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Three-week professionals : inside the 1987 NFL players' strike / by Kluck, Ted,author.(CARDINAL)480826;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: National Football League; Football players; Football players; Football; Strikebreakers; Strikes and lockouts;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Thunder on the mountain / by Poyer, David.(CARDINAL)171426;
A strike against an abusive oil company in Depression-era Pennsylvania threatens to lead to violence, as strike leader W.T. Halvorson confronts company owner Daniel Thunner and professional strikebreaker Pearl Deatherage, and CIO organizer Doris Golden arrives on the scene.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Robot dreams / by Asimov, Isaac,1920-1992.(CARDINAL)155738; Container of (work):Asimov, Isaac,1920-1992.Robot dreams (Short story)(CARDINAL)867636;
Contains a collection of short stories written by Isaac Asimov between 1940 through the 1980s, that explore the themes of science fiction, such as robotics, space travel, and aliens.Accelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader
Subjects: Science fiction.; Short stories.; Robots; Science fiction, American.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 3
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Nightfall : and other stories. by Asimov, Isaac,1920-1992.(CARDINAL)155738;
Nightfall.--Green patches.--Hostess.--Breeds there a man ...?--C-Chute.--In a good cause.--What if.--Sally.--Flies.--Nobody here but-.--It's such a beautiful day.--Strikebreaker.--Insert knob A in hole B.--The up-to-date sorcerer.--Unto the fourth generation.--What is this thing called love?--The machine that won the war.--My son, the physicist.--Eyes do more than see.--Segregationist.
Subjects: Fiction.; Science fiction, American.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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City of saints [large print]/ by Hunt, Andrew E.,1968-(CARDINAL)293144;
Salt Lake City seems to be the squeaky-clean "City of Saints" - but looks can be deceiving. When a beautiful socialite turns up dead, Art Oveson, a twenty-something husband, father, and devout Mormon just getting his start, finds himself thrust into the role of detective. With his partner, a foul-mouthed former strikebreaker, Oveson pursues the murderer into the underbelly of Salt Lake City, a place rife with corruption.
Subjects: Large print books.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Socialites; Corruption; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Nightfall and other stories / by Asimov, Isaac,1920-1992,author.(CARDINAL)155738;
A collection of twenty classic short stories by Isaac Asimov, author of the Foundation series, featuring the definitive and only in-print version of "Nightfall." From one of history's most influential writers of science fiction comes this collection of twenty short works of fiction, arranged in order of publication from 1941 to 1967. Compiled by Asimov himself, who prefaced each story with an introduction, it begins with "Nightfall," the tale of a world with eternal sun that is suddenly plunged into total darkness and utter madness. Published when the author was only twenty-one, "Nightfall" was arguably Asimov's breakout work, making such an impression that, almost thirty years later, the Science Fiction Writers of America voted it the best science-fiction short story ever written. The other stories in the collection span far and wide: Machines that learn to think for themselves-- and direct their thoughts to overturning the establishment. The discovery that Earthlings are being destroyed by a mysterious kind of psychological virus. A day when walking outdoors becomes a sign of psychosis. And many more. Twenty stories: each riveting, each a classic. -- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Short stories.; Science fiction.; Imaginary societies; Science fiction, American.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Two tons of gold / by Ballard, Todhunter,1903-1980.(CARDINAL)125447;
The Bank of California in the 1860s is a powerful conglomerate that pays its mine workers very little money and will not permit strikes, sending in strikebreakers drawn from the ranks of criminals to quell the opposition. When Major Mrak Dorne's father is murdered by strikebreakers, he begins a one-man war against the conglomerate.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Banks and banking; Fathers; Gold theft; Outlaws; Revenge; Fathers.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Shadow ticket / by Pynchon, Thomas,author.(CARDINAL)145492;
"Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation business shifting from labor-management relations to the more domestic kind. Hicks McTaggart, a one-time strikebreaker turned private eye, thinks he's found job security until he gets sent out on what should be a routine case, locating and bringing back the heiress of a Wisconsin cheese fortune who's taken a mind to go wandering. By the time Hicks catches up with her he will find himself entangled with Nazis, Soviet agents, British counterspies, swing musicians, practitioners of the paranormal, outlaw motorcyclists, and the troubles that come with each of them"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Depressions; Private investigators; Missing persons; Nineteen thirties;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 25
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The Celestials / by Shepard, Karen,author.(CARDINAL)704499;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-366).In 1870, seventy-five Chinese laborers are unwittingly brought in as strikebreakers at a shoe factory in the town of North Adams, Massachusetts, setting off a conflict with the locals.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Chinese; Identity (Psychology); Labor unions;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Reconsidering southern labor history : race, class, and power / by Hild, Matthew,editor.(CARDINAL)482821; Merritt, Keri Leigh,1980-editor.(CARDINAL)416027;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The American Dream of reaching success through sheer sweat and determination rings false for countless members of the working classes. This volume shows that many of the difficulties facing workers today have deep roots in the history of the exploitation of labor in the South. Contributors make the case that the problems that have long beset southern labor, including the legacy of slavery, low wages, lack of collective bargaining rights, and repression of organized unions, have become the problems of workers across the country. Spanning nearly all of U.S. history, the essays in this collection range from West Virginia to Florida to Texas. They examine vagrancy laws in the early republic, inmate labor at state penitentiaries, mine workers and union membership, and strikes and the often-violent strikebreaking that followed. They also look at pesticide exposure among farmworkers, labor activism during the civil rights movement, and foreign-owned auto factories in the rural South. They distinguish between different struggles experienced by women and men, as well as by African American, Latino, and white workers. The broad chronological sweep and comprehensive nature of Reconsidering Southern Labor History set this volume apart from any other collection on the topic in the past forty years. Presenting the latest trends in the study of the working-class South by a new generation of scholars, this volume is a surprising revelation of the historical forces behind the labor inequalities inherent today."--
Subjects: Working class; African Americans;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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