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Author : Rick Smolan,David Cohen,Leslie Smolan
Publisher : Collins
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 000217734X
Contains color and black and white photographs taken over a twenty-four hour period in the United States.
Author : Gene Weingarten
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780698135598
“One of the 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Last 25 Years”—Slate On New Year’s Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize–winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year from a hat. That day—chosen completely at random—turned out to be Sunday, December 28, 1986, by any conventional measure a most ordinary day. Weingarten spent the next six years proving that there is no such thing. That Sunday between Christmas and New Year’s turned out to be filled with comedy, tragedy, implausible irony, cosmic comeuppances, kindness, cruelty, heroism, cowardice, genius, idiocy, prejudice, selflessness, coincidence, and startling moments of human connection, along with evocative foreshadowing of momentous events yet to come. Lives were lost. Lives were saved. Lives were altered in overwhelming ways. Many of these events never made it into the news; they were private dramas in the lives of private people. They were utterly compelling. One Day asks and answers the question of whether there is even such a thing as “ordinary” when we are talking about how we all lurch and stumble our way through the daily, daunting challenge of being human.
Author : Rick Smolan,David Cohen
Publisher : Harpercollins Canada
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0002173808
Photographs taken on the same day throughout Canada show children, cowboys, dancers, steel workers, soldiers, prisoners, clergy, police, and fishermen
Author : Nancy Quam-Wickham,Ben Tyler Elliott
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440845017
This introduction to the history of work in America illuminates the many important roles that men and women of all backgrounds have played in the formation of the United States. A Day in the Life of an American Worker: 200 Trades and Professions through History allows readers to imagine the daily lives of ordinary workers, from the beginnings of colonial America to the present. It presents the stories of millions of Americans—from the enslaved field hands in antebellum America to the astronauts of the modern "space age"—as they contributed to the formation of the modern and culturally diverse United States. Readers will learn about individual occupations and discover the untold histories of those women and men who too often have remained anonymous to historians but whose stories are just as important as those of leaders whose lives we study in our classrooms. This book provides specific details to enable comprehensive understanding of the benefits and downsides of each trade and profession discussed. Selected accompanying documents further bring history to life by offering vivid testimonies from people who actually worked in these occupations or interacted with those in that field.
Author : Rick Smolan,David Cohen
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : California
ISBN : 0002151626
Captioned photographs describe everyday life in California.
Author : Gary Younge
Publisher : Bold Type Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781568589763
Winner of the 2017 J. Anthony Lukas PrizeShortlisted for the 2017 Hurston/Wright Foundation AwardFinalist for the 2017 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in JournalismLonglisted for the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non Fiction On an average day in America, seven children and teens will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost during one such day. It could have been any day, but he chose November 23, 2013. Black, white, and Latino, aged nine to nineteen, they fell at sleepovers, on street corners, in stairwells, and on their own doorsteps. From the rural Midwest to the barrios of Texas, the narrative crisscrosses the country over a period of twenty-four hours to reveal the full human stories behind the gun-violence statistics and the brief mentions in local papers of lives lost. This powerful and moving work puts a human face-a child's face-on the "collateral damage" of gun deaths across the country. This is not a book about gun control, but about what happens in a country where it does not exist. What emerges in these pages is a searing and urgent portrait of youth, family, and firearms in America today.
Author : Nathan Yau
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781118140260
Practical data design tips from a data visualization expert of the modern age Data doesn't decrease; it is ever-increasing and can be overwhelming to organize in a way that makes sense to its intended audience. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could actually visualize data in such a way that we could maximize its potential and tell a story in a clear, concise manner? Thanks to the creative genius of Nathan Yau, we can. With this full-color book, data visualization guru and author Nathan Yau uses step-by-step tutorials to show you how to visualize and tell stories with data. He explains how to gather, parse, and format data and then design high quality graphics that help you explore and present patterns, outliers, and relationships. Presents a unique approach to visualizing and telling stories with data, from a data visualization expert and the creator of flowingdata.com, Nathan Yau Offers step-by-step tutorials and practical design tips for creating statistical graphics, geographical maps, and information design to find meaning in the numbers Details tools that can be used to visualize data-native graphics for the Web, such as ActionScript, Flash libraries, PHP, and JavaScript and tools to design graphics for print, such as R and Illustrator Contains numerous examples and descriptions of patterns and outliers and explains how to show them Visualize This demonstrates how to explain data visually so that you can present your information in a way that is easy to understand and appealing.
Author : Abdi Nor Iftin
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780525433026
Abdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop and watching action films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. When U.S. marines landed in Mogadishu to take on the warlords, Abdi cheered the arrival of these Americans, who seemed as heroic as those of the movies. Sporting American clothes and dance moves, he became known around Mogadishu as Abdi American, but when the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab rose to power in 2006, it became dangerous to celebrate Western culture. Desperate to make a living, Abdi used his language skills to post secret dispatches, which found an audience of worldwide listeners. Eventually, though, Abdi was forced to flee to Kenya. In an amazing stroke of luck, Abdi won entrance to the U.S. in the annual visa lottery, though his route to America did not come easily. Parts of his story were first heard on the BBC World Service and This American Life. Now a proud resident of Maine, on the path to citizenship, Abdi Nor Iftin's dramatic, deeply stirring memoir is truly a story for our time: a vivid reminder of why America still beckons to those looking to make a better life.
Author : Rick Smolan,David Cohen
Publisher : Harper San Francisco
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Japan
ISBN : UOM:39076000489737
Captioned photographs depict Japanese life during one twenty-four hour period in 1985.
Author : Priscilla K. Shontz,Richard A. Murray
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313094767
The editors of liscareer.com have assembled 95 authors, each of whom describes a typical workday or work routine, sharing joys, sorrows, and annoyances in refreshingly candid fashion. In the process, they offer those interested in finding a similar job exposure to useful skills and advice across a wide variety of traditional and nontraditional jobs. In addition to public, academic, school, and special libraries, consortia, associations, LIS programs, vendors, publishing, consulting, and other non-library fields are also covered. Many people, not just those new to the field of Library and Information Science, are curious about their career options. The editors of LIScareer.com have assembled 95 authors, each of whom describes a typical workday or work routine, sharing joys, sorrows, and annoyances in refreshingly candid fashion. In the process, they offer those interested in finding a similar job exposure to useful skills and advice across a wide variety of traditional and nontraditional jobs. In addition to public, academic, school, and special libraries, consortia, associations, LIS programs, vendors, publishing, consulting, and other non-library fields are also covered. This is a perfect guide for library and information science students, prospective information professionals, new librarians-or anyone considering a career change.
Author : Cheryl Friedman
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-29
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9798886545425
Bentley is a certified therapy dog that just loves to help people's days seem brighter. He loves when he makes someone smile...then his job is done. He has been a therapy dog for nine years and was the first dog to be on hand at the Parkland school shooting to help the children deal with this horrible tragedy. In his spare time, he goes to hospitals and retirement homes, again, only to make people happy, and I must say he does a very good job at it. So we decided to write a children's learning book with photos, of course, and hopefully help children learn life lessons.
Author : Shirley Ann Hess Friedly
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-20
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9798885401852
Find out what Muffin has been up to since he has grown from a tiny kitten to a ten-pound cat. This is the second book in the fun and exciting series, Mommy and Me. It is a true story that children of all ages will enjoy. Muffin is very smart and very funny. He is a unique cat who will keep you laughing and wondering what he is up to next. There's never a dull moment when Muffin is around.
Author : Camille Allison
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781098092511
Meet Cammy! This one-dimpled cutie-pie is a bubbly, happy, and energetic little girl who loves the outdoors! But Cammy discovers something new about herself. She suffers from anxiety. Soon after, Cammy meets Zy the butterfly. Zy the butterfly develops a friendship with Cammy and takes her on a journey in hope that it helps her overcome anxiety. This book series is intended to bring awareness to the mental health and anxiety of young children ages three to seven.
Author : Marlon Bundo
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781452176369
HBO's Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver presents a children's book about a Very Special boy bunny who falls in love with another boy bunny. Meet Marlon Bundo, a lonely bunny who lives with his Grampa Mike Pence, the former Vice President of the United States. But on this Very Special Day, Marlon's life is about to change forever ... With its message of tolerance and advocacy, this charming bunny book for kids explores issues of same sex marriage and democracy. Sweet, funny, and beautifully illustrated, this better Bundo book is dedicated to every bunny who has ever felt different. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND #1 AMAZON BESTSELLER: A runaway hit that hopped to the top of the charts nationwide! As John Oliver explained on the Ellen DeGeneres talk show, his book’s gay Marlon Bundo gets married to his bunny boyfriend “because that’s the world we want to live in.” A PETER RABBIT BOOK FOR MODERN FAMILIES: Love is love in one of the few picture books that is equally a satisfying bedtime story and a timely and vital LGBTQ book for children (and their grownups). POPULAR AUDIOBOOK: The audiobook version is read by Jim Parsons and special guests Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jeff Garlin, Ellie Kemper, John Lithgow, Jack McBrayer, and RuPaul. Perfect for: Fans of John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Samantha Bee Go-to gift for children's birthdays, same-sex couples welcoming a new baby, and friends who love parody humor Parents seeking the best books about love and marriage to share with their kids Adding to the shelf with books like And Tango Makes Three, Julián Is a Mermaid, Whose Boat Is This Boat?, and Go the F**k to Sleep
Author : Debi Pschunder
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781640823891
The Emi Lu Lu Adventures are fun and exciting, special days in the life of a five-year-old little girl during the summer. Come with us as Emi Lu Lu turns five, goes to the beach, enjoys the fireworks, and goes swimming. Just like to every five-year-old, life is simple, life is fun, life is an adventure we would love for you to join us on.
