Summer Reading

By Martha Brockenbrough (Author), Grace Lin (Author), Julia Kuo (Illustrator) When American-born Wong Kim Ark returns home to San Francisco after a visit to China, he's stopped and told he...

By Jeffrey Rosen "Signed Bookplate" The Declaration of Independence identified “the pursuit of happiness” as one of our unalienable rights, along with life and liberty. Jeffrey Rosen, the president of...

  By Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick *Signed Bookplate A renowned constitutional scholar and a rising star provide a balanced and definitive analysis of the origins and original meaning of...

By Sonia Sotomayor *Signed by Author Al ser la primera mujer latina en ser jueza del Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos, Sonia Sotomayor es una inspiración para los jóvenes de...

  By Debbie Levy and Whitney Gardner *Signed Bookplate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a modern feminist icon—a leader in the fight for equal treatment of girls and...

  By David Rubenstein *Signed Bookplate Through his popular program The David Rubenstein Show, David Rubenstein has established himself as one of our most thoughtful interviewers. Now, in The American...

  By Jonah Winter *Signed Bookplate To become the first female Jewish Supreme Court Justice, the unsinkable Ruth Bader Ginsburg had to overcome countless injustices. Growing up in Brooklyn in...

  By Steve Luxenberg *Signed Bookplate equal,” created remarkably little stir when the justices announced their near-unanimous decision on May 18, 1896. Yet it is one of the most compelling...

By Randy E. Barnett A concise history of the long struggle between two fundamentally opposing constitutional traditions, from one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars—a manifesto for renewing our constitutional...

  By David Rubenstein *Signed Bookplate Rubenstein—some of our nations’ greatest minds explore the inspiring story of America as a grand experiment in democracy, culture, innovation, and ideas.-Jill Lepore on the...

  By Jonah Winter *Signed Bookplate Before Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her seat in our nation's highest court, she was just a little girl in the South Bronx....

  By Clare Cushman *Signed Bookplate In the first Supreme Court history told primarily through eyewitness accounts from Court insiders, Clare Cushman provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the...