Free Download José De Gregorio, "How Latin America Weathered the Global Financial Crisis "
English | ISBN: 088132678X | 2013 | 166 pages | PDF | 11 MB
Why has the economy of Latin America responded more positively than Asia, Europe, or the United States after being hit by the recent global financial crisis? Three years after the worst of the crisis, Latin America's GDP is 25 percent higher than its precrisis level. José De Gregorio, Governor of the Central Bank of Chile from 2007 to 2011, tells the story of how Latin America has responded to the crisis with a perspective that only an insider can have. De Gregorio focuses on the seven largest economies of the region, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela (90 percent of the region's output). He argues that Latin America was resilient because of good macroeconomic policies, strong financial systems, and "a bit of luck."

Free Download Michael J. Spencer, "Hollywood of the Rockies:: Colorado, the West and America's Film Pioneers"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 1609497430, 1540232220 | EPUB | pages: 160 | 3.8 mb
In the early days of the twentieth century, movies weren't made in California. As America's film pioneers traveled westward, Colorado became a beacon to them, contributing to the early motion picture business with all the relish and gusto of a western saga. The gorgeous natural scenery was perfect for the country's (and the world's) growing infatuation with the West, turning Colorado itself into a bigger star of the early cinema than any particular actor. Using rare photos and contemporary accounts, writer and filmmaker Michael J. Spencer explores the little-known filmmaking industry that flourished in the Rocky Mountains between 1895 and 1915-west of New York but east of Hollywood.

Free Download Barbara Sillery, "Haunted Cape Cod (Haunted America)"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1455626422 | EPUB | pages: 160 | 6.6 mb
The lively ghosts found on this magical, mysterious Massachusetts island include a pirate, a preacher, a witch, a whaling captain, and a sea captain's wife. The area's history stretches back to the Indians of thousands of years ago, to the Vikings, to the Pilgrims, until the present day. This book highlights the most interesting stories, featuring such sites as a haunted rare-books store, several inns, a guesthouse, a tavern, and a theater.

Free Download Steven Ricchiuto, "Disequilibrium: How America's Great Inflation Led to the Great Recession"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1626343969 | EPUB | pages: 184 | 2.7 mb
Who caused the Great Recession? We did.

Free Download Eileen Boris, "Caring for America: Home Health Workers in the Shadow of the Welfare State"
English | ISBN: 0195329112 | 2012 | 320 pages | PDF | 5 MB
In this sweeping narrative history from the Great Depression of the 1930s to the Great Recession of today, Caring for America rethinks both the history of the American welfare state from the perspective of care work and chronicles how home care workers eventually became one of the most vibrant forces in the American labor movement. Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein demonstrate the ways in which law and social policy made home care a low-waged job that was stigmatized as welfare and relegated to the bottom of the medical hierarchy.

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English | ISBN: 0520387953 | 2023 | 278 pages | PDF | 38 MB
Inside a drug war so screwy that people don't know what's illegal-until it's too late.

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English | 1999 | ISBN: 0679776877, 0679451900 | EPUB | pages: 416 | 2.1 mb
"Full of surprises and unusual revelations . . . an informed and disturbing portrait of the new American badlands."-Chicago Tribune

Free Download America's Hidden Economic Engines: How Community Colleges Can Drive Shared Prosperity (Work and Learning Series) by Robert B. Schwartz, Rachel Lipson, Nancy Hoffman
English | June 6, 2023 | ISBN: 1682538168 | 224 pages | PDF | 3.96 Mb
Five in-depth case studies reveal the innovative practices that position U.S. community colleges as pathways to quality employment.

Free Download America's First Eclipse Chasers: Stories of Science, Planet Vulcan, Quicksand, and the Railroad Boom by Thomas Hockey
English | EPUB (True) | 2023 | 461 Pages | ISBN : 3031241231 | 104.2 MB
In 2017, over 200 million Americans witnessed the spectacular total eclipse of the Sun, and the 2024 eclipse is expected to draw even larger crowds. In anticipation of this upcoming event, this book takes us back in history over 150 years, telling the story of the nation's first ever eclipse chasers.

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English | February 6th, 2024 | ISBN: 1637632363 | 304 pages | True EPUB | 1.56 MB
In America vs. Americans, Eric Wade presents American Laborism, a revolutionary new economic system, where the greatest commodity isn't cash, it's work.