Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs often for little more than minimum wage But it wasn't always this way Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred & how companies achieve a compliant & dedicated workforce despite it Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews & years of extensive observation including six months training & working as a long-haul trucker Viscelli explains in detail how labor is recruited trained & used in the industry He then shows how inexperienced workers are convinced to lease a truck & to work as independent contractors He explains how deregulation & collective action by employers transformed trucking's labor markets
- once dominated by the largest & most powerful union in US history
- into an important example of the costs of contemporary labor markets for workers & the general public

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The vault at Centennial City Bank is currently rumored to be holding a record amount of cash precious diamonds ancient artifacts & highly-sensitive digital information As the boss of one of the city&s most notorious crime organizations robbing that vault for all it&s worth is constantly on your mind There&s only one problem—this job is too big for just your crew alone You&re going to need help from some of your biggest rival crime bosses if you want to succeed You&ll need to join forces on a series of smaller jobs in order to acquire the skills & resources you&ll need to pull off the biggest heist the city has ever seen—but watch your back! Once you & your new partners in crime are inside the bank vault it&ll be every boss for himself If you manage to safely escape the scene with more loot than your rivals you&ll be revered as the city&s most notorious crime boss Hire your crew plan the heist & get ready for the big score! The Big Score is a competitive game for 1-6 players that plays in 30-60 minutes The game is structured into two distinct halves In the first half of the game players use card drafting to carefully choose which specialists to add to their crew They secretly decide how to assign them to various small heists throughout the city & they need to pick just the right moment to send in their most skilled expert to ensure a job&s success! If these plans go well players steal a variety of loot cold hard cash diamonds that escalate in value as more are gained artifacts that are profitable for the player with the largest collection & hard drives full of information that become lucrative only if hacked with a digital key In the second half of the game individual player abilities come into play as the players attempt the mother of all heists—the big score Players risk being busted by the cops as they steal even more loot in an exciting press-your-luck grand finale inside the vault at Centennial City Bank! The Big Score also features a challenging solo-play mode designed by AJ Porfirio (Hostage Negotiator) ...

Acclaim for Joel Greenblatt's New York Times bestseller THE LITTLE BOOK THAT BEATS THE MARKET One of the best clearest guides to value ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Adam Mc Kay co-writes & directs this financial drama starring Brad Pitt Steve Carell Christian Bale & Ryan Gosling The film follows eccentric financial analyst Michael Burry (Bale) as he uncovers an impending crash in the housing market & puts together a plan to profit from it As Burry&s predictions are spread by those who believe he is mad a small number of people including Jarred Bennett (Gosling) Ben Rickert (Pitt) & Mark Baum (Carell) get on board with his idea in the hope of saving their assets The supporting cast

Includes:: Selena Gomez Rafe Spall & Karen Gillan The film was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Adapted Screenplay & Best Supporting Actor (Bale)

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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play The true story of several remarkable "contrarian" investors who recognizing just how insane the housing bubble & subprime mortgage market had become figured out how to "short" the market & make a killing during the financial collapse of 2008 ...

Director Winner switched the setting of Chandler&s classic Marlowe mystery from 1940s Los Angeles to 1970s London perhaps to avoid comparison with its forerunner The 1946 Bogart Bacall masterpiece is a tough act to follow but this version is interesting in its own right for Mitchum&s take on the fabled private eye ...

Raymond Chandler was America's preeminent writer of detective fiction & this Penguin Modern Classics edition of The Big Sleep & Other Novels collects three of the best novels to feature his hard-drinking philosophising PI Philip Marlowe Raymond Chandler created the fast talking trouble seeking Californian private eye Philip Marlowe for his first great novel The Big Sleep in 1939 Often imitated but never bettered it is in Marlowe's long shadow that every fictional detective must stand
- & under the influence of Raymond Chandler's addictive prose that every crime author must write Marlowe's entanglement with the Sternwood family
- & an attendant cast of colourful underworld figures
- is the background to a story reflecting all the tarnished glitter of the great American Dream The hard-boiled detective's iconic image burns just as brightly in Farewell My Lovely on the trail of a missing nightclub crooner & the inimitable Marlowe is able to prove that trouble really is his business in Raymond Chandler's brilliant epitaph The Long Goodbye Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) was born in Chicago It was during the Depression era that he seriously turned his hand to writing & his first published story appeared in the pulp magazine Black Mask in 1933 followed six years later by his first novel The Big Sleep adapted into Howard Hawks' classic 1946 film noir starring Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall If you liked The Big Sleep & Other Novels you might enjoy Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man also available in Penguin Modern Classics' One of the greatest crime writers who set standards that others still try to attain' Sunday Times' Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America & America has never looked the same to us since' Paul Auster author of The New York Trilogy' Chandler wrote like a slumming angel & invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angelos with a romantic presence' Ross Macdonald author of The Drowning Pool


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family Before the complex case is over he&s seen murder blackmail & what might be love ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family to deal with a blackmailer Arthur Geiger His life takes an unexpected turn as he pursues the case & Arthur is found dead Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

A young monster is getting everything she needs to take a dip a boat a toy shark armbands goggles flippers Once everything is to hand she is ready to take a bath! The vividly drawn artwork shows each step of the monster's careful preparations offering lots of discussion points is she going for a swim in a pool? In the sea? Pink B level (Band 1B) books offer simple predictable text with familiar objects & actions Text type
- A story with predictable structure & patterned language An illustration on pages 14 & 14 shows the monster splashing happily in the bath with all her toys labelled to help children recap & discuss This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery
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