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Chokepoint capitalism : how big tech and big content captured creative labor markets and how we'll win them back / by Giblin, Rebecca,author.; Doctorow, Cory,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."People are feeling squeezed because of chokepoint capitalism: exploitative businesses creating barriers to competition that let them take over markets and extract an unfair share of value. This book teaches how to spot those chokepoints, and what we can do to blow them up"--
Subjects: Capitalism; Cultural industries.;

The wife app / by Mackler, Carolyn,author.;
Three women create the Wife App to monetize the things wives do for free. Soon, it's the biggest start-up in New York City. But then life intervenes. And the consequences are larger than anything they expected.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Divorced women; Female friendship; Mobile apps; New business enterprises; Unpaid labor;

A flicker of hope / by Harmony, Cynthia.; Holzwarth, Devon.;
"Lucía loves to watch the monarchs' migration from her home in Mexico with Papá. But this year, the monarchs' journey north holds extra weight; Papá is heading north, too, to look for work. He promises her that when 'the weather turns cold and the monarcas return, our winged ancestors will guide me home.' So while he spends the summer months harvesting produce on faraway farms, Lucía watches the skies for signs of the monarchs'--and her papá's--return"--
Subjects: Picture books.; Fathers and daughters; Mexicans; Migrant labor; Monarch butterfly; Emigration and immigration; Parent and child; Migrant agricultural laborers; Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers; Monarch butterfly; Return migration;

The Perfect Passion Company / by McCall Smith, Alexander,1948-author.;
"As the new manager of The Perfect Passion Company at No. 24 Mouse Lane in New Town, Katie Donald has made it her mission to provide help to the lovelorn citizens of Edinburgh. With the help of her amiable and handsome office neighbor William Kidd, she finds herself making matches for the lonely hearts of Edinburgh who want a more personal touch. In this tale, Katie helps an airline pilot figure out what it is he really wants in a partner by sending him to cooking school. Another customer, a hotelier with a particularly overbearing mother, arrives looking for a bit of freedom -- and space. Along the way, Katie learns that the work of the Perfect Passion Company may be a little broader in its scope than she had originally thought."--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Dating (Social customs); Dating services; Interpersonal attraction; Mate selection;

An American pickle [videorecording] / by Rich, Simon,screenwriter.; Rogen, Seth,1982-film producer,actor.; Snook, Sarah,actor.; Trost, Brandon,1981-film director.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher,film distributor.;
Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook.An American Pickle stars Seth Rogen as Herschel Greenbaum, a struggling labourer who immigrates to America in 1919 with dreams of building a better life for his beloved family. One day, while working at his factory job, he falls into a vat of pickles and is brined for 100 years. The brine preserves him perfectly and when he emerges in present day Brooklyn, he finds that he hasn't aged a day. But when he seeks out his family, he learns that his only surviving relative is his great-grandson Ben Greenbaum (also played by Rogen), a mild-mannered computer coder whom Herschel can't even begin to understand.MPAA rating: PG-13.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Film adaptations.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Canning and preserving; Computer programmers; Grandparent and child; Immigrants; Jews; Unskilled labor;
For private home use only.

Stars between the sun and moon : one woman's life in North Korea and escape to freedom / by Jang, Lucia,author.; Haggard, Stephan.; McClelland, Susan,author.;
Subjects: Jang, Lucia.; Abused women; Famines; Forced labor; Human trafficking; Women prisoners;

The home children : their personal stories / by Harrison, Phyllis,1918-;
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Subjects: Children with social disabilities; Children with social disabilities; Foster children; Home children (Canadian immigrants); Child labor;
© 2003, c1979., J. Gordon Shillingford Pub.,

The girls of good fortune : a novel / by McMorris, Kristina,author.;
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday and The Ways We Hide She came from a lineage known for good fortune ... by those who don't know the whole story. Portland, 1888. Amid the subterranean labyrinth of the notorious Shanghai Tunnels, a woman awakens in an underground cell, drugged and disguised. Celia soon realizes she's a "shanghaied" victim on the verge of being shipped off as forced labor, leaving behind those she loves most. Although well accustomed to adapting for survival -- being half-Chinese, passing as white during an era fraught with anti-Chinese sentiment -- she fears that far more than her own fate hangs in the balance. As she pieces together the twisting path that led to her abduction, from serving as a maid for the family of a dubious mayor to becoming entwined in the case of a goldminers' massacre, revelations emerge of a child left in peril. Desperate, Celia must find a way to escape and return to a place where unearthed secrets can prove deadlier than the dark recesses of Chinatown. A captivating tale of resilience and hope, The Girls of Good Fortune explores the complexity of family and identity, the importance of stories that echo through generations, and the power of strength found beneath the surface"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Asian Americans; Forced labor; Kidnapping; Motherhood; Passing (Identity); Racism against Asians;

Children of the Taliban. by Bryon, Jordan,film director.; Mettelsiefen, Marcel,film director.; Foy, Claire,actor.; DogWoof (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Claire FoyOriginally produced by DogWoof in 2023.This documentary tells the story of four young children living in Kabul, Afghanistan and focuses on two boys and two girls whose lives have changed dramatically since U.S. troops completed their withdrawal from the country last summer and the Taliban swept to power.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Military history..; Human rights.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Middle East.; Current affairs.; Children.; Revolutions.; Afghanistan.; Labor.; Taliban.; United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.;

Zo : a novel / by Miller, Xander,author.;
"A novel about a poor Haitian laborer who falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy doctor, and their fight to stay together in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Fathers and daughters; Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010; Haitians; Poor men;

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