John Grisham

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Stuff On My Cat (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008

[Pancasila_University] "Mengalahkan belenggu diri"

MAKALAH INDONESIA (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Mantaps! Keputusan untuk menarik diri dari Visa dan menjadi penulis buku bukanlah sebuah keputusan kecil. Pasti Dee Ward Hock mengalami semacam pertentangan batin yang rumit meskipun akhirnya dia mantap untuk mundur dari bisnis. Well, dalam level tertentu mirip-mirip John Grisham yang stop praktik sebagai lawyer untuk fokus menjadi penulis novel (meskipun berhubungan dengan dunia peradilan) dan Michael...

Current Reading

Andrew Watson's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

So I'm currently working my way through John Grisham's quite large collection of books. Over the past few weeks I've read: The Pelican Brief, The Partner, The Street Lawyer, The King of Torts, A Painted House and I'm currently on The Testament. Sent via BlackBerry® from BT

Prosecutor Bill Peterson Is Dumber Than Dirt

God Is a Beer Drinker (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008

I learned about his man from John Grisham's book. Prosecutor Bill Peterson comes across as less than stellar in his approach to the law. It also doesn't help that he is effectively pictures as an arrogant asshole, with a vindictive streak. He never apologized, for example, for ruining men's lives when the evidence is palpably obvious that there should never have been a state prosecution. Then, when...

New Subscription-free Audio Books for iPods Launched by BooksOnBoard

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008

AUSTIN, Texas, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Downloading audio books by John Grisham, James Patterson and others to audio devices - like iPods - just became a little easier and cheaper. BooksOnBoard, the premier online bookshop, is...

The Innocent Man

Trial Ad Notes (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008

I just finished The Innocent Man by John Grisham. He applies his storytelling skills to non-fiction -- the interlocking sad stories of a couple of men who were wrongly convicted of a rape and murder and exonerated eleven years later. Personally, I liked this better than the lawyer thrillers like The Firm -- no chase scenes, no piles of money, no beautiful babes on the beach, just the slow and flawed...

N.T. Wright on the Kingdom

Subversive Influence (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying N.T. Wright’s Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church . I didn’t read much of anything on my recent road trip (no time, though I listened to the audio book of John Grisham’s The Appeal ), but when I got home, I found Ori Brafman’s Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior waiting for me, and I devoured it. Picking...

3-in-1 Ostrich Chair: Even More Fun In The Sun

Best Gadgets World (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008

A relaxing day at the beach calls for a great summer reading paperback novel. What vacation would be complete without a few Tom Clancy, Agatha Christie, or John Grisham books to help pass the time? But we’re faced with a problem. If you want to get an even tan, you’re eventually going to roll onto your stomach, and as your probably know, reading while your back picks up some sun is not the most comfortable...

• 3-in-1 Ostrich Chair: Even More Fun In The Sun - Coolest Gadgets

Top 20 Bestselling Books in the UK - week ending 7 June

Other Stories (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008

I haven't done this for a while... Faces -- Martina Cole The Forgotten Garden -- Kate Morton Devil May Care -- Sebastian Faulks Sepulchre -- Kate Mosse Death Message -- Marl Billingham Playing for Pizza -- John Grisham Chasing Harry...

Authors being asked to churn out one book a year

Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

Top writers feel heat from publishers' presses - The Boston Globe Many top-selling writers, such as John Grisham and Mary Higgins Clark, have turned out at least one book annually for years. Now some writers are beginning to grumble about the pressure, and some are refusing to comply. Not that writers are being explicitly harassed, but costly advance marketing plans are increasingly tied into the expectation...

• Resisting the pulp mill - Bookninja
• Top writers feel heat from publishers' presses - Boston Globe
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

"Books for Attorneys"

Stark County Law Library Blog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

From the site: “Harper Lee's, To Kill a Mockingbird and John Grisham's The Firm and The Client, all come to...

On the road: Ford Focus 1.4 Duratec

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008

If the Ford Focus were an author, it would have to be John Grisham. Not in the sense that you would buy a Focus in a slightly choice-paralysed way, in an airport bookshop on your way to a holiday, then leave it behind when you came back. But in terms of its ubiquity, its relentless presence in the bestseller charts and the sheer opposition-crushing weight of its sales figures, Ford's market-storming...

Idaho’s daughter, Marilynne Robinson

BookClubClassics.com (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008

Friday again and time for another state in our literary journey through the U.S. So, here’s my dilemma. Last week I chose John Grisham to represent Virginia, but struggled to choose a particular novel. As one astute commenter noted, Grisham’s novels tend to be set in Mississippi or elsewhere, but not actually in Virginia. So, my question is: [...]

Reining in the Kings of Tort

RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008

WASHINGTON -- In the novels of John Grisham and the real-life exploits of consumer advocates such as Ralph Nader, the plaintiff's lawyers are the good guys -- populist heroes who battle the avarice of corporate America. But that folkloric image has been battered by two recent cases that show how the plaintiff's bar itself has been vulnerable to the greed and lawlessness it seeks to combat. The cases...

• The fall of the Kings of Torts - PrairiePundit
• David Ignatius: When good guys cut corners - Sacramento Bee

“Foreshadowing is awesome.”

lying for a living (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008

John Grisham gushes in The Onion about “This really neat literary device” he’s just discovered: “It’s this thing where, in the beginning of the story, you put in all these little ‘hints’ about stuff that’s going to happen later on. I can’t wait to try it out!” Another thing I like is that you can put [...]

• Now That I've Learned About Foreshadowing, I'm Going To Use It In All Of My Stories - The Onion
• John Grisham on technique - Bookninja

Britons like to fear for real

emmabakker | 10/30/2007

London , 30 October, 2007 - Paranormal documentaries are topping UK DVD charts, according to online swapping site Hitflip. The supernatural Hollywood blockbusters are also proving well-loved amongst online swappers in the run up to Halloween. Various series of Most Haunted, Most Haunted Live and Ghost Towns are the most popular DVDs that exchange hands on the Hitflip site. In addition, Britons chose...