Poverty & Homelessness
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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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Poor
- Narrated by: Katriona O'Sullivan
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 25-05-2023
- Language: English
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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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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?
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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]
- Narrated by: Kerygma Flores
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 13-08-2024
- Language: Spanish
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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?
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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....
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London Labour and the London Poor
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 30-08-2018
- Language: English
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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....
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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
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The Corner
- A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood
- Narrated by: Dion Graham, David Simon
- Length: 25 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 06-10-2020
- Language: English
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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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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.
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The Great Displacement
- Climate Change and the Next American Migration
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 21-02-2023
- Language: English
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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.
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Bob
- No Ordinary Cat
- By: James Bowen
- Narrated by: Alistair McGowan
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
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James Bowen was a homeless musician, busking on the streets of London to survive. But the moment he met an injured stray cat with ginger fur and big green eyes, his life began to change....
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A warm uplifting book
- By Christy on 17-09-2024
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Bob
- No Ordinary Cat
- Narrated by: Alistair McGowan
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 14-02-2013
- Language: English
- James Bowen was a homeless musician, busking on the streets of London to survive. But the moment he met an injured stray cat with ginger fur and big green eyes, his life began to change....
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Homeless by Choice
- A Memoir of Love, Hate, and Forgiveness
- By: Roy Juarez Jr.
- Narrated by: Roy Juarez Jr.
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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At the age of 14 years old, Roy found himself homeless due to domestic violence. He moved from house to house to survive. With only a duffle bag to call home, he was at the mercy of the streets. After navigating his way to college, Roy swore to never return to that life again.
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Homeless by Choice
- A Memoir of Love, Hate, and Forgiveness
- Narrated by: Roy Juarez Jr.
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 17-07-2024
- Language: English
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At the age of 14 years old, Roy found himself homeless due to domestic violence. He moved from house to house to survive. With only a duffle bag to call home, he was at the mercy of the streets. After navigating his way to college, Roy swore to never return to that life again.
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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 Framework for Understanding Poverty
- A Cognitive Approach (Sixth Edition)
- Narrated by: Ruby K. Payne
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 09-07-2019
- Language: English
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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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Poor Economics
- A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
- By: Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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Billions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world’s poor....
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enlightened look at the problems of the poor
- By Liam Jacob on 14-04-2022
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Poor Economics
- A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 03-01-2012
- Language: English
- Billions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world’s poor....
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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....
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Progress and Poverty Vol. I Unabridged
- Why Poverty Accompanies Economic and Technological Progress
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 28-06-2022
- Language: English
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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....
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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
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When Helping Hurts
- How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself
- Narrated by: Brendan Hunter
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 29-04-2021
- Language: English
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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 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....
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A Mother's Job
- From Benefits Street to the Houses of Parliament: One Woman's Fight for Her Tragic Daughter
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 22-09-2022
- Language: English
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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....
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Vagabonds
- Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-Century London
- By: Oskar Jensen
- Narrated by: Oskar Jensen
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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Dickensian London is brought to real and vivid life in this innovative, accessible social history, revealing the true character of this place and time through the stories of its street denizens.
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Vagabonds
- Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-Century London
- Narrated by: Oskar Jensen
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 28-05-2024
- Language: English
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Dickensian London is brought to real and vivid life in this innovative, accessible social history, revealing the true character of this place and time through the stories of its street denizens.
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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
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Unequal Childhoods
- Class, Race, and Family Life, Second Edition, with an Update a Decade Later
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 14-11-2011
- Language: English
- Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children....
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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
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Building Social Business
- The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity’s Most Pressing Needs
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 11-05-2010
- Language: English
- 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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F--ked at Birth
- Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
- By: Dale Maharidge
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dale Maharidge has spent his career documenting the downward spiral of the American working class, and his new book explores the limits of the American dream in the 2020s....
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F--ked at Birth
- Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 16-06-2021
- Language: English
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dale Maharidge has spent his career documenting the downward spiral of the American working class, and his new book explores the limits of the American dream in the 2020s....
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The Economics of Poverty
- History, Measurement, and Policy
- By: Martin Ravallion
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 32 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The Economics of Poverty reviews critically past and present debates on poverty, spanning both rich and poor countries.
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The Economics of Poverty
- History, Measurement, and Policy
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 32 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 27-02-2024
- Language: English
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The Economics of Poverty reviews critically past and present debates on poverty, spanning both rich and poor countries.
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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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We can all be part of the story
- By Michael Knight on 01-03-2024
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Thirst
- A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World
- Narrated by: Scott Harrison
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 02-10-2018
- Language: English
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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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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
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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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Tight Rope the America We Must Care For
- By Naalongo Acholi on 17-05-2022
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Tightrope
- Americans Reaching for Hope
- Narrated by: Jennifer Garner, Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 14-01-2020
- Language: English
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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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Damnation Island
- Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
- By: Stacy Horn
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Today it is known as Roosevelt Island. In 1828, when New York City purchased this narrow, two-mile-long island in the East River, it was called Blackwell's Island. There, over the next hundred years, the city would build a lunatic asylum, prison, hospital, workhouse, and almshouse....
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Damnation Island
- Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 15-05-2018
- Language: English
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Today it is known as Roosevelt Island. In 1828, when New York City purchased this narrow, two-mile-long island in the East River, it was called Blackwell's Island. There, over the next hundred years, the city would build a lunatic asylum, prison, hospital, workhouse, and almshouse....
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