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Eric grew up among people whose belief was to “give� and never turn away from your neighbor’s need. There was Aunt Shine, the goodly matriarch who cared so much about young Motley’s schooling that she would stand up in a crowded church and announce Eric’s progress or his shortcomings. There was Old Man Salery, who secretly siphoned gasoline from his beat-up car into the Motley’s tank at night. There were Motley’s grandparents, who bought books for Eric they couldn’t afford, spending the last of their seed money. And there was Reverend Brinkley, a man of enormous faith and simple living. It was said that whenever the Reverend came your way, light abounded. Life in Madison Park wasn’t always easy or fair, and Motley reveals personal and heartbreaking stories of racial injustice and segregation. But Eric shows how the community taught him everything he needed to know about love and faith.

This charming, engaging, and deeply inspiring memoir will help you remember that we can create a world of shared values based on love and hope. It is a story that reveals the amazing power of faith in God and each other. If you’re in search of hope during troubled times, look no further than Madison Park.]]>
304 Eric L. Motley 031034963X Robina 5 4.03 2017 Madison Park: A Place of Hope
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Sycamore Row 21059479 Именно здесь развернулось действие романа «Пора убивать», принесшего автору мировую славу, ставшего классикой жанра и основой потрясающего фильма с Мэттью Макконахи, Сэмюэлом Л. Джексоном и Сандрой Баллок в главных ролях. Именно в этом романе впервые появился молодой адвокат Джейк Брайгенс, бросивший вызов неумолимой судебной системе, чтобы защитить отчаявшегося отца, который застрелил двух подонков, надругавшихся над его маленькой дочерью.
И вот � новое дело Джейка Брайгенса. Дело о загадочном завещании очень богатого южанина Сета Хаббарда, который распорядился своим состоянием так, что это шокировало не только его близких, но и всех, кто его знал. Сын и дочь богача готовы горы свернуть, чтобы доказать: их отец был не в своем уме, когда составлял этот документ.
Но Джек Брайгенс намерен убедить присяжных в противоположном � у Сета Хаббарда имелись веские причины, поступить именно так, а не иначе. И чтобы сделать это, Брайгенсу придется раскрыть опасную тайну, многие годы скрывавшуюся за вычурными фасадами особняков уютного южного городка…]]>
656 John Grisham 0812999053 Robina 0 to-read 3.95 2013 Sycamore Row
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<![CDATA[The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars]]> 9775295
The grisly finds that began on the afternoon of June 26, 1897, plunged detectives headlong into the era's most baffling murder mystery. Seized upon by battling media moguls Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, the case became a publicity circus. Reenactments of the murder were staged in Times Square, armed reporters lurked in the streets of Hell's Kitchen in pursuit of suspects, and an unlikely trio � a hard-luck cop, a cub reporter, and an eccentric professor � all raced to solve the crime.

What emerged was a sensational love triangle and an even more sensational trial: an unprecedented capital case hinging on circumstantial evidence around a victim whom the police couldn't identify with certainty, and who the defense claimed wasn't even dead. The Murder of the Century is a rollicking tale � a rich evocation of America during the Gilded Age and a colorful re-creation of the tabloid wars that have dominated media to this day.]]>
270 Paul Collins 0307592200 Robina 0 to-read 3.56 2011 The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars
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