Law Enforcement
Dead Run: The Untold Story of Dennis Stockton and America's Only Mass Escape from Death Row
New York: Times Books/Random House, 1999. First edition. Stated. Second printing. Hardcover. xxiii, 299, [2] pages Illustrations. Map. Notes. Sources and Acknowledgements. More
The Girl Who Stopped Swimming
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2008. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 311 p. More
The Bureau: Inside the Modern FBI
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First Printing. 359, illus., notes on sources, index, raised stamp on front flyleaf & 2nd front flyleaf. More
Patriot Future: A Novel
Novato, CA: LYFORD Books, 1997. 23 cm, 316, Inscribed by the author on front endpaper, and signature on title page. More
You Have to Stand for Something, or You'll Fall for Anything
New York: Bantam Books, 1998. First Edition. First Printing. 235, slight wear and soiling to DJ. More
Others Unknown: The Oklahoma City Bombing Case and Conspiracy
New York: Public Affairs, c1998. First? Printing. 382, wraps, index, usual library markings. More
Forgetfulness
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [8], 258, [6] pages. Signed by author on title page. Autographed sticker on front of DJ. Ward S. Just (born September 5, 1935) is an American writer. He is the author of 17 novels and numerous short stories. He started his career as a print journalist and was also a correspondent for Newsweek and The Washington Post from 1959 to 1969, after which he left journalism to write fiction. His influences include Henry James and Ernest Hemingway. His novel An Unfinished Season was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005. His novel Echo House was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1997. He has twice been a finalist for the O. Henry Award. He was Spring 1999 Rome Prize fellow. His fiction is often concerned with the influence of national politics on Americans' personal lives. Much of it is set in Washington D.C. and foreign countries. Another common theme is the alienation felt by Midwesterners in the East. In May 2013, The American Academy of Arts and Letters at its annual induction and award ceremony inducted Ward Just as a new member of the Academy and honored his lifetime achievement in the field of Literature, along with an exhibition of his manuscripts. A portion of this novel appeared in Narrative magazine. More
Philadelphia Freedom; Memoir of a Civil Rights Lawyer
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2008. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. Format is approximately 6 inches by 9 inches. [8], 424, [4] pages. Author's Note. Notes. Index. Signed with comment on half-title page. Reads: In Peace, David Kairys. David Kairys (born April 16, 1943, in Baltimore, Maryland) is Professor of Law at Temple University School of Law.[2][3] He is the first James E. Beasley Chair (2001–07). Kairys is a civil rights lawyer. He authored Philadelphia Freedom, Memoir of a Civil Rights Lawyer and With Liberty and Justice for Some. He is a gun control proponent. He is also a strong advocate for removing money corruption from politics. Kairys earned a B.S. from Cornell University (1965), an LL.B. from Columbia Law School (1968), and an LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School (1971). He specializes in constitutional law and civil rights law. He was a founding partner and is of counsel to Kairys, Rudovsky, Epstein, Messing & Rau. Among his awards are the Alliance for Justice honor list for 2008, the Association of American Law Schools 2007 Deborah Rhode Award for extraordinary contribution to public interest by a law professor, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania's Civil Liberties Award, the Poor Richard Club of Philadelphia Pro Bono Award, the Freil-Scanlan Award (Temple law faculty scholarship), and the First James E. Beasley Chair (Temple Law School). More
Los Alamos; A Novel
New York: Broadway Books, 1997. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [8], 403, [5] pages. Joseph Kanon (born 1946) is an American author, best known for thriller and spy novels set in the period immediately after World War II. Kanon studied at Harvard University, and at Trinity College in Cambridge. As an undergraduate, he published his first stories in The Atlantic Monthly. Kanon was the editor in chief, CEO, and president of the publishing houses Houghton Mifflin and E. P. Dutton in New York. Kanon began his writing career in 1995. His first novel, Los Alamos (1997), became a bestseller and received the Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1998. Further novels followed, including The Prodigal Spy, The Good German and Alibi. His stories are set in the period between World War II and 1950, and he has often used a real event, such as the Potsdam Conference or the Manhattan Project, as the background for a murder case. His novels are critically acclaimed, and reviewers from the Boston Globe and The New York Times have compared his work with the novels of Graham Greene and John le Carré. A film based on The Good German was produced in 2006, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett. Istanbul Passage is a spy thriller set in that city in 1945. Leaving Berlin (2015) concerns an American expatriate who becomes an unwilling double agent of the American and East German intelligence services during the Berlin Airlift of 1948-1949. More
Justice Overruled: Unmasking the Criminal Justice System
New York: Warner Books, c1997. First Printing. 24 cm, 270 Reveals cases of judicial misconduct, abuse of the jury selection process, and how the rampant use of diminished capacity defenses sets killers free. Shows what must be changed if our system is to serve the people it is supposed to protect. More
Seductions of Crime: Moral and Sensual Attractions in Doing Evil
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1988. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 367 pages. Notes, index, Name of previous owner present. Sticker residue on front endpaper. More
Crime in America
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Comapny, Inc., 1951. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing thus. Wraps. 174p., 23 cm. More
U.S. Military Forces and Police Assistance in Stability Operations: The Least-Worst Option to Fill the U.S. Capacity Gap
Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College, 2010. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. ix, [1], 46 p. Illustrations. Endnotes. More
The Lost Son: A Life in Pursuit of Justice
New York: ReganBooks, c2001. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 361, illus. (some color). More
A Philosophical Investigation
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1993. First American Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. 329, [1] p. More
The New War: The Web of Crime That Threatens America's Security
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. First Edition. First Printing. 210, notes, index. More
The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002. First Edition. 488, notes, bibliography, index. More
The FBI: Inside The World's Most Powerful Law Enforcement Agency
New York: Pocket Books, c1993. First Printing. 25 cm, 492, illus., notes, bibliography, chronology, glossary, index. Inscribed by the author. More
The FBI; Inside The World's Most Powerful Law Enforcement Agency--by the Award-Winning Journalist Whose Investigation Brought Down FBI Director William S. Sessions
New York: Pocket Books, 1993. First Pocket Books Hardcover Edition [stated]. Hardcover. 25 cm. xxiii, [2] 492 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Significant Dates. Glossary. Index. Ronald Borek Kessler (born December 31, 1943) is an American journalist and author of 21 non-fiction books about the White House, U.S. Secret Service, FBI, and CIA. Seven of his books have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list. From 1970 to 1985, Kessler was an investigative reporter for The Washington Post. In 1972, he won a George Polk Memorial award for Community Service because of two series of articles he wrote—one on conflicts of interest and mismanagement at Washington area non-profit hospitals, and a second series exposing kickbacks in connection with real estate settlements, inflating the cost of buying homes. That Kessler series resulted in passage in 1974 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), which outlaws kickbacks for referral of settlement services in connection with real estate closings. In 1979, Kessler won a second Polk Award for National Reporting for a series of articles exposing corruption in the General Services Administration. Kessler's book, The FBI: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Enforcement Agency, led to the dismissal by President Clinton of Sessions as FBI director over his abuses. According to The Washington Post, "A Justice Department official ... noted that the original charges against Sessions came not from FBI agents but from a journalist, Ronald Kessler. The New York Times said Kessler's FBI book "did indeed trigger bureau and Justice Department investigations into alleged travel and expense abuses. More
Forever Changed: Remembering Oklahoma City, April 19, 1995
Amhest, NY: Prometheus Books, 1998. First Printing. 24 cm, 332, acid-free paper, illus., usual library markings. More
Dirty South
Columbus, OH: Triple Crown Publications, 2005. First Trade Paperback Edition. Trade paperback. iv, 211 p. More
Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris
New York: Crown Publishers, 2011. Book Club Edition. 416, illus., bibliography, notes, index, slight wear to DJ. More
Don't Kill in Our Names: Families of Murder Victims Speak Out Against the Death Penalty
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2003. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 284 pages. Illus., notes, resources. Signed by the author. More