[close] Crow performs at "Traveling Shoes" @47th Street and 7th Avenue in NYC.

[close] The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh managed to gain entrance into the gang, what he learned, and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment. When Venkatesh walked into an abandoned building in one of Chicago's most notorious housing projects, he was looking for people to take a multiple-choice survey on urban poverty. A first-year grad student hoping to impress his professors with his boldness, he never imagined that as a result of the assignment he would befriend a gang leader named JT and spend the better part of a decade inside the projects under JT's protection, documenting what he saw there. Over the next seven years, Venkatesh got to know the neighborhood dealers, crackheads, squatters, prostitutes, pimps, activists, cops, organizers, and officials. From his privileg [close]

[close] Get more on George Melloan at SimonandSchuster.com [close]

[close] Simon & Schuster hit the streets to have New Yorkers answer some questions about their shopping. Get more on Lee Eisenberg at SimonandSchuster.com [close]

[close] Get a quick view of my new young adult novel, HELLIE JONDOE.

[close] I am a public speaker and have joined up with Susie McEntire Luchsinger to tour with Borders Book tour speaking out for child abuse. I am now working on a documentary and a motion picture. The documentary is about my children that I work with from the streets. And the motion picture is based on my life story. Remember, it takes one person to look into the eyes of an Unseen Child and through that one person many generations can be saved! [close]

[close] An animated promotional trailer for the much anticipated first book in the second series of the Quentaris Chronicles. Written by award-winning author, Paul Collins and published by Ford Street Publishing. [close]

[close] A beautifully illustrated and poetic picture book that challenges the notion of 'home'. Bittersweet and thoroughly moving, an essential book for any school or library. Written by award-winning author Gary Crew, illustrated Susy Boyer and published by Ford Street Publishing. [close]

[close] Interview with author Travis Fox at Harlem Book Fair 2006

[close] Watch this on-the-street witness encounter and watch the use of God's Law (Ten Commandments) get put into practice as Kirk witnesses to gang members at Santa Monica, Southern California. [close]

[close] Trailer of the novel Social Lives

[close] PaulFDavis.com global economic insight, prophetic word from Wall Street. Invite Paul (RevivingNations@yahoo.com) to speak in your city & unlock doors of economic opportunity. Global economic downturn or divine stimulus? Prophetic power to propel us. Support Dream-Maker Ministries at paypal.com or PO Box 684, Goldenrod, FL 32733 USA. [close]