‘The Fall of the House of Zeus’: Portrayal of lawyer’s fall not a pretty picture

‘Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned’: new biography of an indefatigable champion of the underdog

David McCullough’s ‘The Greater Journey’: How France nurtured the American experiment

Colonel Roosevelt’: Edmund Morris’ superb account of Teddy Roosevelt’s final, feisty years

The Shallows’: Is the Internet changing the way we think?

Innocent’: Scott Turow’s sequel to ‘Presumed Innocent’

‘Louis D. Brandeis: A Life’: The enduring influence of a progressive judge

Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?’ a witty road map for negotiating modern moral dilemmas

‘The Democracy Index’: Flawed, but thought-provoking, idea for election reform

‘Some of It Was Fun’: A political soldier at the front lines of ’60s turmoil