radio on October 14, 2008.
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| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY | VERVE | EMI CD COMPILATION, VOL. 21. | EMI | 03:00 | |
| I Wanna Thank You | Mavis Staples | Have a Little Faith. | Alligator | 00:00 | |
| BREAKDOWN | Tom Petty | FM, SOUNDTRACK. | MCA | 00:00 | |
| THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME | SINEAD O'CONNOR | UNIVERSAL MOTHER. | CHRYSALIS | 00:00 |
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