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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... Read more >
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... Read more >
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Out of Order
Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
Written by Sandra Day O'Connor
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $12.99
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... Read more >
Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
Written by Sandra Day O'Connor
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $12.99
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... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Out of Order
Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
Written by Sandra Day O'Connor
Read by Sandra Day O'Connor
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $35.00
“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 opinions. But the... Read more >
Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
Written by Sandra Day O'Connor
Read by Sandra Day O'Connor
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $35.00
“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 opinions. But the... Read more >
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Out of Order
Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
Written by Sandra Day O'Connor
Read by Sandra Day O'Connor
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $17.50
“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 opinions. But the... Read more >
Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
Written by Sandra Day O'Connor
Read by Sandra Day O'Connor
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $17.50
“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 opinions. But the... Read more >
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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
... Read more >
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
... Read more >
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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
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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The Odd Clauses
Understanding the Constitution through Ten of Its Most Curious Provisions
Written by Jay Wexler
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $16.00
An innovative, insightful, often humorous look at the Constitution’’s lesser-known clauses, offering a fresh perspective on the document’s relevance today
For a variety of reasons, many of the Constitution’s more obscure passages never make it to any court and therefore never make headlines or even law school classrooms, which teach... Read more >
Understanding the Constitution through Ten of Its Most Curious Provisions
Written by Jay Wexler
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $16.00
An innovative, insightful, often humorous look at the Constitution’’s lesser-known clauses, offering a fresh perspective on the document’s relevance today
For a variety of reasons, many of the Constitution’s more obscure passages never make it to any court and therefore never make headlines or even law school classrooms, which teach... Read more >
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Enemies
A History of the FBI
Written by Tim Weiner
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $30.00
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
... Read more >
A History of the FBI
Written by Tim Weiner
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $30.00
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
... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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
... Read more >
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
... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Enemies
A History of the FBI
Written by Tim Weiner
Read by Stefan Rudnicki
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $45.00
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
... Read more >
A History of the FBI
Written by Tim Weiner
Read by Stefan Rudnicki
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $45.00
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
... Read more >
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Enemies
A History of the FBI
Written by Tim Weiner
Read by Stefan Rudnicki
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $27.50
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
... Read more >
A History of the FBI
Written by Tim Weiner
Read by Stefan Rudnicki
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $27.50
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
... Read more >
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The Odd Clauses
Understanding the Constitution Through Ten of Its Most Curious Provisions
Written by Jay Wexler
Format: Hardcover, 248 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $24.95
If the United States Constitution were a zoo, and the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth amendments were a lion, a giraffe, and a panda bear, respectively, then The Odd Clauses would be a special exhibit of shrews, wombats, and bat-eared foxes. Past the ever-popular monkey house and lion cages, Boston University law... Read more >
Understanding the Constitution Through Ten of Its Most Curious Provisions
Written by Jay Wexler
Format: Hardcover, 248 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $24.95
If the United States Constitution were a zoo, and the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth amendments were a lion, a giraffe, and a panda bear, respectively, then The Odd Clauses would be a special exhibit of shrews, wombats, and bat-eared foxes. Past the ever-popular monkey house and lion cages, Boston University law... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
The Odd Clauses
Understanding the Constitution Through Ten of Its Most Curious Provisions
Written by Jay Wexler
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $24.95
If the United States Constitution were a zoo, and the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth amendments were a lion, a giraffe, and a panda bear, respectively, then The Odd Clauses would be a special exhibit of shrews, wombats, and bat-eared foxes. Past the ever-popular monkey house and lion cages, Boston University law... Read more >
Understanding the Constitution Through Ten of Its Most Curious Provisions
Written by Jay Wexler
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $24.95
If the United States Constitution were a zoo, and the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth amendments were a lion, a giraffe, and a panda bear, respectively, then The Odd Clauses would be a special exhibit of shrews, wombats, and bat-eared foxes. Past the ever-popular monkey house and lion cages, Boston University law... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Gideon's Trumpet
Written by Anthony Lewis
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2011
Price: $13.99
A history of the landmark case of James Earl Gideon's fight for the right to legal counsel. Notes, table of cases, index. The classic backlist bestseller. More than 800,000 sold since its first pub date of 1964.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Written by Anthony Lewis
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2011
Price: $13.99
A history of the landmark case of James Earl Gideon's fight for the right to legal counsel. Notes, table of cases, index. The classic backlist bestseller. More than 800,000 sold since its first pub date of 1964.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Let the Students Speak!
A History of the Fight for Free Expression in American Schools
Written by David L. Hudson
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 16, 2011
Price: $17.00
From a trusted scholar and powerful story teller, an accessible and lively history of free speech, for and about students.
Let the Students Speak! details the rich history and growth of the First Amendment in public schools, from the early nineteenth-century's failed student free-expression claims to the development of protection for students... Read more >
A History of the Fight for Free Expression in American Schools
Written by David L. Hudson
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 16, 2011
Price: $17.00
From a trusted scholar and powerful story teller, an accessible and lively history of free speech, for and about students.
Let the Students Speak! details the rich history and growth of the First Amendment in public schools, from the early nineteenth-century's failed student free-expression claims to the development of protection for students... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Let the Students Speak!
A History of the Fight for Free Expression in American Schools
Written by David L. Hudson
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: August 16, 2011
Price: $17.00
From a trusted scholar and powerful story teller, an accessible and lively history of free speech, for and about students.
Let the Students Speak! details the rich history and growth of the First Amendment in public schools, from the early nineteenth-century's failed student free-expression claims to the development of protection for students... Read more >
A History of the Fight for Free Expression in American Schools
Written by David L. Hudson
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: August 16, 2011
Price: $17.00
From a trusted scholar and powerful story teller, an accessible and lively history of free speech, for and about students.
Let the Students Speak! details the rich history and growth of the First Amendment in public schools, from the early nineteenth-century's failed student free-expression claims to the development of protection for students... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Buffalo Creek Disaster
How the survivors of one of the worst disasters in coal-mining history brought s uit against the coal company--and won
Written by Gerald M. Stern
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2011
Price: $9.99
One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history. 125 people were... Read more >
How the survivors of one of the worst disasters in coal-mining history brought s uit against the coal company--and won
Written by Gerald M. Stern
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2011
Price: $9.99
One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history. 125 people were... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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American Privacy
The 400-Year History of Our Most Contested Right
Written by Frederick S. Lane
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2011
Price: $20.00
An examination of privacy and the evolution of communication, from broken sealing wax to high-tech wiretapping
A sweeping story of the right to privacy as it sped along colonial postal routes, telegraph wires, and even today’s fiber-optic cables, American Privacy traces the lineage of cultural norms and legal mandates that have swirled... Read more >
The 400-Year History of Our Most Contested Right
Written by Frederick S. Lane
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2011
Price: $20.00
An examination of privacy and the evolution of communication, from broken sealing wax to high-tech wiretapping
A sweeping story of the right to privacy as it sped along colonial postal routes, telegraph wires, and even today’s fiber-optic cables, American Privacy traces the lineage of cultural norms and legal mandates that have swirled... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
American Privacy
The 400-Year History of Our Most Contested Right
Written by Frederick S. Lane
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2009
Price: $20.00
An examination of privacy and the evolution of communication, from broken sealing wax to high-tech wiretapping
A sweeping story of the right to privacy as it sped along colonial postal routes, telegraph wires, and even today’s fiber-optic cables, American Privacy traces the lineage of cultural norms and legal mandates that have swirled... Read more >
The 400-Year History of Our Most Contested Right
Written by Frederick S. Lane
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2009
Price: $20.00
An examination of privacy and the evolution of communication, from broken sealing wax to high-tech wiretapping
A sweeping story of the right to privacy as it sped along colonial postal routes, telegraph wires, and even today’s fiber-optic cables, American Privacy traces the lineage of cultural norms and legal mandates that have swirled... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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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... Read more >
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... Read more >
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eBook and a
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Louis D. Brandeis
A Life
Written by Melvin Urofsky
Format: eBook, 928 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $19.99
A Life
Written by Melvin Urofsky
Format: eBook, 928 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $19.99
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.
A huge and galvanizing biography, a revelation...
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hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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I Dissent
Great Opposing Opinions in Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Edited by Mark Tushnet
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2008
Price: $16.00
For the first time, a collection of dissents from the most famous Supreme Court cases
If American history can truly be traced through the majority decisions in landmark Supreme Court cases, then what about the dissenting opinions? In issues of race, gender, privacy, workers' rights, and more, would advances have been impeded... Read more >
Great Opposing Opinions in Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Edited by Mark Tushnet
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2008
Price: $16.00
For the first time, a collection of dissents from the most famous Supreme Court cases
If American history can truly be traced through the majority decisions in landmark Supreme Court cases, then what about the dissenting opinions? In issues of race, gender, privacy, workers' rights, and more, would advances have been impeded... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
I Dissent
Great Opposing Opinions in Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Edited by Mark Tushnet
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2008
Price: $13.95
For the first time, a collection of dissents from the most famous Supreme Court cases
If American history can truly be traced through the majority decisions in landmark Supreme Court cases, then what about the dissenting opinions? In issues of race, gender, privacy, workers' rights, and more, would advances have been impeded... Read more >
Great Opposing Opinions in Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Edited by Mark Tushnet
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2008
Price: $13.95
For the first time, a collection of dissents from the most famous Supreme Court cases
If American history can truly be traced through the majority decisions in landmark Supreme Court cases, then what about the dissenting opinions? In issues of race, gender, privacy, workers' rights, and more, would advances have been impeded... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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All the Laws but One
Civil Liberties in Wartime
Written by William H. Rehnquist
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99
In All the Laws but One, William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, provides an insightful and fascinating account of the history of civil liberties during wartime and illuminates the cases where presidents have suspended the law in the name of national security.
Abraham Lincoln, champion of freedom and... Read more >
Civil Liberties in Wartime
Written by William H. Rehnquist
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99
In All the Laws but One, William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, provides an insightful and fascinating account of the history of civil liberties during wartime and illuminates the cases where presidents have suspended the law in the name of national security.
Abraham Lincoln, champion of freedom and... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Black Trials
Citizenship from the Beginnings of Slavery to the End of Caste
Written by Mark S. Weiner
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.99
Citizenship from the Beginnings of Slavery to the End of Caste
Written by Mark S. Weiner
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.99
From a brilliant young legal scholar comes this sweeping history of American ideas of belonging and citizenship, told through the stories of fourteen legal cases that helped to shape our nation.
Spanning three centuries, Black Trials details the legal challenges and struggles that helped define the ever-shifting identity of blacks in America...
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