The Collapse of American Criminal Justice
Library Journal Published posthumously, Stuntz's (law, Harvard Univ.) new work is a bracing critique of American criminal jurisprudence. He argues that because of harsh sentences, the few jury trials, poor policing methods, and misguided court decisions, the United States has a wasteful and destructive criminal justice system. Two things stand out in Stuntz's book: the […]
Up From History : the Life of Booker T. Washington
Donated to the Lisbon Public Library in memory of Paul and Marion Boy, and of Marion's long years of dedication as a teacher of Lisbon Children. From a Lisbon friend and parent. The Washington Post – Jonathan Yardley [Booker T. Washington] wasn't the leader for 1940 or 1960 or today, but it is unfair to […]
The Notebooks of Robert Frost
Publishers Weekly A new book containing unpublished work by America's most famous poet is a literary event. While he was not much of a diarist, Frost avidly kept notebooks throughout his life. He recorded his daily musings in what Frost scholar Faggen calls " `ordinaries,' unassuming dime-store spiral pads and school theme books." This roughly […]