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English
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A master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America. In June 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother,...
2) Labor Day
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Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
Explains the origins of Labor Day and how it is celebrated.
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University of California Press
Language
English
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Slavery is illegal throughout the world, yet more than twenty-seven million people are still trapped in one of history's oldest social institutions. Kevin Bales's disturbing story of contemporary slavery reaches from Pakistan's brick kilns and Thailand's brothels to various multinational corporations. His investigations reveal how the tragic emergence of a "new slavery" is inextricably linked to the global economy.--From publisher description.
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Studi di diritto del lavoro volume 23
Publisher
G. Giappichelli Editore
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Italiano
10) Vzdeláni, Dovednosti a Mobilita: Zamestnáni a Trh Práce V Ceské Republice a Evropskych Zemich
Publisher
Univerzita Karlova
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Czech
Series
Studies in global social history volume Volume 25
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The thesis is simple: Inequality is America's biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix this problem. But the labor movement of today has failed to enable enough individuals to join unions. Thus, organized labor's powerful potential is being wielded incompetently. And what is happening inside of organized labor will-far more than most people realize-determine the economic and social course of American life...
20) Riot
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
680L
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English
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When his father engages in vandalism against non-union employees, Bryan, a sixth-grader, must decide whether to accept his father's actions or do what he believes is right.
