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Contemporary / American English (Available June 2008) Pynex, a tobacco company, could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in a big court case. The jury is being watched. One of the jurors is working with a mysterious woman outside the court. Both sides will do anything to win.

Un joven abogado, licenciado de la Universidad de Yale, se ve presionado a aceptar un puesto en un importante bufete y es chantajeado para entregar información privilegiada sobre una demanda multimillonaria. Cuando Kyle McAvoy, estudiante sobresaliente de Yale, está a punto de terminar la carrera de derecho recibe la visita de un hombre que se identifica como el agente Plant de la FBI. Este le dice que si no acepta la oferta del bufete Scully & Pershing en Nueva York, posiblemente el bufete más poderoso del país, se hará pública la grabación de un incidente que tuvo lugar hace 5 años: la supuesta violación de una chica, compañera de estudios de la universidad. Kyle estuvo presente pero en realidad no sabe qué pasó. Ocurrió una noche cuando él y sus amigos iban borrachos y la chica también. Todos se habían acostado con ella anteriormente pero lo único que Kyle tiene claro de aquella noche es que él no la tocó. La chica se presentó en comisaría para formalizar la acusación de violación varios días más tarde, pero los cargos se retiraron poco después cuando se vio que ella no aportaba ninguna prueba y que se contradecía constantemente. Para Kyle y sus amigos era un episodio cerrado y olvidado. Ahora el agente Plant le informa de que ella volverá a poner la denuncia y que la grabación está en su poder. Aunque esta grabación no aporta pruebas claras contra Kyle, si saliera a la luz su reputación como abogado se verá dañada para siempre. Por lo tanto decide hacer lo que le piden: trabajará para Scully & Pershing y renunciará a su plan de dedicar un par de años a la defensa de los derechos de los pobres del estado de Virginia. En el bufete de Scully & Pershing se espera que los novatos trabajen 100 horas semanales y siempre con entusiasmo y entrega total. Así eliminan rápidamente a los menos aptos. El s

Michael is a successful lawyer with Drake and Sweeney. Then a homeless man attacks him. As Michael tries to discover who the man was, he uncovers a dangerous secret about Drake and Sweeney.

In his first work of nonfiction, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author John Grisham pens an exploration of small-town justice gone terribly awry, in a book that reads like one of his fictional, page-turning legal thrillers. A gritty, harrowing true-crime story.--"Time."

"Playing for Pizza is a short novel about a fallen American football star who can no longer get work in the National Football League and whose agent, as a last resort, signs a deal for him to play for the Parma Panthers, in Parma, Italy. The quarterback's move to a small city in a foreign land leads to a series of cultural misadventures. The idea for the novel grew out of time Grisham spent in Italy researching his last novel, The Broker, which was set in Bologna. "I was pleasantly surprised to find real American football in Italy,acirc;euro;yen; says Grisham, acirc;euro;oelig;and as I dug deeper a novel came together. The research was tough acirc;euro;" food, wine, opera, football, Italian culture acirc;euro;" but someone had to do it."

Rick Dockery, quarterback pour les Cleveland Browns, s’est fait virer de son équipe après avoir en un minimum de temps accumulé un maximum de fautes catastrophiques. Plus personne, aux États-Unis, ne

Un jove advocat, llicenciat en la Universitat de Yale, es veu pressionat a acceptar una feina en un important bufet i xantatgejat para entregar informació privilegiada sobre una demanda multi milionària. Quan Kyle McAvoy, estudiant magnífic de Yale, que està a punt d'acabar la carrera de dret rep la visita d'un home que s'identifica com l'agent Plant de la FBI. L'informa que si no accepta l'oferta del bufet Scully & Pershing de Nova York, possiblement el més poderós del país, es farà pública la gravació d'un incident ocorregut fa 5 anys: la suposada violació d'una noia, companya d'estudis de la universitat. En Kyle era present, però en realitat no sap exactament què va passar. Els fets varen ocórrer una nit quan ell i els seus amics estaven molt beguts, i la noia també. Tots havien anat amb ella al llit anteriorment, però la única cosa que té clara en Kyle d'aquella nit, és que ell no la va tocar. La noia es va presentar a la comissaria per formalitzar l'acusació de violació alguns dies més tard, però els càrrecs es varen retirar poc temps després, quan es va veure que ella no aportava cap proba i que es contradeia constantment. Per en Kyle i els seus amics era un episodi tancat i oblidat. Ara l'agent Plant l'informa que ella tornarà a posar la denuncia i que la gravació és a les seves mans. Tot i que la gravació no aporta probes clares contra en Kyle, si sortís a la llum la seva reputació com a advocat es veuria perjudicada de per vida. Per tant decideix fer el que li demanen: treballarà per a Scully & Pershing i renunciarà al seu pla de dedicar un parell d'anys a la defensa dels drets dels pobres de l'estat de Virgínia. En el bufet de Scully & Pershing s'espera que los nous treballin 100 hores setmanals i sempre amb entusiasme i entrega total. Així eliminen ràpidament els menys aptes. El sistema és inhumà i despietat per&a

Includes seven novellas of the American Deep South set in fictional Ford County, Mississippi.

La política siempre ha sido un juego sucio. Ahora la justicia también lo es. Corrupción política, desastre ecológico, demandas judiciales millonarias y una poderosa empresa química condenada por contaminar el agua de la ciudad y provocar un aumento de casos de cáncer, y que no está dispuesta a cerrar sus instalaciones bajo ningún concepto. John Grisham, el gran mago del suspense, urde una intriga poderosa e hipnótica, en la que se refejan algunas de las principales lacras que azotan a la sociedad actual: la justicia puede ser más sucia que los crímenes que pretende castigar.

Conoscono del tuo passato anche quello che tu non sai Cresciuto nello studio legale del padre nella cittadina di York, in Pennsylvania, Kyle McAvoy è un giovane con un roseo futuro davanti. Intelligente e di bell'aspetto, è anche direttore dello "Yale Law Journal", la rivista della scuola di legge. Ma nel suo passato c'è un segreto che lui avrebbe voluto dimenticare, e quando alcuni loschi personaggi lo avvicinano annunciandogli di avere le prove del suo coinvolgimento in uno stupro di gruppo negli anni del college, Kyle avverte la sgradevole sensazione di non essere più l'unico padrone del suo destino. Gli uomini che lo hanno contattato affermano di essere agenti dell'FBI e danno prova di conoscere molte cose che riguardano la sua vita. A poco a poco, però, il colloquio assume contorni ambigui, soprattutto quando entra in scena il sedicente detective Bennie Wright, che, minacciandolo di rendere pubblico un video compromettente, lo costringe a piegarsi alla sua volontà. Ben presto i giochi saranno a carte scoperte. I ricattatori, in realtà, agiscono per conto di un misterioso committente interessato a una causa che vede due prestigiose società darsi battaglia per il possesso dei progetti di un avveniristico bombardiere commissionato dal Pentagono. Kyle, semplicemente, dovrà fare ciò che sogna ogni giovane avvocato: accettare l'offerta di lavorare a New York nel più prestigioso studio legale del mondo, che gli ha offerto un impiego strapagato. Questo gli consentirà di passare ai suoi ricattatori preziose informazioni riguardo al contenzioso in atto. Trovandosi costretto a commettere un crimine per nasconderne un altro, Kyle si rende conto che la sua carriera e la sua libertà sono in pericolo, come anche il futuro che aveva immaginato per sé. Ribellarsi al diabolico meccanismo che rischia di stritolarlo significherà ridare un senso al suo codice etico e mettersi una volta per tutte alla ricerca della verità, anche su se stesso. Con Il ricatto l'inventore del legal thriller torna a narrare le vicissitudini di un giovane avvocato sull'orlo del baratro, alle prese con le storture e le aberrazioni della sua professione. Un romanzo che non mancherà di entusias

Contemporary / British English (Available May 2008) Mitch McDeere is young, intelligent and ambitious. When he gets a job with the law firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke it seems to be the path to money and power. But soon Mitch finds that the firm is listening to all his phone calls, and the FBI want to speak to him. Money and power has a price - and it could be Mitch's life.

Contemporary / American English (Available June 2008) Patrick Lanigan, a lawyer, dies in a car crash. Later, the partners in his law firm discover that Patrick is not really dead. He is living in Brazil, and he has 90 million dollars of his partners' money…

Contemporary / American English (Available June 2008) The horror of death row is that you die a little each day. The waiting kills you. Seventy-year-old Sam Cayhall is on Mississippi's death row. Sam hates lawyers but his date with the gas chamber is close, and time is running out. Then Adam Hall, a young lawyer arrives. Can he and his secret persuade Sam to accept his help?

Es un juego mortal de chantaje. Kyle McAvoy es uno de los estudiantes legales más brillantes de su generación: es apuesto, tiene una mente admirable y un futuro que brilla delante de él. Pero tiene un secreto a partir de su pasado, un secreto que amenaza con destruir su carrera y, probablemente, su vida entera. Una noche el secreto lo alcanza en un callejón oscuro: varios individuos tienen un vídeo comprometedor relacionado con aquel incidente, dejándole claro que son los dueños de su futuro, que debe hacer lo que le dicen o el vídeo será puesto en conocimiento del público, con todas sus consecuencias desagradables. ¿Qué precio le exigen para guardar su secreto? Kyle se instala en Nueva York como asociado en el bufete de abogados más grande del mundo, un trabajo increíblemente bien pagado y una facturación indecente, pudiéndolo encaminar a la sociedad y a una fortuna. Pero Kyle no trabajará para la compañía, sino contra él, pasando los secretos del caso más grande del bufete hasta la fecha, un conflicto entre dos contratistas del Ministerio de Defensa digno de mil millones de dólares al vencedor. Ahora Kyle se encuentra entre las fuerzas criminales que lo manipulan y el FBI, que daría cualquier cosa por desenmascarar la conspiración. ¿Su intelecto, astucia y valor serán suficientes para liberarlo de un dilema imposible? Multimillonario en ventas, John Grisham es autor de, entre otros, los bestsellers The Firm, The Appeal y Playing for Pizza, todos ellos pertenecientes a nuestro fondo de distribución.

In a crowded Mississippi courtroom, 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 cluster' in history.The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it. Who are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately decided?The Appealis a powerful, timely, and shocking story of political and legal intrigue, a story that will leave listeners unable to think about the electoral process or judicial system in quite the same way again.Grisham's background brings first hand knowledge of politics and court rooms, giving this novel vivid and dramatic detail.

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 cluster' in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it. Who are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately decided? The chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is not friendly enough.With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mould him into a potential Supreme Court justice. Their Supreme Court justice. 'The Appeal' is a powerful, timely, and shocking story of political and legal intrigue, a story that will leave readers unable to think about the electoral process or judicial system in quite the same way ever again.

Its a deadly game of blackmail. And theyre making him play. Kyle McAvoy is one of the outstanding legal students of his generation: hes good looking, has a brilliant mind and a glittering future ahead of him. But he has a secret from his past, a secret that threatens to destroy his fledgling career and, possibly, his entire life. One night that secret catches up with him in the form of some bad men in a dark alley -- they have a deeply compromising video of the incident that haunts him. The men make it clear to Kyle that he no longer owns his own future -- that he must do as they tell him, or the video will be made public knowledge, with all the unpleasant consequences. What price do they demand for Kyles secret?Strangely, it is for Kyle to do exactly what any ambitious young lawyer would want to do: take a job in New York as an associate at the largest law firm in the world , a job that is incredibly well paid and, with mammoth hours and outrageous billing, could lead to partnership and a fortune. But Kyle wont be working for the company, but against it -- passing on the secrets of the companys biggest trial to date, a dispute between two defense contractors worth billions of dollars to the victor. Now Kyle is caught between the criminal forces manipulating him and the FBI, who would love to unmask the conspiracy. Will his intellect, cunning and bravery be enough to extricate him from an impossible dilemma? Full of twists and turns and reminiscent of The Firm, The Associate is vintage John Grisham.

Ante la inminencia de su muerte, el multimillonario Troy Phelan decide escribir su testamento. Sus ex mujeres y sus hijos esperan ansiosos el momento en que se proceda a la lectura. Pero lo que no imaginan es que el documento entraña un terrible secreto, una verdad que los decepcionará a todos. Sin embargo, la ambición es poderosa e ilimitada, y la benefciaria de la fortuna de Phelan correrá un grave peligro.

Contemporary / American English (Available June 2008) I have no job. I have no money. I have debts I can't pay. I do, however, have a case. Rudy Baylor is ready to finish law school but loses his first job before he has even started. Then Dot and Bud Black ask for his help in their fight against a powerful insurance company. Their son, Donny Ray, is dying. His claim for medical insurance has been refused. Can Rudy, an inexperienced student, really give them any hope?

La política sempre ha estat un joc brut. Ara, la justícia també ho és.En una abarrotada sala d’un tribunal de l’estat de Mississipí el jurat pronuncia un veredicte totalment inesperat: declara una em