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The Bail Trap

A Scandal at the Heart of American Justice

by Robin Steinberg, Camilo Ramirez ...

From the renowned founder of The Bail Project, an eye-opening book about why we allow money to play any role in the administration of justice“When bail is set unreasonably high, people are behind bars only because they are poor. . . . They don’t have money to get out of jail and they certainly don’t have money to flee anywhere.” —Loretta Lynch, former United States Attorney GeneralEvery night in ... Read more

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From the renowned founder of The Bail Project, an eye-opening book about why we allow money to play any role in the administration of justice“When bail is set unreasonably high, people are behind bars only because they are poor. . . . They don’t have money to get out of jail and they certainly don’t have money to flee anywhere.” —Loretta Lynch, former United States Attorney GeneralEvery night in
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The Courage of Compassion

A Journey from Judgment to Connection

by Robin Steinberg, Camilo Ramirez ...

**"Powerfully insightful reading." —Kirkus ReviewsHow would you like to be judged for the rest of your life by the worst thing you’ve ever done?**We all think we are compassionate just like we all think we are honest. But true compassion is not innate. Compassion for others, especially those that we don’t know or understand, must be learned. Our lack of compassion is perhaps most extreme in the ... Read more

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**"Powerfully insightful reading." —Kirkus ReviewsHow would you like to be judged for the rest of your life by the worst thing you’ve ever done?**We all think we are compassionate just like we all think we are honest. But true compassion is not innate. Compassion for others, especially those that we don’t know or understand, must be learned. Our lack of compassion is perhaps most extreme in the
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The Desert and Its Seed

by Jorge Barón Biza ...

Translated by Camilo Ramirez ...

An undiscovered modern Argentinian classic, based on the tragic lives of the renowned Raúl Barón Biza (a wealthy politician and notorious writer) and his wife Rosa Clotilde SabattiniThe Desert and Its Seed opens with a taxi ride to the hospital: Eligia’s face is disintegrating from acid thrown by her ex-husband while they signed divorce papers. Mario, her son, tries to wipe the acid from Eligia’s ... Read more

$12.99 USD

An undiscovered modern Argentinian classic, based on the tragic lives of the renowned Raúl Barón Biza (a wealthy politician and notorious writer) and his wife Rosa Clotilde SabattiniThe Desert and Its Seed opens with a taxi ride to the hospital: Eligia’s face is disintegrating from acid thrown by her ex-husband while they signed divorce papers. Mario, her son, tries to wipe the acid from Eligia’s
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The Courage of Compassion

A Journey from Judgment to Connection

by Robin Steinberg, Camilo Ramirez ...

Narrated by Robin Steinberg ...

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5 hours 35 min

**"Powerfully insightful reading." —Kirkus ReviewsHow would you like to be judged for the rest of your life by the worst thing you’ve ever done?**We all think we are compassionate just like we all think we are honest. But true compassion is not innate. Compassion for others, especially those that we don’t know or understand, must be learned. Our lack of compassion is perhaps most extreme in the ... Read more

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**"Powerfully insightful reading." —Kirkus ReviewsHow would you like to be judged for the rest of your life by the worst thing you’ve ever done?**We all think we are compassionate just like we all think we are honest. But true compassion is not innate. Compassion for others, especially those that we don’t know or understand, must be learned. Our lack of compassion is perhaps most extreme in the
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A World of Curiosities

A Novel

by Louise Penny ...

Narrated by Robert Bathurst ...

Series Audiobook 18 - Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
Unabridged

13 hours 15 min

"Robert Bathurst performs this 18th Inspector Gamache mystery with the assurance of one who knows the village of Three Pines and its (mostly) gentle residents well....fans are in for a treat." - AudioFile Magazine (Earphones Award Winner)"Narrator Robert Bathurst skillfully evokes the mood and suspense of the story." - Library Journal**"Robert Bathurst's narration is calm, collected, and earnest, ... Read more

$32.99 USD

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"Robert Bathurst performs this 18th Inspector Gamache mystery with the assurance of one who knows the village of Three Pines and its (mostly) gentle residents well....fans are in for a treat." - AudioFile Magazine (Earphones Award Winner)"Narrator Robert Bathurst skillfully evokes the mood and suspense of the story." - Library Journal**"Robert Bathurst's narration is calm, collected, and earnest,
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The Briar Club

A Novel

by Kate Quinn ...

Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld ...

Unabridged

15 hours 3 min

AudioFile Earphones Award WinnerAs she did with The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code, Saskia Maarleveld’s nuanced narration brings to life every character in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse in New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn’s haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets during the McCarthy era.Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down ... Read more

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AudioFile Earphones Award WinnerAs she did with The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code, Saskia Maarleveld’s nuanced narration brings to life every character in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse in New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn’s haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets during the McCarthy era.Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down
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The War on Cops

How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe

by Heather Mac Donald ...

Violent crime has been rising sharply in many American cities after two decades of decline. Homicides jumped nearly 17 percent in 2015 in the largest 50 cities, the biggest one-year increase since 1993. The reason is what Heather Mac Donald first identified nationally as the “Ferguson effect”: Since the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, officers have been backing ... Read more

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Violent crime has been rising sharply in many American cities after two decades of decline. Homicides jumped nearly 17 percent in 2015 in the largest 50 cities, the biggest one-year increase since 1993. The reason is what Heather Mac Donald first identified nationally as the “Ferguson effect”: Since the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, officers have been backing
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Criminal Cops

by Samuel Clark ...

Samuel Clark was a member of the Newark New Jersey Police Department for more than twenty-five years. While Clark was a supervisor with the Newark Police Department he wrote numerous official police reports complaining about corruption, discrimination, differential treatment, violations of citizens and police officers Constitutional Rights, and severe problems with the Internal Affairs Division. ... Read more

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Samuel Clark was a member of the Newark New Jersey Police Department for more than twenty-five years. While Clark was a supervisor with the Newark Police Department he wrote numerous official police reports complaining about corruption, discrimination, differential treatment, violations of citizens and police officers Constitutional Rights, and severe problems with the Internal Affairs Division.
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Invisible Chains

Canada's Underground World Of Human Trafficking

by Benjamin Perrin ...

Just outside Toronto, a 14-year-old Canadian girl was auctioned on the internet for men to purchase by the hour. A young woman was taken by slave traders from an African war zone to Edmonton to earn greater profits by exploiting her in prostitution. A gang called Wolfpack recruited teenagers in Quebec and sold them for sex to high-profile men in the community.The global problem of human ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Just outside Toronto, a 14-year-old Canadian girl was auctioned on the internet for men to purchase by the hour. A young woman was taken by slave traders from an African war zone to Edmonton to earn greater profits by exploiting her in prostitution. A gang called Wolfpack recruited teenagers in Quebec and sold them for sex to high-profile men in the community.The global problem of human
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Heather, the Totality

by Matthew Weiner ...

Named a Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Year: The explosive debut novel about family, power, and privilege from the creator of the award-winning Mad Men.Mark and Karen Breakstone have constructed the idyllic life of wealth and status they always wanted, made complete by their beautiful and extraordinary daughter Heather. But they are still not quite at the top. When the new owners of the penthouse ... Read more

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Named a Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Year: The explosive debut novel about family, power, and privilege from the creator of the award-winning Mad Men.Mark and Karen Breakstone have constructed the idyllic life of wealth and status they always wanted, made complete by their beautiful and extraordinary daughter Heather. But they are still not quite at the top. When the new owners of the penthouse
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How to Travel with a Salmon

And Other Essays

by Umberto Eco ...

"Impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent" essays on topics from cell phones to librarians, by the author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum ( The Atlantic Monthly).A cosmopolitan curmudgeon the Los Angeles Times called "the Andy Rooney of academia"—known for both nonfiction and novels that have become blockbuster New York Times bestsellers—Umberto Eco takes readers on "a delightful ... Read more

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"Impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent" essays on topics from cell phones to librarians, by the author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum ( The Atlantic Monthly).A cosmopolitan curmudgeon the Los Angeles Times called "the Andy Rooney of academia"—known for both nonfiction and novels that have become blockbuster New York Times bestsellers—Umberto Eco takes readers on "a delightful
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Holding the Line

Inside the Nation's Preeminent US Attorney's Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department

by Geoffrey Berman ...

"Throughout my tenure as US attorney, Trump's Justice Department kept demanding that I use my office to aid them politically, and I kept declining - in ways just tactful enough to keep me from being fired. I walked this tightrope for two and a half years. Eventually, the rope snapped." - from Holding the Line"A cautionary tale about how political forces can undermine the quest for justice." - ... Read more

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"Throughout my tenure as US attorney, Trump's Justice Department kept demanding that I use my office to aid them politically, and I kept declining - in ways just tactful enough to keep me from being fired. I walked this tightrope for two and a half years. Eventually, the rope snapped." - from Holding the Line"A cautionary tale about how political forces can undermine the quest for justice." -
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