"Steel: The Diary of a Furnace Worker" by Charles R. Walker offers a vivid and personal glimpse into the life of a steelworker during a transformative period in American industry. Through the lens of a diary, Walker captures the grueling daily routines, the camaraderie among workers, and the harsh realities of labor in the steel mills. His reflections provide insight into the physical and emotional toll of the job, as well as the pride and resilience of those who contributed to the nation'...

There is a known fact on the streets: What goes around - comes around. When you do wrong to others it will come back to you in a full circle.Raheem is not only handsome, but sexy, vicious and a freak of nature, and he only has one thing on his mind and that is using women to get what he wants. He could never be completely satisfied sexually with just one woman. He is a true player and lives by the motto; don't hate the player - just hate the game....

TO HELL AND BACKFor the U.S., Guadalcanal was a bloody seven-month struggle under brutal conditions against crack Japanese troops deeply entrenched and determined to fight to the death. For Charles Walker, this horrific jungle battle–one that claimed the lives of 1,600 Americans and more than 23,000 Japanese–was just the beginning. On the eve of battle, 2nd Lt. Walker was ordered back to the States for medical reasons. But there was a war to be won, and he had no intention of missi...

Concern about the low U.S. saving rate and its negative impact on capital formation and economic growth prompted the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) Center for Policy Research to launch a multifaceted, three-year project to explore this issue in 1988. This volume is one element of that project. This book contains slightly updated versions of the papers presented at a two-and-one-half-day conference entitled Saving: The Challenge for the U.S. Economy, held in Washington, D.C.,...

"GRAY NEVER FADES" begins in 1700 with the Watford family patriarch as a stowaway, jumping ship and adapting to life in the Florida Panhandle. The saga continues with his son William. It follows a boy of sixteen from the time he leaves home, reaches manhood and fights in the Revolutionary War. For his notable role in the war, he received a military warrant for a section of land the South Alabama; land which became the family farm.The story picks up in 1865 at the end of the Civil W...

On a mission to the Czech Carpathian Mountains,to investigate rumors of vampire activity. Carl meets Alexi, his homophobic translator. they visit the bucolic valley where they fall in love with the people still living in the 14th Century. They eventually discover their love for each other, and are determined to free the beleagured valley from the terror of Vlad and his 2-demons. First they must help them economically.

Charles Walker examines the largest rebellion in the history of Spain's American empire, led by Latin America's most iconic revolutionary, Tupac Amaru, and his wife. It began in 1780 as a multiclass alliance against European-born usurpers but degenerated into a vicious caste war, leaving a legacy that still influences South American politics today.

If anyone has proof, it’s Charles Walker: God can work miracles through faith.God Prevails is the true story of a man trying his hardest to run from God and how God never gives up pursuing his child. Walker’sautobiographical account resonates with raw memories of a young Christian who meets God, only to turn away from him, and then finds his way back through struggles and hardship.This honest narrative is based firmly in Scripture, interwoven with stories from the Bible of ...

The largest rebellion in the history of Spain's American empire--a conflict greater in territory and costlier in lives than the contemporaneous American Revolution--began as a local revolt against colonial authorities in 1780. As an official collector of tribute for the imperial crown, José Gabriel Condorcanqui had seen firsthand what oppressive Spanish rule meant for Peru's Indian population. Adopting the Inca royal name Tupac Amaru, he set events in motion that would transform him into L...

Contemporary natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina are quickly followed by disagreements about whether and how communities should be rebuilt, whether political leaders represent the community’s best interests, and whether the devastation could have been prevented. Shaky Colonialism demonstrates that many of the same issues animated the aftermath of disasters more than 250 years ago. On October 28, 1746, a massive earthquake ravaged Lima, a bustling city of 50,000, capital of...

This book explores the changing nature of growing-up working-class in post-Soviet Russia, a country dislocated by the experience of neo-liberal economic reform. Based on extensive ethnographic research in a provincial Russian region, it follows the experiences of vocational education graduates whose colleges continue to channel them into the ailing industrial and agricultural sectors. Rather than settling for transitions into ‘poor work’, the book shows how these young men and women develo...

As part of a 1950s study dealing with various phases of the impact of mass production on human behaviour, this volume, originally published in 1956 and now a classic of its time examines the technological environment and the foreman within management, from the foreman's point of view. The book presents case-history material, but behind this presentation and controlling it are broad concepts, one of the most important of which is that of a technological work environment. The book relates it...