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The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
... cust); Imperial Life (151 cust); Little heathens (67 cust).
Four books got 4.0 ratings, Man Gone Down (23 cust); The Nine Supreme (134 cust); Ordeal of Elizabeth (6 cust); Rest is Noise (42 cust).
Two books got 3.5 ratings, Savage Detectives (36 cust); Then We Came (180 ... ... Mildred Armstrong Kalish had 98 owners, now has 199 with 7 reviews and average rating of 3.55. 1,025 in Worldcat.
The Nine: Inside the secret world of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin had 195 owners, now has 425 owners with 18 reviews and average rating of 4.03. 1,922 in Worldcat.
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16. Eat, Pray, Lo ... The Nine: Inside The Secret World Of The Supreme Court - Jeffery Toobin Just finished The Nine: inside the secret world of the Supreme Court. It was decent enough, but not great. My biggest complaint was that the analysis seemed shallow. The stories about the personal side of the justices were pretty good, though. 8. The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
For the most part, I liked the book, especially the descriptions of the personal quirks of the justices. The thought of Clarence Thomas trucking around the country in a big RV cracked me up, but also felt somehow ... The Nine turn out to be a reasonably interesting picture of the internal workings of the Supreme Court over the last 30 years or so. I'm up to the 200 election - lots of interesting back-story there! After overindulging in fiction since well before Christmas, I've got two nonfiction books queued up:
The nine: inside the secret world of the Supreme Court
The first word: the search for the origins of language
I'm having a hard time deciding which to start next. Any opinions? ... Hard times and high spirits on an Iowa Farm during the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish - 98 owners
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin - 195 owners
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History by Linda Colley - 43 ... ... lection
James Lee Burke and the Soul of Dave Robicheaux
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Cold Comfort Farm
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
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A PLAGUE ON THE TOUCHSTONES!
(EDIT: Now they're loading.) No, but it seems like a timely read.
The person below me watched Book TV as author Jeffrey Toobin discussed his book The Nine: Inside The Secret World Of The Supreme Court. ... books staring balefully at me, waiting. (David Halberstam's last book "The Coldest Winter" and Jeffrey Toobin's The Nine; inside the secret world of the Supreme Court.) Birthday gifts!
Codex by Lev Grossman, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin, and The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam. There are 82 copies of the Halberstam book in LT but the touchstone isn't working.
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