DescriptionWith a Senate career that has spanned more than four decades, Edward M. Kennedy has become one of the strongest voices in American politics. In America Back on Track, he argues that America is at a crossroads, having reached a point where it has de…
Description"It was a slaughterhouse, the most horrific scene I have ever witnessed...Olive Martin is a dangerous woman. I advise you to be extremely wary in your dealings with her." The facts of the case were simple: Olive Martin had pleaded guilty to killing and dismembering her sister and mother, earning herself the chilling nickname "The Sculptress". This much journalist Rosalind Leigh knew before her first meeting with Olive, currently serving a life sentence. How could Roz have foreseen that the encounter was destined to change her life forever?
DescriptionThe legal profession itself is put on the stand in this collection of courtroom mysteries by some of today's finest mystery writers. From an unusual lawyer with unusual methods, to a conniving attorney who gets the fate he so richly deserves, the halls of justice ring with these stories of intrigue and suspense: "For the Good of the Firm" by Maynard F. Thomson, "Dead Drunk" by Lia Matera, "The Client" by Richard North Patterson, "Hung Jury" by Jack Ritchie, "Dogs and Fleas" by John Lutz, "The Ehrengraf Presumption" by Lawrence Block, "The Decision" by Joe L. Hensley, "Stairwell Justice" by Jay Brandon, "The Partner Track" by William Bernhardt, and "The Prisoner's Defense" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
DescriptionA lawyer from the London finance house of Single & Single is shot dead on a Turkish hillside by people with whom he thought he was in business. A children's magician in the English countryside is asked by his bank to explain the unsolicited arrival of mor…
DescriptionMattie Gokey has a word for everything. She collects words, stores them up as a way of fending off the hard truths of her life, the truths that she can't write down in stories. The fresh pain of her mother's death. The burden of raising her sisters whil…
DescriptionThe Dalai Lama is probably one of the only people who, if you ask him if he's happy, even though he's suffered the loss of his country, will give you an unconditional "yes." What's more, he'll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life, and the "the v…
