Something Beautiful -- by Sharon Wyeth (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description A little girl longs to see beyond the scary sights on the sidewalk and the angry scribbling in the halls of her building. When her teacher writes the word beautiful on the...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
The Berenstain Bears and No Guns Allowed -- by S Berenstein, J Berenstein (Authors) (Book - Child)
"Once again, the Berenstains have focused on a subject of great concern for parents and kids alike: guns. When Ferdy the nerd gets paired with Too-Tall the jock in an assignment to study...
Ages 7 years - 11 years.
American Project: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto -- by Sudhir Venkatesh (Author) (Book)
"High-rise public housing developments were signature features of the postÐWorld War II city. A hopeful experiment in providing temporary, inexpensive housing for all Americans, the "projects" soon...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Inside Game/Outside Game: Winning Strategies for Saving Urban America -- by David Rusk (Author) (Book)
"For the past three decades, the federal government has targeted the poorest areas of American cities with a succession of antipoverty initiatives, yet these urban neighborhoods continue to decline....
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Pushcart War -- by Jean Merrill (Author) (Book - Child)
"The pushcarts have declared war! New York City's streets are clogged with huge, rude trucks that park where they want, hold up traffic and bulldoze into anything that is in their way, and the...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Great Expectations -- by Charles Dickens (Author) (Book - Child)
"Great Expectations follows the life of the orphan, Pip. We first meet him as a tiny, terrified child in a village churchyard. Years later, through the help of an anonymous benefactor, Pip will travel...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Stitches -- by Glen Huser (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Travis lives in a trailer park outside a small prairie town with his aunt, uncle, and a pack of rowdy little cousins. His mother, a country-and-western singer, is on the road a...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids -- by Donna Gaines (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
"Teenage Wasteland provides memorable portraits of "rock and roll kids" and analyses of their interests in heavy metal music and Satanism. A powerful indictment of the often manipulative media...
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21)
Light Your Candle -- by Carl Sommer (Author) (Book)
"Stephanie decides to do something to get rid of crime and violence on her street, leading to a transformation of her school and neighborhood." --Publisher (barnesandnoble.com)
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Urban Housing Crisis: Social, Economic, and Legal Issues and Proposals, Vol. 90 -- by Arlene Zarembka (Author) (Book)
"This concise yet comprehensive new book zeroes in on four major aspects of the current housing crisis: financing, production and preservation, discrimination, and displacement. In each of these...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)