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The Mother Earth News guide to vegetable gardening : building and maintaining healthy soil, wise watering, pest control strategies, home composting, dozens of growing guides for fruits & vegetables.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Vegetable gardening;
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My life on the road / by Steinem, Gloria.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Gloria Steinem had an itinerant childhood. Every fall, her father would pack the family into the car and they would drive across the country, in search of their next adventure. The seeds were planted: Steinem would spend much of her life on the road, as a journalist, organizer, activist, and speaker. In vivid stories that span an entire career, Steinem writes about her time on the campaign trail, from Bobby Kennedy to Hillary Clinton; her early exposure to social activism in India, and the decades spent organizing ground-up movements in America; the taxi drivers who were "vectors of modern myths" and the airline stewardesses who embraced the feminist revolution; and the infinite, surprising contrasts, the "surrealism in everyday life" that Steinem encountered as she traveled back and forth across the country. With the unique perspective of one of the greatest feminist icons of the 20th and 21st centuries, here is an inspiring, profound, enlightening memoir of one woman's life-long journey"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Steinem, Gloria.; Feminism; Feminists;
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On freedom / by Snyder, Timothy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A brilliant exploration of freedom -- what it is, how it's been misunderstood, and why it's our only chance for survival -- by the acclaimed Yale historian and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny"--
Subjects: Democracy; Liberty.; Political culture;
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Gigged : the end of the job and the future of work / by Kessler, Sarah,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Temporary employment; Flexible work arrangements; Labor; Labor market;
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We were eight years in power : an American tragedy / by Coates, Ta-Nehisi,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Political culture;
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The velvet rope economy : how inequality became big business / by Schwartz, Nelson,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In nearly every realm of daily life--from health care to education, highways to home security--there is an invisible velvet rope rising, separating Americans into two radically different experiences of life. On one side of the velvet rope is a friction-free existence where, for a price, needs are anticipated and catered to. Red tape is cut, lines are jumped, appointments are secured, and doors are opened. On the other side of the rope, friction is practically the defining characteristic, with middle-and working-class Americans facing a Darwinian fight for an empty seat on the plane, a place in line with their kids at the amusement park, a college acceptance, a hospital bed. We are all aware of the gap between the rich and everyone else, but when we weren't looking business innovators stepped in to exploit it, shifting services away from the masses and finding new ways to serve the privileged. New York Times business reporter Nelson Schwartz offers a behind-the-scenes tour of the velvet rope economy and those who created it: the ship-within-a-ship on Norwegian Cruise Lines that saves the best views for the wealthy, a special pager for donors that reaches San Francisco's top cardiologist, a $4,000-a-night maternity suite, firefighters who save one home but not the house next door. And he shows the toll of velvet rope innovation on the rest of us: long waits for an ambulance, packed highways, school athletics that are pay to play. What's more, as decision-makers and corporate leaders increasingly live on the friction-free side of the velvet rope, they are less inclined to change--or even notice--the barriers everyone else must contend with"--
Subjects: Income distribution; Affluent consumers; Classism;
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Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century / by Bruder, Jessica,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves "workampers." Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy - one that foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us. At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive.
Subjects: Older people; Casual labor;
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The fourth man : the hunt for a KGB spy at the top of the CIA and the rise of Putin's Russia / by Baer, Robert,author.;
A former CIA officer reveals the never-before-told story of the post-Cold War hunt for a KGB spy in the top ranks of the CIA, led by three women who squared off against a man who could have been the most damaging spy in U.S. history.
Subjects: United States. Central Intelligence Agency.; Espionage, Russian; Intelligence service;
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50 states, 5000 ideas : where to go, when to go, what to see, what to do / by Yogerst, Joseph R.;
Includes bibliographical references, filmographies, Internet addresses and index."Organized state-by-state then province-by-province, 50 States, 5000 Ideas showcases the best travel experiences in every state and province, from the obvious to the unexpected. Sights include national parks, beaches, hotels, Civil War battlefields, dude ranches, out-of-the-way museums, and the list goes on and on. You'll discover the world's longest yard sale in Tennessee; swamp tours in Louisiana; dinosaur trails in Colorado; America's oldest street in NYC; a string of lighthouses in Nova Scotia; authentic Chinese night markets in British Columbia; and the best spot to watch for sea otters on the central California coast. Each entry provides detailed travel information, as well as fascinating facts about each state, that will help fuel your wanderlust and ensure the best vacation possible"--Provided by publisher.LSC
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Walking to listen : 4,000 miles across America, one story at a time / by Forsthoefel, Andrew,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Biographies.; Forsthoefel, Andrew; Hikers; Hiking; Interviews; Social psychology;
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