Murphy: 2125 books

This book provides a systematic analysis of the innovations that occurred in the display of royal power during John II’s four years in English captivity. Neil Murphy shows how the French king’s competition with Edward III led to a revolution in the presentation of the royal image, manifesting...

We all hope to enjoy our retirement at the end of our working lives, but for many the adjustment can be more challenging than we expected. Rather than a time of slowing down, retirement can be an opportunity to enjoy life and have some fun. It is a time for letting go of old habits, experimenting...

In this novella of ideas set in a dystopian near future, a young woman strives to break free of the weight of her grim past and avoid a bloody future. Amid the death agonies of a pariah state, Daria Rigoletti transforms herself: from contract killer to people-smuggler to cult leader; but circumstances...

The Ghost of Christmas Past   By Jasmine Bowen                 Avery Malroney was a normal child; playing in the dirt; swinging on the monkey bars, running around in the playground. Sure, her parents...

Three full–length novels about those situations where you find yourself up close and personal... What Love Sounds Like – Alissa Callen Outback speech pathologist, Mia Windsor, believes her morning from hell is over. Then city–boy Kade Reid strides into her office and announces...

Feline P. I. Joe Grey and his friends pounce on three investigations that may connect to one larger mystery—including one case that is very personal—in this hair-raising installment in Shirley Rousseau Murphy’s beloved, award-winning series. Joe Grey and his partner, Dulcie, are frantic...

Molena Point, California, should be a tranquil place. Nestled quietly on the Pacific coast miles below San Francisco, it's not the kind of town escaped convicts seek out. But if you're a thief named Cage Jones, you've just sprung yourself from the clink, and the woman who turned state's witness and...

No one—certainly not Melani, who longed for the country—could have imagined that a city house could be like this, but there it was, big and old, lovely and strange, with odd juttings and turnings and unexpected windows. And it stood just where the city met the Pacific Ocean, next to a vast park....

Welcome to 1968 — a revolution in a book. Essays, memoirs, and more by fourteen award-winning authors offer unique perspectives on one of the world’s most tumultuous years. Nineteen sixty-eight was a pivotal year that grew more intense with each day. As thousands of Vietnamese and Americans...

The first middle grade novel from Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin’ (now a popular Netflix film), is a funny, heartwarming story perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead, Ali Benjamin, and Holly Goldberg Sloan. Patricia “Sweet Pea” DiMarco wasn’t sure what to expect...

When 12 year old Tom’s Dad lost his job, he didn’t realize it would lead to the greatest adventure of his life!To get over his Dad’s depression, they took a holiday to the seaside. It was there he met Trevor and got to work on and ride the best Ferris Wheel in the World, that was built...

Spoken Word for the Young Soul is a compilation of poems written to inspire our youth. It discusses the day-to-day issues they deal with, as well as offer them some things to think about with respect to future life decisions. I hope this book will ignite a desire in you to get your message out there....

Deeci Murphy, a Philadelphia poet, author, and educator, presents a collection of fifteen love poems to warm the heart, as well as entertain and excite the spirit. Whether love is real or imagined, reciprocal or unrequited, lost or newly discovered, its still the most powerful emotion there is. If you feel it, say it, cause love is not love until its spoken.

This is the story of a sixteen-year-old boy who finds his way to the beginning of manhood during a great and memorable adventure in the world of nature. Geordie Sutton was more interested in the wildlife of the prairie slough and along the Iowa River than he was in following his father’s...