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Reskilling America: Learning to Labor in the Twenty-first Century
Katherine S. Newman · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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From Katherine Newman, award-winning author of No Shame in My Game, and sociologist Hella Winston, a sharp and irrefutable call to reenergize this nation's long-neglected system of vocational trainingAfter decades of off-shoring and downsizing that have left blue collar workers obsolete... |
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Fixing English: Prescriptivism and Language History
Anne Curzan · Cambridge Univ Press
Pages: 208
Format: Print book |
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Over the past 300 years, attempts have been made to prescribe how we should and should not use the English language. The efforts have been institutionalized in places such as usage guides, dictionaries, and school curricula. Such authorities have aspired to 'fix' the language, sometimes... |
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How to win at feminism
Reductress. · Harpercollins
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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Feminism is all about demanding equality and learning to love yourself. But not too much men hate that From the writers of Reductress, the subversive, satirical women s magazine read by over 2. 5 million visitors a month, comes HOW TO WIN AT FEMINISM: The Definitive Guide to Having It All And Then... |
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Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why
Sady Doyle · Melville House Publishing
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover |
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She's everywhere once you start looking for her: the trainwreck. She's Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston saying, "crack is whack," and Amy Winehouse, dying in front of millions. But the trainwreck is also as old (and as meaningful) as feminism itself. From... |
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Revolution
Russell Brand · Ballantine Books; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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NATIONAL BESTSELLERWe all know the system isnt working. Our governments are corrupt and the opposing parties pointlessly similar. Our culture is filled with vacuity and pap, and we are told theres nothing we can do Its just the way things are. Â In this book, Russell Brand hilariously... |
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The Undocumented Mark Steyn
Mark Steyn · Regnery Publishing; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Hes brash, brilliant, and drawn to controversy like a moth to a flame. For decades, Mark Steyn has dazzled readers around the world with his raucous wit and brutal honesty. Whether hes sounding off on the tyranny of political correctness, the existential threat of Islamic extremism, the nationalization... |
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The Supreme Court on Unions: Why Labor Law Is Failing American Workers
Julius G Getman · ILR Press
Pages: 227
Format: Print book |
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Labor unions and courts have rarely been allies. From their earliest efforts to organize, unions have been confronted with hostile judges and antiunion doctrines. In this book, Julius G. Getman argues that while the role of the Supreme Court has become more central in shaping labor law,... |
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Supercharged Storytimes: An Early Literacy Planning and Assessment Guide
Kathleen Campana · Amer Library Association, 2015.
Pages: 176
Format: Print book |
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Based on the groundbreaking research of VIEWS2 the first systematic study of storytimes done to date this book recommends simple interactive ways to emphasize early literacy techniques and encourage children to use and practice their pre-reading skills while preserving the delight inherent... |
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Enough Said: What's Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics?
Mark Thompson · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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There's a crisis of trust in politics across the western world. Public anger is rising and faith in conventional political leaders and parties is falling. Anti-politics, and the anti-politicians, have arrived. In Enough Said, President and CEO of The New York Times Company Mark Thompson... |
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