Comics For The Disgruntled Lawyer

Comics For The Disgruntled Lawyer

Author: The Introverted Attorney

Publisher: Blurb

Published: 2020-06-25

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9781715114022

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This comic book was created for the curmudgeonly lawyer with a dark sense of humor that is often deeply suppressed in the stuffy law firm environment. Each page is filled with brutally honest depictions of attorney life, ranging from covertly sleeping at the office to being engulfed in flames of rage due to unnecessary email follow ups. Makes a great gift for any disillusioned attorney and a warning of what's to come for aspiring lawyers. Product Description: - Softcover - 90 pages, full color - 8" x 10"


The Realist

The Realist

Author: Asaf Hanuka

Publisher: BOOM! Studios

Published: 2015-04-22

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 161398359X

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Acclaimed Israeli cartoonist Asaf Hanuka's weekly strips unfold an emotional autobiography full of humor and melancholy, wild imagination, and quiet desperation. Collected for the first time in English and including never-before-collected strips, The Realist delivers both honesty and whimsy from a master of his craft. With echoes of R. Crumb and Daniel Clowes, Hanuka moves readers with his depictions of everyday life, commenting on everything from marriage to technology to social activism through intimate moments of triumph and failure.


The Introverted Lawyer

The Introverted Lawyer

Author: Heidi Kristin Brown

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781634257725

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While naturally loquacious law professors, law students, lawyers, and judges thrive in a world dominated by the Socratic question-and-answer method and rapid-fire oral discourse, quiet thinkers and writers can be sidelined. The introverted Lawyer illuminates the valuable gifts that introverted, shy, and socially anxious individuals bring to the legal profession-including active listening, deep thinking, empathy, impactful legal writing, creative problem-solving, and thoughtful communication. The first half of this book: (1) explains the differences among introversion, shyness, and social anxiety and how each can manifest in the legal context, (2) explores the impact on quiet individuals of the push toward extroversion in law school and law practice, and (3) highlights greatly valued proficiencies that quiet individuals offer the legal profession through nurturing instead of repressing innate strengths. Further, to help quiet law students and lawyers become authentically powerful advocates, the second half of this book outlines a practical seven-step process to empower introverted, shy, and socially anxious individuals to amplify their voices without compromising their quiet assets. With increased self-awareness and a holistic approach, and buoyed by collaboratively compassionate and motivating professors and law office mentors, introverted, shy, and socially anxious law students and lawyers will transform the legal profession. Book jacket.


Mixed Martial Arts and the Law

Mixed Martial Arts and the Law

Author: Jason J. Cruz

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2019-12-30

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1476679304

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Barbaric. Savage. Violent. Words often used by critics to describe the sport of mixed martial arts. To this can be added lucrative, popular and flourishing. MMA has seen astronomical growth since the 2000s, spurred on by its biggest promotion, the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC). Along the way, legal issues have plagued the sport. This book provides an overview of the most important cases and controversies arising both inside and outside of the cage--antitrust suits by fighters against promoters, fighters suing other fighters, drug testing, contractual issues, and the need for federal regulation.


Captain America and Bucky

Captain America and Bucky

Author:

Publisher: Marvel

Published: 2012-08-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780785151241

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Think you know the story of Cap and Bucky's origins? Well, think again. The secret story of the early days of Captain America is revealed here, told from Bucky Barnes point of view. What was Cap and Bucky's first mission together? What was the tragedy that happened on it that changed everything about who Bucky was? And what is the secret that connects the Cap and Bucky series to Cap's modern day stories? From co-writers Ed Brubaker and Marc Andreyko with artist Chris Samnee (THOR: THE MIGHTY AVENGER)! COLLECTING: CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY 620-624


The Death of Captain Stacey

The Death of Captain Stacey

Author: Stan Lee

Publisher: Panini

Published: 2007-03-01

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781846530197

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Before Peter Parker lost the first great love of his life, her father fell toone of Spider-Man's greatest adversaries. This is the story of Captain GeorgeStacy and the dying wish he made to Spider-Man.


Open and Shut

Open and Shut

Author: David Rosenfelt

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 2008-11-15

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0446551074

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Edgar-award nominated author David Rosenfelt's hilarious hero, Andy Carpenter, takes on a high-profile murder case, with his favorite golden retriever, Tara, by his side--now with a new cover look. Whether dueling with new forensics or the local old boys' network, irreverent defense attorney Andy Carpenter always leaves them awed with his biting wit and winning fourth-quarter game plan. But Andy prefers the company of his best friend, Tara, to the people he encounters in the courtroom. Tara, a golden retriever, is clearly smarter than half the lawyers who clog the courts of PassaicCounty. However, just as it seems Andy has everything figured out, his dad, New Jersey's legendary ex-D.A., drops dead in front of him at a game in Yankee Stadium. The shocks pile on as he discovers his dad left him with two unexpected legacies: a fortune of $22 million that Andy never knew existed . . . and a murder case with enough racial tinder to burn down City Hall. Struggling to serve justice and bring honor to his father, Andy must dig up some explosive political skeletons--and an astonishing family secret that can close his case (and his mouth) for good.


Curious Wine

Curious Wine

Author: Katherine V. Forrest

Publisher: Bella Books

Published: 2011-04-19

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1594939764

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The intimacy of a cabin at Lake Tahoe provides the combustible circumstances that bring Diana Holland and Lane Christianson together in this passionate novel of first discovery. Originally published by Naiad Press in 1983, Bella Books is proud to bring the bestselling romantic lesbian novel of all time back to print. With multiple printings and translations worldwide, Curious Wine is an enduring classic and on everyone's list of the very best in our literature.


Comic strips and consumer culture, 1890-1945

Comic strips and consumer culture, 1890-1945

Author: GORDON IAN

Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)

Published: 1998-04-17

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13:

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Drawing on comic strip characters such as Buster Brown, Winnie Winkle, and Superman, Ian Gordon shows how, in addition to embellishing a wide array of goods with personalities, comic strips themselves increasingly promoted consumerist values and upward mobility.


Manhwa 100

Manhwa 100

Author: Kocca

Publisher: NETCOMICS

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781600099519

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by Various Curious about manhwa? Here's your chance to learn about 100 manhwas, all in a single place! Manhwa100: The New Era for Korean Comics is a compilation of 100 comics that represent the Korean comic book industry. Within these pages are 100 of the absolute best, most recent manhwas - manhwas we want to share with millions of comic book fans across the globe. You'll find synopses, important details, and other key information about the works, as well as brief introductions to the creators. The selections are divided into girls' comics, boys' comics, general comics, and webcomics.