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  • Blame it on Betty

    by Elaine M Barr ...
    Were? Did? Can?Were you innocent and afraid as a child and unable to fit in and feel different inside? Were you playing with boys but dreaming about girls, all socially awkward, quiet, and reserved? Were you void of makeup, fashion, and perfume and writing alone in your bedroom? Were you young and alone when you left home to discover a sexual identity completely foreign? Were you shunned and ... Read more

    $7.20 USD

  • The Fear of Too Much Justice

    Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts

    A legendary lawyer and a legal scholar reveal the structural failures that undermine justice in our criminal courts“An urgently needed analysis of our collective failure to confront and overcome racial bias and bigotry, the abuse of power, and the multiple ways in which the death penalty’s profound unfairness requires its abolition. You will discover Steve Bright’s passion, brilliance, dedication, ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Race to Incarcerate

    A Graphic Retelling

    "Do not underestimate the power of the book you are holding in your hands."—Michelle AlexanderMore than 2 million people are now imprisoned in the United States, producing the highest rate of incarceration in the world. How did this happen? As the director of The Sentencing Project, Marc Mauer has long been one of the country's foremost experts on sentencing policy, race, and the criminal justice ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Anatomy of Injustice

    A Murder Case Gone Wrong

    The book that helped free an innocent man who had spent twenty-seven years on death row.In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in the small town of Greenwood, South Carolina. Police immediately arrested Edward Lee Elmore, a semiliterate, mentally retarded black man with no previous felony record. His only connection to the victim was having cleaned her gutters and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • O.J. Is Innocent and I Can Prove It

    The Shocking Truth about the Murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman

    Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were brutally murdered at her home on Bundy Drive in Brentwood, California, on the night of June 12, 1994. The days and weeks that followed were full of spectacle, including a much-watched car chase and the eventual arrest of O. J. Simpson for the murders. The televised trial that followed was unlike any that the nation had ever seen. Long since convinced of O. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Faces at the Bottom of the Well

    The Permanence of Racism

    by Derrick Bell ...
    The groundbreaking, "eerily prophetic, almost haunting" work on American racism and the struggle for racial justice (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow).In Faces at the Bottom of the Well, civil rights activist and legal scholar Derrick Bell uses allegory and historical example—including the classic story "The Space Traders"—to argue that racism is an integral and permanent part of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Pensando como um negro

    Ensaio de hermenêutica jurídica

    Por meio de um estudo integrado entre narrativas pessoais e análises teóricas, este livro revela a importância do pertencimento social na hermenêutica jurídica. Nele se aborda um tema ausente nas reflexões sobre hermenêutica no nosso país: o papel da raça no processo de interpretação jurídica. A relevância desse tópico decorre do seu lugar central na discussão sobre a legalidade de medidas de ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Islamophobia

    Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear

    On Forbes list of "10 Books To Help You Foster A More Diverse And Inclusive Workplace"How law, policy, and official state rhetoric have fueled the resurgence of Islamophobia—with a call to action on how to combat it.“I remember the four words that repeatedly scrolled across my mind after the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. ‘Please don’t be Muslims, please don’t be ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Usual Cruelty

    The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System

    Visionary rising star: At 35 years old, Karakatsanis has attracted attention across the country for his successful lawsuits against court systems calling money bail unconstitutional. He has been honored by [Public Justice] and [Gideon's Promise].Hot topic: The criminalization of poverty.Great read: The rare person who is both an effective lawyer (his recent lawsuit in Texas resulted in 1200 people ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Misjustice

    How British Law is Failing Women

    Two women a week are killed by a spouse or partner. Every seven minutes a woman is raped. Now is the time for change.‘Fascinating and chilling’ Caroline Criado Perez, bestselling author of Invisible WomenHelena Kennedy, one of our most eminent lawyers and defenders of human rights, examines the pressing new evidence that women are being discriminated against when it comes to the law. From the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Writing to Save a Life

    The Louis Till File

    A major literary figure tells “a searching tale of loss, recovery, and déja vu that is part memoir and what-if speculation, part polemic and exposé” (The Washington Post) about two generations of one family—civil rights martyr Emmett Till and his father, Louis—shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award.Emmett Till took a train from his home in Chicago to visit family in Money, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • In/Out

    A scandalous story of falling into love and out of the church

    by Steph Lentz ...
    'Steph takes you into her world with refreshing honesty. Her voice is that rare combination of conviction and vulnerability' Kumi Taguchi'With In/Out, Steph Lenz shows that if love does not conquer all, something has gone very badly wrong' Ed le BrocqIn January 2021, Steph Lentz was fired from her job as an English teacher at a Sydney Christian school after she came out as a lesbian.A hardcore ... Read more

    $9.99 USD $8.99 USD

  • Inmate #02071987

    by Kierra Walker ...
    Five years have passed, but Carissa Bennett has yet to cope with the unexpected demise of both her husband and daughter. Like a blow to the face, reality swoops in, bringing Carissa to a crossroad. Seeking religious and professional counsel, Carissa finds herself in a better place, even meeting a new suitor. Her new beau, Reese, is a breath of fresh air, pulling Carissa out of her shell and ... Read more

    $3.33 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • So You Think You Need A Lawyer?

    The complelling true story of Ann M. Pavlick, author and brain injury advocate.Just when you feel it can't get any worse - it does! A nightmare of tragedy and despair encounters indominable spirit and the grace of not giving up. This is not fiction. The events are detestable but need to be told. it will have you shaking your head and doubting the values held in society. And perhaps more disturbing ... Read more

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  • Jews Don’t Count

    by David Baddiel ...
    North American Edition of the UK BestsellerHow identity politics failed one particular identity.‘a must read and if you think YOU don’t need to read it, that’s just the clue to know you do.’ SARAH SILVERMAN‘This is a brave and necessary book.’ JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER‘a masterpiece.’STEPHEN FRYJews Don’t Count is a book for people who consider themselves on the right side of history. People fighting ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Rap on Trial

    Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America

    by Erik Nielson ...
    A groundbreaking exposé about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of colorShould Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"? Few would seriously subscribe to this notion of justice. Yet in 2001, a rapper named Mac whose music had gained national recognition was convicted of manslaughter ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • White Rage

    The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

    National Book Critics Circle Award WinnerNew York TimesBestsellerUSA Today BestsellerA New York TimesNotable Book of the YearA Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the YearA Boston Globe Best Book of 2016A Chicago Review of Books Best Nonfiction Book of 2016From the Civil W... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Superieur

    De terugkeer van de rassentheorie.

    by Angela Saini ...
    Een broodnodig onderzoek naar de verraderlijke geschiedenis en consequenties van de rassentheorie. Dit boek geeft onweerlegbare argumenten om racisme te bestrijden. Bestaat er een verband tussen ras en IQ? Wie deze discussie gedateerd noemt, heeft het mis. Rassentheorie beleeft een zorgwekkende comeback, in wetenschap en in politiek. Angela Saini onderzoekt in 'Superieur' pseudowetenschappelijke ... Read more

    $14.41 USD

  • Grace and Justice on Death Row

    The Race against Time and Texas to Free an Innocent Man

    **A Washington Post bestseller!A chilling and compassionate look at how close an innocent man was to being put death with a foreword by Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking.**What is worse than having a client on Death Row in Texas? Having a client on Death Row in Texas who is innocent and not knowing if you will be able to stop his execution in time.Grace and Justice on Death Row: A ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Chokehold

    Policing Black Men

    by Paul Butler ...
    **Finalist for the 2018 National Council on Crime & Delinquency’s Media for a Just Society AwardsNominated for the 49th NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction)**A 2017 Washington Post Notable BookA Kirkus Best Book of 2017**“Butler has hit his stride. This is a meditation, a sonnet, a legal brief, a poetry slam and a dissertation that represents the full bloom of his early ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Summary of How the Word Is Passed

    by Clint Smith - A Reckoning with The History of Slavery Across America - A Comprehensive Summary

    Series series Self-Development Summaries
    Summary of How the Word Is PassedClint Smith reported an expedition with Leon A. Waters, an activist against white supremacy and novelist, who has committed his life to the cause. He has authored a book about New Orleans' slavery past. The book investigates the river's significance in the slave trade as well as the city's African-American population's history. Waters was introduced to the author ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Imperceptibles: vida y lucha de Marcelina Bautista Bautista

    Esta obra narra de manera novelada el vertiginoso andar de Marcelina Bautista Bautista, mujer que desafió, junto a otras trabajadoras del hogar, el statu quo del sistema para construir, sobre una sociedad discriminadora, un primer piso de dignidad. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • How to Fight Anti-Semitism

    by Bari Weiss ...
    WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD • The prescient founder of The Free Press delivers an urgent wake-up call to all Americans exposing the alarming rise of anti-Semitism in this country—and explains what we can do to defeat it.“A praiseworthy and concise brief against modern-day anti-Semitism.”—The New York TimesOn October 27, 2018, eleven Jews were gunned down as they prayed at their ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Have Black Lives Ever Mattered?

    Series series City Lights Open Media
    Written from the perspective of someone who was shot by police, and who advocates for justice for himself and the police officer killed.Mumia gives a voice to African Americans whose lives have been taken by police activity.Mumia names our current political moment in order to transform it.The national Black Lives Matter movement continues to grow and intensify in response to news of police ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus