A Time To Kill (John Grisham)

A Time To Kill

John Grisham 

Blurb: A town where murder follows justice. 

When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the hoodlums 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 town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice.

Jake Brigance has been hired to defend Hailey. It's the kind of case that can make or break a young lawyer. But in the maelstrom of Clanton, it is also the kind of case that could get a young lawyer killed.

ISBN: 9781846056185 (Paperback)

Year: 1989

Publisher: Century

Pages: 415 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page 

2. Author's official site

3. Goodreads page

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5. IMDB for the film adaption

Captain Kirk's Guide to Women (John 'Bones' Rodriguez)

Captain Kirk's Guide to Women

John 'Bones' Rodriguez

Blurb: Cassanova, Don Juan, James Bond - these are men of legendary romance, but only one man can boast that his seductive powers take him boldly where no man has gone before: James T. Kirk.

Captain Kirk's status as an interstellar stud is proven by his ability to seduce any woman, in any situation, in any part of the galaxy. From high-society princesses to unbalanced Orion slave girls, from gender-switching shape-shifters to emotional-deprived androids - they all swoon, acquiesce, and malfunction from just one kiss.

But a single question remains in the minds of millions: How does he do it?

Captain Kirk's Guide to Women is the first book to answer this question by probing deeply into Kirk's character, charisma, and seductive techniques, making it possible for any man to model himself after the Casanova of the Cosmos. It is also the only warp-powered romance manual written with enough wit, charm, and humor to help the female of the species make first contact.

Employing meticulous research, along with fanatic-level detail and the kind of pointy-eared logic even a Vulcan would find fascinating, Captain Kirk's Guide to Women shows you how to be as effective as Captain Kirk.

ISBN: 9781416543152 (Paperback)

Year: 2008

Publisher: Pocket Books

Pages: 86 (Fiction)

Links

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3. Goodreads page for the book

4. Google books page

5. Review of the book

How to be a Vampire: A Fangs-on Guide for the Newly Undead (Amy Gray)

How to be a Vampire: A Fangs-on Guide for the Newly Undead

Amy Gray

Blurb: Here the secrets of the undead are revealed, from how to be turned to how to fill eternity once you've been bitten. including;

Telling your family that you're a child of the night

Dressing like the mysterious creature you are

Dos and don't of dating a mortal

Escape mortality, embrace the darkness, become a vampire.

ISBN: 9781742119182 (Hardback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Five Mile Press

Pages: 141 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Google books page

3. Blog on the book

4. Vampires.com article on the book

5. Good reads page on the book

A Time to Sow - Star Trek (Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore)

A Time to Sow - Star Trek

Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore

Blurb: On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command, Riker's marriage to Counselor Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher's new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship Enterprise has never been told.

Until now.

More than two centuries ago, the Dokaalan sent an unmanned probe into the void, bearing a distress call for anyone who could save their doomed world. But the message reached Federation space too late to save the planet or its people. Or so it was believed...

Generations later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-E are stunned to discover the last of the Dokaalan - now only a colony, fighting to stay alive in a decrepit asteroid mining complex. Although their home planet was destroyed long ago, the survivors hope to someday transform a nearby planet into a new home for their people. But bitter divisions exist among the Dokaalan, sowing seeds of sabotage and terrorism - and placing Picard and the Enterprise in the middle of an escalating crisis that can only lead to total destruction!

ISBN: 0743482999 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Pocket Books

Pages: 316 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for book

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3. Wiki for the book

4. Review of the book

5. Another review

To Cut a Long Story Short (Jeffrey Archer)

To Cut a Long Story Short

Jeffrey Archer

Blurb: The latest short-story collection from the master storyteller. The fourteen - all new - stories show Jeffrey Archer's great skills with a wide variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all with that trademark twist in the tail.

Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices run from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from the quirks of the legal profession - and those who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar - to the creative financial talents of a member of Her Majesty's diplomatic service - but for a good cause. The last story, 'The Grass is Always Greener', is possibly the best piece Archer has written, and will haunt you for the rest of your life.

ISBN: 9780007841936 (Paperback)

Year: 2000

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Pages: 419 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the book

2. Author's Official Site

3. Google books page

4. Buy from Amazon

5. Review of the book

From Pieces To Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens (Curtis James Jackson aka 50 Cent)

From Pieces To Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside

Curtis James Jackson aka 50 Cent

Blurb: 'That's what this book is about - the good times and the bad times. I wrote this book to explain the world I come from. This is why I say the rhymes that I say. This is what happened when I was trying to get rich before I died in Southside Queens.'

From Pieces To Weight is a violent and introspective memoir that reveals not only 50's story but the story of a generation of youth faced with hard choices and very few options. A tale of sacrifice, transformation and redemption, it is also one of hope, determination and the power of self. Told in 50's own unique voice, the narrative drips with the raw insight, street wisdom and his struggle to survive at all costs... and behold the American Dream.

ISBN: 0743495837 (Paperback)

Year: 2005

Publisher: Pocket Books

Pages: 223 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. MTV's look at the book

2. Google books page

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Publisher's page of the book

5. Humorous look at the book