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Aaronovitch, Ben
Whispers underground
New York : Ballantine Books , 2012 - 299 Seiten ISBN 978-0-345-52461-4
It begins with a dead body at the far end of Baker Street tube station, all that remains of American exchange student James Gallagher—and the victim’s wealthy, politically powerful family is unders...
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Allison, Dorothy
Bastard out of Carolina
a novel
New York : Plume , 1993 - 309 S. ISBN 978-0-452-26957-6
A girl comes of age in '50's South Carolina fighting the label ``trash'' and the violent advances of her stepfather: an overly familiar story as Allison (Trash, 1988) handles the material in a surp...
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Berg, Elizabeth
Until the real thing comes along
New York : Ballantine Books , 2000 - 241 S. ISBN 978-0-345-43739-6
For the protagonist of Elizabeth Berg's Until the Real Thing Comes Along, the biological clock is ticking all too loudly. Alas, there are no likely partners on the horizon for Patty Ann Murphy. Eve...
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Grisham, John
A Painted House
New York Times Bestseller
New York : Random House , 2001 - 465 S. ISBN 978-0-440-29591-4
Until that September of 1952. Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of hit seventh year, two groups of migration workers- and two very dangerous me...
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Grisham, John
The Appeal
New York Times Bestseller
New York : Dell Book , 2008 - 484 S. ISBN 978-0-440-29688-1
In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town´s water supply, causing the worst "cancer cluste...
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Grisham, John
Playing For Pizza
New York Times Bestseller
New York : Dell Book , 2007 - 308 S. ISBN 978-0-440-29682-9
Rick Dokery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actualla got into the game. With a 17-poi...
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Grisham, John
The Rainmaker
New York Times Bestseller
New York : Random House , 1996 - 598 S.
Rudy Baylor, a new law school graduate, once dreamed of the good life as a corporate attorney. Now he faces joblessness and bankruptcy--unless he can win an insurance case against a heavyweight tea...
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Grisham, John
The Runaway Jury
New York Times Bestseller
New York : Dell Book , 1996 - 550 S. ISBN 978-0-440-22147-0
They are at the center of a multimillion.dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harassed by high-priced lawyers and consults who will sto...
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Grisham, John
The testament
New York : Random House , 1999 - 533 S. ISBN 007-1-009-00799-4
Troy Phelan, a 78-year-old eccentric and the 10th-richest man in America, is about to read his last will and testament, divvying up an estate worth $11 billion. Phelan's three ex-wives, thei r gras...
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Grisham, John
The Summons
New York Times Bestseller
New York : Dell Book , 2002 - 373 S. ISBN 978-0-440-29600-3
Once Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton Mississippi- a pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for fory years. Now the judge is a shadow of his former self, a stic...
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