John Grisham
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 4
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Aspiring lawyer Theodore Boone takes the stand to protect his political and environmental freedoms in the fourth installment of the series"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Montena
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Theo has been worried about his good friend Woody Lambert. Woody is struggling at school and making bad choices. But when Woody is arrested--an unwitting accomplice to armed robbery -- Theo knows he is innocent. Racing the clock while Woody sits in jail, Theo will do everything in his power to help his friend and save Woody from an unforgiving system where justice is not equal for all."
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 7
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"When his best friend Woody is arrested--an unwitting accomplice to a robbery--Theodore Boone must work to prove his innocence"--
Theodore Boone is back on the case in an all-new adventure! Bestselling author John Grisham delivers a page-turning legal thriller for a new generation of readers. Theo has been worried about his good friend Woody Lambert. Woody is struggling at school and making bad choices. But when Woody is arrested--an unwitting accomplice...
64) The Accomplice
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Theodore Boone is back on the case in an all-new adventure! Bestselling author John Grisham delivers a page-turning legal thriller for a new generation of readers.
Theo has been worried about his good friend Woody Lambert. Woody is struggling at school and making bad choices. But when Woody is arrested—an unwitting accomplice to armed robbery—Theo knows he is innocent. Racing the clock while Woody sits in jail,...
Theo has been worried about his good friend Woody Lambert. Woody is struggling at school and making bad choices. But when Woody is arrested—an unwitting accomplice to armed robbery—Theo knows he is innocent. Racing the clock while Woody sits in jail,...
67) Tiempo de perdón
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Clanton, Misisipi. 1990. Jake Brigance se ve envuelto en un juicio profundamente divisivo cuando el tribunal lo nombra abogado de Drew Gamble, un tímido muchacho de dieciséis años acusado de asesinar a un diputado local. Muchos en Clanton quieren un juicio rápido y la pena de muerte, pero Brigance investiga y descubre que hay más en la historia de lo que parece. El feroz compromiso de Jake de salvar a Drew de la cámara de gas pone en peligro...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
La nueva heroína de Grisham es una caja de sorpresas. Hace una semana Samantha Kofer trabajaba en una prestigiosa firma de abogados de Nueva York. Ahora trabaja gratis en una asesoría legal para clientes sin recursos en una pequeña ciudad de Virginia. La caída de Lehman Brothers supuso para ella la pérdida del trabajo, de la seguridad y del futuro. Su mundo no tiene nada que ver con su vida pasada de peces gordos y bonos desorbitados. En la actualidad...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"A gang of thieves manages to steal something that, despite being priceless, is insured for twenty-five million dollars: the five original manuscripts of the novels by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, which until recently lay in a vault under the library of the Princeton University. Loot impossible to resist. Bruce Cable runs a prestigious bookstore in the summer town of Santa Rosa, on Camino Island. Few know, however, that his true business often leads...
70) La herencia
Author
Publisher
Vintage Españ̃ol
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
"Seth Hubbard está muriéndose de cáncer y ha decidido acabar con su vida. Es un hombre rico que no se fía de nadie, ni siquiera de su propia familia. Antes de ahorcarse en un árbol, escribe a mano un nuevo testamento, aunque sabe muy bien que esté escrito provocará una lucha encarnizada entre sus hijos y su sirvienta negra, la heredera principal. Jake Brigance es el abogado que recibirá este testamento por correo y que tendrá que defender...
71) Los guardianes
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"En la pequeña ciudad de Seabrook, Florida, un prometedor abogado llamado Keith Russo fue asesinado a tiros una noche mientras trabajaba hasta tarde en su despacho. El culpable no dejó pistas. No hubo testigos, nadie tenía un motivo. Pero la policía pronto sospechó de Quincy Miller, un joven negro que había sido cliente de Russo. Miller fue juzgado y condenado a cadena perpetua. Durante veintidós años languideció en prisión, manteniendo...
72) Causa justa
Author
Series
Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
"Michael Brock ten̕a prisa. Se abr̕a paso como pod̕a en el escalaf̤n de Drake & Sweeney, un enorme bufete de Washington D.C. Era una estrella emergente sin ning︢n tiempo que perder; no pod̕a permitirse ni un respiro ni detenerse a echar monedas en los vasos de cart̤n de los mendigos. No ten̕a tiempo para la conciencia. Pero un encontronazo violento con un hombre sin techo estuvo a punto de detenerlo. Michael sobrevivi̤, pero no su asaltante....
73) El soborno
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
"Lacy Stoltz es una joven investigadora y abogada de Florida, y su trabajo consiste en responder a las demandas relacionadas con la mala praxis judicial. Tras nueve años en el puesto, sabe que la mayor parte de los problemas derivan de incompetencias. De repente le llega un caso de corrupción. Greg Myers afirma conocer un juez de Florida que ha robado más dinero que el resto de los jueces poco honestos juntos. Estaba involucrado en secreto con...
Author
Publisher
JC Lattès
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
"À Seabrook, petite ville de Floride, le jeune avocat Keith Russo est tué à coups de fusil alors qu'il travaille un soir dans son bureau. L'assassin n'a laissé aucun indice. Aucun témoin, aucun mobile. Mais la police trouve bientôt un suspect, Quincy Miller, un homme noir et ancien client de Russo. Quincy est jugé et condamné à une peine de réclusion à perpétuité. Pendant vingt-deux ans, il se morfond en prison et ne cesse de clamer son...
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling master of legal suspense, John Grisham has electrified readers with his white-knuckle narratives for more than two decades. Assembled here in a convenient eBook bundle are three of his classic thrillers: The Firm, the runaway hit that ignited his writing career, The Appeal, and The Chamber. Read back-to-back or enjoyed separately, these edge-of-your-seat novels show why John Grisham...
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A corporate lawyer in Washington goes to war against his own company to defend the homeless. It happens after Michael Brock is abducted by a homeless man and held hostage. The homeless man is killed by a police sharpshooter and the lawyer is rescued, but the experience changes his life.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Desde hace casi un siglo, Biloxi es conocida por sus playas, complejos turísticos e industria pesquera. Pero también tiene un lado oscuro. Esta ciudad de Mississippi es además famosa por el crimen y la corrupción: desde el juego, la prostitución y el contrabando hasta el narcotráfico y los asesinatos a manos de sicarios. Un pequeño grupo controla la actividad criminal y se rumorea que muchos de ellos son miembros de la mafia del sur, conocida...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A once idyllic American landscape is home to a closely knit, rural community that, for more than a generation, has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming that had been making them sick and damaging their homes. After years of frustration and futile attempts to bring about change, an impassioned cadre of local residents, led by a team of intrepid and dedicated lawyers, brought suit against one of the world's most powerful corporations-and,...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"By the founder of the first organization in the US committed to freeing the wrongly imprisoned, a riveting story of devotion, sacrifice, and vindication Jim McCloskey was at a midlife crossroads when he met the man who would transform his life. A former management consultant, McCloskey had grown disenchanted with the business world; he enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary at the age of 37. His first assignment found him a chaplain at Trenton...
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Exposes how corporations spent millions on a propaganda campaign to distort Americans' view of lawsuits, forever changing the civil justice system. From the infamous case of the woman who sued McDonalds over spilled coffee to the saga of the Mississippi Supreme Court Justice deemed 'not corporate enough' by business interests, this program tears apart the conventional wisdom about 'frivolous lawsuits.'.