Books, Nonfiction, Current Events, Poverty

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Melody Beattie
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
by Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services (Hardcover)

Three years on the New York Times best-seller list, Codependent No More identified attitudes, feelings, and behaviors now recognized as the hallmarks of codependency. Hazelden presents this special fifteenth anniversary edition of Melody Beattie's groundbreaking book in recognition that codependency presents a lifelong opportunity for spiritual growth. Each individually numbered copy is personally signed by the author, meaning this limited edition will be sought after by longtime Beattie fans.

Paul Tough
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Hardcover)

Book DescriptionWhat would it take? That was the question that Geoffrey Canada found himself asking. What would it take to change the lives of poor children--not one by one, through heroic interventions and occasional miracles, but in big numbers, and in a way that could be replicated nationwide? The question led him to create the Harlem Children's Zone, a ninety-seven-block laboratory in central Harlem where he is testing new and sometimes controversial ideas about poverty in America. His conclusion: if you want poor kids to be able to compete with their middle-class peers, you need to change everything in their lives--their schools, their neighborhoods, even the child-rearing practices of their parents. Whatever It Takes is a tour de force of reporting, an inspired portrait not only of Geoffrey Canada but also of the parents and children in Harlem who are struggling to better their lives, often against great odds. Carefully researched and deeply affecting, this is a dispatch ...

Barbara Ehrenreich
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Holt Paperbacks (Paperback) (Release Date: 2008-06-24)

The bestselling, landmark work of undercover reportage, now updatedAcclaimed as an instant classic upon publication, Nickel and Dimed has sold more than 1.5 million copies and become a staple of classroom reading. Chosen for “one book” initiatives across the country, it has fueled nationwide campaigns for a living wage. Funny, poignant, and passionate, this revelatory firsthand account of life in low-wage America—the story of Barbara Ehrenreich’s attempts to eke out a living while working as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing-home aide, and Wal-Mart associate—has become an essential part of the nation’s political discourse.Now, in a new afterword, Ehrenreich shows that the plight of the underpaid has in no way eased: with fewer jobs available, deteriorating work conditions, and no pay increase in sight, Nickel and Dimed is more relevant than ever.

Paul Collier
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
by Oxford University Press, USA (Paperback)

In the universally acclaimed and award-winning The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier reveals that fifty failed states--home to the poorest one billion people on Earth--pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century. The book shines much-needed light on this group of small nations, largely unnoticed by the industrialized West, that are dropping further and further behind the majority of the world's people, often falling into an absolute decline in living standards. A struggle rages within each of these nations between reformers and corrupt leaders--and the corrupt are winning. Collier analyzes the causes of failure, pointing to a set of traps that ensnare these countries, including civil war, a dependence on the extraction and export of natural resources, and bad governance. Standard solutions do not work, he writes; aid is often ineffective, and globalization can actually make matters worse, driving development to more stable nations. What the bottom ...

Dave Pelzer
A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
by HCI (Paperback)

Jeffrey Sachs
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
by Penguin (Non-Classics) (Paperback)

Newt Gingrich
Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That Works
by Regnery Publishing (Hardcover)

What will take us from the world that fails to the world that works? Real change---the kind of change that happens when politicians drop their own agendas and respond to the will of the people. Newt Gingrich shows us how we can make real change a reality.

Gavin De Becker
The Gift of Fear : Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
by Little, Brown and Company (Hardcover)

Jean-Dominique Bauby
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
by Wheeler Pub Inc (Hardcover)

Ruby K. Payne
A Framework for Understanding Poverty
by aha Process, Inc. (Paperback) (Release Date: 2005-05-15)

Fourth Revised Edition. People in poverty face challenges virtually unknown to those in middle class or wealth--challenges from both obvious and hidden sources. The reality of being poor brings out a survival mentality, and turns attention away from opportunities taken for granted by everyone else. If you work with people from poverty, some understanding of how different their world is from yours will be invaluable. Whether you're an educator--or a social, health, or legal services professional--this breakthrough book gives you practical, real-world support and guidance to improve your effectiveness in working with people from all socioeconomic backgrounds. Since 1995 A Framework for Understanding Poverty has guided hundreds of thousands of educators and other professionals through the pitfalls and barriers faced by all classes, especially the poor. Carefully researched and packed with charts, tables, and questionaires, Framework not only documents the facts of poverty, ...

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