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"'The artist and the Trinity' aims to create a Christian theology of work based on Dorothy L. Sayers' analogy of the Trinity to the process of artistic creation. Sayers' analogy gives us an account of the person that does not collapse into the atomism of the individual of modern liberal capitalism, but is fully relational. By putting Sayers into dialogue with Alasdair MacIntyre, the book develops a fully Trinitarian theology of work that accounts for the interdependence of human beings, and for the ethical requirements of caring for the weak, the young, and the old in a way that is gender neutral"--Provided by publisher.

Presents advice from experts on the techniques they would use to respond to a variety of emergency situations such as delivering a baby in a taxi, fending off a shark, landing an airplane, and others.

"When the technologies we use every day collapse our experiences into 24/7 availability, platforms for personal branding, and products to be monetized, nothing can be quite so radical as . . . doing nothing. Here, Jenny Odell sends up a flare from the heart of Silicon Valley, delivering an action plan to resist capitalist narratives of productivity and techno-determinism, and to become more meaningfully connected in the process"--Provided by publisher.

Collection of fiction and nonfiction short stories, essays, and photo essays about people defining their being through their doing.

Explores the different ways people have earned money throughout history, explains the basics of economics, discusses who decides how much people earn and what happens when people cannot work, and explains how those issues impact everyone in America.

In this bilingual book a Hispanic American girl describes how she helps out in her family's home.

Discusses the advantages of working and offers tips on assessing your talents and abilities, finding a job, acting responsibly, handling disasters, and setting prices.

Eighteen-year-old Jos? serves as the bridge between his non-English speaking family and the rest of the world, and because his parents are illegal immigrants and extended family lives with them, money is tight so Jos? works nights and arrives at school so tired that teachers at his alternative high school step in to help.

"There are millions of people--HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers--whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs. Graeber explores one of society's most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln . . . gives individuals, corporations, and societies permission to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture"--Publisher.