Left alone in Hodeldorf, the coldest city anywhere, Otto joins forces with Nim and other tattercoats, street children who steal to survive, to face evil forces and save the day.

"Homelessness is a perennial topic of concern at libraries. In fact, staff at public libraries interact with almost as many homeless individuals as staff at shelters do. In this book Dowd, executive director of a homeless shelter, spotlights best practices drawn from his own shelter's policies and training materials"--

Academy Award Nominee Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett turn in knockout performances in this vibrant tale about fathers and sons and the power of redemption. A sportswriter rescues a homeless man who turns out to be a boxing legend believed to be dead. Based on a Los Angeles Times article.

"After an abusive, neglected childhood spent on welfare and in and out of homelessness in Alaska, raised by a mother who believed she was the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary, Carrot Quinn moved out on her own. She found a sense of belonging with a bunch of straight-edge anarchists who taught her how to traverse the country by freight trains, sleep in fields under the stars, and find her food by foraging in dumpsters. Her new life was one of thrilling...

An examination of activist efforts by and on the behalf of the homeless and destitute, as originally depicted through three films of Pamela Yates and Peter Kinoy. Abstracts and excerpts of the films are interspersed with contemporary interviews and commentary from those activists featured in the original films

On the Bowery chronicles three days in the drinking life of Ray Salyer, who lived in lower Manhattan on Bowery Street. The film jump-started the post-war American independent film movement, earning an Oscar nomination. Good times, Wonderful times was Rogosin's plea for humanity and against war and fascism. Includes collected archive footage of war atrocities interspersed with scenes of a London cocktail party's mundane chat. Out is a documentary...