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L'avvocato Josie Baylor-Bates è impegnata in un nuovo e delicato caso, quando il suo compagno, l'ex poliziotto Archer, viene accusato di aver ucciso il proprio figliastro. L'inattesa scoperta della paternità del suo uomo lascia Josie incredula e delusa, senza tuttavia impedirle di assumerne la difesa. Ma i numerosi dettagli che emergono dal passato di Archer gettano continue ombre sulla sua innocenza e minano la loro relazione.

Dopo il difficile processo in cui è stata difesa dall'avvocato Josie Bates da un'ingiusta accusa di omicidio, la sedicenne Hannah Sheraton sta provando a rimettere insieme i pezzi della propria esistenza. Ma la vita è stata così crudele con lei che, quando le succede qualcosa di buono, trova difficile credere che sia reale... E infatti, ancora una volta, Hannah tocca con mano che mentre una prova è finita, sta per iniziarne un'altra, più profonda e infida.

Hannah Sheraton ha sedici anni quando viene arrestata con l'accusa di aver assassinato un giudice della Corte suprema della California. Se venisse riconosciuta colpevole, la sua vita e quella dei suoi familiari sarebbero distrutte. A sua madre Linda non rimane che chiedere aiuto a una vecchia compagna di college, Josie Bates, importante avvocato penalista ritiratosi dalle grandi scene giudiziarie.

Die Menschen leben in winzigen sechseckigen Waben tief unter der Erde, genießen jedoch allen Komfort. Ihr Alltag ist durch die "Maschine" perfekt geregelt. Ohne das Bedürfnis nach persönlichen Begegnungen kommunizieren sie über elektronische Hilfsmittel, die maximal miteinander vernetzt sind. Das Handbuch der Maschine ist zu ihrer Bibel geworden, wer nicht maschinenkonform denkt und handelt, wird verstoßen. Als der rebellische Kuno entdeckt, dass die Maschine langsam versagt, wagt er einen folgenschweren Ausbruch.

As the edge of winter slices through Washington, DC, Josie Bates testifies before Congress about the Albanian blood feud that sent Hannah Sheraton and Billy Zuni fleeing for their lives while Archer reluctantly abandons a trail that has gone cold in his search for the teenagers. Determined to stay one step ahead of the authorities who want Billy back and a blood feud that will only be satisfied when he is dead, Hannah and Billy head north. There they will hunker down in the darkest corner of earth they can find and wait for the danger to pass.

In the dead of night, Josie Bates is ripped from sleep by the sounds of an epic storm raging over Hermosa Beach and a man beating on her door begging her to help Billy Zuni who is drowning in the raging sea. She arrives at the shore just in time to see the teenager pulled from the water, battered and near death. Ready to kill Billy's selfish, neglectful mother, Josie rushes to the Zuni house only to find someone has beaten her to it. Two men lie dead downstairs and Billy's mother clings to life on the floor above.

Appearing before the Senate Select Committee on Eastern European crime, Josie Bates testifies passionately about the brutal Albanian blood feud that has sent Hannah into hiding with Billy Zuni and Archer on a quest to find them. While Senator Patriota, the man sure to be the next president of the United States, promises his patronage, Josie isn't convinced he was even listening - but someone was.    

It's two in the morning when Hannah Sheraton slips into Archer's Hermosa Beach apartment to see if Josie Bates sleeps in his bed. But Josie isn't there. In fact, Josie isn't anywhere. When her Jeep is found abandoned in a parking lot near the Redondo pier, the only clue to her whereabouts leads Archer to Daniel Young, an expert witness for the prosecution in the case that made Josie's reputation as a defense attorney 10 years earlier. From the Hollywood Hills to the glitzy evangelical enclave of Orange County, Archer bores into the past.  

Grace McCreary swears she tried to stop her sister-in-law from jumping from her penthouse balcony, but the police have a different take on the situation. They arrest Grace for murder, which puts her brother, Senatorial candidate Matthew McCreary, in a spotlight he doesn't relish. Grace seeks out his former lover, Josie Baylor-Bates, to act as her defense attorney. Josie, who has sworn off rich clients, agrees to defend Grace, but even she isn't sure why. She swears she believes in the woman's innocence, but in her heart, she wants to prove Matthew made a mistake letting her go.  

Josie Baylor-Bates has a full plate caring for a troubled teen, but it's about to get fuller when her ex-cop lover, Archer, is accused of murdering his disabled stepson - a son Josie never knew he had. When Timothy Wren died at California's oldest amusement park, it appeared to be a tragic accident. But now Timothy's biological father and the district attorney are out for blood. Josie races against time to prove someone is framing Archer.

When 16-year-old Hannah Sheraton is arrested for the murder of her stepgrandfather, the chief justice of the California Supreme court, her distraught mother turns to her old college roommate, Josie Baylor-Bates, for help. Josie, once a hot-shot criminal defense attorney, left the fast track behind for a small practice in Hermosa Beach, California. But Hannah Sheraton intrigues her and, when the girl is charged as an adult, Josie cannot turn her back. But the deeper she digs the more Josie realizes that politics, the law, and family relationships create a combustible situation.

The Cancer Problem offers the first medical, cultural, and social history of cancer in 19th-century Britain. It argues that it was in the 19th century that cancer acquired the unique emotional, symbolic, and politicized status it maintains today. Through an interrogation of the construction, deployment, and emotional consequences of the disease's incurability, this book reframes our conceptualization of the relationship between medicine and modern life and reshapes our understanding of chronic and incurable maladies, both past and present. 

In this original adaptation of E.M. Forster’s novel, an encounter in Florence and an offer to exchange rooms brings George Emerson to the attention of Lucy Honeychurch. Their flirtation is cut short by Lucy’s chaperone, but when they meet again back home in England, Lucy must negotiate the demands of her station with the desires of her heart.

Lacette Graham's twin sister, Kellie, has been competing with her since they shared a crib. And in 33 years, nothing has changed-except success, money, and men have come into play. But when the girls' parents separate, and their grandmother dies, Kellie's selfish manipulating reaches new heights. With her mother in the throes of a mid-life crisis, her father and greatest ally out of the house, and her sister out to steal her inheritance, Lacette is truly on her own. Then she meets talented, attractive Douglas Rawlins. There's just one problem: He avoids her like poison.

A heartwarming, uplifting village romance for fans of Holly Martin, Tilly Tennant and Cathy Bramley. Buying a thatched cottage in the country may not be the usual cure for a broken heart. But after Clara Maxwell finds out her boyfriend and best friend have been sneaking around behind her back...

For young dance lovers, a picture book about a young boy whose father has the unique position as a ballet dancer. Written by American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Thomas Forster. Ben and his friends are playing in their favorite part of the classroom-- the dress-up corner! They are talking...

Long hailed as one of the most brilliant and beloved authors of the Edwardian era, E.M. Forster's works have become among the most critically acclaimed and cherished novels of the past hundred years and have been adapted numerous times for the stage and screen. "A Room With a View" and "Howards End" are presented here in their original and unabridged formats, narrated by renowned audiobook performer Sara Nichols, best known for her readings of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" and Willa Cather's Prairie Trilogy.

Long before nuclear war, climate catastrophe, and zombie outbreaks became staples of modern fiction, visionary writers were imagining the end of civilization in startlingly original ways. Apocalypse Then brings together six pioneering classics of apocalyptic and cosmic horror literature...

The Playing at Elevation podcast, a podcast by golfers for golfers tees offthis spring with a 9 episode front nine focusing on the Kootenay Golfscene. The Playing @ Elevation podcast does a deep dive into the worldclass golf courses, the renowned area residents who have put theirmark on not just Kootenay golf but worldwide as well, and some of theunique events and characters thats make up Kootenay golf.Host’s Court Forster and Meagan Field spend the season conversingwith Club Pro’s, Course Owners, Course Designer and Architects, TourPro’s and of course everyday Kootenay Golfers.Subscribe...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the most dangerous view is not the landscape before you, but the truth it awakens within? In A Room with a View, E. M. Forster turns Edwardian manners into a quiet battlefield of desire, class, beauty, and self-deception. Known for his humane...