The Communist Manifesto by Chartwell Books, Inc. $8.99
Check out ngims Publishing's other illustrated literary classics. The vast majority of our books have original illustrations, free audiobook download link at the end of the book, navigable Table of Contents, and are fully formatted. Browse our library collection by typing in ngims or ngims plus the title you're looking for, e.g. ngims Gulliver's Travels.Free ebooks on the web are not organized...
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Picador $15.00
Our sharpest and most original social critic goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of American prosperity.Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that a job -- any job -- can be the ticket to a better...
The Coming Jobs War by Gallup Press $24.95
Drawing on 75 years of Gallup studies and his own perspective as the company’s chairman and CEO, Jim Clifton explains why jobs are the new global currency for leaders. More than peace or money or any other good, the business, government, military, city, and village leaders who can create good jobs will own the future.The problem is that leaders don’t know how to create jobs especially in...
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Penguin (Non-Classics) $15.00
A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands Called "the sleeper hit of the publishing season" (The Boston Globe), Shop Class as Soulcraft became an instant bestseller, attracting readers with its radical (and timely) reappraisal of the merits of skilled manual labor. On both economic and psychological grounds, author...
The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future by Acculant Publishing $3.95
What will the economy of the future look like?Where will advancing technology, job automation, outsourcing and globalization lead?Is it possible that accelerating computer technology was a primary cause of the current global economic crisis—and that even more disruptive impacts lie ahead?This groundbreaking book by a Silicon Valley computer engineer and entrepreneur explores these questions and...
Ain't No Makin' It by Westview Press $39.00
Jay MacLeod brought us to the "Clarendon Heights" public housing development and introduced us to Jinx and Mokey and their teenage friends—the "Hallway Hangers" and the "Brothers"—in 1987 with the first edition of Ain’t No Makin’ It. The dreams of one peer group and the defeatism of the other moved readers, challenged ethnic stereotypes, and suggested how poverty is perpetuated. Eight...
The Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed and Overworked- 21st Century Edition by Ten Speed Press $16.99
Ernie Zelinski could change your view of the world forever.He has taught more than 200,000 people what "The Joy of Not Working" is about: learning to live every part of their lives - work and play, employment, and retirement alike - to the fullest. In this completely revised and expanded edition, you too can join the thousands of converts and learn how to thrive at both work and...
The Craftsman by Yale University Press $18.00
Why do people work hard, and take pride in what they do? This book, a philosophically-minded enquiry into practical activity of many different kinds past and present, is about what happens when people try to do a good job. It asks us to think about the true meaning of skill in the 'skills society' and argues that pure competition is a poor way to achieve quality work. Sennett suggests, instead,...
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (Vintage International) by Vintage $15.95
We spend most of our waking lives at work—in occupations most often chosen by our inexperienced younger selves. And yet we rarely ask ourselves how we got there or what our jobs mean to us. The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work is an exploration of the joys and perils of the modern workplace, beautifully exploring what other people wake up to do each day—and night—to make our frenzied world...
Employer's Legal Handbook, The: Manage Your Employees & Workplace Effectively by Nolo $49.99
The most complete guide to an employer's legal rights and responsibilities, this book shows how to comply with workplace laws and regulations, run a safe and fair workplace and avoid lawsuits.