Books, Nonfiction, Law

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Jeffrey Toobin
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
by Anchor (Paperback) (Release Date: 2008-09-09)

In The Nine, acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. An institution at a moment of transition, the Court now stands at a crucial point, with major changes in store on such issues as abortion, civil rights, and church-state relations. Based on exclusive interviews with the justices and with a keen sense of the Court’s history and the trajectory of its future, Jeffrey Toobin creates in The Nine a riveting story of one of the most important forces in American life today.

Roberto Saviano
Gomorrah: A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System
by Tantor Media (MP3 CD)

A groundbreaking major bestseller in Italy, Gomorrah is Roberto Savianoa (TM)s gripping nonfiction account of the decline of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network with a large international reach and stakes in construction, high fashion, illicit drugs, and toxic-waste disposal.

Jane Mayer
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
by Anchor (Paperback) (Release Date: 2009-05-05)

A dramatic and damning narrative account of how America has fought the "War on Terror"In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of utter chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington, used the crisis to further a long held agenda to enhance Presidential powers to a degree never known in U.S. history, and obliterate Constitutional protections that define the very essence of the American experiment.THE DARK SIDE is a dramatic, riveting, and definitive narrative account of how the United States made terrible decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world-- decisions that not only violated the Constitution to which White House officials took an oath to uphold, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. In gripping detail, acclaimed ...

Leslie Chang
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
by Tantor Media (CD)

An eye-opening and previously untold story, Factory Girls is the first look into the everyday lives of the migrant factory population in China.

Vincent Bugliosi
The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
by Vanguard Press (Hardcover)

Famed Charles Manson prosecutor and three time #1 New York Times bestselling author Vincent Bugliosi has written the most powerful, explosive, and thought-provoking book of his storied career. In The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Bugliosi presents a tight, meticulously researched legal case that puts George W. Bush on trial in an American courtroom for the murder of nearly 4,000 American soldiers fighting the war in Iraq. Bugliosi sets forth the legal architecture and incontrovertible evidence that President Bush took this nation to war in Iraq under false pretenses—a war that has not only caused the deaths of American soldiers but also over 100,000 innocent Iraqi men, women, and children; cost the United States over one trillion dollars thus far with no end in sight; and alienated many American allies in the Western world. As a prosecutor who is dedicated to seeking justice, Bugliosi, in his inimitable style, delivers a non-partisan argument, free from party lines ...

Law School Admission Council
10 More Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests (Lsat Series) (Lsat Series)
by Law School Admission Council (Paperback)

Contains actual, previously administered LSAT's. For pure practice at an unbelievable price, you can't beat 10 PrepTests. Each test includes an answer key, writing sample, and score conversion table.

Henry M. Robert
Robert's Rules of Order
by Quill (Paperback)

Joaquin "Jack" Garcia
Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family
by Touchstone (Hardcover)

"Petey Chops wasn't kicking up. And if he didn't start soon, he was going to get whacked." So begins Making Jack Falcone, the extraordinary true story of an undercover FBI agent's years-long investigation of the Gambinos, which resulted in a string of arrests that crippled the organized crime family.But long before Joaquin "Jack" Garcia found himself wearing a wire with some of the Mafia's top capos, he was one of the FBI's unlikeliest recruits. A Cuban-born American, Jack graduated from Quantico standing six-foot-four and weighing 300 pounds -- not your typical G-man. Jack's stature soon proved an asset as the FBI looked to place agents undercover with drug smugglers, counterfeiters, and even killers. Jack became one of the few FBI agents dedicated solely to undercover work. Using a series of carefully created aliases, Jack insinuated himself in the criminal world, from the Badlands of Philadelphia, where he was a gregarious money launderer, to the streets of Miami, where an ...

John Grisham
The Innocent Man on Playaway: Ready-To-Go Digital Audiobooks
by Random House Audio (Digital Audiobook)

Kerry Patterson
Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior
by American Media International (CD)

Whether it's reprimanding a teenager for breaking a curfew or asking the boss about a promised raise, readers will learn the hands-on skill to resolve the touchiest issues.

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