Dershowitz, Alan M.
Summary: The esteemed Harvard lawyer describes his career and the cases that have changed American jurisprudence throughout the past half century, discussing his early academic struggles, his clerking work for Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg, and his role in many prominent cases.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M DERDershowitz, Alan M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 222.11 DershDershowitz, Alan M.
Summary: The author seeks to reorient the debate over impeachment to the same standard that Dershowitz has continued to uphold for decades: the law of the United States of America, as established by the Constitution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hot Books, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342 DERDershowitz, Alan M.
Summary: One of America's leading attorneys offers an impassioned defense of the state of Israel, arguing that, although the country is not perfect, it remains the only outpost of democracy in the Middle East, answering critics who accuse Israel of being an imperialist power and documenting the facts about the nature of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.94 DERKunstler, William
Summary: Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler examine the life of their late father, radical civil rights lawyer William Kunstler.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Video 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WILUnited States
Summary: "There has never been a more important political investigation than Robert S. Mueller III's into President Donald Trump's possible collusion with Russia. His momentous findings can be found here, complete with: -- The 300+ pages of the historic report -- An introduction by constitutional scholar, eminent civil libertarian, and New York Times bestselling author Alan Dershowitz. -- The relevant...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 MUEElon, Beth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bookroom 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5945 ELOGreen, Elon
Summary: ""In this astonishing and powerful work of nonfiction, Green meticulously reports on a series of baffling and brutal crimes targeting gay men. It is an investigation filled with twists and turns, but this is much more than a compelling true crime story. Green has shed light on those whose lives for too long have been forgotten, and rescued an important part of American history." -David Grann,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.152 GREHershovitz, Scott
Summary: "From a Michigan professor of law and philosophy, a thought-provoking investigation into life's biggest questions with the help of great philosophers old and new-including his two young children. Like any new parent, Scott Hershovitz closely observed histwo young sons, Rex and Hank, from their early days. From the time they could talk, he noticed that they raised philosophical questions and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 107 HEREbon, Martin
Contents: But can you prove it? By M. Ebon.--Lullaby from a previous life, by F. Portland.--The two Alexandrinas, by E. Brenner.--A Canadian soldier who "took the walls," by A. Mackenzie.--Reincarnation in Burma, by L. Markham.--The return of a woman who died in childbirth, by J. S. Singer.--Rebirth of a salesman: an Edgar Cayce reading, by V. M. Shelly.--Thirty centuries later, by H. Curtis.--I will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Pub. Co. 1969
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.9013 REIYellowhorn, Eldon
Summary: "From healing to astronomy to our connection to the natural world, the lessons from Indigenous knowledge inform our learning and practices today. How do knowledge systems get passed down over generations? Through the knowledge inherited from their Elders and ancestors, Indigenous Peoples throughout North America have observed, practiced, experimented, and interacted with plants, animals, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 500.89 YELHabila, Helon
Summary: On April 14, 2014, 276 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria were kidnapped by Boko Haram, the world's deadliest terrorist group. Most were never heard from again. Acclaimed Nigerian novelist Helon Habila, who grew up in northern Nigeria, returned to Chibok and gained intimate access to the families of the kidnapped to offer a devastating account of this tragedy that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Global Reports 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 968.9 HABYellowhorn, Eldon
Summary: Discover the amazing story of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the end of the Ice Age to the arrival of the Europeans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2017
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Summary: Traces the history of the indigenous populations of the Americas after the arrival of Europeans, discussing how different civilizations faced disease, war, broken promises, and forced assimilation to keep their cultures alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.004 YELWaycott, Edon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hearst Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.52 WAYSchleining, Lon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Linden 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.08 SCHConfino, Alon
Summary: "Why exactly did the Nazis burn the Hebrew Bible everywhere in Germany on November 9, 1938? The perplexing event has not been adequately accounted for by historians in their large-scale assessments of how and why the Holocaust occurred. In this gripping new analysis, Alon Confino draws on an array of archives across three continents to propose a penetrating new assessment of one of the central...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale Univ Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 CONShaya, Alon
Summary: Alon Shaya's is no ordinary cookbook. It is a memoir of a culinary sensibility that begins in Israel and wends its way from the U.S.A. (Philadelphia) to Italy (Milan and Bergamo), back to Israel (Jerusalem) and comes together in the American South, in the heart of New Orleans. It's a book that tells of how food saved the author's life and how, through a circuitous path of (cooking) twists and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5956 SHASaks, Elyn R.
Summary: Professor of psychiatry Elyn R. Saks writes about her struggle with schizophrenia in this unflinching account of her mental illness. Saks draws readers into a nightmare world of medications, a misguided health care system, and social stigmas. But she would not be defeated. With a strength and force of will that most can only imagine, Saks reclaimed her life and went on to achieve great success.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 616.898 SAKHaas, Elson M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Celestial Arts 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 HAACalloway, Lon
Summary: When you’re out “on the salt,” the work is rough and the storms have no mercy. Yet the sun never fails to reemerge from behind the clouds, and if you look hard, a chuckle can be found. Through this remarkable collection of stories—built from over 40 years working on the water—Lon captures the thrill of the action, the pain of the struggle, and the power of a good laugh. Because whether working...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phoenesse LLC 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CALLOWAY, LON CALSlott, Dan/ Dematteis, J. M./ Van Meter, Jen/ Elson, Richard (ILT)/ Ramos, Humberto (ILT)
Summary: When Otto Octavius takes over Peter Parker's body, he dons Parker's famous mask in order to prove he can be a better Spider-Man than ever before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Enterprises 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 SPIJohn, Elton
Summary: An official autobiography by the influential music artist includes coverage of his complicated upbringing in a London suburb, his celebrity collaborations, his struggles with addiction, and the establishment of his AIDS Foundation.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2019