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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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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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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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 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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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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Overall
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Performance
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Story
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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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A Well-Regulated Militia
- The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America
- By: Saul Cornell
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Americans are deeply divided over the Second Amendment. Some passionately assert that the Amendment protects an individual's right to own guns. Others, that it does no more than protect the right of states to maintain militias....
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historically rich
- By Alexus Nelson on 12-13-19
By: Saul Cornell
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Blood & Ivy
- By: Paul Collins
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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On November 23, 1849, in the heart of Boston, one of the city's richest men vanished. Dr. George Parkman, a Brahmin who owned much of Boston's West End, was last seen that afternoon visiting his alma mater, Harvard Medical School....
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interesting a good review of old Harvard Med
- By JE on 07-13-23
By: Paul Collins
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Summer for the Gods
- The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion
- By: Edward J. Larson
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the 20th century's most contentious dramas: the Scopes trial....
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A little biased toward evolution
- By Medina Family on 02-19-20
By: Edward J. Larson
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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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The Originalism Trap
- How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back
- By: Madiba K. Dennie
- Narrated by: Madiba K. Dennie
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives say the Founders meant it....
By: Madiba K. Dennie
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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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Give Me Liberty
- A History of America's Exceptional Idea
- By: Richard Brookhiser
- Narrated by: Tony Messano
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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An award-winning historian recounts the history of American liberty through the stories of 13 essential documents....
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Extraordinary!
- By Cynthia M. Suprenant on 12-23-19
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Scorpions
- The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices
- By: Noah Feldman
- Narrated by: Cotter Smith
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Scorpions tells the story of four great justices: their relationships with FDR, with each other, and with the turbulent world of the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War....
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A MOST HONOURABLE SWANSONG
- By Dudley H. Williams on 05-27-12
By: Noah Feldman
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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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The Chevron Doctrine
- Its Rise and Fall, and the Future of the Administrative State
- By: Thomas W. Merrill
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Since the Supreme Court's 1984 decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, this judicial review has been highly deferential: courts must uphold agency interpretations of unclear laws as long as these interpretations are "reasonable"....
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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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The Day Freedom Died
- The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction
- By: Charles Lane
- Narrated by: Jim Bond
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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America after the Civil War was a land of shattered promises and entrenched hatreds....
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A Story That Had to Be Told
- By pablo on 07-07-17
By: Charles Lane
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Sisters in Law
- How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World
- By: Linda Hirshman
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The author of the celebrated Victory tells the fascinating story of the intertwined lives of Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg....
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Insightful and thought-provoking
- By Jean on 09-08-15
By: Linda Hirshman
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The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- Eyewitness Accounts from the US Coast Guard Hearings
- By: Michael Schumacher
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A documentary drawn from testimony at the Coast Guard’s official inquiry looks anew at one of the most storied, and mysterious, shipwrecks in American history....
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Informative, but rather dry. Sometimes technical.
- By D. Frrazier on 08-21-21
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War of the Whales
- A True Story
- By: Joshua Horwitz
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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War of the Whales is the gripping tale of a crusading attorney who stumbles on one of the US Navy’s best-kept secrets....
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Legal Drama - better than fiction
- By W. P. Brown on 08-23-14
By: Joshua Horwitz
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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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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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The Great Decision
- Jefferson, Adams, Marshall and the Battle for the Supreme Court
- By: Cliff Sloan, David McKean
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1800, the United States teetered on the brink of a second revolution....
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John Marshall & The Supremes
- By Cynthia on 08-13-13
By: Cliff Sloan, and others
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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"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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Overall
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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