Skurdas
Atšiaurios ekonominės realijos ir sisteminės kliūtys formuoja kasdienę kovą milijardų žmonių visame pasaulyje, gyvenančių visuomenės pakraščiuose. Pasitelkdamos griežtus tyrimus, bendruomenių perspektyvas ir novatoriškus sprendimus, šios knygos nagrinėja tiek sudėtingas pasaulinės skurdo šaknis, tiek transformacinius kelius link ilgalaikių pokyčių.
Skurdas knygų santraukos
Ingram
A boy walks across a near-future America, carrying a brother's death he cannot remember.
Grožinė literatūra
Brendimo istorija
Literatūra
Romanai
Suaugusiems
Įtraukiantys
Ingram
A boy walks across a near-future America, carrying a brother's death he cannot remember.
Grožinė literatūra
Brendimo istorija
Literatūra
Romanai
Suaugusiems
Evicted
Poverty isn't the cause of eviction. Eviction is the cause of poverty, and the market profits.
Sociologija
Socialinis teisingumas
Skurdas
Miesto
Amerikietiška
Evicted
Poverty isn't the cause of eviction. Eviction is the cause of poverty, and the market profits.
Sociologija
Socialinis teisingumas
Skurdas
Miesto
Amerikietiška
From the Ashes
Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.
Memuarai
Čiabuvių
Kanada
Biografija
Psichinė sveikata
From the Ashes
Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.
Memuarai
Čiabuvių
Kanada
Biografija
Psichinė sveikata
A Street Cat Named Bob
An injured ginger stray saves a struggling busker from heroin, one shoulder ride at a time.
Gyvūnai
Memuarai
Katės
Biografija
Autobiografija
A Street Cat Named Bob
An injured ginger stray saves a struggling busker from heroin, one shoulder ride at a time.
Gyvūnai
Memuarai
Katės
Biografija
Autobiografija
Poor Economics
Poverty is not one problem but many small ones. Randomized trials reveal which fixes actually work.
Ekonomika
Sociologija
Politika
Skurdas
Development
Poor Economics
Poverty is not one problem but many small ones. Randomized trials reveal which fixes actually work.
Ekonomika
Sociologija
Politika
Skurdas
Development
Heart Bones
Two guarded strangers agree to one summer with no strings. But the truth will pull them under.
Romantika
Šiuolaikinė proza
Jauniems suaugusiems
Šiuolaikinė romantika
Jaunimo literatūra
Heart Bones
Two guarded strangers agree to one summer with no strings. But the truth will pull them under.
Romantika
Šiuolaikinė proza
Jauniems suaugusiems
Šiuolaikinė romantika
Jaunimo literatūra
The Price of Inequality
Inequality isn't a market accident. The 1% rewrote the rules, and democracy is the casualty.
Ekonomika
Politika
Sociologija
Verslas
Pinigai
The Price of Inequality
Inequality isn't a market accident. The 1% rewrote the rules, and democracy is the casualty.
Ekonomika
Politika
Sociologija
Verslas
Pinigai
Vargdieniai
An ex-convict breaks parole to rebuild his life, but an obsessive inspector gives him no peace.
Klasika
Istorinė proza
Literatūra
Prancūzija
XIX amžius
Vargdieniai
An ex-convict breaks parole to rebuild his life, but an obsessive inspector gives him no peace.
Klasika
Istorinė proza
Literatūra
Prancūzija
XIX amžius
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
A Malawian dropout, a library book on energy, and a windmill built from scrap metal.
Biografija
Memuarai
Mokslas
Afrika
Technologijos
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
A Malawian dropout, a library book on energy, and a windmill built from scrap metal.
Biografija
Memuarai
Mokslas
Afrika
Technologijos
My Sweet Orange Tree
A Brazilian boy talks to an orange tree until an old man teaches him what love is.
Klasika
Literatūra
Romanai
Brendimo istorija
Vaikų literatūra
My Sweet Orange Tree
A Brazilian boy talks to an orange tree until an old man teaches him what love is.
Klasika
Literatūra
Romanai
Brendimo istorija
Vaikų literatūra
Invisible Child
Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.
Istorija
Biografija
Socialinis teisingumas
Rasė
Skurdas
Invisible Child
Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.
Istorija
Biografija
Socialinis teisingumas
Rasė
Skurdas
Enrique's Journey
A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.
Biografija
Politika
Sociologija
Žurnalistika
Socialinis teisingumas
Enrique's Journey
A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.
Biografija
Politika
Sociologija
Žurnalistika
Socialinis teisingumas
How to Kill a City
Four cities, one playbook: policy and profit, not hipsters, push out the poor and replace them.
Sociologija
Politika
Ekonomika
Socialinis teisingumas
Istorija
How to Kill a City
Four cities, one playbook: policy and profit, not hipsters, push out the poor and replace them.
Sociologija
Politika
Ekonomika
Socialinis teisingumas
Istorija
No Fixed Address
A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.
Paauglių literatūra
Jaunimo literatūra
Šiuolaikinė proza
Kanada
Psichinė sveikata
No Fixed Address
A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.
Paauglių literatūra
Jaunimo literatūra
Šiuolaikinė proza
Kanada
Psichinė sveikata
Undisputed Truth
A bullied kid from Brooklyn becomes the youngest heavyweight champion, then watches it all burn.
Biografija
Sportas
Autobiografija
Memuarai
Priklausomybė
Undisputed Truth
A bullied kid from Brooklyn becomes the youngest heavyweight champion, then watches it all burn.
Biografija
Sportas
Autobiografija
Memuarai
Priklausomybė
Life at the Bottom
Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.
Sociologija
Politika
Filosofija
Socialinis teisingumas
Skurdas
Life at the Bottom
Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.
Sociologija
Politika
Filosofija
Socialinis teisingumas
Skurdas
Maid
A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.
Memuarai
Sociologija
Skurdas
Socialinis teisingumas
Women
Maid
A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.
Memuarai
Sociologija
Skurdas
Socialinis teisingumas
Women
Gang Leader for a Day
A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.
Memuarai
Kriminalinis žanras
Tikri nusikaltimai
Ekonomika
Socialinis teisingumas
Gang Leader for a Day
A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.
Memuarai
Kriminalinis žanras
Tikri nusikaltimai
Ekonomika
Socialinis teisingumas
Demon Copperhead
Born to an addict mother, Demon navigates Appalachian foster care and the opioid epidemic.
Grožinė literatūra
Šiuolaikinė proza
Brendimo istorija
Pietų
Narkotikai
Demon Copperhead
Born to an addict mother, Demon navigates Appalachian foster care and the opioid epidemic.
Grožinė literatūra
Šiuolaikinė proza
Brendimo istorija
Pietų
Narkotikai
Shuggie Bain
For young Shuggie Bain, saving his glamorous, alcoholic mother is the only life he knows.
Grožinė literatūra
Istorinė proza
Škotija
1980s
Queer
Shuggie Bain
For young Shuggie Bain, saving his glamorous, alcoholic mother is the only life he knows.
Grožinė literatūra
Istorinė proza
Škotija
1980s
Queer
American Made
Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.
Sociologija
Ekonomika
Politika
Istorija
Socialinis teisingumas
American Made
Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.
Sociologija
Ekonomika
Politika
Istorija
Socialinis teisingumas
Tattoos on the Heart
Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.
Memuarai
Religija
Dvasingumas
Krikščioniška
Tikėjimas
Tattoos on the Heart
Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.
Memuarai
Religija
Dvasingumas
Krikščioniška
Tikėjimas
Profit and Punishment
When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.
Politika
Socialinis teisingumas
Teisė
Kriminalinis žanras
Skurdas
Profit and Punishment
When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.
Politika
Socialinis teisingumas
Teisė
Kriminalinis žanras
Skurdas
Poverty Safari
Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.
Politika
Memuarai
Sociologija
Skurdas
Socialinis teisingumas
Poverty Safari
Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.
Politika
Memuarai
Sociologija
Skurdas
Socialinis teisingumas
Money Hungry
Raspberry's money obsession is a wall she builds against the homelessness she barely escaped.
Jaunimo literatūra
Paauglių literatūra
Šiuolaikinė proza
Afroamerikiečių
Draugystė
Money Hungry
Raspberry's money obsession is a wall she builds against the homelessness she barely escaped.
Jaunimo literatūra
Paauglių literatūra
Šiuolaikinė proza
Afroamerikiečių
Draugystė
No and Me
A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.
Jaunimo literatūra
Šiuolaikinė proza
Prancūzija
Brendimo istorija
Grožinė literatūra
No and Me
A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.
Jaunimo literatūra
Šiuolaikinė proza
Prancūzija
Brendimo istorija
Grožinė literatūra
An Invisible Thread
A New York executive buys a hungry boy lunch; the Monday ritual reshapes both their lives.
Memuarai
Įkvepianti
Knygų klubas
Biografija
Šeima
An Invisible Thread
A New York executive buys a hungry boy lunch; the Monday ritual reshapes both their lives.
Memuarai
Įkvepianti
Knygų klubas
Biografija
Šeima
Outcasts United
War refugees, a parking lot soccer team, one coach, and the Georgia town forced to change.
Sportas
Futbolas
Sociologija
Biografija
Knygų klubas
Outcasts United
War refugees, a parking lot soccer team, one coach, and the Georgia town forced to change.
Sportas
Futbolas
Sociologija
Biografija
Knygų klubas
The Trouble with Diversity
The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.
Politika
Sociologija
Ekonomika
Rasė
Socialinis teisingumas
The Trouble with Diversity
The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.
Politika
Sociologija
Ekonomika
Rasė
Socialinis teisingumas
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised
Grief unnamed, a mother's open door, a blacktop sanctuary: surviving the projects before the NBA.
Memuarai
Sportas
Biografija
Autobiografija
Rasė
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised
Grief unnamed, a mother's open door, a blacktop sanctuary: surviving the projects before the NBA.
Memuarai
Sportas
Biografija
Autobiografija
Rasė
Best Things First
Saving 4.2 million lives yearly costs $35 billion, if you fund only the most effective policies.
Ekonomika
Politika
Sociologija
Socialinis teisingumas
Sveikata
Best Things First
Saving 4.2 million lives yearly costs $35 billion, if you fund only the most effective policies.
Ekonomika
Politika
Sociologija
Socialinis teisingumas
Sveikata
The White Man's Burden
$2.3 trillion in aid left the poorest no better off. A World Bank insider explains why.
Ekonomika
Politika
Istorija
Sociologija
Skurdas
The White Man's Burden
$2.3 trillion in aid left the poorest no better off. A World Bank insider explains why.
Ekonomika
Politika
Istorija
Sociologija
Skurdas
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
Starving in a Colorado shack, an Italian bricklayer abandons his family for a widow's bed.
Klasika
Grožinė literatūra
Romanai
Literatūra
Amerikietiška
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
Starving in a Colorado shack, an Italian bricklayer abandons his family for a widow's bed.
Klasika
Grožinė literatūra
Romanai
Literatūra
Amerikietiška
Same Kind of Different as Me
An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.
Memuarai
Krikščioniška
Įkvepianti
Biografija
Tikėjimas
Same Kind of Different as Me
An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.
Memuarai
Krikščioniška
Įkvepianti
Biografija
Tikėjimas
The Sound of Gravel
A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.
Memuarai
Biografija
Religija
Smurtas
Šeima
The Sound of Gravel
A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.
Memuarai
Biografija
Religija
Smurtas
Šeima
Fist Stick Knife Gun
Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.
Memuarai
Sociologija
Rasė
Socialinis teisingumas
Švietimas
Fist Stick Knife Gun
Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.
Memuarai
Sociologija
Rasė
Socialinis teisingumas
Švietimas
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health
A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.
Psichologija
Psichinė sveikata
Mokslas
Medicina
Sociologija
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health
A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.
Psichologija
Psichinė sveikata
Mokslas
Medicina
Sociologija
