Beaten Down, Worked Up

Beaten Down, Worked Up
Author: Steven Greenhouse
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2019-08-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101874430

“A page-turning book that spans a century of worker strikes.... Engrossing, character-driven, panoramic.” —The New York Times Book Review We live in an era of soaring corporate profits and anemic wage gains, one in which low-paid jobs and blighted blue-collar communities have become a common feature of our nation’s landscape. Behind these trends lies a little-discussed problem: the decades-long decline in worker power. Award-winning journalist and author Steven Greenhouse guides us through the key episodes and trends in history that are essential to understanding some of our nation’s most pressing problems, including increased income inequality, declining social mobility, and the concentration of political power in the hands of the wealthy few. He exposes the modern labor landscape with the stories of dozens of American workers, from GM employees to Uber drivers to underpaid schoolteachers. Their fight to take power back is crucial for America’s future, and Greenhouse proposes concrete, feasible ways in which workers’ collective power can be—and is being—rekindled and reimagined in the twenty-first century. Beaten Down, Worked Up is a stirring and essential look at labor in America, poised as it is between the tumultuous struggles of the past and the vital, hopeful struggles ahead. A PBS NewsHour Now Read This Book Club Pick

Go Down to the Beaten

Go Down to the Beaten
Author: Chris Pitt
Publisher: Racing Post
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Grand National (Horse race)
ISBN: 9781905156955

Distills the magic of the Grand National through the eyes of jockeys who, for one reason or another, did not reach the personal and professional pinnacle which the National represents - finishing with Tony McCoy, who famously won the 2010 race at his 15th attempt.

Let Go of the Guilt

Let Go of the Guilt
Author: Valorie Burton
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0785220224

Learn how to leave guilt behind for good! Life coach Valorie Burton teaches you a simple yet profound method that will free you from the “false guilt” that is so common among busy women today. Even women who feel fulfilled often struggle to meet the demands of modern life. Both working and stay-at-home moms agree that the expectations of women have risen dramatically in recent decades. As a result, many women overcompensate and over-apologize while the guilt dampens the joy of motherhood, relationships, and professional accomplishments. Let Go of the Guilt helps you peel back the layers of emotional, cultural, and spiritual expectations that make it difficult to navigate your multiple roles, dreams, and daily demands on your life. Through her signature self-coaching process, powerful questions, and practical research, Valorie Burton shows you how to: Recognize and overcome the five thought patterns of guilt Break the surprising habit that tempts you to subconsciously choose guilt over joy, Stop guilt from sneaking its way into your everyday decisions and interactions, Flip those guilt trips so you can keep others from manipulating you, and Stop setting yourself up for stress, anxiety, and obligation, and instead set yourself for a life of joy and freedom Valorie’s journaling questions and research-based process will shift your perspective, give you clarity and courage, and equip you with a plan of action to let go of the guilt for good.

A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases

A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases
Author: Yuri Dolgopolov
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2016-02-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0786459956

Covering over 10,000 idioms and collocations characterized by similarity in their wording or metaphorical idea which do not show corresponding similarity in their meanings, this dictionary presents a unique cross-section of the English language. Though it is designed specifically to assist readers in avoiding the use of inappropriate or erroneous phrases, the book can also be used as a regular phraseological dictionary providing definitions to individual idioms, cliches, and set expressions. Most phrases included in the dictionary are in active current use, making information about their meanings and usage essential to language learners at all levels of proficiency.

Borderlines

Borderlines
Author: John Bishop
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1989
Genre: Man-woman relationships
ISBN: 9780822201359

THE STORIES: The first half of the program, entitled BORDERLINE, chronicles the psychic disintegration of Charles Graham, a young advertising/marketing executive who, it would seem, has it all--a good job, a loving wife and children, a comfortable

Free Book

Free Book
Author: Brian Tome
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
Total Pages: 239
Release:
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1418584037

Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms

Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
Author: Paul Heacock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2003-09-22
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780521532716

This book unlocks the meaning of more than 5,000 idioms used in American English today.

Verb Well

Verb Well
Author: Chirawibha Sivell
Publisher: Full Blast Productions
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2000
Genre: English language
ISBN: 1895451388

Each 'Verb Well' book in the series is a reproducible illustrated compendium of verbs, verb forms and verb use (150 verbs each book). Thematically arranged so as to promote meaningful use and effective recall, the book introduces learners to the formal variations and the grammatical patterns required for accurate utilisation of a carefully selected range of essential verbs and also displays representative contexts in which these verbs are likely to be encountered in real life. A valuable reference for students when difficulties arise, and a practical core text for the systematic study or review of English verbs, 'The Verb Well' will be one of those indispensable books you keep coming back to again and again. Presently, there are two books available in 'The Verb Well Series'.

Youth Cultures

Youth Cultures
Author: Paul Hodkinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2007-06-07
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1134184778

Featuring both well known and emerging scholars from the UK, the USA and mainland Europe, this fascinating new volume addresses core theoretical and methodological developments before going on to examine key substantive themes in the study of young people's identities and lifestyles.

Off Beat: A Musical

Off Beat: A Musical
Author: Cassandra Morphy
Publisher: Crowbarland Books
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2024-01-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Celine Elliott wasn't your normal sixteen year old girl. Stuck in the foster system for her whole life, she had been bounced around for much of that time. She had long since learned not to get too attached to anyone, knowing that she would be moving on shortly. Most of her time she spent lost in the music, playing through her MP3 player, the only thing she had from her birth parents. That music helped her chase off the voices that had been plaguing her since she was nine. But the music transformed her life into something of a tragic musical, letting her hide from the world that had rejected her time and time again. But when she finds herself in a different world, one that seemed quite empty, she starts to open up to the idea of what the world back home had in store for her.