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Автор: Ehrenreich, Barbara (y) Название: Dancing in the streets ISBN: 1847080081 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847080080 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 14510.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: `Dancing in the Streets is a genuine triumph of popular critical scholarship - the punchy elegance of [Ehrenreich`s] prose makes this an essential purchase` Independent
Автор: Ehrenreich Barbara Название: Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream ISBN: 0805081240 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780805081244 Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS) Цена: 7290.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: The New York Times bestselling investigation into white-collar unemployment from "our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism"--The New York Times Book Review Americans' working lives are growing more precarious every day. Corporations slash employees by the thousands, and the benefits and pensions once guaranteed by "middle-class" jobs are a thing of the past. In "Bait and Switch," Barbara Ehrenreich goes back undercover to explore another hidden realm of the economy: the shadowy world of the white-collar unemployed. Armed with the plausible resume of a professional "in transition," she attempts to land a "middle-class" job. She submits to career coaching, personality testing, and EST-like boot camps, and attends job fairs, networking events, and evangelical job-search ministries. She is proselytized, scammed, lectured, and--again and again--rejected. "Bait and Switch" highlights the people who have done everything right--gotten college degrees, developed marketable skills, and built up impressive resumes--yet have become repeatedly vulnerable to financial disaster. There are few social supports for these newly disposable workers, Ehrenreich discovers, and little security even for those who have jobs. Worst of all, there is no honest reckoning with the inevitable consequences of the harsh new economy; rather, the jobless are persuaded that they have only themselves to blame. Alternately hilarious and tragic, "Bait and Switch," like the classic "Nickel and Dimed," is a searing expose of the cruel new reality in which we all now live.
Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of fourteen books, including "Dancing in the Streets" and "The" "New York Times" bestsellers "Nickel and Dimed" and "Bait and Switch." A frequent contributor to "Harper's" and "The Nation," she has also been a columnist at "The New York Times" and "Time" magazine. A "Chicago Tribune "Best Book of the Year The bestselling author of "Nickel and Dimed" goes back undercover to do for America's ailing middle class what she did for the working poor. Barbara Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed" explored the lives of low-wage workers. Now, in "Bait and Switch," she enters another hidden realm of the economy: the shadowy world of the white-collar unemployed. Armed with a plausible resume of a professional "in transition," she attempts to land a middle-class job--undergoing career coaching and personality testing, then trawling a series of EST-like boot camps, job fairs, networking events, and evangelical job-search ministries. She gets an image makeover, works to project a winning attitude, yet is proselytized, scammed, lectured, and--again and again--rejected. "Bait and Switch" highlights the people who've done everything right--gotten college degrees, developed marketable skills, and built up impressive resumes--yet have become repeatedly vulnerable to financial disaster, and not simply due to the vagaries of the business cycle. Today's ultra-lean corporations take pride in shedding their "surplus" employees--plunging them, for months or years at a stretch, into the twilight zone of white-collar unemployment, where job searching becomes a full-time job in itself. As Ehrenreich discovers, there are few social supports for these newly disposable workers--and little security even for those who have jobs. "A worthy companion to "Nickel and Dimed ." . . The new book provides a victim's-eye view of the world of unemployed white-collar workers--people struggling, mostly in vain, to recoup the high wages and prestige they lost after being dismissed from the not-so-secure confines of corporate America . . . Like the now classic "Nickel and Dimed," "Bait and Switch "is alternately hilarious and tragic, a searing expose of economic cruelty where we least expect it."--"The Washington Post Book World" "Ehrenreich's acerbic critiques are devastating . . . She does a superb job of focusing the spotlight on a nether world of those without jobs o
Автор: Cityprint Название: Summary of Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer - Book by Barbara Ehrenreich ISBN: 1093344342 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781093344349 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 7910.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: NOTE: This is a summary guide and is meant as a companion to, not a replacement for, the original book.Our summaries are designed to teach you important lessons in a cost-effective and timely manner. They are coherent, concise and complete, highlighting the main ideas and concepts contained in the original books. Non-essential information is removed to save the reader hours of reading time. Save time and money by completing your reading list. Please follow this link to get regular new released book summary guides: https: //amazon.com/author/cityprint THE BOOK: Nаturаl Causes (2018) rеvеаlѕ the truth behind the mеdісаl wоrld'ѕ encouragement of соmmоn procedures, trеаtmеntѕ аnd ѕсrееnіngѕ. It scrutinizes why Wеѕtеrn ѕосіеtу іѕ аvеrѕе to аgіng and оbѕеѕѕеd wіth еxеrсіѕіng, and, along thе wау, еxрlоrеѕ thе еffесtѕ оf modernity оn оur mеntаl сараbіlіtіеѕ.ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bаrbаrа Ehrеnrеісh іѕ thе аuthоr of the New Yоrk Times bеѕt-ѕеllіng Nісkеl аnd Dimed, which іѕ аn еxроѕ оf lоw-рауіng jobs in Amеrіса. Shе also hоldѕ a PhD іn cellular immunology.INTRODUCTION: Adult lіfе саn bе hard, and thе lіѕt of responsibilities саn seem еndlеѕѕ. On tор of cleaning thе hоuѕе, buуіng thе groceries, feeding thе саt, рауіng the bills and gеttіng thе car ѕеrvісеd, you muѕt also rеmеmbеr tо mаkе rеgulаr visits to the dосtоr. And nоt only are thе examinations аnd ѕubѕеԛuеnt treatments еxреnѕіvе; thеу also tаkе uр a lot of уоur vаluаblе time. But whаt іf you dіdn't rеаllу hаvе tо ѕее a physician оn a rеgulаr bаѕіѕ? Whаt іf аll these vіѕіtѕ аrеn't actually bеnеfіtіng уоu? Thе аuthоr hаѕ lооkеd lоng and hаrd аt whу wе'rе еnсоurаgеd to рау ѕuсh close аttеntіоn tо оur health аnd has unearthed ѕоmе dіѕсоnсеrtіng fіndіngѕ. Sоmеwhеrе along thе way, we've been primed tо think thаt getting оld is undеѕіrаblе аnd thаt, nо matter thе соѕt, wе should rеѕіѕt thе rаvаgеѕ of time. These blinks оffеr a dіffеrеnt point of vіеw. Aссоrdіng to thе аuthоr, frеttіng аbоut роtеntіаl hеаlth l
Автор: Ehrenreich, Barbara Название: Re-Making Love ISBN: 0385184999 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385184991 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 9190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Ehrenreich, Barbara (y) Название: Bait and switch ISBN: 1862078971 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781862078970 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 13190.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Intrigued by reports of poverty and despair within America`s white-collar corporate workforce, Barbara Ehrenreich went undercover to learn about the problems facing middle-class executives. Her story is poignant and blackly funny and delivers a warning about the future that faces corporate employees everywhere.
Автор: Barbara Ehrenreich Название: Blood Rites ISBN: 1455543705 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781455543700 Издательство: Hachette Book Group Рейтинг: Цена: 15630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A New York Times Notable BookAn ALA Notable Book "Original and illuminating." --The Washington Post What draws our species to war? What makes us see violence as a kind of sacred duty, or a ritual that boys must undergo to "become" men? Newly reissued in paperback, Blood Rites takes readers on an original journey from the elaborate human sacrifices of the ancient world to the carnage and holocaust of twentieth-century "total war." Ehrenreich sifts deftly through the fragile records of prehistory and discovers the wellspring of war in an unexpected place -- not in a "killer instinct" unique to the males of our species, but in the blood rites early humans performed to reenact their terrifying experiences of predation by stronger carnivores. Brilliant in conception and rich in scope, Blood Rites is a monumental work that continues to transform our understanding of the greatest single threat to human life.
Автор: Ehrenreich Barbara Название: Natural Causes ISBN: 1783782420 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783782420 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 13190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The seminal thinker offers a new understanding of our bodies, our selves and our powerlessness in controlling either.
The New York Times bestseller, now in paperback From the celebrated author of Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are killing ourselves to live longer, not better.
A razor-sharp polemic which offers an entirely new understanding of our bodies, ourselves, and our place in the universe, NATURAL CAUSES describes how we over-prepare and worry way too much about what is inevitable. One by one, Ehrenreich topples the shibboleths that guide our attempts to live a long, healthy life -- from the importance of preventive medical screenings to the concepts of wellness and mindfulness, from dietary fads to fitness culture. But NATURAL CAUSES goes deeper -- into the fundamental unreliability of our bodies and even our "mind-bodies," to use the fashionable term. Starting with the mysterious and seldom-acknowledged tendency of our own immune cells to promote deadly cancers, Ehrenreich looks into the cellular basis of aging, and shows how little control we actually have over it. We tend to believe we have agency over our bodies, our minds, and even over the manner of our deaths. But the latest science shows that the microscopic subunits of our bodies make their own "decisions," and not always in our favor.
We may buy expensive anti-aging products or cosmetic surgery, get preventive screenings and eat more kale, or throw ourselves into meditation and spirituality. But all these things offer only the illusion of control. How to live well, even joyously, while accepting our mortality -- that is the vitally important philosophical challenge of this book.
Drawing on varied sources, from personal experience and sociological trends to pop culture and current scientific literature, NATURAL CAUSES examines the ways in which we obsess over death, our bodies, and our health. Both funny and caustic, Ehrenreich then tackles the seemingly unsolvable problem of how we might better prepare ourselves for the end -- while still reveling in the lives that remain to us.
Автор: Ehrenreich, Barbara Название: Blood Rites ISBN: 1844085740 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781844085743 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 11120.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: A startling and illuminating new theory about the origins of war and culture by one of America`s most provocative writers and social critics.
Автор: Ehrenreich Barbara Название: Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class ISBN: 1455543756 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781455543755 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 20220.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A brilliant and insightful exploration of the rise and fall of the American middle class by New York Times bestselling author, Barbara Ehrenreich. One of Barbara Ehrenreich's most classic and prophetic works, Fear of Falling closely examines the insecurities of the American middle class in an attempt to explain its turn to the right during the last two decades of the 20th century. Weaving finely-tuned expert analysis with her trademark voice, Ehrenreich traces the myths about the middle class to their roots, determines what led to the shrinking of what was once a healthy percentage of the population, and how, in its ambition and anxiety, that population has retreated from responsible leadership. Newly reissued and timely as ever, Fear of Falling places the middle class of yesterday under the microscope and reveals exactly how we arrived at the middle class of today.
Автор: Ehrenreich Barbara Название: Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever`s Search for the Truth about Everything ISBN: 1538733692 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781538733691 Издательство: Hachette Book Group Рейтинг: Цена: 19430.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a brave, frank, and exquisitely written memoir that will change the way you see the world. Barbara Ehrenreich is one of the most important thinkers of our time. Educated as a scientist, she is an author, journalist, activist, and advocate for social justice. In Living With a Wild Dog, she recounts her quest-beginning in childhood-to find ""the Truth"" about the universe and everything else: What's really going on? Why are we here? In middle age, she rediscovered the journal she had kept during her tumultuous adolescence, which records an event so strange, so cataclysmic, that she had never, in all the intervening years, written or spoken about it to anyone. It was the kind of event that people call a ""mystical experience""-and, to a steadfast atheist and rationalist, nothing less than shattering. In Living With a Wild Dog, Ehrenreich reconstructs her childhood mission, bringing an older woman's wry and erudite perspective to a young girl's impassioned obsession with the questions that, at one point or another, torment us all. The result is both deeply personal and cosmically sweeping-a searing memoir and a profound reflection on science, religion, and the human condition. With her signature combination of intellectual rigor and uninhibited imagination, Ehrenreich offers a true literary achievement-a work that has the power not only to entertain but amaze.
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