Public Justice

A former public defender takes us behind the closed doors of America's criminal courts, revealing how the institutions that claim to protect us are doing the exact opposite—and offering a blueprint for finally fixing it. “A searing, compassionate, and utterly necessary book that pulls back...

He wanted the spotlight. She gave him exactly what he asked for. For eleven years, Lydia Rancher has been the perfect political wife, the invisible architect of her husband’s flawless public image. She manages the campaigns, she stages the magazine shoots, and she smiles on cue. But when a careless mistake leaves Drew’s tablet unlocked, Lydia discovers his fourteen-month affair—documented in excruciating detail by his ambitious young mistress. Lydia isn’t the kind of woman who screams or throws plates. She’s the kind of woman who plans. With the city's "Man of the Year" gala only ...

Will Johnnie Veal—convicted of the murder of two police officers in 1970—be granted parole after 50 years in prison? How can he convince the parole board he’s reformed when he insists he’s innocent? What is prison time even supposed to accomplish? These are the questions that propel The Parole Room forward as it builds toward Johnnie’s 20th parole hearing—after 19 rejections.

If Lady Justice is blind, what guides her steps? Is justice, like beauty, in the eye of the beholder? Or are there objective criteria we can apply? What is the relationship between law and justice? Using works of literature, scenes from films, and actual cases as springboards for reflection and debate, Perceptions of Justice provides us with an easy-to-comprehend and entertaining critique of the American justice system.

CONSERVATISM: AMERICA’S PERSONALITY DISORDER Conservatives often defend policies that feel hard-hearted. Why? Christopher Armitage and D. Carl Brown argue the root problem is a measurable empathy gap, not mere ideology. Their concise analysis shows how this gap drives positions on poverty, immigration, pollution, reproductive rights, and LGBTQ+ equality, hurting millions while claiming virtue. Grounded in psychology and real-world data, this book reframes the culture war and offers a path toward compassion-led politics. Christopher Armitage is an Air Force veteran and researcher in ...

He told me to smile while he turned my grief into his greatest political asset. I gave the world the truth. For twelve years, Erika Walker has stood beside Congressman Stephen Walker, lending dignity to the family tragedy that launched his career. Then, at a glittering gala held in her brother Caleb’s name, she discovers Stephen is sleeping with glamorous television journalist Monica Smith, and Monica is only one of several women. But the affairs are only the beginning of Stephen’s deceit. With help from Alexander Ashton, the powerful British billionaire Stephen once tried and failed to...

An urgent argument that child sexual abuse is preventable, not inevitable—and that we are the first generation with the tools to stop it. One in five children will experience sexual abuse before their eighteenth birthday. It happens in every country, every state, every city, every neighborhood...

ALSO AVAILABLE AS PART OF A BOX SET 5 True Crime Gangster Stories from the Roaring Twenties Do you like true crime stories? Public Enemies – True Crime Gangster Stories from the Roaring Twenties From the era of gangsters, molls and prohibition, almost (but not quite), lost in the mists of time, these tales romp along with plenty of action and recreate the atmosphere of this exciting and dangerous era using the vernacular of the times. You’ll have heard of most of these notorious criminals, but possibly not so much about one or two of them. All of them were real, ruthless hoodlums, ...

“Can we survive this?” worried friends ask Lamar Alexander. A US senator who started in JFK’s Justice Department, worked in the Nixon White House, turned down serving as GOP Watergate counsel and as Ford’s campaign manager, walked for six months across Tennessee to become governor, lost...

Do you like true crime stories? Public Enemies – True Crime Gangster Stories from the Roaring Twenties From the era of gangsters, molls and prohibition, almost (but not quite), lost in the mists of time, these tales romp along with plenty of action and recreate the atmosphere of this exciting and dangerous era using the vernacular of the times. You’ll have heard of most of these notorious criminals, but possibly not so much about one or two of them. All of them were real, ruthless hoodlums, and all had their "15 minutes of fame", leaving trails of death and mayhem behind them. Most did ...

A blueprint for criminal justice reform that lays the foundation for how model public defense programs should work to end mass incarceration. Combining wisdom drawn from over a dozen years as a public defender and cutting-edge research in the fields of organizational and cultural psychology...

Janice and Sue Harmon go on a meandering cross-country road trip. They stop for the night on a small southern town. After a few drinks, Sue gets in a fight with a local girl and sends her to the hospital. Janice tries to stop the police from arresting Sue and both end up in jail. To their horror they discover that women who break the law are sentenced to immediate shaming and punishment by the townsfolk and auctioned off to serve as bond servants, literally, submissive sex slaves, to whoever buys them, under the Female Justice Reform act. Jan and Sue are arrested and sentenced to two weeks ...

A later-in-life marriage crisis. A husband’s hidden phone. And one secret text that proves another woman has already taken her seat. Nadine Keller built Mabel's Table from her grandmother's recipes, her own sweat, and twenty years of marriage to a man everyone else called charming. Then, during their anniversary dinner, she sees Troy reading a hidden text under the table. From Becca Marin. The event designer he swore was only a vendor. Nadine does not scream. She does not throw wine. She smiles for the room, saves the receipt, and starts looking. What she finds is worse than a cheating ...

"Copaganda" is a special kind of propaganda employed by police, prosecutors, and news media. It stokes fear of police-recorded crime and distorts society’s responses to it. As the United States incarcerates five times more people per capita than it did in 1970—despite record low crime rates—a sprawling and profitable punishment bureaucracy spends a lot of time and money to manipulate what we think that bureaucracy does and why.

A wife wakes from surgery. Her husband’s chair is empty. And the discharge paperwork proves he left before she ever went under. Miriam Weller expected pain after shoulder surgery. She did not expect to wake up asking for her husband and find her adult daughter holding the discharge folder instead. Todd has been making Miriam’s needs negotiable for years. Her schedule. Her care. Her objections. Her place in her own life. This time, there is paperwork. Todd was supposed to be in the waiting room. He was supposed to hear the post-op instructions, sign the forms, and take his wife home. ...

She thought the ring was for their vow renewal. Then she found the receipt. Tonight, Vivian Ellery is supposed to stand beside her husband in front of donors, family, and the foundation board while they celebrate twenty-six years of marriage. Nathaniel has planned every detail. The flowers. The photographer. The speech about legacy. And one private purchase Vivian was never meant to see. The receipt is from Morland Fine Jewelry. The charge is tied to the foundation. The pickup is marked private. And the ring is not the one waiting in Vivian’s vanity drawer. Nathaniel built the evening ...

My husband thought the prenup bought my silence. Nathan wants me on camera as the loyal wife for his Senate launch. He wants my smile, my endorsement, my marriage, and the book I wrote, all while his mistress stands beside him with her name on the cover. He made me sign to protect himself. I found the loophole with teeth. Now the woman who stole my byline can watch it become Exhibit A, his political launch can become his takedown, and Nathan can learn what happens when the wife he cut from the story is the one who writes the ending. ✔ Cheating husband revenge ✔ Prenup fine-print ...

Federal court isn’t where justice happens. It’s where it gets staged. Behind the marble, flags, and fake solemnity is a machine built to process human lives—quietly, efficiently, and without remorse. Prosecutors win. Judges preserve the illusion. Defense lawyers manage surrender. And defendants learn, too late, that “trust the process” is just a polite way of saying bend over. In The Courtroom Conspiracy: Illusions of Justice, Larry Jay Levine tears the mask off every layer of the federal system. From grand juries and indictments to bail, probation, public defenders, paid lawyers,...

An important account of everyday heroes fighting on the front lines of the overdose crisis, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dopesick and Factory Man. “Deeply reported, deeply moving” —Patrick Radden Keefe Nearly a decade into the second wave of America's overdose crisis...

He thought she’d fade gracefully into the background. Instead, she lit up the interstate. Denise Harper was the perfect wife for nearly three decades—smart, dependable, elegant, and always willing to make her husband Kevin look good. That was her first mistake. Her second was believing loyalty would be returned. After Kevin’s affair with a much younger influencer blows apart their marriage, Denise watches him try to spin the narrative, protect his reputation, and glide into his new life without consequences. Everyone expects her to be heartbroken. Quiet. Bitter, maybe. But forgettable...