Fall Reading

The Unbanking of America By:Lisa Servon Published on 2017-01-10 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt “[A] startling and absorbing exposé . . . Required reading for fans of muckraking authors like Barbara Ehrenreich.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review “Exceptional . . . thorough, and even gut-wrenching. A significant contribution.”—American Prospect Why Americans are fleeing our broken banking system in growing numbers, and how alternatives are rushing in to do what banks once did What do an undocumented immigrant in the South Bronx, a high-net-worth entrepreneur, and a twenty-something graduate student have in common? All three are victims of our dysfunctional mainstream bank and credit system. Nearly half of all Americans live from paycheck to paycheck, and income volatility has doubled over the past thirty years. Banks, with their high monthly fees and overdraft charges, are gouging their lower- and middle-income customers while serving only the wealthiest Americans. Lisa Servon delivers a s...

Invisible By:Stephen L. Carter Published on 2018-10-09 by Henry Holt and Company The bestselling author delves into his past and discovers the inspiring story of his grandmother’s extraordinary life She was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves, as dazzlingly unlikely a combination as one could imagine in New York of the 1930s—and without the strategy she devised, Lucky Luciano, the most powerful Mafia boss in history, would never have been convicted. When special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey selected twenty lawyers to help him clean up the city’s underworld, she was the only member of his team who was not a white male. Eunice Hunton Carter, Stephen Carter’s grandmother, was raised in a world of stultifying expectations about race and gender, yet by the 1940s, her professional and political successes had made her one of the most famous black women in America. But her triumphs were shadowed by prejudice and tragedy. Greatly complic...

Inhuman Bondage By:David Brion Davis Published on 2006-04-01 by Oxford University Press David Brion Davis has long been recognized as the leading authority on slavery in the Western World. His books have won every major history award--including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award--and he has been universally praised for his prodigious research, his brilliant analytical skill, and his rich and powerful prose. Now, in Inhuman Bondage, Davis sums up a lifetime of insight in what Stanley L. Engerman calls |a monumental and magisterial book, the essential work on New World slavery for several decades to come.| Davis begins with the dramatic Amistad case, which vividly highlights the international character of the Atlantic slave trade and the roles of the American judiciary, the presidency, the media, and of both black and white abolitionists. The heart of the book looks at slavery in the American South, describing black slaveholding planters, the rise of the Cotton Kingdom, the d...

$2.00 a Day By:Kathryn J. Edin,H. Luke Shaefer Published on 2015-09-01 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Thestory ofa kind of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't even think exists from a leading national poverty expert who defies convention (|New York Times|)| This Book was ranked at 4 by Google Books for keyword Fall Reading. Book ID of $2.00 a Day's Books is wLlbCgAAQBAJ, Book which was written byKathryn J. Edin,H. Luke Shaeferhave ETAG "TLUJJNeuk0k" Book which was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt since 2015-09-01 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780544303188 and ISBN 10 Code is 0544303180 Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is true Book which have "240 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategorySocial Science This Book was rated by 10 Raters and have average rate at "4.0" This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE Book was written in en eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is fals...

Chasing the Scream By:Johann Hari Published on 2015-01-20 by Bloomsbury Publishing USA The New York Times Bestseller The Book Behind the Viral TED Talk For the first time, the startling full story of the disastrous war on drugs--propelled by moving human stories, revolutionary insight into addiction, and fearless international reporting. What if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong? One of Johann Hari's earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of his relatives and not be able to. As he grew older, he realized he had addiction in his family. Confused, unable to know what to do, he set out on a three-year, 30,000-mile journey to discover what really causes addiction--and what really solves it. He uncovered a range of remarkable human stories--of how the war on drugs began with Billie Holiday, the great jazz singer, being stalked and killed by a racist policeman; of the scientist who discovered the surprising key to addiction; and of the countries that ended the...

Leveled Texts: Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire By:Debra J. Housel Published on 2014-01-01 by Teacher Created Materials All students can learn about ancient Rome through text written at four reading levels. Symbols on the pages represent reading-level ranges to help differentiate instruction. Provided comprehension questions complement the text. This Book was ranked at 39 by Google Books for keyword Fall Reading. Book ID of Leveled Texts: Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire's Books is iYDNAQAAQBAJ, Book which was written byDebra J. Houselhave ETAG "+ZdBD1Hh09w" Book which was published by Teacher Created Materials since 2014-01-01 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9781425870676 and ISBN 10 Code is 1425870678 Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is true Book which have "9 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategorySocial Science This Book was rated by Raters and have average rate at "" This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is...