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Nickel and Dimed

On (Not) Getting By in America

by Barbara Ehrenreich ...

Narrated by Cristine McMurdo-Wallis ...

Unabridged

8 hours 14 min

This engrossing piece of undercover reportage is a New York Times best-seller. With nearly a million copies in print, Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often ... Read more

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This engrossing piece of undercover reportage is a New York Times best-seller. With nearly a million copies in print, Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often
... Read more
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Cleanup on Aisle Five

Essential Work, Poverty Wages, and the View from Behind the Supermarket Register

by Ann Larson ...

Narrated by Carly Robins ...

Unabridged

7 hours 30 min

In the tradition of bestselling classics such as Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed and Benjamin Lorr’s The Secret Life of Groceries comes a character-driven exploration of the modern supermarket, unpacking what works and what doesn’t, and delivering a blueprint for a better way to shop.Grocery stores may all seem the same. But the supermarket as an institution is anything but ordinary or one ... Read more

$23.99 USD

In the tradition of bestselling classics such as Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed and Benjamin Lorr’s The Secret Life of Groceries comes a character-driven exploration of the modern supermarket, unpacking what works and what doesn’t, and delivering a blueprint for a better way to shop.Grocery stores may all seem the same. But the supermarket as an institution is anything but ordinary or one
... Read more
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Chokepoint Capitalism

How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back

by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow ...

Unabridged

11 hours 56 min

A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)—or both.In Chokepoint ... Read more

$20.00 USD

A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)—or both.In Chokepoint
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Saving Capitalism

For the Many, Not the Few

by Robert B. Reich ...

Narrated by Robert B. Reich ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

A Netflix Original DocumentaryAmerica was once celebrated for and defined by its large and prosperous middle class. Now, this middle class is shrinking, a new oligarchy is rising, and the country faces its greatest wealth disparity in eighty years. Why is the economic system that made America strong suddenly failing us, and how can it be fixed?Leading political economist and bestselling author ... Read more

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A Netflix Original DocumentaryAmerica was once celebrated for and defined by its large and prosperous middle class. Now, this middle class is shrinking, a new oligarchy is rising, and the country faces its greatest wealth disparity in eighty years. Why is the economic system that made America strong suddenly failing us, and how can it be fixed?Leading political economist and bestselling author
... Read more
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New Laws of Robotics

Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI

by Frank Pasquale ...

Narrated by Perry Daniels ...

Unabridged

10 hours 10 min

AI is poised to disrupt our work and our lives. We can harness these technologies rather than fall captive to them—but only through wise regulation.Too many CEOs tell a simple story about the future of work: if a machine can do what you do, your job will be automated. They envision everyone from doctors to soldiers rendered superfluous by ever-more-powerful AI. They offer stark alternatives: make ... Read more

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AI is poised to disrupt our work and our lives. We can harness these technologies rather than fall captive to them—but only through wise regulation.Too many CEOs tell a simple story about the future of work: if a machine can do what you do, your job will be automated. They envision everyone from doctors to soldiers rendered superfluous by ever-more-powerful AI. They offer stark alternatives: make
... Read more
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The Technology Trap

Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation

by Carl Benedikt Frey ...

Narrated by Richard Lyddon ...

Unabridged

15 hours 31 min

This audiobook narrated by Richard Lyddon reveals how the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automationFrom the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap takes a sweeping look at the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the distribution of economic ... Read more

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This audiobook narrated by Richard Lyddon reveals how the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automationFrom the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap takes a sweeping look at the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the distribution of economic
... Read more
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Ecocide

Kill the corporation before it kills us

by David Whyte ...

Narrated by Steph Bower ...

Series series Manchester University Press
Unabridged

5 hours 40 min

We have reached the point of no return. The existential threat of climate change is now a reality. The world has never been more vulnerable. Yet corporations are already planning a life beyond this point. The business models of fossil fuel giants factor in continued profitability in a scenario of a five-degree increase in global temperature. An increase that will kill millions, if not billions. ... Read more

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We have reached the point of no return. The existential threat of climate change is now a reality. The world has never been more vulnerable. Yet corporations are already planning a life beyond this point. The business models of fossil fuel giants factor in continued profitability in a scenario of a five-degree increase in global temperature. An increase that will kill millions, if not billions.
... Read more
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Labor Unions: The Strikes and Sacrifices That Won the Weekend

by Mark Donnelly ...

Narrated by Mark Donnelly ...

Unabridged

1 hour 47 min

Discover the gripping labor history of how ordinary workers fought brutal conditions to win the modern weekend. Perfect for your daily commute, this inspiring historical narrative transports you from nineteenth-century coal mines to today's high-tech gig platforms. Experience the David versus Goliath struggle of immigrants, women, and young organizers who risked everything for the fundamental ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Discover the gripping labor history of how ordinary workers fought brutal conditions to win the modern weekend. Perfect for your daily commute, this inspiring historical narrative transports you from nineteenth-century coal mines to today's high-tech gig platforms. Experience the David versus Goliath struggle of immigrants, women, and young organizers who risked everything for the fundamental
... Read more
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We Wanted Workers

Unraveling the Immigration Narrative

by George J. Borjas ...

Narrated by Jim Seybert ...

Unabridged

7 hours 23 min

We are a nation of immigrants, and we have always been concerned about immigration. As early as 1645, the Massachusetts Bay Colony began to prohibit the entry of "paupers." Today, however, the notion that immigration is universally beneficial has become pervasive. To many modern economists, immigrants are a trove of much-needed workers who can fill predetermined slots along the proverbial assembly ... Read more

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We are a nation of immigrants, and we have always been concerned about immigration. As early as 1645, the Massachusetts Bay Colony began to prohibit the entry of "paupers." Today, however, the notion that immigration is universally beneficial has become pervasive. To many modern economists, immigrants are a trove of much-needed workers who can fill predetermined slots along the proverbial assembly
... Read more
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Фокус: Достижение приоритетных целей

by Стивен Кови ...

Narrated by Юрий Абросимов ...

Unabridged

2 hours 53 min

О том, как избавиться от постоянного цейтнота, заботиться обо всем заранее, грамотно планировать, определять свои приоритеты, фокусироваться на них и воплощать желаемое в жизнь. Стивен Кови предлагает разделить все дела на четыре группы: срочные и важные; не срочные и важные; срочные, но не важные и, наконец, не срочные и не важные. На какой же группе дел следует концентрировать свои усилия? Как ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

О том, как избавиться от постоянного цейтнота, заботиться обо всем заранее, грамотно планировать, определять свои приоритеты, фокусироваться на них и воплощать желаемое в жизнь. Стивен Кови предлагает разделить все дела на четыре группы: срочные и важные; не срочные и важные; срочные, но не важные и, наконец, не срочные и не важные. На какой же группе дел следует концентрировать свои усилия? Как
... Read more
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Strike

Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire

by Sarah E. Bond ...

Narrated by Hillary Huber ...

Unabridged

8 hours 58 min

Historian Sarah E. Bond retells the traditional story of Ancient Rome, revealing how groups of ancient workers unified, connected, and protested as they helped build an empireFrom plebeians refusing to join the Roman army to bakers withholding bread, this is the first book to explore how Roman workers used strikes, boycotts, riots, and rebellion to get their voices—and their labor—acknowledged. ... Read more

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Historian Sarah E. Bond retells the traditional story of Ancient Rome, revealing how groups of ancient workers unified, connected, and protested as they helped build an empireFrom plebeians refusing to join the Roman army to bakers withholding bread, this is the first book to explore how Roman workers used strikes, boycotts, riots, and rebellion to get their voices—and their labor—acknowledged.
... Read more
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55 Skills to AI-Proof Your Career

Practical Skills to Stay Relevant as AI Evolves

by Eric Thompson ...

Narrated by AI Voice Eric Smith ...

Unabridged

2 hours 54 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The anxiety is real. AI can write code, analyze data, and draft reports in seconds. But while machines excel at pattern recognition, they fail at the work that actually drives careers: leadership, complex judgment, and genuine human connection.AI-Proof Your Career: 55 Skills to Stay Relevant as AI Evolves is your practical guide to thriving in the age of ... Read more

$10.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The anxiety is real. AI can write code, analyze data, and draft reports in seconds. But while machines excel at pattern recognition, they fail at the work that actually drives careers: leadership, complex judgment, and genuine human connection.AI-Proof Your Career: 55 Skills to Stay Relevant as AI Evolves is your practical guide to thriving in the age of
... Read more
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The Trafficker Next Door

How Household Employers Exploit Domestic Workers

by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas ...

Narrated by Angela Juarez ...

Unabridged

3 hours 56 min

"Kaya mo ba?" Can you take it? An instructor asks a group of migrant workers in the Philippines, as they prepare for domestic work in wealthier countries. Can you take the grueling work? "Kaya," the women say. "We can."The phrase "human trafficking" often conjures nightmarish images of sexual exploitation, but Rhacel Salazar Parreñas reveals that the vast majority of trafficking victims are ... Read more

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"Kaya mo ba?" Can you take it? An instructor asks a group of migrant workers in the Philippines, as they prepare for domestic work in wealthier countries. Can you take the grueling work? "Kaya," the women say. "We can."The phrase "human trafficking" often conjures nightmarish images of sexual exploitation, but Rhacel Salazar Parreñas reveals that the vast majority of trafficking victims are
... Read more
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Working Class History: How Ordinary People Changed the Modern World

by Thomas Ellwood ...

Narrated by Thomas Ellwood ...

Unabridged

1 hour 55 min

Uncover the defiant history of collective action and labor rights that empowered everyday workers to reshape our modern world. Whether commuting to your job or seeking a thought-provoking dive into social justice, this empowering narrative shifts the focus from palace balconies to gritty shop floors. Listen as the underdog stories of miners, factory laborers, and gig drivers vibrantly emerge.Feel ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Uncover the defiant history of collective action and labor rights that empowered everyday workers to reshape our modern world. Whether commuting to your job or seeking a thought-provoking dive into social justice, this empowering narrative shifts the focus from palace balconies to gritty shop floors. Listen as the underdog stories of miners, factory laborers, and gig drivers vibrantly emerge.Feel
... Read more
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Work in the Future

The Automation Revolution

Narrated by Steve Menasche, Teri Schnaubelt ...

Unabridged

7 hours 12 min

This short, accessible book seeks to explore the future of work through the views and opinions of a range of expertise, encompassing economic, historical, technological, ethical, and anthropological aspects of the debate. The transition to an automated society brings with it new challenges and a consideration for what has happened in the past; the editors of this book carefully steer the listener ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This short, accessible book seeks to explore the future of work through the views and opinions of a range of expertise, encompassing economic, historical, technological, ethical, and anthropological aspects of the debate. The transition to an automated society brings with it new challenges and a consideration for what has happened in the past; the editors of this book carefully steer the listener
... Read more
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Maldito trabajo

Sobrevivir a la cultura del sacrificio y repensar la vocación

by Eduardo Vara ...

Narrated by Santiago (Voz de IA), Simón (Voz de IA) ...

Series series Ariel
Unabridged

12 hours 14 min

Un ensayo sobre el lado oscuro de la vocación profesional, el origen de los trabajos y el culto al exceso laboral.¿Cómo surgieron los trabajos y por qué acabaron sometiéndonos? ¿Quién decide el valor de cada profesión y el grado de implicación afectiva que debe asumirse? ¿Existe la vocación o es un invento del capitalismo salvaje?Profundamente reflexivo y mordaz, este ensayo aborda una cuestión ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Un ensayo sobre el lado oscuro de la vocación profesional, el origen de los trabajos y el culto al exceso laboral.¿Cómo surgieron los trabajos y por qué acabaron sometiéndonos? ¿Quién decide el valor de cada profesión y el grado de implicación afectiva que debe asumirse? ¿Existe la vocación o es un invento del capitalismo salvaje?Profundamente reflexivo y mordaz, este ensayo aborda una cuestión
... Read more
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Pôle Emploi : LA MACHINE À ASSERVIR

Comment Macron renforce le contrôle des chomeurs

by Jean-Pierre Reymond ...

Narrated by Isidore Amos ...

Unabridged

4 hours 52 min

Le 1er octobre 2021 entre en application la nouvelle réforme de l’assurance chômage. À quoi sert Pôle Emploi ? À trouver du travail aux millions de chômeurs ? Certainement pas ! Malgré ses 55 000 salariés et son budget de 5 milliards d’euros, Pôle emploi se révèle incapable d’aider 90 % des chômeurs à retrouver du travail. Pour 90 % des demandeurs, ce service public est totalement inutile. ... Read more

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Le 1er octobre 2021 entre en application la nouvelle réforme de l’assurance chômage. À quoi sert Pôle Emploi ? À trouver du travail aux millions de chômeurs ? Certainement pas ! Malgré ses 55 000 salariés et son budget de 5 milliards d’euros, Pôle emploi se révèle incapable d’aider 90 % des chômeurs à retrouver du travail. Pour 90 % des demandeurs, ce service public est totalement inutile.
... Read more
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Hire Better People Faster

A Proven System for Attracting the Employees You Want

by Ryan Englin, Jeremy Macliver ...

Narrated by Ryan Englin ...

Unabridged

6 hours 12 min

Finding great talent is crucial for the success of any business. Scrolling through countless job boards, reading endless resumes, and conducting interview after interview consumes precious time and often leads to bad hires. It’s a system in need of an overhaul.Excellent hiring doesn’t have to be an impossible task. Employers can improve their recruiting practices with simple steps that highlight ... Read more

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Finding great talent is crucial for the success of any business. Scrolling through countless job boards, reading endless resumes, and conducting interview after interview consumes precious time and often leads to bad hires. It’s a system in need of an overhaul.Excellent hiring doesn’t have to be an impossible task. Employers can improve their recruiting practices with simple steps that highlight
... Read more
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Золотые правила: Как стать чемпионом в том, что ты делаешь (краткое изложение)

by Боб Боуман, Чарльз Батлер ...

Narrated by Николай Блинов ...

Unabridged

26 min

Боб Боуман — тренер по плаванию и руководитель спортивной школы «Медоубрук». Среди его подопечных немало талантливых спортсменов. Самый знаменитый из них — Майкл Фелпс — 23-кратный олимпийский чемпион, абсолютный рекордсмен Олимпийских игр. За свою многолетнюю работу в качестве тренера и спортивного управленца Боуман вывел ряд правил, благодаря которым ему и его команде удается достигать самых ... Read more

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Боб Боуман — тренер по плаванию и руководитель спортивной школы «Медоубрук». Среди его подопечных немало талантливых спортсменов. Самый знаменитый из них — Майкл Фелпс — 23-кратный олимпийский чемпион, абсолютный рекордсмен Олимпийских игр. За свою многолетнюю работу в качестве тренера и спортивного управленца Боуман вывел ряд правил, благодаря которым ему и его команде удается достигать самых
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Berufstätige Mütter - Alltag meistern

Vereinbarkeit von Familie & Beruf: Stressfrei Mutterschaft & Karriere meistern.

by Marion Lemper-Pychlau ...

Narrated by Lucy Fennek (AI) ...

Unabridged

1 hour 28 min

Kennst du das Gefühl, ständig unter Strom zu stehen? Der Wecker klingelt, und schon beginnt der tägliche Marathon: Kinder versorgen, zur Arbeit hetzen, Deadlines einhalten, den Haushalt organisieren und dabei bloß nicht das Lächeln verlieren. Als berufstätige Mutter leistest du jeden Tag Unglaubliches. Doch oft bleibt dabei eines auf der Strecke: Du selbst. Die ständige Zerrissenheit zwischen dem ... Read more

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Kennst du das Gefühl, ständig unter Strom zu stehen? Der Wecker klingelt, und schon beginnt der tägliche Marathon: Kinder versorgen, zur Arbeit hetzen, Deadlines einhalten, den Haushalt organisieren und dabei bloß nicht das Lächeln verlieren. Als berufstätige Mutter leistest du jeden Tag Unglaubliches. Doch oft bleibt dabei eines auf der Strecke: Du selbst. Die ständige Zerrissenheit zwischen dem
... Read more
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Shadowbosses

Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind

by Mallory Factor ...

Narrated by Mallory Factor ...

Unabridged

9 hours 45 min

The rise of unions is having a deep impact on the workers of America, and this brutally honest exposé serves as a warning to concerned Americans for what’s to come if this continues.SHADOWBOSSES reads like an organized crime novel, but it's actually a true story of how labor unions are infiltrating our government and corrupting our political process. This compelling and insightful book exposes how ... Read more

$27.99 USD

The rise of unions is having a deep impact on the workers of America, and this brutally honest exposé serves as a warning to concerned Americans for what’s to come if this continues.SHADOWBOSSES reads like an organized crime novel, but it's actually a true story of how labor unions are infiltrating our government and corrupting our political process. This compelling and insightful book exposes how
... Read more
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The Blueprint

How Socialism Can Work in the Real World

by Bhaskar Sunkara, Ben Burgis, Mike Beggs ...

Narrated by Lee Goettl ...

Unabridged

13 hours 57 min

From leading contributors to Jacobin magazine, a sweeping vision for a better world and concrete steps to get there, from expansive social welfare guarantees to worker-managed firms to a new culture of innovation.Socialism, the pundits insist, is at best a noble delusion. Good in theory—maybe—but proven disastrous by over a century of experimentation. The Blueprint will present a vision for ... Read more

$24.99 USD

From leading contributors to Jacobin magazine, a sweeping vision for a better world and concrete steps to get there, from expansive social welfare guarantees to worker-managed firms to a new culture of innovation.Socialism, the pundits insist, is at best a noble delusion. Good in theory—maybe—but proven disastrous by over a century of experimentation. The Blueprint will present a vision for
... Read more
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It's a Rich Man's World

Why Money is Broken and How We Fix It, from the founders of Female Invest

by Camilla Falkenberg, Emma Due Bitz, Anna-Sophie Hartvigsen ...

Narrated by Nicky Diss ...

Unabridged

4 hours 49 min

We're Female Invest and we've educated more than a million women on investing. Along the way, we realised something: MONEY IS BROKEN FOR WOMEN.Because women's financial lives are not shaped by salary, saving and investing. They are shaped by the structures around us: by the systems we grow up in, by expectations, policies, and life events that affect women differently than men. We saw that there ... Read more

$31.99 USD

We're Female Invest and we've educated more than a million women on investing. Along the way, we realised something: MONEY IS BROKEN FOR WOMEN.Because women's financial lives are not shaped by salary, saving and investing. They are shaped by the structures around us: by the systems we grow up in, by expectations, policies, and life events that affect women differently than men. We saw that there
... Read more
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50 år i jernet

by Palle Petersen ...

Narrated by Preben Lehrdorff Rye ...

Unabridged

1 hour 39 min

I ”50 år i jernet” fortæller Palle Petersen om sin fars 50 års arbejdsliv som metalarbejder, og hvordan det hårde arbejde endte med at koste ham helbredet. Bogen fortæller samtidig om metalarbejdernes arbejdsvilkår generelt fra omkring århundredskiftet og op til starten af 1970’erne. Bogen er fortalt i et sprog, der kan forstås af både børn og unge, og giver et interessant indblik i et arbejdsliv, ... Read more

$9.97 USD

I ”50 år i jernet” fortæller Palle Petersen om sin fars 50 års arbejdsliv som metalarbejder, og hvordan det hårde arbejde endte med at koste ham helbredet. Bogen fortæller samtidig om metalarbejdernes arbejdsvilkår generelt fra omkring århundredskiftet og op til starten af 1970’erne. Bogen er fortalt i et sprog, der kan forstås af både børn og unge, og giver et interessant indblik i et arbejdsliv,
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