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Nickel and Dimed

On (Not) Getting By in America

par Barbara Ehrenreich ...

Lu par Cristine McMurdo-Wallis ...

Version Longue

8 heure 14 min

This engrossing piece of undercover reportage is a New York Times best-seller. With nearly a million copies in print, Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often ... En savoir plus

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This engrossing piece of undercover reportage is a New York Times best-seller. With nearly a million copies in print, Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often
... En savoir plus
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Chokepoint Capitalism

How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back

par Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow ...

Version Longue

11 heure 56 min

A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)—or both.In Chokepoint ... En savoir plus

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A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)—or both.In Chokepoint
... En savoir plus
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Saving Capitalism

For the Many, Not the Few

par Robert B. Reich ...

Lu par Robert B. Reich ...

Version Longue

8 heure 19 min

A Netflix Original DocumentaryAmerica was once celebrated for and defined by its large and prosperous middle class. Now, this middle class is shrinking, a new oligarchy is rising, and the country faces its greatest wealth disparity in eighty years. Why is the economic system that made America strong suddenly failing us, and how can it be fixed?Leading political economist and bestselling author ... En savoir plus

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A Netflix Original DocumentaryAmerica was once celebrated for and defined by its large and prosperous middle class. Now, this middle class is shrinking, a new oligarchy is rising, and the country faces its greatest wealth disparity in eighty years. Why is the economic system that made America strong suddenly failing us, and how can it be fixed?Leading political economist and bestselling author
... En savoir plus
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The Road to Station X

From Debutante Ball to Fighter-Plane Factory to Bletchley Park: A Memoir of One Woman’s Journey Through World War Two

par Sarah Baring ...

Lu par Polly Lee ...

Version Longue

4 heure 6 min

In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height of World War Two, she was working alongside some of the greatest minds of Britain in their code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park.How did she end up in the top-secret world of cyphers and codes?Like many young men and women across all levels of British society, the outbreak of war in 1939 ... En savoir plus

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In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height of World War Two, she was working alongside some of the greatest minds of Britain in their code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park.How did she end up in the top-secret world of cyphers and codes?Like many young men and women across all levels of British society, the outbreak of war in 1939
... En savoir plus
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Trash!

A Garbageman's Story

par Simon Paré-Poupart ...

Lu par Jean Brassard ...

Version Longue

3 heure 10 min

A Montreal garbageman’s sharp and funny memoir/exposé, in which he attempts to convince people to “stop imagining that your garbage magically disappears”This fascinating no-bullshit account of twenty years in waste management paints a vivid portrait of the heroic labor, anarchic spirit, and violent conditions of the people who keep our cities clean.Paré-Poupart’s story is atypical: he started ... En savoir plus

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A Montreal garbageman’s sharp and funny memoir/exposé, in which he attempts to convince people to “stop imagining that your garbage magically disappears”This fascinating no-bullshit account of twenty years in waste management paints a vivid portrait of the heroic labor, anarchic spirit, and violent conditions of the people who keep our cities clean.Paré-Poupart’s story is atypical: he started
... En savoir plus
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Cleanup on Aisle Five

Essential Work, Poverty Wages, and the View from Behind the Supermarket Register

par Ann Larson ...

Lu par Carly Robins ...

Version Longue

7 heure 30 min

In the tradition of bestselling classics such as Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed and Benjamin Lorr’s The Secret Life of Groceries comes a character-driven exploration of the modern supermarket, unpacking what works and what doesn’t, and delivering a blueprint for a better way to shop.Grocery stores may all seem the same. But the supermarket as an institution is anything but ordinary or one ... En savoir plus

$27.99 CAD

In the tradition of bestselling classics such as Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed and Benjamin Lorr’s The Secret Life of Groceries comes a character-driven exploration of the modern supermarket, unpacking what works and what doesn’t, and delivering a blueprint for a better way to shop.Grocery stores may all seem the same. But the supermarket as an institution is anything but ordinary or one
... En savoir plus
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Average Is Over

Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation

par Tyler Cowen ...

Lu par Andrew Garman ...

Version Longue

8 heure 42 min

Renowned economist and author of Big Business Tyler Cowen brings a groundbreaking analysis of capitalism, the job market, and the growing gap between the one percent and minimum wage workers in this follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Great Stagnation.The United States continues to mint more millionaires and billionaires than any country ever. Yet, since the great recession, three ... En savoir plus

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Renowned economist and author of Big Business Tyler Cowen brings a groundbreaking analysis of capitalism, the job market, and the growing gap between the one percent and minimum wage workers in this follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Great Stagnation.The United States continues to mint more millionaires and billionaires than any country ever. Yet, since the great recession, three
... En savoir plus
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Labor Law for the Rank & Filer

Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law

par Daniel Gross, Staughton Lynd ...

Lu par Brian Arens ...

Version Longue

3 heure 8 min

Blending cutting-edge legal strategies for winning justice at work with a theory of dramatic, bottom-up social change, this practical audio guide to workers’ rights aims to make work better while reinvigorating the labor movement. A powerful organization model called "solidarity unionism" is explained, showing how the labor force can avoid the pitfalls of the legal system and utilize direct action ... En savoir plus

$34.99 CAD

Blending cutting-edge legal strategies for winning justice at work with a theory of dramatic, bottom-up social change, this practical audio guide to workers’ rights aims to make work better while reinvigorating the labor movement. A powerful organization model called "solidarity unionism" is explained, showing how the labor force can avoid the pitfalls of the legal system and utilize direct action
... En savoir plus
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Bias Interrupted

Creating Inclusion For Real and For Good

par Joan C. Williams ...

Lu par Elisabeth Rodgers ...

Version Longue

5 heure 15 min

A cutting edge, relentless, objective approach to inclusion.Companies spend billions of dollars annually on diversity efforts, with remarkably few results. Too often diversity efforts rest on the assumption that all that's needed is an earnest conversation about "privilege." That's not enough. To truly make progress with diversity, equity and inclusion, we must focus less on documenting the ... En savoir plus

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A cutting edge, relentless, objective approach to inclusion.Companies spend billions of dollars annually on diversity efforts, with remarkably few results. Too often diversity efforts rest on the assumption that all that's needed is an earnest conversation about "privilege." That's not enough. To truly make progress with diversity, equity and inclusion, we must focus less on documenting the
... En savoir plus
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An Unpromised Land

par Leon Gettler ...

Lu par Leon Gettler ...

Version Longue

4 heure 25 min

In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute ... En savoir plus

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In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute
... En savoir plus
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At the Coalface

The memoir of a pit nurse

par Joan Hart ...

Lu par Maggie Ollerenshaw ...

Version Longue

9 heure 36 min

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the ... En savoir plus

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A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the
... En savoir plus
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Clubland

How the working men’s club shaped Britain

par Pete Brown ...

Lu par Pete Brown ...

Version Longue

9 heure 31 min

The untold story of a British institution‘Brilliant.’ Alan Johnson‘Compelling.’ David Kynaston‘The beer drinkers’ Bill Bryson.’ Times Literary SupplementFerment Magazine’s Best Beer Book of the YearPete Brown is a convivial guide on this journey through the intoxicating history of the working men’s clubs. From the movement’s founding by teetotaller social reformer the Revere... ... En savoir plus

$36.99 CAD

The untold story of a British institution‘Brilliant.’ Alan Johnson‘Compelling.’ David Kynaston‘The beer drinkers’ Bill Bryson.’ Times Literary SupplementFerment Magazine’s Best Beer Book of the YearPete Brown is a convivial guide on this journey through the intoxicating history of the working men’s clubs. From the movement’s founding by teetotaller social reformer the Revere...
... En savoir plus
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Make Bosses Pay

Why We Need Unions

par Eve Livingston ...

Lu par Steph Bower ...

Collections series Outspoken by Pluto
Version Longue

4 heure 39 min

With the world changing at breakneck speed and workers at the whim of apps, bad bosses and zero-hours contracts, why should we care about unions? Aren’t they just for white-haired, middle-aged miners anyway?The government constantly attacks unions, CEOs devote endless time and resources to undermining them, and many unions themselves are stuck in the past. Despite this, inspiring work is happening ... En savoir plus

$31.99 CAD

With the world changing at breakneck speed and workers at the whim of apps, bad bosses and zero-hours contracts, why should we care about unions? Aren’t they just for white-haired, middle-aged miners anyway?The government constantly attacks unions, CEOs devote endless time and resources to undermining them, and many unions themselves are stuck in the past. Despite this, inspiring work is happening
... En savoir plus
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Documentation is Key: A Manager’s Guide to Effective Counseling

par HR Legal Literature ...

Lu par Alana Cheuvront ...

Collections Livre audio : 1 - Keys to Working Smarter
Version Longue

50 min

The Keys to Working Smarter series brings to you feasible ways to work smarter through easy to follow guidebooks. In A Manager's Guide to Effective Counseling, readers will learn that documentation is key!Document, document, document. When in a managerial position, it's vital to put the pen to the paper, so to speak, especially when counseling employees, regardless of the reason for the ... En savoir plus

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The Keys to Working Smarter series brings to you feasible ways to work smarter through easy to follow guidebooks. In A Manager's Guide to Effective Counseling, readers will learn that documentation is key!Document, document, document. When in a managerial position, it's vital to put the pen to the paper, so to speak, especially when counseling employees, regardless of the reason for the
... En savoir plus
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Consejos Para El Empleo

Guía Del Éxito Profesional En Un Mercado Laboral En Constante Cambio

par Owen Jones ...

Lu par Erika Marcheggiani ...

Version Longue

1 heures 45 min

Este libro está diseñado para servirle de hoja de ruta en los vericuetos de un mercado laboral en constante cambio, ofreciéndole ideas prácticas y estrategias aplicables para hacer frente a las últimas tendencias, seguir siendo competitivo y aprovechar las nuevas oportunidades profesionales. A medida que las industrias se transforman, las trayectorias profesionales tradicionales dan paso a nuevas ... En savoir plus

$9.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

Este libro está diseñado para servirle de hoja de ruta en los vericuetos de un mercado laboral en constante cambio, ofreciéndole ideas prácticas y estrategias aplicables para hacer frente a las últimas tendencias, seguir siendo competitivo y aprovechar las nuevas oportunidades profesionales. A medida que las industrias se transforman, las trayectorias profesionales tradicionales dan paso a nuevas
... En savoir plus
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The Craftsman

par Richard Sennett ...

Lu par Sean Runnette ...

Version Longue

11 heure 6 min

The Craftsman explores the relation between the hand and the head. Richard Sennett argues that working with physical things stimulates people to think.Craftsmanship, says Sennett, names the basic human impulse to do a job well for its own sake, and good craftsmanship involves developing skills and focusing on the work rather than ourselves. The computer programmer, the doctor, the artist, and even ... En savoir plus

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The Craftsman explores the relation between the hand and the head. Richard Sennett argues that working with physical things stimulates people to think.Craftsmanship, says Sennett, names the basic human impulse to do a job well for its own sake, and good craftsmanship involves developing skills and focusing on the work rather than ourselves. The computer programmer, the doctor, the artist, and even
... En savoir plus
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Ét liv Én tid Ét menneske

Hvordan vi glemte at leve et meningsfuldt liv

par Morten Albæk ...

Lu par Morten Albæk ...

Version Longue

4 heure 31 min

I ÉT LIV, ÉN TID, ÉT MENNESKE stiller filosoffen og lederen Morten Albæk spørgsmålet, hvordan det kan lade sig gøre, at vi som et af verdens rigeste og mest lykkelige folkeslag samtidig kan være så hårdt ramt på vores mentale velbefindende, målt på antallet af mennesker, der lider af stress, angst og depression. Undervejs gør han op med begrebet work-life balance og forestillingen om, at en ... En savoir plus

$25.99 CAD

I ÉT LIV, ÉN TID, ÉT MENNESKE stiller filosoffen og lederen Morten Albæk spørgsmålet, hvordan det kan lade sig gøre, at vi som et af verdens rigeste og mest lykkelige folkeslag samtidig kan være så hårdt ramt på vores mentale velbefindende, målt på antallet af mennesker, der lider af stress, angst og depression. Undervejs gør han op med begrebet work-life balance og forestillingen om, at en
... En savoir plus
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Seu chefe, como gerenciá-lo

muitas pessoas se demitem do seu chefe, não propriamente da empresa. Este livro vai te ajudar a gere

par Vantuir D. Almeida, Vantuir D. Almeida ...

Lu par Equipe Multicast ...

Version Abrégée

2 heure 32 min

Você já se demitiu ou conhece alguém que se demitiu do chefe? Aprender a gerenciar o chefe pode ser uma excelente alternativa para evitar esse tipo de situação. Além disso, considere que todos nós temos alguém que de alguma forma precisamos prestar contas. Esse livro traz uma compreensão clara sobre os principais motivos que todo profissional precisa entender sobre a arte de gerenciar seu próprio ... En savoir plus

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Você já se demitiu ou conhece alguém que se demitiu do chefe? Aprender a gerenciar o chefe pode ser uma excelente alternativa para evitar esse tipo de situação. Além disso, considere que todos nós temos alguém que de alguma forma precisamos prestar contas. Esse livro traz uma compreensão clara sobre os principais motivos que todo profissional precisa entender sobre a arte de gerenciar seu próprio
... En savoir plus
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Uberland

How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work

par Alex Rosenblat ...

Lu par Emily Beresford ...

Version Longue

7 heure 28 min

Silicon Valley technology is transforming the way we work, and Uber is leading the charge. An American startup that promised to deliver entrepreneurship for the masses through its technology, Uber instead built a new template for employment using algorithms and internet platforms. Upending our understanding of work in the digital age, Uberland paints a future where any of us might be managed by a ... En savoir plus

$35.99 CAD

Silicon Valley technology is transforming the way we work, and Uber is leading the charge. An American startup that promised to deliver entrepreneurship for the masses through its technology, Uber instead built a new template for employment using algorithms and internet platforms. Upending our understanding of work in the digital age, Uberland paints a future where any of us might be managed by a
... En savoir plus
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The Next Shift

The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America

par Gabriel Winant ...

Lu par BJ Harrison ...

Version Longue

13 heure 32 min

Pittsburgh was once synonymous with steel. But today most of its mills are gone. Like so many places across the United States, a city that was a center of blue-collar manufacturing is now dominated by the service economy—particularly health care, which employs more Americans than any other industry. Gabriel Winant takes us inside the Rust Belt to show how America's cities have weathered new ... En savoir plus

$34.99 CAD

Pittsburgh was once synonymous with steel. But today most of its mills are gone. Like so many places across the United States, a city that was a center of blue-collar manufacturing is now dominated by the service economy—particularly health care, which employs more Americans than any other industry. Gabriel Winant takes us inside the Rust Belt to show how America's cities have weathered new
... En savoir plus
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Gaffs

Why No One Can Get a House, and What We Can Do About It

par Rory Hearne ...

Lu par Rory Hearne ...

Version Longue

13 heure 57 min

The book that has been waiting to be written – how Ireland’s housing policy has locked an entire generation out of the housing market and what we should do about it.Millennials are the first generation in Ireland to be worse off than their parents. Trapped in a game of rental roulette, stuck living at home as adults, and many on the brink of homelessness, the Irish housing crisis has defined the ... En savoir plus

$41.99 CAD

The book that has been waiting to be written – how Ireland’s housing policy has locked an entire generation out of the housing market and what we should do about it.Millennials are the first generation in Ireland to be worse off than their parents. Trapped in a game of rental roulette, stuck living at home as adults, and many on the brink of homelessness, the Irish housing crisis has defined the
... En savoir plus
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Badass Advocacy

par Victor Waid ...

Lu par Rich Brennan ...

Version Longue

4 heure 32 min

The critical steps to prepare for a small claims court case with confidence. Your tenant rights decoded – navigate any housing dispute with ease. Overcome public speaking anxiety with proven techniques to project authority and calm. Discover the most effective strategies for negotiating salary increases that lead to success. How to file a complaint against a company while maintaining ... En savoir plus

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The critical steps to prepare for a small claims court case with confidence. Your tenant rights decoded – navigate any housing dispute with ease. Overcome public speaking anxiety with proven techniques to project authority and calm. Discover the most effective strategies for negotiating salary increases that lead to success. How to file a complaint against a company while maintaining
... En savoir plus
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Raising the Floor

How a Universal Basic Income Can Renew Our Economy and Rebuild the American Dream

par Andy Stern, Lee Kravitz ...

Lu par Chris Sorensen ...

Version Longue

10 heure 14 min

Andy Stern, the former president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), spent four years traveling the country and asking economists, futurists, labor leaders, CEOs, investment bankers, entrepreneurs, and political leaders to help picture the U.S. economy twenty-five to thirty years from now. He vividly reports on people who are analyzing and creating this new economy—such as ... En savoir plus

$24.99 CAD

Andy Stern, the former president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), spent four years traveling the country and asking economists, futurists, labor leaders, CEOs, investment bankers, entrepreneurs, and political leaders to help picture the U.S. economy twenty-five to thirty years from now. He vividly reports on people who are analyzing and creating this new economy—such as
... En savoir plus
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Strike

Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire

par Sarah E. Bond ...

Lu par Hillary Huber ...

Version Longue

8 heure 58 min

Historian Sarah E. Bond retells the traditional story of Ancient Rome, revealing how groups of ancient workers unified, connected, and protested as they helped build an empireFrom plebeians refusing to join the Roman army to bakers withholding bread, this is the first book to explore how Roman workers used strikes, boycotts, riots, and rebellion to get their voices—and their labor—acknowledged. ... En savoir plus

$28.84 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

Historian Sarah E. Bond retells the traditional story of Ancient Rome, revealing how groups of ancient workers unified, connected, and protested as they helped build an empireFrom plebeians refusing to join the Roman army to bakers withholding bread, this is the first book to explore how Roman workers used strikes, boycotts, riots, and rebellion to get their voices—and their labor—acknowledged.
... En savoir plus

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