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Born.A.Reader

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America | Barbara Ehrenreich

💼 The constant baby-sitting and cleaning up unnecessary messes that shouldn't be made if people planned better (I'm in Procurement).
💼💼 Tagged. The author works several different jobs (under cover, technically) to illustrate the living wage gap and how hard it is to get ahead and stay ahead financially. Great read.
@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView I feel you on #1. Thanks for playing 1w

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bibliothecarivs

Gods in the Global Village: The World's Religions in Sociological Perspective | Lester R. Kurtz

Recent acquisitions (purchased secondhand for my wife, Amy):

📖 Gods In the Global Village: The World's Religions in Sociological Perspective (Second Edition) by Lester R. Kurtz
📖 Mercy Without End: Toward a More Inclusive Church: Essays by Lavina Fielding Anderson, forward by Jana Riess

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MaggieCarr

Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers | Deborah Tuerkheimer

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So much truth and to know how flawed our judicial system still is is sickening. We can do better as a country.

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TheBookgeekFrau

Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream | Barbara Ehrenreich

The 12 Days of Christmas
April favorite

#12BooksOf2024

Andrew65

Andrew65 An interesting book. 1mo

TheBookgeekFrau @Andrew65 So fascinating! And a little crushing, too 😕 1mo

Andrew65 @TheBookgeekFrau I can well imagine. 1mo

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TieDyeDude

Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having--Or Being Denied--An Abortion | Diana Greene Foster

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Essential reading for those open to learning real statistics and hearing personal experiences, as opposed to hiding behind blind faith, inflammatory partisanship, or unfounded personal opinions. This country is being forced to conform to the narrow beliefs of a minority who refuse to consider the consequences of their baseless preferences. Read the source, instead of some twisted media interpretation (because of course they have twisted it).

Jari-chan 👏 🙏 2mo

willaful Such a good book. 2mo

Amiable I‘m reading this book right now which is also insightful:

Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America

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lil1inblue I'm struck by how the last 2 sentences of your review could apply to *so* many issues in the United States right now. And I totally agree. Stacked. 2mo

TieDyeDude @Amiable Thanks for sharing. This book came out post-Kavanaugh, but before Roe was overturned. She does contemplate what the overturn of Roe could mean for abortion rights, and nailed it, unfortunately. 2mo

TieDyeDude @lil1inblue Too true. I added the last line because, since much of her research was published in scientific articles before the book came out, she talks about people taking certain lines out of context to support their own bias. Pathetic. 2mo

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Cosmos_Moon_River

Future Shock | Alvin Toffler

Taking a moment to brag & would love to hear what you‘re proud of—Two weeks ago I spoke about sustainability in maritime at 3 separate events. I was particularly proud of the Tulane Future of Energy Forum panel as the only woman & with three men who are CEOs. They took great photos, an event YouTube page with the 28 sessions & our panel made the cover!
@TulaneFutureofEnergy" rel="nofollow" target="_top">https://m.youtube.com/@TulaneFutureofEnergy
https://youtu.be/auIrAShIPkQ?si=aqimXsJ1rnlWBrAI

Ruthiella Awesome! 👏 👏👏 2mo

mcipher Congrats, that‘s so awesome!!! 👏 👏 👏 2mo

Cosmos_Moon_River @Ruthiella and @mcipher thank you 🥰 2mo

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Amie

Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs | Benjamin Herold

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This focuses a lot on schools/education, but also discusses the history and current state of each of the suburbs featured. Lots in this book to be frustrated and upset about.

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JenReadsAlot

Gates of Injustice: The Crisis in America's Prisons | Alan Elsner

Book scavenger hunt - gate #hauntedshelf @PuddleJumper #flerken

PuddleJumper 🖤🧡🖤 3mo

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Anna40

Remembering Peasants: A Personal History of a Vanished World | Patrick Joyce

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My grandparents were peasants but sadly spoke little about their lives.I‘ve always been drawn to agriculture:I worked a season as grape picker in France&on a mountain hut in Austria milking cows but I always had a romanticized view of peasant life.I loved this book,which gets quite philosophical at times.Although I didn‘t learn about my own ancestors I have an idea what my grandparents lives could have been like& there‘s nothing romantic about it.

Bookwomble I love reading local history and social history that I have some connection to. Sounds like this one was meaningful for you. 😊 4mo

Anna40 @Bookwomble yes, vey meaningful. Really enjoyed it but it also made me sad that so much of my grandparents‘ life is a mystery to me. Anyway really enjoyed this one 4mo

Bookwomble @Anna40 💖 4mo

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