Tuesday, December 27, 2005

The King of Torts

The King of Torts

The King of Torts

The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week.
As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous settlement that would totally change his life--that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession's newest king of torts... From the Hardcover edition.

ISBN: 0385339658
Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Delta
Rating: 3.65

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The Chamber

The Chamber

The Chamber

In the corridors of Chicago's top law firm:
Twenty -six-year-old Adam Hall stands on the brink of a brilliant legal career. Now he is risking it all for a death-row killer and an impossible case.
Maximum Security Unit, Mississippi State Prison:
Sam Cayhall is a former Klansman and unrepentant racist now facing the death penalty for a fatal bombing in 1967. He has run out of chances -- except for one: the young, liberal Chicago lawyer who just happens to be his grandson.
While the executioners prepare the gas chamber, while the protesters gather and the TV cameras wait, Adam has only days, hours, minutes to save his client. For between the two men is a chasm of shame, family lies, and secrets -- including the one secret that could save Sam Cayhall's life... or cost Adam his. From the Hardcover edition.

ISBN: 0385339666
Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Delta
Rating: 3.74

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The Brethren

The Brethren

The Brethren

They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison.

One was sent up for tax evasion. Another, for skimming bingo profits. And the third, for a career-ending drunken joyride.

Meeting daily in the prison law library, taking exercise walks in their boxer shorts, these judges-turned-felons can reminisce about old court cases, dispense a little jailhouse justice, and contemplate where their lives went wrong.

Or they can use their time in prison to get very rich -- very fast. And so they sit, sprawled in the prison library, furiously writing letters, fine-tuning a wickedly brilliant extortion scam ... while events outside their prison walls begin to erupt.

A bizarre presidential election is holding the nation in its grips -- and a powerful government figure is pulling some very hidden strings. For the Brethren, the timing couldn't be better. Because they've just found the perfect victim...


From the Paperback edition.

ISBN: 0385339674
Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Delta
Rating: 3.70

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Tuesday, November 1, 2005

Salem s Lot The Illustrated Edition

 Salem s Lot The Illustrated Edition

Salem s Lot The Illustrated Edition

Upon its initial publication in 1975, 'Salem’s Lot' was recognized as a landmark work. The novel has sold millions of copies in various editions, but it wasn’t until Centipede Press published a special limited edition in 2004 that King’s masterpiece was brought to brilliant and eerie life.

With the addition of fifty pages of material deleted from the 1975 manuscript as well as material that has since been modified by King, an introduction by him, and two short stories related to the events of the novel, this edition represents the text as the author envisioned it.

Centipede’s deluxe edition, of which only 900 copies were printed, features lavishly creepy photographs by acclaimed photographer Jerry Uelsmann, printed interior endpapers, and a stunning page design.

Doubleday is proud to make this volume, printed from the original design of the Centipede Press edition, available to the general reader. No King aficionado’s library will be complete without owning this definitive illustrated edition of the great 'Salem’s Lot'.

ISBN: 0385516487
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Doubleday
Rating: 4.22

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Tuesday, September 27, 2005

The Summons

The Summons

The Summons

Ray Atlee is a professor of law at the University of Virginia. He's forty-three, newly single, and still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce. He has a younger brother, Forrest, who redefines the notion of a family's black sheep.
And he has a father, a very sick old man who lives alone in the ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi. He is known to all as Judge Atlee, a beloved and powerful official who has towered over local law and politics for forty years. No longer on the bench, the Judge has withdrawn to the Atlee mansion and become a recluse.
With the end in sight, Judge Atlee issues a summons for both sons to return home to Clanton, to discuss the details of his estate. It is typed by the Judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for Ray and Forrest to appear in his study.
Ray reluctantly heads south, to his hometown, to the place where he grew up, which he prefers now to avoid. But the family meeting does not take place. The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray.
And perhaps someone else.

ISBN: 0385339593
Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Delta
Rating: 3.66

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The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

John Grisham's five novels -- A Time To Kill, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, and The Chamber -- have been number one best-sellers, and have a combined total of 47 million copies in print. Now, inThe Rainmaker, Grisham returns to the courtroom for the first time since A Time To Kill, and weaves a riveting tale of legal intrigue and corporate greed. Combining suspense, narrative momentum, and humor as only John Grisham can, this is another spellbinding read from the most popular author of our time.
Grisham's sixth spellbinding novel of legal intrigue and corporate greed displays all of the intricate plotting, fast-paced action, humor, and suspense that have made him the most popular author of our time. In his first courtroom thriller since A Time To Kill, John Grisham tells the story of a young man barely out of law school who finds himself taking on one of the most powerful, corrupt, and ruthless companies in America -- and exposing a complex, multibillion-dollar insurance scam. In hs final semester of law school Rudy Baylor is required to provide free legal advice to a group of senior citizens, and it is there that he meets his first clients, Dot and Buddy Black. Their son, Donny Ray, is dying of leukemia, and their insurance company has flatly refused to pay for his medical treatments. While Rudy is at first skeptical, he soon realizes that the Blacks really have been shockingly mistreated by the huge company, and that he just may have stumbled upon one of the largest insurance frauds anyone's ever seen -- and one of the most lucrative and important cases in the history of civil litigation. The problem is, Rudy's flat broke, has no job, hasn't even passed the bar, and is about to go head-to-head with one of the best defense attorneys -- and powerful industries -- in America. From the Hardcover edition.

ISBN: 0385339607
Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Delta
Rating: 3.88

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Saturday, July 30, 2005

El misterio de Salem s Lot

El misterio de Salem s Lot

El misterio de Salem s Lot

Veinte años atrás, por una apuesta infantil, Ben Mears había entrado en la casa de los Marsten. Y lo que vio entonces aún poblaba sus pesadillas. Ahora, como escritor consagrado, había vuelto a Salem's Lot para exorcisar sus fantasmas. Salem's Lot era un pueblo tranquilo y adormilado donde nunca pasaba nada, excepto la vieja tragedia de la casa de los Marsten. Y el perro muerto colgado de la verja del cemeterio. Y el misterioso hombre que se instaló en la casa de los Marsten. Y los niños que desaparecían, los animales que morían desangrados. Y la espantosa presencia de ellos, quienesquiera que fuesen. Ellos.

ISBN: 8497931025
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Debolsillo
Rating: 3.97

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Tuesday, April 26, 2005

The Street Lawyer

The Street Lawyer

The Street Lawyer

Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm with eight hundred lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was three years away. He was a rising star with no time to waste, no time to stop, no time to toss a few coins into the cups of panhandlers. No time for a conscience.



But a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived; his assailant did not. Who was this man? Michael did some digging, and learned that he was a mentally ill veteran who'd been in and out of shelters for many years. Then Michael dug a little deeper, and found a dirty secret, and the secret involved Drake & Sweeney.



The fast track derailed; the ladder collapsed. Michael bolted the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer.



And a thief.


From the Hardcover edition.

ISBN: 0385339097
Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Bantam
Rating: 3.79

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The Partner

The Partner

The Partner

They watched Danilo Silva for days before they finally grabbed him. He was living alone, a quiet life on a shady street in Brazil; a simple life in a modest home, certainly not one of luxury. Certainly no evidence of the fortune they thought he had stolen. He was much thinner and his face had been altered. He spoke a different language, and spoke it very well.But Danilo had a past with many chapters. Four years earlier he had been Patrick Lanigan, a young partner in a prominent Biloxi law firm. He had a pretty wife, a new daughter, and a bright future. Then one cold winter night Patrick was trapped in a burning car and died a horrible death. When he was buried his casket held nothing more than his ashes.From a short distance away, Patrick watched his own burial. Then he fled. Six weeks later, a fortune was stolen from his ex-law firm's offshore account. And Patrick fled some more.But they found him. "From the Hardcover edition."

ISBN: 0385339100
Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Delta
Rating: 3.87

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Tuesday, March 29, 2005

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy s Finest Hour

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy s Finest Hour

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy s Finest Hour

“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.”

With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts on the morning of October 25, 1944, off the Philippine Island of Samar. On the horizon loomed the mightiest ships of the Japanese navy, a massive fleet that represented the last hope of a staggering empire. All that stood between it and Douglas MacArthur’s vulnerable invasion force were the Roberts and the other small ships of a tiny American flotilla poised to charge into history.

In the tradition of the #1 New York Times bestseller Flags of Our Fathers, James D. Hornfischer paints an unprecedented portrait of the Battle of Samar, a naval engagement unlike any other in U.S. history—and captures with unforgettable intensity the men, the strategies, and the sacrifices that turned certain defeat into a legendary victory.


From the Hardcover edition.

ISBN: 0553381482
Author: James D. Hornfischer
Publisher: Bantam
Rating: 4.29

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Saturday, January 1, 2005

Edward W. Said s Orientalism: A Critique

Edward W. Said s Orientalism: A Critique

Edward W. Said s Orientalism: A Critique

The present work formulates a comprehensive critique on Edward W. Said s Orientalism, and underlines its contributions, issues and theoretical ramifications. The study, which is essentially interdisciplinary in nature, initiates a detailed discussion on the three major issues of Orientalism, viz., the problematics of representation, complicity of culture in imperialism, and the deconstruction of the Western construct of Islam . It explores the complex theoretical contexts (political, cultural, epistemological, and humanistic) of Orientalism s undeclared privileging of a pluralistic culture. The work contributes, in a genuine sense, to a broader understanding of Orientalism as well as Said s intellectual and theoretical positions. It establishes the greater relevance of reading Said in the context of current theoretical and political debates. The work also examines other major works of Said, such as Culture and Imperialism, Covering Islam, The Question of Palestine, etc., in the light of Orientalism.

ISBN: 8170339278
Author: Bharat Bhusan Mohanty
Publisher: Rawat Publications
Rating: 0.00

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Apocalipsis

Apocalipsis

Apocalipsis

Esta narración cuenta cómo un virus gripal, creado artificialmente como posible arma bacteriológica, se extiende por Estados Unidos y provoca la muerte de millones de personas. Los supervivientes tienen sueños comunes, en los que aparecen una anciana y un hombre joven. La mujer anciana los incita a viajar a Nebraska para combatir a Randall Flagg, un abominable personaje que lidera las fuerzas del mal y busca su aniquilación definitiva mediante un temible arsenal nuclear.

ISBN: 8497599411
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: DeBolsillo
Rating: 4.32

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A Look at Life from a Deer Stand

A Look at Life from a Deer Stand

A Look at Life from a Deer Stand

From the incredible rush of bagging "the big one" to standing in awe of God's magnificent creation, author and outdoor enthusiast Steve Chapman perfectly captures the spirit of the hunt in this gift edition of the bestselling "A Look at Life from a Deer Stand" (more than 146,000 copies sold). Heartwarming tales of life lessons gleaned from the art of hunting are woven together with the inspiring wildlife art of the award-winning Hautman brothers.

New to the Harvest House group of artists, the Hautman brothers are America's foremost family of wildlife painters. Their artistic animal renderings are intricately detailed and capture the very essence of the great outdoors--a perfect match for the eloquent writings and poetry of Steve Chapman.

A perfect gift for dad on his birthday, Father's Day, or any holiday occasion.

ISBN: 0736914889
Author: Steve Chapman
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Rating: 3.92

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