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Author |
: Helen Andrews |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 2021-01-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780593086759 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0593086759 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Boomers by : Helen Andrews
"Baby Boomers (and I confess I am one): prepare to squirm and shake your increasingly arthritic little fists. For here comes essayist Helen Andrews."--Terry Castle With two recessions and a botched pandemic under their belt, the Boomers are their children's favorite punching bag. But is the hatred justified? Is the destruction left in their wake their fault or simply the luck of the generational draw? In Boomers, essayist Helen Andrews addresses the Boomer legacy with scrupulous fairness and biting wit. Following the model of Lytton Strachey's Eminent Victorians, she profiles six of the Boomers' brightest and best. She shows how Steve Jobs tried to liberate everyone's inner rebel but unleashed our stultifying digital world of social media and the gig economy. How Aaron Sorkin played pied piper to a generation of idealistic wonks. How Camille Paglia corrupted academia while trying to save it. How Jeffrey Sachs, Al Sharpton, and Sonya Sotomayor wanted to empower the oppressed but ended up empowering new oppressors. Ranging far beyond the usual Beatles and Bill Clinton clichés, Andrews shows how these six Boomers' effect on the world has been tragically and often ironically contrary to their intentions. She reveals the essence of Boomerness: they tried to liberate us, and instead of freedom they left behind chaos.
Author |
: Joseph C. Sternberg |
Publisher |
: PublicAffairs |
Total Pages |
: 285 |
Release |
: 2019-05-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781541742383 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1541742389 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Theft of a Decade by : Joseph C. Sternberg
A Wall Street Journal columnist delivers a brilliant narrative of the mugging of the millennial generation-- how the Baby Boomers have stolen the millennials' future in order to ensure themselves a comfortable present The Theft of a Decade is a contrarian, revelatory analysis of how one generation pulled the rug out from under another, and the myriad consequences that has set in store for all of us. The millennial generation was the unfortunate victim of several generations of economic theories that made life harder for them than it was for their grandparents. Then came the crash of 2008, and the Boomer generation's reaction to it was brutal: politicians and policy makers made deliberate decisions that favored the interests of the Boomer generation over their heirs, the most egregious being over the use of monetary policy, fiscal policy and regulation. For the first time in recent history, policy makers gave up on investing for the future and instead mortgaged that future to pay for the ugly economic sins of the present. This book describes a new economic crisis, a sinister tectonic shift that is stealing a generation's future.
Author |
: Chuck Nyren |
Publisher |
: Paramount Market Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 160 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0976697319 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780976697312 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Advertising to Baby Boomers by : Chuck Nyren
Using familiar examples, Nyren advises how to change prescription drug advertising, discusses planned retirement communities and the ways that they can be made more appealing to maturing consumers, and more importantly, offers valuable advice on the advertising of general consumer goods and services. Exploding the myth that Baby Boomers just want to retreat to their younger years, Nyren explains that Boomers are not hung up on age. "Who actually thinks about his or her age all the time, or even very often?" he asks. "Contrary to social commentators, the media, and certainly advertising agencies, most of the time we are who we are: people in our middle age, and not much different but a little different than other generations were in their middle ages. We're not jumping in mosh pits while juggling cans of soda, trying to be eighteen again.
Author |
: David Willetts |
Publisher |
: Atlantic Books |
Total Pages |
: 150 |
Release |
: 2011-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780857891426 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0857891421 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Pinch by : David Willetts
The baby boom of 1945-65 produced the biggest, richest generation that Britain has ever known. Today, at the peak of their power and wealth, baby boomers now run the country; by virtue of their sheer demographic power, they have fashioned the world around them in a way that meets all of their housing, healthcare, and financial needs. In this original and provocative book, David Willetts shows how the baby boomer generation has attained this position at the expense of their children. Social, cultural, and economic provision has been made for the reigning section of society, whilst the needs of the next generation have taken a back seat. Willetts argues that if our political, economic, and cultural leaders do not begin to discharge their obligations to the future, the young people of today will be taxed more, work longer hours for less money, have lower social mobility, and live in a degraded environment in order to pay for their parents' quality of life. Baby boomers, worried about the kind of world they are passing on to their children, are beginning to take note. However, whilst the imbalance in the quality of life between the generations is becoming more obvious, what is less certain is whether the older generation will be willing to make the sacrifices necessary for a more equal distribution. The Pinch is a landmark account of intergenerational relations in Britain. It is essential reading for parents and policymakers alike.
Author |
: Laura Marie Altom |
Publisher |
: Harlequin |
Total Pages |
: 218 |
Release |
: 2010-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781426850424 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1426850425 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Baby Battle by : Laura Marie Altom
Successful oilman Tag O'Malley is shocked—and overjoyed—when he hears the news. He's a father! But the child comes with strings attached…namely, the baby's mother. A complete stranger! Olivia Marshall was planning to raise her baby on her own. Now, thanks to a mistake at the lab, she's about to meet her child's father. What else can a desperate single mom do but run? Yet she can't hide forever, and now the handsome, take-charge widower insists on getting to know mother and child…by having them move in with him. That's when the battle really begins to heat up!
Author |
: Patricia Hampl |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 290 |
Release |
: 2018-04-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780698407497 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0698407490 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Art of the Wasted Day by : Patricia Hampl
“A sharp and unconventional book — a swirl of memoir, travelogue and biography of some of history's champion day-dreamers.” —Maureen Corrigan, "Fresh Air" A spirited inquiry into the lost value of leisure and daydream The Art of the Wasted Day is a picaresque travelogue of leisure written from a lifelong enchantment with solitude. Patricia Hampl visits the homes of historic exemplars of ease who made repose a goal, even an art form. She begins with two celebrated eighteenth-century Irish ladies who ran off to live a life of "retirement" in rural Wales. Her search then leads to Moravia to consider the monk-geneticist, Gregor Mendel, and finally to Bordeaux for Michel Montaigne--the hero of this book--who retreated from court life to sit in his chateau tower and write about whatever passed through his mind, thus inventing the personal essay. Hampl's own life winds through these pilgrimages, from childhood days lazing under a neighbor's beechnut tree, to a fascination with monastic life, and then to love--and the loss of that love which forms this book's silver thread of inquiry. Finally, a remembered journey down the Mississippi near home in an old cabin cruiser with her husband turns out, after all her international quests, to be the great adventure of her life. The real job of being human, Hampl finds, is getting lost in thought, something only leisure can provide. The Art of the Wasted Day is a compelling celebration of the purpose and appeal of letting go.
Author |
: Bruce Cannon Gibney |
Publisher |
: Hachette Books |
Total Pages |
: 593 |
Release |
: 2017-03-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780316395809 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0316395803 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Generation of Sociopaths by : Bruce Cannon Gibney
In his "remarkable" (Men's Journal) and "controversial" (Fortune) book -- written in a "wry, amusing style" (The Guardian) -- Bruce Cannon Gibney shows how America was hijacked by the Boomers, a generation whose reckless self-indulgence degraded the foundations of American prosperity. In A Generation of Sociopaths, Gibney examines the disastrous policies of the most powerful generation in modern history, showing how the Boomers ruthlessly enriched themselves at the expense of future generations. Acting without empathy, prudence, or respect for facts--acting, in other words, as sociopaths--the Boomers turned American dynamism into stagnation, inequality, and bipartisan fiasco. The Boomers have set a time bomb for the 2030s, when damage to Social Security, public finances, and the environment will become catastrophic and possibly irreversible--and when, not coincidentally, Boomers will be dying off. Gibney argues that younger generations have a fleeting window to hold the Boomers accountable and begin restoring America.
Author |
: Danny Wallace |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 281 |
Release |
: 2018-03-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781471167836 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1471167836 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hamish and the Baby BOOM! by : Danny Wallace
'HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!' Frank Cottrell Boyce 'Hilarious' Tim Minchin 'Danny Wallace and Jamie Littler's books contain all the wit and warmth of Dahl and Blake at their best. Irresistible.' Phil Earle 'Like David Walliams, Danny Wallace is a comedian turned children's author. Of the two, Wallace's writing is funnier' The Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week Get ready for another hilarious adventure from bestselling author Danny Wallace brought to life with illustrations from Jamie Littler, perfect for fans of David Walliams, Roald Dahl, David Baddiel and David Solomons! Beware the Babies ... they CRY ... they POO ... they ATTACK! Hamish and the Pause Defence Force have been left in charge of Starkley while his dad and the rest of the Belasko agents are off hunting down the universe's second-most dangerous villain - Axel Scarmarsh! But nothing bad will happen while he's gone, right? WRONG! Suddenly the babies of Starkley are on the rampage and causing chaos - but only Hamish and his friends seem to be worried about the odd behaviour. What’s behind the baby uprising and can the mini mutiny be stopped before EVERY BABY ON EARTH rises up?!
Author |
: Jessica Weiss |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 309 |
Release |
: 2000-04-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226886718 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226886719 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis To Have and to Hold by : Jessica Weiss
Drawing on interviews with American couples from the 1950s to the 1980s, Weiss creates a dynamic portrait of family and social change in the postwar era. She then pairs these firsthand accounts with deft analysis of movies, magazines, and advice books from each decade, providing an intimate look at ordinary marriages in a time of sweeping cultural change. 8 halftones.
Author |
: P. J. O'Rourke |
Publisher |
: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 290 |
Release |
: 2014-01-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780802121974 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0802121977 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Baby Boom by : P. J. O'Rourke
A portrait of the baby boom generation celebrates the bad trips, questionable politics, and outrageous styles of the author and his generation while analyzing how the boom shaped contemporary America.