One of Washington Post's Notable Nonfiction Books of 2016How did gay and lesbian couples' right to marry go from unthinkable to inevitable? How did the individual right to bear arms, dismissed as fraudulent by Chief Justice Warren Burger in 1990, become a constitutional right in 2008? And what compelled President George W. Bush to rein in many of his initiatives in the war on terror before leaving office, even though past presidents have had a free hand in wartime? We are likely to answer that, in each case, the Supreme Court remade our nation's most fundamental law.Yet as the award-winning legal scholar David Cole argues in Engines of Liberty, citizen activists are the true drivers of constitutional change. Drawing on interviews with participants in the most successful rights movements of the last 30 years, he shows that time and again, associations of ordinary Americans confronting long odds have managed to transform the nation's highest law. And they have done so largely through advocacy outside the federal courts altogether.We witness marriage equality advocates in the 1980s and 1990s uniting behind a strategy of state-based incrementalism that paved the way for their historic Supreme Court victory. We see the NRA building a loyal and active membership base that can swing elections and influence state and federal law, thereby shaping the debate about guns at the Supreme Court. And we watch as civil liberties and human rights groups encourage foreign populations and governments to challenge the president when few domestic institutions would.Offering a new vision of the role we all play in shaping our Constitution and illuminating the tactics successful reform campaigns have employed, Engines of Liberty restores faith in the power of citizen activists to help shape our nation's future.

Engines of Liberty: The Power of Citizen Activists to Make Constitutional Law

David Cole

Basic Books

A visitors guide the the fascinating cacti, plants and trees they will see during their visit. This guide is designed to quickly identify the predominate flora in the Sedona area.

What's That? Your Guide to the Fascinating Cacti, PLants, and Tress in Sedona

Don't Burn It

Written by two Ivy League graduates who struggled with learning disabilities and ADHD, Learning Outside the Lines teaches students how to take control of their education and find true success with brilliant and easy study suggestions and tips. Every day, your school, your teachers, and even your peers draw lines to measure and standardize intelligence. They decide what criteria make one person smart and another person stupid. They decide who will succeed and who will just get by. Perhaps you find yourself outside the norm, because you learn differently—but, unlike your classmates, you have no system in place that consistently supports your ability and desire to learn. Simply put, you are considered lazy and stupid. You are expected to fail. Learning Outside the Lines is written by two such “academic failures”—that is, two academic failures who graduated from Brown University at the top of their class. Jonathan Mooney and David Cole teach you how to take control of your education and find true success—and they offer all the reasons why you should persevere. Witty, bold, and disarmingly honest, Learning Outside the Lines takes you on a journey toward personal empowerment and profound educational change, proving once again that rules sometimes need to be broken.

Learning Outside The Lines: Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Give You the Tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolution

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Jonathan Mooney

Mental Health

Touchstone

About the Author David Cole is the author of Butterfly Lost, The Killing Maze, Stalking Moon, and Scorpion Rain. Product Description: Death in the Borderlands Laura Winslow is hiding from the world in the Arizona desert -- escaping the violence of her past through false names and untraceable Internet phone technology. But by straying too close to Mexico at the same time as a large-scale illegal border crossing is taking place, the part-Hopi hacker-investigator has fallen into the hands of federal agents. And now she faces exposure and arrest unless she agrees to aid the government in its attempts to uncover the truth about a massive criminal conspiracy -- a nightmarish smuggling operation trafficking in the most precious of commodities: human lives. But innocent women have already died in Arizona and Mexico. And unless Laura can uncover the truth behind chat room lies and deceptions, her blood may be the next to stain the Sonoran desert red.

Stalking Moon

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

HARPER/COLLINS

The Theatrical Event : A "Mythos," a Vocabulary, a Perspective

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Wesleyan, 1975

Thirty-two illustrated essays capture varied facets of Helena area history from 1,500 years ago to 1989. Selected from the popular weekly column in the Helena Independent Record, the writings of twelve amateur and professional historians take readers deep into Paleoindian shamans’ caves, atop the Continental Divide with runaway trains on two freezing February nights 89 years apart, and into the hot August streets of East Helena in 1919 when fire blew across town. John Hancock’s murder in 1901 sounds like a soap opera: the bludgeoning, the insurance policy, the wife’s lover...while the biography of Clara Hodgin explains why the ghost of Grandstreet Theatre is impish and protective. The Wild West isn’t forgotten, with claim jumpers and vigilante hangings—but civilization offers Chautauqua and visiting Norwegian royalty. Thirty-two facets of the gem that is Helena, in a book to be treasured. Please visit us at FarcountryPress.com for more information!

More from the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch, Vol. III

Dave Walter

Ellen Baumler

Sara Scott

Dave Shors

Martha Kohl

Jon Axlilne

Leanne Kurtz

Chere Jiusto

Vivian A. Paladin

Harriet C. Meloy

Marcella Walter

Stephanie Ambrose Tubbs

The Independent Record

No Equal Justice: Race And Class In The American Criminal Justice System

New Press, The

The Complete Guide to Book Marketing

The Complete Guide to Book Marketing provides publishers, authors, self- publishers, and publishing staff with practical and effective strategies for reaching the largest possible audience. This comprehensive resource covers marketing to the book trade and the library market, selling direct and building a direct-mail program, marketing on the Internet, tapping into special sales opportunities and non-bookstore outlets, creating an effective PR campaign; and crafting persuasive marketing copy. Concisely written and brimming with specific examples, this authoritative reference also includes a marketing timeline and checklist, a sample document section with expert press releases and pitch letters, and a resource appendix of vital publications and organizations.

Business & Money

Marketing & Sales

Allworth Press

With an intense focus on strategy that won’t be found in any other guide, this invaluable resource will be of immediate help to publishers, authors, and most anyone who wants to succeed in the publishing industry.Completely updated and expanded with an enhanced focus on selling outside traditional channels, The Complete Guide to Book Marketing features systematic, results-oriented approaches to reaching the largest amount of readers for the least amount of money. Readers will find no-nonsense advice for building a publishing identity, cultivating feedback from your audience, and implementing an effective publicity campaign. This new edition also features a brand-new section on marketing to the lucrative education market, as well as new information on e-book marketing, print-on-demand, and marketing backlist and reprint titles. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Humor & Entertainment

Allworth

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