Gregg Easterbrook
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Language
English
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Is civilization teetering on the edge of a cliff? Or are we just climbing higher than ever? Most people who read the news would tell you that 2017 is one of the worst years in recent memory. We're facing a series of deeply troubling, even existential problems: fascism, terrorism, environmental collapse, racial and economic inequality, and more. Yet this narrative misses something important: by almost every meaningful measure, the modern world is better...
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English
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Tom Perrotta meets David Brooks in The Leading Indicators-a powerful modern parable about one American family's fall from grace during the recession
Margo and Tom Helot have the perfect life. He works in finance; she's an enterprising stay-at-home mom. They inhabit a fully redecorated home complete with expensive his-and-hers cars in the drive and situated in the peaceful, leafy suburb of a major American city. Day after day delivery trucks arrive...
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English
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Carter Morris is a high-priced corporate lawyer, negotiating the class-action suit of a lifetime, which will result in a massive settlement. As he ponders his sellout, he relives significant moments of his youth, literally. From air raid drills to his arrest for protesting, his memories pull him out of present time and back into the past.
Carter tracks down his childhood best friend, the college sweetheart who broke his heart and his idolized older...
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Language
English
Description
Gridiron football is the king of sports – it's the biggest game in the strongest and richest country in the world. In The King of Sports, Easterbrook tells the full story of how football became so deeply ingrained in American culture. Both good and bad, he examines its impact on American society.
The King of Sports explores these and many other topics:
* The real harm done by concussions (it's not to NFL players).
* The real way in which college...
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Gregg Easterbrook is one of the country's best-known football commentators, having analyzed football on-air for ESPN and the NFL Network. MSNBC calls his ESPN blog "the best and most compelling football column anywhere." The King of Sports takes an expansive look at our biggest sport. Easterbrook explores these and many other topics: The real harm done by concussions (It's not to NFL players) The real way in which college football players are exploited...
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The United States has by far the most powerful naval fleet in the world. Other nations are not even trying to keep up. This has enabled America to stand sentinel over crucial waterways like the Strait of Malacca, ensuring safe passage of goods with little interruption. But we are entering a new era. What will happen if the US does not keep spending resources on improving trade between other nations? Will China's rising economic influence and regional...
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Series
Raggs volume 8
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English
Description
Raggs is having a fast day - doing everything too quickly while B. Max wants to find a way to go faster for the upcoming Doggy Races!
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Raggs volume 13
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English
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The dogs are putting on a play for the Preschool Move and Groove Show and Raggs can't decide which event to participate in at Shake Your Tails Sports Day.
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Raggs volume 11
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English
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Raggs is sad about breaking his new airplane and the others must show him that old toys can make you happy too. Plus Razzles invests a Happy Dance!
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Raggs volume 9
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English
Description
Razzles gets carried away with safety gear for playing at the park. Plus, Pido doesn't play safely with his teddy and Dr. B. Max tends to him at Teddy Hospital!
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Raggs volume 11
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English
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Raggs must prepare an act for the Puppy Preschool Hand Show. Also, Razzles must learn how to talk with her hands when she loses her voice.
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Raggs volume 17
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English
Description
Tomorrow is Bark and Bury Bones Day so the dogs try to find a way to make today go by faster. Also, Trilby learns why Billy the Bat sleeps all day.
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Raggs volume 4
Language
English
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Razzles is upset when she finds out she hasn't grown as much as the others on the puppy growth chart. Plus, Pido excels at growing too many tomatoes, but can he grow anything else?
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Raggs volume 12
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English
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Pido can't decide on what kind of pet he'd like to have and Trilby must learn how to take care of a pet goldfish named Gilbert!
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Raggs volume 13
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English
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B. Max makes a birthday present for Grandma Fluffy out of shapes. Raggs uses shape clues on a treasure map, but discovers the treasure has mysteriously disappeared!
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Raggs volume 16
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English
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Pido and B.Max invent an identity-changing game. Also, Raggs finds a caterpillar and soon discovers it turns into a butterfly.
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Series
Raggs volume 1
Language
English
Description
Raggs finds a lost puppy and must take him back to his real family. Also, the dogs accidentally damage a special hat Razzles is wearing to her family picnic.
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Raggs volume 15
Language
English
Description
B. Max must decide what opposite things to take to the Puppy Preschool Opposite Show and Tell Day. Meanwhile, Razzles and Trilby invent an opposite game!
