Living with Substance Addiction (Living with Health Challenges (Abdo))
by Melissa Higgins
Why Do People Live on the Streets? (Exploring Tough Issues) (Why?)
by Kaye Stearman
This book offers clear information about the issue of homelessness. It looks at how homeless people eat, sleep, wash and survive - all over the world. Quotations give and insight into the dangers of life without a proper home and what it is like to survive on a daily basis - together with case studies, facts and figures and possible solutions to the problem, this book provides all the information needed to make up your mind about this issue.
A biography of the woman who founded Hull-House, one of the first settlement houses in the United States, and who later became involved in the international peace movement.
"Postpartum Depression: Each volume in this timely series provides essential information on a disease or disorder (symptoms, causes, treatments, cures, etc.); presents the controversies surrounding causes, alternative treatments, and other issues"--
Doctors Without Borders (Community Connections: How Do They Help?) (How Do They Help?)
by Katie Marsico
Homelessness and Street Crime (Current Controversies (Hardcover)) (Current Controversies (Paperback))
Hundreds of thousands of Americans are without a home, sleeping on streets or in temporary shelters. Nearly one-fifth of homeless Americans suffer from an untreated mental illness. Due in part to reductions in state and city budgets, many who need assistance are left to live on the street. One natural byproduct of a life on the street is criminal behavior, as adaptation to illegal acts becomes a matter of survival. Could ending homelessness reduce crime? What are ways in which that could be achi...
In It's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going, Chelsea Clinton tackles some of the biggest challenges facing our world today, especially for kids. Using data, charts and stories she unpacks challenges related to Poverty, Climate Change, Gender Equality, Health, Endangered Species and more. She also talks about what's being done to make a difference in each area, particularly by kids and teenagers. With lots of suggestions and ideas for action, Chelsea Clinton shares her passion for...
Explains the role and functions of some of the main organisations in the world
Surviving the Dust Bowl (Eye on History Graphic Illustrated)
by Jo Cleland
Poverty (Essential Issues) (Essential Issues Set 1)
by Marcia Amidon Lusted
The worst and most deadly natural disaster in United States history, Hurricane Katrina was a destructive and costly event whose effects will be felt for many years to come. This timely new book examines the causes of this massive hurricane, its devastating floods, and the relief efforts to help those most effected by the disaster. Gripping images of rescues and recovery are featured along with information and illustrations of the reconstruction of Louisiana's levies. Topics include • the life cy...
As the world's population approaches seven billion people, some fear that Earth's citizens face a catastrophic food crisis in the near future. Furthermore, experts place the globe's population in 2050 at more than nine billion, a potentially overwhelming figure for the world's resources. Some worry how everyone will be fed as land, water, and other natural resources become more scarce. Others are concerned that not everyone will be able to afford food, and starvation may take hold of the world's...
I Am Homeless. Now What? (Teen Life 411)
by Marcia Amidon Lusted
Homelessness in America Today (In the News (Library))
by Jennifer Bringle
Taking Action to End Poverty (UN Sustainable Development Goals)
by Rebecca Sjonger