Silver Gavel Award FinalistIn two canonical decisions of the 1920s—Meyer v. Nebraska and Pierce v. Society of Sisters—the Supreme Court announced that family (including certain relations within it) was an institution falling under the Constitution’s protective umbrella. Since then, proponents of “family values” have claimed that a timeless form of family—nuclear and biological—is crucial to the constitutional order. Mark Brandon’s new book, howeve...

Most recent discussion of the United States Constitution and war—both the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq—has been dominated by two diametrically opposed views: the alarmism of those who see many current policies as portending gross restrictions on American civil liberties, and the complacency of those who see these same policies as entirely reasonable accommodations to the new realities of national security. Whatever their contributions to the public discussion and policy-making proc...

If marketing is your focus in building a creative social media brand, then you are on your way to financial freedom.The word of “Social media marketing” has today turned into a spectacle in the social networking realm. What was initially seen as a manageable world that meant an individual who has an influence on other people’s thinking or actions has become vital to success is now consumed in thin air. In the past, many business journals I have read I have come acr...

6 WHOLE BOOKS FOR THE PRICE OF 1!Never seen anything like this before ...and IT WORKS!!!Would you like to be able to make more money, quit your job or become financially independent?It all starts with passive income.Let us show you how to do it at any age: it is never too late.Did I screw up? How do I achieve a work-life balance?Do you find yourself lying awake at night because y...

Does an oppressive sense of constant anxiety prevent you from being serene?Discover a guide to face your fears, manage anxiety, control your perfectionism, and stop your overthinking forever...How can you appease the incessant hum in the background, control your thoughts, and put yourself on the path you want to take?That is all in this guide. Here is what you will have learned after reading this book:...

Becoming a millionaire entrepreneur is a big dream. However, you’re not alone in it. Many dreams of leaving their job and becoming their own boss, enjoying the various millionaire lifestyles we watch on TV. But there’s a difference between those who dream of becoming millionaires and those who do. And it begins and ends with mindset. If you don’t develop that mindset, you will continue to spin your wheels, working just as hard, but never going anywhere.This book, without any iota o...

An epic poem describing the participation of the crewmen of the Australian solar freighter, Hannibal Prescott. in a series of temporal events that follow the rescue of a strange,Tesla powered interstellar ship,the Timevertron.

Never get too close to anyone, because you might have to kill them.Meet Mark "Chopper" Read. You think you know him. His books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies in Australia. He's been the subject of an internationally successful film. His one-man shows have toured Australia to sell-out crowds. He's the most recognisable criminal brand name in Australia. But the truth is, you don't know him at all.Toe-cutter. Blowtorch aficionado. Killer. Husband. Father. Children's...

'Crims and screws agree on one thing: that the people who run prisons wouldn't know if a tram was up them unless you rang the bell.'How to Shoot Friends and Influence People, Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read's third book, was written behind bars as Chopper faced life in prison for a shooting he claimed he didn't commit. For this book, Chopper obtained confidential and extensive prison files relating to him under the Freedom of Information Act. These included psychologic...

'I've dug a few graves in my time. But I have never made a man dig his own grave. There's no need to go that far – it would be plain bad manners.'Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read grew up hungry for revenge. He ended up cleaning the streets as an underworld standover man and executioner. He was released from Pentridge Prison in 1991 and became a bestselling author with his autobiography Chopper: From the Inside. Chopper's adventures, however, were far from over....

'Gangsters come and gangsters go but lawyers last forever.'The Sicilian Defence, Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read's eighth book, continues the story of Australia's bestselling former convict. Chopper's intimate knowledge of Australia's most dangerous criminals and their crimes presents readers with a dark, disturbing look at the country's underbelly.The Sicilian Defence takes readers through the nature and history of crime, justice and punishme...

'My publishers contacted me roughly five minutes before publication and requested one more short story, so I sat down and pondered writing a short murder mystery called "Death of a Publisher – by Slow Strangulation".'Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read is Australia's bestselling ex-convict. The standover man and self-confessed killer is Australia's only celebrity gangster and has spent most of his adult life in jail. Shot, stabbed, betrayed and minus a pair of ears; Choppe...