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Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury: Greatest Closing Arguments In Modern Law

16 reviews
Michael S Lief, Ben Bycel, ...

Scribner, 2000

If your idealism is waning, this book will help you find it!
After years of arguing caseslaw, motions, picking juries, interviewing witnesses, going through all the day to day protocol that trial work demands, one may forget at times how important is the job of a lawyer. But this book reminds the practioner that he/she is a part of a wonderful system of justice. Not many cases will go down as "The Greatest" but to your clients, it is often the defining ...

Wicked Gentlemen

29 reviews
Ginn Hale

Blind Eye Books, 2007

A fast favorite. Every word I read made me love it more.
Wicked Gentlemen is one of my favorite books. Hale's writing style is simple and easy to read, yet not at all lacking in beauty and finesse. There is poetry in the author's words. Not only this, but the world in which these enigmatic characters, Belimai and Harper, exist is fascinating in and of itself. I've read this book several times over and I'm never disappointed or bored by what I'm ...

Gentlemen's Alliance + , Vol. 6 (The Gentlemen's Alliance +)

VIZ Media LLC, 2008

In return for a business loan of 50 million yen, the prestigious Kamiya family gave their daughter Haine away to the Otomiya family. Haine, now an Otomiya, is appointed to the student council of the exclusive Imperial Academy, a private school for the aristocracy. Even though Haine is of proper lineage to be on the council, she finds herself struggling to find her place among the many secrets of its elite members, especially those of the ...

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier

77 reviews
Alan Moore

Wildstorm, 2007

An Extraordinary Title
To anyone familiar with the world of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (and I certainly do not mean the movie), this latest volume - The Black Dossier - will still manage to both surprise and delight. Set in a post Big Brother 1950's Britain, the story revolves around the aforementioned book which is taken from the vaults of British Intelligence and contains the history of the various ...

After the Kiss: The Notorious Gentlemen
Suzanne Enoch

Avon, 2008

A Notorious Gentleman . . . Sullivan Waring wants only two things: his rightful inheritance, and revenge against the man who stole it from him. By day, Sullivan is the most respected horse breeder in England; by night, he plunders the ton 's most opulent homes to reclaim his late mother's beautiful paintings. His quest is going swimmingly . . . until the night he's discovered by Lady Isabel Chalsey. Clad only in a revealing nightdress, ...

Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure

81 reviews
Michael Chabon

Del Rey, 2007

Wonderful Homage to Classic Adventure
This book should come with a big warning wrapper: "Michael Chabon's latest book is unlike his previous work, it is an homage to classic adventure writing -- your results may vary." That's because it's a book whose enjoyment depends heavily on the reader's expectations, and a number of reviewers seem to find fault with it because of this. If you're a fan of Chabon, be warned that it's miles away ...

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1

116 reviews
Alan Moore

America's Best Comics, 1999

Don't order this title for your kids
I liked Watchmen, so I ordered TLoEG Vol 1 and 2 for my 10 year old son for Christmas. Thankfully, I started reading it before he did as it is very much an adult themed graphic novel, with a couple of rape scenes in the first half of Vol 1 alone. I haven't finished the book yet - just wanted to give a head's up to other parents out there before they made the same mistake I did. With Captain ...

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2

53 reviews
Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill

Wildstorm, 2004

The League at it's best!
I loved volume 1 and volume 2 was even better. I thoroughly enjoyed the Almanac section of the book and the cool board game and other little "quips" that were added by Moore and O'Neill. There is a little more sexual content in this volume, but it doesn't detract from the book at all. If you are an Allan Moore fan don't pass this book up and Kevin O'Neill's artistry has a superb fit with ...

Gentlemen and Players: A Novel (P.S.)

15 reviews
Joanne Harris

Harper Perennial, 2007

SOME PLAYERS ARE NOT GENTLEMEN
For this reader Gentlemen & Players by Joanne Harris is a blockbuster of a novel with more twists and turns than an amusement park thrill ride. Set at a British boys' school, this riveting tale plays out like a game of chess with each move and counter-move by the participants advancing the story toward its unexpected climax. The narrative itself covers a fifteen year period in the history of ...

Before the Scandal: The Notorious Gentlemen
Suzanne Enoch

Avon, 2008

It Was a Scandal Waiting to Happen . . . Colonel Phineas Bromley is a legend—on the battlefield and in the bedroom. Though he's won many wars, and even more hearts, nothing could prepare him for his new life. When Phin discovers that someone has been pushing his family toward ruin, he assumes the role of a legendary highwayman. Riding out in the middle of the night, hidden behind a mask, Phin heads straight into trouble . . . and ...

Good Afternoon Gentlemen, The Name's Bill Gardner

5 reviews
Bill Gardner, Cass Pennant

John Blake, 2006

The Names Bill Gardner
A little disappointed. Gardner spent more time trying to disprove that he was a thug than providing the reader with real action. He was a true Hammer fan and I would love to share a pint with Bill and get the real story.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City

49 reviews
Jonathan Mahler

Picador, 2006

Baseball, Riots and Serial Killers... What's Not to Love?
This is exactly what a journalistic history book should be. Fast, fun, and informative, as the book reviewers would say... Plus, it's about baseball, riots, tabloid journalism, politicians and serial killers. What's not to like? Its kind of hard to remember now, but New York in 1977 was a city on the verge of total and utter collapse. We're talking bankruptcy, massive civil unrest, serial ...

Officers and Gentlemen

7 reviews
Evelyn Waugh

Back Bay Books, 1979

War And The Solitary Man
The period of time between the fall of France and the Nazi attack on the Soviet Union justifiably has been called Britain's finest hour, when the island nation stood alone against Hitler and the Axis powers. Trust Evelyn Waugh to write a novel about this effort that manages to find more to mock and be acerbic about than to be proud of. Amazingly, as fiction "Officers And Gentlemen" not only works ...

Southern Ladies & Gentlemen

23 reviews
Florence King

St. Martin's Griffin, 1993

Wonderful reading!
What a trip! We just moved to the South a few years ago (First Atlanta, now the Delta), and I'm wishing someone had recommended this a while back. It helps with so many things! All the contradictions, the unexplained rules, the assumptions and the wacky productions...King helps it all make sense, with great humor and flair. If you enjoy this, I also recommend Gayden Metcalfe's books: Being ...

This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Penguin Classics)

19 reviews
Tadeusz Borowski

Penguin Classics, 1992

A remembrance of things past
Imre Kertesz, a concentration camp survivor and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature often asks in his work: is there life after Auschwitz? Can one live with the ineffable guilt that accompanies survival against all odds? For Borowski the answer appears to be no. On July 1, 1951, at age 29, Tadeusz Borowski opened a gas valve, put his head in an oven and took his life. There is no small ...

Gentlemen Behaving Badly (Pleasure Emporium)
Michelle Marcos

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2008

Destitute and alone, Mina Halliday ventured into a notorious bordello and offered the only talents at her disposal—her writing skill and her scandalous imagination. Mina’s erotic letters have enticed London’s wealthiest noblemen to the Pleasure Emporium, but her real goal is to find the person responsible for her father’s ruin. Even if that means defying the orders of Chief Constable Salter Lambrick, a man who makes her ...

An Agreement Among Gentlemen

7 reviews
Chris Owen

Torquere Press, 2008

An Agreement Among Gentlemen
Edward "Ned" Munrow is content with his life of no responsibility and all pleasure until his friend unexpectedly gives him an estate and a great deal of money. He's not particularly pleased with the development, especially when a Duke blackmails him into a marriage he definitely doesn't want. The Duke sends his heir, Henri, Viscount Langton, to spend the summer with Munrow, so they can pretend ...

Impossible Territories: An Unofficial Companion to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Jess Nevins

MonkeyBrain Books, 2008

Following on the heels of the well-received HEROES & MONSTERS and A BLAZING WORLD, this new companion is the invaluable book length analysis of THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: BLACK DOSSIER, containing panel-by-panel annotations, as well as exclusive interview and commentary with award-winning creators Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill.

Gentlemen's Alliance + , Vol. 5 (The Gentlemen's Alliance +)

2 reviews

VIZ Media LLC, 2008

Pure Shojo Fun Part 5
Shizumasa has broken up with Haine and as a result she is off the student council. At the same time her estranged father decides it's time for Haine to see her mother again. Will a reconciliation prove to be too much for her to handle? So, in viewing the release date on number 6 it doesn't come out until June. That is simply too long to wait to find out what happens, especially considering ...

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