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1	Life After Wifey more books like this by Kiki Swinson add to wishlist An "Essence"-bestselling author and a reigning star of urban lit delivers a scintillating drama-filled tale about surviving in the streets. see all copies from $3.52! new only from $3.52! \| SVS
2	When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor more books like this by William Julius Wilson add to wishlist This long-awaited study, by one of America's leading sociologists, analyzes the disappearance of work and its impact on the inner city of Chicago. Wilson explores the current erosion of blue-collar jobs; the movement of business to the suburbs, which excludes the poor of the inner cities; and the gradual flight of all but the very poorest from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Still Wifey Material, Part 4 more books like this by Kiki Swinson add to wishlist Kira is back and needs to make up for lost time. After deciding to leave the Witness Protection Progam she gets disturbing news that Quincy--an old flame, Rhonda--her business partner, Sunshine--an old rival, and her grandmother were all murdered. Kira wants a new beginning so she moves to Houston, Texas with her cousin, Nikki in search of ... see all copies from $8.64! new only from $8.64! \| SVS
4	Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation more books like this by Jonathan Kozol add to wishlist A chilling report from Kozol on the status of the "poorest of the poor" children, focusing on New York City's South Bronx. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Hood Life more books like this by Meesha Mink, De'nesha Diamond add to wishlist A pimp, a killer, a playa, and a drug dealer struggle to get their game right in the sizzling third novel from the authors of "Shameless Hoodwives" and "Desperate Hoodwives." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
6	Girls from Da Hood more books like this by Nikki Turner, Chunichi add to wishlist In the tradition of Sister Soujah's "Coldest Winter Ever" comes this fast-paced, action-packed novel about three very different young ladies living in the projects who are linked together by one manQa man who is at once the best and worst thing that's happened to them. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.58! \| SVS
7	I'm Still Wifey more books like this by Kiki Swinson add to wishlist "Essence"-bestselling author Swinson shows how far one woman will go when her back is up against the way, in this gritty tale of life in the hood and revenge. see all copies from $3.14! new only from $3.14! \| SVS
8	Wifey more books like this by Kiki Swinson add to wishlist An "Essence"-bestselling author offers a scandalous street-lit tale and shows that no one else stands a chance when a wifey runs the hustle. see all copies from $3.37! new only from $3.37! \| SVS
9	Shameless Hoodwives: A Bentley Manor Tale more books like this by Meesha Mink, De'nesha Diamond add to wishlist From the authors of "Desperate Hoodwives" comes the second novel in an unforgettable series that chronicles four women with sins too shameless to bear. see all copies from $8.05! new only from $8.40! \| SVS
10	There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America more books like this by Alex Kotlowitz add to wishlist This bestseller is the moving and powerful account of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes. "An extraordinary glimpse into the lives of those struggling for survival and dignity in inner-city America".--Chicago Sun-Times. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Imani All Mine more books like this by Connie Rose Porter add to wishlist Tasha, the narrator of Porter's coming-of-age novel, is the 14-year-old mother of a baby girl named Imani. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City more books like this by William Julius Wilson add to wishlist William Julius Wilson applies a new analytic framework to three politically fraught social problems: the persistence of the inner city ghetto, the plight of low-skilled black males and the fragmentation of the African American family. Though the discussion of racial inequality is typically polarised, Wilson reaches the controversial conclusion ... see all copies from $17.45! new only from $17.81! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City more books like this by Katherine S Newman add to wishlist An anthropologist examines the lives of the working poor in Harlem, New York City. Katherine Newman spent two years on her project, and got to know many individuals and groups. In the best social science, she unravels layers of society in the community and shows how they interrelate. She is perceptive on issues of self-esteem and status. The ... see all copies from $4.68! new only from $7.49! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Baby Brother: An Urban Erotic Appetizer more books like this by 50 Cent, Noire add to wishlist The seven Davis brothers made a promise to their mother on her deathbed: they would each make something of their lives. And they vowed they would watch over eighteen-year-old Zabu Davis, their baby brother. Intelligent, driven, and charismatic, Baby Brother had resisted the lure of Brooklyn street life and was headed for Stanford University on a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
15 view cover	Desperate Hoodwives: An Urban Tale more books like this by Meesha Mink, De'nesha Diamond add to wishlist The first in a drama-drenched new series of street lit novels set in the Atlanta housing projects chronicles four young women desperately trying to get out of the hood. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $6.25! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy more books like this by William Julius Wilson add to wishlist Wilson candidly discusses the social pathologies of the ghetto and provides a comprehensive explanation of the rise of this "ghetto underclass; " he then recommends a public policy agenda to improve the life chances of this group. 7 line drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.93! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	White Lines more books like this by Tracy Brown add to wishlist An "Essence(" bestselling author takes readers into the urban jungle with this unforgettable love story where addiction, betrayal, and redemption are just the beginning. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| SVS
18 view cover	Body & Soul: Notebooks of an Apprentice Boxer more books like this by Professor Loic Wacquant add to wishlist When French sociologist Loic Wacquant signed up at a boxing gym in a black neighborhood of Chicago's South Side, he had never contemplated getting close to a ring, let alone climbing into it. Yet for three years he immersed himself among local fighters, amateur and professional. He learned the Sweet science of bruising, participating in all phases ... see all copies from $5.09! new only from $11.93! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Brown Girl in the Ring more books like this by Nalo Hopkinson add to wishlist The winner of the Warner Aspect First Novel Contest. When the rich and privileged flee the city, those that remain are forced to discover old ways - farming, barter and herb lore. The rich then begin to prey on the helpless of the street, and a young woman must open herself to ancient truths, eternal powers and the tragic mystery of her family. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Whore more books like this by Tanika Lynch add to wishlist Whoever said "whoring wasn't easy" never lied! But somebody had to do it! Working the mean streets of Detroit was getting hard on young Kamone, with two small mouths to feed. Forced to get on the grind non-stop by her madam, Cookie, after being abandoned by her dopefiend, HIV infected mother, there's nothing Kamone won't do to get that paper - ... see all copies from $11.31! new only from $11.31! \| SVS
21 view cover	Money Hungry more books like this by Sharon G Flake add to wishlist Thirteen-year-old Raspberry Hill is determined to save enough money so that she and her mother can move from their current home in a housing project to a safer neighborhood. Will Raspberry's self-acknowledged obsession with money skew her priorities and values? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.90! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	House by House, Block by Block: The Rebirth of America's Urban Neighborhoods more books like this by Professor Alexander Von Hoffman add to wishlist Not long ago, neighborhoods such as the South Bronx, South Central Los Angeles, and Boston's Roxbury were crime-ridden wastelands of vacant lots and burned-out buildings, notorious symbols of urban decay. In House by House, Block by Block, Alexander von Hoffman tells the remarkable stories of how local activists and community groups helped turn ... see all copies from $2.12! new only from $3.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	There Are No Children Here more books like this by Alex Kotlowitz add to wishlist In his acclaimed 1987 series for The Wall Street Journal, Alex Kotlowitz established that the tender underside of our embattled inner cities is the children, urban America's greatest casualty and its only hope. With this searing and important work, he continues the stories of 12-year-old Lafayette Rivers and his younger brother Pharoah as they ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Crime Partners more books like this by Donald Goines add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Bad Girlz 4 Life more books like this by Shannon Holmes add to wishlist Bestselling author Holmes returns with the explosive sequel to his major bestseller, "Bad Girlz." see all copies from $4.49! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS

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