The Resource The Appeal, John Grisham, (electronic resource :)
The Appeal, John Grisham, (electronic resource :)
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The item The Appeal, John Grisham, (electronic resource :) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item The Appeal, John Grisham, (electronic resource :) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town?s water supply, causing the worst “cancer cluster” in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict?or reverse it.?The chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is not friendly enough to his interests. With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mold him into a potential Supreme Court justice. Their Supreme Court justice.BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from John Grisham's The Litigators
- Language
- eng
- Extent
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- 1 online resource
- 496 p.
- Note
- Electronic book
- Isbn
- 9780307576125
- Label
- The Appeal
- Title
- The Appeal
- Statement of responsibility
- John Grisham
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town?s water supply, causing the worst “cancer cluster” in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict?or reverse it.?The chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is not friendly enough to his interests. With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mold him into a potential Supreme Court justice. Their Supreme Court justice.BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from John Grisham's The Litigators
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- Grisham, John
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- Chemical industry
- Chemical industry
- Trials (Offenses against the environment)
- Corporations
- Mississippi
- Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)
- Label
- The Appeal, John Grisham, (electronic resource :)
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- Note
- Electronic book
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
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- 1 online resource
- 496 p.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780307576125
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- fz9z9
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
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- (MnSpTMCL)fz9z9
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- Format: Adobe EPUB
- Requires: cloudLibrary (file size: 2.1 MB)
- Label
- The Appeal, John Grisham, (electronic resource :)
- Link
- Note
- Electronic book
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
-
- 1 online resource
- 496 p.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780307576125
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- fz9z9
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (MnSpTMCL)fz9z9
- System details
-
- Format: Adobe EPUB
- Requires: cloudLibrary (file size: 2.1 MB)
Subject
- Chemical industry -- Waste disposal | Environmental aspects -- Fiction
- Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction
- Electronic books
- Legal stories
- Mississippi -- Fiction
- Trials (Offenses against the environment) -- Fiction
- Chemical industry -- Fiction
- Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
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