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The Remaking Of A President

By: Charley Goodman

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Everything about President Jonny, even his good ideas, is divisive. Rich America is heading for a cultural crash. In the New Dimension, former presidents Teddy, Franky, and Ronny look down with alarm and decide to return in invisible form to try modifying Jonny. They "invisibilate" him, and the figurative fight begins. Help becomes available in the form of Jonny's wife, his granddaughter-in-law, and a former drug dealer, along with his great-grandson. But can he actually change? If so, can he develop a policy which might help ease the country's divisions?

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138

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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ISBN 10

1644685043

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9781644685044

Dead to Fire

By: Nancy Charley

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Dead to Fire

By: Nancy Charley

Ramsgate is one of the most deprived areas in south-east England. However, all is not hopelessness. This poetic play bears homage to the resilience of people 'living on the edge'.

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108

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Lulu.com

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1291684689

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9781291684681

Ungoverned and Out of Sight

Public Health and the Political Crisis of Homelessness in the United States

By: Charley E. Willison

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Ungoverned and Out of Sight

Public Health and the Political Crisis of Homelessness in the United States

By: Charley E. Willison

Homelessness is a public health problem. From rising housing costs, to discriminatory lending and leasing, natural disasters and mental illness, homelessness has many different causes and many similar effects: serious adverse consequences for physical and mental health across the life course. This chapter makes the case for homelessness as a public health problem, with chronic homelessness as scope of focus for this book. This chapter then introduces the main question of the book: if municipalities are the site of the U.S. homeless epidemic, what are municipal governments doing to address homelessness, and why? This chapter then outlines the role of governance structures in shaping municipal approaches to chronic homelessness, describes the governance system responsible for designing and delivering solutions to homelessness and chronic homelessness in the U.S., and the history of homeless policy in America. Finally, this chapter lays the roadmap for the book and subsequent chapters"--

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257

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0197548326

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9780197548325

The House of Moses All-Stars

A Novel

By: Charley Rosen

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The House of Moses All-Stars

A Novel

By: Charley Rosen

A New York Times Notable Book Here is the story of an all-Jewish basketball team traveling in a hearse through Depression-era America in search of redemption and big money. A hilarious road novel, The House of Moses All-Stars is also a passionate portrayal of a young Jewish man struggling to realize his dreams in a country struggling to recover its ideals. Charley Rosen gives us basketball as a metaphor for life. Aaron Steiner, the protagonist of The House of Moses All-Stars, is a man very close to the edge. The former college basketball star has watched his dreams of being a successful player fall apart, his marriage disintegrate, and his baby die. In desperation he accepts his friend’s offer to join a Jewish professional basketball team—The House of Moses All-Stars—which is traveling on a cross-country tour in a renovated hearse. Aaron’s teammates—a Communist, a Zionist, a former bank robber, and a red-headed Irishman who passes for a Jew—are, like Aaron, trying to escape their own troubled pasts. As the members of this motley crew travel west to California through an anti-Semitic land that disdains and rebuffs them, they discover a nation grappling with social and economic collapse and fear of foreigners, in conflict with its own democratic ideals of tolerance and opportunity. Told with a rueful eye, The House of Moses All-Stars looks critically and lovingly at what it means to be an outsider in America.

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Seven Stories Press

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160980371X

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9781609803711

The Chosen Game

A Jewish Basketball History

By: Charley Rosen

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The Chosen Game

A Jewish Basketball History

By: Charley Rosen

A few years after its invention by James Naismith, basketball became the primary sport in the crowded streets of the Jewish neighborhood on New York’s Lower East Side. Participating in the new game was a quick and enjoyable way to become Americanized. Jews not only dominated the sport for the next fifty?plus years but were also instrumental in modernizing the game. Barney Sedran was considered the best player in the country at the City College of New York from 1909 to 1911. In 1927 Abe Saperstein took over management of the Harlem Globetrotters, playing a key role in popularizing and integrating the game. Later he helped found the American Basketball Association and introduced the three-point shot. More recently, Nancy Lieberman played in a men’s pro summer league and became the first woman to coach a men’s pro team, and Larry Brown became the only coach to win both NCAA and the NBA championships. While the influence of Jewish players, referees, coaches, and administrators has gradually diminished since the mid?1950s, the current basketball scene features numerous Jews in important positions. Through interviews and lively anecdotes from franchise owners, coaches, players, and referees, The Chosen Game explores the contribution of Jews to the evolution of present-day pro basketball.

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222

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803255438

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9780803255432

Long Way Down

An Epic Journey by Motorcycle from Scotland to South Africa

By: Ewan McGregor,Charley Boorman

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An Epic Journey by Motorcycle from Scotland to South Africa

By: Ewan McGregor,Charley Boorman

Eighteen countries. Five shock absorbers. Two bikers. One amazing adventure... After their fantastic trip round the world in 2004, fellow actors and bike fanatics Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman couldn't shake the travel bug. Inspired by their UNICEF visits to Africa, they knew they had to go back and experience this extraordinary continent in more depth. And so they set off on their 15,000-mile journey with two new BMWs loaded up for the trip. Their route took them from John O'Groats at the northernmost tip of Scotland to Cape Agulhas on the southernmost tip of South Africa. Along the way they rode some of the toughest terrain in the world -- and met some of the friendliest people. They rode their bikes right up to the pyramids in Egypt and visited Luke Skywalker's house in Tunisia. They met people who had triumphed over terrifying experiences -- former childhood soldiers in Uganda and children living amidst the minefields of Ethiopia. They had a close encounter with a family of gorillas in Rwanda and were nearly trampled by a herd of elephants in Botswana. Riding through spectacular scenery, often in extreme temperatures, Ewan and Charley faced their hardest challenges yet. With their trademark humor and honesty they tell their story -- the drama, the dangers and sheer exhilaration of riding together again, through a continent filled with magic and wonder.

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403

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Simon and Schuster

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1416577483

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9781416577485

No Blood, No Foul

A Novel

By: Charley Rosen

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No Blood, No Foul

A Novel

By: Charley Rosen

Jason Lewis is a star college basketball player just back from World War II. He’s a hero, missing two fingers on his shooting hand. He can’t play any longer, so he makes the ultimate ballplayer’s sacrifice: he becomes a referee. Set in postwar New York during the founding of what will eventually be the NBA, No Blood, No Foul is the story of a man who must come to terms with a debilitating injury and chase after dreams of perfection in a decidedly imperfect world. Charley Rosen gives us not only a lovingly faithful insider’s look at the game of basketball, but a passionate story about what it meant to face life in an America that had lost its innocence.

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Seven Stories Press

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1609800583

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The Remaking Of A President

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Dead to Fire

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The House of Moses All-Stars

The House of Moses All-Stars

The Chosen Game

The Chosen Game

Long Way Down

Long Way Down

No Blood, No Foul

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