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  • Making Bad a Little Better

    The least we can do to ease family homelessness

    How to Make Bad a Little Better for Kids Experiencing HomelessnessHere in the United States, we're cultivating homelessness right. This iteration of homelessness-babies, toddlers, and young kids-doesn't get attention. But it's needed since these young ones may become homeless adults unless we intervene.Making Bad a Little Better gives a glimpse into this world of family homelessness. For those ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Dismazed and Driven

    My Look at Family Homelessness in America

    Diane Nilan's behind-the-scenes look at families without homes in America.Follow Diane Nilan into broken-down RVs, leaky tents, shabby motel rooms, and cramped shelters.After decades working with homeless families and adults, Diane Nilan hit the road in 2005 to chronicle stories of invisible families and youth experiencing homelessness in non-urban areas across America. For the past fifteen years, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • CROSSING THE LINE: Taking Steps to End Homelessness

    Few social issues have perplexed Americans like homelessness. Crossing the Line: Taking Steps to End Homelessness changes that. This reader-friendly handbook is for those puzzled, concerned, impatient or oblivious about homelessness.Decades of unremitting growth of homelessness continue to contradict this nation's prosperity. The old woman toting her belongings in the rain, the invisible family ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Changing the Paradigm of Homelessness

    Changing the Paradigm of Homelessness offers a comprehensive look at family housing distress related to the homelessness epidemic in the United States. This book explores the causes and consequences of this epidemic and proposes drastic changes in America’s historically ill-fated approach to family homelessness. By describing this crisis in detail, the authors enlighten readers to the scope of ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

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  • Winners Take All

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  • All That Is Bitter and Sweet

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  • The Complacent Class

    The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream

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