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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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"Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life--from...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
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Freakonomics lived on the New York Times bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in SuperFreakonomics—the long awaited follow-up to their New York Times Notable blockbuster. Based on revolutionary research and original studies SuperFreakonomics promises to once again challenge our view of the way the world really works.
Publisher
Graphic Mundi
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Oil waste was everywhereon the roads, in the rivers where they fished, and in the water that they used for bathing, cooking, and washing. Children became sick and died, cases of stomach cancer skyrocketed, and women miscarried or gave birth to children with congenital disorders. The American oil company Texaconow part of Chevronextracted its first barrel of crude oil from Amazonian Ecuador in 1972. It left behind millions of gallons of spilled oil...
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Consumers embrace the skull: Nike, Calvin Klein, Zippo, and Crystal Head Vodka feature them as product lines. Skulls adorn artwork, sneakers, candy, skateboards, jewelry, and even wallpaper. The skull is everywhere in pop culture! Never before has a book addressed the skull as a cover motif during the Golden Age of American publishing. Countless skull-themed comic book, pulp, and paperback covers appeared from the 1930s through the mid-50s. Popular...
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Language
English
Description
Why do educated women get fewer responses on online dating websites? Is buying local food economically efficient? Does bribing kids improve their performance on school tests? Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, the quirky geniuses behind "Freakonomics" are back at it. Here, for the first time, the very best of their more than 8,000 posts are together in a single place. It showcases the brilliance that has made Levitt and Dubner an international sensation,...
14) The System
Publisher
PM Press
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
It has been said that the flutter of insect wings in the Indian Ocean can send a hurricane crashing against the shores of the American Northeast, and such a premise lies at the core of The System, a wordless graphic novel created and painted by award-winning illustrator Peter Kuper. A sleazy stockbroker is lining his pockets, a corrupt cop is shaking down drug dealers, a mercenary bomber is setting the timer, a serial killer is stalking strippers,...
Publisher
PM Press
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Finally available for the first time in a single book format, Abolish Work combines two influential and well-circulated pamphlets written from the frontlines of the class war. The texts from the anonymous workers at Prole.info offer cutting-edge class analysis and critiques of daily life accompanied by uncensored, innovative illustrations.
Moving from personal thoughts and interactions to large-scale political and economic forces, Abolish Work reads...
Publisher
TidalWave Productions
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
What do the owner of the Brooklyn Nets, the CEO of Starbucks, the Chairman of General Electric, and a Tea Party activist from Georgia have in common? They are all self-made millionaires (and, in some cases, billionaires) who took advantage of American capitalism to shape their empires. Read the stories behind the power. Tycoon: Rise to the Top features Mikhail Prokhorov, Howard Schultz, Jack Welch, and Herman Cain.
Publisher
PM Press
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Before the Golden Age of comic books, there was Mr. Block: a bumbling, boss-loving, anti-union blockhead, brought to life over a hundred years ago by subversive cartoonist Ernest Riebe.
A dedicated labour activist and member of the Industrial Workers of the World, Riebe dreamed up his iconic, union-hating anti-hero to satirize conservative workers faith in the capitalist system that exploits them. This wickedly funny anthology of Riebes writings...
Publisher
Andrews McMeel
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The only big-business tycoon boasting his own private executive litter box and luxury mega cat condo, the dashing Business Cat misses meetings because he's stuck in trees, sends emails while napping on keyboards, and demands to be let out, then in, then out again.
This debut volume of the popular online comic "The Adventures of Business Cat" collects all the fan favorites plus a generous bonus of all-new material, for value-added experience and high...
Publisher
NBM
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel that explores the nature of one's vocation, this book offers a look at the daily devotion to craft in two dissimilar professions. Etienne Davodeau is a comic artisthe doesn't know much about the world of winemaking. Richard Leroy is a winemakerhe's rarely even read comics. But filled with good will and curiosity, the two men exchange professions, and Etienne goes to work in Richard's vineyards and cellar, while Richard, in return,...
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