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Poor
- By: Katriona O'Sullivan
- Narrated by: Katriona O'Sullivan
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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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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Thought provoking, challenging, inspiring
- By Fiona Jane Harris on 02-07-2023
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Crooked Smile
- What It Took to Escape a Decade of Homelessness, Addiction, & Crime
- By: Jared Klickstein, Michael Schellenberger - foreword
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat
- Length: 11 hrs
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Crooked Smile details one man's journey that left him homeless on Skid Row, and what it took to escape a decade of addiction.
By: Jared Klickstein, and others
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Poverty
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Philip N. Jefferson
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
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In this Very Short Introduction, Philip N. Jefferson explores how the answers to these questions lie in the social, political, economic, educational, and technological processes that impact all of us throughout our lives. The degree of vulnerability is all that differentiates us....
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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
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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....
By: Gregg Colburn, and others
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Hillbilly-Elegie
- Die Geschichte meiner Familie und einer Gesellschaft in der Krise
- By: J. D. Vance
- Narrated by: Dominic Kolb
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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J. D. Vance erzählt die Geschichte seiner Familie - eine Geschichte vom gescheiterten Aufstieg und von der Resignation einer ganzen Bevölkerungsschicht...
By: J. D. Vance
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The New Human Rights Movement
- Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
- By: Peter Joseph
- Narrated by: Peter Joseph
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
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Society is broken. We can design our way to a better one.
By: Peter Joseph
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Poor
- By: Katriona O'Sullivan
- Narrated by: Katriona O'Sullivan
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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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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Thought provoking, challenging, inspiring
- By Fiona Jane Harris on 02-07-2023
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Crooked Smile
- What It Took to Escape a Decade of Homelessness, Addiction, & Crime
- By: Jared Klickstein, Michael Schellenberger - foreword
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat
- Length: 11 hrs
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Crooked Smile details one man's journey that left him homeless on Skid Row, and what it took to escape a decade of addiction.
By: Jared Klickstein, and others
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Poverty
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Philip N. Jefferson
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
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In this Very Short Introduction, Philip N. Jefferson explores how the answers to these questions lie in the social, political, economic, educational, and technological processes that impact all of us throughout our lives. The degree of vulnerability is all that differentiates us....
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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
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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....
By: Gregg Colburn, and others
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Hillbilly-Elegie
- Die Geschichte meiner Familie und einer Gesellschaft in der Krise
- By: J. D. Vance
- Narrated by: Dominic Kolb
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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J. D. Vance erzählt die Geschichte seiner Familie - eine Geschichte vom gescheiterten Aufstieg und von der Resignation einer ganzen Bevölkerungsschicht...
By: J. D. Vance
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The New Human Rights Movement
- Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
- By: Peter Joseph
- Narrated by: Peter Joseph
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
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Society is broken. We can design our way to a better one.
By: Peter Joseph
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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
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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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Amazing
- By Anonymous User on 06-02-2024
By: David Simon, and others
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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
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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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Fabulous listen
- By Margarita on 25-05-2021
By: Ron Hall, and others
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Twilight of the Elites
- Prosperity, the Periphery, and the Future of France
- By: Christophe Guilluy, Malcolm DeBevoise - Translated by
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
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Christophe Guilluy, a French geographer, makes the case that France has become an "American society" - one that is both increasingly multicultural and increasingly unequal....
By: Christophe Guilluy, and others
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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
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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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Good practical wisdom
- By Anonymous User on 03-01-2023
By: Steve Corbett, 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
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Even as climate change dominates the headlines, many of us still think about it in the future tense—we imagine that as global warming worsens over the coming decades, millions of people will scatter around the world, fleeing famine and rising seas.
By: Jake Bittle
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I Am Skinhead: Reflections on an 80s Youth
- By: Paul London
- Narrated by: Paul London
- Length: 1 hr
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When it comes to Skinheads, I see a lot of people these days re-writing history, whitewashing the youth cult or bending the truth to suit their political narrative.
By: Paul London
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The Social Distance Between Us
- How Remote Politics Wrecked Britain
- By: Darren McGarvey
- Narrated by: Darren McGarvey
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
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From poverty and policing, homelessness and overrun prisons to Grenfell and hostile environments, Britain has long been failing those who need our help the most....
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Loved this book
- By luke rushton on 06-01-2023
By: Darren McGarvey
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A Gift of Hope
- Helping the Homeless
- By: Danielle Steel
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
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For 11 years, Danielle Steel took to the streets with a small team to help the homeless of San Francisco....
By: Danielle Steel
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Progress and Poverty Vol. I Unabridged
- Why Poverty Accompanies Economic and Technological Progress
- By: Henry George
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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This landmark treatise by the great economist Henry George was first published in 1879. George's work became the seminal analysis of the political economy which inspired most, if not all, the prominent thinkers of the Progressive Movement....
By: Henry George
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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
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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, world changing faith
- By Anonymous User on 30-11-2024
By: Scott Harrison, and others
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Así no es [It's Not Like That]
- No creas todo lo que te dicen sobre meritocracia, clase media, clasismo, salarios e ingresos [Don't Believe Everything They Tell You About Meritocracy, Middle Class, Classism, Salaries and Income]
- By: Viri Ríos, Ray Campos
- Narrated by: Kerygma Flores
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
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¿El pobre es pobre porque quiere? ¿Los jóvenes son más flojos que antes y por eso ganan menos? ¿Quienes reciben programas sociales los gastan en tonterías? ¿Los estados del norte trabajan más que los del sur? ¿Tu jefe ya no te puede subir el sueldo?
By: Viri Ríos, and others
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A Mother's Job
- From Benefits Street to the Houses of Parliament: One Woman's Fight for Her Tragic Daughter
- By: Ann Cusack, Joe Cusack, Joy Dove
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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While Jodey Whiting was stuck in hospital battling pneumonia over Christmas, a letter dropped on her doormat from the Department of Work and Pensions, asking her to attend an assessment. Despite her health problems, the powers-that-be callously halted benefit payments for the mum-of-nine....
By: Ann Cusack, and others
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Unequal Childhoods
- Class, Race, and Family Life, Second Edition, with an Update a Decade Later
- By: Annette Lareau
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
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Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children....
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In-depth qualitative research on the influence of socioeconomic levels in child development
- By Anonymous User on 23-03-2023
By: Annette Lareau
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Universal Basic Income
- What Everyone Needs to Know®
- By: Matt Zwolinski, Miranda Perry Fleischer
- Narrated by: Terrence Kidd
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
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The motivating idea of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) is radically simple: give people cash and let them do whatever they want with it. This book provides the average citizen with all the information they need to understand current debates about the UBI....
By: Matt Zwolinski, and others
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Creating a World Without Poverty
- How Social Business Can Transform Our Lives
- By: Muhammad Yunus
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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While free markets have brought positive change, traditional capitalism cannot solve problems of inequality and poverty....
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I enjoyed it
- By Anonymous User on 31-10-2022
By: Muhammad Yunus
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The Nurture Effect
- How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World
- By: Anthony Biglan
- Narrated by: Stephen Paul Aulridge Jr.
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
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If you want to know how you can help create a better world, listen to this book....
By: Anthony Biglan
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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
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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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A Knock at the Door
- By: Rob Parsons
- Narrated by: Rob Parsons
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
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Christmas 1975 and Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody is riding high in the charts. In a residential street just outside Cardiff a loud knocking breaks the stillness of the evening. When Rob Parsons, a young lawyer, opens his door, he finds a homeless man, clutching a bag of belongings and a frozen chicken.
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The love for Ronnie
- By Petro Audible on 16-12-2024
By: Rob Parsons
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London Labour and the London Poor
- By: Henry Mayhew
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 14 mins
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London Labour and the London Poor is a rare and fascinating insight into the lives and struggles of the 19th-century poor. Written by journalist and reformer Henry Mayhew, it collects hundreds of testimonials from the lower strata of Victorian society....
By: Henry Mayhew
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The Blue Sweater
- Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
- By: Jacqueline Novogratz
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Novogratz
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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The Blue Sweater is the inspiring story of a woman who left a career in international banking to spend her life on a quest to understand global poverty....
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Deeply inspiring and pragmatic
- By Daizy on 11-06-2018
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Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger
- Moving from Affluence to Generosity
- By: Ron Sider
- Narrated by: Dave Heath
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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Do you want to make a true difference in the world? Dr. Ron Sider does. He has, since before he first published Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger in 1978....
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Eye opener
- By Art on 10-11-2020
By: Ron Sider
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Homeless
- By: Liyana Dhamirah
- Narrated by: Anita Kapoor
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
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Ten years ago, Liyana Dhamirah was in a precarious situation: at 22, she was heavily pregnant and had no place to call home.
By: Liyana Dhamirah
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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
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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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change the world of those around you
- By Anonymous User on 17-01-2020
By: Philip E. DeVol, and others
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Building Social Business
- The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity’s Most Pressing Needs
- By: Muhammad Yunus
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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In this book, Yunus traces the development of the social business idea and explains its lessons for entrepreneurs, social activists, and policy makers....
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Must Read One
- By Anonymous User on 08-11-2022
By: Muhammad Yunus