Books tagged: homelessness

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Orphan Girl: The Memoir of a Chicago Bag Lady    by Jane Hertenstein
Price: $3.99 USD. 57900 words. Published on November 14, 2011. .

Tens of thousands of homeless people walk the streets, forgotten, yet each with their own story to tell. Marie James, a 69-year-old bag lady, and a frequent guest at an inner-city mission in Chicago, sat with Jane Hertenstein through the summer of 1995 and recorded this shocking and moving story of life filled with sorrow, loss, mental instability, and hope.
Short Story - Natural Selection    by Brian Comerford
Price: $0.99 USD. 2030 words. Published on November 19, 2011. .

"They're watching me! Even when I have my back to them I know they're watching me. It's just jealousy. They don't understand! I'm the one who understands. Their puny minds just don't understand genius. I've studied genius. They say that a hairsbreadth is the dividing line between madness and genius." A disturbing first-person exploration of insanity masquerading as genius. Read on..
A Place To Call Home    by Adrien Leduc
Price: Free! 49950 words. Published on December 15, 2011. .

After a harrowing escape from a bad foster home, Ron and Sarah find themselves on the streets of Toronto. Alone, and with nowhere to go, they seek refuge at a charitable shelter. Yet when the truth catches up to them, their luck runs out and the foster siblings find themselves back where they started. Will Ron and Sarah ever find a place to call home?
How To Be a Homeless Frenchman    by Paula Lee
Price: $2.99 USD. 52110 words. Published on December 22, 2011. .

How To Be a Homeless Frenchman tells a tale of two countries, France and the US, bound together in weird and wonderful ways by war, music, and the love of good cheese. Surprising, lyrical, and laugh-out-loud funny, How To Be a Homeless Frenchman is an exploration of just how much happiness can be found in being a smelly Frenchman on a sunny day.
The Santa Solution    by Loanda Cullen
Price: Free! 1540 words. Published on December 23, 2011. .

The North Pole is melting and it's a disaster for Christmas worldwide, as Santa's enclave is being pulled apart by the whether. Or was that Weather? Whether or not you believe, you will be enchanted with the courage and faith that ended up resurrecting our whole world, as Santa and the children of the world find solutions.
From Riches to Rags: My Direct Approach to Solving Homelessness and How I Got My Ass Kicked    by Matthew Bjonerud
Price: $4.99 USD. 97920 words. Published on January 3, 2012. .

If someone put a gun to your head and demanded you solve homelessness, what would you do? How would you do it? Have you ever wondered what would happen if you took the homeless man on the corner home with you? I did and what I got was the adventure of a lifetime. Read this true story and learn the truth about what it takes to break the cycle of homelessness.
Augusta Boulevard Fortuneteller    by Georgiann Baldino
Price: $1.99 USD. 8930 words. Published on January 5, 2012. .

What harm can it do to glimpse the future? Researcher Grace Matthews watches customers cross the Augusta Boulevard fortuneteller's threshold but then never come out. Does the fortuneteller reassure customers or prey on them? Forces she doesn't understand and cannot control draw Grace inside to a fate she never imagined.
America Finding Her Way    by Karen Sunde
Price: Free! 53830 words. Published on January 9, 2012. .

Sweet Land of Fire: Rebellion. New York, 1970. the 24 hours before the “Weatherman house” on 11th street explodes. Native Land: Rejuvenation. The rebirth of a family to serve their nation by following their delinquent child’s dreams. Tracking Blood White: American magic: A dying red-neck town’s struggle with its Native American neighbors and the killer bear that haunts the mountain they share
Blades (whole four-part series)    by J. William Turner
Price: $14.49 USD. 165510 words. Published on January 12, 2012. .

Are heroes born or made? When a 12-year-old kid and his widowed father move to a big metropolis from a coastal city, a fatal tragedy begins a chain of events that tests the courage, self-reliance, integrity and survival skills of the boy. Set in many parts of Australia plus California, over a 5-year period, Blades follows his journey to adulthood and looks at the many lives he saves along the way.
A Vision for Humanity -- Moving Mankind in the Right Direction    by Jason Shohara
Price: $2.99 USD. 58760 words. Published on March 7, 2012. .

Where is the world going? Do the people have a clear direction of life? The world constantly talks about creating peace in the world. Yet, it still practices the business of solving its problems through wars, fighting and killing. This book offers hope and peace by inspiring mankind a vision to move towards unity, equality, and oneness in the world.