Murphy: 2125 books

Enjoy a visit to the spectacular, and sometimes crazy, world of the Spanish Fiesta You will be amazed to learn of; A Baby Jumping festival with real babies! Why running with the bulls in Pamplona is for wimps! The world's biggest food fight and a multitude of smaller ones! Being carried in an open...

A complete guide to buying, storing, grinding and brewing coffee. Learn best practice for traditional methods like percolator, French press, Moka pot or drip brewer, as well as methods like Espresso and Cold Brew. Get the essential information you need before buying an espresso machine and enjoy an...

Against those who considerarchitecture to be a wholly optimistic activity, this book shows how the history of modern architecture is inextricably tied to ideas of failure and ruin. By means of an original reading of the earliest origins of modernism, the Architecture of Failure exposes the ways in which...

This book is about living life to the fullest Living not existing. Through life we have joys and pain and in between it all there lays happiness and if youre lucky youll find love. So I hope you;ll enjoy this book of poetry as it will make you laugh, remember love, Reminisce of good times and...

Got some time on your hands before you hit Dublin's famous pubs? Then you need this book, an invaluable guide to twenty of Dublin’s highlights for visitors and native alike. History, culture, strangeness and beauty are all here -- along with a list of the local hostelries to visit and let the experience...

Behind the Wireless tells the story of women at the BBC in the 1920s and 30s. Broadcasting was brand new in Britain and the BBC developed without many of the overt discriminatory practices commonplace at the time. Women were employed at all levels, except the very top, for instance as secretaries,...

Dean Murphy analyses how relatedness is enacted in the context of gay men pursuing parenthood and a ‘child of one’s own’ through both domestic and transnational surrogacy arrangements. Drawing on data collected from in-depth interviews with gay men living in Australia and the United States, and...

The bold essays that make up Reading the Difficulties offer case studies in and strategies for reading innovative poetry. Definitions of what constitutes innovative poetry are innumerable and are offered from every quarter. Some critics and poets argue that innovative poetry concerns free association...

It’s September 1961. Freshman Joe Murphy is just starting premed studies at Loyola’s Lake Shore campus in Chicago. There’re a lot on his mind besides biology and chemistry; he has to make friends, fit in and survive a long, daily commute on public transportation. This humorous memoir tracks...

Residents of Beacon, New York, are justifiably proud of a community that is rich in history and promise. In this exquisite collection of images, local historians Robert J. Murphy and Denise Doring VanBuren uncover the fascinating past of Beacon andthe people who have called it home. The community�s...

Relying on his own experience in the U.S. Navy and consulting his contemporaries in the maritime profession, midshipman John Murphy published this book to provide an accurate portrait of a ship's rigging and spars (masts or yardarms supporting or extending a ship's sail). An important book in maritime...

When you find yourself in a good place in your life, how do you make sure you stay there? Or, if you're in a bad place in your life, how do you get out of it? Here's how ... Dr Eddie Murphy knows what makes people tick. In Becoming Your Real Self, Eddie shares his methods for building and maintaining...

WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: Luke is frequently invited to give motivational talks and be interviewed for video recordings. He is on the National Campaign Team for the Wounded Warrior Project, joining other soldiers who tell their stories to raise awareness for the most recently injured servicemen and women...

NOTE: THIS STORY CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE DREAM OF ASARLAI TRILOGY Kenyon Audley doesn't care much about his secret gadda heritage, preferring to travel the world searching for the perfect wave. In Japan, he finds a different kind of perfection but his chance at happiness could be ruined by...