Witsec
Inside the Federal Witness Protection Program
Written by Pete Earley
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2009
Price: $7.99
For decades no law enforcement program has been as cloaked in controversy and mystery as the Federal Witness Protection Program. Now, for the first time, Gerald Shur, the man credited with the creation of WITSEC, teams with acclaimed investigative journalist Pete Earley to tell the inside story of turncoats, crime-fighters, killers...
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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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The Death of Common Sense
How Law Is Suffocating America
Written by Philip K. Howard
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $11.99
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“We need a new idea of how to govern. The current system is broken. Law is supposed to be a framework for humans to make choices, not the replacement for free choice.” So notes Philip K. Howard in the new Afterword to his explosive manifesto The Death of Common Sense...
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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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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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Last Chance in Texas
The Redemption of Criminal Youth
Written by John Hubner
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 29, 2008
Price: $11.99
A powerful, bracing and deeply spiritual look at intensely, troubled youth,
Last Chance in Texas gives a stirring account of the way one remarkable prison rehabilitates its inmates.
While reporting on the juvenile court system, journalist John Hubner kept hearing about a facility in Texas that ran the most aggressive–and one of...
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Writing to Win
The Legal Writer
Written by Steven D. Stark
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2012
Price: $12.99
From a master teacher, a results-oriented approach to powerful legal writing that communicates, that persuades--and that wins.
Of all the professions, the law has the most deserved reputation for opaque, jargon-clogged writing. Legal education, which focuses on judicial opinions, not instruments of persuasion, is partly to blame. Yet forceful writing is one...
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