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Aftershock
Aftershock

Robert Reich
2010

The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton
1920

An American Dilemma
An American Dilemma

Gunnar Myrdal
1944

Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose

Wallace Stegner
1971

Animal Farm
Animal Farm

George Orwell
1945

Anthem
Anthem

Ayn Rand
1937

Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand
1957

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Autobiography of Mother Jones
Autobiography of Mother Jones

Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
1925

Barrios to Burbs: The Making of the Mexican American Middle Class
Bartleby the Scrivener
Bartleby the Scrivener

Herman Melville
1853

The Best of Everything
The Best of Everything

Rona Jaffee
1958

Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves

Luigi Bartolini
1946

The Big Short
The Big Short

Michael Lewis
2010

Black and White
Black and White

T. Thomas Fortune
1884

The Book of Virtues
The Book of Virtues

William Bennett
1993

A Brief History of Neoliberalism
Busy Town
Busy, Busy Town

Richard Scarry
1994

Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom

Milton Friedman
1962

Centennial
Centennial

James Michener
1974

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Christ in Concrete
Christ in Concrete

Pietro di Donato
1939

Click, Clack, Moo
Click, Clack, Moo

Doreen Cronin
2000

The Color Purple
The Color Purple

Alice Walker
1983

Concept of the Coporation
Concept of the Corporation

Peter Drucker
1946

The Day the Crayons Quit
The Day the Crayons Quit

Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers
2013

Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller
1949

Democracy and Education
Democracy and Education

John Dewey
1916

Developing the Leader Within You
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada

Lauren Weisberger
2003

The Dilbert Principle
The Dilbert Principle

Scott Adams
1966

The Dollmaker
The Dollmaker

Harriette Arnow
1953

Drive
Drive

Daniel Pink
2009

Economics in One Lesson
Economics in One Lesson

Henry Hazlitt
1979

Ella Baker: Freedom Bound
Ella Baker: Freedom Bound

Joanne Grant
1999

Executive Suite
Executive Suite

Cameron Hawley
1952

Exploring the Dangerous Trades
Exploring the Dangerous Trades

Alice Hamilton
1943

The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers

Alexander Hamilton, John Jay & James Madison
1788

The Feminine Mistake
The Feminine Mistake

Leslie Bennetts
2007

The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan
1963

Flow
Flow

Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi
1990

The Forgotten Man
The Forgotten Man

Amity Shlaes
2007

Free Agent Nation
Free Agent Nation

Daniel Pink
2002

Free to Choose
Free to Choose

Milton and Rose Friedman
1980

From Coveralls to Zoot Suits
From Coveralls to Zoot Suits

Elizabeth R. Escobedo
2013

Gathering the Sun
Gathering the Sun

Alma Flor Ada
1997

Gay Issues in the  Workplace
Gay Issues in the Workplace

Brian McNaught
1993

Gay New York
Gay New York

George Chauncey
1994

General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
Germinal
Germinal

Emile Zola
1885

The Girls in the Balcony
The Girls in the Balcony

Nan Robertson
1992

The Given Day
The Given Day

Dennis Lehane
2008

The Good Earth
The Good Earth

Pearl Buck
1931

Good Poems: American Places
Good Poems: American Places

Garrison Keillor
2011

Good to Great
Good to Great

Jim Collins
2001

The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck
1939

The Great Migration
The Great Migration

Jacob Lawrence
1995

The Greatest Salesman in the World
The Guinness Book of World Records
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood
1985

Harvesting Hope: The Story of César Chávez
The Help
The Help

Kathryn Stockett
2009

A History of Private Life
A History of Private Life, Volume I

P. Veyne (Ed.), P. Aries & G. Duby (Series Ed.) & A. Goldhammer (Translator)
1992

The History of Standard Oil
The History of Standard Oil

Ida Tarbell
1904

Homestead
Homestead

William Serrin
1992

How the Other Half Lives
How the Other Half Lives

Jacob Riis
1890

How to Win friends and Influence People
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I'm a Frog
I'm a Frog

Mo Willems
2013

Industrial Democracy
Industrial Democracy

Sidney and Beatrice Webb
1897

Invisible Man
Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison
1952

The Jungle
The Jungle

Upton Sinclair
1906

Labors Untold Story
Labor's Untold Story

Richard O. Boyer and Herbert M. Morais
1955

Last Night at the Lobster
Last Night at the Lobster

Stewart O'Nan
2007

Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman
1855

Let us now Praise Famous Men
Liar's Poker
Liar's Poker

Michael Lewis
1989

Life in the Iron Mills
Life in the Iron Mills

Rebecca Harding Davis
1861

Life on the Mississippi
Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain
1883

The Little Engine that Could
Little Orphan Annie
Little Orphan Annie

Harold Grey
2010

Little Women
Little Women

Louisa May Alcott
1869

Looking Backward
Looking Backward

Edward Bellamy
1888

Madam Secretary
Madam Secretary

George Martin
1976

Madam Secretary
Madam Secretary

Madeline Albright
2005

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Manchild in the Promised Land
Manchild in the Promised Land

Claude Brown
1965

Mark the Match Boy
Mark the Match Boy

Horatio Alger
1869

Martin Eden
Martin Eden

Jack London
1909

The Mayor of Castro Street: Harvey Milk
The Mayor of Castro Street

Randy Shilts
1982

McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Primer
McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Primer

William Holmes McGuffey
1836

Megatrends
Megatrends

John Naisbitt
1982

Moby Dick
Moby Dick

Herman Melville
1851

My Antonia
My Antonia

Willa Cather
1918

My Beloved World
My Beloved World

Sonia Sotomayor
2013

My Bondage and My Freedom
My Bondage and My Freedom

Frederick Douglass
1855

My Man Godfrey
My Man Godfrey

Eric Hatch
1935

The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass
Native Son
Native Son

Richard Wright
1940

The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow

Michelle Alexander
2010

Nickel and Dimed
Nickel and Dimed

Barbara Ehrenreich
2001

Nine for Nine
Nine for Nine

Andrew Morton
2002

O Pioneers!
O Pioneers!

Willa Cather
1913

Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck
1937

Oil
Oil

Upton Sinclair
1927

Olivia
Olivia

Ian Falconer
2000

On the Line
On the Line

Harvey Swados
1957

On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront

Budd Schulberg
1955

Open Wide the Freedom Gates
Open Wide the Freedom Gates

Dorothy Height
2003

The Organization Man
The Organization Man

William Whyte
1956

The Other America
The Other America

Michael Harrington
1962

The Other Side of the River
The Other Side of the River

Alex Kotlowitz
1998

Out At Work
Out at Work

Kitty Krupat
2000

Out of this Furnace
Out of this Furnace

Thomas Bell
1941

Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
The Pilgrim
The Pilgrim's Progress

John Bunyan
1678

The Pittsburgh Cycle
The Pittsburgh Cycle

August Wilson
1982

Player Piano
Player Piano

Kurt Vonnegut
1952

Poor Richard Improved
Poor Richard Improved

Benjamin Franklin
1758

Poor Workers' Unions: Rebuilding Labor from Below
The Power of Latino Leadership
Presente!
Presente!

Cristina Tzintzún
Carlos Pérez de Alejo
Arnulfo Manríquez
2014

The Price of Inequality
The Price of Inequality

Joseph E. Stiglitz
2012

The Principles of Scientific Management
The Principles of Scientific Management

Frederick Winslow Taylor
1911

Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage

John F. Kennedy
1955

Profiles in Courage for Our Time
Profiles in Courage for our Time

Caroline Kennedy
2012

Progress and Poverty
Progress and Poverty

Henry George
1879

Quality, Productivity and Competitive Position
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry
1959

The Receptionist
The Receptionist

Janet Groth
2013

The Rise of the Creative Class
The Rise of the Creative Class

Richard Florida
2002

Rivethead
Rivethead

Ben Hamper
1991

Roughing It
Roughing It

Mark Twain
1872

Rules for Radicals
Rules for Radicals

Saul Alinsky
1971

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen R. Covey
1989

The Seven Storey Mountain
The Seven Storey Mountain

Thomas Merton
1948

The Shock Doctrine
The Shock Doctrine

Naiomi Klein
2007

Silent Spring
Silent Spring

Rachel Carson
1962

Sister Carrie
Sister Carrie

Theodore Dreiser
1900

Slavery by Another Name
Slavery by Another Name

Douglas Blackmon
2008

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
The Song of the Lark
The Song of the Lark

Willa Cather
1915

Spoon River Anthology
Spoon River Anthology

Edgar Lee Masters
1915

Stone Butch Blues
Stone Butch Blues

Leslie Feinberg
1991

Strangers from a Different Shore
Studs Terkel's Working: A Graphic Adaptation
Summer at Tiffany
Summer at Tiffany

Marjorie Hart
2010

The Talent Masters
The Talent Masters

Bill Conaty and Ram Charan
2010

Tales of the City
Tales of the City

Armistead Maupin
1978

The Tao of Pooh
The Tao of Pooh

Benjamin Hoff
1983

Teacher Man
Teacher Man

Frank McCourt
2005

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston
1937

Thieves Market
Thieves' Market

A.I. Bezzerides
1949

The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom
This is How We Do It
This is How We Do It

Carol Evans
2006

Those that Mattered
Those That Mattered

Barbara Angle
1994

To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee
1960

Transmission
Transmission

Hari Kunzru
2005

Traqueros: Mexican Railroad Workers in the United States
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith
1943

Triangle: The Fire that Changed America
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave

Solomon Northrop
1853

Unbought and Unbossed
Unbought and Unbossed

Shirley Chisholm
1970

Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe
1852

Up From Slavery
Up From Slavery

Booker T. Washington
1901

US 1
US 1

Muriel Rukeyser
1938

The Warmth of Other Suns
The Warmth of Other Suns

Isabel Wilkerson
2010

Wealth of Nations
Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith
1776

What Color is Your Parchute
What Color is Your Parachute?

Richard Nelson Bolles
1970

What Do People Do All Day
What Do People Do All Day?

Richard Scarry
1968

When Character was King
When Character was King

Peggy Noonan
2001

When Everything Changed
When Everything Changed

Gail Collins
2010

Which Side are you On
Which Side Are You On?

Thomas Geoghegan
1991

Who Moved My Cheese
Who Moved My Cheese

Spencer Johnson
1998

Who Stole the American Dream
Who Stole the American Dream?

Hedrick Smith
2012

With God on Our Side
With God on our Side

Adam Reich
2012

The Words of Cesar Chavez
The Words of César Chávez

Richard J. Jensen
John C. Hammerback
2002

Working
Working

Studs Terkel
1974

Working in the Shadows
Working in the Shadows

Gabriel Thompson
2011

The Yellow Wallpaper
The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman
1892
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