The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts
By: Joan Biskupic
3.86
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An incisive biography of the Supreme Court's enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentou…
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1. The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency
By: Chris Whipple
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The first in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the White House Chiefs of Staff, whose actions--and i… read more
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"At a farewell party, his staff presented him with a gift: a beaten-up car seat—a nod to his Secret Service code name."-Chris Whipple, The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency
"When government works, it is usually because the chief understands the fabric of power, threading the needle where policy and politics converge."-Chris Whipple, The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency
2. Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
By: Peter Guralnick
4.37
Format: 768 pages, Paperback
Careless Love is the full, true, and mesmerizing story of Elvis Presley's last two decades, in the … read more
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3. The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court
By: Bob Woodward , Scott Armstrong
3.50
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The Brethrenis the first detailed behind-the-scenes account of the Supreme Court in action. Bob Woo… read more
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4. The Long Game: A Memoir
By: Mitch McConnell
4.11
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
"I have learned that the story of a nation's success, and the success of each one of us, is a slow … read more
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- history
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5. Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir
By: None
4.32
Format: 650 pages, Hardcover
When he resigned last June, Justice Stevens was the third longest serving Justice in American histo… read more
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6. The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
By: Jeffrey Toobin
4.00
Format: None pages,
In The Nine, acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into the chambers of the most important--… read more
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7. Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House
By: Peter Baker
3.19
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
In Days of Fire, Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times, takes us on a… read more
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8. Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices
By: Noah Feldman
4.20
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A tiny, ebullient Jew who started as America's leading liberal and ended as its most famous judicia… read more
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9. Scalia's Court: A Legacy of Landmark Opinions and Dissents
By: Antonin Scalia , Kevin A. Ring
3.99
Format: 32 pages,
The sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia shook America. After almost thirty years on the Suprem… read more
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10. My Beloved World
By: Sonia Sotomayor
3.74
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
An instant American icon--the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court--tells the story of her life… read more
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11. Ordinary Heroes
By: Scott Turow
4.40
Format: 80 pages,
Stewart Dubinsky knew his father. David, had served in World War II, but had told very little about… read more
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12. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
By: Simon Schama
3.80
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Instead of a dying Old Regime, Schama presents an ebullient country, vital & inventive, infatuated … read more
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13. Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
By: Jon Meacham
4.12
Format: 794 pages, Kindle Edition
From Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham comes a sweeping ye… read more
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"Where Goldwater-ites saw the world in black and white, Rockefeller noted shades of gray."-Jon Meacham, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
14. Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable
By: Joanna Schwartz
4.47
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An urgent and definitive examination of how the legal system prevents accountability for police mis… read more
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15. The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic
By: Stephen Vladeck
4.21
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An acclaimed legal scholar’s “essential” (Linda Greenhouse) exp… read more
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"But in order after order, the Supreme Court gave the Trump administration most of what it wanted without endorsing principles that the justices would be bound to apply to future presidents, so that t…"-Stephen Vladeck, The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic
16. The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
By: Craig Whitlock
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how th… read more
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"To reinforce the message, Obama administration officials touted statistics that distorted what was really happening on the ground. The Bush administration had done the same, but Obama staffers in the…"-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
"Ryan Crocker, who served as the top U.S. diplomat in Kabul under both Bush and Obama, said the gusher of contracts to support U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan virtually guaranteed that extortion, …"-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
17. First: Sandra Day O'Connor
By: Evan Thomas
4.24
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
She was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona. At a time when women were… read more
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"She is an achieving woman without an edge. She is good-looking without being alienatingly beautiful and bright without being alarmingly intellectual,' wrote McGrory."-Evan Thomas, First: Sandra Day O'Connor
18. Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
By: Steven Levitsky
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the New York Times… read more
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19. Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
By: Dahlia Lithwick
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Senior Editor and one of the nation's foremost legal commentators, tells the… read more
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"Being told you are believed without consequences being levied is neither justice nor power. And that is the real problem when women's pain is substituted for actual justice. Pain seems to have a sell…"-Dahlia Lithwick, Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
20. The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
By: Liza Mundy
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
A thrilling and monumental new history of the CIA that reveals how women have always played crucial… read more
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21. Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power
By: Timothy W. Ryback
4.16
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler’s Private Library , a dramatic recounting of th… read more
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22. Justice on the Brink: The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court
By: Linda Greenhouse
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The gripping story of the Supreme Court’s transformation from a measured institution of law and jus… read more
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"It was always about abortion. (185)"-Linda Greenhouse, Justice on the Brink: The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court
23. The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House
By: Chris Whipple
3.94
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers comes a revelatory, insider’s look at… read more
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24. American Resistance: The Inside Story of How the Deep State Saved the Nation
By: David Rothkopf
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
It could have been so much a deeply reported, insider story of how a handful of Washington offici… read more
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25. Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
By: Stephen Breyer
4.05
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that dec… read more
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26. The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts
By: Joan Biskupic
3.86
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An incisive biography of the Supreme Court's enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentou… read more
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27. Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936-1986
By: James Rosen
4.29
Format: 500 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling historian and journalist James Rosen provides the first comprehensive account of th… read more
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28. Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit
By: Chris Matthews
4.07
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A revealing new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy that gets closer to the man than any book before, by … read more
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29. The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero
By: Peter S. Canellos
4.34
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
The “superb” ( The Guardian ) biography of an American who stood against all the forces of Gilded A… read more
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30. Democratic Justice: Felix Frankfurter, the Supreme Court, and the Making of the Liberal Establishment
By: Brad Snyder
4.38
Format: 957 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive biography of Felix Frankfurter, Supreme Court justice and champion of twentieth-cent… read more
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31. The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court's Assault on the Constitution
By: David A. Kaplan
3.94
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The Most Dangerous Branch takes us inside the secret world of the Supreme Court. David A. Kaplan, t… read more
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"When the votes of justices in controversial cases can be predicted at the outset, constitutional law simply becomes partisan politics by another name."-David A. Kaplan, The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court's Assault on the Constitution
