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In rural Arkansas, seven-year-old farm boy Luke Chandler lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents. When the cotton is ready to be harvested, the Chandlers hire a group of Mexicans and a family from the Ozarks to help harvest it. For six weeks the group pick cotton, battling the heat, rain, fatigue, and sometimes each other. During this time, Luke sees and hears things no seven-year-old should witness. Can he keep the secrets that could threaten his family's business...
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Год | 2022 |
Deputy Stuart Kofer is a protected man. Though he's turned his drunken rages on his girlfriend, Josie, and her children many times before, the police code of silence has always shielded him.But one night he goes too far, leaving Josie for dead on the floor before passing out. Her son, sixteen-year-old Drew, knows he only has this one chance to save them. He picks up a gun and takes the law into his own hands.In Clanton, Mississippi, there is no one more hated than a cop killer - but a cop...
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Год | 2021 |
John Grisham's first and most shocking novel, adapted as a film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew McConaughey When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the violent racists who raped his ten-year-old daughter, the people of the small town of Clanton, Mississippi see it as justice done, and call for his acquittal. But when extremists outside Clanton - including the KKK - hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes...
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Год | 2020 |
Ten-year-old Tonya Hailey is attacked and raped by two local men. Carl Lee, Tonya's father, shoots them. Now only his lawyer and friend, Jake Brigance, stands between him and the electric chair. Is there a legal defense for Carl Lee's actions?
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
| Год | 2008 |
Mark, Todd ja Zola on viimase kursuse tudengid, kes astusid juurakooli suurte lootustega, mida kütsid klantsreklaamid – ees ootab ilus tulevik, hea töö ja suur raha. Tasapisi aga selgus, et suur raha liigub ainult nende taskust kolmandajärgulise juurakooli arvele ja ka heast töökohast võivad selliste koolide lõpetajad suu puhtaks pühkida. Kui veel tuleb välja, et ainult raha- teenimiseks loodud kooli omanik on hämar tegelane, kes on seotud ka pankadega, mis tohutuid õppelaene vahendavad, saab...
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Жанр | Контркультура, Зарубежный детектив |
Glory never dies. Neely Crenshaw was the best quarterback ever to play for legendary high school football team, the Messina Spartans. But fifteen years later, with his glory days far behind, the man everyone remembers is Coach Eddie Rake. When Neely returns home to bury the dying Coach Rake, he's not alone. Many Spartans veterans want to pay tribute to the man who moulded them. But stories soon emerge that could tarnish the coach's legacy. As Neely struggles to come to terms with...
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Год | 2022 |
High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. FifteenHigh school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty. Now, as Coach Rake's "boys" sit in the bleachers waiting for the...
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Three former judges are in prison. They call themselves the Brethren and organize a pen-pal scam. The money is pouring in. But then the Brethren contact the wrong pen-pal — a powerful man with dangerous friend.
Retold by Nancy Taylor.
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
| Год | 2011 |
It's the summer of 1973, and Joe Castle is the boy wonder of baseball, the greatest rookie anyone has ever seen. The kid from Calico Rock, Arkansas, dazzles Cubs fans as he hits home run after home run, politely tipping his hat to the crowd as he shatters all rookie records. Calico Joe quickly becomes the idol of every baseball fan in America, including Paul Tracey, the young son of a hard-partying and hard-throwing Mets pitcher. On the day that Warren Tracey finally faces Calico Joe, Paul is in...
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
An unforgettable novel about childhood, family, conflict and guilt, and how a lifetime of tragedy might finally be forgiven. Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash with his childhood hero, the Cubs' golden-boy Joe Castle, in a contest from which no winners emerged. Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that it's time to face up to what...
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Жанр | Английский язык |
| Год | 2018 |
The most daring and devastating heist in literary history targets a high security vault located deep beneath Princeton University.Valued at 25 million (though some would say priceless) the five manuscripts of F Scott Fitzgerald's only novels are amongst the most valuable in the world. After an initial flurry of arrests, both they and the ruthless gang of thieves who took them have vanished without trace. Dealing in stolen books is a dark business, and few are initiated to its arts - which...
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Жанр | Детектив Остросюжетный роман |
| Год | 2018 |
#1 New York Times Bestseller - "A delightfully lighthearted caper . . . [a] fast-moving, entertaining tale."-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a vault deep below Princeton University's Firestone Library. Their loot is priceless, impossible to resist. Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he...
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
| Год | 2018 |
Vargajõuk korraldab hulljulge röövi Princetoni ülikooli Firestone’i raamatukogu all asuvast varakambrist. Nende saak on hindamatu, kuid Princeton on selle 25 miljoni dollari eest kindlustanud. Bruce Cable peab populaarset raamatukauplust unises Santa Rosa kuurortlinnas Floridas Camino saarel. Kuid tegelikult teenib ta raha haruldaste raamatute vahendajana: väga vähesed inimesed teavad, et ta tegutseb ajaviiteks varastatud raamatute ja käsikirjade mustal turul. Mercer Mann on noor kirjanik, kes...
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Жанр | Контркультура, Зарубежный детектив |
Just as Bruce Cable’s Bay Books is preparing for the return of bestselling author Mercer Mann, Hurricane Leo veers from its predicted course and heads straight for Camino Island. Florida’s governor orders a mandatory evacuation, and most residents board up their houses and flee to the mainland, but Bruce decides to stay and ride out the storm.The hurricane is devastating: Homes and condos are leveled, hotels and storefronts ruined, streets flooded—and a dozen people lose their lives. One of the...
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Жанр | Детектив Остросюжетный роман |
| Год | 2021 |
In Seabrook, Florida, wird der junge Anwalt Keith Russo erschossen. Der Morder hinterlasst keine Spuren, es gibt keine Zeugen, keine Verdachtigen, kein Motiv. Trotzdem wird Quincy Miller verhaftet, ein junger Afroamerikaner, der fruher zu den Klienten des Anwalts zahlte. Miller wird verurteilt und sitzt 22 Jahre im Gefangnis. Dann schreibt er einen Brief an die Guardian Ministries, einen Zusammenschluss von Anwalten, die es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht haben, unschuldig Verurteilte zu...
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Жанр | Литература на немецком языке |
Ford County. The heart of the American deep South. A place of harsh beauty, of broken dreams and final wishes. From legendary legal thriller author John Grisham comes a unique collection of stories connected by the life and crimes of Ford County. From a hard-drinking, downtrodden divorce lawyer looking for pay-dirt, to a manipulative death row inmate with one last plea, Ford County features a vivid cast of attorneys, crooks, hustlers, and convicts. From their stories emerges a rich picture of...
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Год | 2022 |
The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer s career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track until the recession hits and she is downsized, furloughed, and escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, all for a slim chance of getting rehired. In a matter of days Samantha moves from Manhattan to Brady, Virginia, population 2,200, in the heart of Appalachia, a part of the world she has only read about....
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
In 1970, Willie Traynor came to Mississippi in a Triumph Spitfire and a fog of vague ambitions. Within a year, the twenty-three-year-old college dropout found himself the owner of Ford County's only newspaper, famous for its well-crafted obituaries. While the rest of America was in the grips of social turmoil, Willie's adopted town of Clanton lived on the edge of another age, until the brutal murder of a young mother rocked the sleepy community-and thrust Willie into the center of a storm....
| Автор | John Grisham |
| Жанр | Детектив Остросюжетный роман |
| Год | 2004 |