The Guardians

Author : John Grisham
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0593129989
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guardians written by John Grisham and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A classic legal thriller—with a twist. • "A suspenseful thriller mixed with powerful themes such as false incarceration, the death penalty and how the legal system shows prejudice.” —Associated Press In the small Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues. There were no witnesses, no one with a motive. But the police soon came to suspect Quincy Miller, a young Black man who was once a client of Russo’s. Quincy was tried, convicted, and sent to prison for life. For twenty-two years he languished in prison, maintaining his innocence. But no one was listening. He had no lawyer, no advocate on the outside. In desperation, he writes a letter to Guardian Ministries, a small nonprofit run by Cullen Post, a lawyer who is also an Episcopal minister. Guardian accepts only a few innocence cases at a time. Cullen Post travels the country fighting wrongful convictions and taking on clients forgotten by the system. With Quincy Miller, though, he gets far more than he bargained for. Powerful, ruthless people murdered Keith Russo, and they do not want Quincy Miller exonerated. They killed one lawyer twenty-two years ago, and they will kill another without a second thought.

Author : Ana Castillo
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812975715
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guardians written by Ana Castillo and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2008-09-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From American Book Award-winning author Ana Castillo comes a suspenseful, moving novel about a sensuous, smart, and fiercely independent woman. Eking out a living as a teacher’s aide in a small New Mexican border town, Tía Regina is also raising her teenage nephew, Gabo, a hardworking boy who has entered the country illegally and aspires to the priesthood. When Gabo’s father, Rafa, disappears while crossing over from Mexico, Regina fears the worst. After several days of waiting and with an ominous phone call from a woman who may be connected to a smuggling ring, Regina and Gabo resolve to find Rafa. Help arrives in the form of Miguel, an amorous, recently divorced history teacher; Miguel’s gregarious abuelo Milton; a couple of Gabo’s gangbanger classmates; and a priest of wayward faith. Though their journey is rife with challenges and danger, it will serve as a remarkable testament to family bonds, cultural pride, and the human experience Praise for The Guardians NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE “An always skilled storyteller, [Castillo] grounds her writing in . . . humor, love, suspense and heartache–that draw the reader in.” –Chicago Sunday Sun-Times “A rollicking read, with jokes and suspense and joy rides and hearts breaking . . . This smart, passionate novel deserves a wide audience.” –Los Angeles Times “What drives the novel is its chorus of characters, all, in their own way, witnesses and guardian angels. In the end, Castillo’s unmistakable voice–earthy, impassioned, weaving a ‘hybrid vocabulary for a hybrid people’–is the book’s greatest revelation.” –Time Out New York “A wonderful novel . . . Castillo’s most important accomplishment in The Guardians is to give a unique literary voice to questions about what makes up a ‘family.’ ” –El Paso Times “A moving book that is both intimate and epic in its narrative.” –Oscar Hijuelos, author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

Author : Laura Geringer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442430486
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King written by Laura Geringer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget naughty or nice; this is a battle of good and evil. Luminary Joyce and co-author Geringer deliver the first book in a new series. Before Santa was Santa, he was Nicholas St. North--a daredevil swordsman whose prowess with double scimitars was legendary. Illustrations.

Author : John Christopher
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 148141836X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guardians written by John Christopher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world where two nations rule all, Rob must find a way to live among them both in this futuristic story from the author of the Tripods series. In the future, the world has been divided into two societies. One is the Conurb—a sprawling, modern city where technology rules and people live with only the bare minimum they need to survive. The other is the County—a land of green fields and beautiful mansions, where the people have turned back the clock to a pristine past. Rob has always lived in the Conurb, but after he is sent to a terrible boarding school, he decides his only option is to take a chance and cross the Barrier into the unknown world of the County. There he meets another boy who introduces Rob to the very different society, and all the wondrous things that come with it. But even though Rob wants to believe that the County is a utopia, he begins to learn about the darkness that lurks beneath the smiles of his new family and friends. And when sinister secrets are revealed, Rob is forced to make a choice: stay in the County, where everything is a perfect lie, or return to the Conurb, where life is hard, horrible, and real.

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442430753
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rise of the Guardians Movie Novelization written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join forces with the Guardians to defeat Pitch in this retelling of the DreamWorks animated feature "Rise of the Guardians, " opening in theaters on November 21.

Author : Susan Pedersen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190226390
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guardians written by Susan Pedersen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-29 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature Shortlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize At the end of the First World War, the Paris Peace Conference saw a battle over the future of empire. The victorious allied powers wanted to annex the Ottoman territories and German colonies they had occupied; Woodrow Wilson and a groundswell of anti-imperialist activism stood in their way. France, Belgium, Japan and the British dominions reluctantly agreed to an Anglo-American proposal to hold and administer those allied conquests under "mandate" from the new League of Nations. In the end, fourteen mandated territories were set up across the Middle East, Africa and the Pacific. Against all odds, these disparate and far-flung territories became the site and the vehicle of global transformation. In this masterful history of the mandates system, Susan Pedersen illuminates the role the League of Nations played in creating the modern world. Tracing the system from its creation in 1920 until its demise in 1939, Pedersen examines its workings from the realm of international diplomacy; the viewpoints of the League's experts and officials; and the arena of local struggles within the territories themselves. Featuring a cast of larger-than-life figures, including Lord Lugard, King Faisal, Chaim Weizmann and Ralph Bunche, the narrative sweeps across the globe-from windswept scrublands along the Orange River to famine-blighted hilltops in Rwanda to Damascus under French bombardment-but always returns to Switzerland and the sometimes vicious battles over ideas of civilization, independence, economic relations, and sovereignty in the Geneva headquarters. As Pedersen shows, although the architects and officials of the mandates system always sought to uphold imperial authority, colonial nationalists, German revisionists, African-American intellectuals and others were able to use the platform Geneva offered to challenge their claims. Amid this cacophony, imperial statesmen began exploring new means - client states, economic concessions - of securing Western hegemony. In the end, the mandate system helped to create the world in which we now live. A riveting work of global history, The Guardians enables us to look back at the League with new eyes, and in doing so, appreciate how complex, multivalent, and consequential this first great experiment in internationalism really was.

Author : A.M. McPherson
Publisher : A.M. McPherson
ISBN 13 : 173649340X
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guardians' Daughter written by A.M. McPherson and published by A.M. McPherson. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world full of superhuman abilities, not all dream of being a hero. Ember’s life is turned upside down the day villains brutally murder her parents. No one comes to their aid, including their comrades—the other Guardians. She loses her trust in the supposed heroes and vows to never follow in her parents’ footsteps. A dark secret looms in Aiden’s past and he aspires to become a Guardian as a way to cope. At university, he meets Ember, and an undeniable spark ignites between them. But Aiden wrestles with his developing feelings for her, and as they grow closer, unexpected dangers threaten their bond, including his secret. Aiden struggles to open up about his past to Ember, since it would reveal a troubling link to her parents’ murders, and Ember finds herself questioning everything she believes to be true about Guardians. Not only could Aiden’s secret tear them apart, but it may also lay the foundation for the Guardians’ undoing … A.M. McPherson breaks onto the literary scene with a coming-of-age story full of romance, suspense, and mystery. Fans of Renegades and My Hero Academia will enjoy this fresh take on a superhero world.

Author : Beverly Lewis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781410455376
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guardian written by Beverly Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After schoolteacher Jodi Winfield finds a little girl on the side of the road, she delves into the isolated community of the Lancaster Old Order Amish to find answers.

Author : Frank Cole
Publisher : Guardians (Bonneville Books)
ISBN 13 : 9781462110575
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guardians of Elijah's Fire written by Frank Cole and published by Guardians (Bonneville Books). This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just when she thought she was safe, Amber learns she's become a target and it seems even her closest allies can't be trusted. Now Amber, Trendon, and their classmates will have to travel through enemy territory to protect the earth from deadly destruction. Bestselling author, Frank L. Cole delivers a mind-blowing story and an addicting read for adventurers of all ages.

Author : F. Thomas Jones
Publisher : Abbott Press
ISBN 13 : 145821155X
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guardians written by F. Thomas Jones and published by Abbott Press. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tirgonian Empire, always on the hunt for conquest and expansion, does not consider the efforts of the rebel Guardians a serious threat to their imperial plans. After a series of devastating conflicts, the Guardians have suffered massive losses to their forces but not their resolve. They continue to fight their way into Tirgonian territory, undaunted by defeat. Even though the Guardians are focused on escaping the Tirgonian forces, commanded by Telecoup Mular, tension mounts between several of the Guardian survivors. The few remaining Guardians are bolstered by the arrival of additional survivors, but the initial contact does not go smoothly. The survivors arrive on a new sort of spaceship, one that the Guardians have never seen. Once the Guardians realize their mistakes, it is revealed that there are more concealed ships, hopefully increasing their chances of survival. The Guardians must now invent unique solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems. The unexpected defection of a senior Tirgonian officer named Telebisque Serligh Teka, his entire crew, and their Fighting Star Palup is a welcome boost to the weary rebel effort. Renewed, the Guardians continue fighting their way across enemy territory. Against seemingly insurmountable odds, can the Guardians prevail? And if so, at what cost?