Tag Archives: Non-Fiction
Print – Um. . . by Micheal Erard
Um. . .: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean by Micheal Erard. I read this book about a month ago, and I believe it is now available in paperback with an update. I thought it was an … Continue reading
Print – The Looming Tower by Lawernce Wright
Last night I finished reading The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright1. The book won awards from Time, Newsweek, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times Book Review for being … Continue reading
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Print – Coach by Michael Lewis
I just have a quick post to let people know about a book called Coach by Michael Lewis. It is a very short memoir about Lewis’s experiences playing baseball under his high school coach. It turns out years after Lewis … Continue reading
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Print – Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges
There are many good books about legal writing and rhetoric, but Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges is one of the best I have read. Of course I was probably destined to reach that conclusion because the authors … Continue reading
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Tagged Brief, Garner, Law, Law School, Legal Rhetoric, Non-Fiction, Oral Argument, Print, Rhetoric, Scalia, Supreme Court, Writing
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Two Lawyerly Books.
I purchased two new books today that I am eager to read. Both books are focused on the legal profession, specifically trying to help lawyers and law students understand how a judge thinks. I’ll post more on these two books … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryan A. Garner, How Judges Think, Law, Law School, Legal Rhetoric, Non-Fiction, Print, Richard Posner, Scalia, Writing
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Bill Clinton – Giving
I like to read books from both sides of the political spectrum in order to better understand our country’s political landscape. Even though I expect politics coming in books written by politicians, I was surprised by the type of politics … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Clinton, Democrats, Election, Giving, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Life, Non-Fiction, Politics, Print, William Clinton, William Jefferson Clinton
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