Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work by Penguin Press HC, The $25.95
A philosopher / mechanic destroys the pretensions of the high- prestige workplace and makes an irresistible case for working with one's hands Shop Class as Soulcraft brings alive an experience that was once quite common, but now seems to be receding from society-the experience of making and fixing things with our hands. Those of us who sit in an office often feel a lack of connection to the...
Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II by Demco Media
Undress for Success: The Naked Truth about Making Money at Home by Jack M. Nilles $24.95
This book is for the bummed out, burned out, and stressed out professional, stay-at-home parent, or retiring boomer who dreams of a home-based job or business, but doesn’t know how to make that dream a reality.Unlike the many "change-your-life" books that promise much and deliver little—Undress4Success provides expert, practical advice about: 1) what home-based jobs are available, what...
Strategy Synthesis: Resolving Strategy Paradoxes to Create Competitive Advantage by Thomson Learning
Project Kuzbas, American Workers in Siberia (1921-1926). by International Publishers
State of the Unions: How Labor Can Strengthen the Middle Class, Improve Our Economy, and Regain Political Influence by McGraw-Hill $27.95
From steel workers, Teamsters, and coal miners to teachers, actors, and civil servants, union members once accounted for more than one third of the American workforce. At a mere 12 percent, union membership today is a shadow of what it once was. What happened to organized labor in America and what can be done to restore it to its role of the defender of middle-class values and economic...
The Comeback: Seven Stories of Women Who Went from Career to Family and Back Again by Bloomsbury USA $15.00
“For mothers contemplating a return to the work force after years spent raising children, Emma Gilbey Keller has good news: if the women she profiles in her new book can do it, so can you.”—New York Times Book Review It’s a tough economy for job-seekers, and it can be even more nerve-racking for women trying to juggle career and family. Women are used to being told that once we get off...
Strikes in Europe and the United States: Measurement and Incidence by Palgrave Macmillan $29.95