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Because of Sex

One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work

by Gillian Thomas ...

"Thomas writes with precision and grace (and a lovely lack of jargon) about ten cases that established the full reach and scope of Title VII." ― The Boston GlobeBest known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, the 1964 Civil Rights Act also revolutionized the lives of America's working women. Title VII of the law made it illegal to discriminate "because of sex." But that simple ... Read more

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"Thomas writes with precision and grace (and a lovely lack of jargon) about ten cases that established the full reach and scope of Title VII." ― The Boston GlobeBest known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, the 1964 Civil Rights Act also revolutionized the lives of America's working women. Title VII of the law made it illegal to discriminate "because of sex." But that simple
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The Tail of Golden Horse

by Gillian Thomas ...

This is the first in a series of environmentally savvy children's stories about Golden Horse and her friends: Bella piggy, Alex and Stina. Golden Horse attends a preschool with her animal friends. When a mysterious substitute teacher arrives one day, Golden Horse is curious. Indeed, there's magic around the corner, but watch out, it can get everyone in a lot of trouble! Will Golden Horse's friends ... Read more

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This is the first in a series of environmentally savvy children's stories about Golden Horse and her friends: Bella piggy, Alex and Stina. Golden Horse attends a preschool with her animal friends. When a mysterious substitute teacher arrives one day, Golden Horse is curious. Indeed, there's magic around the corner, but watch out, it can get everyone in a lot of trouble! Will Golden Horse's friends
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Because of Sex

One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work

by Gillian Thomas ...

Narrated by Rosemary Benson ...

Unabridged

12 hours 16 min

Best known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, the 1964 Civil Rights Act also revolutionized the lives of America's working women. Title VII of the law made it illegal to discriminate "because of sex." But that simple phrase didn't mean much until ordinary women began using the law to get justice on the job—and some took their fights all the way to the Supreme Court. Among ... Read more

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Best known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, the 1964 Civil Rights Act also revolutionized the lives of America's working women. Title VII of the law made it illegal to discriminate "because of sex." But that simple phrase didn't mean much until ordinary women began using the law to get justice on the job—and some took their fights all the way to the Supreme Court. Among
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The Entangled Labor Histories of Brazil and the United States

by Fernando Teixeira da Silva, Alexandre Fortes, Thomas D. Rogers, Gillian McGillivray, Larissa Rosa Corrêa, Jerry Dávila, Glaucia Cristina Candian Fraccaro0, Michael M. Hall1, Rebecca Herman2, Barbara Weinstein3 ...

Workers in Brazil and the United States have followed parallel and entangled histories for many centuries. Recent experiences with progressive, popular presidents and authoritarian, populist presidents in the two most populous countries in the hemisphere have underscored important similarities. The contributors in this volume focus on the comparative and transnational histories of labor between ... Read more

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Workers in Brazil and the United States have followed parallel and entangled histories for many centuries. Recent experiences with progressive, popular presidents and authoritarian, populist presidents in the two most populous countries in the hemisphere have underscored important similarities. The contributors in this volume focus on the comparative and transnational histories of labor between
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Understanding gut microbiomes as targets for improving pig gut health

by Prof. Mick Bailey, Dr James T. Cullen, Dr Peadar Lawlor, Dr Gillian E. Gardiner, Dr Thomas C. A. Hitch, Dr David Wylensek, Dr Jürgen Harlizius, Prof Tom Clavel, Dr Chunlong Mu, Dr Marion Borey0, Emeritus Professor Chris Stokes2, Dr Jordi Estelle3, Dr Claire Rogel-Gaillard4, Dr Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli5, Dr Barbara A. Williams6, Dr Michael J. Gidley7, Dr David Torrallardona8, Dr Joan Tarradas9, Dr Núria Tous0, Charlotte Lauridsen1, Dr Ole Højberg2, Dr Nuria Canibe3, Dr P. Bosi4, Dr D. Luise5, Dr P. Trevisi6, Dr Kim C. M. Lammers-Jannink7, Dr Stefanía Magnúsdóttir8, Dr Wilbert F. Pellikaan9, John R. Pluske0, Dr Walter J. J. Gerrits1, Dr Laura Peachey2, Dr Sarah Lambton3, Dr Weilan Wang4, Dr Tingting Ju5, Prof Michael Gänzle6, Professor Weiyun Zhu7 ...

Series Book 103 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Provides a comprehensive coverage of the key ecosystem services delivered by the gut microbiomeAnalysis of the pig gut microbiome and its relationship with the pig gastrointestinal tractIn-depth focus on the techniques available to optimise gut function as a means for improving pig gut health ... Read more

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Provides a comprehensive coverage of the key ecosystem services delivered by the gut microbiomeAnalysis of the pig gut microbiome and its relationship with the pig gastrointestinal tractIn-depth focus on the techniques available to optimise gut function as a means for improving pig gut health
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The Bite in the Apple

A Memoir of My Life With Steve Jobs

by Chrisann Brennan ...

Narrated by Coleen Marlo ...

Unabridged

10 hours 52 min

Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who wanted to unify the world through technology. For him, the point was to set people free with tools to explore their own unique creativity. Chrisann Brennan knows this better than anyone. She met him in high school, at a time when Jobs was passionately aware that there was something much bigger to be had out of life, and that new kinds of revelations were within ... Read more

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Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who wanted to unify the world through technology. For him, the point was to set people free with tools to explore their own unique creativity. Chrisann Brennan knows this better than anyone. She met him in high school, at a time when Jobs was passionately aware that there was something much bigger to be had out of life, and that new kinds of revelations were within
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Bringing Down the Colonel

A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took On Washington

by Patricia Miller ...

Narrated by Christina Delaine ...

Unabridged

13 hours 22 min

“I’ll take my share of the blame. I only ask that he take his.”In Bringing Down the Colonel, journalist Patricia Miller tells the story of Madeline Pollard, an unlikely nineteenth-century women’s rights crusader. After an affair with a prominent politician left her “ruined,” Pollard brought the man—and the hypocrisy of America’s control of women’s sexuality—to trial. And, surprisingly, she won ... Read more

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“I’ll take my share of the blame. I only ask that he take his.”In Bringing Down the Colonel, journalist Patricia Miller tells the story of Madeline Pollard, an unlikely nineteenth-century women’s rights crusader. After an affair with a prominent politician left her “ruined,” Pollard brought the man—and the hypocrisy of America’s control of women’s sexuality—to trial. And, surprisingly, she won
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Invisible

The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster

by Stephen L. Carter ...

Narrated by Karen Chilton ...

Unabridged

12 hours 39 min

Bestselling author Stephen L. Carter delves into his past and retrieves the inspiring story of his grandmother’s extraordinary life.She was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves, as dazzlingly unlikely a combination as one could imagine in New York of the 1930s—and without the strategy she devised, Lucky Luciano, the most powerful Mafia ... Read more

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Bestselling author Stephen L. Carter delves into his past and retrieves the inspiring story of his grandmother’s extraordinary life.She was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves, as dazzlingly unlikely a combination as one could imagine in New York of the 1930s—and without the strategy she devised, Lucky Luciano, the most powerful Mafia
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Reimagining Equality

Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home

by Anita Hill ...

Narrated by Bahni Turpin ...

Unabridged

8 hours 50 min

From the heroic lawyer who spoke out against Clarence Thomas in the historic confirmation hearings twenty years agoAt the historic Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, Anita Hill spoke out courageously about workplace sexual harassment. Now she turns to the topic of home. As our country reels from the subprime mortgage meltdown and the resulting devastation of so many families and communities, ... Read more

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From the heroic lawyer who spoke out against Clarence Thomas in the historic confirmation hearings twenty years agoAt the historic Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, Anita Hill spoke out courageously about workplace sexual harassment. Now she turns to the topic of home. As our country reels from the subprime mortgage meltdown and the resulting devastation of so many families and communities,
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The Next Pandemic

On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers

by William Patrick, Dr. Ali S Khan ...

Narrated by Ben Sullivan ...

Unabridged

8 hours 54 min

An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases -- and the panic and corruption that make them worse.Throughout history, humankind's biggest killers have been infectious diseases: the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS alone account for over one hundred million deaths. We ignore this reality most of the time, but when a new threat -- Ebola, SARS, Zika, coronavirus -- ... Read more

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An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases -- and the panic and corruption that make them worse.Throughout history, humankind's biggest killers have been infectious diseases: the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS alone account for over one hundred million deaths. We ignore this reality most of the time, but when a new threat -- Ebola, SARS, Zika, coronavirus --
... Read more
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Nasty Women

Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America

by Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Kate Harding ...

Narrated by Bahni Turpin ...

Unabridged

8 hours 45 min

When fifty-three percent of white women voted for Donald Trump and ninety-four percent of black women voted for Hillary Clinton, how can women unite in Trump’s America? Nasty Women includes inspiring essays from a diverse group of talented women writers who seek to provide a broad look at how we got here and what we need to do to move forward.Nasty Women features essays by Rebecca Solnit, Cheryl ... Read more

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When fifty-three percent of white women voted for Donald Trump and ninety-four percent of black women voted for Hillary Clinton, how can women unite in Trump’s America? Nasty Women includes inspiring essays from a diverse group of talented women writers who seek to provide a broad look at how we got here and what we need to do to move forward.Nasty Women features essays by Rebecca Solnit, Cheryl
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The Ascent of Humanity

Civilization and the Human Sense of Self

by Charles Eisenstein ...

Narrated by Steve Wojtas ...

Unabridged

27 hours 26 min

The author of The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible explores the history and potential future of civilization, tracing the converging crises of our age to the illusion of the separate selfOur disconnection from one another and the natural world has mislaid the foundations of science, religion, money, technology, economics, medicine, and education as we know them. It has fired our ... Read more

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The author of The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible explores the history and potential future of civilization, tracing the converging crises of our age to the illusion of the separate selfOur disconnection from one another and the natural world has mislaid the foundations of science, religion, money, technology, economics, medicine, and education as we know them. It has fired our
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