The Mind at Work
The Mind at Work

Author: Mike Rose

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2005-07-26

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1101174943

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Featuring a new preface for the 10th anniversary As did the national bestseller Nickel and Dimed, Mike Rose’s revelatory book demolishes the long-held notion that people who work with their hands make up a less intelligent class. He shows us waitresses making lightning-fast calculations, carpenters handling complex spatial mathematics, and hairdressers, plumbers, and electricians with their aesthetic and diagnostic acumen. Rose, an educator who is himself the son of a waitress, explores the intellectual repertory of everyday workers and the terrible social cost of undervaluing the work they do. Deftly combining research, interviews, and personal history, this is one of those rare books that has the capacity both to shape public policy and to illuminate general readers.

Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink
Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink

Author: Diane deGroat

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1997-01-20

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9780688152208

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When Gilbert writes two not-so-nice valentines to his classmates, his prank quickly turns into pandemonium. But there's always time for a change of heart on Valentine's Day.

Doghouse Roses
Doghouse Roses

Author: Steve Earle

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2002-06-18

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0547526202

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"Earle's narrative voice sounds like a sage in a smoky bar..." Kirkus Reviews "[A] surprisingly fine short story collection…" The Star Tribune "A heartfelt, beautifully observed collection of stories." The Oregonian "[Earle's] ability to write so close to the bone…makes Doghouse Roses such an entertaining read." The Los Angeles Times "They haven't been shaped…by the small magazines or mainstream monthly editors. There's an appealing sort of innocence to them." Salon —

The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses

Author: Simon Spence

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2013-04-02

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1250030838

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The Stone Roses captures the magic—and chaos—behind the UK band's rise, fall, and recent resurrection. The iconic Brit pop band The Stone Roses became an overnight sensation when their 1989 eponymous album went double platinum. It was a recording that is still often listed as one of the best albums ever made. Its chiming guitar riffs, anthemic melodies, and Smiths-like pop sensibility elevated The Stone Roses to a cult-like status in the UK and put them on the map in the U.S. But theirs is a story of unfulfilled success: their star imploded as their sophomore effort took years to complete and the band broke up acrimoniously in 1996. Sixteen years later, they reunited and have been playing sold out gigs, thrilling fans around the globe, and working on new material. In 2013, they nabbed the coveted headline spot at the Coachella Festival. With one hundred interviews of key figures, forty rare photographs, and exclusive insider material including how they created their music, The Stone Roses charts the band's rise from the backwaters of Manchester to becoming the stars of the "Madchester" scene to their successful comeback years later. Going beyond the myths to depict a band that defined Brit pop, Simon Spence illustrates their incandescent talent and jaw-dropping success while contextualizing them in the 90s music scene. This is the definitive story of The Stone Roses.

Feel Your Way Through
Feel Your Way Through

Author: Kelsea Ballerini

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2021-11-16

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0593497082

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The personal and poignant debut poetry collection from the award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer revolves around the emotions, struggles, and experiences of finding your voice and confidence as a woman. “I’ve realized that some feelings can’t be turned into a song . . . so I’ve started writing poems. Just like my songs, they are personal and honest. Just like my songs, they have hooks and rhymes. Just like my songs, they talk about what it’s like to be twenty-something trying to navigate a wildly beautiful and broken world.” Deeply emotional and candid, Feel Your Way Through explores the challenges and celebrates the experiences faced by Kelsea Ballerini as she navigates the twists and turns of growing into a woman today. In this book of original poetry, Ballerini addresses themes of family, relationships, body image, self-love, sexuality, and the lessons of youth. Her poems speak to the often harsh, and sometimes beautiful, onset of womanhood. Honest, humble, and ultimately hopeful, this collection reveals a new dimension of Ballerini’s artistry and talent.

The Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses

Author: Dan Jones

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-10-14

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 0698170326

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The author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets and The Templars chronicles the next chapter in British history—the historical backdrop for Game of Thrones The inspiration for the Channel 5 series Britain's Bloody Crown The crown of England changed hands five times over the course of the fifteenth century, as two branches of the Plantagenet dynasty fought to the death for the right to rule. In this riveting follow-up to The Plantagenets, celebrated historian Dan Jones describes how the longest-reigning British royal family tore itself apart until it was finally replaced by the Tudors. Some of the greatest heroes and villains of history were thrown together in these turbulent times, from Joan of Arc to Henry V, whose victory at Agincourt marked the high point of the medieval monarchy, and Richard III, who murdered his own nephews in a desperate bid to secure his stolen crown. This was a period when headstrong queens and consorts seized power and bent men to their will. With vivid descriptions of the battles of Towton and Bosworth, where the last Plantagenet king was slain, this dramatic narrative history revels in bedlam and intrigue. It also offers a long-overdue corrective to Tudor propaganda, dismantling their self-serving account of what they called the Wars of the Roses.

Bread and Roses, Too
Bread and Roses, Too

Author: Katherine Paterson

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2008-08-12

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0547488750

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2013 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Rosa’s mother is singing again, for the first time since Papa died in an accident in the mills. But instead of filling their cramped tenement apartment with Italian lullabies, Mamma is out on the streets singing union songs, and Rosa is terrified that her mother and older sister, Anna, are endangering their lives by marching against the corrupt mill owners. After all, didn’t Miss Finch tell the class that the strikers are nothing but rabble-rousers—an uneducated, violent mob? Suppose Mamma and Anna are jailed or, worse, killed? What will happen to Rosa and little Ricci? When Rosa is sent to Vermont with other children to live with strangers until the strike is over, she fears she will never see her family again. Then, on the train, a boy begs her to pretend that he is her brother. Alone and far from home, she agrees to protect him . . . even though she suspects that he is hiding some terrible secret. From a beloved, award-winning author, here is a moving story based on real events surrounding an infamous 1912 strike.

Catalog
Catalog

Author: Sears, Roebuck and Company

Publisher:

Published: 1922

Total Pages: 1012

ISBN-13:

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The Weeds, the Flowers, and the Roses
The Weeds, the Flowers, and the Roses

Author: Tandra Hayes Bentley

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2015-01-09

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1490863605

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As we go through life's challenges and phases, our strength and faith in the Lord will begin to manifest great power within. The Holy Spirit will lead you to understand the goodness of the Lord. The Weeds, the Flowers, and the Roses is a story of life's experiences, endurances, and trials, which are necessary to transform us into the people God wants us to be. He wants us to let our light shine in the midst of it all. I pray that The Weeds, the Flowers, and the Roses will help to encourage somebody, anybody that you can make it and you are important. God will always be right there to protect you. You have to have a plan if you want to accomplish your goals. Just keep on keeping on because no one has arrived yet! My book was written out of strong love, strong hurt and pain, strong will, and shows how God gave me strength to endure it all. For with God nothing shall be impossible. - Luke 1:7 I hope you enjoy reading this book. I pray that it is uplifting to you as it has been to me. God bless you! Amen. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good: and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love Mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? - Micah 6:8 Thank you, Lord. Love, Tandra