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At a time of great technological change and fast-shifting global conditions, this book provides a clear look at what its unique opportunities are, and how we can move forward in ways that maximize outcomes for everyone. For anyone looking for insights and inspiration on navigating the twenty-first-century economy, this is essential reading.
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"We meet longtime neighbors and friends--citizens of working-class Wequaquet--right when the ground beneath their feet has shifted in ways they don't yet understand. Here, after more than a decade of boom and bust, love and pride are closely twinned and dangerously deployed: a lonely woman attacks a memorial to a neighbor's veteran son; a dissatisfied housewife goes overboard with cosmetic surgery on national television; a young father walks away...
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Cuando las tropas estadounidenses ocupan Alemania, los amigos Jakob y Emmanuelle se salvan del terrible destino de tantos en los campos. Con la ayuda de patrocinadores, se dirigen a Nueva York. Para no separarse, permiten su amistad florecer en el amor y el matrimonio, y comenzar una nueva vida en el Lower East Side, trabajando en trabajos agotadores y mal pagados. Décadas más tarde, a través del talento, la fe, la fortuna y el trabajo incansable...
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"What really happened on the first Thanksgiving? How did a British drinking song become the national anthem of the United States? And what makes Superman so darned American? Every tradition, even the noblest and most cherished, has a history, nowhere more so than in the USA, which was born with a relative indifference, if not hostility, to the past. Most Americans would be surprised to learn just how recent and controversial the origins of their traditions...
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"America has broken its contract with its laboring class. So, how do we get back to the American Dream? How do we once again become the land of opportunity, the promised land where hard work and commitment to family are enough to protect you from poverty? It's not that hard actually. All it would take, as this book illustrates, is for those in power to once again respect the dignity of work-and the American worker"--
87) Out of many, one
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In this powerful new collection of oil paintings and stories, President George W. Bush spotlights the inspiring journeys of America₂s immigrants and the contributions they make to the life and prosperity of our nation. The issue of immigration stirs intense emotions today, as it has throughout much of American history. But what gets lost in the policy debates are the stories of immigrants themselves, the people who are drawn to America by its promise...
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"On the eve of the financial crisis, Jacob S. Hacker wrote "the policy book of the year" (E.J. Dionne, Jr., Washington Post), demonstrating and explaining the hidden story of growing economic insecurity. In this fully revised and updated second edition, he brings his powerful exposé of "The Great Risk Shift" up to date with startling new evidence and compelling new ideas. Hacker shows that the safety net was unraveling long before the late-2000s,...
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"Nonfiction memoir and social history by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Dale Maharidge sharing the lives, images, and experiences of the American poor around the United States from Great Depression era America to COVID and economic downturn in 2020 - examines themes of class, race, and privilege, and connects these stories to activists currently working to create economic justice"--
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What does America stand for in the twenty-first century? Behold, America confronts this urgent question by looking at the story behind two of the most contentious phrases in the American political playbook: the 'American dream' and 'America first'. What do these phrases tell us about America's idea of itself? What does it mean to put America first, and what exactly are Americans supposed to be dreaming of--personal wealth, public power, racial equality,...
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"Between the 1860s and 1920s, Chicago's working-class immigrants designed the American dream of home-ownership. They imagined homes as small businesses, homes that were simultaneously a consumer-oriented respite from work and a productive space that workers hoped to control. Leapfrogging out of town along with Chicago's assembly-line factories, Chicago's early suburbs were remarkably diverse. These suburbs were marketed with the elusive promise that...
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"Between 1920 and 1950 America saw an unprecedented expansion of wealth and power underwritten by technological innovation, cultural confidence, and victory in war. American elites won World War II, rebuilt the world order with America at its head, inaugurated the jet age and put a man on the moon. The boom led to a larger, richer middle that confirmed America's best ideals. By the early 1970s that ended. Since then, American elites have captured...
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The Foreigners' Perspective presents a unique chance to ponder -- and laugh - about ordinary, everyday aspects of the American Way of Life. With a touch of humor, it turns a spotlight on things that are quintessentially American, as seen through the eyes of people from around the world. This is a beautifully illustrated and witty must-read for anyone interested in a fresh take on the American way of life, for people visiting or moving to the States,...
98) The migrants
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A look at the lives of migratory farm workers, focusing on one family.Their only crime was to be born poor. Their only chance lay in their hearts. They rise every morning with the sun and work the fields all day. A story of a simple family, a family that worked hard, loved each other and hoped their hard work would produce a better life for them. And in the eyes of the son, lay that hope that allows a man to rise beyond his circumstances and like...
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Examines the ways in which the gospel is contradicted by the American dream and challenges Christians to join in a one-year experiment in authentic discipleship that promises spiritual transformation through the word of God.
"En Radical, David Platt te desafía a considerar con corazón abierto cómo hemos manipulado el evangelio a fin de que encaje en nuestras preferencias culturales. Muestra lo que dijo Jesús en cuanto a ser su discípulo......
100) W ślady ojca
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Rok 1945. Amerykanie wyzwalają niemiecki obóz koncentracyjny. Wśród ocalonych są Jakob i Emmanuelle. Każde z nich straciło w koszmarze wojny wszystko i wszystkich. W sobie znajdują pocieszenie i nadzieję. W Nowym Jorku rozpoczynają nowe życie. Razem budują swój świat: ciężkiej pracy, dobrobytu, a wreszcie fortuny ? dla siebie i swojego syna Maksa. Dwadzieścia lat później Max jest błyskotliwym biznesmenem, uosobieniem wiary, że...