Murphy: 2125 books

How loud can your average middle-grader burp? Parents, librarians, and innocent bystanders are about to find out. This follow-up to the equally alluring WHY IS SNOT GREEN? tackles more of life's burning questions, many submitted by real-life ten-year-olds Could we use animal poop to make electricity?...

First-hand accounts that include diary entries and personal letters describe the experiences of boys, sixteen years old or younger, who fought in the Civil War.

David joins his Grandma on a trip to Asia and Africa to study the problems elephants are facing. They spend a week as volunteers at an Asian elephant sanctuary in Sri Lanka, caring for the elephants. Then they fly to Kenya to meet the anti-poaching patrol, staff and researchers at a nature reserve....

Sharing many common beliefs, deities, and rituals, the religion of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca was rooted in both the earth and the sky, the rhythms of the seasons, and the movements of the sun, moon, and stars. Readers will meet rain and sun gods, corn gods and fertility gods, earth mothers who are...

This collection features three of our most popular biographies: Washington, the stoic general with a soft spot for animals; Jefferson, the brilliant statesman who was a foodie at heart, and Lincoln, the absentminded lawyer whose compassionate caseload foretold his presidency. Beginning readers will...

Batter up! It’s 1919 and baseball is in trouble! All across the country, people are throwing down their bats, and giving up America’s national pastime. It’s up to Babe Ruth to win back fans and save baseball! Can he do it, or will he strike out?

Saddle up for an adventure with two sisters as they revitalize their school's horseback riding club while also helping out at their family's bakery in DK Adventures: Horse Club. Emma adores horses as much as she idolizes her older sister, Amanda. She dreams about riding a cinnamon-colored horse...

Awaiting the birth of his first kittens, feline P. I. Joe Grey, his companion Dulcie, and their furry sleuthing pals must unmask a killer preying on some of the most vulnerable citizens in the charming California coastal community of Molena Point. For Joe Grey and Dulcie, life is a bittersweet...

Chiun is on a sabbatical but helping deliver the new Bunji Lama to Tibet for a tribute of gold. A movie blockbuster may be in the making, but the not so subtle excursion is causing international chaos and Remo is sent to stop further damage. Reincarnation is great in the long run, but good old Sinanju skills are the best for present danger.

The villainous Dr. Quake is threatening to unleash devastation on California unless he's payed a king's ransom. He has the technology, and California certainly has the fault lines. But while Quake and his lovely assistants may have plate tectonics under their thumbs, Remo and Chiun are two forces...

Men and women in key government positions are being influenced. Controlled. Made to act in ways completely contrary to their nature, and to the interests of the nation. And they do so happily, humming a merry tune, all the way to their deaths. But if anyone in the corridors of power can be made to...

Solly Martin is as ambitious as he is unsuccessful. Out of ideas, he hires two goons to torch his bankrupt business for the insurance money, but a young punk beats them to the barbecue—and fries the felons in the process. Flames just seem to come to him naturally. Martin, feeling the heat of his...

The city of Norfolk, North Carolina, is invaded in a highly coordinated attack and fourteen men have been kidnapped. The victims are young, unemployed—and most ominously—African American. The reports coming into CURE all point to the same terrifying conclusion, and the enemy may be a little too...

The copaiba is a biotech holy grail: a tree whose sap does double-duty as Diesel fuel. Tap a tropical forest, fill the tanks of a nation! That’s fine if you’re a country close to the equator, but American energy giant Tulsa Torrent has an even better idea: genetically modify the pulpy profit centers...