Barbara Ehrenreich Book order

Nagroda PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay dla najlepszej książki eseistycznej. „Gdybym wiedziała” to zbiór najsłynniejszych i najbardziej prowokujących esejów zmarłej w 2022 roku bestsellerowej autorki i aktywistki politycznej Barbary Ehrenreich. Społeczne postrzeganie chorych onkologicznie, obraz amerykańskiej biedy, nowe wizje ról kobiet i mężczyzn, religia i mistycyzm – autorka nie bała się zanurzać w intelektualne wody, które inni uważali za zbyt mętne. Ta kolekcja gromadzi teksty z czterdziestoletniej kariery autorki, które najbardziej podkreślają jej błyskotliwość, świadomość społeczną i ironiczny dowcip. Od wielokrotnie nagradzanego artykułu „Witamy w krainie raka”, opublikowanego wkrótce po zdiagnozowaniu u niej raka piersi, po jej przełomowe tajne dziennikarstwo śledcze w „Za grosze”, Barbara Ehrenreich przez ponad czterdzieści lat pisała rzeczy radykalne, skłaniające do myślenia i zmieniające światopogląd. Jej recenzje ukazywały się między innymi w takich pismach jak „New York Times Book Review”, „Washington Post”, „Atlantic Monthly” i „Los Angeles Times Book Review, a jej eseje, felietony i artykuły publikowały „New York Timesie”, „Harper's Magazine”, „New York Times Magazine, „Time”, „Wall Street Journal” i wielu innych. „Gdybym wiedziała” czerpie z ogromnego i zróżnicowanego dorobku jednej z najbardziej przenikliwych amerykańskich myślicielek.

"With a new foreword by Matthew Desmond"--Cover.

A brilliant and insightful exploration of the rise and fall of the American middle class by New York Times bestselling author, Barbara Ehrenreich. One of Barbara Ehrenreich's most classic and prophetic works, Fear of Falling closely examines the insecurities of the American middle class in an attempt to explain its turn to the right during the last two decades of the 20th century. Weaving finely-tuned expert analysis with her trademark voice, Ehrenreich traces the myths about the middle class to their roots, determines what led to the shrinking of what was once a healthy percentage of the population, and how, in its ambition and anxiety, that population has retreated from responsible leadership. Newly reissued and timely as ever, Fear of Falling places the middle class of yesterday under the microscope and reveals exactly how we arrived at the middle class of today.

A new selection of the most provocative, incendiary, and career-making pieces by bestselling author, essayist, political activist, and "veteran muckraker" (The New Yorker) Barbara Ehrenreich. A self-proclaimed "myth buster by trade," Barbara Ehrenreich has covered an extensive range of topics as a journalist and political activist, and is unafraid to dive into intellectual waters that others deem too murky. Now, Had I Known gathers the articles and excerpts from a long-ranging career that most highlight Ehrenreich's brilliance, social consciousness, and wry wit. From Ehrenreich's award-winning article "Welcome to Cancerland," published shortly after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, to her groundbreaking undercover investigative journalism in Nickel and Dimed, to her exploration of death and mortality in the New York Times bestseller, Natural Causes, Barbara Ehrenreich has been writing radical, thought-provoking, and worldview-altering pieces for over four decades. Her reviews have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and the Los Angeles Times Book Review, among others, while her essays, op-eds and feature articles have appeared in The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Time, The Wall Street Journal, and many more. Had I Known pulls from the vast and varied collection of one of our country's most incisive thinkers to create one must-have volume.

Ehrenreich's core philosophy holds that aging people have the right to determine their quality of life and may choose to forgo painful and generally ineffective treatments. She presents evidence that such tests as annual physicals and Pap smears have little effect in prolonging life; investigates wellness trends, including mindfulness meditation; and questions the doctrine of a harmonious "mindbody" and its supposed natural tendency to prolong life. Mostly, she urges that we recognize that death is natural, that we enjoy our lives while we can, and that we disabuse ourselves of any self-serving notions of post-mortem permanence or even influence

Provides a firsthand account of life in low-wage America--the story of Ehrenreich's attempts to eke out a living while working as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing-home aide, and Wal-Mart associate. --From publisher description

The New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed returns with a powerful, controversial memoir of her lifelong quest to discover "the Truth" -- about the universe, and everything else. Hailed by critics as an "intellectual and journalistic badass" (Entertainment Weekly), Barbara Ehrenreich is one of the most important thinkers of our time. Educated as a scientist, she is an author, journalist, activist, and advocate for social justice. Here, Ehrenreich reconstructs her childhood mission, bringing an older woman's wry and erudite perspective to a young girl's impassioned obsession with the questions that, at one point or another, torment us all: What's really going on? Why are we here? The result is both personal and sweeping -- a searing memoir and a profound reflection on science, religion, and the human condition. In Living with a Wild God, Ehrenreich offers a true literary achievement -- a work that has the power not only to entertain, but amaze.

Published for the first time as a Granta Books paperback: Barbara Ehrenreich's groundbreaking investigation into the roots of war, with a new introduction by the author.

New edition of this bestselling book about the history of sexism in the medical profession.

A contemporary classic that has changed the way we see America.