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  • The Poor and Their Possessions
    David Peter Seccombe
    Of all the New Testament writings Luke-Acts focuses particular attention on rich and poor, possessions and poverty. The Poor and Their Possessions is a new edition of a Cambridge doctoral dissertation that has long been out of print. The author’s exploration of Luke’s thinking is of special importance for Christian preachers, so much effort has gone into making it accessible an...
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    55,17 €

  • Biography of Foot The know how of pedestrians
    Jimmy Gupta Gunjan
    70 percent of the world’s population is a pedestrian, whether they drive or take public transit. However, for the last forty years, Indian planning has prioritized automotive use over pedestrian movement. This approach has created a car-dependent society where walking is difficult and dangerous. However, when constructing towns and streets, pedestrians should be considered. Peo...
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    23,68 €

  • Systems of Suffering
    Jonathan Darling
    Of the many state-enacted cruelties to which refugees and asylum seekers are subjected, detention and deportation loom largest in popular consciousness. But there is a third practice, perpetrating a slower violence, that remains hidden: dispersal. Jonathan Darling provides the first detailed account of how dispersal - the system of accommodation and support for asylum seekers a...
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    126,99 €

  • How the other half lives
    How the other half lives interrogates contemporary social and spatial inequalities in housing, urban design, place-making, austerity, notions of deservedness and transnational mobility. ...
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    157,40 €

  • From Changing Diapers to Changing the World
    Cynthia Changyit Levin
    Cynthia Changyit Levin cared deeply about global poverty and hunger even before becoming a parent. But mothering her own children toughened her resolve to stand up for her values and work to become a better world for all kids. In this inspirational book 'From Changing Diapers to Changing the World:  Why Moms Make Great Advocates and How to Get Started,' Levin offers step-by-ste...
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    24,33 €

  • Heaven’s Window
    Bill Selvitelle
    It’s the mid-fifties in Boston, and the world is slowly changing. Jobs are disappearing, friends have moved on. Life is becoming a struggle. Just when things seem the darkest, one man finds his faith.Heaven’s Window is a story of one man’s journey from surviving the war in the Pacific to coming home to a life he becomes lost in. Along the way, he finds his best friend, a stray ...
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    12,06 €

  • Homelessness in America
    Michele Wakin
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    81,99 €

  • A Theological Understanding of Power for Poverty Alleviation in the Philippines
    Yohan Hong
    This book calls attention to the sense of powerlessness of everyday people in the Philippines, and to the missional agency of US-based Filipino Protestants. Through a variety of sociological-theological-missiological perspectives, this book guides you to a journey of discovering what kind of power is in play, how the fallen powers can be named and made visible, and then ultimat...
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    23,70 €

  • A Theological Understanding of Power for Poverty Alleviation in the Philippines
    Yohan Hong
    This book calls attention to the sense of powerlessness of everyday people in the Philippines, and to the missional agency of US-based Filipino Protestants. Through a variety of sociological-theological-missiological perspectives, this book guides you to a journey of discovering what kind of power is in play, how the fallen powers can be named and made visible, and then ultimat...
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    37,47 €

  • Factors Excite Householder Consumption
    John Lok
     I write this book aims to give my opinions to indicate whether what factors can influence householder resource , such as, gas, electricity energy behavior at  home as well as what factors influence householder rent or house purchase choice at housing market in any countries as well as to explain why and how what factors can cause householder food and energy waste behaviors and...
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    15,62 €

  • At Home In The World
    John Hill
    Part of the Zurich Lecture Series and previously published by Spring Journal, this work offers a profound philosophical and psychological exploration of the multi-dimensional significance of home and the interwoven themes of homelessness and homesickness and contemporary global culture. Home is a particular dwelling place, as a cultural or national identity, as a safe temenos i...
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    36,70 €

  • At Home In The World
    John Hill
    Part of the Zurich Lecture Series and previously published by Spring Journal, this work offers a profound philosophical and psychological exploration of the multi-dimensional significance of home and the interwoven themes of homelessness and homesickness and contemporary global culture. Home is a particular dwelling place, as a cultural or national identity, as a safe temenos i...
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    36,70 €

  • How the Other Half Lives
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    Jacob Riis’s classic is an open window into a world unknown to most. Originally published in 1890, this classic inditement of slum life remains an outstanding example of the value of investigative journalism and its potential to change the world for the better. Riis was one of the earliest 'muck-rakers,' which President Theodore Roosevelt defined as, 'taking the rake to uncover...
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    10,31 €

  • Building Resilience of the Urban Poor in Indonesia
    Asian Development Bank
    This report identifies climate resilience solutions for urban poor in Indonesia and their enabling factors, building on national policies and programs and taking into account the priority sectors for climate-resilient development.Climate risk threatens Indonesia’s socioeconomic development, and it is likely to exacerbate the plight of Indonesians living below and close to the p...
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    40,04 €

  • NO LONGER HOMELESS
    David Wagner
    This is a first-time study of formerly homeless people showing how people become and then leave the state of homelessness. Using a sample of people from across the nation and of different sexes, races, and ethnicities, Wagner suggests the key variables in ending homelessness for individuals as well ascommunities. ...
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    15,41 €

  • Multidimensional Approach to Local Development and Poverty
    The phenomenon of poverty, despite being aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, is recurrent and very harmful in peripheral countries. There seems to be no single solution, as each country faces its specificities, requiring an immersion into its causes and consequences. Multidimensional Approach to Local Development and Poverty: Causes, Consequences, and Challenges Post COVID-19 ...
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    216,28 €

  • A Sourcebook for Engaging with Civil Society Organizations in Asian Development Bank Operations
    Asian Development Bank
    This publication provides guidance on how civil society organizations (CSOs) can be more effectively engaged in Asian Development Bank (ADB) operations to maximize the benefits for its developing member countries.With their unique strengths and specialized knowledge of their communities and constituencies, CSOs have an essential role to play in creating a more prosperous, inclu...
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    44,64 €

  • The Housing Question
    Frederick Engels
    In the early-1870s, an ideological debate began to unfold in the German press on the shortage of affordable housing available to workers in major industrial areas. The rapid increase in industrial production necessitating an increase in industrial workers created a housing crisis. From June 1872 to February 1873, Fredrick Engels contributed a series of articles to the publicati...
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    16,83 €

  • The Faces of Poverty in North Carolina
    Gene R. Nichol / Gene RNichol
    More than 1.5 million North Carolinians today live in poverty. More than one in five are children. Behind these sobering statistics are the faces of our fellow citizens. This book tells their stories. Since 2012, Gene R. Nichol has traveled the length of North Carolina, conducting hundreds of interviews with poor people and those working to alleviate the worst of their circumst...
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    32,99 €

  • ASEAN-China Cooperation for Poverty Reduction
    The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been one of the world’s most dynamic and fastest-growing regions over the years. Its average combined GDP growth rate is more than 6% and the total combined GDP was valued at US$3.0 trillion in 2018. ASEAN countries have managed to significantly reduce their national poverty over the last few decades. Although a correlation...
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    105,99 €

  • Dream On! Supporting and Graduating African American Girls and Women in STEM
    Dr. Ezella McPherson / DrEzella McPherson
    Have you ever dreamed of becoming a doctor one day? Do you have a passion for math or science? Would you like to pursue an undergraduate degree in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM)? If you answered yes to one of these questions, then this text is for you!The text draws upon the personal narratives of 16 undergraduate African American women who had aspirations of pur...
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    17,41 €

  • Poverty and Development
    This book brings together interdisciplinary perspectives to broaden understandings of poverty. It contains empirical and conceptual chapters on a range of topics highlighting the relationship between poverty and sustainability. It will be a helpful resource for students and researchers of sustainable and regional development, and tourism. ...
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    181,77 €

  • Poverty and Development
    This book brings together interdisciplinary perspectives to broaden understandings of poverty. It contains empirical and conceptual chapters on a range of topics highlighting the relationship between poverty and sustainability. It will be a helpful resource for students and researchers of sustainable and regional development, and tourism. ...
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    60,16 €

  • Homelessness in the Classroom
    Kerri Tobin
    There are over 1.5 million homeless students in U.S. schools, a number expected to rise as a result of Covid-19. Research on this population has existed since the 1980s, but most teachers are unaware of the unique needs of these highly vulnerable students or the laws that exist to protect them. Although they primarily need housing, students experiencing homelessness also need r...
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    40,94 €

  • Sociological Perspectives on Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction in Rural Populations
    Ladislaus M. Semali / Ladislaus MSemali
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    216,12 €

  • Canada’s Place
    Lorne Tepperman / Maria Finnsdottir
    'Your reward in reading this intriguing book will be what you will inevitably find to be new, surprising and important.' --Michael Adams, author of Fire and IceThis fascinating new book explores Canada’s progress in dealing with a number of pressing social problems, including ethnic, racial, gender and economic inequalities, the treatment of Indigenous peoples, crime and violen...
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    79,11 €

  • Poverty Impacts on Literacy Education
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    216,20 €

  • The People of the Abyss
    Jack London
    The People of the Abyss (1903) is a work of nonfiction by American writer Jack London. Written after the author spent three months living in London’s poverty-stricken East End, The People of the Abyss bears witness to the difficulties faced by hundreds and thousands of people every day in one of the wealthiest nations on earth. Inspired by Friedrich Engels’s The Condition of th...
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    17,71 €

  • Inequality in America
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    141,18 €

  • Voices from the Street
    James C. Ryan / James CRyan
    There is a population within our society that most ignore. Yet the inhabitants of this population, who hide in the shadows of too many of our cities, have much to instruct us about humanity, survival, and adaption. This is a true saga of homeless people from the perspective of someone who not only embraced the learning from these individuals but also the people themselves. In t...
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    17,63 €


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