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A Dove of the East: And Other Stories
A Dove of the East: And Other Stories
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The twenty stories here, many of which first appeared in The New Yorker and have since been anthologized throughout the world, are strikingly beautiful essays on enduring...
Digital Barbarism: A Writer’s Manifesto
Digital Barbarism: A Writer's Manifesto
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Mark Helprin anticipated that his 2007 New York Times op-ed piece about the extension of the term of copyright would be received quietly. instead, within a week, the art...
Ellis Island and Other Stories
Ellis Island and Other Stories
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Winner of the Prix de Rome and the National Jewish Book Award, these ten stories and the title novella, "Ellis Island," exhibit tremendous range and versatility of style ...
The Veil of Snows
The Veil of Snows
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"Long ago, in the time of the old emperor, I was young and just beginning in my profession. The Usurper was there, and one could not escape his evil presence.... An enthr...
Memoir From Antproof Case
Memoir From Antproof Case
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An old American who lives in Brazil is writing his memoirs. An English teacher at the naval academy, he is married to a woman young enough to be his daughter and has a li...
A City in Winter
A City in Winter
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Driven to avenge the murder of her royal parents and reclaim their lost kingdom, the daring young heroine and would-be queen journeys to the besieged city on the plain to...
Refiner’s Fire
Refiner's Fire
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An orphaned immigrant's experiences take him from the Hudson River Valley to Harvard, off to sea on a British merchant ship, then finally back to his birthplace, where he...
The Pacific and Other Stories
The Pacific and Other Stories
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At long last, almost ten years since his previous book, Mark Helprin returns with The Pacific and Other Stories, a collection of sixteen stories that display the remarkab...
Freddy and Fredericka
Freddy and Fredericka
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Mark Helprin’s legions of devoted readers cherish his timeless novels and short stories, which are uplifting in their conviction of the goodness and resilience of the...
A Kingdom Far and Clear: The Complete Swan Lake Trilogy (Calla Editions)
A Kingdom Far and Clear: The Complete Swan Lake Trilogy (Calla Editions)
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In a rare collaboration, bestselling authors Helprin and Van Allsburg worked for nearly a decade on this ambitious, multi-generational trilogy that pits the power of love...
A Soldier of the Great War
A Soldier of the Great War
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For Alessandro Giullani, the young son of a prosperous Roman Lawyer, golden trees shimmer in the sun beneath a sky of perfect blue. At night the moon is amber and the cit...
Winter’s Tale
Winter's Tale
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New York City is subsumed in arctic winds, dark nights, and white lights, its life unfolds, for it is an extraordinary hive of the imagination, the greatest house ever bu...
The Firm (TV Tie-in Edition): A Novel
The Firm (TV Tie-in Edition): A Novel
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNow a major television eventWhen Mitch McDeere signed on with Bendini, Lambert & Locke of Memphis, he thought that he and his beautiful wife...
The King of Torts / The Last Juror
The King of Torts / The Last Juror
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The King of TortsClay Carter has been at the office of the public defender too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluc...
Theodore Boone
Theodore Boone
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A perfect murder A faceless witness A lone courtroom champion knows the whole truth . . . and he's only thirteen years old Meet Theodore Boone In the small city of S...
The Summons / The Brethren
The Summons / The Brethren
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The Summons Once Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippi–a pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years. Now the ju...
John Grisham Value Collection: A Time to Kill, The Firm, The Client
John Grisham Value Collection: A Time to Kill, The Firm, The Client
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Three thrilling titles from one of America's most popular bestselling authors, together in a special value collection.A Time to Kill - For ten days, with burning crosses ...
The Client
The Client
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n a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb...Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbid...
Skipping Christmas: A Novel
Skipping Christmas: A Novel
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERImagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That’s just what Luther an...
The Runaway Jury
The Runaway Jury
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Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him. In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark tobacco trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake beginsrou...
The Pelican Brief: A Novel
The Pelican Brief: A Novel
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In suburban Georgetown, a killer’s Reeboks whisper on the floor of a posh home. In a seedy D.C. porno house, a patron is swiftly garroted to death. The next day America...
Playing for Pizza
Playing for Pizza
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Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got ...
The Chamber
The Chamber
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In the corridors of Chicago's top law firm:Twenty -six-year-old Adam Hall stands on the brink of a brilliant legal career. Now he is risking it all for a death-row killer...
The King of Torts
The King of Torts
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The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dr...
Bleachers: A Novel
Bleachers: A Novel
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHigh school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have ...
The Client
The Client
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In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb...Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a...
The Summons: A Novel
The Summons: A Novel
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years, Judge Atlee is now a shadow of his former self—a sick, lo...
The Street Lawyer: A Novel
The Street Lawyer: A Novel
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Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushing relentlessly to the top of Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm. One step away from partnership, Michael h...
Theodore Boone: The Accused (Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer)
Theodore Boone: The Accused (Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer)
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Theodore Boone is back! And he's ready for his next big caseTheo Boone might only be thirteen, but he's already uncovered key evidence in a groundbreaking murder trial an...
The Brethren
The Brethren
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They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison. One was sent up for tax evasion. Another, for skimming bingo prof...
A Painted House
A Painted House
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Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, two groups of migrant workers ...
The Broker
The Broker
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In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent...
The Appeal: A Novel
The Appeal: A Novel
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a smal...
A Time to Kill: A Novel
A Time to Kill
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The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and...
Ford County: Stories
Ford County: Stories
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNew York Times bestselling author John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill. Th...
The Firm: A Novel
The Firm: A Novel
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When Mitch McDeere signed on with Bendini, Lambert & Locke of Memphis, he thought that he and his beautiful wife, Abby, were on their way. The firm leased him a BMW, paid...
The Associate: A Novel
The Associate: A Novel
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Kyle McAvoy possesses an outstanding legal mind. Good-looking and affable, he has a glittering future. He also has a dark secret that could destroy his dreams, his career...
The Last Juror: A Novel
The Last Juror: A Novel
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn 1970, Willie Traynor comes to Clanton, Mississippi, in a Triumph Spitfire and a fog of vague ambitions. Within a year, the twenty-three-yea...
The Testament
The Testament
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Troy Phelan is a self-made billionaire, one of the richest men in the United States. He is also eccentric, reclusive, confined to a wheelchair, and looking for a way t...
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
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In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he's only thirteen years old, Theo Boone thinks he's one of them. Theo knows every judge, policeman,...
Beyond Justice
Beyond Justice
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THE DESCENT INTO HELL IS NOT ALWAYS VERTICAL... Sam Hudson, a reputable San Diego attorney, learns this when the authorities wrongfully convict him of the brutal rape and...
The Rainmaker: A Novel
The Rainmaker: A Novel
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIt’s summer in Memphis. The sweat is sticking to Rudy Baylor’s shirt and creditors are nipping at his heels. Once he had aspirations of br...
Theodore Boone: The Abduction
Theodore Boone: The Abduction
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Theodore Boone is back in a new adventure, and the stakes are higher than ever. When his best friend, April, disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, no on...
Calico Joe
Calico Joe
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A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball… Whatever happened to Calico Joe? ...
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his drea...
The Partner
The Partner
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They watched Danilo Silva for days before they finally grabbed him. He was living alone, a quiet life on a shady street in Brazil; a simple life in a modest home, certain...
The Confession: A Novel
The Confession: A Novel
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, Travis Boyette abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried...
The Litigators
The Litigators
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The partners at Finley & Figg—all two of them—often refer to themselves as “a boutique law firm.” Boutique, as in chic, selective, and prosperous. They are, of ...
A Light in the Window (The Mitford Years, Book 2)
A Light in the Window (The Mitford Years, Book 2)
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The second book in Jan Karon’s bestselling Mitford series confirms that a trip to Mitford is good for the soul His attractive neighbor is tugging at his heartstrings. ...