Viser resultater for "jeffrey toobin"
Viser 1 - 12 af 23 resultater
Voksenindhold er synligt.
American Heiress
The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
2016
EN
Tilgængelig
**A National BestsellerFrom New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author of The Nine and The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson, the definitive account of the kidnapping and trial that defined an insane era in American history**On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, a sophomore in college and heiress to the Hearst Family fortune, was kidnapped by a ragtag group of self-styled revolutionaries calling itself the Symbonese Liberation Army. Th...
112,49 kr.
A Vast Conspiracy
The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President
2020
EN
Tilgængelig
The International Bestseller The inspiration for Impeachment: American Crime StoryThe definitive account of the Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandals, A Vast Conspiracy casts an insightful eye over the extraordinary ordeal that nearly brought down a president.First published a year after the infamous impeachment trial, Jeffrey Toobin’s propulsive narrative captures the full arc of the Clinton sex scandals – from their beginnings in a Little Rock h...
91,95 kr.
2016
EN
Tilgængelig
Now a major BBC TV series.The definitive account of the O.J. Simpson trial, The People v. O.J. Simpson is a prodigious feat of reporting that could only have been written by the foremost legal journalist of our time.Writing less than a year after the infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobin explores the secret dealings and manoeuvring on both sides of the case, and how a combination of the prosecution’s over-confidence, the defence’s shrewdness, and the Lo...
102,91 kr.
The Run of His Life
The People v. O. J. Simpson
2013
EN
Tilgængelig
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The inspiration for American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson on FX, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., John Travolta, David Schwimmer, and Connie BrittonThe definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal journalist of our time. First published less than a year after the infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobi...
66,66 kr.
The Oath
The Obama White House and The Supreme Court
2012
EN
Tilgængelig
From the prizewinning author of The Nine, a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White House has been confrontational. Both men are young, brilliant, charismatic, charming, determ...
41,58 kr.
The Nine
Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
2008
EN
Tilgængelig
Acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. An institution at a moment of transition, the Court now stands at a crucial point, with major changes in store on such issues as abortion, civil rights, and church-state relations. Based on exclusive interviews with the justices and with a keen sense of the Court’s hi...
102,99 kr.
Too Close to Call
The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election
2001
EN
Tilgængelig
From the best-selling author of A Vast Conspiracy and The Run of His Life comes Too Close to Call--the definitive story of the Bush-Gore presidential recount. A political and legal analyst of unparalleled journalistic skill, Jeffrey Toobin is the ideal writer to distill the events of the thirty-six anxiety-filled days that culminated in one of the most stunning Supreme Court decisions in history.Packed with news-making disclosures ...
66,66 kr.
True Crimes and Misdemeanors
The Investigation of Donald Trump
2020
EN
Tilgængelig
What happens when the President of the United States engages in criminal activity? He runs for re-election.Donald Trump's campaign chairman went to jail. So did his personal lawyer. His long-time political consigliere was convicted of serious federal crimes, and his National Security Advisor pleaded guilty to several more. Multiple Russian spies were indicted in absentia. Career intelligence agents and military officers were alarmed enough by his actions as Preside...
Homegrown
Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
- Fortalt af
- Jeffrey Toobin
Uforkortet
14 timer 10 min
2023
EN
The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the rise of right-wing extremism and domestic terrorism, and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh, leading to the January 6 insurrection—from acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin.Timothy McVeigh wanted to start a movement.Speaking to his lawyers days after the Oklahoma City bombing, the Gulf War veteran expressed no regrets: killing 168 people was his patriotic duty. He cited the Declaration of Inde...
235,73 kr.
2017
EN
Tilgængelig
In January of 1987 Jeffrey Toobin is fresh out of Harvard Law School, and appointed the youngest lawyer on Special Prosecutor Lawrence Walsh's team to investigate and try the leading figure in the Iran-Contra affair--Oliver North. For twenty-eight thrilling months, Toobin served on Walsh's staff and came of age into his profession.Toobin's first book and immersive account of that period is the story of a young man's awakening to the realities of law and a policial, legal and moral ...
112,49 kr.
A Vast Conspiracy
The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President
2012
EN
Tilgængelig
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The inspiration for Impeachment: American Crime Story on FXThe definitive account of the Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandals, the extraordinary ordeal that nearly brought down a president—with a new preface by the author that reframes the events in light of the Me Too movement“A story as taut and surprising as any thriller . . . [an] unimpeachable page-turner.”—People...
66,66 kr.
True Crimes and Misdemeanors
The Investigation of Donald Trump
- Fortalt af
- Rob Shapiro
Uforkortet
18 timer 21 min
2020
EN
From CNN chief legal analyst and bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin, a real-life legal thriller about the prosecutors and congressional investigators pursuing the truth about Donald Trump's complicity in several crimes--and why they failed.Donald Trump's campaign chairman went to jail. So did his personal lawyer. His long-time political consigliere was convicted of serious federal crimes, and his national security advisor pled guilty to others. Several Russian spies...











