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  LIVING WITH A WILD GOD - A NON-BELIEVER''S SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH ABOUT EVERYTHING

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  • Granta books
  • 6 Avril 2014
  • 9781783780136

  A brilliant and touching portrait of an atheist's encounter with the inexplicable, and her ongoing attempts to rationalise and unravel it
  

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  Nickel and Dimed

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  • Holt, henry
  • 15 Mai 2002
  • 9780805063899

  In an attempt to understand the lives of Americans earning near-minimum wages, Ehrenreich works as a waitress in Florida, a cleaning woman in Maine, and a sales clerk in Minnesota.
  

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  BAIT AND SWITCH - THE FUTILE PURSUIT OF THE CORPORATE DREAM

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  • Granta books
  • 22 Février 2006
  • 9781862078970

  Intrigued by reports of poverty and despair within America's white-collar corporate workforce, the author decided to infiltrate their world as an undercover reporter, and learn about the problems facing middle-class executives. Her story is funny, and delivers a warning about the future that faces corporate employees everywhere.
  

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  Bait and Switch ; The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  • Holt, henry
  • 13 Septembre 2005
  • 9780805076066

  Focuses on the world of white-collar unemployment as seen through the eyes of the unemployed, describing the woes of "surplus" employees who are forced to confront the realities of financial hardship with few social supports or security.
  

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  Going to Extremes ; Notes from a Divided Nation

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  • Granta books
  • 7 Juillet 2008
  • 9781847080653

  America is a grotesquely polarized society and becoming more so all the time. This collection of pieces shows how the widening gap between rich and poor over the years has left the country increasingly divided between the gated communities on the one hand, and the trailer parks and tenements on the other.
  

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  Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World ; US title = Bright-Sided

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  • Granta books
  • 21 Janvier 2010
  • 9781847081353

  Explores the tyranny of positive thinking, and offers a history of how it came to be the dominant mode in the USA. This book argues that the insistence on being cheerful actually leads to a lonely focus inwards, a blaming of oneself for any misfortunes, and thus to political apathy. It reveals the dark side of the 'have a nice day' nation.
  

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  Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  • Granta books
  • 24 Juillet 2010
  • 9781847081735

  Explores the tyranny of positive thinking, and offers a history of how it came to be the dominant mode in the USA. This book argues passionately that the insistence on being cheerful actually leads to a lonely focus inwards, a blaming of oneself for any misfortunes, and thus to political apathy. It reveals the dark side of the nation.
  

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  Blood Rites ; Origins and History of the Passions of War

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  • Granta books
  • 7 Avril 2011
  • 9781847083531

  Published for the first time as a Granta Books paperback: Barbara Ehrenreich's groundbreaking investigation into the roots of war, with a new introduction by the author.
  

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