This book provides a practical, detailed guide to making acquisitions in ESOP companies. Such companies have been extremely active in the merger and acquisition market in recent years. For instance, in 2021, more than 400,000 new participants were added to ESOP companies, about 70% of whom came from acquisitions by ESOP companies of other companies. There are many reasons for this, but the most important is that after ESOP companies have paid off their acquisition debt, they often accumula...

Discover The Rich Colors and Textures of Life Through These Short StoriesChoose your favorite story and immerse yourself in a wonderful voyage right away. Enjoy an incredible collection of stories coming from different lands, races, and religions that every reader will love,The book is beautifully divided into 3 sections (3 words) and a few poems:Errands, take a simple and short trip to the mind and souls of different authors.Euphemism. An intense collection...

Choose your favorite story and immerse yourself in a wonderful voyage right away. Enjoy an incredible collection of stories coming from different lands, races, and religions that every reader will love,The book is beautifully divided into 3 sections (3 words) and a few poems:Errands, take a simple and short trip to the mind and souls of different authors.Euphemism. An intense collection of stories reveals how euphemisms are part of our everyday life.Evanescenc...

Leading historians offer the first look at Biden’s four years in the White HouseThe Presidency of Joseph R. Biden presents a first draft of history by providing insights into how this one-term president fits within the broader historical forces shaping the United States in the twenty-first century. Acclaimed political historian Julian Zelizer brings together some of today’s leading scholars to give balanced and strikingly original assessments of the major ...

In August 2011, ethnographers Carolina Alonso Bejarano and Daniel M. Goldstein began a research project on undocumented immigration in the United States by volunteering at a center for migrant workers in New Jersey. Two years later, Lucia López Juárez and Mirian A. Mijangos García—two local immigrant workers from Latin America—joined Alonso Bejarano and Goldstein as research assistants and quickly became equal partners for whom ethnographic practice was inseparable from activism. In De...

Two economists take readers on a tour of the economics of legal and illegal weed, showing where cannabis regulation has gone wrong and how it could do better.Cannabis "legalization" hasn't lived up to the hype. Across North America, investors are reeling, tax collections are below projections, and people are pointing fingers. On the business side, companies have shut down, farms have failed, workers have lost their jobs, and consumers face high prices. Why has lega...

The official journal of the Mid-America Theatre ConferenceWhere past and performance converge—scholarship that moves the stage forward.Theatre History Studies (THS) is a peer-reviewed journal of theatre history and scholarship published annually since 1981 by the Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC), a regional body devoted to theatre scholarship and practice. The conference encompasses the states of Illinois, Iowa, Nebra...

In the early 1930’s, the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) organized large numbers of Black and Hispanic workers through a broadly conceived program of education, culture, and community involvement. The ILGWU admitted these new members, the overwhelming majority of whom were women, into racially integrated local unions and created structures to celebrate ethnic differences. All Together Different revolves around this phenomenon of interracial union building and worker ed...

Daniel Radcliffe rose to fame in the lead role of the Harry Potter films, and quickly became a firm favourite of fans across the world. From the saviour of the wizarding world to his horror debut in The Woman in Black, Daniel has proved himself to be a box office draw time and time again.This interesting book contains 101 amazing facts, separated into categories for your enjoyment. It covers all subjects from his acting, his personal life, his upbringing, and his friends and family.Find ou...

Many of Bolivia's poorest and most vulnerable citizens work as vendors in the Cancha mega-market in the city of Cochabamba, where they must navigate systems of informality and illegality in order to survive. In Owners of the Sidewalk Daniel M. Goldstein examines the ways these systems correlate in the marginal spaces of the Latin American city. Collaborating with the Cancha's legal and permanent stall vendors (fijos) and its illegal and itinerant street and sidewalk vendo...

A cheeky yet authoritative guide to anal health and anal sex, written by the leading anal health expert in the United States.More people than ever are receptive to the pleasures of anal, but compassionate, medically comprehensive information can be challenging to come by. No more!Whether you’re a top or a bottom, gay or straight, experienced or just getting ready to stretch your, um, imagination—Butt Seriously gives you the medically accurate, scie...

In Outlawed, Daniel M. Goldstein reveals how indigenous residents of marginal neighborhoods in Cochabamba, Bolivia, struggle to balance security with rights. Feeling abandoned to the crime and violence that grip their communities, they sometimes turn to vigilante practices, including lynching, to apprehend and punish suspected criminals. Goldstein describes those in this precarious position as "outlawed": not protected from crime by the law but forced to comply with legal measures...