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The Associate
A rock, a hard place and the biggest legal battle the planet has ever seen. kyle mcavoy is one of the outstanding legal students of his generation: he’s 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 kyle’s 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 won’t be working for the company, but against it – passing on the secrets of the company’s 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
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Rogue Lawyer
A nomadic lawyer because of frequent death threats, sebastian rudd takes on a case involving a brain-damaged young man accused of murdering two little girls.
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The Litigators
Law firm partners oscar finley and wally figg see a chance for huge financial gain when they learn of a pending class action lawsuit against the makers of krayoxx, a popular cholesterol-reducing drug suspected of causing heart attacks.
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The Kiss Quotient
It’s high time for stella lane to settle down and find a husband – or so her mother tells her. this is no easy task for a wealthy, successful woman like stella, who also happens to have asperger’s. analyzing data is easy; handling the awkwardness of one-on-one dates is hard. to overcome her lack of dating experience, stella decides to hire a male escort to teach her how to be a good girlfriend. faced with mounting bills, michael decides to use his good looks and charm to make extra cash on the side. he has a very firm no repeat customer policy, but he’s tempted to bend that rule when stella approaches him with an unconventional proposal. the more time they spend together, the harder michael falls for this disarming woman with a beautiful mind, and stella discovers that love defies logic.
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The Hunger Games
In a future north america, where the rulers of panem maintain control through a televised survival competition pitting young people against one another, sixteen-year-old katniss’s skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister’s place. |
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City Of Bones
Suddenly able to see demons and the darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old clary fray is drawn into this bizzare world when her mother disappears and clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
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Anne Of Green Gables
This new hardback edition of the much-loved story of orphan anne shirley has been created in partnership with the world-famous v & a museum, and has an exquisite cover design from their original william morris collection. marilla and matthew cuthbert are in for a big surprise. they are waiting for an orphan boy to help with the work at green gables – but a skinny, red-haired girl turns up instead. feisty and full of spirit, anne shirley charms her way into the cuthberts’ affection with her vivid imagination and constant chatter. it’s not long before anne finds herself in trouble, but soon it becomes impossible for the cuthberts to imagine life without ‘their’ anne – and for the people of avonlea to recall what it was like before this wildly creative little girl whirled into town.
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Linger
The #1 bestselling shiver, linger and forever trilogy rejacketed for a new generation of fans. in shiver, grace and sam found each other. now, in linger, they must fight to be together. for grace, this means defying her parents and keeping dangerous secrets. for sam, it means grappling with his werewolf past … and figuring out a way to survive the future. but just when they manage to find happiness, grace finds herself changing in ways she could never have expected…
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Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (movie Tie-in Edition)
The #1 new york times best-selling series. bonus features • q&a with author ransom riggs • eight pages of color stills from the film • sneak preview of hollow city, the next novel in the series a mysterious island. an abandoned orphanage. a strange collection of peculiar photographs. it all waits to be discovered in miss peregrine’s home for peculiar children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. as our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen year-old jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of miss peregrine’s home for peculiar children. as jacob explores its decaying bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that miss peregrine’s children were more than just peculiar. they may have been dangerous. they may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. and somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.
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The Death Of Mrs Westaway
On a day that begins like any other, hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a substantial inheritance. she realizes very quickly that the letter was sent to the wrong person – but also that the cold-reading skills she’s honed as a tarot card reader might help her claim the money. soon, hal finds herself at the funeral of the deceased where it dawns on her that there is something very, very wrong about this strange situation and the inheritance at the center of it.
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Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone – Hufflepuff Edition
Celebrate 20 years of harry potter magic with four special editions of harry potter and the philosopher’s stone. gryffindor, slytherin, hufflepuff, ravenclaw … twenty years ago these magical words and many more flowed from a young writer’s pen, an orphan called harry potter was freed from the cupboard under the stairs – and a global phenomenon started. harry potter and the philosopher’s stone has been read and loved by every new generation since. to mark the 20th anniversary of first publication, bloomsbury is publishing four house editions of j. k. rowling’s modern classic. these stunning editions will each feature the individual house crest on the jacket and sprayed edges in the house colours. exciting new extra content will include fact files, profiles of favourite characters and line illustrations exclusive to that house. available for a limited period only, these highly collectable editions will be a must-have for all harry potter fans in 2017.
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The Labyrinth Of The Spirits
“the internationally acclaimed, new york times bestselling author returns to the magnificent universe he constructed in his bestselling novels the shadow of the wind, the angel’s game, and the prisoner of heaven in this riveting series finale–a heart-pounding thriller and nail-biting work of suspense which introduces a sexy, seductive new heroine whose investigation shines a light on the dark history of franco’s spain. in this unforgettable final volume of ruiz zafón’s cycle of novels set in the universe of the cemetery of forgotten books, beautiful and enigmatic alicia gris, with the help of the sempere family, uncovers one of the most shocking conspiracies in all spanish history. nine-year-old alicia lost her parents during the spanish civil war when the nacionales (the fascists) savagely bombed barcelona in 1938. twenty years later, she still carries the emotional and physical scars of that violent and terrifying time. weary of her work as an investigator for spain’s secret police in madrid, a job she has held for more than a decade, the twenty-nine-year old plans to move on. at the insistence of her boss, leandro montalvo, she remains to solve one last case: the mysterious disappearance of spain’s minister of culture, mauricio valls. with her partner, the intimidating policeman juan manuel vargas, alicia discovers a possible clue–a rare book by the author victor mataix hidden in valls’ office in his madrid mansion. valls was the director of the notorious montjuic prison in barcelona during world war ii where several writers were imprisoned, including david martín and victor mataix. traveling to barcelona on the trail of these writers, alicia and vargas meet with several booksellers, including juan sempere, who knew her parents. as alicia and vargas come closer to finding valls, they uncover a tangled web of kidnappings and murders tied to the franco regime, whose corruption is more widespread and horrifying than anyone imagined. alicia’s courageous and uncompromising search for the truth puts her life in peril. only with the help of a circle of devoted friends will she emerge from the dark labyrinths of barcelona and its history into the light of the future. in this haunting new novel, carlos ruiz zafón proves yet again that he is a masterful storyteller and pays homage to the world of books, to his ingenious creation of the cemetery of forgotten, and to that magical bridge between literature and our lives.”–provided by publisher.
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Things I Wanted To Say
Whit lancaster burst into my life like a storm. the school with his family name on the sign. he can do no wrong here. this is his domain. he’s a menace on campus. yet his intense gaze fills me with a longing i don’t understand. when he comes to my rescue one night, i welcome him into my room only for him to leave me alone in the night, taking my journal with him. now he knows my secrets. and he promises to use them against me. i’ll be ruined if my darkest secret gets out. so i made a deal with him.
