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Author
Language
English
Description
"In this brilliant, heartbreaking book, Matthew Desmond takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. Arleen is a single mother trying to raise her two sons on the 20 dollars a month she has left after paying for their rundown apartment. Scott is a gentle nurse consumed by a heroin addiction. Lamar, a man with no legs and a neighborhood full of boys to look after, tries to work his way out of...
Author
Publisher
Fox Chapel
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
A fresh approach to designing and building chicken coops with seven stylish designs that your flock will adore and your neighbors will envy. Hop on board the backyard chicken raising trend! Use your woodworking skills and the fun designs in this book to build your flock a stylish coop.
Author
Publisher
Lothrop Lee & Shepard
Pub. Date
c1992.
Language
English
Description
The world is full of houses. Big houses and little houses. Houses that stay in one place and houses that move from place to place. Some houses are made of wood or stone; others are made from mud or straw. But all of them are made for families to live in.
Author
Publisher
Boston
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Features detailed, bas-relief collage spreads of dwellings in other world regions and historical times to explain how different people live and have lived, from a village house in South Africa to a floating green house in the Netherlands.
10) Grizzwold
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1963]
Language
English
Description
Grizzwold the lovable bear has a tough time finding a place to live.
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The easiest way to learn a new language is to use the vocabulary in real life as often as possible. In this book, readers are invited into a casa, or house, and learn Spanish terms that they can practice every day in their own casa. Spanish words are introduced in an accessible way, reinforced with a pronunciation guide, and featured in photographs"--Publisher's website.
15) Blackbird House
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of interconnecting narratives about a number of interesting and intriguing people who live at Blackbird House in Cape Cod, Massachusetts during the British occupation in the eighteenth century.
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Quit your day job! Make a million in real estate! It's easier than you think! A few years ago, Matthew Martinez was a lot like you - he worked hard to make as big a salary as he could. But it wasn't enough. He worked by the clock, and yearned to be his own boss. With a small amount of savings, he acquired his first rental property. Two years later, he was making more from his rentals than he was working 9 to 5, so he quit his day job to oversee his...
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1953.
Language
English
Description
Continuing a two-year program to bring back twenty-two Maurice Sendak treasures long out of print, our second season of publication highlights one of the most successful author-illustrator pairings of all time. A pioneer of great children's literature, Ruth Krausspublished more than thirty books for children during a career that spanned forty years. Krauss and Sendak collaborated on eight books, and we are delighted to reintroduce four of these gems...
19) The money pit
Publisher
MCA Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Evicted from their Manhattan apartment, Walter and Anna buy what looks like the home of their dreams only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2012?].
Language
English
Description
Traces the creation and demise of the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in Saint Louis, Missouri. Built in 1956, Pruitt-Igoe was heralded as a marvel of modernist architecture and a milestone in public assistance and urban redevelopment, but in the years that followed it devolved into a haven for drug-related crime, and ended up stigmatizing the population it was intended to help.
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