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Best Housing & Urban Development Law

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation—that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Through extraordinary revelations and extensive research that Ta-Nehisi Coates has lauded as "brilliant" ( The Atlantic ), Rothstein comes to chronicle nothing less than an untold story that begins in the 1920s, showing how this process of de jure segregation began with explicit racial zoning, as millions of African Americans moved in a great historical migration from the south to the north. Based on careful analyses of multiple historical documents, Rothstein has presented what I consider to be the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation.--Wiliam Julius Wilson, author of The Truly Disadvantaged. Through meticulous research and powerful human stories, Rothstein reveals a history of racism hiding in plain sight and compels us to confront the consequences of the intentional, decades-long governmental policies that created a segregated America.--Sherrilyn A. Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Masterful...The Rothstein book gathers meticulous research showing how governments at all levels long employed racially discriminatory policies to deny blacks the opportunity to live in neighborhoods with jobs, good schools and upward mobility.--Jared Bernstein.
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"When William Julius Wilson writes that a book is "the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation," it grabs your attention. Rothstein's book is exactly that--a seminal work on the history of housing discrimination that is required reading for anyone who cares about the effect of residential segregation on cities and schools in our country. Stegner and friends formed a cooperative to purchase a 260-acre ranch in Palo Alto in which they planned to build 400 affordable homes for low-paid professors and other working-class families. Because the Veterans' Administration also relied on FHA rules for underwriting, black servicemen were similarly barred from receiving the same VA loans for housing that white vets enjoyed."
"Rothstein modestly suggests a number of "remedies" to compensate for the financial losses and missed educational opportunities their kids suffered because they were deliberately forced by discriminatory federal government housing and lending policies and local laws to live in segregated low-income city neighborhoods. His book's great value comes from showing readers that it was deliberate government policies, not private choices or voluntary social forces, that created, enforced and perpetuated racial segregation in the North for nearly a hundred years. I wish I had been able to read this book last year when I was writing 30 Days a Black Man: The Forgotten Story That Exposed the Jim Crow South,' which only touches lightly on how Northern cities like Pittsburgh, Portland and Washington, D.C., kept their neighborhoods rigidly segregated."
"I am currently working in the credit analysis area and it was an eye opining for me that the US Government was in-fact institutionalizing discrimination by not insuring (such as the FHA) or not guaranteeing (such as the Veteran's Administration (VA) ) mortgage loans if the builder or the lender was selling to African-Americans (AA)."
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Housing Policy in the United States
The latest available data on housing conditions, housing discrimination, housing finance, and programmatic expenditures is included, along with all new developments in federal housing policy. The new chapter on the aftermath of the housing crash is especially timely and, like the rest of the book, brimming with up-to-date information that is synthesized with students and practitioners in mind." Alex Schwartz’s text remains the definitive guide to the evolution of American housing policy not just because he can deftly clarify arcane material but because he grounds this explanation in a thoroughly up-to-date engagement with the latest research and economic contexts. The chapters are well-written and concise yet comprehensive and full of important information about all of the major dimensions of U.S. housing policy. The new edition offers a chapter on the foreclosure crisis and updates developments in all other areas of housing policy. And with the third edition, Schwartz manages to keep the information up to date and add material on issues that have emerged in recent years. No other single source comes even close to providing such clear descriptions and analyses of housing programs and policies, while also presenting thoughtful explanations about unresolved issues and debates. The book conveys the strengths and weaknesses of America’s crazy-quilt system of housing development, regulation, finance and policy. The third edition captures the exciting and troubling issues surrounding the Wall Street mortgage meltdown, the epidemic of foreclosures, and the efforts of federal, state and local governments to address these problems. More importantly this book shows us how we can effectively respond to some of the nation’s related but even more critical challenges posed by ongoing financial crises and persisting racial inequality." The third edition updates this already impressive book with new information on the mortgage market meltdown and the price bubble that led the nation into recession." This text will be particularly useful for an international audience who often find it difficult to get a full picture of how the housing system in the States actually operates."
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"Well written, clear, and a great reference material for real estate developers and urban planners working in the housing policy sector."
"Thanks for this book, I like it as it was described."
"This is a fabulous resource for any class or simply learning about the field."
"I'm pretty satisfied with the service, especially fast shipping."
"For example both the Low Income Housing Tax Credit and the public housing chapters (chapters 5 and 6) seem to take the inherent value of "deconcentration" and "mixed income" at face value, at a time when both notions are finally beginning to receive long overdue critical attention from social scientists (besides William Julius Wilson), not just planners, pundits, and politicians. Does he mean to honestly suggest that the black desire to hold on to what limited political power it possessed during the Jim Crow 1930's is somehow to blame as much for segregated public housing in America as the actions of people such as Rep. Henry Steagall (the House sponsor of the bill) of Alabama? On the plus side, the fair housing chapter (chapter 11) is excellent, as is the "stubborn facts of housing policy" section of the last chapter."
"Great synopsis and summaries of US differing housing policies."
"Amazon states they can only take a report and forward it to eBook division. Questioned Amazon representative, "Why doesn't Amazon require Publishers to indicate if their ebook doesn't have page numbers that coincide with the physical textbook? I'm not sure if Amazon or Routledge (eBook division) think that this is a MAJOR ISSUE, but for me as a student it seems like a Major Issue when instructors are assigning readings by page numbers. I don't understand how a Publisher like Routledge (eBook) or Amazon could allow a product like this to be sold in this defective condition or allow it to be still sold. We'll see what Amazon's response is and especially Routledge's (eBook division) is."
"Reading it was worse than watching paint dry."
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The Condominium Concept: A Practical Guide for Officers, Owners, Realtors, Attorneys, and Directors of Florida Condominiums
A practical and popular guide to operating a successful condominium association in Florida. He is an adjunct professor at the Florida State University College of Law, where he teaches condominium and community housing law.
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"Clearly defines the State of Florida Condominium Law and puts it into words everyone can understand, giving reference to the Law by section and paragraph, making it easy to cross reference one to the other."
"This book is a must for anyone who owns a condominium in Florida."
"New member to a condo board and this book sure helps navigate the legislative minefield of FL condo laws."
"This book is nessasary for Board members of condominiums in Florida to stay up to date with Florida's Condo Law."
"Ohh the memories from when I was a kid."
"Fairly easy to understand if a board member wishes to be informed."
"This is a necessary reference book for any Florida condominium board member or committee chairperson."
"Wow, this book is chock full of important (perhaps boring...LOL!)."
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Best Administrative Law

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation―that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Through extraordinary revelations and extensive research that Ta-Nehisi Coates has lauded as "brilliant" ( The Atlantic ), Rothstein comes to chronicle nothing less than an untold story that begins in the 1920s, showing how this process of de jure segregation began with explicit racial zoning, as millions of African Americans moved in a great historical migration from the south to the north. “Masterful…The Rothstein book gathers meticulous research showing how governments at all levels long employed racially discriminatory policies to deny blacks the opportunity to live in neighborhoods with jobs, good schools and upward mobility.”. - Jared Bernstein, Washington Post. “Rothstein’s work should make everyone, all across the political spectrum, reconsider what it is we allow those in power to do in the name of 'social harmony' and 'progress' with more skepticism… The Color of Law shows what happens when Americans lose their natural rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, or in the case of African-Americans, when there are those still waiting to receive them in full.”. - Carl Paulus, American Conservative. “Original and insightful…The central premise of [Rothstein’s] argument…is that the Supreme Court has failed for decades to understand the extent to which residential racial segregation in our nation is not the result of private decisions by private individuals, but is the direct product of unconstitutional government action. “Through meticulous research and powerful human stories, Rothstein reveals a history of racism hiding in plain sight and compels us to confront the consequences of the intentional, decades-long governmental policies that created a segregated America.”. - Sherrilyn A. Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Reviews
"When William Julius Wilson writes that a book is "the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation," it grabs your attention. Rothstein's book is exactly that--a seminal work on the history of housing discrimination that is required reading for anyone who cares about the effect of residential segregation on cities and schools in our country. Stegner and friends formed a cooperative to purchase a 260-acre ranch in Palo Alto in which they planned to build 400 affordable homes for low-paid professors and other working-class families. Because the Veterans' Administration also relied on FHA rules for underwriting, black servicemen were similarly barred from receiving the same VA loans for housing that white vets enjoyed."
"Rothstein modestly suggests a number of "remedies" to compensate for the financial losses and missed educational opportunities their kids suffered because they were deliberately forced by discriminatory federal government housing and lending policies and local laws to live in segregated low-income city neighborhoods. His book's great value comes from showing readers that it was deliberate government policies, not private choices or voluntary social forces, that created, enforced and perpetuated racial segregation in the North for nearly a hundred years. I wish I had been able to read this book last year when I was writing 30 Days a Black Man: The Forgotten Story That Exposed the Jim Crow South,' which only touches lightly on how Northern cities like Pittsburgh, Portland and Washington, D.C., kept their neighborhoods rigidly segregated."
"I am currently working in the credit analysis area and it was an eye opining for me that the US Government was in-fact institutionalizing discrimination by not insuring (such as the FHA) or not guaranteeing (such as the Veteran's Administration (VA) ) mortgage loans if the builder or the lender was selling to African-Americans (AA)."
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Best Urban, State & Local Government Law

Police Oral Board Secrets: Tips on How to Become a Police Officer
Discussed are specific things you should be doing prior to going before the police oral board.
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"For a very specific topic like oral boards this is a very good book (don't try to compare it to a best seller)."
"I can 100 percent guarantee that I would fail the oral board if I would have not bought this book, I might still fail it, but my chances of passing are a lot greater than they would've been if I didn't read this book."
"I am in the application process with a number of agencies for appointment as a reserve police (deputy Sheriff) officer and have already gone through two oral board interviews."
"Although the examples of questions asked at an oral board isn't numerous, the author give the reader a pretty good idea of the type of questions to expect and how best to answer them."
"It's not a long read, but it could save you a lot of time if it allows you to be properly prepared and get the job the first time."
"Having been through a few oral boards at this point id say it jibes with my experiences."
"This book provides great tips for the process of being hired as a police officer."
"For example, the author provides several questions oral boards might present designed to reveal how the candidate thinks and reasons."
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Best Land Use Law

eBay: Find All You Need To Sell on eBay and Build a Profitable Business From Scratch, Step-By-Step (eBay, eBay Selling, eBay Business, Dropshipping, eBay Buying, Selling on eBay Book 1)
It will provide you with the knowledge, direction and tools you require to build a successful online business on one of the World’s largest platforms: eBay. How the entire process works and what are the first steps you need to take to get started How to know which products are most profitable and where to source them inexpensively How to Brand & Promote your store effectively for more exposure and higher revenues How to create a high-ranking, eye-catching and lucrative listing How to take your income to the next level with automation and outsourcing And much more! Felix is an Online Marketer and Entrepreneur that through this guide will share not only practical steps, but also ideas, experiences and the mindset you need to get started with eBay on the right foot.
Reviews
"After reading this book, I learned how to not only do that on eBay, but to get different items through sourcing and selling them for a profit!"
"You can find it out on YouTube."
"This is such a great book about eBay."
"Easy to understand guide that gives step-by-step directions for setting up an eBay business."
"Practical, step-by-step tips for getting started selling on ebay."
"But I digressed, this book is a good starter to get your brain flowing in the right direction of becoming your own boss (if that is what you want)."
"This book is direct and to the point."
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Best Public Contract Law

NEW NAME - A FRESH START IN LIFE WITH A NEW IDENTITY - VALID IN 50 STATES - EASY, LEGAL, CHEAP & NO ATTORNEY - 2016 EDITION (Name Change, Disappear, Privacy) ... (HOW TO BOOK AND GUIDE TO AVOID DISASTER 3)
Reclaim Privacy. Author, actor, or performer. Personal life separate from your professional life. Alternate identity precaution against future disaster. Escape from abusive person, insane person, criminal, scam artist, rapist, stalker, or other terrible person. Protect children. Start over after Identity Theft. Avoid abusive creditors or any form of harassment. New credit. Public figure, famous, or wealthy person. Sidestep bankruptcy or foreclosure. Economic crisis. Medical bills buried you. Deficiency judgment or other judgment. Frivolous lawsuit you can’t afford to fight. Press is stalking you. Regardless of your reasons for wanting a New Name, New Identity, and even a New Business, this book can help you do it legally and legitimately. Tags: natural law, civil law, civil rights and liberties, human rights, civil rights, privacy and security, starting a business, disaster relief, how to disappear, how to be invisible, how to be invisible online, disappear without a trace, big brother is watching, invisible prepper, how to vanish, NSA books, new name, name change, change your name, divorce, bankruptcy, foreclosure, incognito toolkit, hidden assets, survival kit, how to survive natural disaster, survival book, survival guide, prepper, prepping, prepper survival, prepper guide, prepper book, prepping for survival, prepping For SHTF, survival tactics, civil rights and liberties, firearms and weapons, banks and banking, civil rights, terrorism, ISIS, political freedom, disaster relief, consumer guides, small business, startups, intelligence and espionage, motivation and self improvement, self help, J J Luna, SHTF, 9/11, anonymous, incognito, disappear, invisible, vanish, identity theft, protect assets, life, family, home, victim, stalker, stalking, hide, hiding, take back your life, legal protection, violence, abuse, abusive.
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"The book is simple yet direct and informative; it will open your eyes as to how one can easily live a more private life."
"The book was bought on a whim but once I started reading, I discovered many really good insights and ideas."
"I get the sense that David is a wise man that is not letting on everything he knows."
"What a pleasure it is to complement "Mr AUTHOR" upon this inspiring and informative guide to leaving life's baggage behind and composing a new life adventure."
"Very useful information, thank you!"
"I must say after reading this ebook I am going really think about doing this for a writing career."
"Great information!!!"
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Best Emigration & Immigration Law

A Nation of Immigrants
This modern edition of his posthumously published, timeless work—with a new introduction by Senator Edward M. Kennedy and a foreword by Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League—offers the late president's inspiring suggestions for immigration policy and presents a chronology of the main events in the history of immigration in America.
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"I found myself reading and smiling with disbelief with how relevant this whole book is and how beautifully entwined he mixes history with compassion and historical backing."
"I consider this book a must read for anyone confronted with conflict about immigration."
"A valuable reminder of our history with immigration, especially relevant in the current state of affairs."
"Nice concise summary of the history of immigration to America and the current (early 1960's) state of immigration law and policies."
"History soothes the savage instincts we all have within!"
"Loved the information & the price, copy could have been cleaned up as the pictures added value but not well placed in book."
"Anyone voting in this year's election should read this book."
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Best Public Utilities Law

NLP: Frame Control: Using The Mindset Of Power To Get What You Want In Relationships, Business & Life (NLP, Social Influence, Self Mastery, Confidence, Success, Self Help)
✔ The core principle behind Frame Control, and the key to social authority. ✔ The brain science behind how this phenomenon is constantly influencing all of your interactions. ✔ The four characteristics of people with strong Frame Control. ✔ The habits that you need to develop to stop being influenced, and start influencing others. ✔ How to turn any situation to your advantage. ✔ Techniques to make your Frame stronger than everyone else's. ✔ Powerful language patterns to get people to look to you as an authority - automatically. ✔ How to use advanced Frame Control techniques such as humor to get what you want. ✔ How to look at the world in a whole new way that will allow you to get the most out of life. Through modern science and psychological research, we are now closer than ever to truly understanding how we can access and rewrite this programming, to create the reality we desire.
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"This can help in a big way to change one's way of thinking and bring about quality change in one's attitude, one's behavior, outlook, way of tackling people and even improve probability of achieving success. An eighth grader can understand and implement it right away.The language is smooth."
"There are many publications on NLP that seem to focus on the 'mechanics' of NLP - how to do this exercise or that activity and how to change your world in one small reframe."
"The book is short and easy to read and is designed to get people excited about how NLP can help transform their mind and their habits."
"This can help me have a stronger frame control."
"I found this useful as a way to build self esteem and confidence after an abusive relationship."
"It made me reflect on my own attitudes and outlook towards life, money, and relationships."
"This book explain in short a powerful and easy tool as is the frame."
"The author did great job at explaining the power of Frame of mind and how to reframe negative experiences into powerful beliefs."
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Best Public Law

The Law
The explanations and arguments then advanced against socialism by Mr. Bastiat are -- word for word -- equally valid today.
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"This long pamphlet or short book is easily digestible to any reader and will equip the reader with a sound knowledge base from which to analyze economic and political decisions."
"One of the best books by one of the best authors on earth."
"Arrived on time and love it."
"Amazing work by one of the greatest minds of all time."
"This book should be required reading for our grade schools today."
"Reading this years ago changed my entire way of thinking about government and politics."
"However this review is about the book itself and NOT the word that are printed onto."
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Best Civil Law

Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption
He was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of the US’s criminal justice system. ‘Unfairness in the justice system is a major theme of our age … This book brings new life to the story by placing it in two affecting contexts: Stevenson's life work and the deep strain of racial injustice in American life … You don't have to read too long to start cheering for this man. Just Mercy will make you upset and it will make you hopeful … Bryan Stevenson has been angry about [the criminal justice system] for years, and we are all the better for it.’ The New York Times. When Stevenson was a 23-year-old Harvard law student, he started an internship in Georgia where his first assignment was to deliver a message to a man living on death row. This is a title for the many young adults who have a parent or loved one in the prison system and the many others who are interested in social justice, the law, and the death penalty. [It] demonstrates, as powerfully as any book on criminal justice that I’ve ever read, the extent to which brutality, unfairness, and racial bias continue to infect criminal law in the United States. But at the same time that [Bryan] Stevenson tells an utterly damning story of deep-seated and widespread injustice, he also recounts instances of human compassion, understanding, mercy, and justice that offer hope. Just Mercy is a remarkable amalgam, at once a searing indictment of American criminal justice and a stirring testament to the salvation that fighting for the vulnerable sometimes yields.” —David Cole, The New York Review of Books “A searing, moving and infuriating memoir . This book brings new life to the story by placing it in two affecting contexts: [Bryan] Stevenson’s life work and the deep strain of racial injustice in American life. Against tremendous odds, Stevenson has worked to free scores of people from wrongful or excessive punishment, arguing five times before the Supreme Court. Stevenson has been angry about [the criminal justice system] for years, and we are all the better for it.” —Ted Conover, The New York Times Book Review “Inspiring . “As deeply moving, poignant and powerful a book as has been, and maybe ever can be, written about the death penalty.” —The Financial Times “Brilliant.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer. Bryan Stevenson, however, is very much alive and doing God’s work fighting for the poor, the oppressed, the voiceless, the vulnerable, the outcast, and those with no hope. Just Mercy is his inspiring and powerful story.” —John Grisham “Bryan Stevenson is one of my personal heroes, perhaps the most inspiring and influential crusader for justice alive today, and Just Mercy is extraordinary. Bryan Stevenson is a real-life, modern-day Atticus Finch who, through his work in redeeming innocent people condemned to death, has sought to redeem the country itself. It is inspiring and suspenseful—a revelation.” —Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns “Words such as important and compelling may have lost their force through overuse, but reading this book will restore their meaning, along with one’s hopes for humanity.” —Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains “Bryan Stevenson is America’s young Nelson Mandela, a brilliant lawyer fighting with courage and conviction to guarantee justice for all. Just Mercy should be read by people of conscience in every civilized country in the world to discover what happens when revenge and retribution replace justice and mercy.
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"My tendency is to put things into "liberal" and "conservative" buckets and this one seemingly fit into the liberal bucket and I am a professed conservative."
"I have a new hero . Bryan Stevenson. This is a great book."
"This is a system that condemns children to life imprisonment without parole, that makes petty theft a crime as serious as murder, and that has declared war on hundreds of thousands of people with substance abuse problems by imprisoning them and denying them help. JUST MERCY explores a number of devastating cases, including children as young as fourteen facing life imprisonment, and scores of people on death row - mostly poor, and mostly black - who have been unfairly convicted. But the central focus is on Walter McMillan, a black man sentenced to death for the murder of a prominent young white woman. Ours is no longer a country that sees compassion as a virtue; instead, we write harsher and harsher laws that demand longer and longer sentences for those we consider undesirables. It's rare these days to meet someone who truly dedicates himself to those least able to help themselves, especially someone who isn't after media attention or self-promotion."
"Corruption and prejudice in the 1950's led to sending many innocent blacks and poor people to prison."
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Best Federal Jurisdiction Law

Aspen Student Treatise for Federal Jurisdiction (Aspen Student Treatise Series)
In Federal Jurisdiction, Seventh Edition, luminary author Erwin Chemerinsky unpacks the black letter law and underlying policy issues of his subject with the clarity and penetrating insight for which he is renowned. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Erwin Chemerinsky is the founding dean and distinguished professor of law and the Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, with a joint appointment in political science.
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"I used this student treatise to help with the recommended reading for the class and it helps you to understand the history behind the rules created, lays out the holding of the Court and goes in dept with the subjects covered."
"a very good book."
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