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Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the  World By Scott Harrison, Lisa Sweetingham (Contributions by) Cover Image
Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World (Hardcover) By Scott Harrison, Lisa Sweetingham (Contributions by) $27.00
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Poverty, by America By Matthew Desmond Cover Image
Poverty, by America (Hardcover) By Matthew Desmond $28.00 Email or call for price.
Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people By Tracy Kidder Cover Image
Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people (Hardcover) By Tracy Kidder $30.00
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City By Matthew Desmond Cover Image
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Paperback) By Matthew Desmond $18.00
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Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner) By Andrea Elliott Cover Image
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (Paperback) By Andrea Elliott $20.00
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A Place Called Home: A Memoir By David Ambroz Cover Image
A Place Called Home: A Memoir (Hardcover) By David Ambroz $30.00
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Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness By Kevin Nye, Terence Lester (Foreword by) Cover Image
Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness (Paperback) By Kevin Nye, Terence Lester (Foreword by) $18.99
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The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration By Jake Bittle Cover Image
The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration (Hardcover) By Jake Bittle $28.99
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis By J. D. Vance Cover Image
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Paperback) By J. D. Vance $17.99
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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive By Stephanie Land, Barbara Ehrenreich (Foreword by) Cover Image
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive (Paperback) By Stephanie Land, Barbara Ehrenreich (Foreword by) $17.99
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Nickel and Dimed (20th Anniversary Edition): On (Not) Getting By in America By Barbara Ehrenreich Cover Image
Nickel and Dimed (20th Anniversary Edition): On (Not) Getting By in America (Paperback) By Barbara Ehrenreich $17.00
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Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America By Gigi Georges Cover Image
Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America (Paperback) By Gigi Georges $17.99
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10th Anniversary Edition The Life You Can Save: How To Do Your Part To End World Poverty By Peter Singer Cover Image
10th Anniversary Edition The Life You Can Save: How To Do Your Part To End World Poverty (Paperback) By Peter Singer $19.95
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The Girl Who Taught Herself to Fly By Kwan Kew Lai Cover Image
The Girl Who Taught Herself to Fly (Paperback) By Kwan Kew Lai $20.87
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Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner) By Andrea Elliott Cover Image
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (Hardcover) By Andrea Elliott $32.00 Email or call for price.
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt By Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco Cover Image
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (Paperback) By Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco $19.99
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity By Katherine Boo Cover Image
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity (Paperback) By Katherine Boo $18.00
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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty By Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo Cover Image
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (Paperback) By Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo $18.99
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Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns By Gregg Colburn, Clayton Page Aldern Cover Image
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns (Paperback) By Gregg Colburn, Clayton Page Aldern $33.84
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Surviving the Odd By Candi Milo Cover Image
Surviving the Odd (Paperback) By Candi Milo $24.54
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Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty By Amanda Freeman, Lisa Dodson Cover Image
Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty (Hardcover) By Amanda Freeman, Lisa Dodson $27.99
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Poverty, by America By Matthew Desmond Cover Image
Poverty, by America (Large Print / Paperback) By Matthew Desmond $30.00
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Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth By Sarah Smarsh Cover Image
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth (Paperback) By Sarah Smarsh $17.00
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Essential: How the Pandemic Transformed the Long Fight for Worker Justice By Jamie K. McCallum Cover Image
Essential: How the Pandemic Transformed the Long Fight for Worker Justice (Hardcover) By Jamie K. McCallum $30.00
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Jennie's Boy: A Misfit Childhood on an Island of Eccentrics By Wayne Johnston Cover Image
Jennie's Boy: A Misfit Childhood on an Island of Eccentrics (Paperback) By Wayne Johnston $19.95
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We Are Not Okay By Christian Livermore, Candice Louisa Daquin (Editor), Christine Ray (Cover Design by) Cover Image
We Are Not Okay (Paperback) By Christian Livermore, Candice Louisa Daquin (Editor), Christine Ray (Cover Design by) $14.99
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Inner-City Blues: Black Theology and Black Poverty in the United States By Darvin Anton Adams Cover Image
Inner-City Blues: Black Theology and Black Poverty in the United States (Paperback) By Darvin Anton Adams $41.81
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Angel of the Garbage Dump: How Hanley Denning Changed the World, One Child at a Time By Jacob Wheeler Cover Image
Angel of the Garbage Dump: How Hanley Denning Changed the World, One Child at a Time (Paperback) By Jacob Wheeler $17.95
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Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America By Paul Tough Cover Image
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America (Paperback) By Paul Tough $18.52
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Small Loans, Big Dreams, 2022 Edition: Grameen Bank and the Microfinance Revolution in Bangladesh, America, and Beyond By Alex Counts Cover Image
Small Loans, Big Dreams, 2022 Edition: Grameen Bank and the Microfinance Revolution in Bangladesh, America, and Beyond (Paperback) By Alex Counts $24.95
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis By J. D. Vance Cover Image
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover) By J. D. Vance $27.99
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Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor By Virginia Eubanks Cover Image
Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor (Paperback) By Virginia Eubanks $19.00
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Hillbilly Elegy [movie tie-in]: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis By J. D. Vance Cover Image
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Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity By Ronald J. Sider Cover Image
Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity (Paperback) By Ronald J. Sider $19.99
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Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America By Peter Edelman Cover Image
Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America (Paperback) By Peter Edelman $18.99
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Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries: New Tools to End Hunger By Katie S. Martin Cover Image
Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries: New Tools to End Hunger (Paperback) By Katie S. Martin $28.00
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The Power Elite By C. Wright Mills, Alan Wolfe (With) Cover Image
The Power Elite (Paperback) By C. Wright Mills, Alan Wolfe (With) $19.95
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The Tragedy of American Compassion By Marvin Olasky Cover Image
The Tragedy of American Compassion (Paperback) By Marvin Olasky $21.79 Email or call for price.
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself By Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert, John Perkins (Foreword by), David Platt (Foreword by) Cover Image
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself (Paperback) By Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert, John Perkins (Foreword by), David Platt (Foreword by) $15.99
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Hope Over Fate: Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty By Scott MacMillan Cover Image
Hope Over Fate: Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty (Hardcover) By Scott MacMillan $29.95
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The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills By David A. Ansell, MD, Lori E. Lightfoot (Foreword by), David A. Ansell, MD (Afterword by) Cover Image
The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills (Paperback) By David A. Ansell, MD, Lori E. Lightfoot (Foreword by), David A. Ansell, MD (Afterword by) $19.00
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Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness By Kevin Nye, Terence Lester (Foreword by) Cover Image
Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness (Hardcover) By Kevin Nye, Terence Lester (Foreword by) $29.99
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American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears By Farah Stockman Cover Image
American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears (Hardcover) By Farah Stockman $28.00
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Walking the Bowl: A True Story of Murder and Survival Among the Street Children of Lusaka By Chris Lockhart, Daniel Mulilo Chama Cover Image
Walking the Bowl: A True Story of Murder and Survival Among the Street Children of Lusaka (Hardcover) By Chris Lockhart, Daniel Mulilo Chama $27.99
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Troop 6000: The Girl Scout Troop That Began in a Shelter and Inspired the World By Nikita Stewart Cover Image
Troop 6000: The Girl Scout Troop That Began in a Shelter and Inspired the World (Hardcover) By Nikita Stewart $27.00 Email or call for price.
America Together in 2024: A Petition for an Independent President By Kevin M. Thelen Cover Image
America Together in 2024: A Petition for an Independent President (Paperback) By Kevin M. Thelen $9.99
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A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions By Muhammad Yunus Cover Image
A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions (Paperback) By Muhammad Yunus $16.99
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Blighted: A Story of People, Politics, and an American Housing Miracle By Margaret Stagmeier Cover Image
Blighted: A Story of People, Politics, and an American Housing Miracle (Hardcover) By Margaret Stagmeier $29.95
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