The Art of Justice
Written by Marilyn Church and Lou Young
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
As the principal courtroom sketch artist for the
New York Times and WABC in New York, Marilyn Church covered many of America’s most infamous trials, from the downfall of John Gotti to the trial of would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley; from the conviction of Martha Stewart to the Sean “Puffy” Combs...
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Make No Law
The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment
Written by Anthony Lewis
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1992
Price: $16.95
The First Amendment puts it this way: "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." Yet, in 1960, a city official in Montgomery, Alabama, sued The New York Times for libel -- and was awarded $500,000 by a local jury -- because the paper had published...
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The Oath
The Obama White House and The Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $24.00
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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This Business of Television
Written by Howard Blumenthal and Oliver Goodenough
Format: Hardcover, 592 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2006
Price: $35.00
Broad in scope and rich in detail,
This Business of Television has been the essential sourcebook for producers, writers, broadcasters, network executives, and other television professionals since the first edition was published in 1991. And as the television business continues to evolve,
This Business of Television evolves along with it. This...
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Abolition Democracy
Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture
Written by Angela Y. Davis
Format: Trade Paperback, 132 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2005
Price: $12.95
Revelations about U.S policies and practices of torture and abuse have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu Ghraib prison story in April 2004. Since then, a debate has raged regarding what is and what is not acceptable behavior for the world’s leading democracy. It is within this context...
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Cool War
The Future of Global Competition
Written by Noah Feldman
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $26.00
A bold and thought-provoking look at the future of U.S.-China relations, and how their coming power struggle will reshape the competitive playing field for nations around the world The Cold War seemingly ended in a decisive victory for the West. But now, Noah Feldman argues, we are entering an era...
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Anatomy of Injustice
A Murder Case Gone Wrong
Written by Raymond Bonner
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $11.99
The book that helped free an innocent man who had spent twenty-seven years on death row.
In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in the small town of Greenwood, South Carolina. Police immediately arrested Edward Lee Elmore, a semiliterate, mentally retarded black man with no previous felony record. His...
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The Majesty of the Law
Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice
Written by Sandra Day O'Connor
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2004
Price: $16.00
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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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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The Journalist and the Murderer
Written by Janet Malcolm
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: June 22, 2011
Price: $13.99
In two previous books, Janet Malcolm explored the hidden sides of, respectively, institutional psychoanalysis and Freudian biography. In this book, she examines the psychopathology of journalism. Using a strange and unprecedented lawsuit as her larger-than-life example -- the lawsuit of Jeffrey MacDonald, a convicted murderer, against Joe McGinniss, the author of...
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