English Poverty

In The Skin I'm In, listeners saw into the life of Maleeka Madison, a teen who suffered from the ridicule she received because of her dark skin color. For decades fans have wanted to know the fate of the bully who made Maleeka's life miserable, Char. Now in Sharon Flake's latest and unflinching novel, The Life I'm In, we follow Charlese Jones, who, with her raw, blistering voice speaks the truths many girls face, offering insight to some of the causes and conditions that make a bully.

At the turn of the twenty-first century, more than 150 countries pledged to eradicate hunger by 2030. But with only a few years left, we’re far from reaching that goal. Instead, hunger is on the rise—America itself recently experienced levels of food insecurity not seen since the Great Depression. How could the richest nation in the world have so many people going hungry? In The New Breadline, aid worker and activist Jean-Martin Bauer unravels this paradox.

1882 A poor orphan trying to make the best of a bad situation. An army engineer who wants both family and future. Is there any such thing as the perfect choice? Tina’s family is so poor they live in a covered wagon outside the brand new town of Loveland, Colorado. When her widowed mother dies in an outbreak of the influenza, Tina is left to raise her two younger sisters. Paul Burton, with the US Army Corps of Engineers, is on his way west with John Wesley Powell to survey sites for potential dam sites. He meets Tina and admires her perseverance. When her mother dies, he wants to take care...

Riding on the Back of a Poor Man are poems written by Doreen expressing what she experienced and also saw done to poor people. For some of us we need hardship to break us and mould us. Some of us when we prosper we tend to relax and not depend on God. These poems are also about grand-mothers who take care of their grand-children. There are poems such as “Riding on back of the poor man and a ride on the poor woman’s shoulders’. These are about how some rich people take advantage of poor people. The poems are also about how some women both young and old do not value their lives. I met a...

"Amanda Clayton was 24 when she won the Michigan State lottery of $1 million in 2011; she was a single mom of two, then. Unexpectedly, she was involved in welfare fraud soon after someone recorded her using a snap card (food stamps) at a gas station even after the windfall. Eventually, she was sentenced to nine months of probation and ordered to repay $5,500 in food and medical assistance to the State. Then, astonishingly, Amanda was found dead of OD in a friend's home in 2012; that was just one year after the winning and she was only 25. I wonder if she could have been OK until now if she ...

Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, she is ill-equipped to cope with the bohemian London of the 1930s, where poverty, babies (however much loved) and her husband conspire to torment her. Hoping to add some spice to her life, Sophia takes up with Peregrine, a dismal, ageing critic, and comes to regret her marriage - and her affair.

From New York Times best-selling authors Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski comes the young listeners' edition of an unbelievable memoir about an unlikely friendship that forever changed the lives of a busy sales executive and a hungry 11-year-old boy. On one rainy afternoon, on a crowded New York City street corner, eleven-year-old Maurice met Laura. Maurice asked Laura for spare change because he was hungry, and something made Laura stop and ask Maurice if she could take him to lunch.

The title is rather a provoking one and will raise objections from some people. Nevertheless the Lord gave me this title when I was battling against poverty. I was trying my best to help others out of poverty, sharing the little investment knowledge I know about shares, unit trusts, 32 days’ notice investments, Government Bonds and stockvel . I say little knowledge because I’m not an expert in the field and have a lot to learn. It does not give an excuse to hoarding but encourages givers to give wisely. Most of us were not taught financial skills as children, when we got a coin we ...

It doesn’t take long for Ray Spalding to realise that prison is nothing like an Elvis Presley movie. The warden has no intention of throwing a party and the only bands Ray encounters are gangs of hard men. When an old adversary seeks him out, Ray decides his only chance for survival is escape. Ray’s son, Jesse, is discovering that being on the run in the middle of winter is no fun. With his stamina stretched to the limits, he’s ready to surrender himself to social services. At least that way he can see his girlfriend again. Danny Boy is the man in the middle. He thinks he can break ...

Red Wave Rising: The Spread of Socialist Governments in South America is an insightful and comprehensive analysis of the rise of socialist governments in South America. This book explores the historical, social, and economic factors that led to the spread of socialist ideology in the region, and the impact that socialist governments have had on the political, economic, and social landscape of South America. From the election of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela to the rise of Evo Morales in Bolivia, Red Wave Rising provides a nuanced understanding of the political movements that brought socialist ...

In 1989 the people of Eastern Europe rose up and finally put an end to over forty years of subservience to their communist masters? However, the aftermath of those revolutions often brought to light tales of unimaginable poverty, degradation and suffering – heart-breaking tales that led thousands of people in Britain to feel sufficiently moved by what they saw on their television screens to do more than just give a little money to salve their consciences, often organising and manning up convoys of huge great trucks to head across the Continent bearing food, clothing and medicines. ...

Now that Franny and her newly sober mom have moved to a cozy apartment above a laundromat, Franny’s looking forward to a life where her biggest excitement is getting top grades in math class. But when Franny’s mom gets injured in a car accident, their fragile life begins to crumble. There’s no way her mom can keep her job cleaning houses, which means she can’t pay the bills. Franny can’t forget what happened the last time her mom was hurt: the pills that were supposed to help became an addiction, until rehab brought them to Mimi’s laundromat and the support group she hosts.

Riding the rails, Ted Conover tasted the life of a tramp with companions like Pistol Pete, BB, and Sheba Sheila Sheils. From them he learned survival skills - how to "read" a freight train, scavenge for food and clothing, avoid the railroad "bulls." He was initiated into the customs of their unique, shadowy society - men and women bound together by a mutual bond of failure, camaraderie, and distrust.

Charlie Grant’s older sister is getting married this weekend at their family home, and Charlie can’t wait - for the first time in years, all four of her older siblings will be under one roof. Charlie is desperate for one last perfect weekend before the house is sold and everything changes. The house will be filled with jokes and games and laughs again. Making decisions about things like what college to attend and reuniting with longstanding crush Jesse Foster - all that can wait. She wants to focus on making the weekend perfect.

In this book, Greg Oliver elucidates the practical workings of a new groundbreaking global economic and political system. Amongst other topics, this volume includes: A new global economic model Competent democracy model Anti-corruption structures An ethically fair society model Global garden city design proposal Greg’s work is an essential guidebook for open-minded political activists and thought leaders. Everyone who seriously seeks workable and ethically fair answers to our current global political, economic, environmental, as well as many other equally important questions, should read ...

We often think of wealth and poverty as outcomes determined by external factors—our job, education, upbringing, or even luck. But what if the secret to financial freedom lies within our own minds? This book will explore the idea that poverty and wealth are not just about how much money you have but about how you think, what you believe, and the actions you take.

Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle. But once you pass through Coldtown's gates, you can never leave. One morning, after a perfectly ordinary party, Tana wakes up surrounded by corpses. The only other survivors are her exasperatingly endearing ex-boyfriend, infected and on the edge, and a mysterious boy burdened with a terrible secret. Shaken and determined, Tana enters a race against the clock to save the three of them by going straight to Coldtown's opulent heart.

Where is Early's father? He's not the kind of father who you think would disappear. But he's gone. And he's left a whole lot of trouble behind. As danger closes in, Early, her mom, and her brother have to flee their apartment. With nowhere else to go, they are forced to move into Chicago's shelter system. Once there, Early starts asking questions and looking for answers. There are patterns and rhythms to what's happened, and Early might be the only one who can use them to track him down and make her way out of a very tough place.

Although the political economy of Pakistan is facing multiple challenges, the country is also ripe to undergo a significant social and economic transformation. Pakistan now stands in a very comfortable position to meet the challenges it is facing, thanks to the inherent strengths of her economy and some fortuitous external circumstances which are strong enough to overcome her weaknesses and convert the threats posed by the external environment into opportunities. This book, part two of the series, is all about these challenges and the suggested plan of action to respond to these challenges....

When it happened Miguel was sent to Juvi. The judge only gave him a year in a group home - said he had to write in a journal so some counselor could try to figure out how he thinks. The judge had no idea that he'd actually done Miguel a favor. Ever since it happened Miguel’s mom can't even look him in the eye. Any home besides his would be a better place to live. But Miguel didn’t bet on meeting Rondell or Mong or on any of what happened after they broke out. He only thought about Mexico and getting across the border to where he could start over....