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Catching Out: The Secret World of Day Laborers
Dick J Reavis - Simon & Schuster; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Reavis reported to a labor hall each morning hoping to “catch out,” or get job assignments. To supplement his savings for retirement, the sixty-two-year-old joined people dispatched by an agency to manual jobs for which they were paid at the end of each day. Reavis writes with... |
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The Dog Merchants: Inside the Big Business of Breeders, Pet Stores, and Rescuers
Kim Kavin - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book
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We love them with all our hearts, but do we really know where our dogs came from? Kim Kavin, author of Little Boy Blue, reveals the complex network behind the $11 billion-a-year business of selling dogs. A must-read for the benefit of all dogs, everywhere. In what promises to become an "Omnivore's... |
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Saving Main Street: Small Business in the Time of COVID-19
Gary Rivlin - Harper Business
Format: Hardcover
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A veteran journalist follows an inspiring ensemble cast of small business owners fighting to keep their businesses alive through Covid-19, while exploring the sweeping trends and government policies that had brought small businesses to the breaking point long before the coronavirus hit.There... |
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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg - Knopf; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Thirty years after women became percent of the college graduates in the United States men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry This means that womenrsquos voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives In Lean In Sheryl... |
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Nobody's Girl Friday: The Women Who Ran Hollywood
J E Smyth - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Looking back on her career in 1977, Bette Davis remembered with pride, "Women owned Hollywood for twenty years." She had a point. Between 1930 and 1950, over 40% of film industry employees were women, 25% of all screenwriters were female, one woman ran MGM behind the scenes, over... |
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Renters' Rights: The Basics
Janet Portman Attorney - NOLO; Eighth Edition edition
Format: Print book
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Handle problems with landlords and roommates The landlord ignores your repair requests. Your roommate is always late with his share of the rent. Your upstairs neighbors party all the time. The landlord won't return your security deposit. How can you deal with these problems - and others... |
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Christopher Voss - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover
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A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations - whether in the boardroom or at home.After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator... |
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Broke Millennial Takes On Investing: A Beginner's Guide to Leveling Up Your Money
Erin Lowry - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback
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A guide to investing basics by the author of Broke Millennial, for anyone who feels like they aren't ready (or rich enough) to get into the marketMillennials want to learn how to start investing. The problem is that most have no idea where to begin. There's a significant lack... |
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