Books with author James Strong

It's Past Time to Disrupt Our Politics.More and more aspects of our lives and work are being disrupted by technological change and the new mindset of the Information Age.The great outlier is our politics and government.We, the People are taking every opportunity before us to disrupt politics. We vote out the Republicans and Democrats--and back around again.We're supporting insurgencies within the legacy parties. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders may differ in many ways, but they're as one in representing our rising demands for reform.In this important book, James Strock diagnoses the nature of our current challenges. Then he proposes a series of actions that can be led by a strong, independent president--without vainly awaiting constitutional amendments that may never materialize. In a spectacular turn of fate, the premises of our constitutional government--decentralization, individual freedom, accountable central institutions with divided powers--are a perfect fit for our historic moment. Our politics awaits the 21st century leadership approaches that are disrupting the private and not-for-profit sectors.disruptpolitics.us is a manual for citizen action, and a blueprint for updating the architecture of our politics and government.

Murder Was Never So Much Fun!When Disco Bloodbath was first published, it created a storm of controversy for its startlingly vivid, strikingly fresh, and outrageously funny depiction of the hedonistic world of the New York City club kids, for whom nothing was too outré -- including murder. Nominated for the Edgar Award for best true-crime book of the year, it also marked the debut of an audaciously talented writer, James St. James, who himself had been a club kid and close friend and confidant of Michael Alig, the young man convicted of killing the drug dealer known as Angel.Now the book has been brought to the screen as Party Monster, with Macaulay Culkin playing killer Michael Alig and Seth Green as author/celebutante James St. James.

Billy Bloom is gay, but it’s mostly theoretical, as he hasn’t had much experience. When he has to move to Florida, he can’t believe his bad luck. His new school is a mix of Bible Belles, Aberzombies, and Football Heroes, none of which are exactly his type. Billy’s efforts to fit in and stand out at the same time are both hilarious and heartrending. In this novel from adult author and media personality James St. James, readers are in for a wild ride as he tells Billy’s fascinating story of bravado, pain, and unexpected love, inspired by his own experiences.

Meet Billy Bloom, new student at the ultra-white, ultra-rich, ultra-conservative Dwight D. Eisenhower Academy and drag queen extraordinaire. Actually, ?drag queen? does not begin to describe Billy and his fabulousness. Any way you slice it, Billy is not a typical seventeen-year-old, and the Bible Belles, Aberzombies, and Football Heroes at the academy have never seen anyone quite like him before. But thanks to the help and support of one good friend, Billy?s able to take a stand for outcasts and underdogs everywhere in his own outrageous, over-thetop, sad, funny, brilliant, and unique way.

Billy Bloom is gay, but its mostly theoretical, as he hasnt had much experience. When he has to move to Florida, he cant believe his bad luck. His new school is a mix of Bible Belles, Aberzombies, and Football Heroes, none of which are exactly his type. Billys efforts to fit in and stand out at the same time are both hilarious and heartrending. In this novel from adult author and media personality James St. James, readers are in for a wild ride as he tells Billys fascinating story of bravado, pain, and unexpected love, inspired by his own experiences.