![]() The book is a vivid and readable ethnography. This riveting account shows how truck drivers-seeking the American dream-end up being harmed by changes in government policy and business practices. These intersecting analyses generate powerful insights into two of the most fundamental questions about the nature of inequality in the United States today: Where do so many bad jobs come from, and why do people put up with them?-Erik Olin Wright, author of Envisioning Real Utopias ![]() It combines gripping fine-grained ethnographic accounts of the lived reality of long-haul truck driving in the United States today with a compelling analysis of the macro-structural conditions in which those lives are lived and an historical account of the political economic forces that generated those conditions. ![]() ![]() Steve Viscelli's The Big Rig is a remarkable book. This Description may be from another edition of this product. ![]()
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From the powerhouse duo behind the instant bestseller Allergic comes a fun new graphic novel about finding your own space. ![]() ![]() ![]() But when she is betrayed and escapes into a German-occupied village, her past and present come together in a shocking collision that could change everything. ![]() Stunned to learn what’s happening in the outside world, she vows to teach the group all she can about surviving in the forest-and in turn, they teach her some surprising lessons about opening her heart after years of isolation. Her solitary existence is interrupted, however, when she happens upon a group of Jews fleeing the Nazi terror. JewishColumbus is Gramercy’s Community Partner for this Author Conversation.Īfter being stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe, a young woman finds herself alone in 1941 after her kidnapper dies. 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I legitimately could not put this book down and it was all I thought about during the days I was reading. I picked this one up on a whim and my goodness, it's one of the best debut novels I've ever read. ![]() HOLY CRAP I LOVED THIS BOOK WAY MORE THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD. ![]() ![]() After that test, Nora observes, "All the kids started keeping track of test scores and homework grades. ![]() The catalyst for Nora's scheme is the dramatic change she observes in her best friend, Stephen, whose self-confidence plummets and anxiety soars after he scores poorly on his first standardized state test. But this young narrator attracts ample attention when she purposefully earns D's on her fifth-grade report card, the inaugural step in her plan to protest the school's focus on grades and testing. ) explores the plight of extraordinarily intelligent Nora, who, determined to avoid being singled out, has from an early age strategically hidden her genius from her parents, peers and teachers. ![]() With subtlety and authority, Clements ( A Week in the Woods ![]() ![]() ![]() As a result, Brown declared the black slaves free, whether they wanted to be or not, and demanded they go with him. While he was in the elder Shackleford’s barber’s chair, he was recognized, and an armed conflict erupted. One figure in the conflict was the abolitionist John Brown. During the late 1850s, pro-slavers and free-staters were in an armed conflict regarding the question. Residents of the Kansas Territory were to vote on whether they would be a free or slave state. The tavern, located on the Missouri border with Kansas, was often frequented with people from the Kansas Territory. Both Harry and his father were slaves of Dutch Henery. ![]() ![]() As a youth, Harry was with his father as he was cutting hair in Dutch’s tavern. The part that we know is fiction concerns Harry Shackleford. How much is based on fact and how much is fiction is hard to tell. Or so we are led to believe by author, James McBride. At least it tells his story as remembered by Harry “The Onion” Shackleford. What do you remember learning about the abolitionist John Brown? “The Good Lord Bird” is a book of fiction that is more than anything John Brown’s story. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gay did the research for her latest novel, “The Girl in the Box,” aboard the Diamond Princess in 2017. A frequent and savvy traveler, as well as an avid collector of credit cards, points to aid her wanderlust, Gay also writes a travel blog for the Creators Syndicate. Also by Gay Courter THE BEANSPROUT BOOK THE MIDWIFE RIVER OF DREAMS CODE EZRA FLOWERS IN THE BLOOD THE MIDWIFE'S ADVICE I SPEAK FOR THIS CHILD : TRUE. Based on actual events, Courter tells the story of the Sassoon's family through the eyes of eldest daughter Dinah. I Speak for This Child was nominated by her publisher for a Pulitzer Prize and its publication led to many television appearances, including the Today show, Good Morning America, and 20/20 numerous awards and public speaking engagements throughout the US. Gay Courter's 'Flowers in the Blood'is a well-researched novel about India's lucrative opium trade during the 19th century, and a powerful Jewish family in the business. Her best-known works are the novels “ The Midwife “, “ River of Dreams,” and “ Code Ezra“, “ Flowers in the Blood“, and “ I Speak for This Child: True Stories of a Child Advocate“, which recounts her 25 years as a guardian ad Litem, helping children in the Florida courts. ![]() Millions of copies of her books have sold and five titles have appeared on the New York Times best-seller list. Gay Courter has spent her career as a writer in film, television, fiction, and nonfiction. ![]() |