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1) Norma Rae
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Norma Rae, a textile worker in a small Southern town, discovers that she has a social conscience when a labor organizer arrives at her mill to establish a union.
2) King coal
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Pub. Date
2014
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King Coal is a 1917 novel by Upton Sinclair that describes the poor working conditions in the coal mining industry in the western United States during the 1910s, from the perspective of a single protagonist, Hal Warner. As in his earlier work, The Jungle, Sinclair uses the novel to express his socialist viewpoint. The book is based on the 1914-1915 Colorado coal strikes. The sequel to King Coal was posthumously published under the title, The Coal...
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[2010]
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All about Eve: From the moment she glimpses her idol on Broadway, Eve Harrington strives to upstage Margo Channing. Using false charm to sway those around her, Eve steals Margo's role and disrupts the lives of anyone close to the actress.
Cleopatra: In this epic about power, love and betrayal, Elizabeth Taylor stars as the beguiling Queen of the Nile, who, in seducing two of Rome's greatest soldiers, Mark Antony and Julius Caesar, changed the course...
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Pub. Date
2013
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While most of us aren't hoarders we can all benefit from assessing and reducing the clutter in our homes--and then organizing what's left. Many things stop us from succeeding: the sheer scope of the project, the tendency to lose momentum if the job takes too long, and the fact that we're always acquiring new clutter. But what if it really took only a week to de-clutter the whole house, and then you even had the weekend to relax and enjoy your new...
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Pub. Date
2014
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This proven forty-day plan helps readers achieve a well-ordered home and life. Practical and easy to apply, it shows how to get control of clutter, chaos, and disorganization. Each day readers learn tried and tested organizing tips such as how to recognize the time realities of modern life, keep email and paperwork under control, simplify solutions, and more. An orderly home is only forty days away!
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Pub. Date
2005
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For busy moms, organizing is something that is always on the to-do list but never gets scratched off. In this new book from a trusted organizing expert, readers discover the key to turning a chaotic house into a clutter-free home in no time at all. In order to do this she teaches three simple concepts: consolidate, condense, containerize. Then, once a house is in its prime, just identify and maintain the most important 20% of household tasks and the...
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Pub. Date
2019
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Getting and staying organized is a challenge in and of itself. Add motherhood to the mix, and you've got a whole new dimension of difficulty. So how does a busy mom stay on top of the daily chaos that children inevitably bring along with them? No matter what your situation is, Kristi Clover's home organization systems will work for you. Her foundational rules are highly adaptable and will help you make your home more efficient no matter where you...
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The Weekend Homesteader is organized by month—so whether it's January or June you'll find exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed. If you need to fit homesteading into a few hours each weekend and would like to have fun while doing it, these projects will be right up your alley, whether you live on a forty-acre farm, a postage-stamp lawn in suburbia, or...
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Pub. Date
2017
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Eve has a problem with clutter. Too much stuff and too easily acquired, it confronts her in every corner and on every surface in her house. When she pledges to tackle the worst offender, her horror of a "Hell Room," she anticipates finally being able to throw away all of the unnecessary things she can't bring herself to part with: her fifth-grade report card, dried-up art supplies, an old vinyl raincoat.
But what Eve discovers isn't just
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"Live More, Want Less" give readers a user-friendly nonjudgmental approach to simplifying their lives. Covering themes like shopping addictions, procrastination, and more, Carlomagno's "been there, done that" approach reassures readers that greater clarity can be gained by voluntarily living with less.
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Pub. Date
2020
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The Top Ways to Declutter, Organize, and Get your Life Back in Place!
Are you overwhelmed by clutter and disorganization, or are you already organized but want to take it to the "next level?" Either way, you're in the right place! Go beyond the tidying effects of Marie Kondo and other professional organizers. Discover not only the best ways to declutter and organize, but also how to create a positive growth mindset that will keep you...
Are you overwhelmed by clutter and disorganization, or are you already organized but want to take it to the "next level?" Either way, you're in the right place! Go beyond the tidying effects of Marie Kondo and other professional organizers. Discover not only the best ways to declutter and organize, but also how to create a positive growth mindset that will keep you...
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Pub. Date
[2001]
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Emergence is what happens when an interconnected system of relatively simple elements self-organizes to form more intelligent, more adaptive higher-level behavior. It's a bottom-up model rather than being engineered by a general or a master planner, emergence begins at the ground level. Systems that at first glance seem vastly different--ant colonies, human brains, cities, immune systems--all turn out to follow the rules of emergence. In each of these...
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People across the country are raising chickens, whether for food or companionship. You can, too, with this indispensable guide. Straightforward advice and dozens of clear, detailed illustrations gives any future chicken farmer the tools he needs to get started, from step-by-step instructions on building the coop to a brief background on chicken biology; from hints on getting high-quality eggs from the hens, to methods for butchering. Full-color photographs...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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"100 ways to embrace the simple life, with step-by-step instructions for keeping chickens, growing vegetables, making beer and wine, arranging flowers, soap making, and more! This is a home-management book for the twenty-first century. Alva Herdevall and Anders Rydell combine traditional methods with modern ideas to show that a higher degree of self-sufficiency is possible for everyone. You will learn the secrets of beekeeping, how to grow your own...
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Pub. Date
[2012]
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A guide to simpler, greener, and more sustainable living. It provides advice, tips, and step-by-step instructions for hundreds of projects, offering the entire family the tools they need to make the shift toward self-sufficient living. It helps readers learn to dip candles, bake bread, make maple syrup, start a vineyard, and much more.