12 books in Biography & Autobiography - Lawyers & Judges
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Louis D. Brandeis
A Life
Written by Melvin Urofsky
Format: Hardcover, 976 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $40.00
The first full-scale biography in twenty-five years of one of the most important and distinguished justices to sit on the Supreme Court–a book that reveals Louis D. Brandeis the reformer, lawyer, and jurist, and Brandeis the man, in all of his complexity, passion, and wit.
Louis Dembitz Brandeis had at least... Read more >
A Life
Written by Melvin Urofsky
Format: Hardcover, 976 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $40.00
The first full-scale biography in twenty-five years of one of the most important and distinguished justices to sit on the Supreme Court–a book that reveals Louis D. Brandeis the reformer, lawyer, and jurist, and Brandeis the man, in all of his complexity, passion, and wit.
Louis Dembitz Brandeis had at least... Read more >
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Louis D. Brandeis
A Life
Written by Melvin Urofsky
Format: eBook, 928 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $40.00
The first full-scale biography in twenty-five years of one of the most important and distinguished justices to sit on the Supreme Court–a book that reveals Louis D. Brandeis the reformer, lawyer, and jurist, and Brandeis the man, in all of his complexity, passion, and wit.
Louis Dembitz Brandeis had at least... Read more >
A Life
Written by Melvin Urofsky
Format: eBook, 928 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $40.00
The first full-scale biography in twenty-five years of one of the most important and distinguished justices to sit on the Supreme Court–a book that reveals Louis D. Brandeis the reformer, lawyer, and jurist, and Brandeis the man, in all of his complexity, passion, and wit.
Louis Dembitz Brandeis had at least... Read more >
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Black Titan
A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire
Written by Carol Jenkins and Elizabeth Gardner Hines
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $14.95
The grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 in the Deep South, A. G. Gaston died more than a century later with a fortune worth well over $130 million and a business empire spanning communications, real estate, and insurance. Gaston was, by any measure, a heroic figure whose wealth and... Read more >
A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire
Written by Carol Jenkins and Elizabeth Gardner Hines
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $14.95
The grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 in the Deep South, A. G. Gaston died more than a century later with a fortune worth well over $130 million and a business empire spanning communications, real estate, and insurance. Gaston was, by any measure, a heroic figure whose wealth and... Read more >
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In the Ring
The Trials of a Washington Lawyer
Written by Robert S. Bennett
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $15.95
“The best legal read . . . in decades. A brilliantly entertaining work, both for the lawyer and the layman.”
–Washington Times
Robert S. Bennett has been a lawyer for more than forty years. In that time, he’s taken on dozens of high-profile and groundbreaking cases and emerged as the go-to... Read more >
The Trials of a Washington Lawyer
Written by Robert S. Bennett
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $15.95
“The best legal read . . . in decades. A brilliantly entertaining work, both for the lawyer and the layman.”
–Washington Times
Robert S. Bennett has been a lawyer for more than forty years. In that time, he’s taken on dozens of high-profile and groundbreaking cases and emerged as the go-to... Read more >
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The Tyrannicide Brief
The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold
Written by Geoffrey Robertson
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $15.95
Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 Parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a King who claimed to be above the law: in the end the man they briefed was the radical lawyer... Read more >
The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold
Written by Geoffrey Robertson
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $15.95
Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 Parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a King who claimed to be above the law: in the end the man they briefed was the radical lawyer... Read more >
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In the Ring
The Trials of a Washington Lawyer
Written by Robert S. Bennett
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 19, 2008
Price: $15.95
Robert S. Bennett has been a lawyer for more than forty years. In that time, he’s taken on dozens of high-profile and groundbreaking cases and emerged as the go-to guy for the nation’s elite. Bob Bennett gained international recognition as one of America’s best lawyers for leading the defense of President... Read more >
The Trials of a Washington Lawyer
Written by Robert S. Bennett
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 19, 2008
Price: $15.95
Robert S. Bennett has been a lawyer for more than forty years. In that time, he’s taken on dozens of high-profile and groundbreaking cases and emerged as the go-to guy for the nation’s elite. Bob Bennett gained international recognition as one of America’s best lawyers for leading the defense of President... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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The Tyrannicide Brief
The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold
Written by Geoffrey Robertson
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $15.95
Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 Parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a king who claimed to be above the law. In the end, they chose the radical lawyer John Cooke, whose... Read more >
The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold
Written by Geoffrey Robertson
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $15.95
Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 Parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a king who claimed to be above the law. In the end, they chose the radical lawyer John Cooke, whose... Read more >
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eBook.
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v. Goliath
The Trials of David Boies
Written by Karen Donovan
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $15.95
David Boies, the star trial lawyer in a country obsessed with legal drama, proves endlessly fascinating in this compulsively readable account of his extraordinary career.
A man of almost superhuman accomplishment, Boies argued a string of headline-making cases before being catapulted to international prominence when he represented Al Gore before the Supreme... Read more >
The Trials of David Boies
Written by Karen Donovan
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $15.95
David Boies, the star trial lawyer in a country obsessed with legal drama, proves endlessly fascinating in this compulsively readable account of his extraordinary career.
A man of almost superhuman accomplishment, Boies argued a string of headline-making cases before being catapulted to international prominence when he represented Al Gore before the Supreme... Read more >
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eBook.
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Mouthpiece
A Life in -- and Sometimes Just Outside -- the Law
Written by Edward Hayes and Susan Lehman
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2006
Price: $24.95
From prosecuting (and defending) murderers in the Bronx to handling the public and private problems of Manhattan’s elite, Mouthpiece recounts the colorful adventures of New York City’s ultimate legal operator.
“In the pages before us, the Counselor tells a saga’s worth of tales of the city. As the saying goes, he’s got... Read more >
A Life in -- and Sometimes Just Outside -- the Law
Written by Edward Hayes and Susan Lehman
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2006
Price: $24.95
From prosecuting (and defending) murderers in the Bronx to handling the public and private problems of Manhattan’s elite, Mouthpiece recounts the colorful adventures of New York City’s ultimate legal operator.
“In the pages before us, the Counselor tells a saga’s worth of tales of the city. As the saying goes, he’s got... Read more >
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"Until You Are Dead"
Steven Truscott's Long Ride into History
Written by Julian Sher
Format: Hardcover, 592 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $29.95
“Talk to anyone you find, investigate wherever things lead you. I know I'm innocent and I’m not afraid of what you’ll turn up.” — Steven Truscott to Julian Sher
“Until You Are Dead” chronicles the loss of Canada’s innocence. Prior to June 11, 1959, Canadian parents could allow their children to play... Read more >
Steven Truscott's Long Ride into History
Written by Julian Sher
Format: Hardcover, 592 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $29.95
“Talk to anyone you find, investigate wherever things lead you. I know I'm innocent and I’m not afraid of what you’ll turn up.” — Steven Truscott to Julian Sher
“Until You Are Dead” chronicles the loss of Canada’s innocence. Prior to June 11, 1959, Canadian parents could allow their children to play... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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A Defiant Life
Thurgood Marshall and the Persistence of Racism in America
Written by Howard Ball
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2001
Price: $23.00
Thurgood Marshall's extraordinary contribution to civil rights and overcoming racism is more topical than ever, as the national debate on race and the overturning of affirmative action policies make headlines nationwide. Howard Ball, author of eighteen books on the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary, has done copious research for this... Read more >
Thurgood Marshall and the Persistence of Racism in America
Written by Howard Ball
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2001
Price: $23.00
Thurgood Marshall's extraordinary contribution to civil rights and overcoming racism is more topical than ever, as the national debate on race and the overturning of affirmative action policies make headlines nationwide. Howard Ball, author of eighteen books on the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary, has done copious research for this... Read more >
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Thurgood Marshall
American Revolutionary
Written by Juan Williams
Format: Trade Paperback, 504 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2000
Price: $16.00
This New York Times Notable Book of the Year, 1998, is now in trade paper.
From the bestselling author of Eyes on the Prize, here is the definitive biography of the great lawyer and Supreme Court justice. Read more >
American Revolutionary
Written by Juan Williams
Format: Trade Paperback, 504 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2000
Price: $16.00
This New York Times Notable Book of the Year, 1998, is now in trade paper.
From the bestselling author of Eyes on the Prize, here is the definitive biography of the great lawyer and Supreme Court justice. Read more >
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