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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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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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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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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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Caring for the people
- By MariNana on 05-07-24
By: Tracy Kidder
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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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Performance
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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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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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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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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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Overall
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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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Caring for the people
- By MariNana on 05-07-24
By: Tracy Kidder
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Excluded
- How Snob Zoning, NIMBYism, and Class Bias Build the Walls We Don't See
- By: Richard D. Kahlenberg
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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An indictment of America's housing policy, Excluded reveals the social engineering underlying our segregation by economic class, the social and political fallout that result, and what we can do about it....
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Everyone should read
- By P Willis on 09-17-23
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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 51 mins
- Unabridged
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In our interconnected world, self-interest and social interest are rapidly becoming indistinguishable....
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A Great Introduction to the new trains of thought
- By Michael on 07-15-17
By: Peter Joseph
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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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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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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
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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 compassionat overview of homelessness in America
- By John F. on 11-29-23
By: Kevin F. Adler, and others
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Teeth
- The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America
- By: Mary Otto
- Narrated by: Suehyla El'Attar
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Teeth takes listeners on a disturbing journey into America's silent epidemic of oral disease, exposing the hidden connections between tooth decay and stunted job prospects....
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Content everyone should know; dismal narration
- By Elaine on 08-04-17
By: Mary Otto
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Wealth and Poverty
- A New Edition for the Twenty-First Century
- By: George F. Gilder
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Hailed as "the guide to capitalism", the New York Times best seller Wealth and Poverty is one of the most influential economics books of all time....
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The Original is a Classic
- By Jake on 11-26-13
By: George F. Gilder
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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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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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Great Society
- A New History
- By: Amity Shlaes
- Narrated by: Terence Aselford
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times best-selling author of The Forgotten Man and Coolidge offers a stunning revision of our last great period of idealism, the 1960s, with burning relevance for our contemporary challenges....
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How have we forgotten how bad these ideas were?
- By Robert S. Allen on 02-09-20
By: Amity Shlaes
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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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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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American Made
- What Happens to People When Work Disappears
- By: Farah Stockman
- Narrated by: Farah Stockman
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Shannon, Wally, and John built their lives around their place of work. Shannon, a white single mother, became the first woman to run the dangerous furnaces at the Rexnord manufacturing plant in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was proud of producing one of the world’s top brands....
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Explains a lot!
- By MoMa on 11-12-21
By: Farah Stockman
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Motherland
- A Memoir
- By: Paula Ramón, Julia Sanches - translator, Jennifer Shyue - translator
- Narrated by: Ana Osorio
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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From Venezuelan reporter Paula Ramón comes a powerful memoir about one woman’s complicated relationship with her family as her beloved homeland collapses into ruin....
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So eye opening
- By glitterbaby on 01-23-24
By: Paula Ramón, and others
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Masterless Men
- Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South
- By: Keri Leigh Merritt
- Narrated by: Keri Leigh Merritt
- Length: 17 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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With the rising global demand for cotton - and thus, slaves - in the 1840s and 1850s, the need for white laborers in the American South was drastically reduced, creating a large underclass who were unemployed or underemployed....
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A Story Seldom Told
- By Tigerron Wells on 05-04-20
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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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American Poverty
- By: Laurel A. Rockefeller
- Narrated by: Alex Freeman
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In this thought-provoking historical and economic analysis, Laurel A. Rockefeller takes on poverty culture head-on, exploring what it means to be poor in the United States....
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Intelligent and thought provoking
- By SIMARA on 04-25-20
New releases
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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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Homelessness in America - Cities in Crisis
- By: C. Mahoney
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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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
- Unabridged
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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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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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Overall
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Performance
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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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Performance
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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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Overall
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Performance
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Story
"...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
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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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
- Unabridged
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Overall
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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
- 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.
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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
- 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.
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
- Unabridged
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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
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Rivers of Aid
- Stories from the Poor Countries
- By: G.J. Quartermaine
- Narrated by: G.J. Quartermaine
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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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.
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The Trading Game
- A Confession
- By: Gary Stevenson
- Narrated by: Gary Stevenson
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
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Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken footballs on the streets of East London in the shadow of Canary Wharf's skyscrapers, Gary wanted something better. Something a whole lot bigger. Then he won a competition run by a bank: 'The Trading Game'. The prize: a golden ticket to a new life, as the youngest trader in the whole city. A place where you could make more money than you'd ever imagined. Where your colleagues are dysfunctional maths geniuses, overfed public schoolboys and borderline psychopaths, yet they start to feel like family.
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Eat the rich bruv
- By Daniel on 04-22-24
By: Gary Stevenson