Labor Day, Paperback

Reducere. DescriptionBetween 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time--enormous engines that powered a colossal industr...

Explains why the working class was largely missing from the 1989-90 revolution which led to the fall of socialism in Germany. This book documents w...

Reducere. Shawn C. Smallman and Kimberley Brown's popular introductory textbook for undergraduates in international and global studies is now released in a s...

This powerful study immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug addiction in the contemporary United States. For over a decade Philip...

Reducere. While the Spanish conquistadors have been stereotyped as rapacious treasure seekers, many firstcomers to the New World realized that its greatest w...

A History of Political Thought analyses market society by surveying the ideas of its most perceptive, thought-provoking observers - critics and def...

Reducere. It took ten years of laborious planning and exhaustive negotiations to create the mammoth Penn Central Railroad, the largest railroad in United Sta...

Reducere. There are fundamental tasks common to every society: children have to be raised, homes need to be cleaned, meals need to be prepared, and people wh...

Reducere. DescriptionGoing beyond dragon-slayers and sword-swingers, The Lost Heir blends fantasy and adventure with social justice issues in an unstoppable ...

Slavery and the Atlantic slave trade are among the most heinous crimes against humanity committed in the modern era. Yet, to this day no former sla...

A sweeping history of the full range of human labor Few authors are able to write cogently in both the scientific and the economic spheres. Even fe...

Reducere. "Atocha Treasure Adventures: Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon" is written by one of the very few people who worked for the Treasure Salvors orga...

Reducere. Labor efficiency tactics of the top-notch foreman Regardless of the business you're in, efficient labor management is the key to its success. On th...

Reducere. A Labor Day storm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, topples a rare witness tree-a 150-year-old white oak rooted near afamed Civil War battleground. Brea...

Reducere. Hallowed Ground is a collection of poetry that reflects all stages of life. Love of God, family, friends, trials of life and nature live in these p...

Reducere. "A damning new history . . .Jeffreys brings a rare combination of forensic acumen and narrative flair." --Chicago TribuneAt its peak in the 1930s, ...

Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln exchanged letters at the end of the Civil War. Although they were divided by far more than the Atlantic Ocean, they a...

This widely acclaimed book, first published in 1974, was a classic from its first day in print. Written in a direct, inviting way by Harry Braverma...

Reducere. Inspired by the pathbreaking work of Howard Zinn, A People's Art History of the United States is propelled by a democratic vision of art, showing t...

Reducere. DescriptionThese daily meditations on Christian belief take the form of Bible quotations and discussions; one for the morning, and one for the even...

Reducere. In The Story of My Life recounts, and reflects on, his more than fifty years as a corporate, labor, and criminal lawyer, including the most celebra...

Reducere. The Million Dollar Highway runs north and south directly through the middle of the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern, Colorado - some of the most ...

Reducere. A gripping account of the worst coal mine fire in US history--the 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster that claimed the lives of 259 men. "Drawing on diaries,...

Reducere. DescriptionOn March 9, 1942, the Jewish community of Mielec, Poland, ceased to exist. The Nazis dismantled the entire town in a single day, executi...

Reducere. In 1921, one of the biggest movie stars in the world was accused of killing a woman. What followed was an unprecedented avalanche of press coverage...

Reducere. In her luminous and engrossing memoir, Natalie B. Hess takes us from a sheltered childhood in a small town in Poland into the horrors of the Holoca...

Reducere. Longlisted for 2018 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut FictionKirkus Reviews's Best Fiction of 2017Kirkus Reviews's Best Debut Novels of 2017Boo...

Reducere. BESA recounts my life, beginning as a young boy of a large, happy three-generation family living together in southern Albania. The Bylykbashi's wer...

Reducere. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA PW Best Book of the Year An ALSC Notable Children's BookA YALSA Great Graphic NovelThis moving, charming gr...

Reducere. "A seductive page-turner" about a murderously ambitious cable-news star by the New York Times-bestselling author of Labor Day (The New York Times B...

Reducere. Forgotten Colorado: Southern Region brings to light one of the first areas in the state to be settled. Once home to a thriving coal and steel indus...

Reducere. Not to Keep follows the lives of five young friends as they grow from their shared childhood in the woods and swamps of North Central Florida throu...

Reducere. In a lively challenge to mainstream history, Michael Parenti does battle with a number of mass-marketed historical myths. He shows how history's vi...

*NYTBR Paperback Row Selection* An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high-tech, internati...

Reducere. The New York Times bestselling author of Labor Day and After Her returns with a poignant story about the true meaning--and the true price--of frien...

Reducere. No profession pits man against nature more brutally than king crab fishing in the frigid, unpredictable waters of the Bering Sea. The yearly death ...

With its tales of benevolent and malicious specters, terrifying monsters, and unexplained phenomena, Halloween is the holiday most people associate...

DescriptionIncredible Paleo Meals Don't Have to Be a Labor of LoveAmanda Torres, author of Latin American Paleo Cooking and founder of The Curious ...

Investigate the factors that led to war Examine key turning points, including D-Day and Hiroshima Get to know the opposing forces -- the Allies and...

From longtime New York Times labor correspondent, an in-depth and stirring look at working men and women in America, the challenges they face, and ...

Reducere. In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, two women seek to preserve the small treasury of books available to them - a gift of knowledge and hope for future...

Reducere. DescriptionSlavery was abolished in the British empire in 1835. The demand for sugar was exploding with people consuming increasing amounts of suga...

Reducere. Every one of us has a story worth hearing. In 2009, Kristi Blakeway invited her students to give back to the homeless in Canada's poorest neighborh...

This book you�re holding represents years� worth of discipline and labor, of time and travel and, as you�ll discover, the pure joy of attention and...

Reducere. What to Expect When You're Black, Pregnant, and Expecting"This book stands as the modern-day guide to birthing while Black." ―Angelina Ruffin-Alexa...

Reducere. "A story of choices and events so intimate I felt I was part of it. The novel is wrenching, the emotions radiant, and it will leave readers transfo...

DescriptionA huge mountain fire leaves destruction - and death - in its wake. But are the charred remains of a male body really the result of a nat...

Reducere. Here is an essential collection of essays and speeches from 1889 to 1933, long unavailable in the United States, on women's equality, labor, peace ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jerry ScottAuthor: Rick Kirkman"Anyone with children, or anyone who even likes being around children, will find something t...

Reducere. "You say your daughter is missing?" Clay Wolfe asked. The man in front of him was slightly disheveled. Red eyes. Fear creased his features. What is...

Reducere. "You damn bitch of an anarchist, I wish I could get at you. I would tear your heart out and feed it to my dog." This was one of the less obscene me...

Reducere. Thomas Brooks said, "Oh! Labor every day to be more humble and more low and little in your own eyes." A significant concern for Brooks was how beli...

Reducere. DescriptionThe latest in the Amazon bestselling Lakeside Hospital series, Labor of Love asks, what if your soulmate arrives the day after you decid...

Reducere. All But My Life is the unforgettable story of Gerda Weissmann Klein's six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty. From her comfortable home in Bie...

Reducere. Eighteen-year-old Myla Lewis is a girl who loves two things: kicking ass and kicking ass. She's not your every day quasi-demon, part-demon and part...

Reducere. A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend on Martha's Vineyard. Explore Edgartown, Aquinnah, Oak Bluffs, Chilmark...

Reducere. DescriptionIt's just after Labor Day, and Martha's Vineyard has started emptying out, but you can still smell the suntan lotion (the expensive kind...

Reducere. Sometimes the worst thing that can happen is exactly what you've been waiting for. "Novels as polished and mature as The Bright Side of Disaster ju...

Reducere. From the bestselling and award-winning author of The Sparrow comes "historical fiction that feels uncomfortably relevant today" (Kirkus Reviews) ab...

This brutally gripping novel about the African-American Great Migration follows the three Moss brothers, who flee the rural South to work in indust...

Description"Don't break my leg " As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man's ...

Reducere. - A practical and theological look at our Christian calling to live in solidarity with the poor The church is positioned to be an ally of the poor ...

Reducere. DescriptionDiscover your roadmap to a positive birth A positive birth comes in many forms - for some it's an early effective epidural for another i...

Reducere. In this universal story of friendship, loss, and redemption, a dog and a robot become friends. But their days of friendship are numbered.This movin...

Reducere. A Book That Could Change Your Thinking About Social and Economic Justice ForeverFor over 200 years people have been systematically stripped of thei...

Reducere. For the centenary of the Russian Revolution, a new edition of the Russian Nobelist's most accessible novelOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is...

The Gospel According to Ruth: A Season of Harvest is an inspiring devotional that draws out many metaphors found in the story of Ruth, Naomi, and B...

DescriptionIvan Dolinar is born in Tito's Yugoslavia on April Fool's Day, 1948 -- the auspicious beginning of a life that will be derailed by backf...

Reducere. After dark in a Mexican border town, a father holds open a hole in a wire fence as his wife and two small boys crawl through.So begins life in the ...

In 1935 three women are forever changed when one of the most powerful hurricanes in history barrels toward the Florida Keys. For the tourists trave...