Notable Trials
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The Boys from New Jersey: How the Mob Beat the Feds
$54.95Of all the extraordinary stories to emerge about the war on organized crime, none is quite so bizarre as the U.S. government's 1988 prosecution of the notorious Lucchese crime family, the mob that claimed to "own" New Jersey. Federal authorities called it the most ambitious legal attack ever mounted against […] -
Trying Neaira
$64.95Neaira grew up in a Corinthian brothel in the fourth century B.C., became a high-priced courtesan and a sex slave, then settled into a thirty-year relationship with Stephanos of Athens. But next she found herself in court, charged with transgressing Athens's marriage laws which prohibited a non-Athenian citizen to be […] -
Little Pink House
$69.95Suzette Kelo purchased a falling down Victorian house perched on the waterfront in New London, CT. The house wasn't particularly fancy, but with lots of hard work Suzette was able to turn it into a home that was important to her. Little did she know that the City of New London, […] -
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The Court Martial of the “Bounty” Mutineers
$54.95In December 1787, the "Bounty" left England for Tahiti, where it was to collect a cargo of breadfruit saplings. On Tahiti, the crew enjoyed an idyllic life, reveling in the comfortable climate, lush surroundings and the hospitality of the natives, particularly the females. Shortly after the ship departed Tahiti with […] -
The Trial of Eugene Aram
$64.95Is it possible that a true academic genius – “a finished artist, in philology, a true pioneer, genuine scholar” – could commit a brutal, premeditated murder? That is the question raised by British Trial of Eugene Aram in 1759. The alleged victims' skeletons were discovered 15 years after their murders. Houseman […] -
The Story of Helen Duncan and the Witch Trial of World War II
$69.95On March 23, 1944, as the Allied Forces were preparing for D-Day, Helen Duncan stood in the dock of Britain's highest criminal court accused of:violating the Witchcraft Act of 1735. At the time of her arrest, Helen Duncan was Britain's most controversial psychic, a celebrity medium with a notorious reputation. […] -
Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court
$79.95Justice on Trial, the definitive insider's account of Brett Kavanaugh's appointment to the Supreme Court, is based on extraordinary access to more than one hundred key figures—including the president, justices, and senators—in that ferocious political drama.The Supreme Court has become the arbiter of our nation's most vexing and divisive disputes. […] -
The Dead Sea Scrolls Trial
$69.95"It’s hard to imagine a copyright law suit over a 2000-year-old letter. But this fascinating book is about a letter written just before the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the leader of a small Jewish sect that lived in desert caves south of Jericho. The letter, written […] -
John Lennon vs. The U.S.A.
$64.95For the first time, noted New York immigration attorney Leon Wildes tells the incredible story of this landmark case - John Lennon vs. The USA - that set up a battle of wills between John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and President Richard Nixon. Although Wildes did not even know who John Lennon and […]
