Nonfiction Books by Steven C. Markoff
The Author is a native of Los Angeles, California, and a graduate of Los Angeles City College in 1964 with an Associate Arts degree. Markoff is a successful entrepreneur. He has had an interest in business since he was six and in business law since his teens. For more information about the Author, click here. Contact [email protected]
1. COMING SOON: An Improbable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Historical Events, Population, Land Ownership, and Quotes From Both Sides
A century of conflict. Thousands of years of history.
Competing claims that resist easy answers.
In An Improbable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Steven C. Markoff assembles a wide-ranging, data-driven examination of one of the most enduring and divisive disputes in modern history. Drawing on historical records, demographic data, land ownership figures, and extensive quotations from voices on both sides, this work presents the core issues of the conflict without advocacy or simplification.
Rather than offering a conventional narrative, Markoff takes a deliberately analytical approach—mapping key events from ancient history through the present, comparing competing claims, and presenting conflicting interpretations side by side. The result is a structured, fact-based framework designed to help readers better understand how deeply rooted, and how complex, the conflict has become.
With more than half the volume dedicated to appendices, primary documents, and reference materials, this book serves not only as a broad overview but also as a resource for readers seeking to explore the underlying facts and arguments in greater depth.
An Improbable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict does not claim to resolve the conflict—but it aims to clarify the terrain on which any meaningful discussion must begin.
Coming 2026
Published by Rare Bird of Los Angeles
READER COMMENTS
“Once again, Steven Markoff has given us an extraordinary resource – this time a painstakingly compiled compendium of source materials on the history leading up to the conflict between Israel and Palestinians. Markoff takes us on an odyssey of discovery of largely unknown (but consequential) facts, figures, and issues over the course of centuries. This timely book is a must read for everyone who wants to understand how and why this seemingly intractable conflict arose and possible pathways to peace.”
– Pierce O’Donnell, Greenberg Glusker LLP
“An Improbable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is a concise summation of the millenia old disagreement over land and religion, effectively accounting for and then balancing the radically different conclusions that can be reached based on the same information, making for one of the most balanced books on the conflict yet written.”
– Trevor James McNeil Historian
“A meticulously sourced, side-by-side examination of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that strips away polemics to reveal the raw data and primary documents driving both narratives. It challenges readers to move beyond ‘who is right’ toward a sobering understanding of why peace remains so elusive.”
– Noah Oliver Independent Researcher
“This book does an excellent accounting of the various events and arguments leading up to the current state of the Israel and Palestine conflict that exists today. With the author’s comments, one is able to truly come up with his own unbiased opinion thanks to the unbiased information that is present in this book.”
– Rex Elardo Data Scientist, AI Engineer
2. Three-Volume Compendium of Advocacy Before the United States Supreme Court
This ACLU Three-Volume Compendium (8½”x11″ size) contains 1½-page summaries of each of the ACLU’s 1,193 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Union’s first 100 years, from 1920 to 2020. Published September 16, 2025.
– Conceived and Compiled by Steven C. Markoff.
– Foreword by Erwin Chemerinsky
– Case Summary Editor Jessica Pierucci, J.D., M.L.I.S.
The Three-volume compendium includes a Foreword by Erwin Chemerinsky (Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law), Ira Glasser’s (ACLU National Executive Director from 1978 – 2001) 1982 draft one-pager on what the ACLU does, data on how each Supreme Court Justice voted on each case, and the Win / Loss record (the batting average) of the ACLU at the Supreme Court for those 10 decades.
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Published by Rare Bird of Los Angeles, September 16, 2025 (click here for the press release)
Markoff offered his Landmark Three-Volume Set of ACLU’s First 100 Years Before the USSC to 200 Law Schools – Press Release 10/21/2025 (click here) (PDF)
Links to
previews of the
Chapters in Volume 1.
7. I. The ACLU-An Overview (Pros and Cons)(first page only, pg. 3)
8. II. Ira Glasser’s 1982 Draft Statement Describing the ACLU (pg. 7)
9. III. Win/Loss Record of the ACLU at SCOTUS by Count and Decade (pg. 9)
10. IV. The ACLU’s Wins and Losses at SCOTUS (Alphabetically by Case Title) (first page only, pg. 11)
11. V. Votes of Each Justice on Each ACLU/SCOTUS Case from 1925 to 2019 (by Date) (first page only, pg. 41)
12. VI. A Summary of the Voting Record of Each U.S Supreme Court Justice in ACLU Cases From 1925 to 2019 (first page only, pg. 89)
13. VII. Presidents and the Favorable ACLU Voting Percentage of the Justice(s) They Nominated (first page only, pg. 99)
14. VIII. The Number and Percentage of Votes on the ACLU’s Side by the Justice(s) Nominated by Each of the 19 Presidents (pg. 103)
15. IX. The Executive Directors of the ACLU from 1920 to 2020 (pg. 105)
16. X. Questions & Conclusion (pg. 107)
17. Appendix A. Methodology (first page only, pg. 109)
18. Appendix B. General Categories of the ACLU/SCOTUS Cases (pg. 111)
19. Appendix C. ACLU/U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries (Sample Case Summary 1. Gitlow v. New York) (first two pages only, pgs. 113-114)
20. Acknowledgments (pg. 607)
21. About the Author (pg. 609)
3. Misfire: The Supreme Court, The Second Amendment, Our Right to Bear Arms
Mr. Markoff’s third book, Misfire, became available May 14, 2024
Recipient of the Best of Los Angeles Award for “Best New Nonfiction Book – 2024”
“Misfire is a compelling read and includes an interesting amicus brief filed by linguists. This is a book that should be on every Justice’s desk when the next gun case comes around.” –Darren G. Smith, attorney
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4. HANDBOOK– The First 100 Years Of The ACLU: A Compendium Of Advocacy Before The United States Supreme Court
This Handbook became available January 2023.
It received a Los Angeles Book Festival runner up award in the Wildcard Category in April 2024.
This Handbook at 6″x9″ is 314 pages, and contains all the metrics and data in the 8½”x11″ three-volume set, except it only contains three (as a sample) of the 1,193 cases in the 1,819-page three-volume set.
2024 Los Angeles Book Festival Winner – Wildcard Runner Up
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– Conceived and Compiled by Steven C. Markoff
– Foreword by Erwin Chemerinsky
– Case Summary Editor Jessica Pierucci, J.D., M.L.I.S.
Published by Rare Bird Lit, Los Angeles
5. The Case Against George W. Bush
Mr. Markoff’s first book, The Case Against George W. Bush, became available November 2020.
Recipient of the Best of Los Angeles Award for “Best Political Book – 2020”
*This book was substantially constructed from the 7,000+ sources in the Free searchable database of related quotes put together prior to the book by Mr. Markoff – 911Plus.org
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