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Jake Brigance novels volume 1
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When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the monsters who have raped his ten-year-old child, the people of Clanton see it as a crime of blood and call for his acquittal. But when extremists outside Clanton hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice.
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The seemingly innocuous mission of a part-time British spy and devoted family man soon places the lives of his loved ones in dire jeopardy. Family man, estate agent, and ex-army infantryman Roger Taine has already served crown and country exceedingly well, most recently by derailing an insidious conspiracy by modern-day fascists. Now the Foreign Office is asking for his help once again. A former adversary of Taine's claims to be turning over a new...
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Dear Sir or Madam,Thrills, mystery, and adventure await, at an event exclusively curated for seven brave souls. You are cordially invited to the historic Everdon Mountain Resort and Ski lodge, in beautiful Sage, Colorado, to lose yourself in a story like none other. Events of the past are brought to life before your very eyes, while the secrets of the lodge unfold for you to decipher. Should your entire party choose to accept this invitation, you...
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Ron entered the long hospital corridor looking for his brother Roger. After searching the ward unsuccessfully, he approached a doctor standing by the bed of a patient. "I'm Sergeant Helle's brother," he said. "How is he?" The doctor looked at Ron and said, "I'm sorry, son, but your brother is going to die. There's nothing else we can do."
Just a few beds away, drifting in and out of consciousness, Roger heard the doctor's death sentence. Not yet twenty-three...
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This book is intended to give moral and ethical guidance on the subject of self-defense, which necessarily includes citations of law and various legal principles. However, the citations and examples used in this book apply only to the specific situations herein and must not be construed as legal advice in or for any specific situation. Furthermore, the recommendations, descriptions of weapons, tactics or actual use-of-force accounts must not be undertaken...
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1997
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English
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A murder trial brings a small Mississippi town's racial tension to the flashpoint. Amid a frenzy of activist marches, Klan terror, media clamor and brutal riots, an unseasoned but idealistic young attorney mounts a stirring courtroom battle for justice.
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
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[2009]
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English
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Canton, Mississippi. Carl Lee Hailey's 10-year-old daughter, Tonya, is viciously brutalized and raped by two white racist rednecks. The two are found at a roadside bar, bragging about what they did to Tonya. Carl Lee remembers a case where four white men raped a black girl in a nearby town and were acquitted. Carl Lee is determined to not let that happen again. While a deputy is escorting the men up to the court room, Carl emerges with an assault...
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For Every Soldier. A Time To Kill & A Time To Heal, is a book that helps combat veterans heal after the trauma of war. It's 100-pages magnificently illustrated with specific and compelling truths to help those who have suffered the violence of war come home and prepare for a time of true healing from the true healer. By reading it yourself, you will appreciate the hell they faced for you. You will understand their long-term exposure to hatred, the...
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For Every Soldier- A Time To Kill & A Time To Heal is a book that helps combat veterans heal after the trauma of war. It's 100 pages magnificently illustrated with specific and compelling truths to help those who have suffered the violence of war come home and prepare for a time of true healing from the true healer. By reading it yourself, you will appreciate the hell they faced for you. You will understand their long-term exposure to hatred, the...
11) A time to kill
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Pearson Education
Pub. Date
1999
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Ten-year-old Tonya Hailey is attacked and raped by two local men. Carl Lee, Tonya's father, shoots them. Now only his lawyer and friend, Jack Brigance, stands between him and the electric chair. Is there a legal defense for Carl Lee's actions?
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Dive into this great value boxset including the titles
SNIPE
Escaped and out for revenge. He'll stop at nothing until he's killed you…
Do you run or stand and fight?
★★★★★ "1000 miles an hour. Action packed is an understatement, I found myself holding my breath." USA Today and Amazon bestselling author Dan Petrosini
Heavy Traffic
You see someone in need of help…
Do you help them or turn a blind eye?
★★★★★ "Non-stop action written...
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Time to Kill is a pulse-racing thriller about Islamic terrorists bent on delivering Egypt into the hands of America's arch enemy-Iran. In Jack Coughlin and Donald A. Davis' newest thriller in The New York Times bestselling series featuring American sniper Kyle Swanson, the Sphinx, a symbol of Egypt's ancient history and power, is blown up by terrorists. A visit to Cairo by Iran's national soccer team ends in a bloodbath. Egyptian missiles sink an...
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A dreamlike travel in the Vikings and Lapps land!
Magnus, a ten-year old Norwegian boy, discovers a magic bookcase which enables him to travel in time through Scandinavian history. In the company of Rognetide the troll, Magnus goes off to explore the life of the Vikings in the year 1000. He meets Erik the Red, whom he follows in his different trips across the world.
Discover the first volume of Magnus adventures and dive in the nordic culture and...
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Latin
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Voted "America's Best-Loved Novel" by The Great American Read series, PBS
Harper Lee's beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, now translated into Latin.
"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
A haunting portrait of race and class, innocence and injustice, hypocrisy and heroism, tradition and transformation in the Deep South of the 1930s, Harper Lee's To...
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This is one of the most bizarre stories to ever appear before an Irish court. Ireland has been gripped by the story of a housewife from County Clare who, when her millionaire partner refused to marry her, googled a hitman and arranged to have him killed. Over the course of almost two months, the story of Lyingeyes and Hire hitman unfolded in a flurry of emails. The website hitmanforhire.net might have looked amateurish and carried a disclaimer but...
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When the Sphinx is blown up by terrorists who also launch attacks on an Iranian soccer team and a vessel in the Red Sea, Kyle Swanson and his Trident team uncover an extremist plot to provoke war between Egypt and Iran to upset the balance of international power.
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-researcher Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. "The overlap is strong, and the knowledge flows in both directions," say the authors, because astrophysicists and military planners care about many of the same things: multi-spectral detection, ranging, tracking, imaging, high ground, nuclear fusion, and access to space. Tyson and Lang call...
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