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Max Gordon

Life, Loss and Baseball's Greatest Comeback

By: Jacob Kornhauser,Dylan Kornhauser

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Max Gordon

Life, Loss and Baseball's Greatest Comeback

By: Jacob Kornhauser,Dylan Kornhauser

A left-handed batter in the NCAA's Division 1, Max Gordon still had a lot to live for, provided he would live at all. Facing a devastating loss--the death of his brother, Nick--and a life-threatening physical injury, he went on a transformative personal journey that united his family through the most difficult time they had ever faced. In this intimate narrative about the healing power of sports, a family is made whole again through the determination of a son who proves that in life as in baseball, no matter the score, as long as you have one more at bat, you're still in the game. The authors tell the story from the perspective of having shared relationships with the Gordon brothers.

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McFarland

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1476642559

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9781476642550

The Cup of Coffee Club

11 Players and Their Brush with Baseball History

By: Jacob Kornhauser

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The Cup of Coffee Club

11 Players and Their Brush with Baseball History

By: Jacob Kornhauser

“This is one of the very best baseball books in years.” Booklist, Starred Review Reaching the major leagues is a pipe dream for most young baseball players in America. Very few ever get to live it out. A select number of those players face the elation and frustration of getting to play in just one major league game. The Cup of Coffee Club: 11 Players and Their Brush with Baseball History tells the unique stories of eleven of these players. It details their struggles to reach the major leagues, their one moment in the limelight, and their struggles to get back. They include a former Major League Baseball manager, the son of a Baseball Hall of Famer, and two different brothers of Hall of Famers. Exclusive interviews with each of the players provide insight into what that single seminal moment meant and how they dealt with the blow of never making another major league appearance again. Spanning half a century of baseball, each player’s journey to Major League Baseball is distinct, as is each of their responses to having played in just a single game. The Cup of Coffee Club shares their unique perspectives, providing a better understanding of just how special each major league game can be.

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213

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538130823

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9781538130827

Courts, Law, and Politics in Comparative Perspective

By: Herbert Jacob,Erhard Blankenburg,Herbert M. Kritzer,Doris Marie Provine,Joseph Sanders

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Courts, Law, and Politics in Comparative Perspective

By: Herbert Jacob,Erhard Blankenburg,Herbert M. Kritzer,Doris Marie Provine,Joseph Sanders

This comprehensive book compares the intersection of political forces and legal practices in five industrial nations--the United States, England, France, Germany, and Japan. The authors, eminent political scientists and legal scholars, investigate how constitutional courts function in each country, how the adjudication of criminal justice and the processing of civil disputes connect legal systems to politics, and how both ordinary citizens and large corporations use the courts. For each of the five countries, the authors discuss the structure of courts and access to them, the manner in which politics and law are differentiated or amalgamated, whether judicial posts are political prizes or bureaucratic positions, the ways in which courts are perceived as legitimate forms for addressing political conflicts, the degree of legal consciousness among citizens, the kinds of work lawyers do, and the manner in which law and courts are used as social control mechanisms. The authors find that although the extent to which courts participate in policymaking varies dramatically from country to country, judicial responsiveness to perceived public problems is not a uniquely American phenomenon.

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420

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Yale University Press

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0300063792

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9780300063790

The Symbolic Uses of Politics

By: Murray Jacob Edelman

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The Symbolic Uses of Politics

By: Murray Jacob Edelman

The symbolic manifestations, purposes, and uses of politics are revealed in this provocative analysis of the institution of politics and man as a political animal. Unlike the conventional study of politics that deals with how people get the things they want through government, this book concentrates on how politics influence what they want, what they fear, and what they regard as possible. In examining politics as a symbolic form, it looks at man and politics as reflections of each other.''Written with clarity and preciseness uncommon in the social sciences, . . . The Symbolic Uses of Politics is a classic statement of a theme whose importance is inescapable.''--The Activist ''This is a truly social-psychological study of politics, done in an unconventional, imaginative, and appealing style.''--Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

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236

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University of Illinois Press

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025201202X

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9780252012020

Political Protest in Contemporary Kenya

Change and Continuities

By: Jacob Mwathi Mati

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Political Protest in Contemporary Kenya

Change and Continuities

By: Jacob Mwathi Mati

This book analyses the emergence, strategies, and outcomes of the struggle to embed democratic governance and constitutional order in Kenya, showcasing both the power and the limits of citizen agency in the struggle to transform a postcolonial African state. Utilising data from primary interviews, media, and existing literature, this book analyses the emergence, diffusion, operational strategies, and outcomes of Kenyan constitutional reform struggles with a view to highlighting both the power and limits of social movement in transforming a postcolonial African state. It engages intersections of social movement and theories of democratisation to probe the production, operations, and outcomes of the disruptive yet creative power of the movements at the centre of the struggle to transform the Kenyan constitution. The book also appraises the "meanings" of, and developments after, the promulgation of the 2010 constitution with a view to illuminating the prospects for a transformative democratic political order in Kenya. This book is a useful tool in understanding the struggles specific to Kenya, but also offers insights into other democratic struggles on the African continent and beyond. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of social movements and political change in Africa in general and Kenya in particular.

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197

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Routledge

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1000023060

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9781000023060

Social Conflicts And Third Parties

Strategies Of Conflict Resolution

By: Jacob Bercovitch

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Social Conflicts And Third Parties

Strategies Of Conflict Resolution

By: Jacob Bercovitch

The pressing need to find new ways to settle social disputes and render them less destructive has led to a concern with the role that outsiders–or third parties–can play in the conflict resolution process. This book contributes to an increased understanding of the nature and activities of third parties in a wide range of conflict situations. Dr. Bercovitch first describes and interprets the major elements of the third-party intervention process, then provides an empirical examination of its structure and characteristics in settings as diverse as family struggles, labor-management problems, and international disputes. Throughout, he illustrates the dynamics of the process from the vantage point of the third parties themselves. Finally he points out the conditions most likely to strengthen this type of conflict management and discusses the means for determining the appropriate forms of intervention at different junctures of a dispute.

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176

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Routledge

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1000311724

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9781000311723

The Cup of Coffee Club

11 Players and Their Brush with Baseball History

By: Jacob Kornhauser

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The Cup of Coffee Club

11 Players and Their Brush with Baseball History

By: Jacob Kornhauser

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538130823

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9781538130827

Max Gordon

Life, Loss and Baseball's Greatest Comeback

By: Jacob Kornhauser,Dylan Kornhauser

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Life, Loss and Baseball's Greatest Comeback

By: Jacob Kornhauser,Dylan Kornhauser

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McFarland

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1476684839

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Max Gordon

Max Gordon

The Cup of Coffee Club

The Cup of Coffee Club

Courts, Law, and Politics in Comparative Perspective

Courts, Law, and Politics in Comparative Perspective

The Symbolic Uses of Politics

The Symbolic Uses of Politics

Political Protest in Contemporary Kenya

Political Protest in Contemporary Kenya

Social Conflicts And Third Parties

Social Conflicts And Third Parties

The Cup of Coffee Club

The Cup of Coffee Club

Max Gordon

Max Gordon

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