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"Even in the most desolate areas of American cities, evictions used to be rare. But today, most poor renting families are spending more than half of their income on housing, and eviction has become ordinary, especially for single mothers ... [In this book], Desmond provides a ground-level view of one of the most urgent issues facing America today. As we see families forced into shelters, squalid apartments, or more dangerous neighborhoods, we bear...
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Publisher:
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date:
[2024]
Language:
English
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In the all-white Missouri town of "Calico Springs, Willie's life has been defined by two powerful forces: God and the river. The 'miracle boy' died for five minutes as a young child, and ever since, Willie is certain he survived for a reason, but that purpose didn't become clear until he found the Game. The Game is called Manifest Atlas, and the concept is simple: enter an intention and the Game provides a target--a blinking blue dot on the map. Willie's...
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Publisher:
Owlkids
Pub. Date:
[2024]
Language:
English
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"Simple, rhyming words delightfully capture the lovable nature and hilarious habits of mischievous kittens. Three city kitties live in an apartment on a busy street. They sit side-by-side in the window, preening and watching the world go by. They make mischief, hiding from a delivery person and playing in a box. They beg for food and get the zoomies, chasing each other up and down the walls, and take a nap. Hints of the humans in the apartment going...
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Publisher:
Scribner
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Eight interconnected stories follow the tenants in the Banneker Homes, a low-income high rise in Harlem where gentrification weighs on everyone's mind, as they weave in and out of each other's lives, endeavoring to escape from their pasts and forge new paths forward.
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Publisher:
Koehler Books
Pub. Date:
[2024]
Language:
English
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"Henry Franken has a problem with money-he has too much of it. When his unprincipled father dies, thirty-three-year-old Henry inherits a massive estate, including an Upper East Side residential building. He must confront the reality of his new financial status, directly conflicting with his well-honed identity as a 'progressive liberal'. When he shows up to collect the keys to his father's building, he notices a sign: 'Doorman Wanted'. Seeing a chance...
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NoveList Series:
44 Scotland Street volume 17.
Series:
44 Scotland Street volume 17
Publisher:
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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"Approached in the park by a shadowy figure, Angus Lordie is mistaken for a journalist and becomes privy to some controversial plans of the Scottish Parliament - but just what is he meant to do about it? At school, a new member of Bertie's class, Galactica MacFee, quickly comes between Bertie and Olive, leaving him no choice but to skip town. And the indomitable Irene finds herself yet again in Edinburgh. . . but this time there might be romance in...
9. Laundry day
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Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
Description:
A boy travels throughout his lively neighborhood, searching for the owner of a red cloth he has found.
In turn-of-the-twentieth-century New York City, a shoeshine boy tries to find the owner of a piece of red cloth, venturing up and down fire escapes, back and forth across clotheslines, and into the company of the diverse people who live in the tenement buildings.
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English
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Elizabeth Norris (19 February 1925 - 16 April 2004) was a local Raleigh historian and preservationist. She was born in Raleigh, at Norborne Terrace, the home of her Grandparents. A lifelong Raleigh resident, Norris attended Raleigh Public Schools, and then Peace University. Norris was involved in a number of organizations and initiatives concerning Raleigh history and historic preservation of Raleigh. She also wrote numerous articles on Raleigh and...
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