18 books like Jonas a judge; or, Law among the boys

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Paul the Peddler Horatio Alger, Jr. · 1871 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Young Paul is determined to win a better life for his mother, and he sets out on a whirlwind of entrepreneurial jobs to try to make a good living. From selling candy packages outside the post office to neckties from a cart, he will try his hand at anything to turn a profit. A rousing tale of moral triumph and free trade, "Paul the Peddler" is Horatio Alger at his best. Shares Boys, Children
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Daisy Kenyon Elizabeth Janeway · 1945 · 259p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Conduct of life, Legal stories with this book.
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World's fair E. L. Doctorow · 1985 · ★ 3.9 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Recalls a certain New York City boyhood in the 1930s, through the eyes of the child himself and then him as an adult trying to reconstruct the past. Shares Boys, Children
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The golden key George MacDonald · 1906 · ★ 4.1 · 85p · ≈ 2h · Moderate The adventurous wanderings of a boy and girl to find the keyhole which fits the rainbow's golden key. Shares Boys, Children, Conduct of life
Ten thousand a year
Ten thousand a year Samuel Warren · 1800 · 904p · ≈ 30h · Demanding This is Warren's revision of the novel in preparation for Blackwood's edition, 1841. Vol. 1 autograph manuscript of Parts VII-XIII, XIX-XXI with 5 loose leaves of autograph memoranda and drafts for Part I. Vols. 2-4 contain printed leaves with autograph annotations and revisions. The printed leaves were cut from Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine (1839-1841) vols. 9-13, and tipped into these volumes.… Shares Legal stories
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Ten thousand a-year Samuel Warren · 1800 · 1086p · ≈ 36h · Demanding Shares Legal stories with this book.
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Heir Apparent Twist Phelan · 2002 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Moderate On the night of lawyer Joe McGuinness's first date with Mia Ortiz, personal assistant to one of his firms̕ wealthiest clients, the young couple walk into a grisly murder scene. Mias̕ boss and her son lie sprawled in a pool of blood. After Mia is arrested for murder, Joe must unravel a web of secrets to discover who is using murder to claim the rights of heir apparent. Shares Legal stories
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Spinning-wheel stories Louisa May Alcott · 1884 · ★ 3.7 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Shares Children, Conduct of life with this book.
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Putting Lipstick on a Pig Michael Bowen · 2006 · ★ 4.8 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Legal stories with this book.
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Otto of the Silver Hand Howard Pyle · 1888 · ★ 3.8 A courageous boy in the Middle Ages brings an end to the feud between two powerful robber barons. Shares Fathers and sons, Children, Conduct of life
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Rule Of Law Dexter Dias · 1997 · ★ 4.4 · 483p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Shares Law, Legal stories with this book.
Building the Rule of Law in China
Building the Rule of Law in China Weidong Ji · 2017 · 202p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "After thirty years of Mao era (1949-1979) which was struggle-based, the Communist Party of China has begun to change its position as a pioneering revolutionary party, evolving into a universal ruling party that transcends class interests. Meanwhile, administrative and judicial reforms oriented toward a more efficient, serving government and the rule of law have been actively carried out. As the… Shares Justice, Law
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Κρίτων Πλάτων · 1833 · ★ 4.1 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Challenging The Critias is a fragment which breaks off in the middle of a sentence. It was designed to be the second part of a trilogy, which, like the other great Platonic trilogy of the Sophist, Statesman, Philosopher, was never completed. Timaeus had brought down the origin of the world to the creation of man, and the dawn of history was now to succeed the philosophy of nature. The Critias is also… Shares Justice, Law
Blood's Game
Blood's Game Angus Donald · 2017 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate 330 pages ; 25 cm Shares Fathers and sons
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Cimarron rose James Lee Burke · 1997 · ★ 4.5 · 408p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Former Texas Ranger Billy Holland, now a lawyer, is hired to defend a teenage boy accused of killing his girlfriend. It is a family affair of sorts, the man who hired Holland being the boy's stepfather. The real father is Holland. Shares Fathers and sons, Legal stories
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Salvation Boulevard Larry Beinhart · 2008 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Some cases test a private investigator's wits, others test his courage, and still others, his character. In Salvation Boulevard, P.I. Carl Van Wagener has found a case that tests them all, and then goes on to test his soul. A professor is dead and a suspect-who has confessed-is in custody. But nothing is what it seems. After all, the dead man is an atheist professor, the accused an Islamic… Shares Legal stories
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The Woman in Black Susan Hill · 1983 · ★ 3.8 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Legal stories with this book.
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There's a Zombie in the Basement Stan Yan · 2016 Shares Boys with this book.

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