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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Grisham returns to the courtroom and weaves a riveting tale of legal intrigue and corporate greed. It's summer in Memphis. The sweat is sticking to Rudy Baylor's shirt and creditors are nipping at his heels. Once he had aspirations of breezing through law school and punching his ticket to the good life. Now he doesn't have a job or a prayer ... except for one: an insurance dispute that leaves a family devastated and opens the door for a lawsuit, if Rudy can find a way to file it. By the time Rudy gets to court, a heavyweight corporate defense team is there to meet him. And suddenly he's in over his head, plunged into a nightmare of lies and legal maneuverings. A case that started small is exploding into a thunderous million-dollar war of nerves, skill and outright violence--a fight that could cost one young lawyer his life, or turn him into the biggest rainmaker in the land.... Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!
Power, Ethics, and Ecology in Jewish Late Antiquity by Julia Watts Belser Pdf
This book analyzes rabbinic responses to drought and disaster, revealing how the Talmudi grapples with problems of power, ethics, and ecology in Jewish late antiquity.
Channeling The Vampire (102,000 words, 28 chapters)is at heart a supernatural horror fiction novel. It begins as a Jekyll & Hyde tale with a spirit channeler possessed by a vampire. He is pursued by a psychic investigator as the story moves deeper into vampirism and the occult. It is also a suspense and action tale with many twists and turns.
Walking Dead Man's Blog & Halloween Tales by Gary L Morton Pdf
Walking Dead Man "s Blog is horror fiction with class and it moves through many unique plots and styles. Gary Morton can write fiction of any length. Something few authors can do. He "s offbeat, then gruesome then straight horroror telling a ghost story or on a slug hunt. The book moves through so many tales as to keep youalways turning the pages.Frank Web (Fright Library)
A prophet and a pretty woman, a rainmaker and a renegade—from them we learn about ourselves. Ancient stories that whisper truth to your soul—new in paperback! Great stories have the power to draw the heart. But certain stories have the power to draw the heart to God and awaken the better angels of our nature. Such are the tales of the rabbis of the Talmud, colorful, quirky yarns that tug at our heartstrings and test our values, ethics, morality—and our imaginations. In this collection for people of all faiths and backgrounds, Rabbi Burton Visotzky draws on four decades of telling and teaching these legends in order to unlock their wisdom for the contemporary heart. He introduces you to the cast of characters, explains their motivations, and provides the historical background needed to penetrate the wise lessons often hidden within these unusual narratives. In learning how and why these oft-told tales were spun, you discover how they continue to hold value for our lives.
Our Lady Fetta and Other Tales by Theodore Lyons Pdf
Our Lady Fetta opens in Portland, Me., and involves a small Hollywood estate with too many beneficiaries. The disposition of the will naturally carries the protagonist back to the Midwest and ultimately to the Southwest to reconnect with his former college classmates, one of whom acts as his attorney. The novel¡¦s diverse settings include Halifax, Chicago, Mesa, Santa Fe oand Tucson, where a couple of transplanted Mainers also figure among the hero¡¦s allies. Sanctimony, greed, religiosity, acculturation, the preservation of natural habitats, and other topics are explored; in addition to commentary and ideas by Robert Louis Stevenson, Somerset Maugham, Carlos Castaneda, Jim Morrison, Bram Stoker, and William Peter Blatty. Jet-setters, one of the short stories featured in the book, centers on a hilarious two-year romp in the Samoan islands at the onset of the global AIDS crisis. Other notable tales include New America, in which the author proposes a simple but macabre solution to overcrowded, tax-draining prisons, nnamely, banishment aboard galleons; Cardinal du Jour, about a teenage boy who narrowly escapes being molested by a high-ranking priest; Louse Party, about an LSD party and the horrors of addiction and drug abuse; and House with Ghost, based on actual events, about a man suffering from spirit attachment, whose ghostly companion haunts the home in which he rents a room and drives him out of the house.
Private investigator Joe Holiday follows a dangerous case involving a mix of Islamic terrorists, Satanists and intelligence agencies. The novel is a suspense novel with a comedic aspect.
His girlfriend kidnapped and his best friend murdered, amateur private eye Joe Holiday tracks a mysterious Satanist wing of the Illuminati to the end of the conspiracy, Halloween and their ultimate creation.
Channeling the Demon is a novel of occult action and supernatural horror from beginning to end. A demon king from another reality uses a spirit channeler and the priests of a world wide occult church to prepare the way for a new planet of evil. The book flies from one scene of terror to the next as the forces of good and evil clash, headed for the ultimate climax.
This is a work of comedy while also being horror, sci-fi and fantasy. The only story submitted for outside publication won a comedy contest in the United States. The stories are original and not formula work or influenced by others.
DEMONSEER (86,000 words) is a unique supernatural horror novel. The main characters are a seer and a spiritually gifted but troubled young girl. After being possessed and exorcised she seeks her identity and family through a host of supernatural experiences. A supernatural river runs through this novel. The seer and his adopted daughter see and battle demons but have no answer until they grasp the truth in the end. The book visits exorcism, monsters, the occult and also human weakness,strength and trust. A horror novel that is also adventurous and humorous.
The Nuking of Happy Valley and Other Tales Told in the Mess by James Glassco Henderson Pdf
Throughout his 36-year career in the Canadian Army, the author saw some wonderful sights and met hundreds of interesting people, some of whom appear in this collection of anecdotes. From the first sergeant major at cadet camp to the witty and erudite professor at the staff college, they all enlightened and amused the impressive youngster who grew into an ancient and, at times, cynical old colonel. Along the way there were adventures galore at places with unusual names: Canoe River, the Imjin, Shilo, Kophinou and at others better known: England, Labrador, Ottawa and Washington. Those adventures are the stuff of stories that old soldiers tell when they gather in the mess and the emphasis is on the good times. These are the stories.
When the Big Drought on the prairie causes cows to give powdered milk and mosquitoes to grow almost as large as small cowsheds, McBroom comes up with a novel idea for producing rain. Illustrations.
Indian Falls - an alien invasion novel by Gary L Morton Pdf
Supernatural happenings at a town and large conservation area become a full-scale invasion of bloodthirsty aliens. The battle and the search for answers is on in Indian Falls as the residents, led by heavily armed local militia and a vacationing city private eye, tangle with the monsters, government, military and police.