John Grisham
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Audio
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
La trampa es una novela con una trama inteligente y llena de giros inesperados, narrada con agilidad, que le permite crear una tensión casi inaguantable.
Kyle McAvoy creció prácticamente en el pequeño bufete de su padre, en la tranquila ciudad de York, Pennsylvania. Sacó excelentes notas durante toda la carrera de Derecho y fue elegido editor jefe del Yale Law Journal. Le esperaba un brillante profesional.
Pero
...Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
[2011], p2011
Physical Desc
4 sound discs (4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When his best friend disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen-year-old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
p2010
Physical Desc
4 sound discs (5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone has always dreamed of being a great trial lawyer someday, but a sensational murder trial forces him into the arena sooner than expected, and he is determined to see that justice prevails.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 6
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2016
Physical Desc
4 sound discs (4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone knows every judge, police officer, and court clerk in Strattenburg. He has even helped bring a fugitive to justice. But even a future star lawyer like Theo has to deal with statewide standardized testing. When an anonymous tip leads the school board to investigate a suspicious increase in scores at another local middle school, Theo finds himself thrust in the middle of a cheating scandal. With insider knowledge and...
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 4
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
p2013
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Theodore Boone has spent more time in the courtroom than any thirteen year old boy ought to have but after being cleared of the charge of vandalism and theft, Theo is happy to once more dispense legal advice to his community. However, he uncovers corruption that he didn't expect. Theo finds himself and his loved ones in more danger than he could have anticipated. Theo will always stand up for what is right, though, no matter what the consequences....
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 3
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
p2012
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (ca. 5.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Big trouble is brewing for Theodore Boone. While all of Strattenburg anxiously awaits the new trial of infamous murder suspect Pete Duffy, problems arise for their own kid lawyer. There's been a robbery and Theo is the accused. His reputation is on the line, and with the evidence building against him and dangerous threats looming, Theo will do whatever it takes to prove his innocence even if it means breaking a few rules.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 5
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2015
Physical Desc
4 sound discs (5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On a field trip to Washington, DC, Theo spots a familiar face on the Metro: Duffy, who jumped bail and was never seen again. Theo's quick thinking helps bring Duffy back to Strattenburg to stand trial. But now that Duffy knows who he is, Theo is in greater danger than he's ever been in before. Even when everything is on the line, Theodore Boone will stop at nothing to make sure a killer is brought to justice.
Author
Series
Jack Brigance volume 3
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
16 audio discs (20 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jake Brigance, the court-appointed lawyer for a young man accused of murdering a local deputy, learns the details of the case and realizes he has to do everything he can to save his sixteen-year-old client.
89) The Abduction
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Book 2 in the thrilling young mystery series from internationally bestsellling author John Grisham
When we last saw Theo Boone, he ensured that justice was served by uncovering evidence that kept a guilty man off of the streets. Hot off this high-profile murder trial, thirteen-year-old Theo is still dispensing legal advice to friends and teachers. But just when it seems as if his life has calmed down and gone back to the status quo, a new legal...
When we last saw Theo Boone, he ensured that justice was served by uncovering evidence that kept a guilty man off of the streets. Hot off this high-profile murder trial, thirteen-year-old Theo is still dispensing legal advice to friends and teachers. But just when it seems as if his life has calmed down and gone back to the status quo, a new legal...
Author
Series
Jake Brigance volume 1
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 23
Physical Desc
487 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own outraged hands. For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake...
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...
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Analyzes and discuses so called "frivolous law suits" and the impact of tort reform on the United States judicial system. Discusses several cases and relates each to tort reform in the U.S.: Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants (public relations campaign to instigate tort reform); Colin Gourley's malpractice lawsuit and caps on damages; the prosecution of Mississippi Justice Oliver Diaz and judicial elections; Jamie Leigh Jones v. Halliburton Co. and...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1997, c1993
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everyone else wants her dead.
95) The firm
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A brilliant and ambitious Harvard Law grad joins a small, prosperous law firm in Memphis, and is soon confronted by FBI agents with evidence of corruption and murder within the firm.
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xi, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice--from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Tommy Orange and Celeste Ng. One week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
A shocking and deeply reported account of the persistent plague of institutional racism and junk forensic science in our criminal justice system, and its devastating effect on innocent lives
After two three-year-old girls were raped and murdered in rural Mississippi, law enforcement pursued and convicted two innocent men: Kennedy Brewer and Levon Brooks. Together they spent a combined thirty years in prison before finally being exonerated...
After two three-year-old girls were raped and murdered in rural Mississippi, law enforcement pursued and convicted two innocent men: Kennedy Brewer and Levon Brooks. Together they spent a combined thirty years in prison before finally being exonerated...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written." —From the Foreword by John Grisham
The once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard. After years...
The once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard. After years...
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Roy Williams, head coach of the University of North Carolina men's basketball team, the Tar Heels, has the highest winning percentage in NCAA history. Over the last seven years, the 58-year-old Asheville, N.C., native-who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007-has won 205 games, including 24 in the NCAA Tournament. That's more Final Fours, more wins, and more NCAA Tournament victories than any basketball coach in the nation.Hard Work tells the...