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By Jill A. Grunenwald. 2019
A newly minted librarian looks back on her first career stop: working in a prison. Discusses what drew her to…
the profession, why she chose to take the job, personalities she encountered, examples of both typical days and extraordinary ones, and challenges she faced. 2019By Asma T. Uddin. 2019
Attorney documents the ways the religion of Islam is being criminalized and fundamental religious rights are being denied to American…
Muslims. Discusses the ways religion is secularized and politicized, misperceptions of practices like sharia, and court cases regarding the practice of faith. 2019Trial lawyer recounts his most challenging case, in which he represented five Cuban spies marooned in the US prison system.…
Explains the role of the Cuban Five in the following decade of Cuban-American relations. 2019By Jodie Adams Kirshner. 2019
Legal scholar examines the bankruptcy of the city of Detroit in 2013 and the impacts on its citizens. Topics covered…
include what led to the bankruptcy, community efforts to address revitalization, and progress status as of late 2017. 2019By Valeria Luiselli. 2017
The author presents forty questions and the answers that she received from undocumented Latin American children facing deportation from the…
United States. Discusses the difficulties faced by these young individuals and examines US immigration issues. 2017By Timothy B. Tyson. 2017
Southern history scholar revisits the 1955 lynching of fourteen-year-old African American Emmett Till, from Chicago. While visiting relatives in Mississippi,…
Emmett's interaction with a white female shopkeeper led to his kidnapping and violent murder. Also describes the trial, funeral, and the case's impact on the civil rights movement. Violence and some strong language. 2017By Danielle S. Allen. 2017
A Harvard professor discusses the life of her cousin Michael. At the age of fifteen, he was involved in an…
attempted carjacking, tried as an adult, and convicted. After spending eleven years in prison, he was released, only to be murdered three years later. Examines the American prison system. Some violence. 2017A reexamination of an infamous episode in the history of anti-Semitism, which involved Joseph Süss Oppenheimer, who was put on…
trial and hanged in the eighteenth century. He later became the subject of many works of Nazi propaganda. The author recounts Oppenheimer's trial and investigates conflicting versions of what happened. 2017By Univision, Armando A. Olmedo. 2017
A concise guide by an attorney and a journalist that clearly explains various topics related to legal immigration to the…
United States--including citizenship, residency, and the responsibilities and rights of immigrants. Spanish language. 2017By Michael Finkel. 2015
Journalist recounts his experience investigating the story of Christian Longo. Longo was convicted of and sentenced to death for the…
killing of his wife and three children, and he appropriated the author's identity while on the run from law enforcement in Mexico. Basis for 2015 movie of the same name. Some violence. 2005By Jack Ewing. 2017
Profile of the German car company which got its start under the leadership of the Nazi Party. Examines the management…
by the founder's descendants, business stratagems, development of diesel technology in passenger cars, and the 2015 emissions scandal. 2017By Anton Treuer. 2012
By Laurence Leamer. 2016
Chronicles the 1981 Mobile, Alabama, race-based lynching of black nineteen-year-old Michael Donald by two young Klan members. Covers the subsequent…
trials, including the death sentence for the white killer and the civil suit against the members of the local Klan unit, charging them with conspiracy. Violence and strong language. 2016The author recounts how she immersed herself in Cape Town life while researching the case of the 1993 murder of…
twenty-six-year-old American Fulbright student Amy Biehl. Discusses the ramification of the crime and the forgiveness of the convicted murderers by Amy's parents. Some violence and some strong language. 2016Journalist chronicles a financial scam perpetrated by bankers and traders, based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor), and the…
resulting fallout. Focuses on the math genius and trader Tom Hayes, who was the only person convicted in the scheme. 2017By Julie Strauss Bettinger. 2016
After Hurricane Katrina, Chuck and Patty Mitchell rescued golden-retriever puppy Rikki. They soon realized she was incredibly attuned to human…
emotions and would make a great therapy dog. Discusses their experience training Rikki and how she has helped those dealing with trauma. 2016By Jesse Eisinger. 2017
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist argues that the United States Department of Justice refrains from aggressive prosecution of business executives--whether they're in…
finance, technology, pharmaceuticals, or other fields--because the agency is afraid to lose a case. Discusses prominent figures in the department, lobbyists, turning-point cases, and more. Some strong language. 2017By Heather Ann Thompson. 2016
An account of the infamous 1971 prison uprising, in which nearly 1,300 prisoners took over the Attica Correctional Facility in…
New York for four days and nights to protest years of mistreatment. Discusses the state's violent response and the victims' quest for justice. Some violence. 2016By David J. Barron. 2016
An account of the history of the struggle between presidents and Congress over who has the power to declare and…
wage war, beginning with an account of Washington's conflict with the Continental Congress over his plan to burn New York City before the British invasion. 2016By Linda Greenhouse. 2012
Longtime New York Times Supreme Court correspondent draws on direct knowledge of the court's history and its written and unwritten…
rules to show how the court really functions. Describes the work of the justices, including the special role of the chief justice. Explains the court's relation to the other branches of government. 2012