Charles Fishman takes us into the heart of the biggest company on earth, ever, to show how the 'Wal-Mart effect' shapes lives everywhere, whether for cleaners in America, bicycle-makers in China or salmon farmers in Chile. Now Wal-Mart's influence is so great it can determine everything from working[...]
An award-winning senior editor at Fast Company evaluates the ways in which the world's largest retail company and employer affects everyday life on a global level, in an account that reveals the radical ways in which the company impacts American economics, the workforce, and the environment. Reprint[...]
Now that Wal-Mart has conquered the US, can it conquer the world? As Wal-Mart World shows, the corporation is certainly trying. For a number of years, Wal-Mart has been the largest company in the United States. Now, though, it is the largest company in the world. Its global labor practices and outso[...]
This trenchant study analyzes the rise and decline in the quality and format of science in America since World War II. During the Cold War, the U.S. government amply funded basic research in science and medicine. Starting in the 1980s, however, this support began to decline and for-profit corporati[...]
In the decades after World War II, evangelical Christianity nourished America's devotion to free markets, free trade, and free enterprise. The history of Wal-Mart uncovers a complex network that united Sun Belt entrepreneurs, evangelical employees, Christian business students, overseas missionaries,[...]
ELOISE has been celebrated at the PLAZA, in PARIS, at CHRISTMASTIME, in MOSCOW. Now ELOISE takes a plunge in the BAWTH.[...]
Wal-Mart is America's largest retailer. The national chain of stores is a powerful stand-in of both the promise and perils of free market capitalism. Yet it is also often the target of public outcry for its labour practices, to say nothing of class-action lawsuits, and a central symbol in America's [...]
The book is a clearly written practical guide to completing electrical installation projects in a competitive manner, while ensuring full compliance with the recently updated Wiring Regulations.[...]
Create your very own Shopkins Small Mart and shop till you drop with this press-out andplay book filled with fruity-scented stickers andmore than 100 press-out pieces
Shopkins is a top-selling toy property that features more than 300 cutegrocery store characters to collect, trade, and swap. In [...]
Look for hidden members of the Grossery Gang all throughout the Yucky Mart in this brand-new gross-scented seek and find book Make your way through the vile aisles of the Yucky Mart until you find all the Grossery Gang characters in this seek and find book. Look for your favorite characters from se[...]
Features "Mr Mini-Mart," Endou Nakaba - middle-school drop out, shut-in, and NEET - as he begins his very first job at a convenience store. Unfortunately, his temperamental co-worker, Yamai Kouhei, doesn't make things easy on him.[...]
""Boys" can still hold its own . . . Mart] Crowley's point is about how the humor is shaped and defined by the pain."--"The New York Times""The Boys in the Band" was the first commercially successful play to reveal gay life to mainstream America. Alyson is proud to release a special fortieth annive[...]
Med boken Vingkraft visar fågelfotografen Mart Marend på de rika naturupplevelser vi kan möta i vår närmiljö. I trädgårdens fågel- och insektsliv, på sjöstranden där trollsländorna jagar i sommarhettan eller vid kusten när havsörnarna vintertid samlas kring sjöfågelflockarna.
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Kajakens paddel
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ytan utan ro.
En haiku är en vardagsbild. Tagen i naturen i årstidens närvaro. Den ska vara flertydig, gärna med en
liten överraskning. Men inte obegriplig. Ibland gömmer den också ett hemligt budskap som kanske bara du ser[...]
Can a theory of law be neutral? This book gathers a dozen important legal philosophers to discuss this question, the connection between law and morals, and the possibility of determining the content of law without appealing to any normative argument.[...]