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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"How artists work, how they ritualize their days with the comforting (mundane) details of their lives: their daily routines, fears, dreams, naps, eating habits, and other prescribed, finely calibrated "subtle maneuvers" that help them use time, summon up willpower, exercise self-discipline and keep themselves afloat with optimism. Artists considering how they work--in letters, diaries, interviews, beguilingly compiled and edited by Mason Currey. Portraits...
2) Hijacked: how neoliberalism turned the work ethic against workers and how workers can take it back
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This sweeping history of classical economics shows how the work ethic has been used both to oppress workers and to liberate them. Today's neoliberalism offers an oppressive version of the work ethic. However, the work ethic also offers resources for reorganizing the economy on behalf of ordinary people"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Currey explores the daily obstacles and rituals of women who are artists--painters, composers, sculptors, scientists, filmmakers, and performers. We see how these brilliant minds get to work, the choices they have to make: rebuffing convention, stealing (or secreting away) time from the pull of husbands, wives, children, obligations, in order to create their creations; the large and small (and abiding) choices these women made--and continue to make--for...
4) Tanna's owl
Author
Publisher
Inhabit Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When Tanna's father brings home an abandoned owl, she is not eager to take care of the needy, ugly little bird. Tanna must wake at 4:00 AM to catch food for the owl. She must feed it, clean up after it, all while avoiding its sharp, chomping beak and big, stomping talons. After weeks of following her father's instructions on how to care for the owl, Tanna must leave home for school. Her owl has grown. It has lost its grey baby feathers and is beginning...
6) Work ethic
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Soft skills are in high-demand by employers everywhere. Not only are mastering these skills key to success in every career, they also pave the way for success at home, at school, and in life. This series encourages interactive exploration of eight critical soft skills in an imaginative and memorable way. Each chapter introduces a new attribute, provides mastery tips, and sets students off on a fun investigation of skill successes and mistakes by way...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Americans are overworked. After declining for a century through hard-fought labor movement victories, average annual work hours increased approximately 8 percent for all working adults from 1979 to 2016. In Worked Over, sociologist Jamie McCallum reveals how the battle over time on the job has been central to conflicts over capitalism from the beginning, how overwork is at the heart of the inequities and injustices in America's economy today, and...
Author
Publisher
Little Libros, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Desde el amanecer hasta el anochecer, pasando por el sol, la lluvia y todo lo demás, trabaja sus suaves manos hasta que se agrietan. Él cosecha muchos regalos para que todos los disfruten con la esperanza de un futuro mejor para los suyos: es la columna vertebral de nuestro país. Bellamente ilustrada con los colores regalados de la Madre Tierra y contada desde la perspectiva de un hijo orgulloso, esta sincera historia nos llevará en un viaje a...
11) The rise of the creative class: and how it's transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Sawa Itoh has always wondered why the beautiful underclassman Itsuki seems to hate her, so when the two are assigned to work together on an article, Sawa is determined to find out exactly what's wrong and become friends! But that might be harder than she thinks, especially when there's history between them... Meanwhile, their interview with Ayaka reveals the reason why she missed a day at school, ruining her otherwise perfect attendance."--Page [4]...
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