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Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
- By: Jonathan Myerson
- Narrated by: Alex Kingston, full cast, Henry Goodman, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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A 16-part dramatised reconstruction of a landmark moment in history—the groundbreaking trial of the 22 most notorious Nazi war criminals....
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Brill
- By Anonymous User on 13-10-22
By: Jonathan Myerson
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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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Just listen to THE letter
- By RitchD on 02-03-20
By: Gilbert King
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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
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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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Compelling and comprehensive
- By Anonymously on 31-03-16
By: Jeffrey Toobin
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I Dissent
- Great Opposing Opinions in Landmark Supreme Court Cases
- By: Mark Tushnet
- Narrated by: Mark Tushnet
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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For the first time, a collection of dissents from the most famous Supreme Court cases. Lively and accessible, I Dissent offers a radically fresh view of the judiciary in a collection that is essential listening for anyone interested in American history....
By: Mark Tushnet
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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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Murder or tragic accident?
- By Adrienne on 10-03-19
By: Helen Garner
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John Lennon vs. the USA
- The Inside Story of the Most Bitterly Contested and Influential Deportation Case in United States History
- By: Leon Wildes
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1972 President Richard M. Nixon learned that John Lennon was visiting the United States. Nixon was told that Lennon's continued presence here could be catastrophic to his plan for reelection....
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Fascinating insight
- By Anonymous User on 23-12-22
By: Leon Wildes
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Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
- By: Jonathan Myerson
- Narrated by: Alex Kingston, full cast, Henry Goodman, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
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A 16-part dramatised reconstruction of a landmark moment in history—the groundbreaking trial of the 22 most notorious Nazi war criminals....
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Brill
- By Anonymous User on 13-10-22
By: Jonathan Myerson
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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
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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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Just listen to THE letter
- By RitchD on 02-03-20
By: Gilbert King
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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
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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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Compelling and comprehensive
- By Anonymously on 31-03-16
By: Jeffrey Toobin
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I Dissent
- Great Opposing Opinions in Landmark Supreme Court Cases
- By: Mark Tushnet
- Narrated by: Mark Tushnet
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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For the first time, a collection of dissents from the most famous Supreme Court cases. Lively and accessible, I Dissent offers a radically fresh view of the judiciary in a collection that is essential listening for anyone interested in American history....
By: Mark Tushnet
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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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Murder or tragic accident?
- By Adrienne on 10-03-19
By: Helen Garner
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John Lennon vs. the USA
- The Inside Story of the Most Bitterly Contested and Influential Deportation Case in United States History
- By: Leon Wildes
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1972 President Richard M. Nixon learned that John Lennon was visiting the United States. Nixon was told that Lennon's continued presence here could be catastrophic to his plan for reelection....
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Fascinating insight
- By Anonymous User on 23-12-22
By: Leon Wildes
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Final Resting Place
- The Lincoln and Speed Mysteries, Book 3
- By: Jonathan F. Putnam
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Twenty-nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln has spent his entire adult life running from his past. But now, Lincoln's past is racing back to haunt him....
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Great story
- By ,Liz W. on 11-11-23
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The Nuremberg Trials
- The Nazis and Their Crimes Against Humanity
- By: Paul Roland
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The Nuremberg Trials were the most important criminal proceedings ever held. They established the principle that individuals will always be held responsible for their actions under international law....
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Rather trite
- By Richard H on 26-02-22
By: Paul Roland
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Bizarre Laws & Curious Customs of the UK: Volume 1
- By: Monty Lord
- Narrated by: Monty Lord, Fabian Lord
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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In the UK, we have some bizarre laws that have littered the statute books of our sceptred isle throughout history. Not all of them have been repealed over the centuries....
By: Monty Lord
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Denial [Movie Tie-in]
- Holocaust History on Trial
- By: Deborah E. Lipstadt
- Narrated by: Kate Udall
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
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Denial is Lipstadt's riveting account of her singular legal battle, which resulted in a formal denunciation of a Holocaust denier that crippled the movement for years to come....
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Justice History and the Law
- By S. Moorcroft on 26-09-16
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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
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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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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….
By: CSA Publishing, and others
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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
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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....
By: Laurence Leamer
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The Common Law
- By: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
- Narrated by: Ellis Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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In more than 2000 opinions, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. delineated an impressive legal philosophy that profoundly influenced American jurisprudence, particularly in the area of civil liberties and judicial restraint....
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The Witness House
- Nazis and Holocaust Survivors Sharing a Villa during the Nuremberg Trials
- By: Christiane Kohl
- Narrated by: Kathleen Godwin
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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Autumn 1945 saw the start of the Nuremberg trials, in which high ranking representatives of the Nazi government were called to account for their war crimes....
By: Christiane Kohl
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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
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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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Good in parts
- By Jeremy Critchlow on 14-06-22
By: Emerson W. Baker
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Three Strand Pearl Necklace; The Divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Edinburgh 1963
- Four Scots Trials, Book 1
- By: A. M. Nicol
- Narrated by: Donald R Findlay QC
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The divorce proof which shocked Britain in the so-called "Swinging '60s" when the 11th Duke of Argyll divorced his second wife Margaret amidst enough dirty linen to give the "investigative journalists" of the time enough copy to last for decades....
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Cracking
- By Lee on 31-12-21
By: A. M. Nicol
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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
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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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Superbly written accessible legal history
- By Anonymous User on 03-11-22
By: Noah Feldman
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The Law of the Land
- The Evolution of Our Legal System
- By: Charles Rembar
- Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
- Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
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What do the thoughts of a ravenous tiger have to do with the evolution of America's legal system? How do the works of Jane Austen and Ludwig van Beethoven relate to corporal punishment? In The Law of the Land, Charles Rembar examines these and many other topics....
By: Charles Rembar
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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....
By: Edward J. Larson
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The Apology of Socrates: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader
- By: Plato
- Narrated by: Michael T Downey
- Length: 57 mins
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The Apology of Socrates, by Plato, is the dialogue that presents the speech of legal self-defense, which Socrates presented at his trial for impiety and corruption, in 399 BC....
By: Plato
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A Short History of European Law
- The Last Two and a Half Millennia
- By: Tamar Herzog
- Narrated by: Ana Clements
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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A Short History of European Law brings to life 2,500 years of legal history, tying current norms to the circumstances of their conception. Tamar Herzog describes how successive legal systems built upon one another, from ancient times through the European Union....
By: Tamar Herzog
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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
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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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Hard to keep interest up!
- By mod on 30-12-22
By: John Wood Sweet
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The Trial of Adolf Hitler
- The Beer Hall Putsch and the Rise of Nazi Germany
- By: David King
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Hitler was charged with treason after unsuccessfully trying to seize power in the notorious Beer Hall Putsch in Munich in 1923....
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Hitlers wheel to power start...
- By Stephen J Douglass on 27-07-18
By: David King
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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
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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”....
By: Stephen Breyer
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Kennedy's Avenger
- Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby
- By: Dan Abrams, David Fisher
- Narrated by: Dan Abrams, Roger Wayne
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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New York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher bring to life the incredible story of one of America's most publicized—and most surprising—criminal trials in history....
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great listen
- By kate on 16-01-24
By: Dan Abrams, and others
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Bizarre Laws & Curious Customs of the UK
- The Compendium
- By: Monty Lord
- Narrated by: Monty Lord, Fabian Lord
- Length: 25 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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With over 440 bizarre but nevertheless true laws and customs, you can use this audiobook to satisfy your curiosity about what our ancestors had to contend with over the years, or perhaps as a reference guide for trivia quizzes....
By: Monty Lord
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The Words That Made Us
- America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840
- By: Akhil Reed Amar
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 27 hrs and 6 mins
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In The Words That Made Us, Akhil Reed Amar unites history and law in a vivid narrative of the biggest constitutional questions early Americans confronted, and he expertly assesses the answers they offered....
By: Akhil Reed Amar
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Though the Heavens May Fall
- The Landmark Trial That Led to the End of Human Slavery
- By: Steven M. Wise
- Narrated by: Andrew Shapiro
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
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For the first time, the complete, exciting story of the landmark trial that led to the abolition of slavery in the Western world....
By: Steven M. Wise
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Bizarro
- The Surreal Saga of America's Secret War on Synthetic Drugs and the Florida Kingpins It Captured
- By: Jordan S. Rubin
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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Bizarro is a must-listen tale of the unprecedented prosecution of Burton Ritchie and Ben Galecki, the Florida-based founders of a sprawling "spice" (synthetic cannabinoid) operation....
By: Jordan S. Rubin
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Beware Euphoria
- The Moral Roots and Racial Myths of America's War on Drugs
- By: George Fisher
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 21 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Beware Euphoria uncovers the roots of America's moral obsession with drug regulation, offering a lively and fascinating history of the nation's racialized fear of intoxication. Challenging the idea that early anti-drug laws in the United States arose from racial animus, George Fisher instead shows in textured detail how United States drug laws were driven by a deep-seated cultural taboo against euphoria and a preoccupation with white moral integrity.
By: George Fisher
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The Court v. The Voters
- The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights
- By: Joshua A. Douglas
- Narrated by: Chris Baetens
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Court v. The Voters, law professor Josh Douglas takes us behind the scenes of significant cases in voting rights—some surprising and unknown and some familiar—to investigate the historic crossroads that have changed our elections, and therefore the nation, irrevocably. In crisp and accessible prose, Douglas tells the story of each case, sheds light on the intractable election problems we face as a result, and highlights the unique role the highest court has played in shaping not only our elections but the very essence of the right to vote.
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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
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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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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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America's Rifle
- The Case for the AR-15
- By: Stephen Halbrook
- Narrated by: Richard Cefalos
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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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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The Outback Court Reporter
- By: Jamelle Wells
- Narrated by: Jamelle Wells
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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After spending almost 20 years in city courtrooms reporting for the ABC on some of the country’s highest profile cases, in The Outback Court Reporter, Jamelle Wells takes you into our country courtrooms, from the grand sandstone edifices of Cobar and Grafton to the repurposed community halls and police stations in outback Queensland and the Northern Territory – introducing you to the court staff, the witnesses and the accused, in cases that shock, captivate and divide communities.
By: Jamelle Wells
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Beware Euphoria
- The Moral Roots and Racial Myths of America's War on Drugs
- By: George Fisher
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 21 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Beware Euphoria uncovers the roots of America's moral obsession with drug regulation, offering a lively and fascinating history of the nation's racialized fear of intoxication. Challenging the idea that early anti-drug laws in the United States arose from racial animus, George Fisher instead shows in textured detail how United States drug laws were driven by a deep-seated cultural taboo against euphoria and a preoccupation with white moral integrity.
By: George Fisher
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The Court v. The Voters
- The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights
- By: Joshua A. Douglas
- Narrated by: Chris Baetens
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Court v. The Voters, law professor Josh Douglas takes us behind the scenes of significant cases in voting rights—some surprising and unknown and some familiar—to investigate the historic crossroads that have changed our elections, and therefore the nation, irrevocably. In crisp and accessible prose, Douglas tells the story of each case, sheds light on the intractable election problems we face as a result, and highlights the unique role the highest court has played in shaping not only our elections but the very essence of the right to vote.
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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
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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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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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America's Rifle
- The Case for the AR-15
- By: Stephen Halbrook
- Narrated by: Richard Cefalos
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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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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The Outback Court Reporter
- By: Jamelle Wells
- Narrated by: Jamelle Wells
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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After spending almost 20 years in city courtrooms reporting for the ABC on some of the country’s highest profile cases, in The Outback Court Reporter, Jamelle Wells takes you into our country courtrooms, from the grand sandstone edifices of Cobar and Grafton to the repurposed community halls and police stations in outback Queensland and the Northern Territory – introducing you to the court staff, the witnesses and the accused, in cases that shock, captivate and divide communities.
By: Jamelle Wells