English Poverty

Childhood Lost in Poverty is an account of the author’s childhood experiences, from infancy to young adulthood. The process enabled him to recognise how the poor parenting skills of his father, as well as his mother’s struggle to raise him and his sister up in poverty, compromised his relationships with his parents and affected his adult life.

It's the 1940s and WWll is raging! There are six girls and three boys living with Mam in a log cabin with no electricity or running water. Pap comes home only when he feels the notion - so life's not easy. The struggles become even more real when 13-year-old Retha Pogue sees her brother, Wilburn, drafted and going off to war. Surprising twists await in this gripping tale of what life was really like for so many families. And you're invited! Come get to know Mam and the children by listening to their stories.

Desperate, driven, harassed to the breaking point, Slake decides to go underground into the sheltering depths of the New York City subway, where he ends up staying for 121 days. This is the story about survival, and about a 13-year-old misfit's attempts to find footing in a hostile and threatening world.

Ezra Ahern wakes up one day to find his older sister, Bea, gone. No note, no sign, nothing but an email address hidden somewhere only he would find it. Ezra never expected to be left behind with their abusive stepfather and their neglectful mother - how is he supposed to navigate life without Bea? Bea Ahern already knew she needed to get as far away from home as possible But a message in her inbox changes everything, and she finds herself alone in a new city - without Ez, without a real plan - chasing someone who might not even want to be found.

Can the Black Sheep of the Family be its Guardian Angel? Cole Dust opens with inheriting a farm in the small town of Orvin, Oklahoma from a cousin he never knew. When investigative journalist Cole Sage stumbles upon an old trunk in the attic of his family’s farmhouse, he unearths something far more valuable than gold. Inside, neatly bound and yellowed with age, are the journals of his grandfather, George Sage—an enigmatic man Cole barely knew. These journals pull Cole into a story from the past, one that intertwines with his own life in ways he never expected. As Cole delves deeper into...

Trickle Up Poverty is your best defense against the Obamanomics that are dragging the middle class, and everyone else, into a Marxist-Socialist death spiral. The Savage manifesto you hold in your hands shows how Obama is circumventing the Constitution to push through his radical agenda - and, most important, how we can restore our country to the power and prestige that Barack Obama and his corrupt and degenerate "czars" are trying to destroy.

Best friends since childhood, Luke and Toby have dreamed of one thing: getting out of their dead-end town. Soon they finally will, riding the tails of Luke's wrestling scholarship, never looking back. If they don't drift apart first. If Toby's abusive dad, or Luke's unreliable mom, or anything else their complicated lives throw at them doesn't get in the way. In a format that alternates between Luke's letters to Toby from death row and the events of their senior year, Bryan Bliss expertly unfolds the circumstances that led to Luke's incarceration.

The FORGOTTEN HORRORS series of film-commentary books taps author Michael H. Price's backlog of monographs, magazine columns and articles, and film-festival curatorial notes for a whopping 360-page anthology of materials long out-of-print. Centerpieces include surveys of Val Lewton's acclaimed chillers of the 1940s, of Universal Pictures' less noticeable chillers and offbeat oddities, and of Western movies indebted to the great frontier painters. The book also veers away at strategic points from the more rigidly defined horror movies to consider a wealth of art-museum topics, of comic-book ...

To truly know yourself is the most important skill you can ever possess. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom and success. You are neither useless nor empty in life, you can be great if you desire greatness. Sit down, think and discover yourself. There is plenty of money in your house. Look around your house with your spiritual eyes and you will see that you are a multi-millionaire. Through this mini-book, the spirit of God will open your eyes to see the millions of dollars in your house.

This critical account of the fair trade movement explores the vast gap between the rhetoric of fair trade and its practical results for poor countries, particularly those of Africa. In the Global North, fair trade often is described as a revolutionary tool for transforming the lives of millions across the globe. The growth in sales for fair trade products has been dramatic in recent years, but most of the benefit has accrued to the already wealthy merchandisers at the top of the value chain rather than to the poor producers at the bottom.

Ever since her troubled mother abandoned her, Trix McCabe has preferred to stay on the move. But when she lands with her long-lost relatives, she finds out that the McCabe women have talents like her own that defy explanation: pies that cure all ills, palm-reading that never misses the mark, knowledge of secrets that have never been told. Before long, Trix feels like she might finally have found somewhere she belongs. But when her past comes back to haunt her, she’ll have to decide whether to take a chance on this new life...or keep running from the one she’s always known.

DescriptionA Gothic novel set in London during the late 19th century. The narrative starts with Solomon Tempest, a struggling writer residing in a bleak attic in the heart of the grimy metropolis. Despite his impoverished condition, Tempest clings to hope that his fortune might turn one day. One extraordinary night, he receives a letter stating he has inherited a fortune from a distant relative. This unexpected news quickly changes his fortunes and leads him to cross paths with a mysterious and charismatic figure, Prince Mario Salazar. Salazar, with his captivating yet ominous aura, offers ...

Ryan Stone is the town golden boy, a popular baseball star jock - with secrets he can't tell anyone. Not even the friends he shares everything with, including the constant dares to do crazy things. The craziest? Asking out the Skater girl who couldn't be less interested in him. But what begins as a dare becomes an intense attraction neither Ryan nor Beth expected. Suddenly, the boy with the flawless image risks his dreams - and his life - for the girl he loves, and the girl who won't let anyone get too close is daring herself to want it all....

Humans are, in in fundamental ways, a migratory species, more so than any other land mammal. Migration is one of the most toxically controversial subjects of our day, but it is not only an issue of our age. Migrants are expected to assimilate and encouraged to remain distinctive; to defend their heritage and adopt a new one. They are sub-human and super-human; romanticised and castigated, admired and abhorred. Migrants tells us that this is not a new narrative; this is the history of migration, which is part of everybody's backstory.

On a frosty morning sometime in the 14th century, in a village somewhere in England, a girl known only as Brat was sleeping in a dung heap. "You, girl. Are you alive or dead?" When she opened her eyes, she saw an important-looking woman with a sharp glance and a sharp nose and a wimple starched into sharp pleats. This woman was Jane the midwife, and she needed a helper....

The housing crisis plaguing major urban centres has sent countless people into the streets. In spring 2022, some of them found their way to the yard beside the Anglican church in Toronto’s Kensington Market, where Maggie Helwig is the priest. They pitched tents, formed an encampment, and settled in. Known as an outspoken social justice activist, Helwig has spent the last three years getting to know the residents and fighting tooth and nail to allow them to stay, battling various authorities that want to clear the yard and keep the results of the housing crisis out of sight and out of mind.

Now, what are the hidden secrets between the Mr. Poverty and Mr. Millionaire? Why do so many works like elephants but eats like Rats? Are there some hidden rules and laws to making Money which only the minutes privileged few have discovered but still a mystery to the average Joes and James? Yes! and truly yours sincerely, there are invisible and tangible wealth within you and around you. Your ideas and your skills are hidden wealth in an unlimited forms if only you know how to turn them from the invisible to tangible money. Now, do you desires to know the magic wealth secret known only by ...

It's not fair. Greg seems to skip soccer practice at least once a week. But everyone else has to go, or else! One day, Caleb and Ian decide to figure out where Greg goes when he's not at practice. They follow him straight to a creepy old warehouse. What's inside? And what is Greg's big secret?

In this concise manual, Dr Casey Handmer integrates his recent experiences over five years in the Caltech graduate school of astrophysics into a constructive, positive survival guide for budding academics. Learn how to avoid the most common mistakes and minimize the risk of research distraction. Read tips for dealing proactively with every variety of organization and personal challenge. Dr Handmer made the mistakes so you don't have to.

Twin sisters separated at birth. One black. One white. One adopted. One homeless. Music and a magical connection that draws them together. After the devastating loss of her husband, Gladys spirals into a deep depression while struggling to raise her teenage daughter, Dionne. But everything changes when a mysterious voice guides them to a musically gifted homeless woman whom people on the street call Sister Soul. When Sister Soul claims Gladys is her long-lost sister, Gladys and Dionne are sent on an inspirational journey of discovery filled with music, magic, and the true meaning of family....