Writing to Win
The Legal Writer
Written by Steven D. Stark
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2012
Price: $16.99
From a master teacher and writer, a fully revised and updated edition of the results-oriented approach to legal writing that is clear, that persuades--and that WINS.
More than almost any profession, the law has a deserved reputation for opaque, jargon-clogged writing. Yet forceful writing is one of the most potent weapons of...
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America's Constitution
A Biography
Written by Akhil Reed Amar
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $20.00
In
America’s Constitution, one of this era’s most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of one of the world’s great political texts. Incisive, entertaining, and occasionally controversial, this “biography” of America’s framing document explains not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution...
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Law School Essays That Made a Difference, 5th Edition
Written by Princeton Review
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: December 11, 2012
Price: $13.99
Stand out in a crowd of law school applicants with an outstanding personal statement.
Law schools are receiving more applications than ever with high LSAT scores and excellent grades. To get in, you also need a personal statement that shines.
Law School Essays That Made a Difference, 5th Edition, gives you...
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Enemies
A History of the FBI
Written by Tim Weiner
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $20.00
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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The Forensic Casebook
The Science of Crime Scene Investigation
Written by Ngaire E. Genge
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: August 27, 2002
Price: $20.00
THE ULTIMATE READERS’ GUIDE TO THE ART OF FORENSICS!
An intrepid investigator crawls through miles of air conditioning ducts to capture the implicating fibers of a suspect’s wool jacket . . . A forensic entomologist discovers insects in the grill of a car and nails down a drug dealer’s precise geographical path...
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Out of Order
Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
Written by Sandra Day O'Connor
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $26.00
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court. Most people know the Court only as it exists between bangs of the gavel, when the Court comes to order to hear arguments or give...
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Are Prisons Obsolete?
Written by Angela Y. Davis
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
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 Anatomy of Violence
The Biological Roots of Crime
Written by Adrian Raine
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $18.99
With a 4-page full-color insert, and black-and-white illustrations throughout
Why do some innocent kids grow up to become cold-blooded serial killers? Is bad biology partly to blame? For more than three decades Adrian Raine has been researching the biological roots of violence and establishing neurocriminology, a new field that applies neuroscience techniques...
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