{"title":"Jeffrey Toobin","description":"JEFFREY TOOBIN is the bestselling author of The Nine, for which he won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, The Oath,  Too Close to Call, A Vast Conspiracy, and The Run of His Life, which was made into the critically acclaimed FX series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the senior legal analyst at CNN.","products":[{"product_id":"american-heiress-the-wild-saga-of-the-kidnapping-crimes-and-trial-of-patty-hearst-paperback","title":"American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Bestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e staff writer and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nine \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson\u003c\/i\u003e, the definitive account of the kidnapping and trial that defined an insane era in American history\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, a sophomore in college and heiress to the Hearst Family fortune, was kidnapped by a ragtag group of self-styled revolutionaries calling itself the Symbonese Liberation Army. The weird turns that followed in this already sensational take are truly astonishing--the Hearst family tried to secure Patty's release by feeding the people of Oakland and San Francisco for free; bank security cameras captured \"Tania\" wielding a machine gun during a roberry; the LAPD engaged in the largest police shoot-out in American history; the first breaking news event was broadcast live on telelvision stations across the country; and then there was Patty's circuslike trial, filled with theatrical courtroom confrontations and a dramatic last-minute reversal, after which the term \"Stockholm syndrome\" entered the lexicon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUltimately, the saga highlighted a decade in which America seemed to be suffering a collective nervous breakdown. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Heiress\u003c\/i\u003e portrays the electrifying lunacy of the time and the toxic mic of sex, politics, and violence that swept up Patty Hearst and captivated the nation.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365887869151,"sku":"9780345803153","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/TqwfVPOs0M9780345803153.webp?v=1789073588"},{"product_id":"the-pardon-the-politics-of-presidential-mercy-hardcover","title":"The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A splendid narrative about political power and mercy.\" --David Grann, #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wager\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe power of the presidential pardon has our national attention now more than ever before. This \"thought-provoking and strenuously argued\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) book from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author and CNN legal commentator Jeffrey Toobin provides a timely and compelling narrative of the most controversial presidential pardon in American history--Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon, revealing the profound implications for our current political landscape, and how it is already affecting the legacies of both Presidents Biden and Trump.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this deeply reported book, Toobin explores why the Founding Fathers gave the power of pardon to the President and recreates the behind-the-scenes political melodrama during the tumultuous period around Nixon's resignation. 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