Poverty & Homelessness
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The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
$17.99 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “A visionary book . . . devoted to providing opportunity to poor people in all countries in an interconnected world.”–Deepak Chopra
“An inspiring book by a remarkable woma… [more below]- Author: Novogratz, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1605294764
- Language: English
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Silent Voices 2nd Edition: People with Mental Disorders on the Street
$22.95 Read moreWe avert our eyes when we meet them on the street: homeless mentally ill people with their hand-scrawled signs, shopping carts, and cardboard boxes. Because of our fear and revulsion or the guilty rel… [more below]
- Author: Okin, Robert L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0996077715
- Language: English
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Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries: New Tools to End Hunger
$29.00 Read moreIn the US, there is a wide-ranging network of at least 370 food banks, and more than 60,000 hunger-relief organizations such as food pantries and meal programs. These groups provide billions of meals … [more below]
- Author: Martin, Katie S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1642831530
- Language: English
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Walking With God: A Homeless Experience
$15.99 Add to cartHAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE HOMELESS? GOING WHERE GOD SENDS US IS NOT ALWAYS COMFORTABLE, BUT IT IS ALWAYS REWARDING.
Join my friend Shane and me as we embark on a one-week journey in
- Author: Hylton, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 9798893335552
- Language: English
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Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America’s Forgotten People and Pets
$28.00 Add to cartRethinking Rescue boldly confronts two of the biggest challenges of our time–poverty and homelessness–in asking the question: Who deserves the love of a pet?
In Los Angeles’s most underserved commun- Author: Mithers, Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1640095985
- Language: English
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Where’s Home?: People Experiencing Homelessness In La Crosse County Share their Stories On a Quest for Understanding, Belonging, and
$23.99 Add to cartWhere’s Home? People Experiencing Homelessness In La Crosse County Share their Stories On a Quest for Understanding, Belonging, and Stability.
Bobbi felt a strong pull to interview the people of the h
- Author: Rathert, Bobbi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: July 08 2024
- ISBN10: 9798218465728
- Language: English
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Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.: How the Working Poor Became Big Business
$17.99 Add to cartFrom the author of the New York Times Notable Book of the Year Drive By comes a unique and riveting exploration of one of America’s largest and fastest-growing industries–the business of poverty. Bro… [more below]
- Author: Rivlin, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 07 2011
- ISBN10: 0061733202
- Language: English
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Mayor of the Tenderloin: del Seymour’s Journey from Living on the Streets to Fighting Homelessness in San Francisco
$28.95 Read moreThe unforgettable account of Del Seymour, who overcame 18 years of homelessness and addiction to become one of the most respected advocates in San Francisco
In Mayor of the Tenderloin, journalist Alis- Author: Owings, Alison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0807020575
- Language: English
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Poverty: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartNo one wants to live in poverty. Few people would want others to do so. Yet, we find ourselves in a situation where millions of people worldwide live in poverty. According to the World Bank in 2010, 1… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Jefferson, Philip N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198716478
- Language: English
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Pretreatment In Action: Interactive Exploration from Homelessness to Housing Stabilization
$27.95 Add to cartJay Levy’s Pretreatment In Action: Interactive Exploration from Homelessness to Housing Stabilization provides the reader with a wonderfully crafted, detailed step-by-step manual with real-world scena
- Author: Levy, Jay S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: September 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1615995943
- Language: English
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Poor People
$19.99 Add to cartThat was the simple yet groundbreaking question William T. Vollmann asked in cities and villages around the globe. The result of Vollmann’s fearless inquiry is a view of poverty unlike any previously
- Author: Vollmann, William T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 22 2008
- ISBN10: 0060878843
- Language: English
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Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America
$26.90 Add to cartAwarded “Special Recognition” by the 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Awards
Finalist for the American Bar Association’s 2018 Silver Gavel Book Award
Named one of the “10 books to read after you… [more below]
- Author: Edelman, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1620975483
- Language: English
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Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
$16.95 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – With stark poignancy and political dispassion Tightrope addresses the crisis in working-class America while focusing on solutions to mend a half century of governmental failure. … [more below]
- Author: Kristof, Nicholas D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0525564179
- Language: English
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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
$22.00 Add to cartThe bestselling, comprehensive, and carefully researched guide to the ins-and-outs of the American class system with a detailed look at the defining factors of each group, from customs to fashion to h
- Author: Fussell, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 01, 1992
- ISBN10: 0671792253
- Language: English
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Blighted: A Story of People, Politics, and an American Housing Miracle
$30.95 Add to cartBlighted is a powerful narrative about the decades-long decay and remarkable two-year reinvention of Summerdale, an aging apartment community located in one of Atlanta’s grittiest corridors. From burn
- Author: Stagmeier, Margaret
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1588384713
- Language: English
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10th Anniversary Edition The Life You Can Save: How To Do Your Part To End World Poverty
$19.95 Add to cartIn this Tenth Anniversary Edition of The Life You Can Save, Peter Singer brings his landmark book up to date. In addition to restating his compelling arguments about how we should respond to extreme p
- Author: Singer, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: December 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1733672702
- Language: English
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$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book of the Year
The story of a kind of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don’t even think exists–from a leading national poverty expert who “defies conventi… [more below]- Author: Edin, Kathryn J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 13 2016
- ISBN10: 054481195X
- Language: English
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
$30.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE – NAMED ONE OF TIME‘S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE – One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic “has set a new… [more below]
- Author: Desmond, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0553447432
- Language: English
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Trash: A Poor White Journey
$28.99 Add to cartHuman beings are not trash, and the system that enables humans to imagine each other as such needs to end.
Every day across the US, 66 million poor white people pay the price for failing whiteness. In
- Author: Monroe, Cedar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 235
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1506486274
- Language: English
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The Divide: Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets
$28.99 Add to cartMore than four billion people–some 60 percent of humanity–live in debilitating poverty, on less than $5 per day. The standard narrative tells us this crisis is a natural phenomenon, having to do wit
- Author: Hickel, Jason
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 13 2018
- ISBN10: 0393651363
- Language: English
