The arrival, one sunny morning, of pale green wall-to-wall carpeting for the living room is the crowning jewel in Karen Whitney's long-anticipated transformation of her house into a beautiful home, renovated to the exacting standards of...
Middle class
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Auteur:Young, Phyllis BrettSommaire: -
Auteur:Galsworthy, JohnSommaire:The three novels that make up this trilogy have long been recognized as masterpieces of 20th-century literature, and Galsworthy as one of its leading exponents. But don't let that be the reason you put off listening to this wonderful...
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Auteur:Galsworthy, JohnSommaire:The three novels that make up this trilogy have long been recognized as masterpieces of 20th-century literature, and Galsworthy as one of its leading exponents. But don't let that be the reason you put off listening to this...
- Auteur:Rubin, JeffSommaire:
Real wages in North America have not risen since the 1970s. Union membership has collapsed. Full-time employment is beginning to look like a quaint idea from the distant past. If it seems that the middle class is in retreat around the...
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Auteur:Flaubert, GustaveSommaire:One of literature's great tragic heroines, beautiful Emma Bovary fights boredom with passionate excess, throwing herself into love affairs with a momentum that threatens to drag all around her into tragedy. Selfish, reckless, at times...
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Auteur:Bryant, John Hope, Young, AndrewSommaire:John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and founder of the nonprofit Operation HOPE, says business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize the stalled American economy: the poor. If we...
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Auteur:Badcock, T. C.Sommaire:In the early 1900s, Charles Noble Lewis and his family were prominent members of St. John’s high society. A chief engineer who worked for Bowring Brothers, Charles fraternized with many of the key players who shaped Newfoundland and...
- Auteur:Shrake, EdwinSommaire:
Fort Worth lawyer Ben Carpenter is facing an almost unwinnable case against a powerful Dallas businessman. It could shatter Ben's career. When his friends throw him a riotous 30th birthday party, at first Ben is depressed. But someone...
