Parker's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 05 Jun 2023 16:25:47 -0700 60 Parker's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Miracle on the 17th Green (Travis McKinley, #.5)]]> 13161 160 James Patterson 0316693359 Parker 5 3.67 1996 Miracle on the 17th Green (Travis McKinley, #.5)
author: James Patterson
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average rating: 3.67
book published: 1996
rating: 5
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]]> Costa Rica 406644 Guidebook for Costa Rica 512 Carolina A. Miranda 1740597753 Parker 3 3.88 1997 Costa Rica
author: Carolina A. Miranda
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average rating: 3.88
book published: 1997
rating: 3
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]]> Catch-22 4610 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.

With a new preface by the author

Explosive, subversive, wild and funny, 50 years on the novel's strength is undiminished. Reading Joseph Heller's classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage.

Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him. Joseph Heller's bestselling novel is a hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it.]]> 570 Joseph Heller 0099477319 Parker 4 3.97 1961 Catch-22
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average rating: 3.97
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Prosser, Wade and Schwartz's Torts: Cases and Materials on Torts]]> 93843 1290 Victor E. Schwartz 1587788748 Parker 1 2.97 1982 Prosser, Wade and Schwartz's Torts: Cases and Materials on Torts
author: Victor E. Schwartz
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average rating: 2.97
book published: 1982
rating: 1
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]]> Pennsylvania Breweries 1278342 270 Lew Bryson 0811732223 Parker 5 4.14 1998 Pennsylvania Breweries
author: Lew Bryson
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average rating: 4.14
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dog's Purpose (A Dog's Purpose, #1)]]> 7723542
Surprised to find himself reborn as a rambunctious golden haired puppy after a tragically short life as a stray mutt, Bailey's search for his new life's meaning leads him into the loving arms of 8 year old Ethan. During their countless adventures Bailey joyously discovers how to be a good dog.

But this life as a beloved family pet is not the end of Bailey's journey. Reborn as a puppy yet again, Bailey wonders, will he ever find his purpose?

Heartwarming, insightful, and often laugh out loud funny, this book is not only the emotional and hilarious story of a dog's many lives, but also a dog's eye commentary on human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man's best friend. This story teaches us that love never dies, that our true friends are always with us, and that every creature on earth is born with a purpose.]]> 319 W. Bruce Cameron 0765326264 Parker 0 to-read 4.34 2010 A Dog's Purpose (A Dog's Purpose, #1)
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average rating: 4.34
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)]]> 6411961
Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned at the last minute to deliver an evening lecture in the Capitol Building. Within moments of his arrival, however, a disturbing object - gruesomely encoded with five symbols - is discovered at the epicentre of the Rotunda. It is, he recognises, an ancient invitation, meant to beckon its recipient towards a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom.

When Langdon's revered mentor, Peter Solomon - philanthropist and prominent mason - is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons and follow wherever it leads him.

Langdon finds himself quickly swept behind the facade of America's most historic city into the unseen chambers, temples and tunnels which exist there. All that was familiar is transformed into a shadowy, clandestine world of an artfully concealed past in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth.

A brilliantly composed tapestry of veiled histories, arcane icons and enigmatic codes, The Lost Symbol is an intelligent, lightning-paced thriller that offers surprises at every turn. For, as Robert Langdon will discover, there is nothing more extraordinary or shocking than the secret which hides in plain sight...]]> 509 Dan Brown 0385504225 Parker 3 3.75 2009 The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
author: Dan Brown
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average rating: 3.75
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rating: 3
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]]> The Art Forger 14568987
On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art worth today over $500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It remains the largest unsolved art heist in history, and Claire Roth, a struggling young artist, is about to discover that there’s more to this crime than meets the eye.

Claire makes her living reproducing famous works of art for a popular online retailer. Desperate to improve her situation, she lets herself be lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a painting—one of the Degas masterpieces stolen from the Gardner Museum—in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But when the long-missing Degas painting—the one that had been hanging for one hundred years at the Gardner—is delivered to Claire’s studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery.

Claire’s search for the truth about the painting’s origins leads her into a labyrinth of deceit where secrets hidden since the late nineteenth century may be the only evidence that can now save her life. B. A. Shapiro’s razor-sharp writing and rich plot twists make The Art Forger an absorbing literary thriller that treats us to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors. it’s a dazzling novel about seeing—and not seeing—the secrets that lie beneath the canvas.]]> 355 Barbara A. Shapiro 1616201320 Parker 5 3.70 2012 The Art Forger
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]]> <![CDATA[Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)]]> 6148028 Sparks are igniting.
Flames are spreading.
And the Capitol wants revenge.

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol—a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest that she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before . . . and surprising readers at every turn.]]> 391 Suzanne Collins 0439023491 Parker 4 currently-reading 4.34 2009 Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)]]> 7260188 My name is Katniss Everdeen.
Why am I not dead?
I should be dead.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans—except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay—no matter what the personal cost.]]> 390 Suzanne Collins 0439023513 Parker 3 to-read 4.10 2010 Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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average rating: 4.10
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]]> The Iliad 1372
"Certainly the best modern verse translation."--Gilbert Highet

"This magnificent translation of Homer's epic poem . . . will appeal to admirers of Homer and the classics, and the multitude who always wanted to read the great Iliad but never got around to doing so."--The American Book Collector

"Perhaps closer to Homer in every way than any other version made in English."--Peter Green, The New Republic

"The feat is decisive that it is reasonable to foresee a century or so in which nobody will try again to put the Iliad in English verse."--Robert Fitzgerald

"Each new generation is bound to produce new translations. [Lattimore] has done better with nobility, as well as with accuracy, than any other modern verse translator. In our age we do not often find a fine scholar who is also a genuine poet and who takes the greatest pains over the work of translation."--Hugh Lloyd-Jones, New York Review of Books

"Over the long haul Lattimore's translation is more powerful because its effects are more subtle."--Booklist

"Richmond Lattimore is a fine translator of poetry because he has a poetic voice of his own, authentic and unmistakable and yet capable of remarkable range of modulation. His translations make the English reader aware of the poetry."--Moses Hadas, The New York Times]]> 527 Homer Parker 2 3.96 -800 The Iliad
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]]> Constitutional Law 273035 1574 Erwin Chemerinsky 073554946X Parker 1 3.27 1997 Constitutional Law
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average rating: 3.27
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)]]> 1 652 J.K. Rowling Parker 4 4.57 2005 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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average rating: 4.57
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]]> Let's Go: Europe 2008 2231236 Packed with travel information, including listings, deals, and insider tips:
� CANDID LISTINGS of hundreds of places to eat, sleep, drink, and feel like a local.
� RELIABLE MAPS to get you around cities, towns, and the countryside.
� CHEAP, DELICIOUS EATS from Spanish paella to Polish pierogi.
� VOLUNTEER and work opportunities from Reykjavík to Istanbul.
� INSIDER TIPS on the best gay and straight nightlife, traveling cheap, and finding vegetarian food.
� Advice on BIKING, CLIMBING, and HIKING from the Alps to the Tatras.
� A useful PHRASEBOOK to help you say "I'm lost" in fifteen different languages.]]> 1082 Let's Go Inc. 0312374488 Parker 5 4.09 1983 Let's Go: Europe 2008
author: Let's Go Inc.
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average rating: 4.09
book published: 1983
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Copyright: Examples And Explanations]]> 193502 356 Stephen M. McJohn 0735552878 Parker 5 3.80 2006 Copyright: Examples And Explanations
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average rating: 3.80
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]]> <![CDATA[Examples & Explanations: Contracts]]> 1418165 - the author's strong writing ability and skill in teaching first-year students to develop an understanding of difficult concepts
- clear and direct explanatory text that is specifically geared to the needs of first-year students
- diagrams that provide useful visual aids for students to help in remembering key points
- the unique, time-tested Examples and Explanations format that combines textual material with well-written and comprehensive examples, explanations, and questions to test student comprehension of the materials and provide practice in applying information to fact patterns
- comprehensive questions, with are a variety of issues in one fact situation, similar to those on law school or bar examinations
New to the Fourth Edition:
- updated discussion of UCC Articles 1 and 2 including both the current and revised versions of the Articles and an explanation of the changes
- New cases and developments
- New and revised examples and explanations based on new cases and changes in the UCC]]> 804 Brian A. Blum 0735562415 Parker 1 3.35 1998 Examples & Explanations: Contracts
author: Brian A. Blum
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average rating: 3.35
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rating: 1
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]]> Basket Case 13063 400 Carl Hiaasen 0446695645 Parker 5 3.82 2002 Basket Case
author: Carl Hiaasen
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average rating: 3.82
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)]]> 2767052
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . .

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.]]> 374 Suzanne Collins Parker 5 4.34 2008 The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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average rating: 4.34
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Constitutional Law: National Power and Federalism (Examples & Explanations)]]> 193819 423 Christopher N. May 0735562113 Parker 1 3.10 1998 Constitutional Law: National Power and Federalism (Examples & Explanations)
author: Christopher N. May
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average rating: 3.10
book published: 1998
rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[The Law of Torts: Examples & Explanations]]> 1928447 556 Joseph W. Glannon 0735511918 Parker 1 3.38 1995 The Law of Torts: Examples & Explanations
author: Joseph W. Glannon
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average rating: 3.38
book published: 1995
rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Barron's 501 Spanish Verbs (Spanish Edition)]]> 202045 501 Spanish Verbs 729 Christopher Kendris 0764179845 Parker 5 4.25 1963 Barron's 501 Spanish Verbs (Spanish Edition)
author: Christopher Kendris
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average rating: 4.25
book published: 1963
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Let's Go Costa Rica on a Budget]]> 1066727 Packed with travel information, including more listings, deals, and insider tips:CANDID LISTINGS of hundreds of places to eat, sleep, drink, and feel like a localOPPORTUNITIES for ecotourism, study abroad, and cultural exchangeTHE BEST BEACHES for surfing and sunbathing and tips on how to avoid tourist trapsDETAILED COVERAGE of Costa Rica's national parks and reserves and tips on spotting elusive wildlifeThrilling TRIP ITINERARIES from the coast to the rain forestGLOSSARY of useful Spanish words and phrases]]> 418 Let's Go Inc. 0312360983 Parker 5 3.90 2002 Let's Go Costa Rica on a Budget
author: Let's Go Inc.
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average rating: 3.90
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]]> <![CDATA[Let's Go 2004: Spain & Portugal]]> 1271302
For over forty years Let's Go Travel Guides have brought budget-savvy travelers closer to the world and its diverse cultures by providing the most up-to-date information.



· Entries at all price levels for lodging, food, attractions, and more
· Must-have tips for planning your trip, getting around, and staying safe
· Expanded coverage of national parks and outdoor activities
· In-depth regional information, including a scholar's take on Basque identity
· What you should know about traveling in Morocco after the Casablanca attacks
· Detailed city and regional maps

Featuring not-to-be-missed Experiences

Cultural Hit fellow travelers over the head at the festival of SĂŁo JoĂŁo

Inside Scoops & Hidden Soar above a Portuguese national park in a hot air balloon

Off the Beaten Visit with Berbers in the Moroccan desert


Get advice, read up, and book tickets at ]]> 848 Let's Go Inc. 0312319991 Parker 5 4.00 2003 Let's Go 2004: Spain & Portugal
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[Let's Go Spain & Portugal 2008]]> 2480077 800 Let's Go Inc. 0312374577 Parker 5 3.58 1991 Let's Go Spain & Portugal 2008
author: Let's Go Inc.
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average rating: 3.58
book published: 1991
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]]> Let's Go Italy 2008 2231237 782 Vinnie Chiappini 0312374518 Parker 5 4.14 1995 Let's Go Italy 2008
author: Vinnie Chiappini
name: Parker
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1995
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Regulation of Lawyers: Problems of Law and Ethics]]> 725452 864 Stephen Gillers 0735552568 Parker 1 2.22 1985 Regulation of Lawyers: Problems of Law and Ethics
author: Stephen Gillers
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average rating: 2.22
book published: 1985
rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[The Glannon Guide to Criminal Law: Learning Criminal Law Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis]]> 411233 186 Laurie L. Levenson 0735551014 Parker 5 4.00 2005 The Glannon Guide to Criminal Law: Learning Criminal Law Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis
author: Laurie L. Levenson
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[Constitutional Law: National Power and Federalism, Examples & Explanations]]> 193825 373 Christopher N. May 0735520003 Parker 1 3.50 1998 Constitutional Law: National Power and Federalism, Examples & Explanations
author: Christopher N. May
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average rating: 3.50
book published: 1998
rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Intellectual Property: Examples And Explanations]]> 343618 421 Stephen M. McJohn 0735556652 Parker 5 3.92 2006 Intellectual Property: Examples And Explanations
author: Stephen M. McJohn
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average rating: 3.92
book published: 2006
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]]> <![CDATA[Criminal Procedure: Examples and Explanations (Examples & Explanations)]]> 235443 426 Robert M. Bloom 0735539685 Parker 5 3.87 1992 Criminal Procedure: Examples and Explanations (Examples & Explanations)
author: Robert M. Bloom
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average rating: 3.87
book published: 1992
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Criminal Law: Examples & Explanations]]> 193827 502 Richard G. Singer 0735540802 Parker 4 3.64 1995 Criminal Law: Examples & Explanations
author: Richard G. Singer
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average rating: 3.64
book published: 1995
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Corporations: Examples And Explanations]]> 108586 Examples & Explanations series gives you extremely clear introductions to concepts followed by realistic examples that mirror those presented in the classroom throughout the semester. Use at the beginning and midway through the semester to deepen your understanding through clear explanations, corresponding hypothetical fact patterns, and analysis. Then use to study for finals by reviewing the hypotheticals as well as the structure and reasoning behind the accompanying analysis. Designed to complement your casebook, the trusted Examples & Explanations titles get right to the point in a conversational, often humorous style that helps you learn the material each step of the way and prepare for the exam at the end of the course.

The unique, time-tested Examples & Explanations series is invaluable to teach yourself the subject from the first day of class until your last review before the final. Each guide:

helps you learn new material by working through chapters that explain each topic in simple language challenges your understanding with hypotheticals similar to those presented in class provides valuable opportunity to study for the final by reviewing the hypotheticals as well as the structure and reasoning behind the corresponding analysis quickly gets to the point in conversational style laced with humor remains a favorite among law school students is often recommended by professors who encourage the use of study guides works with ALL the major casebooks, suits any class on a given topic provides an alternative perspective to help you understand your casebook and in-class lectures ]]> 696 Alan R. Palmiter 0735556660 Parker 5 3.73 2012 Corporations: Examples And Explanations
author: Alan R. Palmiter
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average rating: 3.73
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]]> <![CDATA[Property (Examples and Explanations)]]> 196380 608 D. Barlow Burke 0735539790 Parker 5 3.54 Property (Examples and Explanations)
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]]> <![CDATA[Contracts: Examples & Explanations]]> 235442 784 Brian A. Blum 0735539693 Parker 1 3.51 1998 Contracts: Examples & Explanations
author: Brian A. Blum
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average rating: 3.51
book published: 1998
rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[The Law Of Torts: Examples And Explanations]]> 93841 642 Joseph W. Glannon 0735540241 Parker 1 3.68 1995 The Law Of Torts: Examples And Explanations
author: Joseph W. Glannon
name: Parker
average rating: 3.68
book published: 1995
rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices]]> 435491 1202 Joseph William Singer 0735555478 Parker 1 2.92 1993 Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices
author: Joseph William Singer
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average rating: 2.92
book published: 1993
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]]> <![CDATA[Cases and Materials on Civil Procedure]]> 272996 1295 John J. Cound 0314152318 Parker 1 2.71 1968 Cases and Materials on Civil Procedure
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average rating: 2.71
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]]> <![CDATA[Civil Procedure: Examples & Explanations]]> 96479 - engages student interest as it teaches, making learning as painless as possible
- covers all aspects of the first-year course, including the difficult areas of res judicata, collateral estoppel, and personal and subject matter jurisdiction
- presents accessible introductions and interesting examples
- makes excellent use of the popular Examples and Explanations format, which is highly effective in learning and applying the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- gives examples that progress gradually from simple to challenging and build student confidence
- uses abundant visual aids, such as diagrams, charts, and documents
New and revised material includes:
- extensive changes to the chapters in Diversity, Federal Arising-Under Jurisdiction, and Supplemental Jurisdiction in light of recent Supreme Court cases, such as Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. v. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing and Exxon-Mobil Corporation v. Allapattah Services, Inc.
- a new chapter on Federal Rule 15 (Amendments to Pleadings), including amendments as of right, the relation back of amendments, and the confusing provision for amendments adding claims against new parties
- citations reflecting the most current law throughout the book, which has been entirely updated]]> 679 Joseph W. Glannon 0735555567 Parker 5 3.88 1992 Civil Procedure: Examples & Explanations
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]]> <![CDATA[American Criminal Procedure: Cases and Commentary (American Casebook Series)]]> 1112419
Some new features of the book include the addition of over 1000 headnotes to pinpoint discussion and add to the readability of the book; full case treatment of important new Supreme Court cases on such topics as drug testing and double jeopardy; additional scholarly commentary on such topics such as the exclusionary rule and plea bargaining in the shadow of the Sentencing Guidelines; extensive new section on how the Sentencing Guidelines operate.

]]> 1707 Stephen A. Saltzburg 0314145346 Parker 1 3.17 1980 American Criminal Procedure: Cases and Commentary (American Casebook Series)
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average rating: 3.17
book published: 1980
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]]> <![CDATA[Cases And Materials On Employment Discrimination And Employment Law]]> 181872 1220 Samuel Estreicher 0314151516 Parker 1 2.75 2000 Cases And Materials On Employment Discrimination And Employment Law
author: Samuel Estreicher
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average rating: 2.75
book published: 2000
rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Intellectual Property Cases and Materials on Trademark, Copyright and Patent Law, 2d (University Casebook Series)]]> 1805836 1008 Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss 1566628121 Parker 1 2.78 1996 Intellectual Property Cases and Materials on Trademark, Copyright and Patent Law, 2d (University Casebook Series)
author: Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss
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average rating: 2.78
book published: 1996
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]]> <![CDATA[Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials]]> 284811 1058 Charles L. Knapp 0735527148 Parker 1 2.88 1987 Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials
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average rating: 2.88
book published: 1987
rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Constitutional Law (University Casebook Series)]]> 193820 1612 Kathleen M. Sullivan 1587787768 Parker 1 3.38 1937 Constitutional Law (University Casebook Series)
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average rating: 3.38
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]]> The Millionaires 85319 560 Brad Meltzer 0446611921 Parker 4 3.81 2002 The Millionaires
author: Brad Meltzer
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average rating: 3.81
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]]> Animal Farm 7613
The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon.

One night, all the animals at Mr. Jones' Manor Farm assemble in a barn to hear old Major, a pig, describe a dream he had about a world where all animals live free from the tyranny of their human masters. Old Major dies soon after the meeting, but the animals � inspired by his philosophy of Animalism � plot a rebellion against Jones.

Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, prove themselves important figures and planners of this dangerous enterprise. When Jones forgets to feed the animals, the revolution occurs, and Jones and his men are chased off the farm. Manor Farm is renamed Animal Farm, and the Seven Commandments of Animalism are painted on the barn wall...]]> 129 George Orwell Parker 2 3.90 1945 Animal Farm
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average rating: 3.90
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]]> 1984 5470 328 George Orwell Parker 4 4.15 1949 1984
author: George Orwell
name: Parker
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1949
rating: 4
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]]> About a Boy 4271
Will is thirty-six but acts like a teenager. Single, child-free and still feeling cool, he reads the right magazines, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's also discovered a great way to score with women at single parents' groups, full of available (and grateful) mothers, all waiting for Mr Nice Guy. That's where he meets Marcus, the oldest twelve-year-old in the world. Marcus is a bit strange: he listens to Joni Mitchell and Mozart, he looks after his Mum and he's never even owned a pair of trainers. Perhaps if Will can teach Marcus how to be a kid, Marcus can help Will grow up and they can both start to act their age.]]> 307 Nick Hornby 0140285679 Parker 4 3.80 1998 About a Boy
author: Nick Hornby
name: Parker
average rating: 3.80
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]]> <![CDATA[Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)]]> 960
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati...the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy -- the Catholic Church.

Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.
Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair...a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.

An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.]]> 736 Dan Brown 1416524797 Parker 5 3.95 2000 Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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]]> A Light in the Attic 240007 Alternate-cover 25th Anniversary reissue edition can be found here

Last night while I lay thinking here
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
And pranced and partied all night long
And sang their same old Whatif song:

Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?...

Here in the attic of Shel Silverstein you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will talk with Broiled Face, and find out what happens when Somebody steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Mountain snores, and They Put a Brassiere on the Camel.

From the creator of the beloved poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends and Falling Up, here is another wondrous book of poems and drawings.]]> 175 Shel Silverstein 0060256737 Parker 4 4.39 1981 A Light in the Attic
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]]> <![CDATA[Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings]]> 30117 This 30th Anniversary Special Edition includes 12 extra poems for an even more fantastic experience.

Come in... for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins.

Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound.

You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist.

Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings stretches the bounds of imagination and will be cherished by readers of all ages.]]> 192 Shel Silverstein 0060572345 Parker 5 4.60 1974 Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
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]]> Where the Wild Things Are 19543 38 Maurice Sendak 0099408392 Parker 5 4.25 1963 Where the Wild Things Are
author: Maurice Sendak
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]]> <![CDATA[Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything]]> 1202
These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much heralded scholar who studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life -- from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing -- and whose conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. He usually begins with a mountain of data and a simple, unasked question. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics.

Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives -- how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics, they set out to explore the hidden side of ... well, everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real-estate agents. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. The secrets of the Ku Klux Klan.

What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world, despite a surfeit of obfuscation, complication, and downright deceit, is not impenetrable, is not unknowable, and -- if the right questions are asked -- is even more intriguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking. Steven Levitt, through devilishly clever and clear-eyed thinking, shows how to see through all the clutter.

Freakonomics establishes this unconventional premise: If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work. It is true that readers of this book will be armed with enough riddles and stories to last a thousand cocktail parties. But Freakonomics can provide more than that. It will literally redefine the way we view the modern world.
(front flap)]]> 268 Steven D. Levitt 0061234001 Parker 4 4.01 2005 Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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average rating: 4.01
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rating: 4
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]]> High Fidelity 4262 323 Nick Hornby 1594481784 Parker 5 3.92 1995 High Fidelity
author: Nick Hornby
name: Parker
average rating: 3.92
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]]> Sick Puppy (Skink, #4) 13066 464 Carl Hiaasen 0446695688 Parker 3 3.89 2000 Sick Puppy (Skink, #4)
author: Carl Hiaasen
name: Parker
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> Nature Girl 13060
        Will Honey be able to make a mensch of a “greedhead�? Will Fry be able to protect her from Piejack—and herself? Will Sammy achieve his true Seminole self? Will Eugenie ever get to the beach? Will the Everglades survive the wild humans? All the answers are revealed in the delectably outrageous mayhem that propels this novel to its Hiaasen-of-the-highest-order climax.]]> 306 Carl Hiaasen 0307262995 Parker 2 3.65 2006 Nature Girl
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average rating: 3.65
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rating: 2
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]]> Lucky You 294430 496 Carl Hiaasen 0330369032 Parker 5 3.86 1997 Lucky You
author: Carl Hiaasen
name: Parker
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1997
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Skinny Dip (Skink, #5; Mick Stranahan #2)]]> 13079 496 Carl Hiaasen 0446615129 Parker 3 3.83 2004 Skinny Dip (Skink, #5; Mick Stranahan #2)
author: Carl Hiaasen
name: Parker
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2004
rating: 3
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]]> Strip Tease 13074
When a deranged Florida congressman falls for a gorgeous but virtuous stripper, he dedicates himself to pursuing this tasselled princess. Not only is she a real beauty, she's a damsel in distress. The effects of his quest will ripple through the spotlights of the strip joint, the sugar cane fields of south Florida, and some powerful political careers. Fueled by innocent lust and dizzy miscalculations, this story will keep you howling with surprise.

George Wilson's colorful narration is the perfect vehicle for Carl Hiaasen's twisted fairy tale.]]> 464 Carl Hiaasen 044669567X Parker 4 3.86 1993 Strip Tease
author: Carl Hiaasen
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Five People You Meet in Heaven]]> 3431
Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: "Why was I here?"]]> 196 Mitch Albom 0786868716 Parker 3 4.01 2003 The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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]]> Romeo and Juliet 18135 Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud.

In this death-filled setting, the movement from love at first sight to the lovers� final union in death seems almost inevitable. And yet, this play set in an extraordinary world has become the quintessential story of young love. In part because of its exquisite language, it is easy to respond as if it were about all young lovers.]]> 281 William Shakespeare 0743477111 Parker 2 3.74 1597 Romeo and Juliet
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average rating: 3.74
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]]> To Kill a Mockingbird 2657 "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

"To Kill A Mockingbird" became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film.]]> 323 Harper Lee 0060935464 Parker 5 4.25 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird
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]]> <![CDATA[The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)]]> 968 The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, and The da Vinci Code

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.

In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.

The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.]]> 489 Dan Brown Parker 5 3.92 2003 The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
author: Dan Brown
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Peanuts, 1950-1952 (The Complete Peanuts, #1)]]> 54596
This first volume, covering the first two and a quarter years of the strip, will be of particular fascination to Peanuts aficionados worldwide: Although there have been literally hundreds of Peanuts books published, many of the strips from the series' first two or three years have never been collected before―in large part because they showed a young Schulz working out the kinks in his new strip and include some characterizations and designs that are quite different from the cast we're all familiar with. (Among other things, three major cast members―Schroeder, Lucy, and Linus―initially show up as infants and only "grow" into their final "mature" selves as the months go by. Even Snoopy debuts as a puppy!) Thus The Complete Peanuts offers a unique chance to see a master of the art form refine his skills and solidify his universe, day by day, week by week, month by month.

This volume is rounded out with Garrison Keillor's introduction, a biographical essay by David Michaelis (Schulz and Peanuts) and an in-depth interview with Schulz conducted in 1987 by Gary Groth and Rick Marschall, all wrapped in a gorgeous design by award-winning cartoonist Seth. Black-and-white comic strips throughout]]> 343 Charles M. Schulz 156097589X Parker 5 4.38 2004 The Complete Peanuts, 1950-1952 (The Complete Peanuts, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Calvin and Hobbes]]> 24812 Box Set | Book One | Book Two | Book Three ]

Calvin and Hobbes is unquestionably one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to-him tiger was first syndicated in 1985 and appeared in more than 2,400 newspapers when Bill Watterson retired on January 1, 1996. The entire body of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons published in a truly noteworthy tribute to this singular cartoon in The Complete Calvin and Hobbes. Composed of three hardcover, four-color volumes in a sturdy slipcase, this New York Times best-selling edition includes all Calvin and Hobbes cartoons that ever appeared in syndication. This is the treasure that all Calvin and Hobbes fans seek.]]> 1456 Bill Watterson 0740748475 Parker 5 4.80 2005 The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hobbit, or There and Back Again]]> 5907 Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent. The text in this 372-page paperback edition is based on that first published in Great Britain by Collins Modern Classics (1998), and includes a note on the text by Douglas A. Anderson (2001).]]> 366 J.R.R. Tolkien Parker 3 4.29 1937 The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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average rating: 4.29
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rating: 3
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]]> The King of Torts 5356
As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous settlement that would totally change his life--that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession's newest king of torts...

'From the Hardcover edition']]> 276 John Grisham 0385339658 Parker 4 3.71 2003 The King of Torts
author: John Grisham
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average rating: 3.71
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> The Street Lawyer 5351
But a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived; his assailant did not. Who was this man? Michael did some digging, and learned that he was a mentally ill veteran who'd been in and out of shelters for many years. Then Michael dug a little deeper, and found a dirty secret, and the secret involved Drake & Sweeney.

The fast track derailed; the ladder collapsed. Michael bolted the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer.

And a thief.]]> 384 John Grisham 0385339097 Parker 2 3.87 1998 The Street Lawyer
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name: Parker
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1998
rating: 2
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]]> The Rainmaker 5349 The Rainmaker, John Grisham tells the story of a young man barely out of law school who finds himself taking on one of the most powerful, corrupt, and ruthless companies in America -- and exposing a complex, multibillion-dollar insurance scam. In his final semester of law school Rudy Baylor is required to provide free legal advice to a group of senior citizens, and it is there that he meets his first "clients," Dot and Buddy Black. Their son, Donny Ray, is dying of leukemia, and their insurance company has flatly refused to pay for his medical treatments. While Rudy is at first skeptical, he soon realizes that the Blacks really have been shockingly mistreated by the huge company, and that he just may have stumbled upon one of the largest insurance frauds anyone's ever seen -- and one of the most lucrative and important cases in the history of civil litigation. The problem is, Rudy's flat broke, has no job, hasn't even passed the bar, and is about to go head-to-head with one of the best defense attorneys -- and powerful industries -- in America.]]> 419 John Grisham Parker 5 4.00 1995 The Rainmaker
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average rating: 4.00
book published: 1995
rating: 5
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]]> The Runaway Jury 24192
The jury is behaving strangely, and at least one juror is convinced he's being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an anonymous young woman suggests she is able to predict the jurors' increasingly odd behavior.

Is the jury somehow being manipulated, or even controlled? If so, by whom? And, more importantly, why?

From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 464 John Grisham 0385339690 Parker 3 4.03 1996 The Runaway Jury
author: John Grisham
name: Parker
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> The Client 5359 483 John Grisham 0385339089 Parker 3 4.06 1993 The Client
author: John Grisham
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average rating: 4.06
book published: 1993
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)]]> 32542 This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780385338608

Before The Firm and The Pelican Brief made him a superstar, John Grisham wrote this riveting story of retribution and justice. In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the savage depths of racial violence, as he delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in a small southern town, Clanton, Mississippi.

The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. That is, until her black father acquires an assault rifle and takes matters into his hands.

For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client's life, and then his own.]]> 738 John Grisham Parker 2 4.11 1989 A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
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book published: 1989
rating: 2
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]]> A Thousand Splendid Suns 128029
With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan, the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worst imaginings. Yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a portrait of a wounded country and a story of family and friendship, of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond, and an indestructible love.]]> 372 Khaled Hosseini 1594489505 Parker 4 4.44 2007 A Thousand Splendid Suns
author: Khaled Hosseini
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average rating: 4.44
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> The Kite Runner 77203 371 Khaled Hosseini 159463193X Parker 5 4.34 2003 The Kite Runner
author: Khaled Hosseini
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average rating: 4.34
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rating: 5
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]]> The Great Gatsby 4671 The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald’s family and from his lifelong publisher.

This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author’s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.]]> 180 F. Scott Fitzgerald 0743273567 Parker 1 3.93 1925 The Great Gatsby
author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
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average rating: 3.93
book published: 1925
rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again]]> 339929 Loaded with meaty trivia and tasty, bite-sized facts!

mental_floss is proud to offer a delicious, hearty helping of brain-food that's sure to fire up your neurons and tantalize your synapses. Condensed Knowledge is a mouthwatering mix of intriguing facts, lucid explanations, and mind-blowing theories that will satisfy even the hungriest mind!

Ingredients include:

5 tiny nations that get no respect � 4 civilizations nobody remembers � 5 classics written under the influence � 4 things your boss has in common with slime mold � 3 schools of thought that will impress the opposite sex � 4 things Einstein got wrong � 5 classical tunes you know from the movies � 3 famous studies that would be illegal today � 2 religious mysteries solved by chemistry � 5 scandals that rocked art, and much more ...]]> 345 Will Pearson 0060568062 Parker 4 3.92 2004 mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again
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average rating: 3.92
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> The Giver (The Giver, #1) 3636 208 Lois Lowry 0385732554 Parker 2 4.12 1993 The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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rating: 2
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]]> The Stranger 49552 The Stranger has long been considered a classic of twentieth-century literature. Le Monde ranks it as number one on its "100 Books of the Century" list. Through this story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on a sundrenched Algerian beach, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."]]> 123 Albert Camus Parker 3 4.04 1942 The Stranger
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average rating: 4.04
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rating: 3
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]]> The Complete Stories 22904 --penguinrandomhouse.com

Two Introductory parables: Before the law --
Imperial message --
Longer stories: Description of a struggle --
Wedding preparations in the country --
Judgment --
Metamorphosis --
In the penal colony --
Village schoolmaster (The giant mole) --
Blumfeld, and elderly bachelor --
Warden of the tomb --
Country doctor --
Hunter Gracchus --
Hunter Gracchus: A fragment --
Great Wall of China --
News of the building of the wall: A fragment --
Report to an academy --
Report to an academy: Two fragments --
Refusal --
Hunger artist --
Investigations of a dog --
Little woman --
The burrow --
Josephine the singer, or the mouse folk --
Children on a country road --
The trees --
Clothes --
Excursion into the mountains --
Rejection --
The street window --
The tradesman --
Absent-minded window-gazing --
The way home --
Passers-by --
On the tram --
Reflections for gentlemen-jockeys --
The wish to be a red Indian --
Unhappiness --
Bachelor's ill luck --
Unmasking a confidence trickster --
The sudden walk --
Resolutions --
A dream --
Up in the gallery --
A fratricide --
The next village --
A visit to a mine --
Jackals and Arabs --
The bridge --
The bucket rider --
The new advocate --
An old manuscript --
The knock at the manor gate --
Eleven sons --
My neighbor --
A crossbreed (A sport) --
The cares of a family man --
A common confusion --
The truth about Sancho Panza --
The silence of the sirens --
Prometheus --
The city coat of arms --
Poseidon --
Fellowship --
At night --
The problem of our laws --
The conscripton of troops --
The test --
The vulture --
The helmsman --
The top --
A little fable --
Home-coming --
First sorrow --
The departure --
Advocates --
The married couple --
Give it up! --
On parables.]]> 486 Franz Kafka Parker 3 4.37 1911 The Complete Stories
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]]> <![CDATA[The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court]]> 280410 384 Jeffrey Toobin 0385516401 Parker 5 4.09 2007 The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
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]]> Cell 10567 Where were you on October 1st at 3:03 pm?

Graphic artist Clay Riddell was in the heart of Boston on that brilliant autumn afternoon when hell was unleashed before his eyes. Without warning, carnage and chaos reigned. Ordinary people fell victim to the basest, most animalistic destruction.

And the apocalypse began with the ring of a cell phone...]]> 449 Stephen King 1416524517 Parker 5 3.67 2006 Cell
author: Stephen King
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average rating: 3.67
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]]> Up Country 33820 859 Nelson DeMille 0446611913 Parker 5 4.02 2002 Up Country
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> Spencerville 21661 656 Nelson DeMille 0679436642 Parker 4 3.67 1994 Spencerville
author: Nelson DeMille
name: Parker
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]]> The Summons 5352 And he has a father, a very sick old man who lives alone in the ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi. He is known to all as Judge Atlee, a beloved and powerful official who has towered over local law and politics for forty years. No longer on the bench, the Judge has withdrawn to the Atlee mansion and become a recluse.
With the end in sight, Judge Atlee issues a summons for both sons to return home to Clanton, to discuss the details of his estate. It is typed by the Judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for Ray and Forrest to appear in his study.
Ray reluctantly heads south, to his hometown, to the place where he grew up, which he prefers now to avoid. But the family meeting does not take place. The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray.
And perhaps someone else.]]> 384 John Grisham 0385339593 Parker 4 3.71 2002 The Summons
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]]> A Civil Action 27397
After finding that her child is diagnosed with leukemia, Anne Anderson notices a high prevalence of leukemia, a relatively rare disease, in her city. Eventually she gathers other families and seeks a lawyer, Jan Schlichtmann, to consider their options.

Schlichtmann originally decides not to take the case due to both the lack of evidence and a clear defendant. Later picking up the case, Schlichtmann finds evidence suggesting trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination of the town's water supply by Riley Tannery, a subsidiary of Beatrice Foods; a chemical company, W. R. Grace; and another company named Unifirst.

In the course of the lawsuit Schlichtmann gets other attorneys to assist him. He spends lavishly as he had in his prior lawsuits, but the length of the discovery process and trial stretch all of their assets to their limit.]]> 502 Jonathan Harr 0679772677 Parker 2 3.99 1995 A Civil Action
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]]> Homebrewing For Dummies 2520386
"Homebrewing For Dummies, 2nd Edition" is fully updated with the latest brewing techniques and technologies and features more than 100 winning recipes that will have your friends and neighbors singing your praises and coming back for more.]]> 409 Marty Nachel 0470230622 Parker 4 3.89 1997 Homebrewing For Dummies
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]]> The Last Great American Hobo 361916 And Their Children After Them. ]]> 288 Dale Maharidge 1559582995 Parker 3 3.88 1993 The Last Great American Hobo
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]]> <![CDATA[A History of the World in 6 Glasses]]> 3872
A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola. Beer was first made in the Fertile Crescent and by 3000 B.C.E. was so important to Mesopotamia and Egypt that it was used to pay wages. In ancient Greece wine became the main export of her vast seaborne trade, helping spread Greek culture abroad. Spirits such as brandy and rum fueled the Age of Exploration, fortifying seamen on long voyages and oiling the pernicious slave trade. Although coffee originated in the Arab world, it stoked revolutionary thought in Europe during the Age of Reason, when coffeehouses became centers of intellectual exchange. And hundreds of years after the Chinese began drinking tea, it became especially popular in Britain, with far-reaching effects on British foreign policy. Finally, though carbonated drinks were invented in 18th-century Europe they became a 20th-century phenomenon, and Coca-Cola in particular is the leading symbol of globalization.

For Tom Standage, each drink is a kind of technology, a catalyst for advancing culture by which he demonstrates the intricate interplay of different civilizations. You may never look at your favorite drink the same way again.
]]> 336 Tom Standage 0802715524 Parker 5 3.79 2005 A History of the World in 6 Glasses
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]]> The Catcher in the Rye 5107 It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school...

Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters—shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by pimps and cut down by erstwhile girlfriends. The city is beautiful and terrible, in all its neon loneliness and seedy glamour, its mingled sense of possibility and emptiness. Holden passes through it like a ghost, thinking always of his kid sister Phoebe, the only person who really understands him, and his determination to escape the phonies and find a life of true meaning.

The Catcher in the Rye is an all-time classic in coming-of-age literature- an elegy to teenage alienation, capturing the deeply human need for connection and the bewildering sense of loss as we leave childhood behind.

J.D. Salinger's (1919�2010) classic novel of teenage angst and rebellion was first published in 1951. The novel was included on Time's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923. It was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It has been frequently challenged in the court for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and in the 1950's and 60's it was the novel that every teenage boy wants to read.]]> 277 J.D. Salinger 0316769177 Parker 3 3.81 1951 The Catcher in the Rye
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)]]> 15881
And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls� bathroom. But then the real trouble begins � someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects� Harry Potter himself!]]> 352 J.K. Rowling Parker 4 4.42 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)]]> 2
Harry has had enough. He is beginning to think he must do something, anything, to change his situation, when the summer holidays come to an end in a very dramatic fashion. What Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his world upside down...]]> 912 J.K. Rowling Parker 4 4.50 2003 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)]]> 6 734 J.K. Rowling 0439139597 Parker 3 4.56 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)]]> 5 435 J.K. Rowling 043965548X Parker 5 4.57 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 3 309 J.K. Rowling 0439554934 Parker 5 4.47 1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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]]> Rock and a Hard Place 627151 384 Stephen J. Martin 1856355071 Parker 5 4.02 2006 Rock and a Hard Place
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best book i've ever read. ive never laughed so much.
]]> Superchick 2166040 354 Stephen J. Martin 1856354644 Parker 5 3.96 2002 Superchick
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