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Samantha Barbas
"A heroic narrative."-One of The New Yorker's Best Books of 2023
"A detailed examination of . . . the landmark 1964 Supreme Court decision that defined libel laws and increased…
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Newsworthy is a riveting expose of the legal machinations of big media companies like Time, Inc., and how they came, in a sense, to capture the courts on the issue…
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Samantha Barbas presents a long-overdue biography of the legendary civil liberties lawyer-a vital and contrary figure who both defended Ulysses and fawned over J. Edgar Hoover.
Hollywood celebrities feared her. William Randolph Hearst adored her. Between 1915 and 1960, Louella Parsons was America’s premier movie gossip columnist and in her heyday commanded a following of more…
A deeply researched legal drama that documents this landmark First Amendment ruling-one that is more critical and controversial than ever.
Actual Malice tells the full story of New York Times…
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In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America’s first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood stars’ secrets, misdeeds, and transgressions in gritty, unvarnished detail. Deploying a vast network of tipsters to root out…
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Americans have long been obsessed with their images-their looks, public personas, and the impressions they make. This preoccupation has left its mark on the law. The twentieth century saw the…
