Reclaiming the Sky: 9/11 and the Untold Story of the Men and Women Who Kept America Flying

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As the world approaches the fifth anniversary of September 11, the stories of the heroes and casualties among the dedicated air travel workers remain largely untold, until now Reclaiming the Sky honours not only those workers who died doing their jobs, but also the ones that soldiered through on that day and in the aftermath, tirelessly piecing back together the fragments of a shattered industry and indeed a critical social and economic force while putting aside their own fears and grief. Key features A 9/11 perspective never heard before, on sale to coincide with the fifth anniversary Contains powerful, never-before-shared anecdotes about that day, including: the story of the gate agent who had a hunch about who the terrorists were and was right; the husband-and-wife flight attendants on Flight 77; the manager who made the decision to shut down Newark airport and was almost arrested by the FBI; and many more The author, as an aviation industry trainer, will promote his book directly to airline and airport employees, a guaranteed market for this book The book will tie in with the website www.reclaimingthesky.com. I-village has offered free access to their message board system and software to create a virtual community centre for the site. Its goal will be to help people communicate about 9/11 and other loss. The site also includes a wellness survey, 'Why I Fly' anecdotes, information on aviation charities, and much more

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Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

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A sharp-witted knockdown of America’s love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism

Americans are a “positive” people—cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive, we are told, is the key to success and prosperity.

In this utterly original take on the American frame of mind, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the strange career of our sunny outlook from its origins as a marginal nineteenth-century healing technique to its enshrinement as a dominant, almost mandatory, cultural attitude. Evangelical mega-churches preach the good news that you only have to want something to get it, because God wants to “prosper” you. The medical profession prescribes positive thinking for its presumed health benefits. Academia has made room for new departments of “positive psychology” and the “science of happiness.” Nowhere, though, has bright-siding taken firmer root than within the business community, where, as Ehrenreich shows, the refusal even to consider negative outcomes—like mortgage defaults—contributed directly to the current economic crisis. 

With the mythbusting powers for which she is acclaimed, Ehrenreich exposes the downside of America’s penchant for positive thinking: On a personal level, it leads to self-blame and a morbid preoccupation with stamping out “negative” thoughts. On a national level, it’s brought us an era of irrational optimism resulting in disaster. This is Ehrenreich at her provocative best—poking holes in conventional wisdom and faux science, and ending with a call for existential clarity and courage.

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