wyszukanych pozycji: 3
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Kitchen Table Entrepreneurs: How Eleven Women Escaped Poverty and Became Their Own Bosses
ISBN: 9780813342238 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Over the last five years, the number of women-owned businesses has grown at twice the rate of all U.S. firms; in the next few years, the number is expected to surpass the six million mark. Kitchen Table Entrepreneurs tells the inspirational stories of eleven low-income women who have marshaled the creative energy, confidence, and capital necessary to start their own small businesses. These women, who have used their entrepreneurial skills as a route out of poverty, give an American face to an economic empowerment tool that has enjoyed great success in developing countries. By becoming their...
Over the last five years, the number of women-owned businesses has grown at twice the rate of all U.S. firms; in the next few years, the number is exp...
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102,29 zł |
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Lives on the Line: American Families and the Struggle to Make Ends Meet
ISBN: 9780813338200 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In "Lives on the Line, " Martha Shirk, Neil G. Bennett, and J. Lawrence Aber meld affecting personal profiles with sophisticated demographic analysis to create a vivid portrait of what life is like for more than 14 million American children growing up below the poverty line.In personal profiles of ten families across the nation, from a Pacific Islander family in Hawaii to a homeless family in a wealthy New York City suburb, award-winning journalist Martha Shirk depicts the realities of life for children below the poverty line. She takes readers deep into the lives of families in povertylives...
In "Lives on the Line, " Martha Shirk, Neil G. Bennett, and J. Lawrence Aber meld affecting personal profiles with sophisticated demographic analysis ...
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96,90 zł |
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On Their Own: What Happens to Kids When They Age Out of the Foster Care System
ISBN: 9780465077663 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. On Their Own tells the compelling stories of ten young people whose lives are full of promise, but who face economic and social barriers stemming from the disruptions of foster care. This book calls for action to provide youth in foster care the same opportunities on the road to adulthood that most of our youth take for granted--access to higher education, vocational training, medical care, housing, and relationships within their communities. On Their Own is meant to serve as a clarion call not only to policymakers, but to all Americans who care about the future of our young...
On Their Own tells the compelling stories of ten young people whose lives are full of promise, but who face economic and social barriers stemmi...
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113,06 zł |