The Majesty of the Law
Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice
Written by Sandra Day O'Connor
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99
In this remarkable book, a national bestseller in hardcover, Sandra Day O’Connor explores the law, her life as a Supreme Court Justice, and how the Court has evolved and continues to function, grow, and change as an American institution. Tracing some of the origins of American law through history, people, ideas...
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Enemies
A History of the FBI
Written by Tim Weiner
Read by Stefan Rudnicki
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $45.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • New York Daily News • Slate“Fast-paced, fair-minded, and fascinating, Tim Weiner’s
Enemies turns the long history of the FBI into a story that is as compelling, and important, as today’s headlines.”—Jeffrey Toobin, author of
The Oath ...
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A Patent Lie
Written by Paul Goldstein
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: June 17, 2008
Price: $11.99
A gripping inside look at high-stakes lawyering,
A Patent Lie is further evidence that Paul Goldstein is an emerging master of the legal thriller.After being forced from his high-powered Manhattan law firm, Michael Seeley—the tough-but-wounded hero of
Errors and Omissions—has set up shop in his native Buffalo. Partly out of need...
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Courtroom 302
A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse
Written by Steve Bogira
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $16.00
Courtroom 302 is the fascinating story of one year in Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country. Here we see the system through the eyes of the men and women who experience it, not only in the courtroom but in the lockup, the jury room, the...
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Law in America
A Short History
Written by Lawrence M. Friedman
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2004
Price: $15.00
Throughout America’s history, our laws have been a reflection of who we are, of what we value, of who has control. They embody our society’s genetic code. In the masterful hands of the subject’s greatest living historian, the story of the evolution of our laws serves to lay bare the deciding...
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Covering
The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights
Written by Kenji Yoshino
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 20, 2007
Price: $15.95
In this remarkable and elegant work, acclaimed Yale Law School professor Kenji Yoshino fuses legal manifesto and poetic memoir to call for a redefinition of civil rights in our law and culture.
Everyone covers. To cover is to downplay a disfavored trait so as to blend into the mainstream. Because all of...
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Generation Roe
Inside the Future of the Pro-Choice Movement
Written by Sarah Erdreich
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.95
“Before and after Roe v. Wade, a third of all American women have needed an abortion at some time in their lives, yet instead of a subject of health care, this has become subject of secrecy. To break the spell, read Generation Roe by Sarah Erdreich. She replaces lies with honesty and myth...
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