Mary Murphy: 18 books
Blood Cold
Fame, Sex, and Murder in Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
The riveting true account of the 2001 murder of Bonny Lee Bakley, starring Robert Blake—the Hollywood icon accused of killing his wife in cold blood
In May 2001 Bonny Lee Bakley was shot to death in a car parked on a dark Hollywood side street. Eleven months later Robert Blake—her husband,...
Like a Family
The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2012
Since its original publication in 1987, Like a Family has become a classic in the study of American labor history. Basing their research on a series of extraordinary interviews, letters, and articles from the trade press, the authors uncover the voices and experiences of workers in the Southern cotton...
Beginner’s Guide to Earthworm Farming
Simple Ideas for a Sustainable World
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
If you are concerned about the health of our planet then turn your attention to what lies under your feet. Working in the soil below are creatures that play a pivotal role in producing the food we eat and impacting the quality of our food crops. Earthworms were described by Darwin as the most important...
Hope in Hard Times
New Deal Photographs of Montana, 1936–1942
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Arthur Rothstein, Russell Lee, John Vachon, and Marion Post Wolcott became some of the United States’ best-known photographers through their pictures of Depression-era America. Taken between 1936 and 1942, their pictures of Montana captured the dignity of its people as they struggled to scratch...
Death Knock
A Noshes Up North Culinary Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
From the author of Death Nell, Mary Grace Murphy, a new Noshes Up North Culinary Mystery! When Noshes Up North Wisconsin food blogger and restaurant reviewer, Nell Bailey discovers a dead body, she finds herself in hot water. How can she solve the crime before the police suspect her? Nell’s passion...
Scout, Atticus, and Boo
A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee’s beloved classic To Kill a Mockingbird, filmmaker Mary Murphy has interviewed prominent figures—including Oprah, Anna Quindlen, and Tom Brokaw—on how the book has impacted their lives. These interviews are compiled in Scout, Atticus, and Boo,...
by Carolyn Hart, Mary Daheim, Jane Isenberg
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Four of mystery's reigning matriarchs have joined together to concoct a delectable stew of clues, corpses, and felonious hijinks -- all spectacularly seasoned with a mother's loving touch! In this witty and winning quartet of all-new mysteries, the incomparable Mary Daheim gives harried mom Cousin...
by Sandra Murphy, Mary Ann Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This innovative resource provides teachers with a road map for designing a comprehensive writing curriculum that meets Common Core standards. The authors zero in on several “big ideas” that lead to and support effective practices in writing instruction, such as integrating reading, writing,...
by Mary lynn Rose, Bonnie Lil Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2015
This autobiography contains the lifetime events and highlights of author and Maine native, Bonnie Lil Murphy. Mrs. Murphy draws from her experiences as a world traveler, as well as a United States Army veteran, graduate of the Baptist College of Florida. Through reading My Magnificent Eagle, most...
Our Prince of Scribes
Writers Remember Pat Conroy
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
New York Times best-selling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year writing life. In...
Public Management and Complexity Theory
Richer Decision-Making in Public Services
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
That public services exhibit unpredictability, novelty and, on occasion, chaos, is an observation with which even a casual observer would agree. Existing theoretical frameworks in public management fail to address these features, relying more heavily on attempts to eliminate unpredictability through...
Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization
Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
This one-of-a-kind collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative practices from classrooms, schools, districts, communities, and faraway places in the world. Each of the chapters-organized under six headings-tells an authentic, compelling story of a pioneering and successful...
Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Globalization
Citizens without States
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Thanks to advances in international communication and travel, it has never been easier to connect with the rest of the world. As philosophers debate the consequences of globalization, cosmopolitanism promises to create a stronger global community. Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Globalization examines...
Mosquitotide
Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2015
This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from...
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