"The Pastor sued his congregation, and they sued him back?"From Kings to Class Actions takes us on fascinating historical journey about group representation lawsuits, which includes challenged evil barons, business savvy pirates, an American Revolutionary War hero, turn of the century labor wars, civil rights struggles, among more.Troy Ian Hoffman, a class action administration industry leading innovator and longtime history buff, nineteen short st...

Introduces readers to nonbinary, gender-fluid people and the use of pronouns of their own choosing while all along reinforcing that an individual is much more layered and unique then how others may see him, her or them.“An empowering and uplifting tale…perfect icebreaker for young students to have meaningful conversations about gender identity and community.”—The AdvocateJacob—star of one of the most banned books of the decade according to the Amer...

The Children’s Book Council (CBC) - K-2nd grade LIBRARIAN favoriteA timely, kid-friendly picture book that tackles book banning and LGBTQ+ family representation through the eyes of the children who are most affectedWhen Noah asks Emily about her two dads, Jacob knows the perfect book to help explain. There's just one problem: the book isn't in the library anymore. Nobody seems to know exactly why it disappeared, and as word spreads, the who...

2020 ALA Rainbow Book List Selection2020 NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People SelectionWhen Jacob goes to the boys’ bathroom he is chased out because the boys think he looks like a girl because of the way he is dressed. After Jacob's friend Sophie faces the same situation, their class gets together to make things better.The beloved lead character from Jacob's New Dress, which is one of The American Li...

National Book Award for Nonfiction FinalistNational Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction FinalistA New York Times Notable Book of the YearA Washington Post Notable Book of the YearA PBS “Now Read This” Book Club SelectionNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by the Economist and the Boston GlobeA landmark exposé and “deeply engaging legal history” of one of the most successful, yet...

"This is a seminal work, a godsend really, a clear message to every citizen about the need to reform our country, laws, and companies." —Paul Hawken, New York Times-bestselling authorNEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATEDUnequal taxes, unequal accountability for crime, unequal influence, unequal control of the media, unequal access to natural resources—corporations have gained these privileges and more by exploiting their legal status as persons. How did...

Longlisted for the Massachusetts Book AwardA Publishers Weekly’s “Top 10” PickThis groundbreaking book tracks the massive wealth amassed from slavery from pre-Civil War to today, and lays out a case for reparations that shows exactly what was stolen, who stole it, and to whom it is owed.In this timely, powerful, investigative history, The Stolen Wealth of Slavery, Emmy Award-nominated journalist David Monter...

"William Hogeland is the best guide I have found to understanding how we today are, for good and evil, children of Alexander.” —J. Bradford DeLong, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of Slouching Towards UtopiaHow Alexander Hamilton embraced American oligarchy to jumpstart American prosperity.“Forgotten founder” no more, Alexander Hamilton has become a global celebrity. Millions know his na...

“Law in America is a little gem. It is a peerless introduction to our legal history—concise, clear, tellingly told, and beautifully written. The greatest living historian of American law has done it again.”—Stanley N. Katz,former president of the American Society for Legal History and the Organization of American Historians“All societies have laws, but neither all laws nor all legal systems are alike. No one has thought more deeply or written...

Public relations as described in this volume is, among other things, society’s solution to problems of maladjustment that plague an overcomplex world. All of us, individuals or organizations, depend for survival and growth on adjustment to our publics.Publicist Edward L. Bernays offers here the kind of advice individuals and a variety of organizations sought from him on a professional basis during more than four decades. With such knowledge, every intelligent person can carry on hi...

America's most popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author Thom Hartmann paves the way to saving our democracy. In this powerful, sweeping history and analysis of American democracy, Thom Hartmann shows how democracy is the one form of governance most likely to produce peace and happiness among people. With the violent exception of the Civil War, American democracy resisted the pressure to disintegrate into factionalism for nearly two centuries, and now our very sy...

"Vivid storytelling built on exacting research." —Bill Keller, New York Times Book ReviewIn 1735, struggling printer John Peter Zenger scandalized colonial New York by launching a small newspaper, the New-York Weekly Journal. The newspaper was assailed by the new British governor as corrupt and arrogant, and as being a direct challenge against the prevailing law that criminalized any criticism of the royal government. Zenger was thrown in jail for...