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Tag Archives: on the job
Picking Up
Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City© 2014 Robin Nagle304 pages When young Robin Nagle stumbled upon a communal dumpsite in the middle of an otherwise picturesque meadow, she was … Continue reading
Hack
Hack: How I Stopped Worrying About What to do with my Life and Started Driving a Yellow Cab© 2008 Melissa Plaut256 pages At the age of twenty-nine, Melissa Plaut was let go from her job at an ad agency. She … Continue reading
Oil on the Brain
Oil on the Brain: Petroleum’s Long, Strange Journey to Your Tank © 2007 Lisa Magonelli 336 pages Every moment, oil is surging up wells, being chemically sorted in vast refineries, sloshing its way across continents in pipelines, and being dispersed … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, China, commerce, goods/services, Middle East, Near East, occupational account, on the job, Persia, Persia-Iran, resources, South America
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Pedal to the Metal
Petal to the Metal: The Work Lives of Truckers© 1994 Lawrence Ouelett247 pages ICC is a-checkin’ on down the lineI’m a little overweight, and my logbook’s way behind But nothin’ bothers me tonight, I can dodge all the scales all … Continue reading
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Tagged Of Boys and Men, on the job, sociology, transportation, trucking
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Uncommon Carriers
Uncommon Carriers© 2006 John McPhee256 pages Uncommon Carriers invites readers to spend a day in the life of a truck drivers, ocean-going cargo ship and riverbound freight tugboat pilots, train engineers, UPS aviators, and — just for good measure — … Continue reading
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Tagged commerce, on the job, rivers, shipping, trains, transportation
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Nickle and Dimed
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America© 2001 Barbara Ehrenreich221 pages In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich asked her editor at Harpers Weekly a question for which neither had an answer: how do people get by on the meager wages … Continue reading
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Tagged infrastructure, on the job, poverty, social criticism, Society and Culture
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50 Jobs in 50 States
50 Jobs in 50 States: One Man’s Journey of Discovery Across America© 2011 Daniel Seddiqui275 pages Disclaimer: I read from an advanced review copy of the book, available through NetGalleys. No compensation for a review, good or negative, was offered … Continue reading
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Tagged advanced review, America, BnB 2011 Nonfiction Reading Challenge, occupational account, on the job, travelogue
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Waiter Rant
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip — Confessions of a Cynical Waiter © 2008 “The Waiter” 302 pages While browsing humor site NotAlwaysRight, in which the malevolence and stupidity of the average consumer are celebrated through submitted quotations, I noticed … Continue reading
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