Jennifer: 8341 books
Dubuque's Forgotten Cemetery
Excavating a Nineteenth-Century Burial Ground in a Twenty-first Century City
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Atop a scenic bluff overlooking the Mississippi River and downtown Dubuque there once lay a graveyard dating to the 1830s, the earliest days of American settlement in Iowa. Though many local residents knew the property had once been a Catholic burial ground, they believed the graves had been moved...
A Tough Little Patch of History
Gone with the Wind and the Politics of Memory
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
More than seventy-five years after its publication, Gone with the Wind remains thoroughly embedded in American culture. Margaret Mitchell’s novel and the film produced by David O. Selznick have melded with the broader forces of southern history, southern mythology, and marketing to become, and remain,...
Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini’s compelling historical novel unveils the private lives of Abraham and Mary Lincoln through the perspective of the First Lady’s most trusted confidante and friend, her dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckley.
In a life that spanned nearly a century...
by Jennifer Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
Do your homework before buying a used car. Anyone buying a used car has a lot to consider -- from deciding which type of car is right for you to checking out the condition of the vehicle. In this ebook, you'll find sound advice that will help you get the car of your dreams rather than the "lemon" of your worst nightmare.
Hold It Against Me
Difficulty and Emotion in Contemporary Art
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
In Hold It Against Me, Jennifer Doyle explores the relationship between difficulty and emotion in contemporary art, treating emotion as an artist's medium. She encourages readers to examine the ways in which works of art challenge how we experience not only the artist's feelings, but our own. Discussing...
A Governor's Story
The Fight for Jobs and America's Economic Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Jennifer Granholm was the two-term governor of Michigan, a state synonymous with manufacturing during a financial crisis that threatened to put all America's major car companies into bankruptcy. The immediate and knock-on effects were catastrophic. Granholm's grand plans for education reform, economic...
by Robert D. Blackwill, Jennifer M. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
Nations carry out geopolitical combat through economic means. Yet America often reaches for the gun over the purse to advance its interests abroad. Robert Blackwill and Jennifer Harris show that if U.S. policies are left uncorrected, the price in blood and treasure will only grow. Geoeconomic warfare requires a new vision of U.S. statecraft.
Purposeful
Are You a Manager or a Movement Starter?
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
**Wall Street Journal Bestseller
Managers accept the world as it is; movement starters push the boundaries to make it more just, compassionate, and even joyful. We all need to decide: Are we managers or movement starters?**
Jennifer Dulski, the head of Groups at Facebook, and former...
by Jennifer Evans
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Brand management and marketing have been changed by the behaviour of the digital customer and traditional marketing approaches fall short.A marketer's dream, Content Community Measurement wastes little time in telling us what really matters for today's digital consumer.
Blue Collar Frayed
Working Men in Tomorrow’s Economy
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
‘I remember with incredible clarity the question that rang through his words and hung in the air between us, the query that hurt my head and heart as his baggy eyes held mine: where does someone like me fit, now?’
Jennifer Rayner knows a thing or two about blue-collar blokes: her brother,...
Reality Bites Back
The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
Nearly every night on every major network, unscripted” (but carefully crafted) reality” TV shows routinely glorify retrograde stereotypes that most people would assume got left behind 35 years ago. In Reality Bites Back, media critic Jennifer L. Pozner aims a critical, analytical lens at a...
Airbrushed Nation
The Lure and Loathing of Women's Magazines
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Glamour. Cosmo. SELF. Ladies’ Home Journal. Vogue. In an industry that has been in a downward spiral for years, these magazines-and other women-focused magazines like them-have not only retained their readership, they’ve increased it. Every month, five million-plus women peel back the slick cover...
Turkish Guest Workers in Germany
Hidden Lives and Contested Borders, 1960s to 1980s
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
Turkish Guest Workers in Germany tells the post-war story of Turkish "guest workers," whom West German employers recruited to fill their depleted ranks. Jennifer A. Miller’s unique approach starts in the country of departure rather than the country of arrival and is heavily informed by...
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles
Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2008
If you think McDonald's is the most ubiquitous restaurant experience in America, consider that there are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Wendys combined. New York Times reporter and Chinese-American (or American-born Chinese). In her search, Jennifer 8 Lee traces...