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1) Foul trouble
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"College recruiters are clambering to sign up Terrell Jamerson, the #1 high school basketball player in the country. But not all of these recruiters are straight shooters, and Terrell will have to think fast if he wants to stay in the game"--
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A go-to guide for all high school students that dream of participating in college athletics. Not only addressing how to get recruited by top colleges and universities, but also how to excel academically in both high school and college to ensure a successful career as a student-athlete, this guidebook for getting scholarship money offers insider information, tips for understanding the NCAA recruiting rules, information on what colleges really want...
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This episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series explores Ottumwa, Iowa, a city known for its priceless heritage and American way of life. With footage from the National Archives and Records Administration, this video is a visual record of Ottumwa at work, as well as its youth, schools, and religious institutions. An army recruiter helps young men make decisions about joining the service and explains why communities across the nation...
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This classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series pays tribute to the Army's recruiting sergeants in "Mister Army." From across the United States has come rich detail that has developed into a theme: the career soldier-recruiter who knows and loves the service is the ideal man for helping the younger generation begin its military career with the right foot forward. "Mister Army" is a story about a man who, with one name or...
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This dramatic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series explains the benefits of becoming a career soldier and how it provides them with something to build on. While soldiers in the Regular Army dream of success in civilian life, Spc. Riley learns the Army offers job training and the opportunity to build those qualities necessary for success, as well as benefits for the married soldier and the chance for travel. the Featuring footage...
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Contains sixteen essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to military recruiters, including their exploitation of vulnerable teens, recruiting in schools, counter-recruitment efforts, recruiting quotas, and other topics, and provides contact information for organizations and a bibliography.
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"Road Warriors" is a history of the modern jihadist movement, detailing the lives and struggles of foreigners who left their homes to wage jihad in another country. Some died there, while others became professional fighters, going from one war to the next. Still others sought to return home or to the United States and Europe, some to peaceful retirement but a deadly few to conduct terrorist attacks. This book shows how governments have tried to fight...
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Score College Scholarships: The Student-Athlete's Playbook to Recruiting Success offers a proven, step-by-step approach for successfully navigating the collegiate athletic recruiting process, receiving multiple offers, and earning lucrative scholarships. Did you know that over $128 billion in Federal Student Aid is available from the US Department of Education for students each year' AND ... Colleges provide over $12 billion in financial aid and scholarships...
17) Pitino: my story
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On September 26, 2017, the biggest recruiting scandal in college basketball history sent shock waves through the world of sports. Caught up in a massive FBI and NCAA investigation--and the intense media spotlight--was Rick Pitino, the Louisville Cardinals' Hall of Fame coach. Here, from Pitino himself, comes the real story of the ongoing case and the hard truth about how college hoops has been pushed to the brink of disaster by greed, bad actors,...
18) The German wife
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"Berlin, Germany, 1930--When the Nazis rise to power, Jürgen Rhodes is offered a high-level position in their burgeoning rocket program. Jürgen and his wife Sofie fiercely oppose Hitler's radical views, and joining his ranks is unthinkable. Yet it soon becomes clear that if Jürgen does not accept the job, their income would be put on the line, and so would their lives. Huntsville, Alabama, 1950--Jürgen is one of many German scientists pardoned...
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For the past decade, an audacious program called Football Dreams has held tryouts for millions of young boys across Africa, looking for soccer's next superstars. Sebastian Abbot follows a small group of the boys, weaving together the drama of the boys' determination to chase their dreams with the latest ideas on talent spotting and predicting sporting success, Abbot memorably explores why some of the boys succeed and chronicles the heartbreak of those...
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The riveting story of two sisters' journey to the Islamic State and the father who tries to bring them home. Asne Seierstad puts the problem of radicalization into painfully human terms, using instant messages and other primary sources to reconstruct a family's crisis from the inside. Eventually, she takes us into the hellscape of the Syrian civil war, as Sadiq risks his life in pursuit of his daughters, refusing to let them disappear into the maelstrom....