Firefighters
Their Lives in Their Own Words
Written by Dennis Smith
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2010
Price: $15.99
An unforgettable journey through the daily lives of the brave men and women who have made saving lives their profession.
Dennis Smith, author of
Report from Engine Co. 82, traveled across the country talking to dozens of America’s firefighters to put together this powerful collection of their own descriptions of their most...
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Every Employee's Guide to the Law
Written by Lewin G. I Joel, II
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $16.95
The indispensable legal handbook–– for anyone looking for a job, holding a job, or leaving a job––has now been substantially revised and updated to include new laws and regulations. Whether you work in an office, a factory, or a small business,
Every Employee’s Guide to the Law presents valuable information about...
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In Defense of Women
Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate
Written by Nancy Gertner
Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $18.00
Nancy Gertner launched her legal career by defending antiwar activist Susan Saxe, who was on trial for her role in a robbery that resulted in the murder of a police officer. After this high-profile, highly charged case, Gertner continued to cause a stir in case after riveting case. She threw herself...
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Louis D. Brandeis
A Life
Written by Melvin Urofsky
Format: Hardcover, 976 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $40.00
The first full-scale biography in twenty-five years of one of the most important and distinguished justices to sit on the Supreme Court–a book that reveals Louis D. Brandeis the reformer, lawyer, and jurist, and Brandeis the man, in all of his complexity, passion, and wit.
Louis Dembitz Brandeis had at least...
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They Take Our Jobs!
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
Written by Aviva Chomsky
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 1, 2007
Price: $14.00
Claims that immigrants take Americans' jobs, are a drain on the American economy, contribute to poverty and inequality, destroy the social fabric, challenge American identity, and contribute to a host of social ills by their very existence are openly discussed and debated at all levels of society. Chomsky dismantles twenty of...
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American Juries
The Verdict
Written by Neil Vidmar
Format: Hardcover, 428 pages
On Sale: October 31, 2007
Price: $32.99
Although the right to trial by jury is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, in recent years both criminal and civil juries have been criticized as incompetent, biased, and irresponsible. For example, the O.J. Simpson criminal jury’s verdict produced a racial divide in opinions about that trial. And many Americans still hold...
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America's Constitution
A Biography
Written by Akhil Reed Amar
Format: eBook, 672 pages
On Sale: February 29, 2012
Price: $13.99
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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Make No Law
The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment
Written by Anthony Lewis
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: April 20, 2011
Price: $12.99
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 Majesty of the Law
Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice
Written by Sandra Day O'Connor
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.99
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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Illegal People
How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants
Written by David Bacon
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: June 1, 2009
Price: $18.00
For two decades David Bacon has documented the connections between labor, migration, and the global economy. In
Illegal People he explains why our national policy produces even more displacement, migration, immigration raids, and an increasingly divided and polarized society. Arguing for a sea change in how we think, debate, and legislate...
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