Thursday, May 12, 2011

Finding Heaven & Hell in Walmart

Finding Heaven and Hell in Walmart (World Magazine)

"I trekked into Walmart for milk and bread but didn’t make it past the magazines and books.
I looked. I counted.
Eight? How could Walmart stock eight different books, non-fiction books to be precise, all on the topic of the afterlife?
The kind of books that Walmart sells are the kind of books that sell. The discount retailer moves a heap of books out the door by stocking titles with “buzz” already surrounding them..."

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