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  • Forever Rumpole

    The Best of the Rumpole Stories

    by John Mortimer, Ann Mallalieu ...
    John Mortimer—novelist, playwright, memoirist, and the author of more than eighty Rumpole short stories—will never be forgotten. While still a practicing barrister, Mortimer took up the pen, and the rest is literary history. His stories featuring the cigar-chomping, cheap-wine-tippling Rumpole and his wife, Hilda (aka "She Who Must Be Obeyed"), have justly earned their place in the pantheon of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Rumpole and the Primrose Path

    by John Mortimer ...
    With Rumpole Rests His Case, legions of fans welcomed back the curmudgeonly London barrister they had loved for years?and they are eager for more. The six new stories in Rumpole and the Primrose Path find Horace Rumpole?despite a heart attack that left him at death?s door in the previous volume?deftly parrying everything from the admonitions of his wife, Hilda, to the vagaries of his legal ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders

    by John Mortimer ...
    The Rumpole renaissance continues to build, and now the beloved barrister’s many followers have a special reason to rejoice: a sensational full-length Rumpole novel that at last relates the oft-mentioned but never revealed story of Rumpole’s first case, the Penge Bungalow affair. Looking back half a century into a very different world, Rumpole recalls a man accused of murdering his father and his ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Rumpole Rests His Case

    by John Mortimer ...
    The comic, courageous, and corpulent Horace Rumpole reenters the fray in these seven fresh and funny stories in which the "great defender of muddled and sinful humanity" triumphs over the forces of prejudice and mean-mindedness while he tiptoes precariously through the domestic territory of his wife, Hilda-She Who Must Be Obeyed! With his passion for poetry, and a nose equally sensitive to the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A Rumpole Christmas

    Stories

    by John Mortimer ...
    The first ever collection of Rumpole Christmas stories? just in time for the holidaysA 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 ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Quite Honestly

    by John Mortimer ...
    From the creator of the Rumpole stories-a novel of middle-class do-gooding gone awryFans of John Mortimer and his popular Rumpole mysteries will love Quite Honestly, a comedy filled with a delightful cast of characters and Mortimers unique and entertaining take on a life of crime. Life couldnt be better for Lucinda Purefoy-college educated, with a steady boyfriend and a job offer in advertising. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Rumpole for the Defence

    by John Mortimer ...
    Narrated by Patrick Tull ...
    Series series Rumpole

    Unabridged

    7 hours 39 min

    Whether he is behind several pints of plonk at Pommeroy’s, or in front of a hostile jury at the Old Bailey, or under the nose of his wife Hilda at à côte de chez Rumpole, Horace Rumpole is irascible, irreverent, and exceedingly loveable. His frisky observations of lives lived on both sides of the law are guaranteed to make you chuckle and renew your faith in cranky curmudgeons.This selection ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rumpole Misbehaves

    by John Mortimer ...
    The next novel in the Rumpole series from the beloved and bestselling master of the courtThe Rumpole novels have garnered legions of fans who show no sign of abandoning their favorite curmudgeonly British barrister. Now in Rumpole Misbehaves, our hero takes on nothing less than the New Labour government when their ridiculous new Anti- Social Behavior Orders land a Timson child in front of the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Rumpole and the Reign of Terror

    by John Mortimer ...
    John Mortimer's bestselling barrister is back, in his most timely case yetJust in case Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders gave fans the impression that the Great Defender was resting on his laurels, his new case sends him at full sail into our panicky new world. Rumpole is asked to defend a Pakistani doctor who has been imprisoned without charge or trial on suspicion of aiding Al Qaeda. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Voyage Round My Father

    by Sir John Mortimer ...
    Series series Oberon Modern Plays
    John Mortimer's autobiographical play is the affectionate portrait of a son's relationship with his father. Growing up in the shadow of the brilliant barrister, who adored his garden and hated visitors, and whose blindness was never mentioned, the son continually yearns for his father's love and respect.A Voyage Round My Father opened in June 2006 at the Donmar Theatre, London starring Derek ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Rumpole of the Bailey

    by John Mortimer ...
    Narrated by Patrick Tull ...
    Series series Rumpole

    Unabridged

    8 hours 27 min

    This first title in the popular mystery series by playwright and novelist John Mortimer features Horace Rumpole, an English barrister who stands before the jury with the flourish of a Shakespearean actor and the ingenuity of a Sherlock Holmes. Rumpole—expert on bloodstains and fingerprint forgery—who has a wit so dry and razor sharp that most of his duller colleagues miss its cutting edge entirely ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Teacher Preparation in Papua New Guinea

    Past and Present

    by John Mortimer ...
    Series series Emerald Studies in Teacher Preparation in National and Global Contexts
    Presenting a comprehensive examination of the historical origins and development of schooling and teacher preparation in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the authors explore the unique education history of PNG – starting from indigenous education in villages, the influence of European colonization and the role of missionaries in providing education, and the implications for education policies and practices ... Read more

    $86.99 USD