Showing results for "The Town" in Social Sciences

From the author of #1 New York Times bestseller American Tragedy. Nothing written about the death of JonBenet Ramsey can possibly prepare the listener for the revelations in this audiobook. Here, acclaimed writer Lawrence Schiller reveals for the first time the uncensored true story of the...

Highlighting the personalities behind outdoor recreation around the Delaware River Towns.

A group of friends recapping their journey from Canada to Mexico on the Continental Divide Trail!

An absorbing investigation into a little-known historical tragedy—an insurrection which upended a resilient and wealthy Black community who found themselves in the clutches of an insurrection at the turn of the twentieth century in Laurinburg, North Carolina. In the late nineteenth century...

The Small Town Social Worker's Podcast, hosted by Nathanael Ferguson, LMSW and Kathleen Maynard, MSW, dives into crucial topics within the Child Welfare System. Through a blend of professional insights, personal experiences, and practical knowledge, the podcast offers invaluable support to individuals and families navigating topics within the Child Welfare system. Each episode tackles issues such as advocacy, resources, and challenges faced by the hosts, as social workers and as parents, aiming to empower listeners with information and strategies for positive change.

Are you trying to grow a small town business while feeling like most entrepreneurship advice was never designed for the reality of local business?Do you ever wonder why some Main Street businesses become thriving community staples while others struggle to stay visible in a world that’s changing faster than ever?And are you craving more honest conversations about what it actually takes to build something meaningful in a small town today — from marketing and creativity to reinvention, tourism, leadership, and community?If that sounds like you, you’re in the right place!Welcome to Small ...

You'll Never Work in This Town Again is a limited podcast series by Silda Collins exploring the story behind the novel of the same name.Each episode begins with an exclusive reading from the book before diving into the characters, their astrology, archetypes, and relationships, along with the real-life experiences that inspired the story. Part author commentary, part creative workshop, and part exploration of ambition, desire, workplace power, and transformation, this series reveals how fiction can illuminate the lives we actually live.Whether you've already read the novel or are discovering ...

The powerful story of a falsely imprisoned man and a sweeping indictment of a city and the criminal justice system by a Pulitzer–prize winning journalist. When the bodies of two Black men were found sitting with a crackpipe in a parked car in a rundown section of town in 1994, it seemed just...

Sundown Towns examines thousands of all-white American towns that were - and still are, in some instances - racially exclusive by design.

Plucky eight year old Anne Nelson, living in Provincetown on the tip of Cape Cod, is determined to bring the Revolutionary War to an end so that she can be reunited with her soldier father. Will she succeed in carrying an important message from Boston to Newburyport, warning the American troops to be prepared, or will she be caught by the English ships patrolling the harbor? (summary by wildemoose)

One Western mountain town an episode, and the one question the brochures won't ask: who gets to stay? Mountain Town Dispatch is an irreverent mix of travelogue, natural history, and barstool confession — each town read through its bars, its food, its trails, and the people fighting to hold onto it, with a geologist's eye for the pressure underneath. No clean villains. No tidy postcards. Just the real story, one fault line at a time. A Summitborn production.

What if the key to understanding your life were hidden inside a town within you?Inside Think Town is a podcast where author Andrea Roccella guides listeners through the geography of the mind, one original aphorism at a time. Each short episode explores a single thought, the kind you may have felt before but never fully put into words, and opens the door to its deeper meaning.Based on the book Think Town (500+ original aphorisms), this podcast is a space for reflection, self-inquiry, and the kind of thinking that lingers after the episodes end.New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday. 📖 Get ...

***NATIONAL BEST SELLER*** A vivid, surprising portrait of the civic and economic reinvention taking place in America, town by town and generally out of view of the national media. A realistically positive and provocative view of the country between its coasts. For the last five years, James and...

Over the past several years, Hardwick, Vermont, a typical hardscrabble farming community of three thousand residents, has jump-started its economy and redefined its self-image through a local, self-sustaining food system unlike anything else in America.

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The story of a year-long confrontation in 1972 between the Vancouver police and the Clark Park gang, a band of unruly characters who ruled the city's east side. Corrupt cops, hapless criminals, and murder figure in this story that questions which gang was tougher: the petty criminals or the police themselves.

One of Canada's most cherished writers, British-born Stephen Leacock was probably best known and loved for his works of light humor. First published in 1912, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is one of his most popular and enduring pieces of fiction. This collection of short stories describes the people that comprise a typical but fictional small town in Ontario - Mariposa. The book's appeal lies in the universality of the characters Leacock describes so eloquently, they live out their 'large' lives in the little town.

A look at how commercialization has transformed youth sports from fun into a heavily commercialized and profitable venture. Examining the youth sports economy from many sides - the major corporations, the small entrepreneurs, the coaches, the parents, and, of course, the kids - Hyman probes the reasons for rapid changes in what gets bought and sold in this lucrative marketplace. He reveals the effects on kids and profiles the individuals and communities bucking this destructive trend of commercialization.

In 1979, the self-titled debut album by the B-52s burst onto the Billboard charts, capturing the imagination of fans and music critics worldwide. The fact that the group had formed in the sleepy southern college town of Athens, Georgia, only increased the fascination. Soon, more Athens bands followed the B-52s into the vanguard of the new American music that would come to be known as "alternative", including R.E.M., who catapulted over the course of the 1980s to the top of the musical mainstream.

In January of 1950, Mary Church Terrell, an 86-year-old charter member of the NAACP, headed into Thompson’s Restaurant, just a few blocks from the White House, and requested to be served. She and her companions were informed by the manager that they could not eat in his establishment, because they were “colored.” Terrell, a former suffragette and one of the country’s first college-educated African-American women, took the matter to court. Three years later, the Supreme Court vindicated her outrage: District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co., Inc. was decided in 1953.