M Murphy: 87 books
by Jill M Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
“My plan was simple. I would get married, have kids, and live happily ever after. However, life doesn’t always follow the path we plan for ourselves.” When Jill Murphy became pregnant at the age of seventeen, she was faced with some difficult decisions. Unsure of how to be the mother she knew...
Reclaiming Francis
How the Saint and the Pope Are Renewing the Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
As Pope Francis continues to call for the rebuilding of the Church, Msgr. Charles M. Murphy, author of The Spirituality of Fasting and Eucharistic Adoration, offers a timely look at what today’s Church can learn from St. Francis of Assisi about evangelization and renewal. When Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio...
Swedish Design
An Ethnography
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2019
Swedish designers are noted for producing distinctive and elegant forms; their furniture and household goods have an especially loyal following around the world. Design in Sweden has more than just an aesthetic component, however. Since at least the late nineteenth century, Swedish politicians and...
No Better Place To Die Ste-Mere Eglise, June 1944-The Battle For La Fiere Bridge
Ste-Mere Eglise, June 1944—The Battle for la Fiere Bridge
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
The you-are-there story of one of the most ferocious small-unit combats in US history . . .As part of the massive Allied invasion of Normandy, three airborne divisions were dropped behind enemy lines to sew confusion in the German rear and prevent panzer reinforcements from reaching the beaches. In...
Botánicas
Sacred Spaces of Healing and Devotion in Urban America
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
Botánicas is an exploration in text and photographs of spiritual shops found in Latino neighborhoods throughout the United States. Readers discover these marvelous spaces and their alternative spiritualties that help patrons cope with the grind and challenges of city life. Botánicas provide access...
Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 2
Safety, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Summarises current research on pathogenic risks affecting milk and ways they can be controlled on the farm;
Reviews ways of measuring and reducing the environmental impact of dairy farming such as better grassland management;
Assesses the wider role of dairy farming and how it can be improved in the developing world
by Charles Beaumont, Bernice M. Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
"A memorable first book of fiction, one which belongs on any shelf of the best contemporary weird tales." - August Derleth, Chicago Tribune
"[E]xtraordinary . . . gives Mr. Beaumont undeniable stature as an artist." - N. Y. Herald Tribune
"Charles Beaumont...
Manager vs. Leader
Untying the Gordian Knot
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Cutting through the clutter of management and leadership books, Manager vs. Leader: Untying the Gordian Knot works to differentiate the termsmanager and leader. With these terms often used synonymously, misunderstandingleads to confusion and failed expectations at all levels of an organization.Providing...
Eucharistic Adoration
Holy Hour Meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
As a creative prayer compendium, Eucharistic Adoration: Holy Hour Meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ invites readers to spend a holy hour in eucharistic adoration while meditating on the seven last words of Jesus and shows them how to do it.
Like many devotions that fell out of favor...
Santeria
African Spirits in America
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Santería represents the first in-depth, scholarly account of a profound way of wisdom that is growing in importance in America today. A professional academic and himself a participant in the Santería* *community of the Bronx for several years, Joseph Murphy offers a powerful description and insightful...
by Shane M. Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2004
Athletes’ physiques and conditioning levels have advanced significantly in the past decade. Now, it’s time for their mental prowess to catch up. The Sport Psych Handbook makes significant performance improvement possible through training the mind to parallel the body’s enhanced development....
It Came From the 1950s!
Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
An eclectic and insightful collection of essays predicated on the hypothesis that popular cultural documents provide unique insights into the concerns, anxieties and desires of their times. 1950s popular culture is analysed by leading scholars and critics such as Christopher Frayling, Mark Jancovich, Kim Newman and David J. Skal.
Loneliness, Stress and Well-Being
A Helper's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2006
Loneliness can be a terrible experience. Yet, surprisingly counsellors, therapists and professional helpers are rearely taught how to help their clients manage loneliness. Written specially for professional helpers, Loneliness, Stress and Well-Being provides a thorough background to the theories concerning...
by Yvette M. Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
I was inspired to write this book by God, and these prayers are up close and personal with him. I was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis on May 18, 1999 at the age of twenty-nine, and through my struggle, I found myself in a relationship with him who knew and loved me before he...