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Nickel and Dimed (20th Anniversary Edition): On (Not) Getting by in America
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe New York Times bestselling work of undercover reportage from our sharpest and most original social critic, with a new foreword by Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted
Millions of Americans work full- Author: Ehrenreich, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 01, 2021
- ISBN10: 1250808316
- Language: English
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And Housing for All: The Fight to End Homelessness in America
$29.95HardcoverAdd to cartA groundbreaking legal advocate argues that only by recognizing housing as a fundamental human right can we hope to solve America’s homelessness crisis.
In And Housing for All, founder of the Nationa- Author: Foscarinis, Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1633889769
- Language: English
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Way Home: Journeys Through Homelessness
$29.95HardcoverAdd to cartCan one city’s solutions to homelessness help the United States face the issue nationally?
The United States grapples with a solution for the unhoused by employing a patchwork of uneven rhetoric and po
- Author: Ensign, Josephine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1421450232
- Language: English
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By: Levy, Jay S.
Pretreatment Across Multiple Fields of Practice: Trauma Informed Approach to Homelessness and Beyond
$25.95PaperbackAdd to cartPretreatment Across Multiple Fields of Practice: Trauma Informed Approach to Homelessness and Beyond
Jay and Louise Levy and their co-authors have distilled years of diverse experience serving people w
- Author: Levy, Jay S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1615998578
- Language: English
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By: Rathert, Bobbi
Where’s Home?: People Experiencing Homelessness In La Crosse County Share their Stories On a Quest for Understanding, Belonging, and
$23.99HardcoverAdd 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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By: Hobbs, Jeff
Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America
$29.99HardcoverAdd to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, a powerful portrayal of American homelessness that follows a single mother of six in Los Angeles courageously struggling to ke… [more below]
- Author: Hobbs, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1668034824
- Language: English
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By: Brosnahan, Mary
They Just Need to Get a Job: 15 Myths on Homelessness
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cartFor readers of Andrea Elliott and Matthew Desmond, the former CEO of the Coalition for the Homeless breaks through the highly destructive misinformation surrounding our homeless neighbors
Conservative- Series: Myths Made in America
- Author: Brosnahan, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0807006971
- Language: English
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By: LaMarche, Pat
Humble Pie
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cart- Author: LaMarche, Pat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 9798988181620
- Language: English
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By: Mithers, Carol
Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America’s Forgotten People and Pets
$28.00HardcoverAdd 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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By: Fagan, Kevin
The Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances
$28.99HardcoverAdd to cartIn the tradition of Stephanie Land and Matthew Desmond, a powerful and deeply reported narrative of homelessness, despair, and hope.
Kevin Fagan’s The Lost and the Found, set in San Francisco–one of- Author: Fagan, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1668017113
- Language: English
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By: Hylton, Daniel
Walking With God: A Homeless Experience
$15.99PaperbackAdd 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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By: Mills, C. Wright
The Power Elite
$22.99PaperbackAdd to cartFirst published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United States,… [more below]
- Author: Mills, C. Wright
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 17 2000
- ISBN10: 0195133544
- Language: English
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By: Campbell, Larry
A Thousand Dreams: Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and the Fight for Its Future
$20.00PaperbackRead more- Author: Campbell, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1553652983
- Language: English
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The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
$17.99PaperbackRead 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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By: Okin, Robert L.
Silent Voices 2nd Edition: People with Mental Disorders on the Street
$22.95PaperbackRead 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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By: Martin, Katie S.
Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries: New Tools to End Hunger
$29.00PaperbackRead 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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By: Hylton, Daniel
Walking With God: A Homeless Experience
$15.99PaperbackAdd 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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By: Mithers, Carol
Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America’s Forgotten People and Pets
$28.00HardcoverAdd 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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By: Rathert, Bobbi
Where’s Home?: People Experiencing Homelessness In La Crosse County Share their Stories On a Quest for Understanding, Belonging, and
$23.99HardcoverAdd 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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By: Rivlin, Gary
Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.: How the Working Poor Became Big Business
$15.99PaperbackAdd 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