Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The People of the Abyss The People of the Abyss Jack London Book of Jack London about life in the East End of London in 1902. He wrote the experiences of living in the East End for months, staying in workhouses or sleeping on the streets. The conditions he ex… OL144815W
Random family Random family Adrian Nicole LeBlanc The result of over ten years of immersion reporting, "Random Family" charts a tumultuous decade in which girls become mothers, mothers become grandmothers, boys become criminals, and hope struggles a… OL15844775W
Pathologies of power Pathologies of power Paul Farmer Pathologies of Power uses harrowing stories of life--and death--in extreme situations to interrogate our understanding of human rights. Paul Farmer, a physician and anthropologist with twenty years o… OL15893773W
From many lands From many lands Deepa Narayan-Parker,Patti Petesch "Voices of the Poor consists of three books that bring together the experiences of over 60,000 poor women and men. The first book, Can Anyone Hear Us?, gathers the voices of over 40,000 poor women an… OL17677931W
Labour and the poor in England and Wales, 1849-1851 Labour and the poor in England and Wales, 1849-1851 J. Ginswick "The letters to The Morning chronicle from the correspondents in the manufacturing and mining districts. the towns of Liverpool and Birmingham, and the rural districts.". OL18831030W
33 tours 33 tours David Chariandy À Scarborough, on boit des bières au bord de la Rouge, on rêve d'Aisha, la fille la plus intelligente du lycée, on se bat avec les gangs rivaux. Ou alors, on se retrouve chez Desirea's, qui tient aut… OL20871924W
Silas Marner Silas Marner George Eliot Eliot's touching novel of a miser and a little child combines the charm of a fairy tale with the humor and pathos of realistic fiction. The gentle linen weaver, Silas Marner, exiles himself to the to… OL20874W
Tortilla Flat Tortilla Flat John Steinbeck Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, Steinbeck created a "Camelot" on a shabby hillside above Monterey on the California coast and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. As… OL23201W
A framework for understanding poverty A framework for understanding poverty Ruby K. Payne Ebooks are 3rd Ed, not 4th Ed. OL2404768W
Poverty Poverty Alison Garnham,Marilyn Howard This book sets out clearly the latest poverty figures for the UK, provides comparative statistics on poverty in Europe, reveals the extent of income and regional inequalities, and shows how different… OL24846817W
Slumdog, milioner z ulicy Slumdog, milioner z ulicy Vikas Swarup Ram Mohammad Thomas is in a jail cell in Mumbai, arrested on suspicion of cheating after correctly answering all twelve questions on India's biggest quiz show, "Who will win a billion?". How could a … OL28587042W
The Idea of Poverty The Idea of Poverty Gertrude Himmelfarb Discusses the views of great thinkers from 1750 to 1850--including Adam Smith, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke, Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli, and Friedrich Engels--toward the conditi… OL2940959W
World hunger World hunger Patricia L. Kutzner Gives a broad overview of the many dimensions of world hunger, focusing specifically on the context of economic, social, political, and scientific contraints that affect global food security. OL3988455W
Jobs for the Poor Jobs for the Poor Timothy J. Bartik "Even as the United States enjoys a booming economy and historically low levels of unemployment, millions of Americans remain out of work or underemployed, and joblessness continues to plague many ur… OL4102778W
Housing the urban poor Housing the urban poor Arthur P. Solomon Poverty, housing and public policy: Foundations of national policy: Economic growth and stability, A Decent home and residential environment: The Redistributive objective, Limitations of existing pro… OL6622580W
Life at the Bottom Life at the Bottom Theodore Dalrymple "Life at the Bottom offers a searing account - probably the best yet published - of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does.". "Theodore Dalrymple, a British psychiatrist who treats th… OL8371674W
Surviving in a Material World Surviving in a Material World Ronald Paul Hill "Cutting through the stereotypes that enable many people to dismiss the needs of the impoverished, Surviving in a Material World provides an eye-opening look at the material lives of the poor in Amer… OL9368283W
Mountains Beyond Mountains Mountains Beyond Mountains Tracy Kidder At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist, anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, world-c… OL98216W