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Broke

Author : Jodie Adams Kirshner
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781250237125

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"Essential...in showcasing people who are persistent, clever, flawed, loving, struggling and full of contradictions, Broke affirms why it’s worth solving the hardest problems in our most challenging cities in the first place. " —Anna Clark, The New York Times "Through in-depth reporting of structural inequality as it affects real people in Detroit, Jodie Adams Kirshner's Broke examines one side of the economic divide in America" —Salon "What Broke really tells us is how systems of government, law and finance can crush even the hardiest of boot-strap pullers." —Brian Alexander, author of Glass House A galvanizing, narrative account of a city’s bankruptcy and its aftermath told through the lives of seven valiantly struggling Detroiters Bankruptcy and the austerity it represents have become a common "solution" for struggling American cities. What do the spending cuts and limited resources do to the lives of city residents? In Broke, Jodie Adams Kirshner follows seven Detroiters as they navigate life during and after their city's bankruptcy. Reggie loses his savings trying to make a habitable home for his family. Cindy fights drug use, prostitution, and dumping on her block. Lola commutes two hours a day to her suburban job. For them, financial issues are mired within the larger ramifications of poor urban policies, restorative negligence on the state and federal level and—even before the decision to declare Detroit bankrupt in 2013—the root causes of a city’s fiscal demise. Like Matthew Desmond’s Evicted, Broke looks at what municipal distress means, not just on paper but in practical—and personal—terms. More than 40 percent of Detroit’s 700,000 residents fall below the poverty line. Post-bankruptcy, they struggle with a broken real estate market, school system, and job market—and their lives have not improved. Detroit is emblematic. Kirshner makes a powerful argument that cities—the economic engine of America—are never quite given the aid that they need by either the state or federal government for their residents to survive, not to mention flourish. Success for all America’s citizens depends on equity of opportunity.

Word Origins And How We Know Them

Author : Anatoly Liberman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-13
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780199889013

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Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymology, making this little-known field accessible to everyone interested in the history of words. Anatoly Liberman, an internationally acclaimed etymologist, takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made, and the many ways in which etymologists try to unearth the origins of words. Every chapter is packed with dozens of examples of proven word histories, used to illustrate the correct ways to trace the origins of words as well as some of the egregiously bad ways to trace them. He not only tells the known origins of hundreds of words, but also shows how their origins were determined. And along the way, the reader is treated to a wealth of fascinating word facts. Did they once have bells in a belfry? No, the original meaning of belfry was siege tower. Are the words isle and island, raven and ravenous, or pan and pantry related etymologically? No, though they look strikingly similar, these words came to English via different routes. Partly a history, partly a how-to, and completely entertaining, Word Origins invites readers behind the scenes to watch an etymologist at work.

Broke and Broken

Author : Lucas Ledwaba,Leon Sadiki
Publisher : Blackbird Books
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781928337355

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Broke and Broken by Lucas Ledwaba,Leon Sadiki Pdf

In 1889 a gold rush broke out on the Witwatersrand, changing South Africa's history forever. More than 130 years later the mining industry is still one of the biggest drivers of the economy, but at the expense of those who work underground. Broke & Broken is the story of the thousands of men from South Africa and beyond its borders who paid with their lives for generations. These are men who left their homes as healthy, ambitious youngsters and returned broke, broken and bitter; victims of the shameful legacy of gold mining. The book seeks to say the names of the mineworkers who have built this country's economy, because their own stories and their own spirits need to be magnified. The precious stone they spent most of their lives digging brought no shine to their lives - only pain, tears and death.

From Broke to Broken

Author : Niral Russell Burnett
Publisher : NiOse Communications Company
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09
Category : Christian life
ISBN : 9780971755130

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From Broke to Broken Embracing a Life that Lacks Nothing is a spiritual journey that every Christian must take. Whether the need is financial, health or marital, God desires that we are usable for the glory of his kingdom, and that can only be attained when we experience a true spiritual breakthrough. Breakthrough occurs when that which is on the inside comes out, as in a seed. Yet, interestingly, the same could be said of brokenness. In a church age where Christians nationwide are crying out for breakthrough, it is evident that God has sent things that bring brokenness. Still, breakthrough and brokenness are the same thing. So, why do so few cry out for brokenness? This follow-up to the critically acclaimed, Tithing and Still Broke will show believers what really matters, as we embrace a life that lacks nothing. Yet, when we embrace such a life, the precious things we seek will not be found in places that are pretty. They will be found in places that are dangerous places where our security, our finances, and even our health are being challenged. Yet, these experiences are where the greatest treasures imaginable are harvested.

Broke But Not Broken

Author : Michael Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0615695205

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Broke but Not Broken is the true account of a Phoenix Homebuilder who went from a net worth of $46 million to Bankrupt just 18 months later. It is a very small account of the Housing collapse. It is however a big account of a man, a man much like each and every one of us. A man who made it to the big time only to have it all ripped away. The company and Mike Roberts were forced into Bankruptcy. The gritty account of the events surrounding the collapse are well documented here. As Mr. Roberts looked for an out it appeared the only way out was to end it all. In the final moment he rose from the floor and decided to fight on. Broke but not Broken takes you on the ride of a rich Scottsdale home builder to a man near death and staggering bitter defeats. Left penniless and divorced he somehow found the strength to start over and to rebuild and reinvent himself. The writing style of this book is extremely raw and is assured to keep the reader captivated and racing to read on. You will cry and you will cheer, you will believe that there is hope even when death seems like the only option. You will visit places that you have never been before and you will sit in the seat of the Author. You will live the American Dream and you will ask yourself it is a dream that is worth living. Clearly, one of the most critical books ever written for those who wish to know what it is like to be a millionaire only to be thrown to the wolves. It is also the book to read if you want to believe that when death seems so clear there is in fact life and that you can rise again. Broke But Not Broken travels from the arms of defeat to a robust winning attitude. Initially, when survival was the only torch the book soon transforms into a story of victories and the will to be better than ever before. It is filled with many winning philosophies and is designed to help us all rise from defeat to live another day, and not only live another day but to win and to be the very best you can be.

This Book is Broken

Author : Stuart Berman
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780887847967

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This Book is Broken by Stuart Berman Pdf

A lively oral history of the Toronto cult indie-rock band draws on interviews with such past and present members as Hayden, Bloc Party, and Leslie Feist as well as a number of their fellow performers, in an illustrated tribute that is complemented by reproductions of gig posters and album artwork. Original.

Broke

Author : Glenn Beck,Kevin Balfe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781451693447

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Broke by Glenn Beck,Kevin Balfe Pdf

In a book timed for the midterm elections, the popular firebrand is back to tackle all the hot issues with his signature wit and confrontational, controversial style. By the #1 best-selling author of Arguing With Idiots. 1.5 million first printing.

Break Broke

Author : Angela Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1676023828

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Breaking Broke tells the author's financial empowerment of eliminating $100,000 in debt a little over two years. On this journey, she discovered that anything you want to accomplish will require the right mindset -- a mindset that will lead to success. Only then can you transform your habits and take the right actions. This book provides specific strategies, techniques, and lessons for financial empowerment. This book also reveals that the mindsets and habits that hold people back financially also hold people back in their careers, business endeavors, personal lives and more. The book explores topics like complacency, emulating others, emotional baggage, and choosing the wrong advisers. It tell the reader, step by step, how to destroy these and many other unproductive happen. This book will lead the reader to gain freedom from whatever is holding them back, even if it is not finances.Here's the website: www.breakingbroke.guru

I Broke My Butt!

Author : Dawn McMillan
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780486842738

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I Broke My Butt! by Dawn McMillan Pdf

The inventive young hero from the bestselling I Need a New Butt! is back and this time he has accidentally glued a serving tray to his behind — and he's tickled pink! See, it's great for sliding down hills, surfing big waves, and other booty-full fun and games. Now all his friends want one too! Another cracked farce from the cheeky team of Dawn McMillan and Ross Kinnaird.

It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken

Author : Greg Behrendt,Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780767921961

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It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken by Greg Behrendt,Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt Pdf

A must-have manual for finding your way back to an even more rocking you. Greg and his wife, Amiira, share their hilarious and helpful roadmap for getting past the heartache and back into the game. From Greg Behrendt, the co-author of the smash two-million copy bestseller He’s Just Not That Into You, comes It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken. There’s no doubt about it—breakups suck. But in the first few hours or days or weeks that follow, there’s one important truth you need to recognize: Some things can’t and shouldn’t be fixed, especially that loser who dumped you or forced you to dump him. Starting right here, right now, it’s time to dry your tears, and open this book to Chapter One–and start turning your breakup into a breakover. The ultimate survival guide to getting over Mr. Wrong and reclaiming your inner Superfox. From how to put yourself through “he-tox,” to how to throw yourself a kick-ass pity party, and reframing reality— seeing the relationship for what it was. Complete with an essential workbook to help you put your emotions down on paper and heal.

Broken Man Broke

Author : Marcus Lopés
Publisher : Broken Man Broke
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0995829454

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FREEDOM. He finally tastes it, and it's everything he didn't imagine... Scott thinks he's hit the life lottery when his parents drop him off at the college dormitory. No more rules. No one watching his every move. Even better, he's free to live out his secret fantasies. And he plans to play. Hard. Dirty. Rough. Until he meets Troy - the sexy, take-charge guy living across the hall - who turns out to be just as damaged as he is. Scott doesn't want Troy's body or his heart. Just his friendship, which becomes intense and all-consuming. And it's exactly what Scott needs: someone he can finally trust who won't screw him over. Again. But a smooth-talking blond, bartering for Scott's attention, slowly begins to tear them apart as both men navigate the turbulent years called growing up. Yet no matter what is thrown at them - first love, heartbreaking loss, family drama - Scott and Troy's bond seems unbreakable. But even best friends have secrets. Until it isn't a secret anymore. And when it explodes, it's not easy to pick up the pieces and keep going. Not when they find themselves challenging deep-rooted assumptions about each other and themselves... Raw and rich in emotion, Broken Man Broke is a provocative coming-of-age story about unspoken desires, belonging, and the hopes that hold us together as easily as they can tear us apart.

If it Ain't Broke-- Break It!

Author : Robert J. Kriegel,Louis Patler
Publisher : Grand Central Pub
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0446515396

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If it Ain't Broke-- Break It! by Robert J. Kriegel,Louis Patler Pdf

An iconoclastic business guide offers unconventional approaches to dealing with the ever-changing corporate environment

Broke

Author : Laura T. Hamilton,Kelly Nielsen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226747590

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Public research universities were previously able to provide excellent education to white families thanks to healthy government funding. However, that funding has all but dried up in recent decades as historically underrepresented students have gained greater access, and now less prestigious public universities face major economic challenges. In Broke, Laura T. Hamilton and Kelly Nielsen examine virtually all aspects of campus life to show how the new economic order in public universities, particularly at two campuses in the renowned University of California system, affects students. For most of the twentieth century, they show, less affluent families of color paid with their taxes for wealthy white students to attend universities where their own offspring were not welcome. That changed as a subset of public research universities, some quite old, opted for a “new” approach, making racially and economically marginalized youth the lifeblood of the university. These new universities, however, have been particularly hard hit by austerity. To survive, they’ve had to adapt, finding new ways to secure funding and trim costs—but ultimately it’s their students who pay the price, in decreased services and inadequate infrastructure. ? The rise of new universities is a reminder that a world-class education for all is possible. Broke shows us how far we are from that ideal and sets out a path for how we could get there.

Going Broke

Author : Stuart Vyse
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0198041942

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Over the last three decades, debt, bankruptcy, and home foreclosures have risen to epidemic levels. To make matters worse, the personal savings rate is at its lowest point since the Great Depression. Why, in the richest nation on earth, can't Americans hold on to our money? Winner of the prestigious William James Book Award for Believing in Magic and an authority on irrational behavior, Stuart Vyse offers a unique psychological perspective on the financial behavior of the many Americans today who find they cannot make ends meet, illuminating the causes of our wildly self-destructive spending habits. But unlike other authors, he doesn't entirely blame the victim. Bringing together fascinating studies of consumer behavior, he argues that the mountain of debt burying so many of us is the inevitable byproduct of America's turbo-charged economy and, in particular, of social and technological trends that undermine our self-control. Going Broke illuminates everything from the rise of the credit card, to the increase in state lotteries and casino gambling, to the expansion of new shopping opportunities provided by toll-free numbers, home shopping networks, big-box stores, and the Internet, revealing how vast changes in American society over the last 30 years have greatly complicated our relationship with money. Vyse concludes both with personal advice for the individual who wants to achieve greater financial stability and with pointed recommendations for economic and social change that will help promote the financial health of all Americans. Engagingly written, with startling insights into modern consumerism and with poignant human-interest stories of people facing financial failure, Going Broke offers a provocative new perspective on American economic behavior that is likely to stir controversy and serious debate.

Broke in America

Author : Joanne Samuel Goldblum,Colleen Shaddox
Publisher : BenBella Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781950665631

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FOREWORD INDIES FINALIST — POLITICAL & SOCIAL SCIENCES NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS SILVER MEDALIST — SOCIAL CHANGE & SOCIAL JUSTICE ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD 1ST RUNNER UP — CULTURE & MONTAIGNE MEDAL NOMINEE "A valuable resource in the fight against poverty." —Publishers Weekly "An exploration of why so many Americans are struggling financially . . . A down-to-earth overview of the causes and effects of poverty and possible remedies." —Kirkus Reviews Water. Food. Housing. The most basic and crucial needs for survival, yet 40 percent of people in the United States don't have the resources to get them. With key policy changes, we could eradicate poverty in this country within our lifetime—but we need to get started now. Nearly 40 million people in the United States live below the poverty line—about $26,200 for a family of four. Low-income families and individuals are everywhere, from cities to rural communities. While poverty is commonly seen as a personal failure, or a deficiency of character or knowledge, it's actually the result of bad policy. Public policy has purposefully erected barriers that deny access to basic needs, creating a society where people can easily become trapped—not because we lack the resources to lift them out, but because we are actively choosing not to. Poverty is close to inevitable for low-wage workers and their children, and a large percentage of these people, despite qualifying for it, do not receive government aid. From Joanne Samuel Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox, Broke in America offers an eye-opening and galvanizing look at life in poverty in this country: how circumstances and public policy conspire to keep people poor, and the concrete steps we can take to end poverty for good. In clear, accessible prose, Goldblum and Shaddox detail the ways the current system is broken and how it's failing so many of us. They also highlight outdated and ineffective policies that are causing or contributing to this unnecessary problem. Every chapter features action items readers can use to combat poverty—both nationwide and in our local communities, including the most effective public policies you can support and how to work hand-in-hand with representatives to affect change. So far, our attempted solutions have fallen short because they try to "fix" poor people rather than address the underlying problems. Fortunately, it's much easier to fix policy than people. Essential and timely, Broke in America offers a crucial road map for securing a brighter future.