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Betrayal In Black by Mark M. Bello
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPolice lights illuminate a dark street on a dark night in a small Michigan town. A vehicle has been pulled over; the cop claims the occupants resemble robbery suspects. No traffic law has been violated. The man is the wrong age, the woman, the wrong sex and small children are seated in the back. Still, the officer persists... -
Betrayal of Justice by Mark M. Bello
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis very topical, controversial, and prophetic novel is set in Washington D.C. and Dearborn, Michigan. In Washington D.C., a newly-elected president promises, in his inaugural speech, to “make America pure again... -
The Key to Justice by Dennis Carstens
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA serial killer is on the loose in Minneapolis and the head of the investigation, Minneapolis police Lt. Jake Waschke, is feeling the pressure to find him. To make matters worse, the killer strikes again, this time across the river in St. Paul, and his victim is the daughter of a prominent politician... -
The Last Chance Lawyer by William Bernhardt
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsGetting his client off death row could save his career… or make him the next victim. Daniel Pike would rather fight for justice than follow the rules. His unique ability to "connect the dots," to observe what others do not, has made him the most notorious criminal lawyer in St. Petersburg. But when his courtroom career goes up in smoke, he fears his lifelong purpose is a lost cause... -
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A Murder Under The Bridge: A New "Broken Lawyer" Legal Thriller by Donald L'Abbate
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA NEW "BROKEN LAWYER" NOVELWhen a mentally disturbed homeless man, charged with murdering a teenage boy under a Manhattan bridge, refuses to speak, can a veteran attorney who has battled his own demons save him? Facing seemingly overwhelming odds, the lawyer slowly begins to uncover the homeless man's secrets... -
Betrayal High by Mark M. Bello
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat does a kid do when it just won’t stop?Kevin Burns has had enough. Today, the bullying stops. Today, he has easy access to his father’s gun cabinet. Today, Kevin exacts his revenge.“You think I’m small? Maybe I am, but my gun is huge . . . Size does matter—the larger the gun, the larger the . . .” Jake Tracey’s phone buzzes. It’s a text from his brother, Kenny.Where are you?English class... -
Kill the Lion! by Jorge Ibargüengoitia
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsParodia de cualquiera de las dictaduras que han asolado a los países de Latinoamérica, Maten al león destaca como la única comedia dentro de lo que ya es un subgénero de la novela hispanoamericana. Hacia finales de los años veinte, Puerto Alegre, capital de la isla caribeña de Arepa, se convierte en el centro de una conspiración política... -
The Firm / The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE FIRMThe law student He was young and had dreams. He'd qualified third in his class at Harvard, now offers poured in from every law firm in America The Firm They were small , but well -respected. They we prepared to match, and then exceed Mitch's wildest dreams - eighty thousand a year, a BMW and a low interest mortgage. Soon the house, the car and the job are his... -
The Broken Lawyer by Donald L'Abbate
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNEW RE-EDITED EDITION Can an alcoholic lawyer working out of the back room of a Chinese restaurant in New York City’s Chinatown and barely surviving on court assigned cases save a young Hispanic man from a wrongful conviction and a family from the grips of a notorious Triad while battling his addiction? Once a star prosecutor in the NYC District Attorney’s office the lawyer is forced to deal... -
The Advocate's Daughter by Alex Finlay, Anthony Franze
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's not who you know, it's what you know about them . . . Among Washington D.C. power players, everyone has something to hide, including Sean Serrat, a Supreme Court lawyer. Sean transformed his misspent youth into a model adulthood, and now has one of the most respected legal careers in the country. But just as he learns he's on the short list to be nominated to the U.S... -
Criminal Justice by Patrick Graham
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDefending a criminal is easy – until they make it personal. Criminal attorney Max Harrison takes on a case for an old school friend, Wayne Snowden. Wayne has been charged with the attempted murder of an old flame, but it quickly becomes evident that the prosecution is not interested in this conviction... -
Your Blue-Eyed Boy by Helen Dunmore
Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSimone is 38, a district judge whose husband Donald is on the verge of bankruptcy and breakdown. Whilst she is at court, passing judgement on the lives of others, Donald stays at home and looks after their two young sons. One morning a letter arrives; someone she has tried to forget has not forgotten her and Simone's private history is about to collide with her public world... -
Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could by Adam Schiff
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the congressman who led the first impeachment of Donald J. Trump, the vital inside account of American democracy in its darkest hour, and a warning that the forces of autocracy unleashed by Trump remain as potent as ever... -
Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir by Marie Yovanovitch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | An inspiring and urgent memoir by the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine—a pioneering diplomat who spent her career advancing democracy in the post-Soviet world, and who electrified the nation by speaking truth to power during the first impeachment of President Trump. Marie Yovanovitch was at the height of her diplomatic career when it all came crashing down... -
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Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsRead by Liz Cheney with 50+ audio source material clips included, Oath and Honor is a gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution—leading to the violent attack on our Capitol on January 6th, 2021—by the House Republican leader who dared to stand up to it... -
Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this incisive and razor-sharp analysis of one of the most important issues facing us today, leading Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt draw on their combined expertise of over 40 years to examine how dictators come to power, and how they help to foster a poisonous culture of polarisation, fear and suspicion that persists even after their time in power is over... -
The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III by Peter Baker, Susan Glasser
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCo-authored by the Chief White House correspondent at The New York Times and the Washington columnist at the The New Yorker, this is a biography any would-be power broker must own: the story of legendary White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A. Baker III, the man who ran Washington when Washington ran the world... -
Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom by Norman G. Finkelstein
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Gaza Strip is among the most densely populated places in the world. More than two-thirds of its inhabitants are refugees, and more than half are under eighteen years of age. Since 2004, Israel has launched eight devastating “operations” against Gaza’s largely defenseless population. Thousands have perished, and tens of thousands have been left homeless... -
Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality by Richard Kluger
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSimple Justice is generally regarded as the classic account of the U.S. Supreme Court’s epochal decision outlawing racial segregation and the centerpiece of African-Americans’ ongoing crusade for equal justice under law.The 1954 Supreme Court ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education brought centuries of legal segregation in this country to an end... -
12 Seconds in the Dark: A Police Officer's Firsthand Account of the Breonna Taylor Raid by John Mattingly
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou might think you know what happened in the tragic shooting of Breonna Taylor, but no one knows that better than the lead officer on the scene, Sergeant John Mattingly... -
The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay by Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAmerica’s runaway inequality has an engine: our unjust tax system.Even as they became fabulously wealthy, the ultra-rich have seen their taxes collapse to levels last seen in the 1920s. Meanwhile, working-class Americans have been asked to pay more... -
One Vote Away: How a Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History by Ted Cruz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings** WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER ** USA TODAY BESTSELLER ** PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER ** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **With a simple majority on the Supreme Court, the left would have the power to curtail or even abolish the freedoms that have made America a beacon to the world. We are one vote away from losing our most precious constitutional rights... -
What Has Government Done to Our Money? and The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar by Murray N. Rothbard
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Mises Institute is pleased to present this very beautiful hardbound edition of Rothbard's most famous monetary essay--the one that has influenced two generations of economists, investors, and business professionals. The Mises Institute has united this book with its natural complement: a detailed reform proposal for a 100 percent gold dollar... -
Truth Be Told by Beverley McLachlin
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFormer Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin offers an intimate and revealing look at her life, from her childhood in the Alberta foothills to her career on the Supreme Court, where she helped to shape the social and moral fabric of the country... -
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The President's Keepers: Those Keeping Zuma in Power and Out of Prison by Jacques Pauw
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsInvestigative journalist Jacques Pauw exposes the darkest secret at the heart of Jacob Zuma’s compromised a cancerous cabal that eliminates the president’s enemies and purges the law-enforcement agencies of good men and women... -
Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy by Adam Jentleson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEvery major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears the stamp of the United States Senate, an institution controlled by people who are almost exclusively white, overwhelmingly male, and disproportionately conservative... -
The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic by Mark R. Levin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor a century, the Statists have steadfastly constructed a federal Leviathan, distorting and evading our constitutional system in pursuit of an all-powerful, ubiquitous central government. The result is an ongoing and growing assault on individual liberty, state sovereignty, and the social compact... -
First: Sandra Day O'Connor by Evan Thomas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShe was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona. At a time when women were expected to be homemakers, she set her sights on Stanford University. When she graduated near the top of her class at law school in 1952, no firm would even interview her... -
The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America by Eric Cervini
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe secret history of the fight for gay rights that began a generation before Stonewall.In 1957, Frank Kameny, a rising astronomer working for the U.S. Defense Department in Hawaii, received a summons to report immediately to Washington, D.C... -
To Build a Castle by Vladimir Bukovsky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsExpelled Soviet political protester and activist recounts his dozen years imprisoned in jails, labor camps and psychiatric hospitals, his fight for change and freedom, and profiling modern daily Russian...
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