Snob Zones
Fear, Prejudice, and Real Estate
Written by Lisa Prevost
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $25.95
An exploration of the corrosive effects of overpriced housing, exclusionary zoning, and the flight of the younger population in the Northeast
Towns with strict zoning are the best towns, aren't they? They're all about preserving local "character," protecting the natural environment, an dmaintaining attractive neighborhoods. Right?
In this bold challenge to conventional wisdom...
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Snob Zones
Fear, Prejudice, and Real Estate
Written by Lisa Prevost
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $25.95
An exploration of the corrosive effects of overpriced housing, exclusionary zoning, and the flight of the younger population in the Northeast
Towns with strict zoning are the best towns, aren't they? They're all about preserving local "character," protecting the natural environment, an dmaintaining attractive neighborhoods. Right?
In this bold challenge to conventional wisdom...
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Are Prisons Obsolete?
Written by Angela Y. Davis
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $11.95
With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition movements, and when they were engaged in these struggles, their chances of...
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The Oath
The Obama White House and The Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $28.95
From the prizewinning author of The Nine, a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the...
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Incognito
The Secret Lives of the Brain
Written by David Eagleman
Read by David Eagleman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 31, 2011
Price: $17.50
If the conscious mind—the part you consider to be you—is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?
In this sparkling and provocative new book, the renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries: Why can your foot move halfway to...
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Plain, Honest Men
The Making of the American Constitution
Written by Richard Beeman
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: February 9, 2010
Price: $18.00
In May 1787, in an atmosphere of crisis, delegates met in Philadelphia to design a radically new form of government. Distinguished historian Richard Beeman captures as never before the dynamic of the debate and the characters of the men who labored that historic summer. Virtually all of the issues in dispute—the...
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Enemies
A History of the FBI
Written by Tim Weiner
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $15.99
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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The Best 168 Law Schools, 2013 Edition
Written by Princeton Review
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $22.99
We can help you make the right decision.The Princeton Review's
The Best 168 Law Schools gives you student survey-driven profiles of the nation's top 168 law schools as well as detailed statistical information about accredited law schools. Each profile provides information on academics and campus life, and also provides answers to all the practical...
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The Innocent Man
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
Written by John Grisham
Read by Craig Wasson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $22.50
When Ron Williamson signed with the Oakland A’s in 1971, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big-league glory. Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits. He moved in with his mother and slept...
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