Queer (In)Justice
The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States
Written by Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie and Kay Whitlock
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $27.95
A groundbreaking work that turns a “queer eye” on the criminal legal system Drawing on years of research, activism, and legal advocacy,
Queer (In)Justice is a searing examination of queer experiences--as "suspects," defendants, prisoners, and survivors of crime. The authors unpack queer criminal archetypes--like "gleeful gay killers," "lethal lesbians," "disease spreaders," and...
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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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Incognito
The Secret Lives of the Brain
Written by David Eagleman
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 31, 2011
Price: $26.95
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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Louis D. Brandeis
A Life
Written by Melvin Urofsky
Format: Trade Paperback, 976 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $24.95
As a young lawyer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Louis Brandeis, born into a family of reformers who came to the United States to escape European anti-Semitism, established the way modern law is practiced. He was an early champion of the right to privacy and pioneer the idea...
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Illicit
How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy
Written by Moises Naim
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.00
A groundbreaking investigation of how illicit commerce is changing the world by transforming economies, reshaping politics, and capturing governments.In this fascinating and comprehensive examination of the underside of globalization, Moises Naím illuminates the struggle between traffickers and the hamstrung bureaucracies trying to control them. From illegal migrants to drugs to weapons...
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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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The Supreme Court
Written by William H. Rehnquist
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
This new edition of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist’s classic book offers a lively and accessible history of the Supreme Court. His engaging writing illuminates both the high and low points in the Court's history, from Chief Justice Marshall’s dominance of the Court during the early nineteenth century through the landmark...
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