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1) Westport
Author
Language
English
Description
"When she becomes the lead suspect in her coworker's murder, Nora Carleton calls in her old colleagues from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mafia investigator Benny Dugan and lawyer Carmen Garcia, and as they hunt for the true killer's motive, Nora examines her history with the company to determine who framed her."--
Author
Publisher
Vues & Voix
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Français
Description
Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. One represented English Canada, the other Quebec. Polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced similar challenges. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment.
Constance Backhouse delves into the sexist roadblocks both women had to face in education, law practice, and in the courts. She...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Signing on to record a podcast sharing relationship advice, best-selling romance novelist Truly Livingston finds herself bickering with a cynical divorce lawyer and walks out, but when he tracks her down, asking for a fresh start, they go from enemies to something else entirely."--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When her college best friend, Garrett, admits he's in love with her, Maggie, a lawyer searching for Mr. Right, finds her world turned upside down and must choose between the perfect guy and a friendship that's the foundation for everything she's ever wanted."--
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Georgia. Matt and Elena Thompson present the picture of perfection, but their life isn't all it seems. Their marriage is on the rocks, and financial disaster looms. When Matt is killed in a hunting accident, attorney Liz Acosta is looking for job experience before she seeks a position with a big-time firm. Connor Grantham isn't sure that shepherding a rural congregation is what he wants to do with his life, but was drawn into the Thompson's world...
7) No huyas
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Walking back from school, Amala Cavalcante notices a man following her and faints right before opening the door to her house. As she wakes up, an excruciating pain in her shoulder uncovers the horror: there is a wire protruding from her flesh, tying her to the wall, though allowing her to wander around the room. She manages to get a message out through a hole in the wall, but soon receives an answer: Don’t Run Away. Famous lawyer Francesca Cavalcante,...
Author
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A young white woman has been bludgeoned to death in a rural church on Cicada Road, just outside the small town of Walterboro, South Carolina—a state that has been roiling with racial tenson since the shooting of an unarmed Black man by a white police officer. Sam Jenkins, who is Black, was found covered in blood and kneeling over her. Zach Stander, a down-and-out lawyer, is convinced to take Sam’s case by his detective girlfriend, Addie, while...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"1939. Ansel Luxford has everything a man could want--a law firm partnership in Minneapolis, a brilliant wife, a beautiful new baby. But he is consumed by his belief that the war in Europe will spread, despite the fact that the United States is neutral in the conflict. When he is offered an opportunity to move across the country to Washington, D.C., to join a clandestine team within the Treasury Department that is secretly trying to undermine Nazi...
10) Jaded
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A young lawyer wakes up the morning after a work gala with no memory of how she got home the previous night and must figure out what, exactly, happened-and how much she's willing to put up with to make her way to the top of the corporate ladder."--
11) Sonia Sotomayor
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This Little Golden Book about Sonia Sotomayor--the first Latina Supreme Court Justice of the United States--is an inspiring read-aloud for young girls and boys"--
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