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Power Failure
The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron
Written by Mimi Swartz and Sherron Watkins
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2004
Price: $23.00
“They’re still trying to hide the weenie,” thought Sherron Watkins as she read a newspaper clipping about Enron two weeks before Christmas, 2001. . . It quoted [CFO] Jeff McMahon addressing the company’s creditors and cautioning them against a rash judgment. “Don’t assume that there is a smoking gun.”
Sherron knew Enron... Read more >
The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron
Written by Mimi Swartz and Sherron Watkins
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2004
Price: $23.00
“They’re still trying to hide the weenie,” thought Sherron Watkins as she read a newspaper clipping about Enron two weeks before Christmas, 2001. . . It quoted [CFO] Jeff McMahon addressing the company’s creditors and cautioning them against a rash judgment. “Don’t assume that there is a smoking gun.”
Sherron knew Enron... Read more >
I Don't Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine
Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup
Written by David Chura
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 1, 2010
Price: $24.95
Since the early 1990s, thanks to inflamed rhetoric in the media about “superpredators” and a wave of get-tough-on-crime laws, the number of juveniles in prison has risen by 35 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, and their placement in adult prison has increased by 208 percent, according to a... Read more >
Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup
Written by David Chura
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 1, 2010
Price: $24.95
Since the early 1990s, thanks to inflamed rhetoric in the media about “superpredators” and a wave of get-tough-on-crime laws, the number of juveniles in prison has risen by 35 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, and their placement in adult prison has increased by 208 percent, according to a... Read more >
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Silencing Political Dissent
How Post-September 11 Anti-Terrorism Measures Threaten Our Civil Liberties
Written by Nancy Chang
Foreword by Howard Zinn
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $9.95
In her groundbreaking new book, Silencing Political Dissent, constitutional expert Nancy Chang examines how the Bush administration's fight against terrorism is resulting in a disturbing erosion of First Amendment rights and increase of executive power.
Chang's compelling analysis begins with a historical review of political repression and intolerance of dissent in America... Read more >
How Post-September 11 Anti-Terrorism Measures Threaten Our Civil Liberties
Written by Nancy Chang
Foreword by Howard Zinn
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $9.95
In her groundbreaking new book, Silencing Political Dissent, constitutional expert Nancy Chang examines how the Bush administration's fight against terrorism is resulting in a disturbing erosion of First Amendment rights and increase of executive power.
Chang's compelling analysis begins with a historical review of political repression and intolerance of dissent in America... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
American Privacy
The 400-Year History of Our Most Contested Right
Written by Frederick S. Lane
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2009
Price: $20.00
An examination of privacy and the evolution of communication, from broken sealing wax to high-tech wiretapping
A sweeping story of the right to privacy as it sped along colonial postal routes, telegraph wires, and even today’s fiber-optic cables, American Privacy traces the lineage of cultural norms and legal mandates that have swirled... Read more >
The 400-Year History of Our Most Contested Right
Written by Frederick S. Lane
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2009
Price: $20.00
An examination of privacy and the evolution of communication, from broken sealing wax to high-tech wiretapping
A sweeping story of the right to privacy as it sped along colonial postal routes, telegraph wires, and even today’s fiber-optic cables, American Privacy traces the lineage of cultural norms and legal mandates that have swirled... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Dr. Henry Lee's Forensic Files
Five Famous Cases Scott Peterson, Elizabeth Smart, and more...
Written by Henry C. Lee
Format: Hardcover, 258 pages
On Sale: May 2, 2006
Price: $25.99
Dr. Henry C. Lee is considered by many to be the greatest forensic scientist in the world. His vast investigative experience (over 6,000 cases!) and participation in many high-profile trials have earned him not only the highest respect from the law enforcement community but also widespread public recognition. Here Dr. Lee... Read more >
Five Famous Cases Scott Peterson, Elizabeth Smart, and more...
Written by Henry C. Lee
Format: Hardcover, 258 pages
On Sale: May 2, 2006
Price: $25.99
Dr. Henry C. Lee is considered by many to be the greatest forensic scientist in the world. His vast investigative experience (over 6,000 cases!) and participation in many high-profile trials have earned him not only the highest respect from the law enforcement community but also widespread public recognition. Here Dr. Lee... Read more >
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The First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
Its Constitutional History and the Contemporary Debate
Edited by Vikram David Amar
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2009
Price: $18.99
This volume collects, edits and presents some of the most important classic and cutting-edge thinking on the constitutional freedom of speech. Students of law, political science, or any other person interested in understanding the basics of American self-government will be able to see the important themes, values, conflicts, and possible resolutions... Read more >
Its Constitutional History and the Contemporary Debate
Edited by Vikram David Amar
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2009
Price: $18.99
This volume collects, edits and presents some of the most important classic and cutting-edge thinking on the constitutional freedom of speech. Students of law, political science, or any other person interested in understanding the basics of American self-government will be able to see the important themes, values, conflicts, and possible resolutions... Read more >
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The Collapse of the Common Good
How America's Lawsuit Culture Undermines Our Freedom
Written by Philip K. Howard
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99
In pursuit of fairness at any cost, we have created a society paralyzed by legal fear: Doctors are paranoid and principals powerless. Little league coaches, scared of liability, stop volunteering. Schools and hospitals start to crumble. The common good fades, replaced by a cacophony of people claiming their “individual rights.”
By turns... Read more >
How America's Lawsuit Culture Undermines Our Freedom
Written by Philip K. Howard
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99
In pursuit of fairness at any cost, we have created a society paralyzed by legal fear: Doctors are paranoid and principals powerless. Little league coaches, scared of liability, stop volunteering. Schools and hospitals start to crumble. The common good fades, replaced by a cacophony of people claiming their “individual rights.”
By turns... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Who Invented the Computer?
The Legal Battle That Changed Computing History
Written by Alice R. Burks
Format: Hardcover, 415 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2003
Price: $35.99
In 1973, Federal District Judge Earl R. Larson issued a ruling in a patent case that was to have profound and long-lasting implications for the dawning computer revolution. Against all expectations, the judge ruled against Sperry Rand Corp., which claimed to hold the patent on the first computer dubbed the ôENIACö... Read more >
The Legal Battle That Changed Computing History
Written by Alice R. Burks
Format: Hardcover, 415 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2003
Price: $35.99
In 1973, Federal District Judge Earl R. Larson issued a ruling in a patent case that was to have profound and long-lasting implications for the dawning computer revolution. Against all expectations, the judge ruled against Sperry Rand Corp., which claimed to hold the patent on the first computer dubbed the ôENIACö... Read more >
Impeach the President
The Case Against Bush and Cheney
Edited by Dennis Loo and Peter Phillips
Introduction by Howard Zinn
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $17.95
This brilliantly argued and wonderfully written collection by twenty-two of the best political analysts in the US analyzes the extraordinary and unprecedented threat the White House and its allies present to civil liberties, civil rights, the Constitution, international law, and the future of the planet.
Impeach the President unearths the stories behind... Read more >
The Case Against Bush and Cheney
Edited by Dennis Loo and Peter Phillips
Introduction by Howard Zinn
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $17.95
This brilliantly argued and wonderfully written collection by twenty-two of the best political analysts in the US analyzes the extraordinary and unprecedented threat the White House and its allies present to civil liberties, civil rights, the Constitution, international law, and the future of the planet.
Impeach the President unearths the stories behind... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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The Nations Within
The Past and Future of American Indian Sovereignity
Written by Vine Deloria, Jr.
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2013
Price: $14.99
The message of The Nations Within is an urgent on, and should be read by anyone concerned with American Indian affairs today.
“Those of us who try to understand what is happening in North American Indian communities have learned to see Vine Delora, Jr., both as an influential actor in the ongoing... Read more >
The Past and Future of American Indian Sovereignity
Written by Vine Deloria, Jr.
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2013
Price: $14.99
The message of The Nations Within is an urgent on, and should be read by anyone concerned with American Indian affairs today.
“Those of us who try to understand what is happening in North American Indian communities have learned to see Vine Delora, Jr., both as an influential actor in the ongoing... Read more >
