books about: low-income

books about: low-income

books:

Low-income

Good Deeds, Good Design: Community Service Through Architecture

Bryan Bell

Princeton Architectural Press, 2003

Architecture with a Heart
Good Deeds, Good Design challenges the reader to re-think, or at the very least further refine his perspective on architecture for those who cannot afford an architect. While all the essays promote the premise that the enhancement of life by good design should be made ...

North Carolina in the Connected Age: Challenges and Opportunities in a Globalizing Economy
Michael L. Walden

The University of North Carolina Press, 2008

At a time when North Carolina's population is exploding and its economy is shifting profoundly, one of the state's leading economists applies the tools of his trade to chronicle these changes and to inform North Carolinians in easy-to-understand terms what to expect in the future. Today we are living in a technologically connected age that has ...

Frugal Luxuries by the Seasons: Celebrate the Holidays with Elegance and Simplicity--on Any Income

Tracey Mcbride

Bantam, 2000

I love this book!
This is an awfully warm and cozy book that encourages the reader to create a beautiful and comforting home. She emphasizes making each corner of a house appealing and gives practical suggestions for making that happen. And while I've heard criticisms for her use of ...

The Theology of the Hammer

Millard Fuller

Smyth & Helwys Publishing, 1994

Theology of an Angel
Millard Fuller is, in terms of the miricle he has created, an angel. He has done many things others only talk about. Many of us have wishes to free the world of hunger or poverty. This man is one who has acted upon his beliefs. In this book, he shares his ...

Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood, Third Edition

Jay Macleod

Westview Press, 2008

Moving and Troublesome
I read this years ago in an anthropology/sociology class in college, and I can say that it still carries as much weight today as it did then. Jay manages to weave entertaining narration with factual reporting, resulting in a moving work that points a critical finger ...

The End of Corporate Imperialism (Harvard Business Review Classics) (Harvard Business Review Classics)
C. K. Prahalad, Kenneth Lieberthal

Harvard Business School Press, 2008

Hundreds of millions of people in China, India, Indonesia, and Brazil are eager to enter the marketplace. Yet multinational companies typically pitch their products to emerging markets' tiny segment of affluent buyers, and thus miss out on much larger markets further down the socioeconomic pyramid -- which local rivals snap up. By applying the ...

High Finance on a Low Budget: Build Wealth Regardless of Your Income

Mark Skousen, Jo Ann Skousen

Dearborn Trade Pub, 1997

A great starting book you'll read again and again . . .
The one star reviewer must have been expecting something else. I bought this book in college when it was only available in hardcover, and I have dog-eared the pages three times over. With so many copycat financial books flooding the market, this little book stands ...

Larceny

Jason Poole

Triple Crown Publications, 2004

Snitching is for suckas!
Bilal takes a charge of manslaughter for his bestfriend aka brother Javon. Thinking he will hold him down out in the streets he keeps his mouth shut and does his time. In jail Bilal develops and changes alot. Once out of jail he learns that everybody aint your friend ...

The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans

Beth Shulman

New Press, 2005

A motivator for me.
Great book. Used it for one of my classes. To me it was a great motivator to extend my vision as far as I can.

Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage

Kathryn Edin, Maria Kefalas

University of California Press, 2007

Fantastic book about a not-so-fantastic phenomenon
As a social worker who deals with the population portrayed in this book day in and day out, I was very interested in reading a book that I hoped would help me understand a phenomenon that has intrigued me since the day I started my job. I was very pleased when I read ...

Hope Springs Maternal, Revised and Updated Edition: Homeless Mothers Talk About Making Sense of Adversity
Jill Gerson

Gordian Knot, 2007

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Richard Altschuler & Associates, Inc./ Gordian Knot Books This revised and updated edition of Hope Springs Maternal incorporates the latest data on homeless mothers, changes to laws and policies regarding the homeless nationally and in New York, and an expanded discussion of their ...

Investing for Income: A Bond Mutual Fund Approach to High-Return, Low-Risk Profits

Ralph G. Norton

McGraw-Hill Companies, 1999

Very sound techniques for investing in bonds
Ralph does a terrific job introducing the investor to the sometimes complicated world of bonds and bond mutual funds. For any investor who is looking to round out an equity portfolio with fixed income products, or who wants to invest entirely in bonds, this book is ...

Chasing the American Dream: New Perspectives on Affordable Homeownership

Cornell University Press, 2007

Providing decent, safe, and affordable housing to low- and moderate-income families has been an important public policy goal for more than a century. In recent years there has been a clear shift of emphasis among policymakers from a focus on providing affordable rental units to providing affordable homeownership opportunities. Due in part ...

Low Income, Social Growth, and Good Health: A History of Twelve Countries (California/Milbank Books on Health ...
James C. Riley

University of California Press, 2007

This book studies the experience of twelve countries that have broken through the limits that low incomes so often impose on human survival: China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Oman, Panama, the former Soviet Union, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela. Most made impressive gains in life expectancy in the decades after 1920, and by 1960 ...