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A fighting chance, Elizabeth Warren

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An unlikely political star tells the inspiring story of the two-decade journey that taught her how Washington really works and really doesn't. As a child in small-town Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren yearned to go to college and then become an elementary school teacher, an ambitious goal, given her family's modest means. Early marriage and motherhood seemed to put even that dream out of reach, but fifteen years later she was a distinguished law professor with a deep understanding of why people go bankrupt. Then came the phone call that changed her life: could she come to Washington, D.C., to help advise Congress on rewriting the bankruptcy laws? Thus began an impolite education into the bare-knuckled, often dysfunctional ways of Washington. She fought for better bankruptcy laws for ten years and lost. She tried to hold the federal government accountable during the financial crisis but became a target of the big banks. She came up with the idea for a new agency designed to protect consumers from predatory bankers and was denied the opportunity to run it. Finally, at age 62, she decided to run for elective office and won the most competitive and watched Senate race in the country. In this passionate, funny, rabble-rousing book, Warren shows why she has chosen to fight tooth and nail for the middle class and why she has become a hero to all those who believe that America's government can and must do better for working families
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 17 min., 26 sec.))
Contents
  • Prologue: a fighting chance
  • Doing what needs to be done
  • The bankruptcy wars
  • Bailing out the wrong people
  • What $1 million a day can buy
  • An agency for the people
  • The battle for the Senate
  • Epilogue
Isbn
9781427245380
Link
http://calgary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=0F84A019-F8CD-40F5-B376-44B8CCD0215B
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A fighting chance
Title
A fighting chance
Statement of responsibility
Elizabeth Warren
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
An unlikely political star tells the inspiring story of the two-decade journey that taught her how Washington really works and really doesn't. As a child in small-town Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren yearned to go to college and then become an elementary school teacher, an ambitious goal, given her family's modest means. Early marriage and motherhood seemed to put even that dream out of reach, but fifteen years later she was a distinguished law professor with a deep understanding of why people go bankrupt. Then came the phone call that changed her life: could she come to Washington, D.C., to help advise Congress on rewriting the bankruptcy laws? Thus began an impolite education into the bare-knuckled, often dysfunctional ways of Washington. She fought for better bankruptcy laws for ten years and lost. She tried to hold the federal government accountable during the financial crisis but became a target of the big banks. She came up with the idea for a new agency designed to protect consumers from predatory bankers and was denied the opportunity to run it. Finally, at age 62, she decided to run for elective office and won the most competitive and watched Senate race in the country. In this passionate, funny, rabble-rousing book, Warren shows why she has chosen to fight tooth and nail for the middle class and why she has become a hero to all those who believe that America's government can and must do better for working families
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technical information on music
Cataloging source
TEFOD
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Warren, Elizabeth
Dewey number
328.73/092
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
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LC call number
E901.1.W37
LC item number
A3 2014ab
Literary text for sound recordings
autobiography
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not applicable
PerformerNote
Read by Elizabeth Warren
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Warren, Elizabeth
  • United States
  • Women legislators
  • Legislators
  • United States
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Label
A fighting chance, Elizabeth Warren
Link
http://calgary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=0F84A019-F8CD-40F5-B376-44B8CCD0215B
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Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
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unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: a fighting chance -- Doing what needs to be done -- The bankruptcy wars -- Bailing out the wrong people -- What $1 million a day can buy -- An agency for the people -- The battle for the Senate -- Epilogue
Control code
ocn877873285
Dimensions
  • not applicable
  • unknown
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 17 min., 26 sec.))
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781427245380
Isbn Type
(electronic audio bk.)
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not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Kind of material
unknown
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital.
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
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unknown
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
Speed
other
Stock number
0F84A019-F8CD-40F5-B376-44B8CCD0215B
System control number
(OCoLC)877873285
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
A fighting chance, Elizabeth Warren
Link
http://calgary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=0F84A019-F8CD-40F5-B376-44B8CCD0215B
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: a fighting chance -- Doing what needs to be done -- The bankruptcy wars -- Bailing out the wrong people -- What $1 million a day can buy -- An agency for the people -- The battle for the Senate -- Epilogue
Control code
ocn877873285
Dimensions
  • not applicable
  • unknown
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 17 min., 26 sec.))
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781427245380
Isbn Type
(electronic audio bk.)
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Kind of material
unknown
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital.
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
Speed
other
Stock number
0F84A019-F8CD-40F5-B376-44B8CCD0215B
System control number
(OCoLC)877873285
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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