philadelphia

Discusses the reasons some poor single mothers have children before focusing on marriage, despite the economic and societal risks, based on discussions with 162 low-income women.

The story of a mother and son in a decaying Philadelphia neighborhood, where violence, murder and drug dealing are routine parts of daily life.

A memoir chronicling the author's upbringing in a Philadelphia housing project in the 1960s, covering his father's erratic and emotional behavior and his own flight from the confines of his youth to follow his dreams and better his circumstances.

Chris Coste shares the story of his life, discussing how he nurtured his childhood dream of playing major-league baseball over the course of eleven years in the minors before finally being called up by the Philadelphia Phillies in May 2006, and discusses his rookie season as a catcher, played at the age of thirty-three.

Art therapist Zoe Hayes' plans to marry Detective Nick Stiles are interrupted by the discovery of a dead body in Zoe's backyard, and, as Zoe tries to find the killer, she is shocked to learn one of her future-in-laws might be hiding a deadly secret.

While traveling with her master, Ginnie, a slave from Virginia, daringly walks away from slavery into freedom with two of her children. She begins a new life in Philadelphia as Mercer Gray, and there she becomes a fierce abolitionist, determined to rescue the baby son she had to leave behind.

A travel guide to the city with information about its history, culture, and people.

In 1923, African American Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia, settles in Philadelphia, marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment, loses her first-born twins, and raises her next nine children to face a world that will not love them.