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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, Susan K. Harris, Lyrae Vanclief-StefanonISBN 039598078X (0-395-98078-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'Book summary:A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding of the novel. The changes, deletions, and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published. [via]
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade)by Mark Twain, E.W. KembleISBN 0394605217 (0-394-60521-7)
Hardcover, Modern Library
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Albion's Fatal Tree: Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century Englandby Douglas HayISBN 0394471202 (0-394-47120-2)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books
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Albion's Fatal Tree: Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century Englandby Edward P. ThompsonISBN 0394730852 (0-394-73085-2)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found Thereby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0394869362 (0-394-86936-2)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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American Government: Brief Versionby James Q. WilsonISBN 039596105X (0-395-96105-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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American Government Institutions Politics: Institutions and Policiesby James Q. Wilson, John J. DiiulioISBN 0395857635 (0-395-85763-5)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials: A Personal Memoirby Telford TaylorISBN 0394583558 (0-394-58355-8)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Ashes to Ashes : America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morrisby Richard KlugerISBN 0394570766 (0-394-57076-6)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Attorneyby Steve MartiniISBN 0399145362 (0-399-14536-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Black Majorityby Peter WoodISBN 0394483960 (0-394-48396-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Chomsky Readerby Noam Chomsky, James PeckISBN 0394751736 (0-394-75173-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Classic Crimes: A Selection from the Works of William Rougheadby William RougheadISBN 0394716485 (0-394-71648-5)
Hardcover, Vintage Books
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Collected Poems of Wallace Stevensby Wallace StevensISBN 0394711807 (0-394-71180-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Familiesby J. Anthony LukasISBN 0394746163 (0-394-74616-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families'Book summary:The climax of this humane account of 10 years in Boston that began with news of Martin Luther King's assassination, is a watershed moment in the city's modern history--the 1974 racist riots that followed the court-ordered busing of kids to integrate the schools. To bring understanding to that moment, Lukas, a former New York Times journalist, focuses on two working-class families, headed by an Irish-American widow and an African-American mother, and on the middle-class family of a white liberal couple. Lukas goes beyond stereotypes, carefully grounding each perspective in its historical roots, whether in the antebellum South, or famine-era Ireland. In the background is the cast of public figures--including Judge Garrity, Mayor White, and Cardinal Cushing--with cameo roles in this disturbing history that won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction. [via]
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Compelling Evidenceby Steven Paul MartiniISBN 0399137122 (0-399-13712-2)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Counsel for the Deceived; Case Studies in Consumer Fraudby Philip G. SchragISBN 0394479998 (0-394-47999-8)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books
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Criminal Violence, Criminal Justiceby Charles E. SilbermanISBN 0394741471 (0-394-74147-1)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Cruel and Unusual: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishmentby Michael MeltsnerISBN 0394472314 (0-394-47231-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Death of a Colonialby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0399145648 (0-399-14564-8)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Defending the Environment: A Strategy for Citizen Actionby Joseph L. SaxISBN 0394423518 (0-394-42351-8)
Hardcover, Knopf
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Disorder in the Court: Report of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Special Committee on Courtroom Conductby Norman Dorsen, Leon Friedman, Association of the Bar of the City of New YorkISBN 0394482220 (0-394-48222-0)
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The Douglas Opinionsby William O. Douglas, Vern CountrymanISBN 0394497953 (0-394-49795-3)
Hardcover, Random House
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream,by Hunter S. ThompsonISBN 0394464354 (0-394-46435-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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On assignment from a sports magazine to cover "the fabulous Mint 400"--a free-for-all biker's race in the heart of the Nevada desert--the drug-a-delic duo stumbles through Vegas in hallucinatory hopes of finding the American dream (two truck-stop waitresses tell them it's nearby, but can't remember if it's on the right or the left). They of course never get the story, but they do commit the only sins in Vegas: "burning the locals, abusing the tourists, terrifying the help." For Thompson to remember and pen his experiences with such clarity and wit is nothing short of a miracle; an impressive feat no matter how one feels about the subject matter. A first-rate sensibility twinger, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a pop-culture classic, an icon of an era past, and a nugget of pure comedic genius. --Rebekah Warren [via]
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Go East, Young Man: The Early Years the Autobiography of William O. Douglasby William Orville DouglasISBN 0394711653 (0-394-71165-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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God Save This Honorable Court: How the Choice of Justices Shapes Our Historyby Laurence H. TribeISBN 0394548426 (0-394-54842-6)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Great Expectationsby Charles DickensISBN 039608687X (0-396-08687-X)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:An absorbing mystery as well as a morality tale, the story of Pip, a poor village lad, and his expectations of wealth is Dickens at his most deliciously readable. The cast of characters includes kindly Joe Gargery, the loyal convict Abel Magwitch and the haunting Miss Havisham. If you have heartstrings, count on them being tugged. [via]
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan SwiftISBN 0395051460 (0-395-05146-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition" includes a glossary and readers notes to help the modern reader contend with Swifts complex references and vocabulary. First published anonymously in 1727, Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels created a storm of criticismfrom those who believed the stories to be true and knew exactly who Lemuel Gulliver was, to those who demanded that the writer of the seditious tales be hunted down and executed for high treason. Even today, Swifts vitriolic attacks on politics, culture, and human nature itself have earned him the reputation of a crazed misanthrope. Swift, through his hero, consistently rails against political whims, human follies, and the bestial behaviors of the human race: In Lilliput, Gulliver is twelve times the size of the European-like natives. In Brobdingnag, he is one-twelfth the size of the primitive but moral inhabitants. In Laputa, buildings collapse and clothing does not fit, although constructed by the most modern and reasonable means. Finally, in the land of the horse-like Houyhnhnms Gulliver realizes that he and his race are nothing but a brood of Yahoos. [via]
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The Handmaid's Taleby Margaret AtwoodISBN 0395404258 (0-395-40425-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Handmaid's Tale'Book summary:Throughout her career, Margaret Atwood has played with different literary genres in her novels--historical fiction (Alias Grace), pulp fiction (The Blind Assassin), the comedy of manners (The Robber Bride)--but no foray into genre fiction has been as successful as her turn to speculative fiction in The Handmaid's Tale. Published in 1985, it echoes Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World, but a vibrant feminism drives Atwood's portrait of a futuristic dystopia. In the Republic of Gilead, we see a world devastated by toxic chemicals and nuclear fallout and dominated by a repressive Christian fundamentalism. The birthrate has plunged, and most women can no longer bear children. Offred is one of Gilead's Handmaids, who as official breeders are among the chosen few who can still become pregnant.
The Handmaid's Tale is an imaginatively audacious novel that is at once a page-turning psychological thriller, a moving love story, and a chilling warning about what might be waiting for us around the corner. What ultimately makes it stand out is Atwood's ability to balance a passionate political statement with finely wrought literary fiction. The Handmaid's Tale is a remarkable work by one of Canada's most inventive writers. --Jeffrey Canton [via]
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Headwindby John J. NanceISBN 0399147136 (0-399-14713-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Headwind'Book summary:Veteran aviation writer John J. Nance, a commercial pilot and TV commentator as well as a bestselling author, weighs in with a timely thriller whose near misses in the sky can't compete for drama with the political suspense unfolding on the ground. Former U.S. president John Harris, a principled politician who walked away from certain reelection because of a campaign promise to serve a single term, barely misses arrest on an Interpol warrant accusing him of violating the Treaty Against Torture by ordering a CIA operation against a biological weapons laboratory in Peru that resulted in the mutilation and murder of hundreds of innocent civilians.
The Peruvian government's hired gun is a British barrister who's tangled with Harris before; Harris's is an old friend and defrocked Texas judge who's languishing in obscurity at a Wyoming college when his former mentor calls on him for help--and who, not so coincidentally, has a deep-seated fear of flying. An added fillip is the plot's many references to the ongoing extradition battle over former Chilean President Augusto Pinochet on similar charges. But the real hero of this fast-paced suspense story is Craig Dayton, a reserve military officer and captain of the Boeing 737 that's running out of fuel as it searches for a safe harbor for Harris--not easy to find, since every nation in Europe has signed the treaty and will arrest Harris as soon as he lands.
It's a brilliant setup, and Nance handles it more than competently. Unusual for this writer, he pays as much attention to his human characters, their motivations and complexities, as he does to the aeronautical details. Harris is a bit overdone--what president ever walked away from a sure reelection win? And a secondary plot line featuring a group of veterans on Harris's flight who come to the aid of their former commander in chief errs on the side of sentimentality. Even so, this is a first-class read from a million-mile writer. --Jane Adams [via]
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Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streetsby David SimonISBN 039548829X (0-395-48829-X)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets'Book summary:This 1992 Edgar Award winner for best fact crime is nothing short of a classic. David Simon, a police reporter for the Baltimore Sun, spent the year 1988 with three homicide squads, accompanying them through all the grim and grisly moments of their work--from first telephone call to final piece of paperwork. The picture that emerges through a masterful accumulation of details is that homicide detectives are a rare breed who seem to thrive on coffee, cigarettes, and persistence, through an endlessly exhausting parade of murder scenes. As the Washington Post writes, "We seem to have an insatiable appetite for police stories.... David Simon's entry is far and away the best, the most readable, the most reliable and relentless of them all.... An eye for the scenes of slaughter and pursuit and an ear for the cadences of cop talk, both business and banter, lend Simon's account the fascination that truth often has." [via]
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Huckleberry Finn / Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark TwainISBN 0394847245 (0-394-84724-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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I, Pierre Riviere, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister, and My Brother ..: A Case of Parricide in the 19th Centuryby Blandine Kriegel, Michel FoucaultISBN 0394493109 (0-394-49310-9)
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The Imperial Presidencyby Arthur Meier SchlesingerISBN 0395515610 (0-395-51561-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Imperial Presidency'Book summary:This Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and bestselling author questions the growth of presidential power in two centuries, from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. One of the most important and influential examinations of the U.S. presidency. [via]
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The Invisible Bar: The Woman Lawyer in America, 1638 to the Presentby Karen Berger MorelloISBN 0394529642 (0-394-52964-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Judgeby Steven Paul MartiniISBN 0399140433 (0-399-14043-3)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Judge on Trialby Ivan Klima, A. G. BrainISBN 0394589777 (0-394-58977-7)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Juryby Steve MartiniISBN 0399146725 (0-399-14672-5)
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Kennedy for the Defenseby George V. HigginsISBN 0394424069 (0-394-42406-9)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Kids at Workby Russell FreedmanISBN 0395797268 (0-395-79726-8)
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Kind and Usual Punishment: The Prison Businessby Jessica MitfordISBN 0394476026 (0-394-47602-6)
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Kind and Unusual Punishment: The Prison Businessby Jessica MitfordISBN 0394710932 (0-394-71093-2)
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Landslide: The Unmaking of the President, 1984-1988by Jane Mayer, Doyle McManusISBN 0395517575 (0-395-51757-5)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Last Precinctby Patricia CornwellISBN 0399146253 (0-399-14625-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Precinct'Book summary:Patricia Cornwell's legendary crime fiction creation, Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, has logged a host of fans among mystery readers and, within the bounds of her fictional world, an equally impressive tally of individuals intent on causing her grievous physical or psychological harm.
The 11th Scarpetta novel, The Last Precinct, doesn't add any new names to the second roster. Instead, in a sweeping narrative gesture toward retrospection (less-than-fervent fans might whisper "or stagnation"), the novel depends largely on ground already covered in its predecessors, Black Notice and, to a lesser extent, Point of Origin. All the familiar faces--friend and foe--are here: police captain Marino, Kay's niece Lucy, the so-called Werewolf murderer, and (in memoriam) Kay's lover Benton Wesley and his killer, Carrie Grethen. Kay, who nearly killed the Werewolf in self-defense as Black Notice came to a close, now finds herself the target of a corrupt police investigation that will dredge her darkest secrets from the deepest corners of her past.
Torn between a desire to clear her name and the instinct of a wounded animal to turn against even its would-be rescuers, Kay sifts through the forensic evidence that seems to link Chandonne to other horrific events in her past, up to and including Wesley's murder. Physical analysis, however, will not be enough to right her up-ended world. Instead, Kay must rely on the strategic support of her niece, cofounder of the Last Precinct (an odd, ill-defined organization that is, in the words of its motto, "where you go when there is nowhere left"), and on her willingness to examine her own fears, misconceptions, and anything-but-altruistic motives. The most important setting in this novel is not the morgue--it's the living room where Kay's therapist forces her to address (you guessed it) "unresolved issues."
The novel's focus on Kay's emotional evolution does not, unfortunately, mask the leaps of illogic that pepper the plot's murky stew. More disturbing than these occasional lapses, however, is the feeling that Cornwell has written herself into a corner. The Scarpetta of The Last Precinct is a far cry from the irritably independent woman of previous books. Her often over-inflated musings are more tiresome than tantalizing. Cornwell's impressive track record makes this excursion a bit disappointing, but that same record means that loyal fans will race to acquire the book anyway and that the odds of her returning to her usual stellar form next time are (hurrah!) favorable. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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Last Precinctby Patricia Daniels CornwellISBN 0399146393 (0-399-14639-3)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 0396084311 (0-396-08431-1)
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A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Cultureby Michael G. KammenISBN 0394756002 (0-394-75600-2)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture'Book summary:In this volume, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Michael Kammen explores the U.S. Constitution's place in the public consciousness and its role as a symbol in American life, from ratification in 1788 to our own time.
As he examines what the Constitution has meant to the American people (perceptions and misperceptions, uses and abuses, knowledge and ignorance), Kammen shows that although there are recurrent declarations of reverence most of us neither know nor fully understand our Constitution. How did this gap between ideal and reality come about? To explain it, Kammen examines the complex and contradictory feelings about the Constitution that emerged during its preparation and that have been with us ever since. He begins with our confusion as to the kind of Union we created, especially with regard to how much sovereignty the states actually surrendered to the central government. This confusion is the source of the constitutional crisis that led to the Civil War and its aftermath. Kammen also describes and analyzes changing perceptions of the differences and similarities between the British and American constitutions; turn-of-the-century debates about states' rights versus national authority; and disagreements about how easy or difficult it ought to be to amend the Constitution. Moving into the twentieth century, he notes the development of a "cult of the Constitution" following World War I, and the conflict over policy issues that persisted despite a shared commitment to the Constitution.
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The Magna Charta: Library Editionby DaughertyISBN 0394905261 (0-394-90526-1)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Manson in His Own Wordsby Charles Manson, Nuel EmmonsISBN 0394555589 (0-394-55558-9)
Hardcover, Grove Press
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The Million Dollar Lawyers: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at America's Big Money Lawyers and How They Operateby Joseph C. GouldenISBN 0399122397 (0-399-12239-7)
Hardcover, Putnam
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Minnesota Rag: The Scandal Sheet That Shaped the Constitutionby Fred W. FriendlyISBN 0394507525 (0-394-50752-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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A New Birth of Freedom: Human Rights, Named and Unnamedby Charles L. BlackISBN 0399142304 (0-399-14230-4)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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No Heroes, No Villains: The Story of a Murder Trialby Steven PhillipsISBN 039472531X (0-394-72531-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Oliver Twistby Charles DickensISBN 0396082610 (0-396-08261-0)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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The Partnersby Louis AuchinclossISBN 0395182794 (0-395-18279-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Caseby Allen WeinsteinISBN 0394491769 (0-394-49176-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case'Book summary:In this updated version of the landmark book on one of the truest contenders for the title of "trial of the century," historian Allen Weinstein shows beyond all reasonable doubt that Alger Hiss was a Soviet spy. The book is meticulously detailed and sharply persuasive. Its cast of intriguing characters include Hiss, who maintained his innocence until his death in 1996, and his accuser Whittaker Chambers, a pair who became respective icons for left- and right-wing politics in America during the Cold War years. J. Edgar Hoover and a young Richard Nixon also play key roles. The best quality of Perjury, however, is the uncommon clarity of Weinstein's prose. The very first paragraph neatly sums up the controversial case:
Once upon a time, when the Cold War was young, a senior editor of Time accused the president of the Carnegie Foundation of having been a Soviet agent. The Time editor made his charge stick, aided by an obscure young Congressman from the House Committee on Un-American Activities, a tough federal prosecutor, and the director the FBI. As a result, the Endowment president spent forty-four months in jail and became a cause celebre; the magazine editor resigned and died a decade later, still obsessed with the case; the prosecutor became a federal judge; the director of the FBI lived to guard the republic against real or imagined enemies for another twenty-five years; and the young Congressman left obscurity behind to become the thirty-seventh President of the United States.
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Person or Persons Unknownby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0399143092 (0-399-14309-2)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Person or Persons Unknown'Book summary:The place: London; the time: 1770, when the wealthy denizens of the city walked through London's streets with scented handkerchiefs over their noses to disguise the stench of the poor. As if filthy streets, impoverished beggars, pickpockets, thieves, and prostitutes everywhere weren't enough of an eyesore, the mutilated bodies of young women start turning up around Covent Garden.To Sir John Fielding, a blind magistrate, the crimes are an abomination; he sets out to trap the killer with the help of his assistant, young Jeremy Proctor.
In addition to a fine mystery, author Bruce Alexander offers up a fascinating guided tour of 18th-century London, from the precincts of the Bow Street Runners to the shadowy haunts of criminals. In the characters of Sir John and Jeremy, we are gifted with the voices of experience and innocence--a potent combination in so murky a venue. [via]
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Pornography: Men Possessing Womenby Andrea DworkinISBN 0399126198 (0-399-12619-8)
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Private Screeningby Richard North PattersonISBN 0394542754 (0-394-54275-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Prophets with Honor: Great Dissents and Great Dissenters in the Supreme Courtby Alan BarthISBN 0394485572 (0-394-48557-2)
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The Remains of the Dayby Kazuo IshiguroISBN 0394573439 (0-394-57343-9)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Road to Omahaby Robert LudlumISBN 0394573293 (0-394-57329-3)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Road to Omaha'Book summary:"A very funny book... no character is minor: they're all hilarious." --Houston Chronicle.
In The Road To Gandolfo, Robert Ludlum introduced us to the outrageous General MacKenzie Hawkins and his legal wizard, Sam Devereaux, whose plot to kidnap the Pope spun wildly out of control into sheer hilarity. Now Ludlum's two wayward heroes return with a diabolical scheme to right a very old wrong -- and wreak vengeance on the (expletive deleted) who drummed the hawk out of the military. Their outraged opposition will be no less than the White House. Byzantine Treachery. Discovering a long-buried 1878 treaty with an obscure Indian tribe, the hawk -- a.k.a. Chief Thunder Head -- hatches a brilliant plot that will ultimately bring him and his reluctant lawyer Sam before the Supreme Court. Their goal: to reclaim a choice piece of American real estate -- the state of Nebraska. Which just happened to the headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Air Command! Will they succeed against the powers that be? Will the Wopotami tribe ever have their day in the Supreme Court? From the Oval Office to the Pentagon, all the president's men are outfitted, until it rests with CIA Director Vincent "Vinnie the Bam-Bam" Mangecavallo to cut Sam and Hawk off at the pass. And only one thing is certain: Robert Ludlum will keep us in nonstop suspense and side-splitting laughter-through the very last page.
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Roger Baldwin, Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union: A Portraitby Peggy LamsonISBN 0395247616 (0-395-24761-6)
Hardcover, Book World Promotions
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Sexist Justiceby Karen DecrowISBN 0394484037 (0-394-48403-7)
Hardcover, Random House
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Skyhookby John J. NanceISBN 0399149805 (0-399-14980-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Soloistby Mark SalzmanISBN 0394570103 (0-394-57010-3)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Strange Justice : The Selling of Clarence Thomasby Jane MayerISBN 0395633184 (0-395-63318-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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The Strangerby Albert Camus, Matthew WardISBN 0394533054 (0-394-53305-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Strangerby Chris Van AllsburgISBN 0395423317 (0-395-42331-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Subject Womenby Ann OakleyISBN 0394749049 (0-394-74904-9)
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The Supreme Court and How It Worksby Anthony LewisISBN 0394918614 (0-394-91861-4)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Transformation of Wall Street: A History of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Modern Corporate Financeby Joel SeligmanISBN 0395313295 (0-395-31329-5)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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A True Deliveranceby Fred HarwellISBN 0394499891 (0-394-49989-1)
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Verdict: The Jury Systemby Morris J. BloomsteinISBN 0396066089 (0-396-06608-9)
Hardcover, Dodd, Mead
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Walden And Civil Disobedienceby Henry David Thoreau, Paul LauterISBN 0395980771 (0-395-98077-1)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Wall Street Wordsby David Logan ScottISBN 0395467772 (0-395-46777-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investorby David L. ScottISBN 0395853923 (0-395-85392-3)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Ways of a Judge: Reflections from the Federal Appellate Benchby Frank Morey CoffinISBN 0395294614 (0-395-29461-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Wild Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglasby Bruce Allen MurphyISBN 0394576284 (0-394-57628-4)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Wind Won't Know Me : A History of the Navajo-Hopi Land Disputeby Emily BenedekISBN 0394554299 (0-394-55429-9)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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