Jessica Bruder
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English
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"From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming...
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English
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"In the summer of 2013, the world was riveted by Edward Snowden's leak of millions of classified documents detailing the US government's massive and secret electronic surveillance program, in which the NSA had infiltrated tech companies, communication systems, emails and phones to spy on, among others, its own citizens. But this digital-age story had an analog side--Snowden mailed printed-out documents to the journalists Jessica Bruder and Dale Maharidge,...
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Deutsch
Description
Zehntausende Menschen in Amerika sind unterwegs. Sie leben in Wohnmobilen, Vans, Anhängern. Übernachten auf Supermarkt-Parkplätzen, neben den Highways, in der Wüste. Sie schaufeln Zuckerrüben in North Dakota, reinigen Toiletten in den Nationalparks von Kalifornien, arbeiten Zwölf-Stunden-Schichten im Amazon-Versandzentrum im winterlichen Texas. Und sie haben eines gemeinsam: Sie sind alt. Der American Dream hat für sie Bingo-Spielen und Gartenpflege...
4) Nomadland
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. Along the way, she meets other nomads who become mentors in the vast landscape of the American West.