QUICK DELIVERY
Swift dispatch
The Litigators by John Grisham
The partners at Finley & Figg—all two of them—often refer to themselves as “a boutique law firm.” Boutique, as in chic, selective, and prosperous. They are, of course, none of these things. What they are is a two-bit operation always in search of their big break, ambulance chasers who’ve been in the trenches much too long making way too little.
Their specialties, so to speak, are quickie divorces and DUIs, with the occasional jackpot of an actual car wreck thrown in. After twenty plus years together, Oscar Finley and Wally Figg bicker like an old married couple but somehow continue to scratch out a half-decent living from their seedy bungalow offices in southwest Chicago.
And then change comes their way. More accurately, it stumbles in. David Zinc, a young but already burned-out attorney, walks away from his fast-track career at a fancy downtown firm, goes on a serious bender, and finds himself literally at the doorstep of our boutique firm. Once David sobers up and comes to grips with the fact that he’s suddenly unemployed, any job—even one with Finley & Figg—looks okay to him.
With their new associate on board, F&F is ready to tackle a really big case, a case that could make the partners rich without requiring them to actually practice much law. An extremely popular drug, Krayoxx, the number one cholesterol reducer for the dangerously overweight, produced by Varrick Labs, a giant pharmaceutical company with annual sales of $25 billion, has recently come under fire after several patients taking it have suffered heart attacks. Wally smells money.
A little online research confirms Wally’s suspicions—a huge plaintiffs’ firm in Florida is putting together a class action suit against Varrick. All Finley & Figg has to do is find a handful of people who have had heart attacks while taking Krayoxx, convince them to become clients, join the class action, and ride along to fame and fortune. With any luck, they won’t even have to enter a courtroom!
It almost seems too good to be true.
And it is.
The Litigators is a tremendously entertaining romp, filled with the kind of courtroom strategies, theatrics, and suspense that have made John Grisham America’s favorite storyteller.
You Got Anything Stronger by Gabriell...
Remember when we hit it off so well that we decided We’re Going to Need More Wine? Well, this time you and I are going to turn to our friend the bartender and ask, You Got Anything Stronger? I promise to continue to make you laugh, but with this round, the stakes get higher as the conversation goes deeper.
So. Where were we?
Right, you and I left off in October 2017, when my first book came out. The weeks before were filled with dreams of loss. Pets dying. My husband leaving me. Babies not being born. My therapist told me it was my soul preparing for my true self to emerge after letting go of my grief. I had finally spoken openly about my fertility journey.
I was having second thoughts—in fact, so many thoughts they were organizing to go on strike. But I knew I had to be honest because I didn’t want other women going through IVF to feel as alone as I did. I had suffered in isolation, having so many miscarriages that I could not give an exact number. Strangers shared their own journeys and heartbreak with me. I had led with the truth, and it opened the door to compassion.
When I released We’re Going to Need More Wine, the response was so great people asked when I would do a sequel. The New York Times even ran a headline reading “We’re Going to Need More Gabrielle Union.” Frankly, after being so open and honest in my writing, I wasn’t sure there was more of me I was ready to share. But life happens with all its plot twists. And new stories demand to be told. This time, I need to be more vulnerable—not so much for me, but anyone who feels alone in what they’re going through.
A lot has changed in four years—I became a mom and I’m raising two amazing girls. My husband retired. My career has expanded so that I have the opportunity to lift up other voices that need to be heard. But the world has also shown us that we have a lot we still have to fight for—as women, as black women, as mothers, as aging women, as human beings, as friends.
In You Got Anything Stronger?, I show you how this ever-changing life presents challenges, even as it gives me moments of pure joy. I take you on a girl’s night at Chateau Marmont, and I also talk to Isis, my character from Bring It On. For the first time, I truly open up about my surrogacy journey and the birth of Kaavia James Union Wade. And I take on racist institutions and practices in the entertainment industry, asking for equality and real accountability.
You Got Anything Stronger? is me at my most vulnerable. I have recently found true strength in that vulnerability, and I want to share that power with you here, through this book.
The Fail Safe Startup: Your Roadmap f...
90% of start-ups fail. But why? And is there a way to avoid the common pitfalls when you start your own business?
Over the past 23 years at Harvard Business School Tom Eisenmann has helped launch thousands of startups. An astonishing 13 of these have reached unicorn status. For a decade he has explored the question of why startups fail and in The Fail-Safe Startup explains how you can succeed against the odds. Eisenmann's fascinating, often counter-intuitive, advice will help you avoid common mistakes including:
* Launching too early
* Aiming too high, too soon
* And letting early success lead to misplaced confidence
Drawing on case studies from startups of all shapes and sizes from around the world The Fail-Safe Startup will show you how to analyse the failure of others to ensure your success.
The Spear by Ngugi Ndegwa
Omerta by Mario Puzo
To Don Raymonde Aprile's children he was a loyal family member, their father's adopted "nephew." To the FBI he was a man who would rather ride his horses than do Mob business. No one knew why Aprile, the last great American Don, had adopted Astorre Viola many years before in Sicily; no one suspected how he had carefully trained him ... and how, while the Don's children claimed respectable careers in America, Astorre Viola waited for his time to come.
Now his time has arrived. The Don is dead, his murder one bloody act in a drama of ambition and deceit --- from the deadly compromises made by an FBI agent to the greed of two crooked NYPD detectives and the frightening plans of a South American Mob kingpin.
In a collision of enemies and lovers, betrayers and loyal soldiers, Astorre Viola will claim his destiny. Because after all these years, this moment is in his blood
The Jewish Phenomenon by Steven Silbi...
The Jewish Phenomenon: Seven Keys to the Enduring Wealth of a People
Why have Jews risen to the top of the business and professional world in numbers staggeringly out of proportion to their percentage of the American population? Steven Silbiger has the answer. Based on the author's synthesis of wide reading and research, The Jewish Phenomenon sets forth seven principles that form the bedrock of Jewish financial success.
With startling statistics, a wealth of anecdotes, and the fascinating details behind some of America's biggest business success stories, Silbiger convincingly shows how these seven keys have helped the Jews historically and how they continue to ensure Jewish success today. More important, the author makes clear that these principles are equally at the disposal of Jews and non-Jews alike. The amazing success of the Jews simply proves that they work.
The Jewish Phenomenon pays tribute not merely to the success of a people but to the commonsense wisdom and enduring values that can enrich us all.
The Real Estate Fastlane: The Real Bo...
This book will show you how to make MONEY. That's the only reason it was written. I assume you would like to get rich.
If you roll up your sleeves and genuinely follow its clear directions, you will become a rich, semi-retired man or woman in 10 years or less.
Contents:
- HOW IT STARTED
- FIRST BUYS
- CASH FLOW
- LEARNING THE FACTS OF LIFE
- LOCATION
- DUMPING THE DEADWOOD
- WHAT IS THE BEST BUY IN REAL ESTATE AND WHY
- YOUR PHENOMENAL CHANCES FOR SUCCESS
- GROW RICH ON BORROWED MONEY
- WHAT TO CHECK FIRST
- WHAT TO CHECK SECOND
- THE TIME IS NOW
- HOW TO FIND THE GOOD BUYS
- THE IMPORTANCE AND USES OF THE VALUE FORMULA
- THE FIFTEEN PER CENT RULE
- TYPES TO WHICH THE VALUE FORMULA CAN BE APPLIED
- FIGURING THE NET
- BEFORE THE OFFER
- CREATIVE OFFERS
- PRECAUTIONS IN THE OFFER
- AFTER ACCEPTANCE
- CHECKING THE HEAT
- AFTER TAKING TITLE
- STRAIGHTENING OUT TENANCIES
- NEW TENANTS
- TAX BENEFITS WHILE HOLDING
- HOW TO SELL THEM
- TAX ANGLES IN SELLING
Principles of Constitutional Law
The Principles of Constitutional Law aims to provide the reader with knowledge and understanding of some of the key concepts, doctrines, and principles, which make up constitutional law. In addition, the book will be indispensable to students of subjects based on public law such as political science, philosophy, international relation, and economic developmental studies. This book deals with the basic underlying principles of the Constitution of Kenya. This includes Constitutionalism, Rule of law, Separation of Powers, checks and balances, equality, human dignity, affirmative action, patriotism, devolution, human rights, principles of international law, judicial interpretation, parliamentary powers, and the concept of democracy among others.
THE LAW and PRACTICE of EVIDENCE IN K...
n his 2nd Edition of 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚, Mr. Kyalo Mbobu provides excellent analysis and discussion of the subject with updated text that is at par with the current case law.
The book gives a lucid chronology of the evolution of the law over the years to its current position and provides useful hints on certain areas that need urgent reform.
Possessing early Victory by Dancan Wa...
Dancan Wanyoike writes to every young person encouraging them to live a life of purpose conquering, setbacks and pitfalls. He goes ahead to highlight key areas that everyone should consider in their pursuit of victories living.
He also employs Biblical Truths that are liberating providing Godly wisdom for everyday living.
He provides nuggets of truths that are simple to synthesize and apply in life. The compilation therefore. Is very important, practical and useful to every person who desires to live and serve his generation fully.
SUPREME COURT OF KENYA CASE DIGEST
This text is a digest of decided cases at the Supreme Court of Kenya. It exposes the ratio decidendi in each and every decided case with the aim of guiding legal practitioners on all aspects of the current jurisprudence and practice in the Supreme Court of Kenya. This text is relevant as a reference book to members of the bench, the bar, the litigant public, law students, and persons of academic interest alike. It is conveniently divided into sub-topics for ease of reference and research
SUMMARY JUDGEMENT
THE LAW OF MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY IN EA...
Looking for a book on matrimonial property law that will guide the involved parties to guard against property disputes?
Get the Law of Matrimonial Property in East Africa, which distills the subject of matrimonial and family property into themes such as mortgaging, alienation, pledging, leasing, joint ownership, division, and transfer of matrimonial property. The author also scrutinizes and critiques the Laws on Marriage in East Africa and discusses how the foregoing themes have been construed in light of the prevailing legislation by the courts in East Africa.
The book contains all laws and key case notes dealing with matrimonial property in East Africa and is a valuable resource for practicing Advocates, law students, cohabiting unmarried couples and married couples, and anyone intending to get married
LAW OF SUCCESSION by W. M Musyoka
This text broadly and comprehensively covers the area of law of succession in Kenya. It exposes the substantive succession legal regime applying in Kenya as well as the Kenyan probate practice. It is tailored specifically for the legal practitioner, the magistrate and judge, and the law student. Some of the key areas covered include; Testate Succession; Intestacy; Post-Mortem alterations among many others. It is currently the only text on succession law in Kenya.
INTRODUCTION OF JUDICIAL PRACTICE AND...
The book relies on credible works and case studies of other jurisdictions to outline issues and facts surrounding the judiciary's administration, such as court management, case flow management, leadership skills, and record-keeping.
It also spearheads the big idea that despite the challenges that the Tanzanian Judiciary is facing ever since it introduced a duo system that separates justice administration from the judiciary administration and the court, the Tanzanian Judiciary stands a chance of being even better.
INSURANCE LAW AND PRACTICE IN KENYA
This book looks at the very technical area of insurance from a Kenyan Perspective. The subject is not only addressed legal standpoint but also from the aspect of practice area. Since Insurance is essentially a contract, thus incorporating the wishes of the parties but with the notable ascription of the contract being unilateral, adhesive and integrated- incorporating a lot of standard terms - the approach in the book is quite timely
