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Best Sellers
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Maid
- Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
- Written 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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Not climatic without context
- By Anonymous User on 2024-02-29
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Chercher Sam
- Written by: Sophie Bienvenu
- Narrated by: Maxime Mailloux
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Mathieu vit dans la rue. Il l’a choisi. Ce n’est pas un aventurier, et ça n’a rien à voir avec la liberté. Est-ce qu’il s’autodétruit? Est-ce ainsi qu’il se préserve? Peu importe....
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Exceptionnel
- By Loulou Charron on 2020-05-20
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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- Written 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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Great social analysis wrapped in storytelling
- By Erin on 2018-09-20
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When Helping Hurts
- How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself
- Written 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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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
- Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
- Written 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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beautiful
- By Grace on 2021-01-17
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Poverty, by America
- Written 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 Powerful Message
- By Jezel on 2023-07-01
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Maid
- Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
- Written 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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Not climatic without context
- By Anonymous User on 2024-02-29
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Chercher Sam
- Written by: Sophie Bienvenu
- Narrated by: Maxime Mailloux
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Mathieu vit dans la rue. Il l’a choisi. Ce n’est pas un aventurier, et ça n’a rien à voir avec la liberté. Est-ce qu’il s’autodétruit? Est-ce ainsi qu’il se préserve? Peu importe....
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Exceptionnel
- By Loulou Charron on 2020-05-20
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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- Written 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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Great social analysis wrapped in storytelling
- By Erin on 2018-09-20
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When Helping Hurts
- How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself
- Written 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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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
- Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
- Written 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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beautiful
- By Grace on 2021-01-17
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Poverty, by America
- Written 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 Powerful Message
- By Jezel on 2023-07-01
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The End of Poverty
- Economic Possibilities for Our Time
- Written by: Jeffrey Sachs
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hilgartner
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The landmark exploration of economic prosperity and how the world can escape from extreme poverty for the world's poorest citizens, from one of the world's most renowned economists....
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The Great Displacement
- Climate Change and the Next American Migration
- Written 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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On Class
- Field Notes, Book 6
- Written by: Deborah Dundas
- Narrated by: Deborah Dundas
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Deborah Dundas is a journalist who grew up poor and almost didn’t make it to university. In On Class, she talks to writers, activists, those who work with the poor and those who are poor about what happens when we don’t talk about poverty or class—and what will happen when we do....
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Evicted
- Poverty and Profit in the American City
- Written by: Matthew Desmond
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
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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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Deeply Sad Learning
- By Christan on 2019-01-15
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The White Man's Burden
- Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
- Written by: William Easterly
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
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The White Man's Burden is a brilliant and blistering indictment of the West's economic policies for the world's poor....
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Anti-Social
- The Secret Diary of an Anti-Social Behaviour Officer
- Written by: Nick Pettigrew
- Narrated by: Nick Pettigrew
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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Anti-Social is the diary of a council worker whose job is to keep his community happy, or at least away from each other’s throats....
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When We Walk By
- Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America
- Written 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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The Corner
- A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood
- Written 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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Charity Detox
- What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About Results
- Written by: Robert D. Lupton
- Narrated by: Mike Lenz
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
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The veteran urban activist and author of the revolutionary Toxic Charity returns with a headline-making book that offers proven, results-oriented ideas for transforming our system of giving....
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Poor
- Grit, Courage, and the Life-Changing Value of Self-Belief
- Written 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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Brilliant and necessary
- By Allyson Coogan on 2023-09-18
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Random Family
- Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
- Written 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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Homelessness Is a Housing Problem
- How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
- Written 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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Thirst
- A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World
- Written 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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Not what I expected - but I'm glad I listened
- By J. Paul Nadeau on 2022-02-22
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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
- Written 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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Inspiring and emotional
- By Paulo Carneiro on 2019-01-29
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A Gift of Hope
- Helping the Homeless
- Written by: Danielle Steel
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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For 11 years, Danielle Steel took to the streets with a small team to help the homeless of San Francisco....
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Invisible Child
- Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
- Written 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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Well Written & Well Read
- By Terence K O'Riordan on 2023-06-14
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Automating Inequality
- How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor
- Written by: Virginia Eubanks
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In Automating Inequality, Virginia Eubanks systematically investigates the impacts of data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models on poor and working-class people in America. The audiobook is full of heart-wrenching and eye-opening stories....
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Alienated America
- Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse
- Written 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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The Idealist
- Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty
- Written by: Nina Munk
- Narrated by: Susan Nezami
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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A powerful portrayal of Jeffrey Sachs's ambitious quest to end global poverty....
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Gaffs
- Why No One Can Get a House, and What We Can Do About It
- Written by: Rory Hearne
- Narrated by: Rory Hearne
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The book that has been waiting to be written—how Ireland’s housing policy has locked an entire generation out of the housing market and what we should do about it.....
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Rough Sleepers
- Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People
- Written 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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Bob
- No Ordinary Cat
- Written by: James Bowen
- Narrated by: Alistair McGowan
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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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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enjoyable story and narrator
- By funisfun on 2018-05-21
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A Framework for Understanding Poverty
- A Cognitive Approach (Sixth Edition)
- Written 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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The Price of Civilization
- Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
- Written by: Jeffrey D. Sachs
- Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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For more than three decades, Jeffrey D. Sachs has been at the forefront of international economic problem solving. But Sachs turns his attention back home in The Price of Civilization, a book that is essential reading for every American....
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A Paradise of Small Houses
- The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing
- Written by: Max Podemski
- Narrated by: Rob Greenbaum
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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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.
Written by: Max Podemski
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Empowering Homeless Teens
- A Comprehensive Guide
- Written by: Daniel K. Osei
- Narrated by: Suzie Bee
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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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.
Written by: Daniel K. Osei
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Trash
- A Poor White Journey
- Written by: Cedar Monroe, Liz Theoharis - foreword
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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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.
Written by: Cedar Monroe, and others
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Rivers of Aid
- Stories from the Poor Countries
- Written by: G.J. Quartermaine
- Narrated by: G.J. Quartermaine
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is about the real world of Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) seen through the eyes of men and women touched by ‘’Big Development’’ – the industry into which international charitable, humanitarian aid has evolved. Here are stories from individuals living and working in the poor countries. The book provides an insight into why the development industry spends vast amounts of tax dollars, yet there are still billions of people living in deep poverty, exposed to disease, malnutrition, exploitation and violence.
Written by: G.J. Quartermaine
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Project Unhoused
- A Teenager's Journey to Share the Stories of America's Homeless
- Written by: Zac Levy
- Narrated by: Garett Michael Harris
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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How do people become homeless? At age sixteen, Zac Levy set out to answer this question. Follow Levy’s year-long journey as he bounces between homeless shelters and soup kitchens exploring the struggles of the homeless and finding ways to assist the less fortunate.
Written by: Zac Levy
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The Economics of Poverty
- History, Measurement, and Policy
- Written 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. The book provides an accessible new synthesis of current economic thinking on key questions: How is poverty measured? How much poverty is there? Why does poverty exist, and is it inevitable? What can be done to reduce poverty? Can it even be eliminated? The book does not assume that listeners know economics already.
Written by: Martin Ravallion
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A Paradise of Small Houses
- The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing
- Written by: Max Podemski
- Narrated by: Rob Greenbaum
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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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.
Written by: Max Podemski
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Empowering Homeless Teens
- A Comprehensive Guide
- Written by: Daniel K. Osei
- Narrated by: Suzie Bee
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
-
Story
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.
Written by: Daniel K. Osei
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Trash
- A Poor White Journey
- Written by: Cedar Monroe, Liz Theoharis - foreword
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
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.
Written by: Cedar Monroe, and others
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Rivers of Aid
- Stories from the Poor Countries
- Written by: G.J. Quartermaine
- Narrated by: G.J. Quartermaine
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
This book is about the real world of Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) seen through the eyes of men and women touched by ‘’Big Development’’ – the industry into which international charitable, humanitarian aid has evolved. Here are stories from individuals living and working in the poor countries. The book provides an insight into why the development industry spends vast amounts of tax dollars, yet there are still billions of people living in deep poverty, exposed to disease, malnutrition, exploitation and violence.
Written by: G.J. Quartermaine
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Project Unhoused
- A Teenager's Journey to Share the Stories of America's Homeless
- Written by: Zac Levy
- Narrated by: Garett Michael Harris
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
How do people become homeless? At age sixteen, Zac Levy set out to answer this question. Follow Levy’s year-long journey as he bounces between homeless shelters and soup kitchens exploring the struggles of the homeless and finding ways to assist the less fortunate.
Written by: Zac Levy
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The Economics of Poverty
- History, Measurement, and Policy
- Written by: Martin Ravallion
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 32 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
The Economics of Poverty reviews critically past and present debates on poverty, spanning both rich and poor countries. The book provides an accessible new synthesis of current economic thinking on key questions: How is poverty measured? How much poverty is there? Why does poverty exist, and is it inevitable? What can be done to reduce poverty? Can it even be eliminated? The book does not assume that listeners know economics already.
Written by: Martin Ravallion