English Working Class

During the formative years of the Industrial Revolution, English workers and artisans claimed a place in society that would shape the following centuries. But the capitalist elite did not form the working class - the workers shaped their own creations, developing a shared identity in the process. Despite their lack of power and the indignity forced upon them by the upper classes, the working class emerged as England's greatest cultural and political force.

This program is read by the author. Laurie Gelman’s clever debut about a year in the life of a kindergarten class mom—a brilliant send-up of the petty and surprisingly cutthroat terrain of parent politics. Jen Dixon is not your typical Kansas City kindergarten class mom—or mom in general...

When Ishmael takes a crew of academy cadets into the Toe Holds, he's unprepared for the level of trouble green hands can get into. Meanwhile, their academy liaison discovers what can go wrong when you learn the wrong lessons and try to teach the wrong students. Will they all make it back to the academy before somebody accidentally takes a short walk out the airlock without a suit?

They don't want you free. They want you manageable. In 2004, Steven Eugene Kuhn sat across a table in Berlin with a man whose grandfather had plotted to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Over lunch, that man said four words that changed everything: "You become leveragable." He wasn't talking about a loan. He was talking about what happens to any person who owes money they cannot walk away from. When the mortgage is due, when wages can be garnished, when a credit rating controls whether you can rent an apartment or keep a job, you stop making free choices. You make managed ones. Debt is not just a ...

An examination of why "doing what you love" is a recipe for exploitation, creating a new tyranny of work in which we cheerily acquiesce to doing jobs that take over our lives. “An indispensable guide to the broader dynamics of work in the contemporary moment.” —Nation You’re told that if...

A gripping story of political idealism, disillusionment, and new hope, Nothing Left exposes how the Democratic Party was hijacked by out-of-touch activists, coastal elitists, and powerful special interests. Packed with insider revelations and razor-sharp commentary, Evan Barker takes readers...

An eye-opening, urgent call to mend the broken relationship between college and non-college grads of all races that is driving politics to the far right in the US. Is there a single change that could simultaneously protect democracy, spur progress on climate change, enact sane gun policies, and...

This remarkable account has had an enduring influence on social and economic studies and has remained in print since its first English publication in 1885. It was written, in German, by a youthful Friedrich Engels, the son of a German industrialist, who was already concerned - even angered - by...

Bloomsbury presents Notes from a Working-Class Playwright, written and read by Leo Butler Award-winning British playwright, Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage and his extensive experience teaching and mentoring emerging playwrights through the Royal Court Young Writers'...

A fake date. A second-chance ex. And a high-stakes lie that’s about to catch up with her. Lauren Wallace is this close to proving she’s more than just the sweet, supportive sister at The Beacon. With her parents officially retired and the family restaurant undergoing a high-stakes relaunch, all she needs to do is land the new seafood supplier and claim the operational credit she’s earned. Then her ex walks in—and Lauren panics. Desperate to avoid a pity conversation, she blurts out the first name that comes to mind as her new boyfriend: Zach, the drop-dead gorgeous local fisherman ...

Raw, gritty, compassionate, surprising and darkly funny - Australian legend Jimmy Barnes' unforgettable childhood memoir. A household name, an Australian rock icon, the elder statesman of OzPubRock - there isn't an accolade or cliché that doesn't apply to Jimmy Barnes. But long before Cold Chisel and Barnesy, long before the tall tales of success and excess, there was the true story of James Dixon Swan - a working class boy whose family made the journey from Scotland to Australia in search of a better life.

The story of a disillusioned generation that set out to reclaim its dignity and take on corporate America. This program is read by award-winning narrator André Santana. “André Santana's performance succinctly conveys the spirit of this audiobook about modern-day organizing and unionizing.”...

It’s a life too big and a story too extraordinary for just one book. Jimmy Barnes has lived many lives - from Glaswegian migrant kid to iconic front man, from solo superstar to proud father of his own musical clan. In this hugely anticipated sequel to his critically acclaimed best seller, Working Class Boy, Jimmy picks up the story of his life as he leaves Adelaide in the back of an old truck with a then unknown band called Cold Chisel. A spellbinding and searingly honest reflection on success, fame and addiction, this self-penned memoir reveals how Jimmy Barnes used the fuel of childhood trauma to ignite and propel Australia’s greatest rock ’n’ roll story.

Around the world, populist movements are gaining traction among the white working class. Meanwhile, members of the professional elite - journalists, managers, and establishment politicians - are on the outside looking in, left to argue over the reasons. Williams explains that many people have conflated "working class" with "poor" - but the working class is, in fact, the elusive, purportedly disappearing middle class. They often resent the poor and the professionals alike. But they don't resent the truly rich.

Kennedy Briggs didn’t claw her way into nursing school just to wash out. But the program is brutal—four exams, constant checkoffs, and a B-average requirement that feels less like a goal and more like a countdown. One bad grade, one missed assignment, one panic spiral… and her future is gone. And lately, panic has been coming too easily. Eli Mercer has spent his years post-deployment keeping his life simple. A steady job at the garage. A loyal dog. A quiet apartment in Clayborn where nobody asks about the war—or the parts of him that never really came home. He doesn’t need much. ...

She came to paradise to recover from a broken marriage. She never expected to save a child—or fall for his father. Nine months after her divorce, emergency physician Dr. Ramona Goins is exhausted from being strong. Her best friends whisk her away to a luxurious Dominican Republic resort for a week of oceanfront dinners, spa treatments, and absolutely no men. Then a young boy nearly drowns in the resort pool. Ramona races to help revive ten-year-old Antonio Rosario, creating an unexpected connection with his father, Miguel—a handsome maintenance supervisor and devoted single dad whose ...

In Second Class, working-class Americans of all races, political orientations, and occupations share their stories—cleaning ladies, health care aides, cops, truck drivers, fast food workers, electricians, and more. In their own words, these working-class Americans explain the struggles and triumphs of their increasingly precarious lives—as well as what policies they think would improve them.

FALL RIVER HORRORS: 13 Tales from the Mill City Thirteen tales of blue-collar horror from the haunted heart of New England. Welcome to Fall River, Massachusetts. The mills are dead. The river runs underground. And the Spindle City keeps its ghosts the way it keeps everything else — close, and unforgiven. In this collection of New England horror stories, debut author Ricardo D. Rebelo drags you down the cracked sidewalks of a fading mill town where the monsters are real and the past never stays buried. These are not haunted mansions and quiet country roads. This is working-class horror ...

Love and the Working Class is a unique look at the emotions of hard-living, nineteenth-century Americans who were often on the cusp of literacy. These laboring folk highly valued letters and, however difficult it was, wrote to stay connected to those they loved. This book displays the personal...

Long before Cold Chisel and Barnesy, long before the success and excess, there was the true story of James Dixon Swan - a working-class boy whose family made the journey from Scotland to Australia in search of a better life. Working Class Boy is a powerful reflection on a traumatic and violent childhood, which fuelled the excess and recklessness that would define, but almost destroy, the rock’n’roll legend. This is the story of how James Swan became Jimmy Barnes.