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Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005], c2004
Language
English
Description
Dan is in advertising and a dedicated family man. He seems to have it all, until a younger man is hired to replace him. Before long, he is forced to be deferential to his new boss, not only in the office but also when Carter begins dating his daughter.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Based on the popular British series of the same name, the American version follows the daily interactions of a group of idiosyncratic office employees at the Scranton, Pa. office of the Dunder Mifflin paper supply company via a documentary film crew's cameras. Features earnest, but clueless, regional manager Michael Scott, who believes himself an exceptional boss, and his office staff, who tolerate Michael's inappropriate behavior only because he...
3) Only his
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Wedding bells are ringing in Fool's Gold, but not for Nevada Hendrix. Her triplet sisters are engaged, and even her mother has a more active love life than she does. Determined to make a fresh start, she applies for her dream job, only to discover that her new boss is her first love. Maybe she could overlook the fact that they have seen each other naked, but she will never forget the way he broke her heart. Tucker Janack agrees to Nevada's "business...
4) The coworker
Author
Language
English
Description
"Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone at work thinks so. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m. So when Dawn doesn't show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrell--beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running--is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything... Now, Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she...
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"Labor unions have been a part of the United States ever since the Industrial Revolution, when laborers had to fight for safe working conditions and fair wages. But are unions still necessary today? Critics argue that labor unions stifle economic growth and harm workers more than they help. Supporters say unions are essential in ensuring that corporations don't take advantage of their labor force. This volume examines the labor force and its changing...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Examines how towns across the United States have grown thanks to the existence of one large business being run from the community, discusses how those single-business communities have influenced the American economy, and explores the benefits and consequences of these towns.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country's history. IIn 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at aprivate prison in Winnfield, Louisiana. An award-winning investigative journalist, he used his real name; there was no meaningful background check. Four months later, his employment came to an abrupt...
Publisher
Viavision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In this new yuletide tale, Riley is scraping bottom when she miraculously lands a job with a wealthy New York City entrepreneur. He's a bad-boy socialite type who is poised to play Scrooge by closing one of his factories just before Christmas, which would devastate and entire town. It's left to Riley to talk him out of it and turn him into a man of virtue rather than shame. But will a case of mistaken identity ruin the whole plan?"--Container.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Learn about the resources and people who can help you if you commit or come in contact with sexual harassment or other workplace crimes. Also learn how to diffuse potentially harmful situations in the workplace, as well as what resources you can consult if you have questions about crimes in the workplace.
11) New in town
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
A high-powered consultant in love with her upscale Miami lifestyle is sent to a small Minnesota town, in the middle of nowhere, to oversee the restructuring of a blue collar manufacturing plant. She endures a frosty reception from the locals, along with the icy roads and freezing weather. She warms up to the small town's charm, and eventually finds herself being accepted by the community. When she's ordered to close down the plant and put the entire...
12) Potíche
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Français
Description
"A housebound trophy housewife steps in to manage the umbrella factory run by her tyrannical husband after the workers go on strike. To everyone's surprise, Suzanne proves herself a competent and assertive woman of action."--Container.
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Slim, accessible, inexpensive, irreverent introduction to socialism by the writers of Jacobin magazine The remarkable run of self-proclaimed "democratic socialist" Bernie Sanders for president of the United States has prompted--for the first time in decades and to the shock of many--a national conversation about socialism. A New York Times poll in late November found that a majority of Democrats had a favorable view of socialism, and in New Hampshire...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Perfect man: Holly Hamilton is on a mission to find her single mom a perfect man ... even if she has to make the man up. One crazy mishap after another leads the two of them to discover that sometimes what you want is right in front of you.
Head over heels: Ordinary single girl Amanda unexpectedly finds herself sharing an awesome Manhattan apartment with four sexy supermodels. Life gets even better when Amanda connects with next-door charmer, Jim....
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The story of two dedicated women, a labor organizer and an immigrant laundry worker, coming together to spearhead an audacious campaign to unionize one of the most dangerous industries in one of the most anti-union states--Arizona--and offering a nuanced look at the modern-day labor movement and the future of workers' rights"--
On the Line takes readers inside a bold five-year campaign to bring a union to the dangerous industrial laundry factories...