Bestsellers
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The Innocent Man
- Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence....
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Wake up people...
- By Michael H. Wagner on 10-14-09
By: John Grisham
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The Run of His Life
- The People v. O.J. Simpson
- By: Jeffrey Toobin
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting....
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Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles
- By Cynthia on 05-24-16
By: Jeffrey Toobin
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Roe
- The History of a National Obsession
- By: Mary Ziegler
- Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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The leading US expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year history....
By: Mary Ziegler
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Devil in the Grove
- Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
- By: Gilbert King
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. The story of Thurgood Marshall's defense - depsite death threats and KKK intimidation - of four Black youths falsely accused of rape....
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the fight for civil rights
- By Jean on 01-17-14
By: Gilbert King
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Enemies
- A History of the FBI
- By: Tim Weiner
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations....
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Good book, just not for me
- By a on 11-12-12
By: Tim Weiner
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The Lynching
- The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan
- By: Laurence Leamer
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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On a Friday night in March 1981, Henry Hays and James Knowles scoured the streets of Mobile in their car, hunting for a black man....
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Very Readable
- By Jean on 06-10-16
By: Laurence Leamer
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The Innocent Man
- Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence....
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Wake up people...
- By Michael H. Wagner on 10-14-09
By: John Grisham
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The Run of His Life
- The People v. O.J. Simpson
- By: Jeffrey Toobin
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting....
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Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles
- By Cynthia on 05-24-16
By: Jeffrey Toobin
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Roe
- The History of a National Obsession
- By: Mary Ziegler
- Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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The leading US expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year history....
By: Mary Ziegler
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Devil in the Grove
- Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
- By: Gilbert King
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. The story of Thurgood Marshall's defense - depsite death threats and KKK intimidation - of four Black youths falsely accused of rape....
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the fight for civil rights
- By Jean on 01-17-14
By: Gilbert King
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Enemies
- A History of the FBI
- By: Tim Weiner
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations....
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Good book, just not for me
- By a on 11-12-12
By: Tim Weiner
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The Lynching
- The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan
- By: Laurence Leamer
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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On a Friday night in March 1981, Henry Hays and James Knowles scoured the streets of Mobile in their car, hunting for a black man....
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Very Readable
- By Jean on 06-10-16
By: Laurence Leamer
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The Words That Made Us
- America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840
- By: Akhil Reed Amar
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 27 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Words That Made Us, Akhil Reed Amar unites history and law in a vivid narrative of the biggest constitutional questions early Americans confronted, and he expertly assesses the answers they offered....
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And the words that made Us
- By Anonymous User on 10-17-22
By: Akhil Reed Amar
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Jim Crow's Pink Slip
- The Untold Story of Black Principal and Teacher Leadership
- By: Leslie T. Fenwick
- Narrated by: Deanna Anthony
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1954, the Supreme Court's Brown decision ended segregated schooling in the United States, but regrettably, as documented in congressional testimony and transcripts, it also ended the careers of a generation of highly qualified and credentialed Black teachers and principals....
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JCPS
- By Charles J. Jones on 02-25-24
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The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics
- By: Stephen Breyer
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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A growing chorus of officials and commentators argues that the Supreme Court has become too political. On this view, the confirmation process is just an exercise in partisan agenda-setting, and the jurists are no more than “politicians in robes”....
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Excellent overview of Suo. Ct. Purpose, position and how it actually works
- By Georgia on 09-19-21
By: Stephen Breyer
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American Heiress
- The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
- By: Jeffrey Toobin
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, a sophomore in college and heiress to the Hearst family fortune, was kidnapped by a ragtag group of self-styled revolutionaries calling itself the Symbionese Liberation Army....
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Privilege calling privilege privileged
- By Kelley on 08-05-16
By: Jeffrey Toobin
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The Constitution of the United States, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence and Founding Father Biographies
- George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin and More
- By: CSA Publishing, Founding Fathers
- Narrated by: Roberto Scarlato
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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How much do you know about the Constitution of the United States or even about those brave men who are considered Founding Fathers? Sure, you may have been forced to read the Declaration of Independence in elementary school but do you even remember its intent? Listen to find out more….
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A Complete American Collection
- By Jackie Harwood on 08-14-22
By: CSA Publishing, and others
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Gideon's Trumpet
- How One Man, a Poor Prisoner, Took His Case to the Supreme Court - and Changed the Law of the United States
- By: Anthony Lewis
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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A history of the landmark case of Clarence Earl Gideon's fight for the right to legal counsel....
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best book on the subject
- By J.B. Price on 06-12-18
By: Anthony Lewis
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The Law Book
- Big Ideas
- By: DK
- Narrated by: Jasper Britton
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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From the philosophical, religious, and moral codes of the world's earliest societies, The Law Book offers an engaging and accessible overview of legal history across the world all the way into the 21st century....
By: DK
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The Sewing Girl's Tale
- A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America
- By: John Wood Sweet
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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On a moonless night in the summer of 1793 a crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel—the kind of crime that even victims usually kept secret. Instead, seventeen-year-old seamstress Lanah Sawyer did what virtually no one in US history had done before....
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Great for history buffs!
- By LibertyHillbilly on 02-09-23
By: John Wood Sweet
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The Dinosaur Artist
- Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth's Ultimate Trophy
- By: Paige Williams
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The Dinosaur Artist is a stunning work of narrative journalism about humans' relationship with natural history and a seemingly intractable conflict between science and commerce....
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More filler than Joan Rivers’ face.
- By Brandi on 03-13-19
By: Paige Williams
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Madison's Music
- On Reading the First Amendment
- By: Burt Neuborne
- Narrated by: David Rapkin
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Legal luminary Burt Neuborne argues that the structure of the First Amendment as well as of the entire Bill of Rights was more intentional than most people realize....
By: Burt Neuborne
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Water Tossing Boulders
- How a Family of Chinese Immigrants Led the First Fight to Desegregate Schools in the Jim Crow South
- By: Adrienne Berard
- Narrated by: Moe Egan
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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On September 15, 1924, Martha Lum and her older sister Berda were barred from attending middle school in Rosedale, Mississippi. The girls were Chinese American and considered by the school to be “colored”; the school was for whites....
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Over a third of the book was just about the lawyer
- By Crysta M on 05-05-21
By: Adrienne Berard
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John Marshall
- The Man Who Made the Supreme Court
- By: Richard Brookhiser
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The life of John Marshall, founding father and America's premier chief justice....
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Excellent Biography
- By Jean on 12-14-18
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court
- By: John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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John Yoo and Robert Delahunty detail in sprightly, slightly irreverent manner how the black-robed judges who make up the U.S. Supreme Court have swung like a pendulum from saviors of the Republic to super-legislators who usurp the roll of Congress....
By: John Yoo, and others
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A Storm of Witchcraft
- The Salem Trials and the American Experience
- By: Emerson W. Baker
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft in early America....
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Wow....riveting and tragic
- By TeamDowager on 10-23-15
By: Emerson W. Baker
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The Great Divorce
- A Nineteenth-Century Mother's Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times
- By: Ilyon Woo
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1814, Eunice Chapman came home to discover that her three children had been carried off by her estranged husband. He had taken them, she learned, to live among the Shakers....
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Outstanding book
- By John Cashman on 05-19-20
By: Ilyon Woo
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First
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- By: Evan Thomas
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s first female Supreme Court justice, drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O’Connor’s archives....
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Remarkable woman, well served in this book.
- By KathrynVB on 04-05-19
By: Evan Thomas
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Servants of the Damned
- Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice
- By: David Enrich
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In his acclaimed #1 bestseller Dark Towers, David Enrich presented the never-before-told saga of how Deutsche Bank became the global face of financial recklessness and criminality....
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Best book of its kind by far
- By Kathleen on 12-19-22
By: David Enrich
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Without Precedent
- Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times
- By: Joel Richard Paul
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The remarkable story of John Marshall who, as chief justice, statesman, and diplomat, played a pivotal role in the founding of the United States....
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Scholarly and Accessible
- By Diana Black Kennedy on 03-01-18
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On Treason
- A Citizen's Guide to the Law
- By: Carlton F. W. Larson
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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A concise, accessible, and engaging guide to the law of treason, written by the nation's foremost expert on the subject....
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No politics please
- By scott massey on 09-28-21
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This House of Grief
- The Story of a Murder Trial
- By: Helen Garner
- Narrated by: Kate Hood
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Anyone can see the place where the children died. You take the Princes Highway past Geelong, and keep going west in the direction of Colac....
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Riveting
- By MLM SoCal on 11-05-23
By: Helen Garner
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Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency
- By: Dan Abrams, David Fisher
- Narrated by: Adam Verner, Dan Abrams
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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At the end of the summer of 1859, 22-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln was hired to defend him....
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Great Courtroom Drama
- By Jean on 04-26-19
By: Dan Abrams, and others
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The Nuremberg Trials
- The Nazis and Their Crimes Against Humanity
- By: Paul Roland
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The Nuremberg Trials were the most important criminal proceedings ever held. They established the principle that individuals will always be held responsible for their actions under international law....
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Historically Inaccurate
- By Susan Kuebler on 04-23-21
By: Paul Roland
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Gunfight
- The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America
- By: Adam Winkler
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Winkler brilliantly weaves together the dramatic stories of gun rights advocates and gun control lobbyists, providing often unexpected insights into the venomous debate that now cleaves our nation....
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Excellent, well researched and thought provoking.
- By wesley felice on 04-02-18
By: Adam Winkler
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Anatomy of a Trial
- Public Loss, Lessons Learned from The People vs. O.J. Simpson
- By: Jerrianne Hayslett
- Narrated by: Sheila Book
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Now an insider at The People vs. O. J. Simpson reveals the untold story of the most widely followed trial in American history and the indelible impact it has had on the judiciary....
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Very informative, a good listen for sure.
- By heather on 08-27-14
New releases
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Will Trust
- Do I Need a Will or a Trust?
- By: Taylor Willingham
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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"Will Trust: Do I Need a Will and Trust?" is a question many individuals contemplate as they begin their estate planning journey. Taylor Willingham guides readers through a historical and contemporary exploration, from the governance of Rome's five good emperors, the wisdom of Moses, Plato, and Aristotle, to the real-world challenges faced by his own clients in establishing their estates effectively. Leveraging his extensive expertise in estate planning, combined with illustrative examples from history, Willingham delves deeply into answering the pivotal question: Do I need a Will or a ...
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The Supreme Court
- Politics, Power, and Law (Part II)
- By: Newbury Publishing
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Justice Robert Jackson once quipped about his role on the Supreme Court: "We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final." But in the end even the Supreme Court is not the final word on the law. There will always be another case, and another session of the court to consider it -- and maybe to reconsider what the court has ruled before. As long as The United States endures, the Supreme Court will have its work to do.Keep learning about the US Supreme Court with this book.
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Mistrial of the Century
- A Private Diary of the Jury System on Trial
- By: Tracey Kennedy, Judith Kennedy, Alan Abrahamson
- Narrated by: Judith Kennedy, Tracey Kennedy
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Abridged
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In this insider's look at one of the 20th century's most infamous trials, ex-juror Tracy Kennedy discloses what life was like for himself and his wife in the days leading up to the O.J. Simpson trial, and how it subsequently differed so much from their expectations. Kennedy reveals what happened during the trial and sequestration, a sequestration that turned the lives of a normal, married couple into an emotional hell.
By: Tracey Kennedy, and others
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America's Rifle
- The Case for the AR-15
- By: Stephen Halbrook
- Narrated by: Richard Cefalos
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is the definitive work showing the central place of AR-15s and other semiautomatic rifles in the American story. From the founding to the present, rifles and other firearms have played a pivotal role in American history. The story of America’s rifle is largely the story of American history.
By: Stephen Halbrook
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Demand the Impossible
- One Lawyer's Pursuit of Equal Justice for All
- By: Robert Tsai
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In Demand the Impossible, Robert L. Tsai traces lawyer Stephen Bright's remarkable career to explore the legal ideas that were central to his relentless pursuit of equal justice. For nearly forty years, Bright led the Southern Center for Human Rights, a nonprofit that provided legal aid to incarcerated people and worked to improve conditions within the justice system. He argued four capital cases before the US Supreme Court—and won each one, despite facing an increasingly hostile bench.
By: Robert Tsai
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The New York Litigators, 1990s Superstar Attorneys
- An Historic Perspective
- By: Michael Boyajian
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A look back on the 1990s New York Litigators who were the Right Stuff worldwide superstars of the legal profession. who served and delivered justice to the public like an attorneys' version of Seal Team Six. Another contribution to the legal profession--Gary A Kulhanjian, Social Historian
By: Michael Boyajian
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Will Trust
- Do I Need a Will or a Trust?
- By: Taylor Willingham
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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"Will Trust: Do I Need a Will and Trust?" is a question many individuals contemplate as they begin their estate planning journey. Taylor Willingham guides readers through a historical and contemporary exploration, from the governance of Rome's five good emperors, the wisdom of Moses, Plato, and Aristotle, to the real-world challenges faced by his own clients in establishing their estates effectively. Leveraging his extensive expertise in estate planning, combined with illustrative examples from history, Willingham delves deeply into answering the pivotal question: Do I need a Will or a ...
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The Supreme Court
- Politics, Power, and Law (Part II)
- By: Newbury Publishing
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Justice Robert Jackson once quipped about his role on the Supreme Court: "We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final." But in the end even the Supreme Court is not the final word on the law. There will always be another case, and another session of the court to consider it -- and maybe to reconsider what the court has ruled before. As long as The United States endures, the Supreme Court will have its work to do.Keep learning about the US Supreme Court with this book.
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Mistrial of the Century
- A Private Diary of the Jury System on Trial
- By: Tracey Kennedy, Judith Kennedy, Alan Abrahamson
- Narrated by: Judith Kennedy, Tracey Kennedy
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Abridged
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In this insider's look at one of the 20th century's most infamous trials, ex-juror Tracy Kennedy discloses what life was like for himself and his wife in the days leading up to the O.J. Simpson trial, and how it subsequently differed so much from their expectations. Kennedy reveals what happened during the trial and sequestration, a sequestration that turned the lives of a normal, married couple into an emotional hell.
By: Tracey Kennedy, and others
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America's Rifle
- The Case for the AR-15
- By: Stephen Halbrook
- Narrated by: Richard Cefalos
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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This book is the definitive work showing the central place of AR-15s and other semiautomatic rifles in the American story. From the founding to the present, rifles and other firearms have played a pivotal role in American history. The story of America’s rifle is largely the story of American history.
By: Stephen Halbrook
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Demand the Impossible
- One Lawyer's Pursuit of Equal Justice for All
- By: Robert Tsai
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In Demand the Impossible, Robert L. Tsai traces lawyer Stephen Bright's remarkable career to explore the legal ideas that were central to his relentless pursuit of equal justice. For nearly forty years, Bright led the Southern Center for Human Rights, a nonprofit that provided legal aid to incarcerated people and worked to improve conditions within the justice system. He argued four capital cases before the US Supreme Court—and won each one, despite facing an increasingly hostile bench.
By: Robert Tsai
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The New York Litigators, 1990s Superstar Attorneys
- An Historic Perspective
- By: Michael Boyajian
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A look back on the 1990s New York Litigators who were the Right Stuff worldwide superstars of the legal profession. who served and delivered justice to the public like an attorneys' version of Seal Team Six. Another contribution to the legal profession--Gary A Kulhanjian, Social Historian
By: Michael Boyajian