Showing results for "For the Win" in Sociology

Rules to Win By: Participation and Power in Union Negotiations is a book for anyone who wants to understand how to build the power required to effectively challenge and reverse income inequality and attacks on democracy.

A social history of cheating and how American history -- through real estate, sports, finance, academics, and of course politics -- has had its unfair share of rigged results and widened the margins on its gray areas. Drawing from the intriguing (and sometimes unbelievable) true stories of the...

You've heard the stories about the dark side of the internet -- hackers, #gamergate, anonymous mobs attacking an unlucky victim, and revenge porn -- but they remain just that: stories. Surely these things would never happen to you. Zoe Quinn used to feel the same way. She is a video game...

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On April 10, 1966, a crowd of 10,000 farm workers and supporters gathered at the California state capitol to celebrate victory in one of the most significant strikes in American history - one that made Cesar Chavez famous as leader of the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). Marshall Ganz tells the story of the UFW's ground-breaking victory, drawing out larger lessons from this dramatic tale.

A SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR A FINANCIAL TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘Personal, political, powerful and about so much more than race and sport.’ Bernadine Evaristo In the eighties, black footballers emerged from the dressing...

Read by the author. Is it possible to disagree politically and love unconditionally? The reaction of evangelicals to political and cultural shifts in recent years revealed what they value most. Lurking beneath our Bible-laced rhetoric, faith claims, books, and sermons is a relentless drive to...

Unlike countless other self-help/motivational books that have flooded the market, Give In to Win offers a unique set of tools to help you to learn that giving up is not always a threat to your ego but that giving in and surrendering can release you from the hindrances that burden your life.

Fight COVID and Win: A Survival Guide reveals the COVID-19 prevention and treatment protocol that has saved the lives of over 2,000 patients. Since early 2020, Dr. Williams' Urgent Care 24/7 centers across the Southern United States have seen people from all walks of life—from the elderly and high risk to the pregnant and breastfeeding to the fit and young to the immunocompromised. To date, Fight COVID and Win is the first comprehensive user manual to prevent COVID-19 infection, treat early and effectively, and keep patients alive—and without long-haul COVID symptoms.

The dark side of the gig economy (Uber, Airbnb, etc.) and how to make it equitable for the users and workers most exploited.

In The Truth About Equity: What It Really Is, What It Isn’t, and Why Everyone Wins When We Get It Right, Celeste Warren—renowned global HR leader and Diversity & Inclusion executive—delivers a powerful wake-up call: equity isn’t preferential treatment. It’s progress. And when done right, everyone benefits. If you're tired of the noise and confusion around DEI, this book delivers the clarity you’ve been searching for. Warren breaks down the equity disconnect—why so many misunderstand it—and reveals how tailored support, not identical treatment, is the key to real inclusion.

From award-winning ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen, a primer for anyone who wants to fight the predatory health care system--and win. Every year, millions of Americans are overcharged and underserved while the health care industry makes record profits. We know something is wrong, but the...

The anti-corruption movement, led by Kisan Baburao Hazare, more famously known as Anna Hazare, and his motley crew of followers at the Jantar Mantar and Ramlila Maidan, was a series of demonstrations and protests held across India but prominently in New Delhi, to establish strong legislation and enforcement against endemic political corruption in Indian politics. This movement was, in India's recent history, the largest which mobilized common citizens on a ground level.

I walked into the courtroom expecting justice. Instead, I found a system designed to silence me. Jhovanny Maxi returned from vacation in March 2023 to find his world turned upside down. Falsely accused. Misjudged. Stripped of his home. Standing in a courtroom where he was the only Black person—and the judge was white. The legal system was against him from the start. He was charged $1,500 for requesting a translator, offered $1,000 for a home worth over half a million, and ignored at every turn.

Möchtest du herausfinden, wie du deinen absoluten Traummann finden und behalten kannst? Möchtest du die Kunst des Flirtens erlernen? Bist du neugierig, wie du Männer, die dir gefallen, in deinen Bann ziehen kannst? Möchtest du aktiv werden und selbst bestimmen, mit welchem Mann du am liebsten deine Zeit verbringen möchtest? Wenn du auch nur eine dieser Fragen mit "Ja" beantworten kannst, dann hast du hiermit genau das richtige Buch erwischt!