Marcia Clark's 'Killer Ambition' a rocky, entertaining case

The former L.A. County prosecutor's high-stakes tale of crime, celebrity and the courtroom can be suspiciously convenient, but it's all in good fun.No one knows celebrity murder trials better than Marcia Clark, the former prosecutor in the L.A. County district attorney's Special Trials Unit. Clark's watershed case, the 1995 Nicole Brown Simpson-Ron Goldman homicide trial, became know as the Trial of the Century for O.J. Simpson, its celebrity defendant, and its gavel-to-gavel coverage on media outlets around the world. Clark and her DA colleagues famously lost the case amid allegations of mishandled DNA evidence and misconduct by the LAPD. In "Without a Doubt," her bestselling memoir centering on the Simpson trial, Clark blamed Simpson's acquittal in part on an American justice system that, among other ills, was "corrupted by celebrity." Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

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In a pair of briefs, Audible argued that Captions is simply a tool for enhancing audiobooks, and rejected what they see as an attempt to “paint Audible and its customers as copyright pirates guilty of ‘classic, willful' copyright infringement.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Endeavour scoops Clarke's guide to work happiness

Octopus imprint Endeavour has scooped an “inspiring” guide on how to be happy at work by happiness consultant and School of Life lecturer Samantha Clarke. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Bonnier Books to feature killer recordings in audiobook

Bonnier Books UK will feature recordings of convicted killers in an audiobook of true crime bestseller Talking with Serial Killers: The World’s Most Evil. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-11 20:04:55 UTC ]
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Agency Brief is abuzz with 'purpose-driven, branded entertainment'

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Her name is Chanel Miller, not ‘unconscious intoxicated woman’ in the Stanford assault case

Miller, who addressed her assaulter in court, has written a memoir called "Know My Name." Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Looking at books as more than just vessels for information or entertainment

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Emma Husar and BuzzFeed 'very close' to reaching settlement in defamation case

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Thompson wins Arthur C Clarke Prize for Rosewater

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HarperCollins and Sony Pictures Entertainment in Major Elizabeth Gabler Partnership

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Cleeves and Fuller join Killer Women line-up

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David Barclay loses libel case against obscure French playwright

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HarperCollins Children’s signs three more from Blake and Chichester Clark

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Phillips moves to HCG as Egmont promotes Clark

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Irish Supreme Court Rejects Facebook Bid to Block ECJ Data Case

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The Full Nerd ep. 94: Live from Computex! AMD vs. Intel, killer laptops, and Steve from Gamers Nexus

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