18 books like Bench and bar

What to read after Bench and bar — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Sketches Of The Irish Bar V2 Richard Lalor Sheil · 1854 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Challenging The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. Shares: Law, Anecdotes, Lawyers, Humor

The comic Blackstone Gilbert Abbott à Beckett · 1844 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The Comic History of Rome retells Roman history from the city's legendary foundation to the imperial age with irreverent wit, mock-erudition, and a keen eye for political absurdity. À Beckett converts Livy, Plutarch, and schoolroom chronology into Victorian burlesque, exposing the pomposity of heroic narrative without abandoning historical sequence. Its jokes, puns, anachronisms, and satirical… Shares: Law, Anecdotes, Humor

Uncommon law Alan Patrick Herbert · 1935 · ★ 5.0 · 494p · ≈ 16h · Challenging A beautiful humorous book about law and sometimes the absurdity thereof. AP Herbert designs ridiculous cases such as is there a thing such as a reasonable woman (the reasonable man test for negligence) and is this country really free (fun is not described in law and as such the law takes a dim view of it) and then follows this case through an ostensible normal law report or court minutes to a… Shares: Law, Anecdotes, Humor

Tutt and Mr. Tutt Arthur Train · 1923 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging America's wisest and kindliest lawyer tackles a series of impossible cases—and wins Ephraim Tutt, Esq., never met a hard luck story he didn't like. The rare lawyer happy to forego his fee, Tutt specializes in defending the downtrodden against the powerful and the corrupt. In Manhattan and his hometown of Pottsville, New York, he argues cases involving murder, forgery, and theft, always finding… Shares: Lawyers, Humor

Shi shuo xin yu Liu, Yiqing · 1615 · ★ 3.5 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Demanding 拥有几个世纪的文学作品,不可避免地会有一些人从裂缝中掉下来。 我们搜寻并修复公共领域的作品,以免它们丢失。 我们是谁? 我们是凯恩出版社。 我们的背景是设计、出版、排版和技术。 这些技能推动了我们以可承受的价格在线创建最高质量的公共领域电子书的使命。 我们给予他们应有的待遇; 我们专有的流程可以修复书籍,从而在设计、可读性和电子阅读器兼容性方面提供更好的整体用户体验。 通过这本 世說新語, 经过 Yiqing Liu 的数字版电子书探索一段历史。 这部作品经过精心修复并忠实于原作,被学者认为具有重要的文化意义,是我们文明知识库的基本组成部分。 今天拿起你的副本。 类型:中国 – 历史 – 三国,220-265 – 轶事,中国 – 历史 – 晋朝,265-419 – 轶事 Shares: Anecdotes, Humor

Gentle craft Deloney, Thomas · 1627 · 63p · ≈ 2h · Demanding The history of sampler-maki9ng is as colorful and varied as the craft itself. In this lavishly illustrated book, Anne Sebba charts the rise of the sampler in Great Britain and America from its sixteenth-century origins to its present day popularity among collectors of antiques. Shares: Anecdotes, Humor

Ignoramus Ruggle, George · 1630 · 153p · ≈ 5h · Demanding ''Ignoramus'', a college farce written in 1615 in Latin by George Ruggle Shares: Lawyers, Humor

A continuation of the exercises, in Scurrility HallIsaac Hunt

A continuation of the exercises, in Scurrility Hall Isaac Hunt · 1765 Shares: Anecdotes, Humor

Rumpole's Return John Mortimer · 1940 · ★ 3.8 · 167p · ≈ 5h · Challenging The first ever collection of Rumpole Christmas stories? just in time for the holidays A Rumpole Christmas is a collection of five holiday stories?never before published in book form? depicting the Old Bailey Hack at his lovable best. In ?Rumpole and Father Christmas,? the English barrister encounters a familiar-looking Santa who he thinks is a thief. In ?Rumpole?s Slimmed Down Christmas,? he goes… Shares: Law, Anecdotes, Lawyers

How to Fail in Literature (Reprint) Andrew Lang · 1890 · ★ 4.0 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Shares: Anecdotes, Humor

Curiosities of literature Isaac Disraeli · 1793 · 446p · ≈ 14h · Demanding In "Curiosities of Literature," Isaac Disraeli offers a captivating anthology that intricately weaves the realms of literature, history, and philosophy. The book comprises a series of essays exploring the eccentricities and lesser-known facets of literary figures, cultural traditions, and historical anecdotes. Disraeli's prose is characterized by its eloquent style and a careful attention to… Shares: Anecdotes, Humor

Heart of Justice, The William J. Coughlin · 1994 · ★ 4.0 · 331p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The federal judge has before him a case of epic proportions and enormous implications - an unprecedented corporate takeover war. In a staggering turn of events, Judge Murray finds himself trapped by his love for his new wife and his dedication to the law. His decision, no matter how it turns out, will change the course of his life with everything on the line: his honor, his reputation, his… Shares: Judges, Lawyers

The theory & practice of gamesmanship Stephen Potter · 1940 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Gamesmanship as a civilised art is as old as the competitive spirit in man. It is polite psychological warfare. It is the moral equivalent of assault and battery. It is, as the subject of this book points out, The Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating. Anyone who has ever played any games for keeps has discovered the Gamesman either in himself or in an opponent. In its simplest terms the… Shares: Anecdotes, Humor

The book of snobs William Makepeace Thackeray · 1848 · ★ 3.7 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Thackeray contributed regularly to Fraser's Magazine, Morning Chronicle, New Monthly Magazine and The Times. His writings attracted first attention in Punch, where he satirized English snobbery. These sketches reappeared in 1848 as The Book of Snobs, stating in it that "he who meanly admires mean things is a Snob." Shares: Anecdotes, Humor

Anecdotes médicales; bons mots, pensées et maximes, chansons, épigrammes, etc Gustave Joseph Witkowski · 1880 · 300p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares: Anecdotes, Humor

The Racketeer John Grisham · 2012 · ★ 3.9 · 381p · ≈ 12h · Moderate When a federal judge and his secretary fail to appear for a scheduled trial and panicked clerks call for an FBI investigation, a harrowing murder case ensues and culminates in the imprisonment of a lawyer who imparts the story of who killed the judge and why. "... El cadáver del juez fue hallado en su cabaña a la orilla de un lago. La entrada no había sido forzada. Lo único que encontraron… Shares: Judges, Lawyers

The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi Joseph G. Baldwin · 1853 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Challenging The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi, originally published in 1853, consists of twenty-six sketches and satires drawn from Joseph G. Baldwin’s experiences as an attorney on the turbulent Mississippi and Alabama frontiers in the 1830s and 1840s. Like experiences, attempted to depict a lawless and colorful era in American history. Originally from Virginia, the author paints vivid and… Shares: Law, Anecdotes, Humor

A fable for critics James Russell Lowell · 1848 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Challenging A Fable for Critics By James Russell LowellA Fable for Critics is a book-length poem by American writer James Russell Lowell, first published anonymously in 1848. The poem made fun of well-known poets and critics of the time and brought notoriety to its author.A Fable for Critics satirized many of the most important figures in American literature at the time, including Ralph Waldo Emerson and… Shares: Anecdotes, Humor

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