Series: The Complete Idiot's Guide | Publication Date: April 1, 2003
American citizens enjoy the greatest array of freedom citizens of the world have ever known-but post 9/11, they may be threatened to the greatest degree in American history.
What are your rights and freedoms? In this age of terrorism, how far can the government go as it seeks to balance the desire for the free society against the need for national security?
Every aspect of life, from cradle to grave, is part of the delicate dance between what's best for the individual and what's best for the country. The Complete Idiot's Guide’ to Your Civil Liberties offers cutting-edge guidance on what you can do-and what you can't.
New York Times best selling author Michael Levin is an Amherst College graduate, Columbia Law School-trained attorney, and non-practicing member of the Massachusetts Bar, whose publishing career includes six novels, eleven works of nonfiction, dozens of ghostwritten books, a commissioned screenplay and the script for a DVD series.
The author of eight national bestsellers, three novels published by Simon & Schuster and two novels published by Putnam/Berkley, Michael's book Making Jack Falcone, with FBI agent Joaquin Garcia, appeared on 60 Minutes and was optioned by Paramount and producer Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Erin Brockovitch, Ocean's 11, Sex, Lies & Videotape). His work has also been optioned by Disney (and made into the ABC Sunday Night Movie of the Week Model Behavior), and HBO.
Michael's recent books include the following:
2010
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, with Chad Hennings, 3-time Super Bowl winner with the Dallas Cowboys and a fighter pilot in the first Gulf War, who flew 45 humanitarian missions to the Kurds, published in January, 2010 by FaithWorks. This book reached best seller status on amazon.com within days of its publication.
GIANTS, with Pat Summerall, to be published in September, 2010 by Wiley, detailing Summerall's experiences when he was coached by Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi in the same 1958 season with the New York Giants.
2009
WHERE'S MY FIFTEEN MINUTES? HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA AGE, with famed Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman, published in 2009 by Penguin/Portfolio Books. Howard Bragman has represented everyone in Hollywood from Sinatra to Madonna and is a frequent guest on Larry King Live, CNN, and throughout the media. The book reached #10 on the national Barnes&Nobel.com best sellers list.
GHOSTWRITTEN NOVEL FOR PRIVATE CLIENT. This book, written by Michael, reached number two on the Barnes and Nobel.com best seller list (number one was a book by President Obama!) and was optioned as a series by HBO.
THE STICKING POINT, with Jay Abraham, America's leading marketing guru, published in 2009 by Vanguard Books; the book reached number 2 on amazon.com business best seller lists.
2008
MAKING JACK FALCONE with Joaquin Garcia, the true story of the FBI agent who infiltrated the Mafia and took down the top 32 members of the Gambino crime family, published by Simon and Schuster/Touchstone in 2008. This book was optioned in 2007 by Paramount for Steven Soderbergh, director of Traffic, Erin Brockovich and Ocean's 11. It was featured on 60 Minutes in October, 2008 and is a New York Times bestseller.
2007
DROPPING THE BALL with Hall-of-Fame baseball player Dave Winfield, published with Scribner in March, 2007, currently in its second printing, and reached number 2 on the Los Angeles Times nonfiction best seller list. The New York Times called it "unusually thoughtful;" the Boston Globe called it "eloquent," and it was noted as "recommended reading" in Esquire Magazine.
NO ORDINARY LOVE, with NBA star Doug Christie and his wife Jackie Christie.
Michael's books have received outstanding reviews in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the New Yorker, Esquire, Newsweek, People Magazine, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Examiner, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist, and other publications from coast to coast. He also consults to a broad variety of authors, ranging from international bestsellers to individuals seeking to become published authors.
He takes great pride in the skills and experience of his capable team of writers.
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As an American, you are privileged to live not just in a free society but in the freest society has ever known. Read the first pageKey Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ivil liberties, predicate crimes, penal officials, red light cameras, criminal forfeiture, civil unions, nuisance law
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United States, First Amendment, Legal Dictionary, Bill of Rights, The Least You Need, New York, African Americans, Fourth Amendment, Magna Carta, Fifth Amendment, Fair Housing Act, King John, Civil Rights Act, Founding Fathers, Second Amendment, Eighth Amendment, World War, Fourteenth Amendment, Privacy Rights Developed, Federal Trade Commission, Laurie Order, North Carolina, Patriot Act, Sludge Incorporated, University of Texas School of Law
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