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"In the summer of 1937, with the Depression deep and World War II looming, a California triple murder stunned an already grim nation. After a frantic week-long manhunt for the killer, a suspect emerged, and his sensational trial captivated audiences from coast to coast. Justice was swift, and the condemned man was buried away with the horrifying story. But decades later, Pamela Everett, a lawyer and former journalist, starts digging, following up...
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Hook, Line, and Legal Briefs: An Intellectual Property Lawyer's Pursuit of Fish and Fulfillment. Journey through the riveting pages of Part-Time Lawyer, Full-Time Fisherman, an inspiring memoir that masterfully juxtaposes the seemingly disparate worlds of intellectual property law and recreational fishing. Chart the life of Russ Orkin, commencing with his Eastern European grandparents' hopeful immigration in the 1880s, leading up to his illustrious...
243) Man of Ideas
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The bestselling historian and journalist James Rosen provides the first comprehensive account of the brilliant and combative Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, whose philosophy and judicial opinions defined our legal era.
With “Scalia: Rise to Greatness”, 1936—1986, the opening installment in a two-volume biography, acclaimed reporter and bestselling historian James Rosen provides the first comprehensive account of the life of Justice Antonin...
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In this warm and intimate memoir Judge Wilkinson delivers a chilling message. The 1960s inflicted enormous damage on our country; even at this very hour we see the decade's imprint in so much of what we say and do. The chapters reveal the harm done to the true meaning of education, to our capacity for lasting personal commitments, to our respect for the rule of law, to our sense of rootedness and home, to our desire for service, to our capacity for...
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Nationally regarded trial attorney and media personality Brian Claypool weaves together his personal story of trauma and his experiences litigating notorious child abuse cases to show how our cultural code of silence endangers children and what we can do about it.
Litigation and civil rights attorney Brian Claypool has squared off in the courtroom against child predators in some of America's most notorious sexual abuse cases. He is also a highly...
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The sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia shook America. After almost thirty years on the Supreme Court, Scalia had become as integral to the institution as the hallowed room in which he sat. His wisecracking interruptions during oral arguments, his unmatched legal wisdom, his unwavering dedication to the Constitution, and his blistering dissents defined his leadership role on the court and inspired new generations of policymakers and legal minds.
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Tommy Osborn's star was rising. The young Nashville lawyer led a band of Tennessee reformers to victory in a landmark Supreme Court case. Hailed by Chief Justice Earl Warren as the most important of his career, Baker v. Carr's "one man, one vote" mandate revolutionized how Americans chose their representatives. Osborn was hired by Jimmy Hoffa to take on Bobby Kennedy for the fourth time. Unfortunately, the young lawyer met his match in Walter Sheridan,...
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As one of only nine women in a class of 500 at Harvard Law School when she enrolled in 1956 and one of only four female Supreme Court justices in the history of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was frequently viewed as a feminist trailblazer and an icon for civil rights.
Ginsburg had always been known as a prolific writer and speaker. Now, Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words offers a unique look into the mind of one of the world's most influential...
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Wolfe Cribari - An Exceptional Life!
THEN AND NOW: Dad's words are pertinent and resonant.
IMMIGRANTS:
Are we less American because we cherish and honor our fathers and their birth land and our heritage?
At the gates of America you left behind things that America doesn't want. Hatred of old-time neighbors, national prejudice, traditional fears. They are inconsistent with the American idea of freedom.
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Of all the alien enemies...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Bryan Stevenson book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Just Mercy includes: • Historical context • Chapter-by-chapter overviews • Character profiles •...
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“Price of Principle: How Putting Honesty and Consistency Above Partisanship and Hypocrisy Costs Jobs, Reputations, and Even Friendships” Alan Dershowitz, #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of America's most influential legal scholars, explores the implications of the increasing tendency in politics, academia, media, and even the courts of law to punish principle and reward partisan hypocrisy.
Alan Dershowitz has been called "one of...
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Le témoignage fascinant du célèbre juge de la lutte anti-mafia
On meurt généralement parce qu'on est seul, ou parce qu'on est entré dans un jeu trop grand. On meurt souvent parce qu'on ne dispose pas des alliances nécessaires, ou parce qu'on est privé de soutien. En Sicile, la mafia frappe les serviteurs de l'État que l'État ne parvient pas à protéger. Giovanni Falcone
Publié pour la première fois en 1991 et rapidement épuisé,...
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Escribí este libro en la India, en lengua gujaratí, que es una de las lenguas principales de la India, el año del centenario de Gandhi (1969). Él mismo era gujaratí, es decir, nativo del Estado del Gujarat, al noroeste de la India, donde yo viví muchos años, y en esa lengua escribió él su propia autobiografía, que, luego, su secretario, Mahadev Desai, tradujo al inglés, para posteriormente traducirse a todas las lenguas del mundo. Ahora,...
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An epic biography filled with drama, conflict, and surmounted challenges.
The Real RFK Jr. is an intimate biographical portrait examining the controversial activist's journey from anguish and addiction to becoming the country's leading environmental champion fighting government corruption, corporate greed, and a captured media. Written by his longtime colleague Dick Russell, the biography also exposes the misconceptions and explains the rationale...
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"The story of a young man fighting to recover from a devastating psychotic break and the mother who refuses to give up on him. Zack McDermott, a 26-year-old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning convinced he was being filmed, Truman Show-style, as part of an audition for a TV pilot. This was it - his big dreams were finally coming true. Every passerby was an actor; every car would magically stop for him; everything he saw was a cue from "The...
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Lies, murder, and a legendary courtroom battle threaten to tear apart the Territory of Hawaii.
In September of 1931, Thalia Massie, a young naval lieutenant's wife, claims to have been raped by five Hawaiian men in Honolulu. Following a hung jury in the rape trial, Thalia's mother, socialite Grace Fortescue, and husband, along with two sailors, kidnap one of the accused in an attempt to coerce a confession. When they are caught after killing him...
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Once upon a time in Texas...there were liberal activists of various stripes who sought to make the state more tolerant and more tolerable. David Richards was one of them. In this fast-paced, often humorous memoir, he remembers the players, the strategy sessions, the legal and political battles, and the wins and losses that brought significant gains in civil rights, voter rights, labor law, and civil liberties to the people of Texas from the 1950s...
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"In Mighty Justice, trailblazing African American civil rights attorney Dovey Johnson Roundtree recounts her inspiring life story that speaks movingly and urgently to our racially troubled times. From the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, to the segregated courtrooms of the nation's capital; from the male stronghold of the army where she broke gender and color barriers to the pulpits of churches where women had waited for years for the right to...
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