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In a Time of War
"The dramatic story of West Point's class of 2002, the first in a generation to graduate during wartime"--Publisher's description.
A Charmed Life
This book is meant to be a treasury of memories for the friends and family of Bill Murphy. In many ways it captures his wit, his struggles and his love for all. He includes poems and a song that he has written as well as many of his favorite humorous anecdotes.
In the Zone
DIVDIVMichael Murphy, bestselling author of Golf in the Kingdom, explains the power of athletics to transform the body, mind, and spirit/divDIV /divDIVAthletes and coaches often say they feel “in the zone” while participating in sports or other endeavors, and Esalen Institute cofounder Michael Murphy carefully documents this phenomenon in one of the most comprehensive works of its kind. Murphy and coauthor Rhea A. White categorize twenty types of extraordinary athletic feats, exalted states of consciousness, and altered perceptions that, they say, evoke the richness of a spiritual practice./divDIV /divDIVThis wide-ranging compendium includes insights from amateur, Olympic, and professional athletes, such as Michael Jordan, Mario Andretti, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Schwarzenegger./div /div
Prodigal Father
This is a reprint of a 1978 work on the life of John Butler Yeats. Murphy (ancient and modern literature, Union College) provides an account of what happened to this lovable, brilliant, and distressingly improvident man from day to day over the years. He draws upon letters, associations with Yeats' living descendants, relevant manuscripts, and other treasures to present a portrait that he states is not a final treatment or a complete biography, but is intended to provide material for others who wish to study some of the subjects touched upon more deeply. Contains several bandw photographs and drawings. c. Book News Inc.
Greener Pastures on Your Side of the Fence
In conventional grazing systems not enough attention is paid to the need of the plants so as to keep them in an optimum condition. Key parts of the Voisin system concern the periods between grazings and the length of time that livestock is kept, in a paddock
SEAL of Honor
Lt.Michael Patrick Murphy, a Navy SEAL, earned the Medal of Honor on 28 June 2005 for his bravery during a fierce fight with the Taliban in the remote mountains of eastern Afghanistan. The first to receive the nation's highest military honor for service in Afghanistan, Lt. Murphy was also the first naval officer to earn the medal since the Vietnam War, and the first SEAL to be honored posthumously. A young man of great character, he is the subject of Naval Special Warfare courses on character and leadership, and an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, naval base, school, post office, ball park, and hospital emergency room have been named in his honor. A bestselling book by the sole ...
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Benji's been a soldier so long he doesn't know how to be a civilian, and he turns to self-destructive behavior. Will he find help in time?
Fear Dat New Orleans: A Guide to the Voodoo, Vampires, Graveyards & Ghosts of the Crescent City
By the author of the acclaimed Eat Dat, a brand-new guide to New Orleans's scary side, from Voodoo rituals to historic cemeteries and haunted mansions Fear Dat New Orleans explores the eccentric and often macabre dark corners of America’s most unique city. In addition to detailed histories of bizarre burials, ghastly murders, and the greatest concentration of haunted places in America, Fear Dat features a “bone watcher’s guide” with useful directions of who’s buried where, from Marie Laveau to Ruthie the Duck Girl. You’ll also find where to buy the most authentic gris-gris or to get the best psychic reading. The Huffington Post tagged Michael Murphy’s first book Eat Dat, about the city’s food culture, the #1 “essential” book to read before coming to New Orleans. New Orleans Living called it “both reverent and irreverent, he manages to bring a sense of humor to serious eating—and that’s what New Orleans is all about.” In Fear Dat, Murphy brings similar insights and irreverence to New Orleans voodoo, vampires, graveyards, and ghosts.
The Quartet
ABOUT THIS BOOK The front cover shows the four 'Homeboys' who won the Brass Quartet competition at the 1934 Sligo Feis. 'The Quartet' spent their childhoods in care at a large boys' home in Sligo, run by the Sisters of Nazareth. This book examines the individual lives of the boys - William McGowan, Patrick Baker, Michael Porter and William Walsh - as well as that of their fellow Homeboys, and explores: 1. Why they came into care and what contact they had with their families 2. How separation from family affected their sense of identity 3. How they were cared for by the Sisters and the difficulties their carers faced 4. The degree to which care shaped their character and later lives 5. How reliable and accurate is adult recall of childhood The book is based on five years research that has uncovered and created extensive primary sources and, especially, the recollections of the sole survivor, Michael Porter now entering his 96th year. The author is an historian and a qualified teacher and social worker with extensive experience of managing institutional abuse investigations in England, including those into religious organisations.
