Poverty
Poverty
- America needs a raise: fighting for economic security and social justice. John J. Sweeney. 331.88 SWE
- American dream: three women, ten kids, and a nation’s drive to end welfare. Jason DeParle. 362.5 DEP
- An American mosaic: prose and poetry by everyday folk. 810.8 AME
- Ask me why I hurt: the kids nobody wants and the doctor who heals them. Randy Christensen. 362.775 CHR
- Closing the food gap: resetting the table in the land of plenty. Mark Winne. 363.8 WIN
- Common wealth: economics for a crowded planet. Jeffrey D. Sachs. 338.91 SAC
- Compassion, justice, and the Christian life: rethinking ministry to the poor. Robert D. Lupton. 253 LUP
- The conscience of a liberal. Paul Krugman. 339.22 KRU
- Creating a world without poverty: social business and the future of capitalism. Muhammad Yunus. 339.46 YUN
- Creative capitalism: a conversation with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and other economic leaders. 330.122 CRE
- Critical: what we can do about the health-care crisis. Tom Daschle. 362.1 DAS
- Crossing the tracks for love: what to do when you and your partner grew up in different worlds. Ruby K. Payne. 306.872 PAY
- Crunch: why do I feel so squeezed? (and other unsolved economic mysteries). Jared Bernstein. 330.973 BER
- Disintegration: the splintering of Black America. Eugene Robinson. 305.896 ROB
- “Does God still love me?”: letters from the street. Sr. Mary Rose McGeady. 362.74 MACG
- Economic gangsters: corruption, violence, and the poverty of nations. Raymond Fisman, Edward Miguel. 364.1323 FIS
- Economics for the rest of us: debunking the science that makes life dismal. Moshe Adler. 330 ADL
- The end of poverty: economic possibilities for our time. Jeffrey D. Sachs. 339.46 SAC, Spanish Lang. 339.46 SAC
- Ending poverty in America: how to restore the American dream. 339.46 END
- Enough: the phony leaders, dead-end movements, and culture of failure that are undermining Black America–and what we can do about it. Juan Williams. 973.0496 WIL
- Family properties: race, real estate, and the exploitation of Black urban America. Beryl Satter. 363.59 SAT
- Flat broke with children: women in the age of welfare reform. Sharon Hays. 362.8392 HAY
- Flophouse: life on the Bowery. David Isay,Stacy Abramson. 362.5 ISA
- Fragile dwelling. Margaret Morton. 305.569 MOR
- A framework for understanding poverty. Ruby K. Payne. 362.5 PAY
- Free lunch: how the wealthiest Americans enrich themselves at government expense (and stick you with the bill). David Cay Johnston. 338.973 JOH
- Generous justice: how God’s grace makes us just. Timothy Keller. 261.8 KEL, CD 261.8 KEL
- girl’s guide to homele 362.5092 KAR 11 12c 1/30
- God’s ground force. Barbara Sullivan. 269 SUL
- Growing up poor: a literary anthology. Y 810.8 GRO
- Hands to work: the stories of three families racing the welfare clock. LynNell Hancock. 361.68 HAN
- The haves and the have-nots: a brief and idiosyncratic history of global inequality. Branko Milanovic. 339.2 MIL
- The hole in our Gospel. Richard Stearns. 261.83 STE
- Hunger: an unnatural history. Sharman Apt Russell. 363.8 RUS
- If I had a hammer: building homes and hope with Habitat for Humanity. David Rubel. Y 363.583 RUB
- In our hands: a plan to replace the welfare state. Charles Murray. 361.68 MUR
- Inequality: opposing viewpoints in social problems. 305 INE
- Jesus and money: a guide for times of financial crisis. Ben Witherington III. 261.85 WIT
- Just generosity: a new vision for overcoming poverty in America. Ronald J. Sider. 362.5 SID
- The life you can save: acting now to end world poverty. Peter Singer. 362.5 SIN
- The missing class: portraits of the near poor in America. Katherine S. Newman, Victor Tan Chen. 362.5 NEW
- The moral consequences of economic growth. Benjamin M. Friedman. 330.9 FRI
- More than houses: how Habitat for Humanity is transforming lives and neighborhoods. Millard Fuller. 363.5 FUL
- Myths of rich & poor: why we’re better off than we think. W. Michael Cox, Richard Alm. 330.97 COX
- New American blues: a journey through poverty to democracy. Earl Shorris. 362.5 SHO
- Nickel and dimed: on (not) getting by in America. Barbara Ehrenreich. 305.569 EHR
- Nobodies: modern American slave labor and the dark side of the new global economy. John Bowe. 331.11 BOW
- On the move: a speech. Bono. 261.8 BON
- Out of sight, out of mind: homeless children and families in small-town America. Yvonne M. Vissing. 362.5 VIS
- Poor people. William T. Vollmann. 362.5 VOL
- Poverty: opposing viewpoints. 362.5 POV
- The power of half: one family’s decision to stop taking and start giving back. Kevin Salwen, Hannah Salwen. 178 SAL
- The price of citizenship: redefining the American welfare state. Michael B. Katz. 361.6 KAT
- The price of civilization: reawakening American virtue and prosperity. Jeffrey D. Sachs. 330.973 SAC
- Random family: love, drugs, trouble, and coming of age in the Bronx. Adrian Nicole LeBlanc. 362.5 LEB
- Red letters: living a faith that bleeds. Tom Davis. 261.1 DAV
- Reinvesting in America: the grassroots movements that are feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, and putting Americans back to work. Robin Garr. 361.7 GAR
- Rich Christians in an age of hunger: moving from affluence to generosity. Ronald J. Sider. 261.85 SID
- The Samaritan’s dilemma: should government help your neighbor? Deborah Stone. 177.7 STO
- Scratch beginnings: me, $25, and the search for the American dream. Adam Shepard. 305.569 SHE
- Sick: the untold story of America’s health care crisis– and the people who pay the price. Jonathan Cohn. 362.1 COH
- Take this bread: a radical conversion. Sara Miles. 248.24 MIL
- This land is their land: reports from a divided nation. Barbara Ehrenreich. 330.9 EHR
- U.S. National debate topic 2009-2010: social services for the poor. 362.58 USN
- Uninsured in America: life and death in the land of opportunity. Susan Starr Sered, Rushika Fernandopulle. 362.1 SER
- The United States of Wal-Mart. John Dicker. 381.14 DIC
- Wasted: the plight of America’s unwanted children. Patrick T. Murphy. 362.7 MUR
- Whatever it takes: Geoffrey Canada’s quest to changeHarlemandAmerica. Paul Tough. 362.57TOU
- The white man’s burden: why the West’s efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good. William Easterly. 338.91 EAS
- Without a net: middle class and homeless (with kids) in America: my story. Michelle Kennedy. 362.5 KEN
- The working poor: invisible in America. David K. Shipler. 305.569 SHI
- World hunger. 363.8 WOR
- World hunger: twelve myths. Frances Moore Lappe, Joseph Collins, Peter Rosset. 363.8 LAP
BIOGRAPHY / MEMOIR
- Banker to the poor: micro-lending and the battle against world poverty. Muhammad Yunus. 332.1 YUN
- Breaking night: a memoir of forgiveness, survival, and my journey from homeless to Harvard. Liz Murray. B Murray
- The diary of Ma Yan: the struggles and hopes of a Chinese schoolgirl. Y 951.059 MA
- The girl’s guide to homelessness: a memoir. Brianna Karp. 362.5092 KAR
- The glass castle: a memoir. Jeannette Walls. B Walls, Large Type B Walls, Spanish Lang. B Walls, CD B Walls
- I beat the odds: from homelessness, to The blind side, and beyond. Michael Oher. B Oher, Y 796.332 OHE
- An invisible thread: the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny. Laura Schroff, Alex Tresniowski. B Schroff
- Living at the edge of the world: a teenager’s survival in the tunnels of Grand Central Station. Tina S., Jamie Pastor Bolnick. B S.
- Mother Teresa: a biography. Meg Greene. B Teresa
- The pact: three young men make a promise and fulfill a dream. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt. Y 610.92 DAV, CD 926 DAV
- Pitch black: don’t be skerd. Youme Landowne, Anthony Horton. Graphic B Horton
- Reaching out. Francisco Jimenez. Y 305.868 JIM
- Same kind of different as me. Ron Hall, Denver Moore. B Hall, Large Type B Hall
- What difference do it make?: stories of hope and healing. Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent. B Hall
REFERENCE
- Social welfare: fighting poverty and homelessness. Melissa J. Doak. R 300.7 INF
- World poverty. Sandra M. Alters. R 300.7 INF
FICTION
- Beneath my mother’s feet. Amjed Qamar. Y Fic QAM
- Can’t get there from here. Todd Strasser. Y Fic STR
- The castaways. Rob Vollmar, Pablo G. Callejo. Graphic Fic VOL
- Children of the street. Kwei Quartey. Mystery QUA
- The darkest child. Delores Phillips. Fic PHI
- A far country. Daniel Mason. Fic MAS, Large Type Fic MAS, CD Fic MAS
- The homeless bishop. Joseph F. Girzone. Rel. Fic GIR
- A life without consequences. Stephen Elliott. Y Fic ELL
- No and me. Delphine de Vigan. Y Fic VIG
- Please don’t come back from the moon. Dean Bakopoulos. Fic BAK
- Q & A. Vikas Swarup. Fic SWA, CD Fic SWA
- The queen of water. Laura Resau, Maria Virginia Farinango. Y Fic RES
- Salvage the bones. Jesmyn Ward. Fic WAR
- The space between us. Thrity Umrigar. Fic UMR
- Ten cents a dance. Christine Fletcher. Y Fic FLE
- Theories of relativity. Barbara Haworth-Attard. Y Fic HAW
- Trash. Andy Mulligan. Y Fic MUL, Y AUDIO Playaway MUL
- Tyrell. Coe Booth. Y Fic BOO
- The water dancers. Terry Gamble. Fic GAM
- The way it works. William Kowalski. Fic KOW
- The white tiger. Aravind Adiga. Fic ADI, CD Fic ADI
DVDS
- ATL. DVD Drama A
- Beyond the blackboard. DVD Drama B
- Captain Abu Raed. DVD Foreign C
- Chop shop. DVD Drama C
- Country boys. DVD 155.65
- Critical condition. DVD 362.1
- The end of poverty? DVD 339.46
- Mother Teresa. DVD Drama M
- The second chance. DVD Drama S
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
- Cloud Dancer. Mary Ann McGuigan. J MACG
- Cups held out. Judith L. Roth. Pic ROT
- The double life of Zoe Flynn. Janet Lee Carey. J CAR
- Gentle’s holler. Kerry Madden. J MAD
- The hard-times jar. Ethel Footman Smothers. Pic SMO
- How to steal a dog. Barbara O’Connor. J OCO
- Invisible lines. Mary Amato. J AMA
- Mother Teresa. Demi. EB Teresa
- No small thing. Natale Ghent. J GHE
- The orange shoes. Trinka Hakes Noble. Pic NOB
- Poor is just a starting place. Leslie J. Wyatt. J WYA
- Si, se puede! = Yes, we can!: janitor strike in L.A. Diana Cohn. Sp. Lang. Pic COH
- The table where rich people sit. Byrd Baylor. Pic BAY
- That’s not fair!: Emma Tenayuca’s struggle for justice = No es justo!: la lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la justicia. Carmen Tafolla, Sharyll Teneyuca. Sp. Lang. JB Tenayuca
- Those shoes. Maribeth Boelts. Pic BOE
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
- Center for Healing and Hope
- Goshen Interfaith Hospitality Network
- Habitat for Humanity of Elkhart County
- Just Help: Elkhart County Legal Advocacy Center
- La Casa, Inc.
ONLINE
SPANISH LANGUAGE / EN ESPAÑOL
- El castillo de cristal. Jeannette Walls. Spanish Lang. B Walls
- El fin de la pobreza: como conseguirlo en nuestro tiempo. Jeffrey Sachs. Spanish Lang. 339.46 SAC
- Si, se puede! = Yes, we can!: janitor strike in L.A. Diana Cohn. Sp. Lang. Pic COH
- That’s not fair!: Emma Tenayuca’s struggle for justice = No es justo!: la lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la justicia. Carmen Tafolla, Sharyll Teneyuca. Sp. Lang. JB Tenayuca