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- Poverty & Homelessness (102)
Best Sellers
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When We Walk By
- Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America
- Written by: Kevin F. Adler, Donald W. Burnes, Amanda Banh - contributor,
- 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....
Written by: Kevin F. Adler,
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Hillbilly-Elegie
- Die Geschichte meiner Familie und einer Gesellschaft in der Krise
- Written by: J. D. Vance
- Narrated by: Dominic Kolb
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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J. D. Vance erzählt die Geschichte seiner Familie - eine Geschichte vom gescheiterten Aufstieg und von der Resignation einer ganzen Bevölkerungsschicht...
Written by: J. D. Vance
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Target 3 Billion
- PURA: Innovative Solutions Towards Sustainable Development
- Written by: Srijan Pal, A. P. J. Kalam
- Narrated by: Dr Nitish Suryavanshi
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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With 750 million people living in villages, India has the largest rural population in the world. Based on his Indian experience, Dr Kalam recommends a sustainable and inclusive development system called PURA - Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas - to uplift the rural masses....
Written by: Srijan Pal,
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Thirst
- A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World
- Written 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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Great read and inspiration
- By Rahul on 30-07-19
Written by: Scott Harrison,
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Why Growth Matters
- How Economic Growth in India Reduced Poverty and the Lessons for Other Developing Countries
- Written by: Jagdish Bhagwati, Arvind Panagariya
- Narrated by: Manish Dongardive
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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In its history since Independence, India has seen widely different economic experiments: from Jawharlal Nehru's pragmatism to the rigid state socialism of Indira Gandhi to the brisk liberalization of the 1990s....
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A Good birds eye view
- By Bhargava Varma on 05-03-21
Written by: Jagdish Bhagwati,
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The Blue Sweater
- Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
- Written by: Jacqueline Novogratz
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Novogratz
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The Blue Sweater is the inspiring story of a woman who left a career in international banking to spend her life on a quest to understand global poverty....
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This is Special!
- By Shreekanth on 18-10-20
Written by: Jacqueline Novogratz
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When We Walk By
- Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America
- Written by: Kevin F. Adler, Donald W. Burnes, Amanda Banh - contributor,
- 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....
Written by: Kevin F. Adler,
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Hillbilly-Elegie
- Die Geschichte meiner Familie und einer Gesellschaft in der Krise
- Written by: J. D. Vance
- Narrated by: Dominic Kolb
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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J. D. Vance erzählt die Geschichte seiner Familie - eine Geschichte vom gescheiterten Aufstieg und von der Resignation einer ganzen Bevölkerungsschicht...
Written by: J. D. Vance
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Target 3 Billion
- PURA: Innovative Solutions Towards Sustainable Development
- Written by: Srijan Pal, A. P. J. Kalam
- Narrated by: Dr Nitish Suryavanshi
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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With 750 million people living in villages, India has the largest rural population in the world. Based on his Indian experience, Dr Kalam recommends a sustainable and inclusive development system called PURA - Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas - to uplift the rural masses....
Written by: Srijan Pal,
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Thirst
- A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World
- Written 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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Great read and inspiration
- By Rahul on 30-07-19
Written by: Scott Harrison,
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Why Growth Matters
- How Economic Growth in India Reduced Poverty and the Lessons for Other Developing Countries
- Written by: Jagdish Bhagwati, Arvind Panagariya
- Narrated by: Manish Dongardive
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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In its history since Independence, India has seen widely different economic experiments: from Jawharlal Nehru's pragmatism to the rigid state socialism of Indira Gandhi to the brisk liberalization of the 1990s....
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A Good birds eye view
- By Bhargava Varma on 05-03-21
Written by: Jagdish Bhagwati,
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The Blue Sweater
- Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
- Written by: Jacqueline Novogratz
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Novogratz
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The Blue Sweater is the inspiring story of a woman who left a career in international banking to spend her life on a quest to understand global poverty....
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This is Special!
- By Shreekanth on 18-10-20
Written by: Jacqueline Novogratz
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Robinsoni a donkichoti
- Written by: Aleš Palán
- Narrated by: Aleš Palán, Jan Kolařík, Vladimír Hauser,
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Co spojuje sedm lidí a jejich příběhy? Není to přímo samota jako u samotářů, kteří se stáhli z civilizace do lesů, močálů a hor. I přesto žijí „tak nějak...
Written by: Aleš Palán
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When Helping Hurts
- How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself
- Written 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....
Written by: Steve Corbett,
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Charity Detox
- What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About Results
- Written by: Robert D. Lupton
- Narrated by: Mike Lenz
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
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The veteran urban activist and author of the revolutionary Toxic Charity returns with a headline-making book that offers proven, results-oriented ideas for transforming our system of giving....
Written by: Robert D. Lupton
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The Corner
- A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood
- Written 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....
Written by: David Simon,
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Poor
- Grit, Courage, and the Life-Changing Value of Self-Belief
- Written 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....
Written by: Katriona O'Sullivan
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London Labour and the London Poor
- Written by: Henry Mayhew
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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London Labour and the London Poor is a rare and fascinating insight into the lives and struggles of the 19th-century poor. Written by journalist and reformer Henry Mayhew, it collects hundreds of testimonials from the lower strata of Victorian society....
Written by: Henry Mayhew
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Why You Won't Get Rich
- How Capitalism Broke Its Contract with Hard Work
- Written by: Robert Verkaik
- Narrated by: Chris Clarkson
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bottom to the top of our economy, capitalism is too blunt an instrument to tackle Britain's epidemic of inequality....
Written by: Robert Verkaik
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Maid. Das Hörbuch zur Netflix-Serie
- Harte Arbeit, wenig Geld und der Überlebenswille einer Mutter
- Written by: Stephanie Land
- Narrated by: Katharina Schwarzmaier
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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"Meine Tochter machte ihre ersten Schritte in einem Obdachlosenheim." Stephanie Land steht kurz davor, ihren Traum vom Studium in die Tat...
Written by: Stephanie Land
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Progress and Poverty Vol. I Unabridged
- Why Poverty Accompanies Economic and Technological Progress
- Written by: Henry George
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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This landmark treatise by the great economist Henry George was first published in 1879. George's work became the seminal analysis of the political economy which inspired most, if not all, the prominent thinkers of the Progressive Movement....
Written by: Henry George
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Toxic Inequality
- How America's Wealth Gap Destroys Mobility, Deepens the Racial Divide, and Threatens Our Future
- Written by: Thomas M. Shapiro
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In our increasingly diverse nation, sociologist Thomas M. Shapiro argues, wealth disparities must be understood in tandem with racial inequities - a dangerous combination he terms "toxic inequality"....
Written by: Thomas M. Shapiro
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On the Clock
- What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane
- Written by: Emily Guendelsberger
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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On the Clock explores the lengths that half of Americans will go to in order to make a living, offering not only a better understanding of the modern workplace, but also surprising solutions to make work more humane for millions of Americans....
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book with amazing first-hand account
- By Kinmin on 09-06-20
Written by: Emily Guendelsberger
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Motherland
- A Memoir
- Written 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....
Written by: Paula Ramón,
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Wealth and Poverty
- A New Edition for the Twenty-First Century
- Written 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....
Written by: George F. Gilder
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Enough
- Why the World's Poorest Starve in An Age of Plenty
- Written by: Roger Thurow, Scott Kilman
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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For more than 30 years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide.....
Written by: Roger Thurow,
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Economic Gangsters
- Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations
- Written by: Raymond Fisman, Edmund Miguel
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet the economic gangster. He's the United Nations diplomat who double-parks his Mercedes on New York City streets at rush hour because the cops can't touch him--he has diplomatic immunity.....
Written by: Raymond Fisman,
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Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger
- Moving from Affluence to Generosity
- Written by: Ron Sider
- Narrated by: Dave Heath
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Do you want to make a true difference in the world? Dr. Ron Sider does. He has, since before he first published Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger in 1978....
Written by: Ron Sider
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A Pocketful of Holes and Dreams
- Written by: Jeff Pearce
- Narrated by: Robin Morrissey
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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A Pocketful of Holes and Dreams is the heartwarming true story of a little boy who had nothing but gained everything and proof that, sometimes, rags can be turned into riches....
Written by: Jeff Pearce
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White trash
- Los ignorados 400 años de historia de las clases sociales estadounidenses
- Written by: Nancy Isenberg
- Narrated by: Lourdes Contreras
- Length: 23 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Examinando retórica, normas políticas, literatura popular y las teorías científicas a lo largo de 400 años, Nacny Isenberg rechaza las...
Written by: Nancy Isenberg
New Releases
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Trash
- A Poor White Journey
- Written by: Cedar Monroe, Liz Theoharis - foreword
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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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.
Written by: Cedar Monroe,
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The Trading Game
- A Confession
- Written by: Gary Stevenson
- Narrated by: Gary Stevenson
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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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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narration by the author unable to retain listener's attention
- By Amazon Customer on 25-04-24
Written by: Gary Stevenson
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The Economics of Poverty
- History, Measurement, and Policy
- Written by: Martin Ravallion
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 32 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The Economics of Poverty reviews critically past and present debates on poverty, spanning both rich and poor countries. The book provides an accessible new synthesis of current economic thinking on key questions: How is poverty measured? How much poverty is there? Why does poverty exist, and is it inevitable? What can be done to reduce poverty? Can it even be eliminated? The book does not assume that listeners know economics already.
Written by: Martin Ravallion
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Will You Care If I Die?
- Written by: Nicolas Lunabba, Henning Koch - translator
- Narrated by: Nikolas Salmon
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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In a world where children murder children, and where gun violence is the worst in Europe, Nicolas Lunabba's job as a social organizer with Malmö's underclass requires firm boundaries and emotional detachment. But all that changes when he meets Elijah – an unruly teenage boy of mixed heritage whose perilous future reminds Nicolas of his own troubled past amongst the marginalized people who live on the fringes of every society. Allowing Elijah into his home and then into his heart, Nicolas crosses one of his own red lines.
Written by: Nicolas Lunabba,
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If You See Them
- Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America.
- Written by: Vicki Sokolik
- Narrated by: Yinka Ladeinde, Jose Nateras, Wendy Tremont King
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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They hide in plain sight. They survive on free school breakfasts and lunches, join school sports teams in order to shower, sleep on friends’ couches, in parks, or on the streets. Their official designation is “unaccompanied homeless youth”—they are not "runaways" breaking free from strict parenting; these are kids seeking safety. They have escaped abusive parents, have been abandoned, or have never had a home to begin with.
Written by: Vicki Sokolik
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Ser Niño "Huacho" en la Historia de Chile (Siglo XIX)
- Written by: Gabriel Salazar Vergara
- Narrated by: Natalia Valdebenito, Marcelo Pintos
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Los textos que se reúnen en este libro dan cuenta de un continuo en escenarios distintos: niños pobres, huachos, los hijos de Rosaria hacia 1845, los hijos de Gregorio Ruiz hacia 1912, juan Machuca, de 14 años, hacia el 2000; todos ellos de laguna manera toman aquí la palabra para hablar de su cotidiano, de la suerte de sus padres, de su trabajo con ellos, de su soledad, de sus anhelos. Y al escucharlos sabemos que el futuro -el que les pertenecía y les pertenece- ha sido incierto para ellos, y, la mayoría de las veces, implacable en la discriminación y marginación.
Written by: Gabriel Salazar Vergara
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Trash
- A Poor White Journey
- Written by: Cedar Monroe, Liz Theoharis - foreword
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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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.
Written by: Cedar Monroe,
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The Trading Game
- A Confession
- Written by: Gary Stevenson
- Narrated by: Gary Stevenson
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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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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narration by the author unable to retain listener's attention
- By Amazon Customer on 25-04-24
Written by: Gary Stevenson
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The Economics of Poverty
- History, Measurement, and Policy
- Written by: Martin Ravallion
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 32 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
The Economics of Poverty reviews critically past and present debates on poverty, spanning both rich and poor countries. The book provides an accessible new synthesis of current economic thinking on key questions: How is poverty measured? How much poverty is there? Why does poverty exist, and is it inevitable? What can be done to reduce poverty? Can it even be eliminated? The book does not assume that listeners know economics already.
Written by: Martin Ravallion
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Will You Care If I Die?
- Written by: Nicolas Lunabba, Henning Koch - translator
- Narrated by: Nikolas Salmon
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In a world where children murder children, and where gun violence is the worst in Europe, Nicolas Lunabba's job as a social organizer with Malmö's underclass requires firm boundaries and emotional detachment. But all that changes when he meets Elijah – an unruly teenage boy of mixed heritage whose perilous future reminds Nicolas of his own troubled past amongst the marginalized people who live on the fringes of every society. Allowing Elijah into his home and then into his heart, Nicolas crosses one of his own red lines.
Written by: Nicolas Lunabba,
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If You See Them
- Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America.
- Written by: Vicki Sokolik
- Narrated by: Yinka Ladeinde, Jose Nateras, Wendy Tremont King
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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They hide in plain sight. They survive on free school breakfasts and lunches, join school sports teams in order to shower, sleep on friends’ couches, in parks, or on the streets. Their official designation is “unaccompanied homeless youth”—they are not "runaways" breaking free from strict parenting; these are kids seeking safety. They have escaped abusive parents, have been abandoned, or have never had a home to begin with.
Written by: Vicki Sokolik
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Ser Niño "Huacho" en la Historia de Chile (Siglo XIX)
- Written by: Gabriel Salazar Vergara
- Narrated by: Natalia Valdebenito, Marcelo Pintos
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Los textos que se reúnen en este libro dan cuenta de un continuo en escenarios distintos: niños pobres, huachos, los hijos de Rosaria hacia 1845, los hijos de Gregorio Ruiz hacia 1912, juan Machuca, de 14 años, hacia el 2000; todos ellos de laguna manera toman aquí la palabra para hablar de su cotidiano, de la suerte de sus padres, de su trabajo con ellos, de su soledad, de sus anhelos. Y al escucharlos sabemos que el futuro -el que les pertenecía y les pertenece- ha sido incierto para ellos, y, la mayoría de las veces, implacable en la discriminación y marginación.
Written by: Gabriel Salazar Vergara