The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief
Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2010-01-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0440245931

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the front floor of a posh home... In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death... The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law student prepares a legal brief... To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To the Washington establishment it was political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder—a murder intended for her. Going underground, she finds there is only one person she can trust—an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak hotter than Watergate—to help her piece together the deadly puzzle. Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and the White House's inner sanctums, a violent cover-up is being engineered. For someone has read Darby's brief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable crime. Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

The Reason for the Pelican

The Reason for the Pelican
Author: John Ciardi
Publisher: Wordsong
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1994
Genre: American poetry
ISBN: 9781563973703

Thirty-fifth anniversary edition of John Ciardi's first book of poetry for children; newly illustrated.

What We Really Do All Day

What We Really Do All Day
Author: Jonathan Gershuny
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2019-06-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0141984554

How has the way we spend our time changed over the last fifty years? Are we really working more, sleeping less and addicted to our phones? What does this mean for our health, wealth and happiness? Everything we do happens in time and it feels like our lives are busier than ever before. Yet a detailed look at our daily activities reveals some surprising truths about the social and economic structure of the world we live in. This book delves into the unrivalled data collection and expertise of the Centre for Time Use Research to explore fifty-five years of change and what it means for us today.

Treasures

Treasures
Author: Belva Plain
Publisher: Dell
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2014-08-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 080415256X

A story of family... the Osbornes -- two sisters and a brother -- united by family ties but split apart by different dreams. Lara, the happy young wife, longs for the family that will make her life whole. Connie, wild and lovely, is more like her brother Eddy -- bright, ambitious, and ready to seize all that life has to offer. A story of choices... Connie is looking for wealth -- to make or to marry. Lara, staying behind in a small Ohio town, finds everything she cherishes threatened by fate and by her own blind commitment. And Eddy, as Wall Street's "wonder boy," can make millions... if he ruthlessly uses his family and friends. A story of marriages... Lara's held together by devotion, Connie's shattered by infidelity and betrayal, and Eddy's rocked by shame and prison. Torn by conflicting loyalties, they are a family caught in the tides of scandal... and swept toward a fate where dreams may end or be born again...

Social Mobility

Social Mobility
Author: Lee Elliot Major
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2018-09-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0241317037

What are the effects of decreasing social mobility? How does education help - and hinder - us in improving our life chances? Why are so many of us stuck on the same social rung as our parents? Apart from the USA, Britain has the lowest social mobility in the Western world. The lack of movement in who gets where in society - particularly when people are stuck at the bottom and the top - costs the nation dear, both in terms of the unfulfilled talents of those left behind and an increasingly detached elite, disinterested in improvements that benefit the rest of society. This book analyses cutting-edge research into how social mobility has changed in Britain over the years, the shifting role of schools and universities in creating a fairer future, and the key to what makes some countries and regions so much richer in opportunities, bringing a clearer understanding of what works and how we can better shape our future.

The Salem Witchcraft Papers

The Salem Witchcraft Papers
Author: Paul Boyer
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1977-12-21
Genre: History
ISBN:

Works Progress Administration created in 1935; name changed in 1939 to Work Projects Administration.

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington
Author: Chris Nickson
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Total Pages: 181
Release: 1996-12-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1429938161

He blew critics away with his performance as a black infantryman in Glory, he stunned audiences with his powerful portrayal of Malcolm X, and he showed us a new kind of prejudice in his role as the homophobic lawyer in Philadelphia. Since then, Denzel Washington has continued to dazzle fans in films such as Devil in a Blue Dress, The Pelican Brief, and the remake of The Bishop's Wife, co-starring Whitney Houson. He currently commands upwards of $10 million per film, and has become an undeniable sex symbol for women the world over. Star biographer Chris Nickson takes you behind the scenes into the life and career of the chameleon actor, the superstar, and the family man, to give you the real essence of one of Hollywood's most talented stars. Learn about: What experience ignited his passion for acting How his role as a black activist in Cry Freedom changed his career How, despite his admitted infidelities, his marriage and family have supported him in his career Why he vehemently resists the image of sex symbol Why he doesn't view himself as a role model to African-American culture Packed with revealing details, this fascinating biography gets to the real heart of today's most versitile and exciting actor.