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The Lincoln Lawyer: A Richard and Judy bestseller (Mickey Haller Series #1)
By Michael Connelly. 2005
A major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey. There is no client as scary as an innocent man. From the bestselling…
author of THE GODS OF GUILT and BRASS VERDICT comes the first in the Mickey Haller legal thrillers. Mickey is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defence attorney who operates out of the back of his car, a Lincoln, taking whatever cases the system throws in his path. He's been a defence lawyer for a long time, and he knows just how to work the legal systems. When a Beverly Hills rich boy is arrested for brutally beating a woman, Haller has his first high-paying client in years. The evidence mounts on the defence's side, and Haller might even be in the rare position of defending a client who is actually innocent.But then the case starts to fall apart, neither the suspect nor the victim are quite who they seem - and Haller quickly discovers that when you swim with the sharks, it's easy to wind up as prey.Read by Michael Brandon(p) 2005 Orion Publishing GroupOutrageous acts and everday rebellions
By Gloria Steinem. 1983
Steinem records her own education as a feminist and charts the growth of the burgeoning women's movement. She traces her…
journalism career, from posing as a Playboy Bunny to serving as the editor of 'Ms.' Bestseller 1983Southern women
By Lois Battle, St. Martin`s Press. 1984
When Cordy's marriage to a former football player disintegrates, she flees Chicago with her young daughter for the comforts of…
home in Savannah. There she takes refuge with her grandmother, the sharp-tongued but loving matriarch whose strong will has molded her family and her city. Cordy soon finds herself caught between family and freedom, rebellion and tradition, and reality and the myths of gentility. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexRightfully mine
By Doris Mortman. 1989
Gaby Cocroft, just divorced, moves to New York to start a new life. She becomes known as Gabrielle Didier--a wealthy…
French widow--and enters the world of antiques. Her past may be the creation of her imagination, but her knowledge of antiques is real and she soon becomes a force to reckon with. Descriptions of sex. BestsellerThe killing of the saints
By Alex Abella. 1991
When investigator Charlie Morrell is assigned a murder case, the past he fled comes back to haunt him. The defendant…
in the murder case is a Cuban who claims to be possessed by a god of the Santeria cult in Los Angeles's Cuban refugee community. An exiled Cuban himself, Morrell is drawn into a web of spirits, violence, and passion. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sexMama makes up her mind: and other dangers of southern living
By Bailey White, B. White. 1993
A collection of White's tales, some of which have been heard on "All Things Considered," regarding life in rural south…
Georgia. They include "Turkeys," which tells of the time an ornithologist used her 102-degree temperature to help hatch sixteen wild turkeys, and "Porsche," which describes the car White's father left home in, that now sits on the porch with other accumulated items. BestsellerSleeping at the Starlite Motel: and other adventures on the way back home
By Bailey White. 1995
Collection of thirty-seven short stories depicting places, experiences, and acquaintances in White's life. One story tells of a family member's…
desire to "reunite" the Chippendale chairs that are now scattered throughout the family. Another portrays a woman who feels she has the right to pick from the town's rose garden because she was once the rose queen. BestsellerTrue colors: a novel
By Doris Mortman. 1994
Isabelle de Luna, whose mother was murdered and whose father was accused of the crime, was raised as a sister…
to Nina Duran, who was adopted as a baby by the Durans. When Nina learns the truth about her past, she flees to New York, becoming a TV celebrity. Isabelle becomes a world-renowned artist. Both women are haunted by a past that must be understood before they can find true love. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerMessages from my father
By Calvin Trillin. 1996
The author and humorist fondly recounts his relationship with his father, Abe, a Kansas City grocer and restaurateur who emigrated…
from Russia. Trillin recalls his father's stubborn ways, strong moral instruction, and comic sensibility, as well as his penchant for collecting Yiddish curses and yellow neckties. BestsellerThe Christmas tree
By Julie Salamon. 1996
Inspired by the New Jersey nuns who in 1995 donated a large Norway spruce to Rockefeller Center for its official…
Christmas tree. The Center's chief gardener tells this tale of his yearly search for the perfect Christmas tree and of what happens when the one he wants is the best friend of an elderly nun. BestsellerThe ground beneath her feet: a novel
By Salman Rushdie, Henry Holt and Co.. 1999
On St. Valentine's Day, 1989, forty-four-year-old singer Vina Apsara dies in an earthquake in Mexico. Her childhood chum from Bombay,…
the photographer Rai, tells of the music career Apsara shared with her great love, Ormus Cama. Rai reveals that he also loved her. Some strong language. BestsellerBlue diary
By Alice Hoffman, Art Buchwald. 2001
On a glorious June morning, Ethan Ford makes love to his wife, Jorie, in their happy home. But before the…
day is over, Ethan's secret past will catch up to him, and his perfect marriage will crumble. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2001Spies: a novel
By Michael Frayn, Henry Holt and Co.. 2002
Following one of their mothers around the neighborhood, two British schoolboys during World War II imagine that she is a…
German spy. Stephen and Keith soon enter the world of grownups and become entangled in events beyond their comprehension. Whitbread Award. Bestseller. 2002Snobs
By Julian Fellowes, St. Martin`s Press. 2005
Well-mannered Londoner Edith Lavery lands Charles, the decent but decidedly dull earl of Broughton. Edith grows tired of their marriage…
and her priggish but polite in-laws, so when a television company arrives to film a period drama, Edith dallies with the leading man. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2004Limitations
By Scott Turow, Picador. 2006
Appellate court judge George Mason from Personal Injuries (RC 48865) deliberates the case of four men charged with raping an…
African American teenager. As George considers the statute of limitations, he confronts memories of his own sexual indiscretion. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2006The abstinence teacher
By Tom Perrotta, St. Martin`s Press. 2007
An evangelical church's complaint forces high school sex-education teacher Ruth Ramsey to adopt an abstinence curriculum. Meanwhile, soccer coach and…
born-again Christian Tim Mason angers Ruth by leading her daughter's team in an impromptu prayer. Their differences create an uneasy acquaintanceship. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2007The Fifth Witness (Mickey Haller Series #4)
By Michael Connelly. 2011
In tough times, crime is one of the few things that still pays, but even criminals are having to make…
cut-backs. So for defence lawyer Mickey Haller, most of his new business is not about keeping people out of jail; it's about keeping a roof over their heads as the foreclosure business is booming.Lisa Trammel has been a client of Mickey's for eight months, and so far he's stopped the bank from taking her house. But now the bank's CEO has been found beaten to death - and Lisa is about to be indicted for murder...Read by Peter Giles(p) 2011 Hachette AudioThe Lincoln Lawyer: A Richard and Judy bestseller (Mickey Haller Series #1)
By Michael Connelly. 2005
A major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey. There is no client as scary as an innocent man. From the bestselling…
author of THE GODS OF GUILT and BRASS VERDICT comes the first in the Mickey Haller legal thrillers. Mickey is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defence attorney who operates out of the back of his car, a Lincoln, taking whatever cases the system throws in his path. He's been a defence lawyer for a long time, and he knows just how to work the legal systems. When a Beverly Hills rich boy is arrested for brutally beating a woman, Haller has his first high-paying client in years. The evidence mounts on the defence's side, and Haller might even be in the rare position of defending a client who is actually innocent.But then the case starts to fall apart, neither the suspect nor the victim are quite who they seem - and Haller quickly discovers that when you swim with the sharks, it's easy to wind up as prey.Defence lawyer Mickey Haller has had some problems but now he's put all that behind him and is ready to…
resume his career. Then another lawyer, Vincent, dies, and Haller gets an unexpected windfall: he inherits all Vincent's clients - putting his stalled career back on track at a stroke. Not only that, but Vincent had taken on a high profile and potentially lucrative murder case. It'll be a trial that promises big fees and an even bigger place in the media spotlight - and if Mickey can win against the odds, he'd really be back in the big leagues. The only problem is the detective handling the case - a certain Harry Bosch - is convinced the killer must be one of Vincent's clients. Suddenly Mickey is faced with the biggest challenge of his career: how to successfully defend a client who might just be planning to murder him.Read by Michael Brandon(p) 2008 Orion Publishing GroupWolf Hall: a novel (Wolf Hall Trilogy Ser. #1)
By Hilary Mantel, Henry Holt and Co.. 2009
Thomas Cromwell, a closet Protestant and blacksmith's son who becomes advisor to Henry VIII of England, realizes that he can…
accumulate power and wealth by assisting the king in obtaining an annulment and simultaneously help commoners and his country by destroying the corrupt Catholic clergy. Booker Prize. Bestseller. 2009