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Silk Vendetta
"It is quite possible that [this] is her most thrilling and compelling novel to date." RAVE REVIEWS As long as she can remember, the exquisite Lenore Cleremont has lived at The Silk House, the luxurious English country estate of the wealthy Sallonger family. Neither a slave nor a servant, she has grown into a young woman who has shown promise as a dress designer. But she has also won the heart of the two charismatic Sallonger sons. Then tragedy strikes. And Lenore finds herself playing a central role in a drama that threatens to destroy everything she holds dear....
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Probable Cause
"Entertaining...Fast, fascinating." THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE When the profits of his law firm dip too low, ex-public defender Gideon Page is fired--but not before he steals a case that has all the makings of a media nightmare. Dr. Andrew Chapman, a black psychiatrist, is charged with manslaughter when a severely retarded girl dies in his care during a risky--and some say barbaric--elctro-shock procedure. When it turns out that the doctor and the girl's mother were having an affair, the press is about to have a field day. That is, unless Gideon can unravel the many twisted threads of truth, battle a county steeped in racial strife, and lock horns with a tough, ambitious, female prosecutor in a courtroom set to explode....
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Grand Jury
FASCINATING . . . A NEAR-EPIC STORY. *Chicago TribuneThe New York police seize more than a million dollars tainted with heroin powder, implicating two elderly and distinguished Chinatown residents. Their case is rushed before the grand jury."INTRIGUING."*The Cleveland Plain DealerSusan Linwood and David Clark are strangers before being asked to serve in the name of justice. Yet as prosecutor Dan Mahoney presents the drug-conspiracy case, they soon become completely absorbed with the proceedings--and increasingly with each other."IMPRESSIVE . . . [A] RICHLY NUANCED NOVEL."*Publishers WeeklyAs Mahoney struggles with facts that refuse to fit the crimes his superiors have told him to pursue, Linwood and Clark are launched onto a treacherous path to Hong Kong and China, to the edge of disaster *uncovering an ultimate truth with chilling, worldwide implications."ENGROSSING."*The Wall Street Journal
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Reasonable Doubt
Ex-federal prosecutor Michael Ryan has been estranged from his son Ned for three years when Ned is murdered, bludgeoned to death in the private room of a Soho art gallery. His daughter-in-law, wealthy socialite Jennifer Kneeland Ryan, has been indicted for the crime. Jennifer insists she's innocent and begs her father-in-law to defend her. Though Ryan wants to believe she's guilty, he can't turn her away. He takes the case. And as his ambivalence toward Jennifer intensifies, as the painful truth about his son's life begins to emerge, Ryan realizes that his own life is also on trial -- as a father, as a lawyer, and as a man.Former Federal prosecutor Michael Ryan is dusting off his legal skills--to defend his daughter-in-law in the murder of his son.
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Celebrating Silence
This book collects excerpts from many of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravishankar?s talks. The Journey for this collection began in New Delhi and ended in Rishikesh, India, and included many passages around the world. In this book, Sri Sri discusses topics ranging from doubt and fear to love and dispassion. He describes what it means to be on a spiritual path-a path of service, sadhana, and surrender. He leads us through an understanding of God and back to our inner Self that which we really seek, often without knowing.
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A Treasury Of Humor
A marvelous collection of humorous anecdotes and witty tidbits. Here is the human condition in all its high hilarity--from the bizarre to the bittersweet. Divided into fifteen categories with a range of subjects that includes: Children and Adolescents, Family Life, Sexuality, Language, Religion, Politics, Government, Fund-Raising, Old Age, History, and more. This up-to-date anthology of wit and wisdom is great for speakers, jokesters, and anyone who loves a good laugh!