Christine Boland, a brilliant young detective, finds her personal life coming apart when she must try to unravel a crime whose roots may reach back to the Red-baiting McCarthy era. 35,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo.
In exploring the tension between the idealism of the law and the reality of working within the parameters of our flawed legal system, Coates exposes the chasm between what is right and what is lawful"--Adapted from the book jacket.
This book recounts the stories of elite legal professionals at a large corporation with a federally mandated affirmative action program, as well as the cultural narratives about race, gender, and power in the news media and Hollywood films.
"Carlton Stowers paints a chilling, haunting portrait of a dark and violent side of this otherwise good and pleasant small town.
"They were still part of the investigation, and I couldn't release them. "We talked about a lot of things. We talked about boxing, sports, and he made some statements. He said the woman raped him, he didn't rape her.
I wore the dress with the long skirt and the lace collar, tiny white flowers printed on chiffon the color of dusk that made me nearly invisible against the fading day. A white plastic headband I bought at the drugstore held back my hair ...
Dr. May explains the relationship between apathy and violence in this examination of the constructive and destructive aspects of aggression
It is only the beginning. Now, with his recaptured freedom, he will stop at nothing to deliver justice to those who stole everything from him. This is a heart-stoppingly suspenseful, devastating, page-turning debut novel.
Cast in the mold of Mad Men with Madison Avenue advertising swapped out for New York's "smart publishing set," this new edition from Blackbird Books sports its original Robert Maguire cover and will take you back to that arousing time and ...
America has waged a war on kids. In The War on Kids, Cara Drinan reveals how the United States went from being a pioneer to an international pariah in its juvenile sentencing practices.
Presumed Innocent launched Scott Turow's career as one of the pre-eminent legal thriller writers in America and was later adapted to a major feature film starring Harrison Ford. “This one will keep you up at nights, engrossed and charged ...