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Bestsellers
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Poverty, by America
- By: Matthew Desmond
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy....
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A testimonial based on facts and witness
- By Alonzo Nightjar on 03-27-23
By: Matthew Desmond
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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- By: J. D. Vance
- Narrated by: J. D. Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans....
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In Mamaw's Contradictions Lay Great Wisdom
- By Cynthia on 11-20-16
By: J. D. Vance
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Evicted
- Poverty and Profit in the American City
- By: Matthew Desmond
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads....
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Former Property Manager
- By Charla on 05-18-16
By: Matthew Desmond
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When Helping Hurts
- How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself
- By: Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert
- Narrated by: Brendan Hunter
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it....
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A must read
- By Diana Kamidi on 07-31-21
By: Steve Corbett, and others
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Maid
- Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
- By: Stephanie Land, Barbara Ehrenreich - foreword
- Narrated by: Stephanie Land
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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At 28, Stephanie Land's dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer quickly dissolved when a summer fling turned into an unplanned pregnancy. Before long, she found herself a single mother, scraping by as a housekeeper to make ends meet....
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Very engaging
- By NMwritergal on 01-24-19
By: Stephanie Land, and others
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The Corner
- A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood
- By: David Simon, Edward Burns
- Narrated by: Dion Graham, David Simon
- Length: 25 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The crime-infested intersection of West Fayette and Monroe Streets is well-known - and cautiously avoided - by most of Baltimore. But this notorious corner's 24-hour open-air drug market provides the economic fuel for a dying neighborhood....
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Insightful. A Must Read For Suburban Americans.
- By WitchCrafter on 06-01-21
By: David Simon, and others
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Poverty, by America
- By: Matthew Desmond
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy....
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A testimonial based on facts and witness
- By Alonzo Nightjar on 03-27-23
By: Matthew Desmond
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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- By: J. D. Vance
- Narrated by: J. D. Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans....
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In Mamaw's Contradictions Lay Great Wisdom
- By Cynthia on 11-20-16
By: J. D. Vance
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Evicted
- Poverty and Profit in the American City
- By: Matthew Desmond
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads....
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Former Property Manager
- By Charla on 05-18-16
By: Matthew Desmond
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When Helping Hurts
- How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself
- By: Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert
- Narrated by: Brendan Hunter
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it....
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A must read
- By Diana Kamidi on 07-31-21
By: Steve Corbett, and others
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Maid
- Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
- By: Stephanie Land, Barbara Ehrenreich - foreword
- Narrated by: Stephanie Land
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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At 28, Stephanie Land's dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer quickly dissolved when a summer fling turned into an unplanned pregnancy. Before long, she found herself a single mother, scraping by as a housekeeper to make ends meet....
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Very engaging
- By NMwritergal on 01-24-19
By: Stephanie Land, and others
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The Corner
- A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood
- By: David Simon, Edward Burns
- Narrated by: Dion Graham, David Simon
- Length: 25 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The crime-infested intersection of West Fayette and Monroe Streets is well-known - and cautiously avoided - by most of Baltimore. But this notorious corner's 24-hour open-air drug market provides the economic fuel for a dying neighborhood....
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Insightful. A Must Read For Suburban Americans.
- By WitchCrafter on 06-01-21
By: David Simon, and others
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Rough Sleepers
- Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People
- By: Tracy Kidder
- Narrated by: Tracy Kidder
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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After Jim O’Connell graduated from Harvard Medical School and was nearing the end of his residency at Massachusetts General, the hospital’s chief of medicine made a proposal....
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The honesty
- By jim d metzker on 05-17-24
By: Tracy Kidder
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Making Room
- Three Decades of Fighting for Beds, Belonging, and a Safe Place for LGBTQ Youth
- By: Carl Siciliano
- Narrated by: Carl Siciliano
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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From the founder of the nation’s largest housing program for homeless LGBTQ youth, a tender, uplifting account of his friendship with a nonbinary teenager and dozens of queer kids who inspired him to live a life of service and resistance....
By: Carl Siciliano
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Invisible Child
- Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
- By: Andrea Elliott
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 21 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Andrea Elliott follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani, a girl whose imagination is as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn shelter, weaving the story of her childhood with the history of her ancestors, tracing their passage from slavery to the Great Migration north....
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Narration is completely over the top
- By Heather on 10-14-21
By: Andrea Elliott
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Homelessness Is a Housing Problem
- How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
- By: Gregg Colburn, Clayton Page Aldern
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Colburn and Aldern seek to explain the substantial regional variation in rates of homelessness in cities across the United States. In a departure from many analytical approaches, the authors shift their focus from the individual experiencing homelessness to the metropolitan area....
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NO PDF! NO CHARTS!
- By P. Dean on 06-02-23
By: Gregg Colburn, and others
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Tightrope
- Americans Reaching for Hope
- By: Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn
- Narrated by: Jennifer Garner, Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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With stark poignancy and political dispassion, Tightrope draws us deep into an "other America". The authors tell this story, in part, through the lives of some of the children with whom Kristof grew up in rural Yamhill, Oregon....
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Conservatives hate liberals will love
- By vic on 02-03-20
By: Nicholas D. Kristof, and others
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A Place Called Home
- A Memoir
- By: David Ambroz
- Narrated by: David Ambroz
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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There are millions of homeless children in America today and in A Place Called Home, award-winning child welfare advocate David Ambroz writes about growing up homeless in New York for eleven years and his subsequent years in foster care....
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Very heart wrenching read, BUT
- By Everest Mom on 01-14-23
By: David Ambroz
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
- Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
- By: Katherine Boo
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In this breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human through the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels....
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An Antidote for Shantaram
- By Dr. on 06-14-12
By: Katherine Boo
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High-Risers
- Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing
- By: Ben Austen
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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High-Risers braids personal narratives, city politics, and national history to tell the timely and epic story of Chicago's Cabrini-Green, America's most iconic public housing project....
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Little mention of accountability of the people getting the housing
- By Steve D Renz on 05-15-18
By: Ben Austen
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Alienated America
- Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse
- By: Timothy P. Carney
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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This hard-hitting analysis identifies the true factor behind the decline of the American dream: It is not purely the result of economics as the left claims, but the collapse of the institutions that made us successful, including marriage, church, and civic life....
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A good companion to Murray's Coming Apart
- By Marie on 03-18-19
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Same Kind of Different as Me
- A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
- By: Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent - contributor
- Narrated by: Daniel Butler, Barry Scott
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A critically acclaimed #1 New York Times bestseller with more than one million copies in print and a major motion picture! Gritty with pain, betrayal, and brutality, this incredible true story also shines with an unexpected, life-changing love....
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Stays with me...
- By Rebekah Sue Carolla on 09-23-18
By: Ron Hall, and others
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Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas
- By: Matthew O'Brien
- Narrated by: Alan Carlson
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Armed with a flashlight, tape recorder, and expandable baton, Las Vegas CityLife writer-editor Matthew O'Brien explored the Las Vegas flood-control system for more than four years. This audiobook chronicles O'Brien's adventures in subterranean Vegas....
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Get really inside Las Vegas
- By cosmitron on 07-08-18
By: Matthew O'Brien
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Poor
- Grit, Courage, and the Life-Changing Value of Self-Belief
- By: Katriona O'Sullivan
- Narrated by: Katriona O'Sullivan
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan making anything of her life. Poor is the extraordinary story - moving, funny, brave, and sometimes startling - of how Katriona turned her life around....
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Great listen
- By Anonymous User on 08-21-23
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Broke in America
- Seeing, Understanding, and Ending U.S. Poverty
- By: Joanne Samuel Goldblum, Colleen Shaddox, Bomani Jones - foreword
- Narrated by: Joanne Samuel Goldblum, Colleen Shaddox, JD Jackson
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Water. Food. Housing. The most basic and crucial needs for survival, yet 40 percent of people in the United States don't have the resources to get them. With key policy changes, we could eradicate poverty in this country within our lifetime - but we need to get started now....
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very left leaning
- By Bert Sloan on 09-06-22
By: Joanne Samuel Goldblum, and others
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The Great Displacement
- Climate Change and the Next American Migration
- By: Jake Bittle
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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A human-centered narrative with national scope, The Great Displacement is the untold story of climate migration in the United States—the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the portraits of communities being torn apart by disaster, and the implications for all of us....
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Where we're headed
- By Dr. Stuart A. Blair on 03-09-23
By: Jake Bittle
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The Injustice of Place
- Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
- By: Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, Timothy J. Nelson
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Three of the nation’s top scholars – known for tackling key mysteries about poverty in America – turn their attention from the country’s poorest people to its poorest places....
By: Kathryn J. Edin, and others
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When We Walk By
- Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America
- By: Kevin F. Adler, Donald W. Burnes, Amanda Banh - contributor, and others
- Narrated by: Kevin F. Adler
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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When We Walk By takes an urgent look at homelessness in America, showing us what we lose—in ourselves and as a society—when we choose to walk past and ignore our neighbors in shelters, insecure housing, or on the streets....
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A must read!
- By Alyssa Bozekowski on 05-18-24
By: Kevin F. Adler, and others
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Random Family
- Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
- By: Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
- Narrated by: Roxana Ortega
- Length: 20 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In her extraordinary best seller, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc immerses listeners in the intricacies of the ghetto, revealing the true sagas lurking behind the headlines of gangsta glamour….
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The narrator ruined this book.
- By Ryan Martin on 10-21-18
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Workin' Our Way Home
- The Incredible True Story of a Homeless Ex-Con and a Grieving Millionaire Thrown Together to Save Each Other
- By: Ron Hall
- Narrated by: Barry Scott
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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"I saw his face." Deborah Hall's words launched the destiny of two men from very different worlds. Ron Hall was an international art dealer with upscale tastes; Denver Moore was a homeless drifter with a dangerous past. Millions have read about their unlikely bond....
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God is in control.
- By Amazon Customer on 04-08-18
By: Ron Hall
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Thirst
- A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World
- By: Scott Harrison, Lisa Sweetingham - contributor
- Narrated by: Scott Harrison
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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An inspiring personal story of redemption, second chances, and the transformative power within us all, from the founder and CEO of the nonprofit charity: water....
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Inspiring!
- By April Ackroyd on 10-07-18
By: Scott Harrison, and others
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The Working Poor
- Invisible in America
- By: David K. Shipler
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Nobody who works hard should be poor in America, writes Pulitzer Prize-winner David Shipler....
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Textbook Perfect Discussion of the Problem
- By Cynthia on 07-28-12
By: David K. Shipler
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How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
- Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
- By: John Hope Bryant
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a free enterprise approach to solving the problem of poverty and raising up a new America....
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Simply a MUST read!
- By Kevin E Crittendon on 11-05-16
By: John Hope Bryant
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Bridges Out of Poverty
- Strategies for Professionals and Communities
- By: Philip E. DeVol, Ruby K. Payne, Terie Dreussi Smith
- Narrated by: Tom Blair, Philip DeVol
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Bridges Out of Poverty is a unique and powerful tool designed specifically for social, health, and legal services professionals....
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Couldn't pause, awesome approach to bridging the gap.
- By Lamar on 08-28-16
By: Philip E. DeVol, and others
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Trust First
- A True Story About the Power of Giving People Second Chances
- By: Bruce Deel, Sara Grace
- Narrated by: Bruce Deel, Simon Sinek
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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When Pastor Bruce Deel took over the Mission Church in the 30314 zip code of Atlanta, he had orders to shut it down. The church was old and decrepit, and its neighborhood - known as "Better Leave, You Effing Fool", or "the Bluff", for short - had the highest rates of crime....
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Listen. To. This. Book. "TRUST" me!
- By THix. on 04-13-22
By: Bruce Deel, and others
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A Framework for Understanding Poverty
- A Cognitive Approach (Sixth Edition)
- By: Ruby K. Payne PhD
- Narrated by: Ruby K. Payne
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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With a view through an economic lens that has only become sharper and more focused since its initial publication in 1995, the premise owned by A Framework for Understanding Poverty is unchanged....
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Understanding your Community.
- By bigronald8 on 10-07-19
New releases
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Saving Shallmar
- Christmas Spirit in a Coal Town
- By: James Rada Jr.
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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In fall turned to winter in 1949, the residents of Shallmar, Maryland, were starving. The town's only business, the Wolf Den Coal Corp. had closed down, unemployment benefits had ended and few coal miners had cars to drive to other jobs. When children started fainting in school, Principal J. Paul Andrick realized the dire situation the town was in and set out to help. He worked to get the story of the town's troubles out and get help for the town's residents and succeeded beyond his wildest dreams just in time for Christmas.
By: James Rada Jr.
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Making Room
- Three Decades of Fighting for Beds, Belonging, and a Safe Place for LGBTQ Youth
- By: Carl Siciliano
- Narrated by: Carl Siciliano
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Carl Siciliano met Ali Forney—a Black nonbinary teenager known for fierce loyalty to friends and an unshakeable faith that “my God will love me for who I am”—in 1994 while working at a daytime center for homeless youth in New York City. Nineteen years old, Forney was one of thousands Siciliano encountered who had been driven from their homes by rejecting families, forced to struggle in the streets due to homophobic and transphobic violence in the shelters.
By: Carl Siciliano
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After Dinner Conversation (May, 2024)
- Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Magazine
- By: Julia Meinwald, J.B. Polk, Z.D. Dochterman, and others
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights, and defining your "purpose." It's time to go deep in search of truth! If you love reading imaginative short stories on hot topics that ...
By: Julia Meinwald, and others
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Progress and Poverty
- By: Henry George
- Narrated by: Jason Smith
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Progress and Poverty by Henry George explores the paradox of increasing inequality in periods of economic growth. George proposes that land speculation is the root cause of wealth disparities, advocating for a single tax on land value to promote fairness and reduce poverty. This influential work is critical for understanding economic and social theories regarding land reform and taxation.
By: Henry George
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Shifting Margins
- From Fear and Exclusion Toward Love and Belonging
- By: Kenneth Carder
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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“You will find out that the margins are God’s favorite place to hang out.” Rev. Dr. Cari Willis, Chaplain to those on death row Through lived stories, Bishop Kenneth Carder candidly shares lessons learned from his experiences with people on the margins of society, including his own formation as the son of Appalachian tenant farmers and textile workers. By entering his life and ministry from poverty to privilege, from provincialism and segregation to beloved community, and from a religion of fear to a theology of liberating love, the reader is invited to widen the margins of their own ...
By: Kenneth Carder
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The Pit
- Transcend Money, Heal the World
- By: Travis Ruhland
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 18 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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"...one of the most important books of this generation..." Enough food is currently produced to feed the global population, yet millions of children suffer from malnutrition; many die. Why? Vacant homes outnumber the homeless in America, yet that excess remains unused. Why? The standard of living for the average human is substantially greater than in centuries past, yet modern global society is faced with unprecedented levels of crime, ecological degradation, poverty, pollution, resource usage, exploitation, war, and many more negative externalities. Why? Join Travis Ruhland in the bowels ...
By: Travis Ruhland
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Saving Shallmar
- Christmas Spirit in a Coal Town
- By: James Rada Jr.
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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In fall turned to winter in 1949, the residents of Shallmar, Maryland, were starving. The town's only business, the Wolf Den Coal Corp. had closed down, unemployment benefits had ended and few coal miners had cars to drive to other jobs. When children started fainting in school, Principal J. Paul Andrick realized the dire situation the town was in and set out to help. He worked to get the story of the town's troubles out and get help for the town's residents and succeeded beyond his wildest dreams just in time for Christmas.
By: James Rada Jr.
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Making Room
- Three Decades of Fighting for Beds, Belonging, and a Safe Place for LGBTQ Youth
- By: Carl Siciliano
- Narrated by: Carl Siciliano
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Carl Siciliano met Ali Forney—a Black nonbinary teenager known for fierce loyalty to friends and an unshakeable faith that “my God will love me for who I am”—in 1994 while working at a daytime center for homeless youth in New York City. Nineteen years old, Forney was one of thousands Siciliano encountered who had been driven from their homes by rejecting families, forced to struggle in the streets due to homophobic and transphobic violence in the shelters.
By: Carl Siciliano
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After Dinner Conversation (May, 2024)
- Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Magazine
- By: Julia Meinwald, J.B. Polk, Z.D. Dochterman, and others
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights, and defining your "purpose." It's time to go deep in search of truth! If you love reading imaginative short stories on hot topics that ...
By: Julia Meinwald, and others
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Progress and Poverty
- By: Henry George
- Narrated by: Jason Smith
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Progress and Poverty by Henry George explores the paradox of increasing inequality in periods of economic growth. George proposes that land speculation is the root cause of wealth disparities, advocating for a single tax on land value to promote fairness and reduce poverty. This influential work is critical for understanding economic and social theories regarding land reform and taxation.
By: Henry George
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Shifting Margins
- From Fear and Exclusion Toward Love and Belonging
- By: Kenneth Carder
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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“You will find out that the margins are God’s favorite place to hang out.” Rev. Dr. Cari Willis, Chaplain to those on death row Through lived stories, Bishop Kenneth Carder candidly shares lessons learned from his experiences with people on the margins of society, including his own formation as the son of Appalachian tenant farmers and textile workers. By entering his life and ministry from poverty to privilege, from provincialism and segregation to beloved community, and from a religion of fear to a theology of liberating love, the reader is invited to widen the margins of their own ...
By: Kenneth Carder
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The Pit
- Transcend Money, Heal the World
- By: Travis Ruhland
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 18 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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"...one of the most important books of this generation..." Enough food is currently produced to feed the global population, yet millions of children suffer from malnutrition; many die. Why? Vacant homes outnumber the homeless in America, yet that excess remains unused. Why? The standard of living for the average human is substantially greater than in centuries past, yet modern global society is faced with unprecedented levels of crime, ecological degradation, poverty, pollution, resource usage, exploitation, war, and many more negative externalities. Why? Join Travis Ruhland in the bowels ...
By: Travis Ruhland
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Homelessness in America - Cities in Crisis
- By: C. Mahoney
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
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As an educator and avid learner, I set out to understand the complex issue of homelessness in America. After watching hundreds of interviews with people living on the streets, I wrote this book to share their stories and perspectives. Across twenty heartfelt chapters, you will meet individuals like Bruce, a lawyer-turned-beggar in D.C.; Penny, a young woman selling her body for drug money in Detroit; and James, an entrepreneur in Columbus still holding onto hope. Each person describes in their own words how they wound up homeless, whether through job loss, addiction, childhood trauma, lack ...
By: C. Mahoney
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If You Really Want to Help
- Redefining the War on Poverty
- By: Kurt Kandler, Bethany Bradsher
- Narrated by: Kurt Kandler
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
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Good intentions aren't good enough. Everyone wants to see extreme poverty alleviated, but too often well-meaning do-gooders believe good intentions and their carefully crafted solutions are sufficient. But poverty is more than just a material issue, and the poor are more than a set of problems to be solved. The founder of 410 Bridge shares a proven blueprint for addressing extreme poverty by changing the paradigm of how the West engages the global poor.
By: Kurt Kandler, and others
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A Paradise of Small Houses
- The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing
- By: Max Podemski
- Narrated by: Rob Greenbaum
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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The Philadelphia row house. The New York tenement. The Boston triple-decker. Every American city has its own iconic housing style, structures that have been home to generations of families and are symbols of identity and pride. Max Podemski, an urban planner for the city of Los Angeles and lifelong architecture buff, has spent his career in and around these buildings. Deftly combining his years of experience with extensive research, Podemski walks the listener through the history of our dwelling spaces.
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Interesting history of the history of the development of affordable housing throughout US history.
- By Renee Frank on 05-11-24
By: Max Podemski
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Empowering Homeless Teens
- A Comprehensive Guide
- By: Daniel K. Osei
- Narrated by: Suzie Bee
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
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Furthermore, it is essential to recognize the role of education in breaking the cycle of homelessness. Education equips homeless teens with the knowledge and skills needed to secure stable employment and build a better future. Schools, teachers, and principals play a pivotal role in ensuring that homeless teens have access to quality education, counseling services, and extracurricular activities that foster their personal and academic growth.
By: Daniel K. Osei
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Neighbors with No Doors
- The Truth about Homelessness, and How You Can Make a Difference
- By: Josiah Haken
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
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The next time someone asks you for money on the street, Josiah Haken wants you to know what you’re doing. He wants you to break through the stereotypes and excuses — the politics and propaganda — the anxiety and questions. He wants you to engage the human being in front of you with confidence, compassion, and a plan. Neighbors with No Doors is your guide to getting there. With over a decade of experience in homeless outreach, Haken contradicts popular falsehoods about the unhoused community and offers helpful, pragmatic steps to becoming a friend and an advocate. Along the way, he ...
By: Josiah Haken
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Trash
- A Poor White Journey
- By: Cedar Monroe, Liz Theoharis - foreword
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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Every day across the US, 66 million poor white people pay the price for failing whiteness. In this sweeping debut, activist and chaplain Cedar Monroe writes indelibly about and for poor white people: about unlearning the American dream, untangling from white supremacy, and working for liberation alongside other poor folks.
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Hope and Liberation.
- By Elliott C. Smith on 04-29-24
By: Cedar Monroe, and others