The Worst Hard Time, by Timothy Egan

978.032 EGA

Recommended by Irene

What do you do when you are in the midst of the horror of devastation that never lets up? The Worst Hard Time, by Timothy Egan, tells the very real story of surviving the dust bowl years of the Great Depression as recounted by those who lived through it. This is a very real, very powerful book.

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The Long Tail, by Chris Anderson

658.802 AND

Recommended by Jim

“The theory of the long tail is that our culture and economy is increasingly shifting away from a focus on a relatively small number of ‘hits’ (mainstream products and markers) at the head of the demand curve, and toward a huge number of niches in the tail.” – Chris Anderson

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