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Author : Thomas Frank
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250020352
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Pity the Billionaire written by Thomas Frank and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at why the worst economy since the 1930s has brought about the revival of conservatism.
Author : Thomas Frank
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1429900326
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book What's the Matter with Kansas? written by Thomas Frank and published by Picador. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of "our most insightful social observers"* cracks the great political mystery of our time: how conservatism, once a marker of class privilege, became the creed of millions of ordinary Americans With his acclaimed wit and acuity, Thomas Frank turns his eye on what he calls the "thirty-year backlash"—the populist revolt against a supposedly liberal establishment. The high point of that backlash is the Republican Party's success in building the most unnatural of alliances: between blue-collar Midwesterners and Wall Street business interests, workers and bosses, populists and right-wingers. In asking "what 's the matter with Kansas?"—how a place famous for its radicalism became one of the most conservative states in the union—Frank, a native Kansan and onetime Republican, seeks to answer some broader American riddles: Why do so many of us vote against our economic interests? Where's the outrage at corporate manipulators? And whatever happened to middle-American progressivism? The questions are urgent as well as provocative. Frank answers them by examining pop conservatism—the bestsellers, the radio talk shows, the vicious political combat—and showing how our long culture wars have left us with an electorate far more concerned with their leaders' "values" and down-home qualities than with their stands on hard questions of policy. A brilliant analysis—and funny to boot—What's the Matter with Kansas? presents a critical assessment of who we are, while telling a remarkable story of how a group of frat boys, lawyers, and CEOs came to convince a nation that they spoke on behalf of the People. *Los Angeles Times
Author : Thomas Frank
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 1250293669
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Rendezvous with Oblivion written by Thomas Frank and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tack and Richardson show you how to start with a batch of plain cupcakes, and turn them into fun creations such as robots, farm- or zoo-animals, and even a cookie village! --Adapted from back cover.
Author : Thomas Frank
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 1627795405
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)
Download or read book Listen, Liberal written by Thomas Frank and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of What's the Matter With Kansas, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics -- a book that asks: what's the matter with Democrats? It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only those awful Republicans are beaten into submission, the country will be on the right course. But this is to fundamentally misunderstand the modern Democratic Party. Drawing on years of research and first-hand reporting, Frank points out that the Democrats have done little to advance traditional liberal goals: expanding opportunity, fighting for social justice, and ensuring that workers get a fair deal. Indeed, they have scarcely dented the free-market consensus at all. This is not for lack of opportunity: Democrats have occupied the White House for sixteen of the last twenty-four years, and yet the decline of the middle class has only accelerated. Wall Street gets its bailouts, wages keep falling, and the free-trade deals keep coming. With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, Frank's Listen, Liberal lays bare the essence of the Democratic Party's philosophy and how it has changed over the years. A form of corporate and cultural elitism has largely eclipsed the party's old working-class commitment, he finds. For certain favored groups, this has meant prosperity. But for the nation as a whole, it is a one-way ticket into the abyss of inequality. In this critical election year, Frank recalls the Democrats to their historic goals-the only way to reverse the ever-deepening rift between the rich and the poor in America.
Author : Thomas Frank
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385495048
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)
Download or read book One Market Under God written by Thomas Frank and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2001-09-18 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a book that has been raising hackles far and wide, the social critic Thomas Frank skewers one of the most sacred cows of the go-go '90s: the idea that the new free-market economy is good for everyone. Frank's target is "market populism"—the widely held belief that markets are a more democratic form of organization than democratically elected governments. Refuting the idea that billionaire CEOs are looking out for the interests of the little guy, he argues that "the great euphoria of the late nineties was never as much about the return of good times as it was the giddy triumph of one America over another." Frank is a latter-day Mencken, as readers of his journal The Baffler and his book The Conquest of Cool know. With incisive analysis, passionate advocacy, and razor-sharp wit, he asks where we are headed—and whether we're going to like it when we get there.
Author : Thomas Frank
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 9781250220110
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The People, No written by Thomas Frank and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the prophetic author of the now-classic What’s the Matter with Kansas? and Listen, Liberal, an eye-opening account of populism, the most important—and misunderstood—movement of our time. Rarely does a work of history contain startling implications for the present, but in The People, No Thomas Frank pulls off that explosive effect by showing us that everything we think we know about populism is wrong. Today “populism” is seen as a frightening thing, a term pundits use to describe the racist philosophy of Donald Trump and European extremists. But this is a mistake. The real story of populism is an account of enlightenment and liberation; it is the story of American democracy itself, of its ever-widening promise of a decent life for all. Taking us from the tumultuous 1890s, when the radical left-wing Populist Party—the biggest mass movement in American history—fought Gilded Age plutocrats to the reformers’ great triumphs under Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman, Frank reminds us how much we owe to the populist ethos. Frank also shows that elitist groups have reliably detested populism, lashing out at working-class concerns. The anti-populist vituperations by the Washington centrists of today are only the latest expression. Frank pummels the elites, revisits the movement’s provocative politics, and declares true populism to be the language of promise and optimism. The People, No is a ringing affirmation of a movement that, Frank shows us, is not the problem of our times, but the solution for what ails us.
Author : Mike Lofgren
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110160123X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book The Party Is Over written by Mike Lofgren and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling exposé of what passes for business as usual in Washington today There was a time, not so very long ago, when perfectly rational people ran the Republican Party. So how did the party of Lincoln become the party of lunatics? That is what this book aims to answer. Fear not, the Dems come in for their share of tough talk— they are zombies, a party of the living dead. Mike Lofgren came to Washington in the early eighties—those halcyon, post–Nixonian glory days—for what he imagined would be a short stint on Capitol Hill. He has witnessed quite a few low points in his twenty-eight years on the Hill—but none quite so pitiful as the antics of the current crop of legislators whom we appear to have elected. Based on the explosive article Lofgren wrote when he resigned in disgust after the debt ceiling crisis, The Party Is Over is a funny and impassioned exposé of everything that is wrong with Washington. Obama and his tired cohorts are no angels but they have nothing on the Republicans, whose wily strategists are bankrupting the country one craven vote at a time. Be prepared for some fireworks.
Author : Thomas Frank
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805090908
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Wrecking Crew written by Thomas Frank and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of What's The Matter With Kansas?, an exposé of the Washington conservatism has built: how it works, how it doesn't, and why it's here to stay
Author : Serenity Woods
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (79 download)
Download or read book My Lonely Billionaire written by Serenity Woods and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-12-04 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never fall in love with your knight in shining armor... Even though he can't step foot out of his house, Noah King's sole purpose in life is to help people. He created the Ark as a sanctuary for animals and people alike, and it's not surprising that when I'm at my lowest ebb, he's the one who rides in on his white horse and rescues me. But now I'm in a terrible dilemma. Since his wife died giving birth to their baby - who also died - Noah's been a recluse. The last thing he needs in his life is a woman who's eight months' pregnant, alone, and homeless. Of course he's going to want to help me. I know I mustn't mistake kindness and friendship for real love. And I really don't want to be one of life's victims. I want to get myself back on my feet and create a good life for the baby. I don't want to cause Noah pain by stirring up old memories. And I don't want him to feel pity for me. I know I should walk away. But it's strange how it's only when someone shows you kindness that you realize how empty your life has been. Oh God. I'm desperately in love with him. And now the baby is days away from coming, and I've literally nowhere to go. What am I going to do?
Author : Jessica Clare
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 069818694X
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)
Download or read book The Taming of the Billionaire written by Jessica Clare and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of The Billionaire and the Virgin returns with a tale of Shakespearean-style seduction... Edie's an overbearing cat behaviorist who's not big on people. Magnus is a newly-rich game developer who likes to be in control. When the two of them meet at Gretchen and Hunter's masquerade engagement party, the loathing is mutual. Unfortunately for them—and everyone else—they're in the wedding party together and must deal with each other for the next few months. But when Magnus's younger brother falls for Edie's sister, he begs for his brother's help in concocting a plan to win her over. If Magnus can keep the prickly Edie occupied, his brother will have time to woo Edie’s sister. Of course, Magnus isn't interested in the slightest, but Edie is...intriguing. And stubborn. And smart. And sexy. And they might have more in common than they thought. Before long, it becomes a challenge between the two of them to see who will be tamed first. But how’s Edie going to react when she finds out that Magnus is using her? And how’s Magnus going to handle the fact that he’s fallen for a cat lady? Praise for the Billionaire Boys Club novels “Blazing hot.”—USA Today “A fast, sexy read.”—Fiction Vixen “Great storytelling…delightful reading…It’s fun and oh so hot.”—Kirkus Reviews
Author : James Crabtree
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1524760072
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)
Download or read book The Billionaire Raj written by James Crabtree and published by Crown. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colorful and revealing portrait of the rise of India’s new billionaire class in a radically unequal society India is the world’s largest democracy, with more than one billion people and an economy expanding faster than China’s. But the rewards of this growth have been far from evenly shared, and the country’s top 1% now own nearly 60% of its wealth. In megacities like Mumbai, where half the population live in slums, the extraordinary riches of India’s new dynasties echo the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers of America's Gilded Age, funneling profits from huge conglomerates into lifestyles of conspicuous consumption. James Crabtree’s The Billionaire Raj takes readers on a personal journey to meet these reclusive billionaires, fugitive tycoons, and shadowy political power brokers. From the sky terrace of the world’s most expensive home to impoverished villages and mass political rallies, Crabtree dramatizes the battle between crony capitalists and economic reformers, revealing a tense struggle between equality and privilege playing out against a combustible backdrop of aspiration, class, and caste. The Billionaire Raj is a vivid account of a divided society on the cusp of transformation—and a struggle that will shape not just India’s future, but the world’s.
Author : Jessica Clare
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101989238
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Beauty and the Billionaire: The Wedding written by Jessica Clare and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this all-new novella in the New York Times bestselling series, Hunter and Gretchen are finally tying the knot—but their wedding may not be the easy fairy tale they’ve dreamed of... Someone's out to ruin Gretchen's happy-ever-after on the eve before the big day. Can she trust Hunter, the man she's given her heart to? And can she rely on her sister Daphne (the least reliable person of all!) to help her salvage things? Or is this marriage going to go down in flames before Gretchen and Hunter ever get to the altar? Includes a sneak peek of Dirty Money, first in Clare’s brand new Roughneck Billionaires series. Praise for the Billionaire Boys Club Novels “Blazing hot.”—USA Today “A fast, sexy read.”—Fiction Vixen “Great storytelling…delightful reading…It’s fun and oh so hot.”—Kirkus Reviews
Author : Cleo Coyle
Publisher : Berkley
ISBN 13 : 0425252914
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Billionaire Blend written by Cleo Coyle and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2013 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When a car bomb nearly kills tech whiz Eric Thorner, Clare comes to his aid and receives a priceless thank you. Not only does the billionaire buy her a barista's dream espresso machine, he hires her for an extraordinary project: creating the world's most expensive coffee blend. The police quickly arrest Eric's alleged attacker, yet death continues to surround the unlucky mogul, leading Clare to question whether a fatal fall and another lethal mishap are premeditated murders or merely freak accidents. Clare's boyfriend, NYPD detective Mike Quinn, has a theory of his own--one Clare refuses to believe. Meanwhile, Eric jets Clare around the world on a head-spinning search for the very best coffee, and Clare gets to know his world--a mesmerizing circle of money with rivalries that could easily have turned deadly. But is this charming young CEO truly marked for termination? Or is he the one making a killing?"--
Author : Olivia Gates
Publisher : Silhouette
ISBN 13 : 1426852061
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (268 download)
Download or read book Billionaire, M.D. written by Olivia Gates and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. April: Rodrigo Valderrama, billionaire Spanish surgeon. His Patient: The woman he's always wanted. His Problem: An explosive pregnancy secret. He'd rushed to her side the moment he'd learned of her accident. Whisking the recovering Cybele away to his palatial seafront estate, the wealthy doctor vowed to care for and protect the pregnant young widow…and never let her know his true feelings. But he feared that even with all his brilliant skills, he might not be able to keep Cybele if she learned the truth about his role in her pregnancy.
Author : Lucy Monroe
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1488073139
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book After the Billionaire's Wedding Vows... written by Lucy Monroe and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can this Greek marriage go the distance? Find out in this passionate and dramatic romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Lucy Monroe! First came passion, then came vows… What comes after “I do”? Greek tycoon Andros Kristalakis knew that his white-hot whirlwind romance with Polly could end only one way—with her wearing his ring! He offered her his world of unbelievable luxury while he ruled his family’s business empire. But that was all he could give. Now pregnant Polly has revealed that for the past five years she’s secretly craved more! With his marriage on the line, Andros must choose—because closing the distance between himself and Polly will mean destroying the protective barriers he’s long fought to keep intact… From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.
Author : Chrystia Freeland
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101595949
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Plutocrats written by Chrystia Freeland and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Financial Times Best Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize There has always been some gap between rich and poor in this country, but recently what it means to be rich has changed dramatically. Forget the 1 percent—Plutocrats proves that it is the wealthiest 0.1 percent who are outpacing the rest of us at breakneck speed. Most of these new fortunes are not inherited, amassed instead by perceptive businesspeople who see themselves as deserving victors in a cutthroat international competition. With empathy and intelligence, Plutocrats reveals the consequences of concentrating the world’s wealth into fewer and fewer hands. Propelled by fascinating original interviews with the plutocrats themselves, Plutocrats is a tour de force of social and economic history, the definitive examination of inequality in our time.
Author : Thomas Frank
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099570270
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (995 download)
Download or read book Pity the Billionaire written by Thomas Frank and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of "What's the Matter with Kansas?" comes a wonderfully insightful and sardonic look at why the worst economy since the 1930s has brought about the revival of conservatism. Economic catastrophe usually brings social protest and demands for change--or at least it's supposed to. In "Pity the Billionaire," Frank, the great chronicler of American paradox, examines the peculiar mechanism by which dire economic circumstances have delivered wildly unexpected political results.
