Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance

Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America's haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide. For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black travelers encountered locked doors, hostile police, and potentially violent encounters almost everywhere, in both the South and the North. From 1936 to 1967, millions relied on&nbsp;The Negro Motorist Green Book, the definitive guide to businesses where they could safely rest, eat, or sleep.&nbsp; Most Americans only know of the guide from the 2018 Green Book movie or the 2020 Lovecraft Country TV show.&nbsp;Alvin Hall set out to revisit the world of the&nbsp;Green Book to instruct us all on the real history of the guide that saved many lives. With his friend Janée Woods Weber, he drove from New York to Detroit to New Orleans, visiting motels, restaurants, shops, and stores where Black Americans once found a friendly welcome. They explored historical and cultural landmarks, from the theatres and clubs where stars like Duke Ellington and Lena Horne performed to the Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Along the way, they gathered memories from some of the last living witnesses for whom the&nbsp;Green Book&nbsp;meant survival--remarkable people who not only endured but rose above the hate, building vibrant Black communities against incredible odds. Driving the Green Book&nbsp;is a vital work of national history as well as a hopeful chronicle of Black resilience and resistance. The book contains 25 outstanding black and white photos and ephemera.

Biographies & Memoirs

Hall, Alvin

Community & Culture

HarperOne

Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America's haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide. For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black travelers experienced locked doors, hostile police, and potentially violent encounters almost everywhere, in both the South and the North. From 1936 to 1967, millions relied on&nbsp;The Negro Motorist Green Book, the definitive guide to businesses where they could safely rest, eat, or sleep.&nbsp; Most Americans only know of the guide from the 2018 Green Book movie or the 2020 Lovecraft Country TV show.&nbsp;Alvin Hall set out to revisit the world of the&nbsp;Green Book to instruct us all on the real history of the guide that saved many lives. With his friend Janée Woods Weber, he drove from New York to Detroit to New Orleans, visiting motels, restaurants, shops, and stores where Black Americans once found a friendly welcome. They explored historical and cultural landmarks, from the theatres and clubs where stars like Duke Ellington and Lena Horne performed to the Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Along the way, they gathered memories from some of the last living witnesses for whom the&nbsp;Green Book&nbsp;meant survival--remarkable people who not only endured but rose above the hate, building vibrant Black communities against incredible odds. Driving the Green Book&nbsp;is a vital work of national history as well as a hopeful chronicle of Black resilience and resistance. The book contains 25 outstanding black and white photos and ephemera.

Amistad

Well known for the astonishing success of his financial makeovers on "Your Money Or Your Life", Alvin Hall now gives everyone the basic understanding and skills they need to take control of their money and never worry about a bill again. With quizzes, bullet points, boxes and case histories he brings the subject to life and demystifies the jargon. He shows whether you're an owl or an ostrich about money, how to get your finances into shape fast, set your savings goals, make good investments, handle financial advisers, always prepare for the worst, but aim for the best. Straight talking advice from the best and most popular expert in the business, this is a book no one can afford to be without.

Money for Life

Business & Money

Economics

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Years of experience working to help resolve the money difficulties of many individuals and families has taught Alvin Hall one crucial insight: our financial status has little to do with the amount of money we earn. The real factor that determines our success or failure with money is how we handle the various emotions and relationships that impact the decisions we make about money. Our response to these complicated emotional issues actually has the ability to make or break our economic security, but now Alvin is on hand with his famous straight-from-the-hip advice to ensure we control our finances - no matter what the underlying issue. With practical and workable tools grounded in reality, Alvin shows us how to make sure the money we work hard to earn works hard for us, and sets us a clear pathway for long-term financial success.

You and Your Money

Hodder Paperbacks

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Your Money or Your Life

Hodder Hb

Television's favourite money man is back, with his definitive guide to taking control of all aspects of your financial life. Money may make the world go round, but sometimes personal finance puts everyone's head in a spin. Now, Alvin Hall shows us that while getting a grip on our purse strings is a challenge, it doesn't have to be a struggle. Alvin's easy-to-follow, step-by-step advice will empower you to tackle money matters head on - children, housing, savings, debt - and take the first steps to financial security today. Accessible, humorous and highly illustrated, this is the financial bible that no-one can afford to be without. East to follow, step-by-step advice empowering the reading to tackle money matters head on: Debt - digging yourself out of a hole; Credit - can you resist the temptation? Savings - being ready for that rainy day; Housing - to rent or to buy? Children - preparing for the patter of tiny feet; Investments - making your money grow; Pensions - picking the right one for you

What Not to Spend

Hodder and Stoughton Limited

When it comes to your retirement, it's easy to stick your head in the sand thinking you are too young, too busy and too cash-strapped to worry about the future. Or maybe you're discouraged by all the bad news about pensions? But as the nation's favourite money man explains, even the recession is no excuse to stop planning ahead. 
But where do you start? And who should you trust? 
In this step-by-step guide to pensions and building financial security, Alvin Hall separates the myths from the realities, and shows how a little planning and action today will empower you tomorrow. From the very first step of visualising your retirement, to creating a sound and flexible investment plan that allows you to make the most of your money - whatever your circumstances.

Plan Now, Retire Happy: How to Secure Your Future, Whatever the Economic Climate

Personal Finance

Hodder&Stoughton

Arguing that the same emotions that shape interpersonal relationships determine one's financial health, a guide to forging a prosperous relationship with money counsels readers on how to understand one's monetary strengths and weaknesses. 50,000 first printing.

You and Your Money: It's More Than Just the Numbers

Atria

Bad money habits? Financial guru Alvin Hall shows how to break them, make smarter spending and savings decisions, and glide down the path to economic security. We spend a lot of time examining our personal relationships, but what about the one relationship that may hold the most impact of all -- our relationship with money? In the groundbreaking You and Your Money, bestselling author and television personality Alvin Hall offers brilliant money management advice grounded in a spectacularly simple concept: our emotions determine our financial success or failure. If you've ever felt confused, guilty, or anxious about your finances, you know instinctively that money is about far more than cold numbers. Hall explores our lifelong relationship with money and discusses the way money becomes embedded in all our other relationships, with parents, children, spouses, and peers. You and Your Money will help you understand your money management style and break those deeply ingrained bad habits. Even more powerfully, it will enable you to balance your financial and emotional lives and free yourself from conflict. Get a fresh feeling for your money issues and transform your financial life once and for all -- for a future richer in every way.

You and Your Money: Mastering the Emotions Behind the Numbers

Atria Books

Money makes the world go round, but how well do children understand finances? Show Me the Money breaks the mold of the school textbook and introduces young readers to the world of economics — from the history of money to e-commerce.
Divided into sections that focus on economics, business, personal finance, and the history of trade, Show Me the Money takes technical jargon and breaks it down with easy-to-understand text, diagrams, and illustrations making a formerly dry subject interesting and relevant. Topical questions of ethics are addressed throughout, including free trade, fair trade, debt in the developing world, and the impact of business on the environment. The book also looks at personal finance from saving to pensions, and introduces key thinkers such as Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes, to take a look at the bigger picture of the global economy.
Updated to be in tune with today's culture of environmental and social awareness, Show Me the Money is a good investment for young people who want to learn about economics and the world around them.

Show Me the Money: How to Make Cents of Economics (Big Questions)

Children's Books

Education & Reference

DK Children

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Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance

Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance

Money for Life

You and Your Money

Your Money or Your Life

What Not to Spend

Plan Now, Retire Happy: How to Secure Your Future, Whatever the Economic Climate

You and Your Money: It's More Than Just the Numbers

You and Your Money: Mastering the Emotions Behind the Numbers

Show Me the Money: How to Make Cents of Economics (Big Questions)