Karen Richardson

Meet Dan the parcel delivery man, Daisy the restaurant server, and 10 more people in short stories about people doing everyday jobs. The stories include many types of jobs. Some stories are about people who work outside. Others are about people who work inside. Some are about people who work with other people, and others are about people who work alone. After you read these stories, you can have many different conversations in English. The 12 short stories in Everyday Jobs are written with carefully chosen vocabulary and grammar. They are good for high beginners because the new words are used many times. You will improve your English language skills and reading speed in a fun and easy way. This book will help you learn the words you need to talk about the things people do in these everyday jobs.

Nonconformist former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca exemplifies how one can overcome adversity through grit, faith, and education and offers hope for improved relations between law enforcement and disenfranchised communities. Sheriff Lee Baca explores the complicated history of law enforcement and race relations in Los Angeles-the Zoot Suit, Watts, and Rodney King riots-juxtaposed against the life and career of the four-time-elected sheriff. Abandoned by his undocumented mother and raised by his grand-parents in an East Los Angeles barrio, where he cared for his disabled uncle, it seemed inconceivable that Baca would one day command the largest sheriff's department in the country and earn the respect of national and world leaders. With his honorable service to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department from 1965 to 2014 too often overshadowed by sensational headlines and soundbites, few know of the far-reaching and enduring innovations Baca brought to law enforcement, including unprecedented transparency; education-based incarceration; public-trust policing; global outreach; the recruitment of women, LGBTQ+ people, and people of color; and more. At a time when communities are considering defunding police departments and district attorneys fail to prosecute, Sheriff Lee Baca is a timely must-read.

A toast to the man who changed how America drinks ... Enduring an unspeakable nightmare and a family secret that he guarded at all costs, Ernest Gallo overcame unimaginable odds to achieve the American dream. Ernest Gallo (the "E" of E & J Gallo) may have been haunted by tragedy, but that didn't deter him from his mission: putting a bottle of wine on every American table. Gallo grew his legacy from the musty Modesto, California, dirt. From fallow acres, he practically willed the wine industry into being out of faith and tenacity as he overcame physical and emotional abuse, illness, and the near destruction of the family he was determined to save.

The Teacher's Book provides detailed background information for those less familiar with the law enforcement world. A detailed 'briefing' double page spread provides the background and introduction to each unit.

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Published by Oxfam GBs UK Poverty Programme Gender analysis has been used in international development for many years. It is now widely recognised that a better understanding of the particular needs of women and men makes a significant difference in the fight against poverty and disadvantage. This hands-on guide is designed to help those working in local government or the voluntary sector to plan and deliver services which will have a real impact on the everyday different lives of women and men. See Both Sides provides invaluable strategy, training exercises, and impact assessment tools, and shares examples from the experience of an organisation providing services to lone parents. They successfully used gender analysis to widen their target group, revitalise existing services and develop new ones. The process enabled them to understand better who lone parents are, recognise that welfare structures do not always reach them in their diversity, and change their work to reflect the reality of the ways in which parents share care. There is much common ground between gender and other equality areas: See Both Sides can also be used to support work on race, disability, and other equalities.