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  • The Burial of the Urban Poor in Italy in the Late Roman Republic and Early Empire
    Emma-Jayne Graham
    The horror of the puticuli, the mass burial pits, and their traditional association with the poor, has often led to this socio-economic group being viewed as somehow ‘different’ to the rest of the ancient urban community in the Italy of the Late Roman Republic. This is the theory questioned by the author of this volume. Why should this part of the community care so little about...
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    64,06 €

  • Diloy le chemineau
    Comtesse de Ségur
    Ancien vagabond au grand cœur repenti de ses erreurs passées, Diloy trouve dans le dévouement et le travail honnête une nouvelle voie vers la rédemption, gagnant peu à peu la confiance et l’affection de ceux qui l’avaient d’abord rejeté. La Comtesse de Ségur y célèbre une nouvelle fois les thèmes chers à son œuvre : la possibilité du rachat moral et la bonté qui triomphe des pr...
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    14,48 €

  • La fortune de Gaspard
    Comtesse de Ségur
    Jeune garçon pauvre mais honnête et travailleur, Gaspard voit sa persévérance et sa bonté récompensées au fil d’aventures qui le mèneront, contre toute attente, vers une fortune inespérée. Conte moral typique de la Comtesse de Ségur, ce récit pour la jeunesse célèbre les vertus du travail et de l’intégrité face à l’adversité, dans la pure tradition édifiante de la Bibliothèque ...
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    15,16 €

  • Space-Based Technologies in Poverty Alleviation for the Working Poor
    Space-based technologies are a powerful tool for addressing poverty among the working poor by providing data and services that are difficult to achieve through ground systems alone. Satellite imagery, remote sensing, and global navigation systems can support more efficient disaster risk reduction and access to financial and communication services, areas that directly affect liv...
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    239,24 €

  • The Poverty Paradox
    Brian W. Smith
    Drawn into a sprawling family riddled with theft, addiction, and prostitution, retired publisher and author Brian W. Smith witnessed a multigenerational saga of betrayal, treachery, and death. In this unsparing account of abuse and heartbreak, he follows one family member after another as they struggle to break free. Many don’t. In the end, two young boys do.In The Poverty Para...
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    13,18 €

  • Carceral Recovery
    Sanaullah Khan
    Care, punishment, and recovery have become deeply entangled in contemporary responses to addiction.Sanaullah Khan examines the interrelation between carceral conditions and substance use by tracing how drug markets, sidewalks, households, and prisons intersect in Baltimore. Khan argues that housing policy, medicalization, and incarceration fundamentally shape the conditions of ...
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    51,18 €

  • Women’s Livelihoods, Land Rights, and Poverty in the Global South
    Women play a central role in sustaining households, agricultural production, and local economies across the Global South, yet often face barriers to accessing and controlling land. Land rights influence women’s ability to generate income, invest in productive activities, obtain credit, and make decisions about household resources. Despite their contributions to farming and comm...
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    169,14 €

  • The Feminization of Poverty in the Global South
    Women in the Global South experience a disproportionate burden of poverty, shaped by structural inequalities, limited access to resources, and traditional gender norms. Across many regions, women face barriers to education, employment, land ownership, and financial services, which restrict their economic mobility and reinforce cycles of poverty. Policy and practice recognize th...
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    175,14 €

  • Problems of Poverty
    John Atkinson Hobson
    is a social and economic analysis written in the late 19th century. This work addresses the systemic issues of poverty in industrial society, delving into the socio-economic structures that con tribute to the conditions of thepoor,particularlyfocusingonwagedistribu tions, employment patterns, and the impact of urbanization. The opening of the book sets the stage forHobson’sinq...
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    27,92 €

  • Slum Redevelopment Concerns
    Fazal Abubakkar Esaf
    Urbanization has created unprecedented opportunities for economic growth, but it has also intensified challenges related to housing inequality and informal settlements. Slum redevelopment has become a critical policy area requiring careful balance between urban transformation and protection of vulnerable communities.This white paper analyses the major concerns associated with s...
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    21,77 €

  • Field of Blue Dreams
    Leeann Mata
    From the crowded row houses of Brooklyn to the front lines of a booming industry, A Field of Blue Dreams is the true story of a woman who refused to be defined by where she started. Raised in a large, blended Trinidadian-American family, she grew up between two worlds: a mother working her way through nursing school, and East New York streets where gunfire was background noise....
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    25,10 €

  • 설계된 가난
    Jigung
    새벽 다섯 시 반, 승강장은 늘 같은 얼굴들로 채워진다. 누구도 이 자리에 서겠다고 서명한 적 없는데, 모두가 약속이라도 한 듯 같은 시각에 모여든다.이 책은 그 질문에서 시작한다. 우리는 정말 선택으로 여기 서 있는가?’설계된 가난’은 자기계발서가 아니다. 노력하면 극복할 수 있다고 말하지 않는다. 대신 자본주의라는 시스템의 설계도를 한 장씩 펼쳐 보여준다. 세금과 법이 이미들어온 사람을 지키도록 짜여 있다는 것. 부모에게서 물려받는 것이 재산만이 아니라는 것. 정보에도 값이 매겨져 있어 유리창 이쪽과 저쪽이 나뉜다는 것. 열여섯 개의 장을 지나며 독자는 자신이 서 있던 자리의 기울기를 처음으로 언어로 갖게 된다.이 책은 위로하지 않는다. 대신 정확하게 보여준다. 그리고...
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    13,82 €

  • The Field Guide to Frontline Care
    Marcus Greatheart
    Frontline work is full of situations where there isn’t a perfect answer.Someone refuses help. A conversation starts to escalate. A client returns in crisis. You need to hold a boundary that feels uncomfortable. You leave work wondering whether you helped or made things worse.The Field Guide to Frontline Care is a practical resource for people working in homelessness, substance ...
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    16,39 €

  • Income Inequality in America
    Robert S. Rycroft / Stacey M. Jones
    This book provides a one-stop resource for understanding the full dimensions of income inequality in the USA, including chief socioeconomic drivers of inequality and proposals to reduce the widening gap between rich and poor in America.Carefully researched and scrupulously nonpartisan, this resource examines the history and current state of income inequality in the USA, with a ...
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    37,21 €

  • To Housed from Homeless
    Wayne Powell
    To Housed from Homeless is a Christ-centered journey from homelessness toward restoration, stability, and purpose.Drawing from real-life ministry experience and the teachings of Jesus Christ, Wayne Powell addresses homelessness as more than the absence of housing. The book explores the spiritual, emotional, relational, and practical restoration that can help a person move forwa...
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    18,26 €

  • A Journey From The Turnrows Of The Delta To The Front Rows Of Higher Education
    William R Stripling Ph D
    He grew up in a cotton field. He didn’t stay there.Born into poverty in the Arkansas Delta, Rick Stripling learned survival before he ever learned a classroom - chopping cotton at ten, hauling water from a back porch pump, sleeping under the sound of rain on a tin roof.This is the story of what happens when a poor country boy from Mississippi County, Arkansas refuses to let his...
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    25,11 €

  • Arcadia
    Bautista Monroy Felipe de Jesús
    Arcadia es una novela basada en hechos reales que narra la vida extraordinaria de Arcadia Silva Prado. Desde su infancia marcada por la pobreza y el abandono en los tiraderos de basura de la Ciudad de México, hasta convertirse en una mujer respetada y protectora de su familia, esta crónica es un poderoso testimonio de dignidad, resiliencia y determinación femenina en el México ...
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    16,12 €

  • Ten Years in a Portsmouth Slum (Cram Edition)
    Robert William Radclyffe Dolling
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Ten Years in a Portsmouth Slum pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Step into the stark reality of Victorian England with Robert William Radclyffe Dolling’s powerful account, 'Ten years in a Portsmouth slum.' This compelling historical document offers an unvarni...
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    25,10 €

  • From the Bottom Up
    Alexander Irvine
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of From the Bottom Up pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine' is a powerful autobiography detailing one man’s extraordinary journey from poverty to purpose. Alexander Irvine’s candid account offers a compelling ...
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    25,14 €

  • Children of the Tenements (Cram Edition)
    C. M. (Charles M.) Relyea / Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Children of the Tenements pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Children of the Tenements,' by Jacob A. Riis, offers a powerful glimpse into urban life in New York City at the turn of the 20th century. Through meticulously crafted narratives, the book explores t...
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    27,09 €

  • Prisoners of Poverty Abroad (Cram Edition)
    Helen Campbell
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Prisoners of Poverty Abroad pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Prisoners of Poverty Abroad' by Helen Campbell offers a compelling exploration of the challenges faced by women in the workforce. Originally published as a landmark study of women’s employment, th...
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    23,19 €

  • The Social Work of the Salvation Army (Cram Edition)
    Edwin Gifford Lamb
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Social Work of the Salvation Army pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Explore the historical roots of social work and charitable organizations with 'The Social Work of the Salvation Army' by Edwin Gifford Lamb. This detailed work examines the Salvation Army...
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    21,03 €

  • New Homes for Old (Cram Edition)
    Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of New Homes for Old pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge’s 'New Homes for Old' offers a compelling exploration of Americanization in the early 20th century. This landmark study examines the complex process of integrating immigrants ...
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    27,88 €

  • That Last Waif; or, Social Quarantine (Cram Edition)
    Horace Fletcher
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of That Last Waif; or, Social Quarantine pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Horace Fletcher’s 'That Last Waif, or Social Quarantine' offers a compelling look into the landscape of child welfare and social reform. Delving into the pressing issues surrounding pover...
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    21,03 €

  • 'Broke,' The Man Without the Dime (Cram Edition)
    Edwin A. Brown
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of 'Broke,' The Man Without the Dime pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Broke': The Man without the Dime' offers a stark and unflinching look at unemployment and financial hardship in America. Edwin A. Brown chronicles the realities of being 'broke' during a tim...
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    27,06 €

  • Beggars (Cram Edition)
    W. H. (William Henry) Davies
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Beggars pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.William Henry Davies’ 'Beggars' offers a stark and unflinching autobiographical look at the world of poverty and begging. This social commentary, deeply rooted in the author’s own experiences, provides a unique perspe...
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    25,17 €

  • My Mamie Rose
    Owen Kildare
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of My Mamie Rose pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Owen Kildare’s powerful autobiography, 'My Mamie Rose: The Story of My Regeneration,' offers a gripping account of transformation and redemption. This memoir plunges readers into the harsh realities of New York ...
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    20,97 €

  • Ragged Homes and How to Mend Them (Cram Edition)
    Mrs. (Mary) Bayly
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Ragged homes and how to mend them pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Ragged Homes and How to Mend Them' by Mary Bayly offers a compelling look into the landscape of poverty and the power of charity. First published in the 19th century, this book provides insi...
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    23,05 €

  • Joseph Rogers, M.D.
    James E. Thorold (James Edwin... Rogers / Joseph Rogers
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Joseph Rogers, M.D.: Reminiscences of a Workhouse Medical Officer pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Reminiscences of a Workhouse Medical Officer' offers a compelling first-hand account of Victorian era poverty and social welfare in Great Britain. Joseph Roge...
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    23,22 €

  • The Early History of English Poor Relief (Cram Edition)
    E. M. of Girton College Leonard
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Early History of English Poor Relief pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'The Early History of English Poor Relief' by E.M. Leonard explores the origins and evolution of social welfare systems in Great Britain. Delving into the Elizabethan era and beyond, t...
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    33,68 €


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