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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Barbara Ehrenreich
Holt Paperbacks, 2002
It IS Realistic!
This was me! For those who reviewed the book and said that Ehrenreich was "unrealistic", I'm going to share my story. Several years ago my ex-boyfriend and I could have been in the book; we were each working a full-time job and he also had TWO part-time jobs at the ...
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Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief
Martha W. Hickman
Collins Living, 1999
Healing after loss
I received many books after the death of my husband but ths one is by far the very best. It is beautifully written and very helpful to the bereaved no matter he or she happens to be on the journey of grief recovery. I lead a bevreavement group and give a copy of this ...
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All over but the Shoutin'
Rick Bragg
Vintage, 1998
Destined to be a Southern classic ... !
Destined to be a Southern classic, Bragg's "All Over But the Shoutin'" rings true. It is not only a well-written, journalist's memoir, but offers readers who aren't from the South an insightful look at why Southern men often act as they do.
On the one hand the book ...
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Barbara Ehrenreich
Holt Paperbacks, 2008
Read it and understand
Another book explaining how we as a superpower are continuing to do a disservice to our own people. We can spend Billions on other countries to insure they have high-speed internet, but fight when it comes to guarnteeing medical for our children. It is not just that ...
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Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens: Care / Feeding / Facilities
Gail Damerow
Storey Publishing, LLC, 1995
Awesome read for novice chicken keepers
I am totally new to backyard chicken keeping and I am loving this book! It has very detailed information (sometimes an overwhelming amount). The information is easy to read and apply and has helped me a lot in my chicken keeping. I highly recommend it!!!! NOTE: ...
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America America: A Novel
Ethan Canin
Random House, 2008
America, All Over Again
Ethan Canin's new novel explores the complicated dance between character and power in American politics. It is the story of three idealistic men whose lives intertwine in the presidential campaign of 1972. New York Senator Henry Bonwiller, proven champion of the ...
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Internet Riches: The Simple Money-making Secrets of Online Millionaires
Scott Fox
AMACOM, 2006
A great crash course
Scott Fox covers everything in this how-to book on starting your own internet business. Parts 1 and 2 start with brainstorming business ideas and researching them to be sure they're viable and moves on to explain different business models and how these relate to the ...
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Acrylic Revolution: New Tricks and Techniques for Working with the World's Most Versatile Medium
Nancy Reyner
North Light Books, 2007
Yes! Very happy with this book!
I bought this book thinking, "Yeah, right, like I need to see another tips book that tells me not to eat paint." In other words I didn't think there would be one page worth reading. But I tell the world right now there is enough in this book to keep me busy exploring ...
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Working with Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman
Bantam, 2000
Working with Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman encountered many leaders of industry emphasizing the importance of emotional intelligence rather than technical expertise in excelling in their respective businesses. It is through his findings that he decided to write Working With Emotion Intelligence. ...
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The Working Poor: Invisible in America
David K. Shipler
Vintage, 2005
This should be required reading in US high schools!
Having gone down my own path of working at minimum-wage jobs, being a single mother, receiving food stamps and Medicaid for a short time when my child was small and I had to be home with her, this was a poignant read. Since that time I was able to complete my degree ...
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Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream
Ross Douthat, Reihan Salam
Doubleday, 2008
He had me by page 7.
Douthat argues that "'social issues' from abortion and marriage law to the death penalty and immigration, aren't just red herrings distracting the working class from their economic struggles, as liberals have insisted for the better part of forty years. Rather, ...
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The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study
Kimon Nicolaides
Houghton Mifflin, 1990
Sometimes, the tried and true is still the best.
This classic drawing text belongs on the bookshelf of any artist or art educator, right next to Peck's Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist (Galaxy Books). I mention Peck's book here specifically because, like Nicolaides, it is often decried for being dated. Indeed, ...
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The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition
Upton Sinclair
See Sharp Press, 2003
The reason I pay my union dues
Living in a right-to-work state, you forget why we have unions. As a teenager, I read this book for school and fell in love with it. My parents and family were all union backers (teachers, firefighters, etc.), but I did not understand why we had unions. Then I read ...
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The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals And Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World
Peter M. Senge, Bryan Smith, ...
Doubleday Business, 2008
Conversations and collaboration are the way forward
This long awaited book fulfills all of my expectations for a manual to help us create the conversations and collaboration necessary to reclaim our world's health. Over the years there have been quite a few high impact books helping us understand the extent of the ...
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The Writing Workshop: Working Through the Hard Parts (And They're All Hard Parts)
Katie Wood Ray, Lester L. Laminack
Natl Council of Teachers, 2001
The best book on Writing Workshop that I've read.
If you can only get one book on teaching writing using the Writer's Workshop model let it be this one. It's detailed, full of practical tips, but most important--you will be INSPIRED! I immediately started my own writer's notebook after I read this book. One ...
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