Retro report on PBS. Season 1, episode 4

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Expanding the strike zone : baseball in the age of free agency by Gilbert, Daniel A.

Subjects: “…Free agents (Sports) United States.…”
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Curt Flood in the Media : Baseball, Race, and the Demise of the Activist-Athlete by Khan, Abraham Iqbal

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The rhetoric of judging well : the conflicted legacy of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

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Grant Morrison : combining the worlds of contemporary comics by Singer, Marc

Table of Contents: “…Four Widescreen -- Ch. Five Free Agents -- Ch. Six A Time of Harvest -- Ch. Seven Work for Hire.…”
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Lead the work : navigating a world beyond employment by Bouau, John W., Jesuthasan, Ravin, 1968-, Creelman, David, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Praise for Lead the Work -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Part One The Background -- Chapter 1 Leading Work-Not Managing Employees -- Work: Escaping Traditional Regular Full-Time Employment -- Work Is Leaving Organizations -- Talent Platforms Optimize Freelancing -- Seeing a Pattern in the Pieces -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Free Agent World -- Why Employment Evolved, and What's Evolving Next -- Problems in Job Land -- The Less "Regular" Full-Time Job -- The Starbucks Office and the Social Acceptability of Free Agency -- From Free Agent Nation to Free Agent World -- The Implications of Free Agent World -- The Remaining Barriers to World Domination -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Outsourcing and Alliances -- The Rise of Outsourcing -- The Rise of Alliances -- Notes -- Chapter 4 The Talent Platforms -- Upwork -- Tongal -- Topcoder -- The Less "Regular" Full-Time Job -- MTurk -- Notes -- Part Two The Model -- Chapter 5 Leading the Work Beyond Employment: A Decision Framework -- How the Framework Deciphers the Work beyond Employment: The Case of Upwork -- Chapter 6 How IBM Leads the Work -- IBM's Open Talent Marketplace -- The Assignment Agency: Optimizing Work in a Single Unit -- The Lesson of IBM -- Notes -- Chapter 7 The Assignment: How Much to Deconstruct, Disperse, and Detach? …”
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Branding the teleself : media effects discourse and the changing self by Hakanen, Ernest A.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : branding the teleself -- Branded : an essay on the teleself -- Tools for analysis : social psychology as history, the social grid and Kuhn's influence on media effects history -- The passive self -- The active self -- The commodified self -- A turn to the teleself -- Ferment of the teleself : releasing the free agent -- Appendix : Poststructuralism and critical theory -- References -- Index.…”
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Making money : life, death, and early modern trade on Africa's Guinea Coast by Kriger, Colleen E.

Table of Contents: “…Atlantic lives : Anglo-African trade in northern Guinea -- Buyers and sellers in cross-cultural trade -- "Artificers" and merchants : making and moving goods -- West Africans profiting in Atlantic trade -- Company property : captives, rebels, and grometos -- Free agents and local hires : managing men in northern Guinea -- Conclusion. …”
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The Life of a Spy An Education in Truth, Lies and Power. by Barton, Rod

Table of Contents: “…Busting Biological Weapons -- 8. The Free Agent -- 9. A Special Advisor -- 10. Camp Slayer -- 11. …”
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Work well from home : how to run a successful home office.

Table of Contents: “…; 1 Deciding whether working from home would work for you; 2 Setting up your home office; 3 Getting used to working from home; 4 Learning to prioritise tasks; 5 Maintaining your relationships with the office and key contacts; 6 Working as part of a virtual team; 7 Coping with feelings of isolation; 8 Setting up as a free agent; Where to find more help…”
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Your everyday art world by Relyea, Lane, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Glasgow, Los Angeles, New York, Cologne -- A Context of One's Own -- Everyday Life -- The Middle Drops Out -- Potemkin Villages -- Anti-hub, or Cultural Welfare as We Knew It -- Exhibiting Sociality, or How the Social Life of Contracting Free Agents Emerges as Art's New Institutional Frame -- Trust -- Mute -- Coda: Where Do Social Networks Come From? …”
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Wall Street Polices Itself : How Securities Firms Manage the Legal Hazards of Competitive Pressures. by McCaffrey, David P.

Table of Contents: “…Contents; 1 Self-Regulation in Broker-Dealer Firms; 2 The Social Benefits and Risks of Entrepreneurs and Free Agents; 3 Government Regulation of Broker-Dealer Firms; 4 Controls at Self-Regulatory Organizations and Broker-Dealer Firms; 5 Private Litigation and Arbitration; 6 Economic and Technological Changes--Coping with New Regulatory Problems; 7 Differences among Broker-Dealer Firms; 8 Foundations of Effective Self-Regulation; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; V.…”
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On human persons

Table of Contents: “…Burke -- Human persons : some conceptual remarks / Klaus Petrus -- Personal identity and the methodology of imaginary cases / Daniel Cohnitz -- Free agents as cause / Daniel von Wachter -- Identität und orientierung / Thomas Spitzley.…”
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A nation of agents : the American path to a modern self and society by Block, James E.

Table of Contents: “…The early Puritan insurgents and the origins of agency -- The protestant revolutionaries and the emerging society of agents -- Thomas Hobbes and the founding of the liberal politics of agency -- John Locke and the mythic society of free agents -- II. The ascendancy of agency and the free new nation. …”
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Total Penguins : the definitive encyclopedia of the Pittsburgh Penguins by Buker, Rick, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…The 10 Best TradesThe 10 Worst Trades; Major Player Trades; Major Purchases, Waiver Deals, and Free-Agent Signings; Players Released, Sold, or Lost to Other Teams; Intra-League (Waiver) Draft Transactions; Inter-League and Reverse Draft Transactions; The WHA General Player Draft Selections; Amatuer Draft Selections; Entry Draft Selections; Supplemental Draft Selections; Chapter 11: Other Pittsburgh Hockey Teams; Chapter 12: Statistics, Awards, and Honors; Sources.…”
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Ethical issues in literacy research

Table of Contents: “…Weiss -- Becoming answerable to our participants: a methodological essay on life history / Amy Johnson Lachuk and Mary Louise Gomez -- Victims or free agents? constructing ethical representations of at risk youth / Heidi L. …”
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Business essential.

Table of Contents: “…Freelancing: Setting Up As a Free Agent -- Setting Up and Maintaining Your Home Office -- Looking for Work When You Go Freelance -- Working As Part of a Virtual Team -- Creating and Balancing the Portfolio Career -- Downshifting: Working Less and Enjoying It More -- Preparing for Retirement Gracefully -- Getting the Best from Yourself Communicating Assertively in the Workplace -- Preparing Presentations -- Delivering Presentations -- Negotiating with Confidence -- Coping in Difficult Negotiations -- Managing Your Time -- Delegating without Guilt -- Solving Problems.…”
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For Boston. by Globe, The Boston

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YouthNation : building remarkable brands in a youth-driven culture by Britton, Matt

Table of Contents: “…The healthcare factorThe Power of LinkedIn; How LinkedIn works; Income Everywhere; TaskRabbit to the rescue; Pillars driving the free agency movement; Free agency platforms; Depth over Breadth; Free Agent Collaboration; WeWork; TechStars; Eat What You Kill and the Fallacy of Detroit; Chapter 9 Lifehacking; Why Not Me?…”
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100 Things Lions Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die. by Pasche, Paula

Table of Contents: “…40 From Portsmouth to Detroit41 RIP Chuck Hughes; 42 Tiger Stadium, A Longtime Home; 43 Add This to Your Bucket List; 44 No Happy Ending; 45 Once a Fan, Now President; 46 Monte Clark's Two Stints; 47 Don't Forget Mongo or Karras; 48 The Calvin Rule; 49 Creekmur's Wait Pays Off; 50 Best Free Agent Signing Ever?; 51 Another One Bites the Dust; 52 Jim Schwartz to the Rescue; 53 He Took the Wind; 54 Reggie Rogers Kills Three; 55 Lem Barney; 56 One Fearsome Dude; 57 Detroit Lions Academy; 58 Football Times Two; 59 Tailgate Haven; 60 Third Title in Six Years; 61 Life Before Hanson.…”
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Agile engagement : how to drive lasting results by cultivating a flexible, responsive, and collaborative culture by Jaramillo, Santiago, 1989-

Table of Contents: “…Managing MillennialsChapter 7: Free Agents on the Rise; Why Freelance Works; Managing Freelance Talent; Chapter 8: Partnering with Purpose; Screening Outside Partners; Shifting Mindsets; Chapter 9: Trending Telework; Where Work Gets Done; Working Remotely; Chapter 10: Culture-Friendly Policies; Work Expectations; Chapter 11: Recruiting Revolution; A Lifelong Desire to Learn; Insatiable Curiosity; Adaptability; Learning Agility; Mental Discipline and Clarity; Imagination; Willingness to Be Wrong and the Humility to Learn; Chapter 12: Technology Revolution; Digital Transformation.…”
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Descartes's theory of action by Davenport, Anne Ashley

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From widgets to digits : employment regulation for the changing workplace by Stone, Katherine Van Wezel

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