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  • Sanctuary

    The True Story of an Irish Village, a Man Who Lost His Way, and the Rescue Donkeys That Led Him Home

    by Patrick Barrett, Susy Flory ...
    For decades, his family rescued lost and forgotten donkeys in the Irish countryside.He had no idea that one day, the donkeys would rescue him.Patrick Barrett grew up on the back of a donkey. In the small village of Liscarroll, the young boy helped his family run a sanctuary for abandoned and abused donkeys. Struggling in school, Patrick only felt truly accepted in the presence of these funny, ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Sanctuary

    The True Story of an Irish Village, a Man Who Lost His Way, and the Rescue Donkeys That Led Him Home

    by Patrick Barrett, Susy Flory ...
    Narrated by Gary Furlong ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 12 min

    For decades, his family rescued lost and forgotten donkeys in the Irish countryside.He had no idea that one day, the donkeys would rescue him.Patrick Barrett grew up on the back of a donkey. In the small village of Liscarroll, the young boy helped his family run a sanctuary for abandoned and abused donkeys. Struggling in school, Patrick only felt truly accepted in the presence of these funny, ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Age of Supported Independence

    Voices of In-home Care

    by Beatrice Hale, Patrick Barrett, Robin Gauld ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book investigates the experiences of older people who remain at home with care. It examines the transition points for the important life changes faced by family members who take on a greater care-giving role.The book draws on demographic analyses and qualitative fieldwork to explore the shift from independence to increasing dependence, and suggests that this transition constitutes movement ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • It Started in Wisconsin

    Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Labor Protest

    by Michael Moore, Patrick Barrett ...
    In the spring of 2011, Wisconsinites took to the streets in what became the largest and liveliest labor demonstrations in modern American history. Protesters in the Middle East sent greetings—and pizzas—to the thousands occupying the Capitol building in Madison, and 150,000 demonstrators converged on the city.In a year that has seen a revival of protest in America, here is a riveting account of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Family Care and Social Capital: Transitions in Informal Care

    by Patrick Barrett, Beatrice Hale, Mary Butler ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Becoming a caregiver is increasingly an inevitable experience for many people and, therefore, a likely life transition. Drawing on research and personal experiences of working with family caregivers, this book examines a range of family caregiving situations from across the life course. It seeks to capture the dynamics of caregiving in a number of common situations: caregiving during infancy, for ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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    $12.99 USD

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  • The Working Poor

    Invisible in America

    by David K. Shipler ...
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  • Global Woman

    Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy

    Edited by Barbara Ehrenreich, Arlie Russell Hochschild ...
    In a remarkable pairing, two renowned social critics offer a groundbreaking anthology that examines the unexplored consequences of globalization on the lives of women worldwideWomen 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 unnoticed. Each year, millions leave Mexico, Sri Lanka, the ... Read more

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  • Ageism and Mistreatment of Older Workers

    Current Reality, Future Solutions

    Edited by Patricia Brownell, James J. Kelly ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book promotes an understanding of ageism, discrimination and mistreatment of older adult workers, incorporating an international human rights perspective. The impact of ageism on the mistreatment of older adult workers has not to date been examined in depth through the lens of international human rights instruments, nor has discrimination against older adults in the workplace been framed as a ... Read more

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  • Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-Origin Population

    Edited by Jacqueline L. Angel, Fernando Torres-Gil, Kyriakos Markides ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-Origin Population creates a foundation for an interdisciplinary discussion of the trajectory of disability and long-term care for older people of Mexican-origin from a bi-national perspective. Although the literature on Latino elders in the United States is growing, few of these studies or publications offer the breadth and depth contained in this book. ... Read more

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  • By the Lake of Sleeping Children

    by Luis Urrea ...
    By the Lake of Sleeping Children explores the post-NAFTA and Proposition 187 border purgatory of garbage pickers and dump dwellers, gawking tourists,and relief workers, fearsome coyotes and their desperate clientele. In sixteen indelible portraits, Urrea illuminates the horrors and the simple joys of people trapped between the two worlds of Mexico and the United States - and ignored by both. The ... Read more

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  • Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell)

    My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement

    by Jane Mcalevey, Bob Ostertag ...
    See how one militant union organizer fought the bosses—and national labor leaders—in this “breathtaking trip through the union-organizing scene” (Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed).“ . . . renews my faith that organizing works . . . makes a compelling case for a new vision for the American labor movement.” —Van JonesIn 1995, in the first contested election in the history of the AFL ... Read more

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