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1	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich The "New York Times" bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Ni"ckel and Dimed" has already become a classic of undercover reportage.Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised ... see all copies from £2.11! new only from £4.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich After writing about her dispiriting experiences as a member of the working poor in NICKEL AND DIMED, Barbara Ehrenreich sets out to get a job in the corporate world. What she gets is a job search, rather than a job, as she finds out that getting a job can be real work. "Barbara Alexander" (Ehrenreich's undercover name) spends months with all ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £2.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich (Editor), Arlie Hochschild (Editor) In a remarkable pairing, two renowned social critics offer a groundbreaking anthology that examines the unexplored consequences of globalization on the lives of women worldwide Women are moving around the globe as never before. But for every female executive racking up frequent flier miles, there are multitudes of women whose journeys go ... see all copies from £5.64! new only from £8.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich In her first work of satirical commentary, "The Worst Years of Our Lives," Barbara Ehrenreich skewered the Reagan era. Now she brilliantly dissects one of the cruelest decades in memory-the 2000s-in which she finds a nation scarred by deepening inequality, corroded by distrust, and shamed by its official cruelty. see all copies from £10.40! new only from £10.40! \| first editions
5	Witches, Midwives, & Nurses: A History of Women Healers more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English Women have always been healers, and medicine has always been an arena of struggle between female lay practitioners and male professionals. This fascinating account explores two important phases in the male takeover of health care: the suppression of 'witches' in medieval Europe and the rise of the male medical profession in the United States. see all copies from £2.04! new only from £5.80! \| first editions
6	The Ralph Nader Reader more books like this by Ralph Nader, Barbara Ehrenreich (Foreword by) This collection of essays, speeches, and other writings spans Nader's several-decades-long career from crusader to third party candidate for the presidency of the United States. It includes his articles for the Nation on the automobile industry, his investigations into the special favors granted to corporations by government, and his dismay at the ... see all copies from £5.77! new only from £10.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich What draws our species to war and makes us see it as a kind of sacred undertaking? In Blood Rites, renowned social critic Barbara Ehrenreich plumbs the mystery of the human attraction to violence. In this sweeping work, she takes us on an original journey from the grasslands of prehistoric Africa to the trenches of Verdun, from the spectacular ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £6.13! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich From a bestselling social commentator and cultural historian comes a fascinating exploration of one of humanity's oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing. see all copies from £2.10! new only from £6.86! \| first editions
9	The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich An explanation of recent sexual culture and the loosening of marriage bonds over the past 20 years. see all copies from £2.15! new only from £10.15! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Worst Years of Our Lives more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich A funny, sharp, irreverent look at the decade that gave new meaning to greed, reaction, anti-feminism, political cowardice and religious frenzy--the long-awaited collection of Barbara Ehrenreich's controversial and much talked about essays. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £5.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media more books like this by Robert Waterman McChesney, John Nichols, Barbara Ehrenreich (Foreword by) McChesney and Nicols argue that the U.S. news media needs to be saved by the people it was intended to benefit, namely the public. They claim that corporate interests have corroded the industry beyond its capacity to be helpful and that control must be returned to (or seized by) the people at the local level, lest it continue to subvert notions of ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £6.39! \| first editions
12 view cover	Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich In the tradition of The Lonely Crowd, this startlingly bold and controversial book dissects the inner life of America's largest sociaal stratum. Ehrenreich exposes the prejudices that influence middle-class attitudes and reveals the enormous power the middle class wields over our culture and our very image as a peple. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £13.13! \| first editions
13 view cover	For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Experts' Advice to Women more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other. see all copies from £1.38! first editions
14 view cover	Field Guide to the Global Economy more books like this by Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh, Barbara Ehrenreich (Foreword by) Highly illustrated with charts, graphs, and political cartoons, this field guide makes international economy comprehensible for everyone and reveals the harmful effects of corporate-driven globalization. 56 illustrations. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £5.79!
15 view cover	For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English The authors present provocative new perspectives on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other. see all copies from £4.84! new only from £10.20!
16 view cover	The Snarling Citizen: Essays more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich A collection of outspoken essays by liberal pundit Barbara Ehrenreich. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £6.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
17	The Worst Years of Our Lives: Irreverent Notes from a Decade of Greed more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich see all copies from £5.54! new only from £5.54! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Snarling Citizen more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich see all copies from £6.24! new only from £14.79! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Kipper's Game more books like this by Ehrenreich Della is searching for her son, a brilliant computer hacker, while her former professor, Alex, is looking for the papers of a long-dead neurobiologist. They both live in a hyper-real world of accelerating decay and they discover that their personal quests are of interest to mysterious others. see all copies from £2.04! new only from £2.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
20	Fear of Falling more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich, Sara Bershtel (Editor) Bold and controversial, Fear of Falling holds up a mirror to America's ever more divided and unequal society, and challenges the middle class--the professionals, media personnel, managers, and intellectuals--to be once again the intellect and conscience of America. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £16.25! \| first editions
21 view cover	Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English In this sequel to their underground bestseller "Witches, Midwives, and Nurses", Ehrenreich and English document the tradition of American sexism in medicine before and after the turn of the century. Citing numerous 'treatments' and 'rest cures' perpetrated on women through the decades, they analyze the biomedical rationales used to justify sex ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £7.17! \| first editions
22 view cover	Women in the Global Factory more books like this by Annette Fuentes, Barbara Ehrenreich In free trade zones all over the world, women make up 80 to 90 percent of the workforce. Women in the Global Factory explores the lives of these women-from California's Silicon Valley to Mexico's maquiladoras (border factories) to New York's garment sweatshops. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £5.54!
23 view cover	Re-Making Love: The Feminization of Sex more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich, Elizabeth Hess, Gloria Jacobs The word on sex from the expert team of Ehrenreich, Hess, and Jacobs. The authors assert that the real sexual revolution was begun by women--not men--and explain how it transformed the behavior of women and our understanding of the role sex plays in women's lives. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £10.60! \| first editions
24 view cover	Power Trip: U.S. Unilateralism and Global Strategy After September 11 more books like this by John Feffer (Editor), Barbara Ehrenreich (Preface by), Mr. Ahmed Rashid Essays critiquing the fundamental shift in U.S. foreign policy to unilateralism cover such topics as the domestic impact of post-9/11 policies on spending priorities and civil liberties and the new military strategy of the Bush administration. see all copies from £2.04! new only from £3.44! \| first editions
25 view cover	One of the Guys: Women as Aggressors and Torturers more books like this by Tara McKelvey (Editor), Barbara Ehrenreich (Foreword by) The debate about women and torture has, until recently, focused on women as victims of violence. But when photographs were released from the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal, one featured Lynndie England holding a prisoner by a dog leash. Overnight, she became a symbol of women's capacity to inflict pain and suffering -- and soon, many in America ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £5.55!

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