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1) Poor people
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That 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 offered.
Poor People struggles to confront poverty in all its hopelessness and brutality, its pride and abject fear, its fierce misery and quiet resignation, allowing the poor to explain the causes and consequences of their impoverishment in their own...
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
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With her mama recently dead and her pa out of the picture since her birth, big sister Amelia is suddenly in charge of her younger brother and sister - and the family gas station. Harley Blevins, local king and emperor of Standard Oil, is in hot pursuit to clinch his fuel monopoly. To keep him at bay and her family out of foster care, Melia must come up with a father - and fast. And so when a hobo rolls out of a passing truck, Melia grabs opportunity...
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"In this story illustrating the reality of childhood hunger and food insecurity, Lulu invites kids into her world to help them understand what it's like to battle the Hunger Monster. Lulu and the Hunger Monster delivers the right message at the right time, helping readers recognize the problem of childhood hunger and moving them to find solutions." - Jeff Bridges, actor and anti-hunger advocate When Lulu's mother's van breaks down, money for food...
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A four-legged hero risks it all to make his best friend's dream come true in this touching adventure of family, football and beating the odds. Pickles the dog and his owner Elsie love football more than anything. And they've just heard the most amazing news. The World Cup is coming home to England and Elsie's team have a chance to play in a half-time match at Wembley – with some help from Pickles, of course! But life off the pitch is tough, even...
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Deregulation, revenge evictions, parliamentary corruption and day-to-day instability: these are the realities for the eleven million people currently renting privately in the UK. At the same time, house prices are skyrocketing and the generational promise of home ownership is now an impossible dream for many. This is the rent-trap: an inescapable consequence of market-induced inequality.
Rosie Walker and Samir Jeraj offer the first critical...
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Footwork is an original street-corner ethnography drawing on the themes of urban regeneration, lost space and the 24-hour city. From the rough sleeping homeless to street drinkers and sex workers, it shows how urban modernisation, development and austerity politics impact the hidden lives of people living and working on the streets.
To create this anthropology of the modern British city, Footwork follows the work of a team of outreach workers...
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Why do so many people worldwide suffer hunger and poverty when there is enough food and other resources globally to prevent it? This book shows how famine and food insecurity are an essential part of modern capitalism.
Although trade, debt relief and development initiatives are important, they do not alter the structure of the global economy and poverty continues to be created by processes like privatisation, trade liberalisation and market...
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Um dia, a vida de Carmina Kavalcanti, uma adolescente de quinze anos, era perfeita; no outro, havia sido virada de cabeça para baixo. Sua família, sua casa, quase tudo que conhecia. Sozinha nas ruas, ela não podia confiar em ninguém, mas também não conseguiria seguir adiante sozinha.
Nilo Corveira é o investigador do caso Kavalcanti. Ele sabe que precisa desvendar a teia de mentiras e encontrar Carmina o mais rápido possível; caso contrário,...
10) A Boy Like Me
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A Boy Like Me - A Wordless Picture Book for Children (Aged 4-8)This unique wordless picture book tells a story simply through illustration and is crafted to gently facilitate dialogue, spark meaningful conversations with young readers, and promote healthy communication with children on the complex and moving topic of displacement. It explores the uncertainty the boy experiences, but the story ends on a hopeful and heartening note when the little boy...
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Melanie and Melvin may be twins, but they couldn't be more different.
Melanie is LOUD and Melvin is quiet. Melvin likes frogs and Melanie loves MOTORCYCLES! When the twins learn that they will get their very own mobility scooters, Melanie is excited to race to school, but Melvin is worried he'll fall - and that people will stare. And there's a problem: Grandma can't afford the scooters without selling one of Mom's treasured paintings, one of the...
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The failure of attempts to tackle global poverty have bred cynicism and 'compassion fatigue'. Eradicating Extreme Poverty provides an urgently needed fresh approach which will re-energise action on this issue.
Rejecting traditional 'top-down' approaches, Xavier Godinot and his colleagues start from the experiences, capabilities and strategies of the poor themselves. They argue that the first step is a close connection with poor communities followed...
13) Rising Together
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In today's world, many communities face the daunting challenges of poverty and inflation, which often leave individuals struggling to meet their basic needs. "Rising Together" offers a beacon of hope amidst these challenges, providing practical strategies and inspiring insights to empower communities in their journey towards resilience and prosperity.This comprehensive ebook delves into the heart of poverty and inflation, unraveling the complex factors...
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A search for treasure reveals the toxic consequences of modern life in this thrilling adventure set against the backdrop of the world's largest e-waste dump. A search for treasure reveals the toxic consequences of modern life in this thrilling adventure set against the backdrop of the world's largest e-waste dump. Theo lives and works in Agbogbloshie in Ghana, a vast dumping ground for the world's broken electronics. He spends his days scouring the...
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This book critiques how impoverished communities are represented by politicians, the media, academics and policy makers - and how our understanding of these neighbourhoods is, often misleadingly, shaped by these stories.
The alleged behavioural failings of 'poor people' have attracted a great deal of academic and political scrutiny. Spatial inequalities are also well documented and poor neighbourhoods have been extensively researched. However,...
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Of the many state-enacted cruelties to which refugees and asylum seekers are subjected, detention and deportation loom largest in popular consciousness. But there is a third practice, perpetrating a slower violence, that remains hidden: dispersal.
Jonathan Darling provides the first detailed account of how dispersal - the system of accommodation and support for asylum seekers and refugees in Britain - both sustains and produces patterns of violence,...
17) The Tent
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
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Teenage Steven and his father, Corey, take to the road with a Bible, an old army tent, and less than the best of intentions. Tired of being poor, Steven's father is certain that preaching the Word of the Lord is the easy way to fame and fortune. But just when they've got their act down pat and the money is rolling in, Steven and Corey begin to realize that what they'd originally thought of as a harmless lie is all about avarice and power and, ultimately,...
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In Blessings of the Burden Alan R. Burt shares his heart for people who are homeless. Full of personal stories drawn from almost two decades of firsthand experience working with the homeless, this book is a passionate plea for greater community involvement in confronting the pressing social problem of homelessness.
Unfolding in five parts, Blessings of the Burden includes Burt's own journey from apathy to advocacy, a moving interview with a formerly...
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What if we saw homelessness less like an "issue" and more like a calling to love our neighbor? A companion to the documentary “Americans with No Address” and the theatrical movie “No Address” (starring Ashanti, Billy Baldwin, Beverly D'Angelo, and Xander Berkeley), this guide challenges and educates individuals and churches on how to generate a more effective response to reduce homelessness and to better help people who are experiencing homelessness.
Drawing...
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Often called the 'Jungle', the refugee camp near Calais in Northern France epitomises for many the suffering, uncertainty and violence which characterises the situation of refugees in Europe today. But the media soundbites we hear ignore the voices of the people who lived there - people who have travelled to Europe from conflict-torn countries such as Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan and Eritrea: people with astounding stories, who are looking for peace...
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