Download or read book Hell s Diva written by Anna J. and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2011-06-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mecca's parents are killed in front of her by a family friend, she learns that true friends are few and far between. She is taken in by her aunt, and soon finds out who is really riding for her and who is just around because they fear the wrath of Aunt Ruby. Making a deal with the devil doesn't seem all that bad when you're sitting on top of the world, with endless amounts of money and designer everything, but it's not long before her beloved Aunt Ruby is snatched away from her. Mecca is forced to fend for herself. She learns to play with the hand she was dealt, but who will be left standing in the end? In Mecca's world, everyone is suspect, and no one can be trusted, not even family. When the truth is revealed to her, it is up to Mecca to decide if she'll do the right thing and lead a life of righteousness, or continue to walk down the same dark path as her aunt.

Download or read book Homeless written by Joshua D. Phillips and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A half-century after the "War on Poverty" of Lyndon Johnson, poverty rates remain unchanged. Scholars have advanced polarized theories about the causes of poverty, as politicians have debated how (or if) to fund welfare programs. Yet little research has been conducted where the poor are provided a platform to speak on their own behalf. While it is important to understand how economic systems affect the homeless, it is equally important to learn about the day-to-day realities faced by those who rely on public policies for survival. Drawing on the author's experience working in the homeless community, this book presents some of their stories of loss, abuse, addiction, and marginalization through interviews, observations, and ethnographic research.

Download or read book Homeless Hell written by William Graham and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining poetry that captures different facets of the struggles of the homeless with photographs of life on the streets, Homeless Hell portrays the humanity of men and women who exist on the margins of society. Yet the homeless have hopes and dreams of a better life like all of us. Through insightful, lyrical words and images, this book sheds a sympathetic light on the people that society too often ignores.

Download or read book Homelessness in the Classroom written by Kerri Tobin and published by Dio Press Incorporated. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are over 1.5 million homeless students in U.S. schools, a number expected to rise as a result of Covid-19. Research on this population has existed since the 1980s, but most teachers are unaware of the unique needs of these highly vulnerable students or the laws that exist to protect them. Although they primarily need housing, students experiencing homelessness also need responsive school environments. In language accessible to busy practitioners, this book presents research on homelessness as it impacts children in school and lays out for teachers what is known, and as yet unknown, about how best to serve these students in K-12 and as they prepare for what comes next. Perfect for courses that aim to provide pre-service teachers with proven strategies for reaching underserved student populations.

Download or read book The Eternal State of Homelessness written by Vinoo Jain and published by Anti-Chri$. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Eternal State of Homelessness parallels the plight and suffering of the homeless individuals we see around us with what eternal homelessness must be like. Their plight and suffering serve a purpose; they paint a vivid picture of what our eternal existence might be like if we do not stop, take notice, and prepare accordingly. This book describes the consequences of not playing by ironic rules associated with a level playing field. These upside down rules bring ultimate balance and justice to the Universe. On this level playing field, amongst mortals Death is batting a thousand. As such, a day is coming where role reversal will occur where their suffering now, though temporary, may provide them with an eternal home, and our comfort now, though temporary, may reward us with eternal homelessness. To be fair, the homeless should hold up cardboard signs that say, "Behold, I am a picture of what you may one day become. My suffering is but for a moment; yours is for eternity."

Download or read book Homeless Hero written by Mike Tapscott and published by Abbott Press. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homeless Hero: Understanding the Soul of Home considers the human mission to know the soul and navigate life experiences. When pain and emptiness show up in life, only those who undertake the hero's journey grow into a place of understanding where they can then flourish. Mike Tapscott was watching a movie at a resource center for homeless people when he developed the idea for this book. The movie workshop at Lodestar Day Resource Center in Phoenix, Arizona, teaches life's lessons through the magic of cinema. The lessons manifest through a series of dramatic events: hearing a call to adventure; refusing the call; crossing a threshold; encountering tests, allies and enemies; being unable to turn back; soul searching; finding reward; returning with the story; and experiencing resurrection. These events are what life is all about. The hero's journey through homelessness--just one symptom of the challenge of overcoming emotional pain--is one way to help change individuals and then change tracks, patterns, and less-than-constructive behaviors. Here is a compilation of experiences from Tapscott's 36-hour experimental journey into life on the streets, his own volunteer work and through interviews with employees in the social service system, other volunteers and homeless individuals. Homeless Hero is a case study, an experiment, an adventure, and a multi-layered examination of American society that seeks to help you understand the moving picture of your own hero's journey.

Download or read book Homeless written by Ella Howard and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-01-09 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The homeless have the legal right to exist in modern American cities, yet antihomeless ordinances deny them access to many public spaces. How did previous generations of urban dwellers deal with the tensions between the rights of the homeless and those of other city residents? Ella Howard answers this question by tracing the history of skid rows from their rise in the late nineteenth century to their eradication in the mid-twentieth century. Focusing on New York's infamous Bowery, Homeless analyzes the efforts of politicians, charity administrators, social workers, urban planners, and social scientists as they grappled with the problem of homelessness. The development of the Bowery from a respectable entertainment district to the nation's most infamous skid row offers a lens through which to understand national trends of homelessness and the complex relationship between poverty and place. Maintained by cities across the country as a type of informal urban welfare, skid rows anchored the homeless to a specific neighborhood, offering inhabitants places to eat, drink, sleep, and find work while keeping them comfortably removed from the urban middle classes. This separation of the homeless from the core of city life fostered simplistic and often inaccurate understandings of their plight. Most efforts to assist them centered on reforming their behavior rather than addressing structural economic concerns. By midcentury, as city centers became more valuable, urban renewal projects and waves of gentrification destroyed skid rows and with them the public housing and social services they offered. With nowhere to go, the poor scattered across the urban landscape into public spaces, only to confront laws that effectively criminalized behavior associated with abject poverty. Richly detailed, Homeless lends insight into the meaning of homelessness and poverty in twentieth-century America and offers us a new perspective on the modern welfare system.

Download or read book The Girl s Guide to Homelessness written by Brianna Karp and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brianna Karp entered the workforce at age ten, supporting her mother and sister throughout her teen years in Southern California. Although her young life was scarred by violence and abuse, Karp stayed focused on her dream of a steady job and a home of her own. By age twenty-two her dream became reality. Karp loved her job as an executive assistant and signed the lease on a tiny cottage near the beach. And then the Great Recession hit. Karp, like millions of others, lost her job. In the six months between the day she was laid off and the day she was forced out onto the street, Karp scrambled for temp work and filed hundreds of job applications, only to find all doors closed. When she inherited a thirty-foot travel trailer after her father's suicide, Karp parked it in a Walmart parking lot and began to blog about her search for work and a way back.

Download or read book A Homeless Panic written by James Lough and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Homeless Panic: The Homeless Experience in America A gripping and powerful story about survival on the streets. This is a true account, in descriptive and sometimes graphic detail, of what it was like to survive homelessness. It is the story of one persons struggle to come to terms with what can only be described as a real-life disaster. More than just a good read, A Homeless Panic provides a profound and moving account of what its like to be homeless in America. Our society doesnt look favorably on homelessness and doesnt understand the problem. Even though the United States is the wealthiest nation on earth, we have been unable to resolve the growing problem of homelessness. This book can help bring a better understanding between the general public and the homeless. The author delves into the complex realities of homelessness to paint a compelling picture of individuals living on the street and of their struggles for daily survival. All of them are trying to make the best they can of a desperate situation. This book presents an honest look at their foibles, their values, and their humanity.

Download or read book Designing for the Homeless written by Sam Davis and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-11-29 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An eye opener. The subject of homelessness has often been discussed, but no one before has cut such a broad swath through the subject. There is no other book that deals with the architecture of homelessness."—Robert Gutman, author of Architectural Practice: A Critical View "Davis lays out a compelling case for us all, especially designers, to get involved in solutions for the problem of homelessness. He discusses the plight of the homeless in terms that make them real, and his chapter on the costs of homelessness lays out the argument for involvement in very practical terms."—Michael Underhill, Professor, School of Architecture at Arizona State University

Download or read book A Christian Doctor VS Homelessness From Tenthouse to Penthouse written by Sara Harris-Bowditch and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel portrays a fictional story about homelessness in America. This homeless epidemic may have resulted from post-war syndrome, substance abuse, post incarceration stress, or other unforeseen mishaps. In this novel the Christian psychiatrist places God at the helm of her goals for the homeless citizens of America. Also the scriptures in this book will provoke readers to search out God’s plan for every man on earth to follow. This book is fiction but its plans and hopes of eliminating homelessness, and various other mental illnesses have great possibilities. It tells of numerous methods for the willing person to be re-mainstreamed back into society. This is not just another feed the homeless effort, but rather, this story has devised a fool-proof plan to help the poor to feed themselves by working and or becoming business owners. The exciting story takes place in New York. Doctor Hadassah Desoto (Dassah) her fearless bodyguard Stephanas Carter (Step) and some homeless men she tries to recruit, falls into one danger after another. The unpredictable events will grab readers and hold them speechless. The characters will surprise readers as readers try to figure out what happens next. The story tells one adventure after another for readers who like to solve a puzzle. This story will make readers angry and then turn around the next minute and make them smile. There is no consenting sex nor profanity, so that the family can read and enjoy what they all can do to help.

Download or read book Hostel Hell written by Robert Leslie and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-02 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suddenly you're homeless - what's the worst that can happen? Here's my year of No Fixed Address spent with crazies, druggies, con men, prostitutes and a surprising number of really decent people. Be prepared - I wasn't. An unwanted divorce led to the loss of my house and business, bringing on stress, depression, low self-esteem and, I'm ashamed to say, heavy drinking. In that state finding a solution to the multiple problems in my life was more than I could handle. When you are down, your focus is just getting through each day. I had naively believed that the welfare society would offer broad help; what I painfully discovered was that there is a multi-stage filtering with hurdles through which you have to navigate blindfold - there is no guide which tells you what to expect. I hope that in some measure my book offers that. But for all the feelings of fear, inadequacy and hopelessness there were some compensations. I met a rich array of people, out-and-out crazies, druggies, smart crooks, devious prostitutes and heard some amazing stories. And to my great surprise a number of these individuals were kind, friendly and helpful. The whole experience changed my politics and view of the world. Don't think homelessness could not happen to you, it can to anybody.

Download or read book Wisdom From the Homeless written by Neil Craton M.D. and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SOMETIMES THE WORLD SEEMS LIKE A VERY DARK PLACE. In this angry world, I have seen a glimpse of light. I have seen kindness, love and hope at a homeless shelter. Siloam Mission is named after a pool where, in Biblical times, Jesus healed a blind man. In this tradition, the Mission has a medical clinic, and I have had the privilege of working there. The homeless men and women I have met at Siloam have taught me profound lessons about perseverance through suffering, expressing joy in dire circumstances, and the rewards of service to those in need. I want to share those lessons with you.

Download or read book Homelessness written by James M. Henslin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1993 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Download or read book Max written by Ian O. Lewis and published by Cruz Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one has ever told Max that happiness is an option. Everyone that knows Max thinks he is a great guy. He takes care of his family, goes to church most Sundays, and puts the needs of everyone else above his own. Max has a group of friends who rely on him, and he’s always willing to pitch in when someone asks him for help. In fact, he structures his life to avoid thinking about himself at all. His family and friends are constantly badgering him to settle down. They point out that his siblings are all married, and some even have kids. But, whenever Max goes looking for love, his shyness kicks in, so he reluctantly accepts the fact that he’s a confirmed bachelor. All that changes when he meets Jude. He's a shy biology teacher Max finds crying on a rooftop, after he is dumped by his date at a party. They spend the rest of the evening together, and for the first time Max can recall, he feels optimistic about his future. Unfortunately, what he desires and what his family and friends want are two different things. On the surface, they pick on him for not finding a mate. But, when he finally does meet the man of his dreams, will they be willing to let Max experience true happiness for the first time in his life? At the corner of Robinson Street and Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia is an old apartment building filled with broken hearts and wistful dreams. Max is the second novel in the Balcony Boys series that features an eccentric landlady and a cast of wonderful characters. It can be read as a standalone novel. Oh, and you might see a character or three from the Boys of Oregon Hill series. Fans of Felice Stevens, Andrew Gray, and Parker Avrile.

Download or read book Raised in Hell written by Deon Price and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A non-fiction family dramedy about overcoming obstacles, family bond and survival. A true story of a family's struggle to endure in a challenging time and an even tougher environment. Delivered from the perspective of the youngest child of nine with humor, hardship and professional precision. "Deon D. Price has provided a trusted and respected perspective for youth. A great story teller, he has mastered the ability to deliver a critical and current message to today's youth culture. I endorse and support Deon's efforts." -Larry J. Moody, East Palo Alto, CA City Council Member "I was laughing out loud! There was laughter and tears at the same time. This will be as good as, if not better than a Madea movie!" - Evelyn L. Polk, LMFT and Author of "It's the Heart Work" "Deon D. Price is the REAL DEAL, PERIOD. His experience as described in "Raised in Hell" is a perfect example of inspiration and hope for a plethora of young people to emulate! " -Kevin Bracy, Executive Producer of The MonSTARS of Motivation, Founder of Life Changers Intl. "A great read! This book should be a blueprint for anyone committed to serving youth and families. I'm impressed with Deon's innovative approach and creative thinking for impacting young people." -Wil Cason, Motivational Speaker "To say that Deon D. Price and his journey in "Raised in Hell" is inspiring does not do it justice. He provides a well-lit path from illness to wellness inside urban America. He lifts me up and makes me and others go on doing what we do." - Mike Pritchard, Keynote Speaker, Author and Life Coach "Deon D. Price's heartbreaking yet laugh out loud story is a model of resiliency for today's youth and should be a must read for those giving their all to help improve the lives of young people in America." -Heidi Schrumpf, JD, PhD, University of Montana

Download or read book My Room Has No Curtains written by William Gough and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No longer imprisoned by curtains, recently released by vegetables, discovered back on his green bicycle, celebrated by plum blossoms; yet another yarn about the little boy in a big room. The stories in my linked Urban Fables are part of a work-that’s-been-in-progress since 1972. All stories are swung round by one of my sea-anchors – the Rock, and then moored next to the rocks of the BC Coastline