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Author: Elizabeth Bluemle
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2014-03-25
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 0763656968
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs a thunderstorm sweeps into the city, the people of the neighborhood rush into the subway to wait out the wind and weather.
Author: A. W. Maldonado
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
Published: 2021-08-01
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 0268200998
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho is to blame for the economic and political crisis in Puerto Rico—the United States or Puerto Rico? This book provides a fascinating historical perspective on the problem and an unequivocal answer on who is to blame. In this engaging and approachable book, journalist A. W. Maldonado charts the rise and fall of the Puerto Rican economy and explains how a litany of bad political and fiscal policy decisions in Washington and Puerto Rico destroyed an economic miracle. Under Operation Bootstrap in the 1950s and '60s, the rapid transformation and industrialization of the Puerto Rican economy was considered a “wonder of human history,” a far cry from the economic “death spiral” the island’s governor described in 2015. Boom and Bust in Puerto Rico is the story of how the demise of an obscure tax policy that encouraged investment and economic growth led to escalating budget deficits and the government’s shocking default of its $70 billion debt. Maldonado also discusses the extent of the devastation from Hurricane Maria in 2017, the massive street protests during 2019, and the catastrophic earthquakes in January 2020. After illuminating the century of misunderstanding between Puerto Rico and the United States—the root cause of the economic crisis and the island’s gridlocked debates about its political status—Maldonado concludes with projections about the future of the relationship. He argues that, in the end, the economic, fiscal, and political crises are the result of the breakdown and failure of Puerto Rican self-government. Boom and Bust in Puerto Rico is written for a wide audience, including students, economists, politicians, and general readers, all of whom will find it interesting and thought provoking.
Author: Emily Raboteau
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Published: 2013-12-31
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 146686155X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA daughter's future and her father's past converge in Emily Raboteau's explosive first novel exploring identity, assimilation, and the legacy of race "My father is black and my mother is white and my brother is a vegetable." When Emma Boudreaux's older brother, Bernie, winds up in a coma after a freak accident, it's as if she loses a part of herself. All their lives, he has served as her compass, her stronger, better half: Bernie was brilliant when Emma was smart, charismatic when she was awkward, and confident when she was shy. Only Bernie was able to navigate-if not always diplomatically-the terrain of their biracial identity. Now, as the chronic rash that's flared up throughout her life returns with a vengeance, Emma is sleepwalking through her first year at college, left alone to grow into herself. The key to Emma's self-discovery lies in her father's past. Esteemed Princeton professor Bernard Boudreaux is emotionally absent and secretive about his family history. Little does Emma know just how haunted that history is, how tortured the path from the Deep South town to his present Ivy League success has been. Though her father and brother are bound by the past, Emma might just escape. In exhilarating, magical prose, The Professor's Daughter traces the borderlands of race and family, the contested territory that gives birth to rage, confusion, madness, and invisibility. This striking debut marks the arrival of an astonishingly original voice that surges with energy and purpose.
Author: Khalid Karim
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2019-03-19
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 0359345646
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a book about passion, strength, fear, hope, family, friends, and more. It is a book that gives us a look into one man's mind and heart. This is only a small part of his short and long life, but it's a life he's willing to share. And as with most books, you're guaranteed to take something of value from it.
Author: Tasha C. Miller
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2002-10
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 0595253512
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHideous thought provoking verve, there is painfully disturbing honesty and rawness in her words. Her self-proclaimed yincoherenty style has drawn a large and loyal following. She writes as you felt it, but would never say. She loves you, hates you, and curses you all in one breath. Miller wastes no time as she spits blatant and explicit fact. You are literally grabbed, screaming and hollering into her reality, her yAssOutednessy.
Author: Dorothy Ham
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2017-08-18
Total Pages: 111
ISBN-13: 1546204350
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYou will find the content in this book is between two different stories. The first is about matters of life and the heart situationswhat it seems to be may not be. The other tells many stories through created art. Billie Barnes tells a story through his artwork. My art comes from my head. Its like a natural thing thats inside of me. For example, Ill make a line or a circle, then the line or circle becomes my inspiration to create. The art creates itself. I am just the vessel in which art chooses to use to create itself. In other words, its a gift (Billie Barnes).
Author: Ai-jen Poo
Publisher: New Press, The
Published: 2009-03-17
Total Pages: 149
ISBN-13: 1620970465
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of Time’s 100 most influential people “shines a new light on the need for a holistic approach to caregiving in America . . . Timely and hopeful” (Maria Shriver). In The Age of Dignity, thought leader and activist Ai-jen Poo offers a wake-up call about the statistical reality that will affect us all: Fourteen percent of our population is now over sixty-five; by 2030 that ratio will be one in five. In fact, our fastest-growing demographic is the eighty-five-plus age group—over five million people now, a number that is expected to more than double in the next twenty years. This change presents us with a new challenge: how we care for and support quality of life for the unprecedented numbers of older Americans who will need it. Despite these daunting numbers, Poo has written a profoundly hopeful book, giving us a glimpse into the stories and often hidden experiences of the people—family caregivers, older people, and home care workers—whose lives will be directly shaped and reshaped in this moment of demographic change. The Age of Dignity outlines a road map for how we can become a more caring nation, providing solutions for fixing our fraying safety net while also increasing opportunities for women, immigrants, and the unemployed in our workforce. As Poo has said, “Care is the strategy and the solution toward a better future for all of us.” “Every American should read this slender book. With luck, it will be the future for all of us.” —Gloria Steinem “Positive and inclusive.” —The New York Times “A big-hearted book [that] seeks to transform our dismal view of aging and caregiving.” —Ms. magazine
Author: Bill Martin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1989-10
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 067167949X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA told B, and B told C, I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no -- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! The well-known authors of Barn Dance and Knots on a Counting Rope have created a rhythmic alphabet chant that rolls along on waves of fun. Lois Elhert's rainbow of bright, bold, and cheerful colors makes the merry parade of letters unforgettable.
Author: William Quinn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-08-06
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1108369359
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently? In order to answer these questions, William Quinn and John D. Turner take us on a riveting ride through the history of financial bubbles, visiting, among other places, Paris and London in 1720, Latin America in the 1820s, Melbourne in the 1880s, New York in the 1920s, Tokyo in the 1980s, Silicon Valley in the 1990s and Shanghai in the 2000s. As they do so, they help us understand why bubbles happen, and why some have catastrophic economic, social and political consequences whilst others have actually benefited society. They reveal that bubbles start when investors and speculators react to new technology or political initiatives, showing that our ability to predict future bubbles will ultimately come down to being able to predict these sparks.
Author: Yuen Yuen Ang
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-05-28
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 1108802389
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang maintains that all corruption is harmful, but not all types of corruption hurt growth. Ang unbundles corruption into four varieties: petty theft, grand theft, speed money, and access money. While the first three types impede growth, access money - elite exchanges of power and profit - cuts both ways: it stimulates investment and growth but produces serious risks for the economy and political system. Since market opening, corruption in China has evolved toward access money. Using a range of data sources, the author explains the evolution of Chinese corruption, how it differs from the West and other developing countries, and how Xi's anti-corruption campaign could affect growth and governance. In this formidable yet accessible book, Ang challenges one-dimensional measures of corruption. By unbundling the problem and adopting a comparative-historical lens, she reveals that the rise of capitalism was not accompanied by the eradication of corruption, but rather by its evolution from thuggery and theft to access money. In doing so, she changes the way we think about corruption and capitalism, not only in China but around the world.
