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How to Argue & Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Everyday

83 reviews
Gerry Spence

St. Martin's Griffin, 1996

Well done
I was not a big fan of lawyers until I read this book. What a helpful and wonderful persepctive in dealing with anyone anywhere. The use of real world examples is dead-on.

A Boy's Summer: Father and Son Together

4 reviews
Gerry Spence, Tom Spence, 1900

Another Spence winner--different that his previous books
Spence has written many books about the law, politics and himself. This book is different. It is a book of short essays about things a father can (and should) do with his son. Although apparently intended for that audience, I found the book terrific and I have two daughters. Perhaps it is about what a father should do with his children. Nonetheless, it is written in the classic style of ...

With Justice for None

8 reviews
Gerry Spence

Crown, 1989

problems AND solutions
I'm a lawyer, and this is my favorite book about the law. There are so many social issue books in the world that spend a great deal of time describing a problem and then just leave you with it. Not so this one. The book has paired chapters -- the problem with judges/some ideas for fixing it, the problem with law schools/some ideas for fixing them. He has obviously spent many years talking and ...

Half-Moon and Empty Stars

16 reviews
Gerry L. Spence

Books on Tape, 2001

L'AMOUR, GRISHAM AND MCMURTRY COMBINED!
Gerry Spence, known mostly for his hard-edged, frontier approaches to some of the most famous court cases of our time, proves that he can write excellent fiction as well. Half-Moon and Empty Stars was well written, entertaining and provocative. Spence approaches a controversial subject that needs airing. Not just a western story, Spence's novel addresses the plight of Native Americans and their ...

Trial By Fire

1 review
Gerry Spence

Harper Perennial, 1996

Wonderful Depth And Fine Writing
Why isn't anyone reading Gerry Spence's books from the 80's? They're brilliant. This book takes on freedom of the press, misogony, pornography, the appeals system, and beauty pageants - and does it with erudition and fine writing skill. Also with humor. It is the story of Spence's representation of Miss Wyoming in her libel suit against Penthouse magazine in 1980. The best kept secret about ...

Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life

12 reviews
Gerry Spence

St. Martin's Press, 2001

How OBJECTIVE are you about yourself?
Seven Steps to Personal Freedom By Gerry Spence A philosopher once said "we read to know we are not alone". With me, that rings true especially in regard to my thoughts, observations, speculation, & conjecture on things about life and living. This book is a dead-ringer hit on life's issues that folks need to ponder & reconsider. As Gerry points out in other books -- "there are ...

From Freedom To Slavery: The Rebirth of Tyranny in America

13 reviews
Gerry Spence

St. Martin's Griffin, 1996

Find out why US corporations do NOT want Gerry to air this
This is my 2nd book by Gerry Spence. I am changing my views & opinions about our so-called "legal system", about lawyers, about political parties. As the song says, "I've quit those days & my redneck ways". Gerry is likely a liberal & I'm a conservative yet I agree with 90% of what he brings out. I prefer learning from someone with real-world experience instead of theoretical academia ...

Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row

2 reviews
Lou Jones, Lorie Savel

Northeastern, 1996

A masterpiece
I first saw these photographs before their publication in book form and they certainly speak for themselves, so I didn't feel a great urgency to buy the book. I didn't know what I was missing! The text complements, rather than explains, the pictures - anything else would have done a disservice to the strength of the images and Jones' brilliance in capturing them. A most worthwhile volume!

Win Your Case: How to Present, Persuade, and Prevail, Every Place, Every Time

11 reviews
Gerry Spence

audible.com

A Book That Transfers Raw Emotion
Gerry Spence has a rather eloquent way of describing what charisma is: "Charisma is the controlled transfer of raw emotion." It seems the whole book revolves around his definition of charisma. Once you have raw emotion you could then use tools like visual aids (and the book goes into details of this sort but always reminding the reader to be real) and so forth to transfer raw emotion to ...

The Smoking Gun

22 reviews

Scribner, 2004

A Gerry Spence masterpiece
Gerry Spence has succeeded Robert Traver (John Voelker), Louis Nizer, Jake Ehrlich, and Francis Wellman as the popular author of real life legal battles. Spence writes his own stuff - unlike Vincent Bugliosi who's had collaborators - and Spence is as candid as Pepys was to his diary. If you're not put off by Spence telling, in every other book, the anguish and ecstacy of his personal life, or how ...

Bloodthirsty Bitches and Pious Pimps of Power: The Rise and Risks of the New Conservative Hate Culture

20 reviews
Gerry Spence

St. Martin's Press, 2006

More than I bargained for
I would have settled for a polemic, normally I don't go for that sort of thing any more, but I was in the mood. I hoped it wouldn't be TOO snarkish, but a good grilling might be fun. Bloodthirsty Bitches and Pious Pimps of Power was something more, well researched and skillfully written, it never crossed over the line to truly insulting. More an appeal for us all to learn to live together than ...

The Making of a Country Lawyer

14 reviews
Gerry Spence

St Martins Pr, 1996

Out of the Abyss
In the Making of a Country Lawyer, Spence delivers what most of those who write autobiographies avoid -- a critical, honest and, at times, humorous account of his growth from an awkward youth, to married man, and ultimately to a truly mature man. He is so honest and witty and provides such rich descriptions of his teenage years, his law school "education," and his first few trials that I would be ...

Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century

20 reviews
Gerry Spence

St. Martin's Press, 1998

Good Brain Food for those worried about current trends.
I have read several of Gerry Spence's books, some of which I loved and some of which bored me to sleep at night. This one is definately a must buy! I am a 39 year old US Citizen who returned to the USA just 2 years ago after living from age 18-26 in Soviet Occupied East Germany and age 29-35 in "Reunified" Germany with the in between years spent in Hungary, South Africa and The United Arab ...

Gerry Spence: Gunning for Justice

2 reviews
Gerry Spence

Doubleday, 1982

Early Spence makes it worthwhile
It really only deserves 4 stars if your a Spence fan or a hard-core true crime fan. It's the same style as all of Spences others, if that's good or bad I can't say. Find out about his Karen Silkwood radiation case along with his defending a cop that killed another cop and his prosecuting the man that blew up his lawyer buddy and his family. P.S. SOMEONE ON THIS SIGHT IS SELLING IT FOR $...!? ...

O.J. the Last Word

11 reviews
Gerry Spence

St Martins Pr, 1997

Great insight into the mind of Gerry Spence
Gerry Spence has several books on the market that detail his opinions regarding the state of modern America. Most of them, while the opinions are worth reading, tend to suffer from long, meandering repetition, that lose or sedate the reader. Employing this technique in the courtroom is probably one of the reasons Spence is such a successful trial lawyer. This book however is different. It ...

The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President

217 reviews
Vincent Bugliosi, Gerry Spence

Nation Books, 2001

A cause for civil disobedience
What happened in 2000 was, in my humble opinion, a cause for civil disobedience on a national scale. Riots, demonstrations, surrounding buildings and keeping the occupants inside until they came to their senses, even more. Had we the bravery that, say, Lithuanians had in 1990, or that lone figure in Tienanmen Square showed so long ago, we might have spared ourselves the ignominy and disgrace of ...

Gerry Spence's Wyoming : The Landscape

6 reviews
Gerry Spence, 2000

Gerry Spence, Renaissance Man
For this right-wing gun-nut, Gerry Spence is one of my favorite lefties. I used to enjoy his MSNBC program, hearing his crystal clear and caustic barbs, his populist message and his most learned opinions on legal cases circulating at the time. Most importantly, he was one of the few on the left who saw the massacre of the Branch Davidians at Waco for the brutal and horrific slaughter at the ...

O.J. the Last Word: The Death of Justice

2 reviews
Gerry Spence

St. Martin's Press, 1998

Better than the rest of the drivel
The Death of Justice is about so much more than O.J. - or the lawyers or the judge or the media. It's an intellectual examination, in a reader-friendly style, that breaks this famous trial down into its component parts so as to examine what went right and what went wrong, what could have been done differently, and what should be done in the future. It's also about tolerance and learning to see ...

Of Murder and Madness

5 reviews
Gerry L. Spence

Books on Tape, 1983

A Brilliant Surprise!
What a wonderful surprise this book is. Spence may be an "aw shucks" country lawyer on his T.V. appearances but "Of Murder And Madness" reveals him to be a deep thinker and a talented writer. Here, he parallels his own life with that of a murderer he defends. It is really most extraordinary. A good read and an informative discussion of the insanity defense. Luckily it's still in print. ...

Argumentiere und gewinne.
Gerry Spence

Goldmann, 1997

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