Author: Tekla White
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
ISBN: 1575053004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Relates the story of Homan Walsh, a fifteen-year-old boy who in 1847 successfully flew a kite over the Niagara River from Canada to the United States, enabling work to begin on a suspension bridge over Niagara Falls.
The Flight of the Union
Author: Tekla White
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
ISBN: 1575053004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Relates the story of Homan Walsh, a fifteen-year-old boy who in 1847 successfully flew a kite over the Niagara River from Canada to the United States, enabling work to begin on a suspension bridge over Niagara Falls.
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
ISBN: 1575053004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Relates the story of Homan Walsh, a fifteen-year-old boy who in 1847 successfully flew a kite over the Niagara River from Canada to the United States, enabling work to begin on a suspension bridge over Niagara Falls.
State of the Union
Author: Nick Hornby
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593087348
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
A heartbreaking, funny, and honest look inside of a marriage falling apart and the lengths a couple would go to in order to fix it from the bestselling author of Dickens and Prince, About a Boy and High Fidelity Now an Emmy award winning SundanceTV series starring Rosamund Pike and Chris O'Dowd Tom and Louise meet in a pub before their couple's therapy appointment. Married for years, they thought they had a stable home life--until a recent incident pushed them to the brink. Going to therapy seemed like the perfect solution. But over drinks before their appointment, they begin to wonder: what if marriage is like a computer? What if you take it apart to see what's in there, but then you're left with a million pieces? Unfolding in the minutes before their weekly therapy sessions, the ten-chapter conversation that ensues is witty and moving, forcing them to look at their marriage--and, for the first time in a long time, at each other.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593087348
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
A heartbreaking, funny, and honest look inside of a marriage falling apart and the lengths a couple would go to in order to fix it from the bestselling author of Dickens and Prince, About a Boy and High Fidelity Now an Emmy award winning SundanceTV series starring Rosamund Pike and Chris O'Dowd Tom and Louise meet in a pub before their couple's therapy appointment. Married for years, they thought they had a stable home life--until a recent incident pushed them to the brink. Going to therapy seemed like the perfect solution. But over drinks before their appointment, they begin to wonder: what if marriage is like a computer? What if you take it apart to see what's in there, but then you're left with a million pieces? Unfolding in the minutes before their weekly therapy sessions, the ten-chapter conversation that ensues is witty and moving, forcing them to look at their marriage--and, for the first time in a long time, at each other.
Re-Union
Author: David Madland
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501755382
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
In Re-Union, David Madland explores how labor unions are essential to all workers. Yet, union systems are badly flawed and in need of rapid changes for reform. Madland's multilayered analysis presents a solution—a model to replace the existing firm-based collective bargaining with a larger, industry-scale bargaining method coupled with powerful incentives for union membership. These changes would represent a remarkable shift from the norm, but would be based on lessons from other countries, US history and current policy in several cities and states. In outlining the shift, Madland details how these proposals might mend the broken economic and political systems in the United States. He also uses three examples from Britain, Canada, and Australia to explore what there is yet to learn about this new system in other developed nations. Madland's practical advice in Re-Union extends to a proposal for how to implement the changes necessary to shift the current paradigm. This powerful call to action speaks directly to the workers affected by these policies—the very people seeking to have their voices recognized in a system that attempts to silence them.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501755382
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
In Re-Union, David Madland explores how labor unions are essential to all workers. Yet, union systems are badly flawed and in need of rapid changes for reform. Madland's multilayered analysis presents a solution—a model to replace the existing firm-based collective bargaining with a larger, industry-scale bargaining method coupled with powerful incentives for union membership. These changes would represent a remarkable shift from the norm, but would be based on lessons from other countries, US history and current policy in several cities and states. In outlining the shift, Madland details how these proposals might mend the broken economic and political systems in the United States. He also uses three examples from Britain, Canada, and Australia to explore what there is yet to learn about this new system in other developed nations. Madland's practical advice in Re-Union extends to a proposal for how to implement the changes necessary to shift the current paradigm. This powerful call to action speaks directly to the workers affected by these policies—the very people seeking to have their voices recognized in a system that attempts to silence them.
Femininity in Flight
Author: Kathleen Barry
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822339465
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
'Femininity in Flight' considers flight attendants as cultural icons, looking at how attendants redeployed the 'glamourization' used to sell air travel to campaign for professional respect, higher wages, and women's rights.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822339465
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
'Femininity in Flight' considers flight attendants as cultural icons, looking at how attendants redeployed the 'glamourization' used to sell air travel to campaign for professional respect, higher wages, and women's rights.
Last Train South
Author: James C. Clark
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786404698
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The story begins in March 1865 as Union troops closed in on Richmond. Jefferson Davis tries to establish new capitals in Danville, Greensboro, and Charlotte and is ultimately captured in Georgia. Secretary of War Breckinridge dons the style of a pirate to escape. Secretary of State Benjamin disguises himself as a poor farmer--with his gold sewn inside his clothes. Nearly 60 primary and secondary sources were used to research this dramatic history. The book contains sketches made by an artist who accompanied Davis on much of the escape, and includes maps of the escape route.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786404698
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The story begins in March 1865 as Union troops closed in on Richmond. Jefferson Davis tries to establish new capitals in Danville, Greensboro, and Charlotte and is ultimately captured in Georgia. Secretary of War Breckinridge dons the style of a pirate to escape. Secretary of State Benjamin disguises himself as a poor farmer--with his gold sewn inside his clothes. Nearly 60 primary and secondary sources were used to research this dramatic history. The book contains sketches made by an artist who accompanied Davis on much of the escape, and includes maps of the escape route.
Soviet Union Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
The Yankee Plague
Author: Lorien Foote
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781469630557
Category : Escaped prisoners of war
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781469630557
Category : Escaped prisoners of war
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
A More Perfect Union
Author: Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1665704632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Race, from the beginning and more than any other element, has shaped America's institutions, its economics, politics, laws, social structures, and political attitudes. Congressman Jackson considers race to be the focal point of America through the language of the economy because "the economy is the hearing aid through which Americans hear all political dialogue." In this thought provoking work, Jackson provides ample documentation and insightful analysis of the inextricable link between race and economics. More important Jackson proposes a radical economic strategy and program of new human rights that would build A More Perfect Union for all Americans and put them in a better position to come to grips with this enduring American legacy.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1665704632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Race, from the beginning and more than any other element, has shaped America's institutions, its economics, politics, laws, social structures, and political attitudes. Congressman Jackson considers race to be the focal point of America through the language of the economy because "the economy is the hearing aid through which Americans hear all political dialogue." In this thought provoking work, Jackson provides ample documentation and insightful analysis of the inextricable link between race and economics. More important Jackson proposes a radical economic strategy and program of new human rights that would build A More Perfect Union for all Americans and put them in a better position to come to grips with this enduring American legacy.
Union Producing Company, Near Shreveport, Louisiana, January 10, 1954
Author: United States. Civil Aeronautics Board
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
On Different Planes
Author: David J. Walsh
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780875463292
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Argues that solidarity across organizational lines will increasingly become the union movement's response to the challenges and pressures it is facing, and that the airline unions are at the forefront of the approach. Draws on quantitative data, the historical background, and case studies, including the 1989 Eastern Airline strike. Paper edition (329-0), $17.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780875463292
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Argues that solidarity across organizational lines will increasingly become the union movement's response to the challenges and pressures it is facing, and that the airline unions are at the forefront of the approach. Draws on quantitative data, the historical background, and case studies, including the 1989 Eastern Airline strike. Paper edition (329-0), $17.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR