A dying century. A killing presence.Present day: Nathan Jacob's life is coming apart. His adoptive father has passed away, leaving him grief-stricken. His only companion is his best friend, for whom he is falling more deeply every day. But Nathan is grappling with other demons: things half-formed and dark. Things that link him, somehow, to a series of horrific murders from the pages of history.1890: Sergeant George Frohmell of the Dublin Metropolitan Police is runn...

The Ball Python Care Guide is your complete handbook for raising a healthy, happy ball python. Whether you're a first-time reptile owner or an experienced snake keeper, this easy-to-follow guide covers everything you need to know—from setting up the perfect enclosure and understanding ball python behavior, to proper feeding techniques, shedding tips, and basic breeding advice. Packed with insights, detailed illustrations, and essential care routines, this book is a must-ha...

Two brothers, Dan and Tom Banville, find their comfortable rural existence ravaged as Ireland tips inevitably towards war. As the whispers and nods in the pubs and fields explode into all-out Rebellion, the Banville brothers find themselves thrust to the forefront of the revolution. Even as they fight the might of the British empire, more sinister battles must be fought within their own ranks as they struggle against the bigotry and indecision that will challenge the very foundations of th...

In the quiet town of Harmony Creek, secrets are like stitches—easy to hide, but impossible to keep from unraveling.When young Lily Carter vanishes without a trace, the town is thrown into turmoil. Whispers spread like wildfire: Was she last seen at choir practice? At the café? Or near the long-abandoned mill that everyone avoids? Every account contradicts the last, leaving Deputy Collins drowning in false leads and a town teetering on the edge of hysteria.Enter Mabel Rose, ...

Avalon Hill: The Legacy of Serious PlayBy Joe MurphyFrom the smoke-filled basements of 1950s Baltimore to the digital battlefields of the twenty-first century, Avalon Hill: The Legacy of Serious Play tells the definitive story of how one small publishing company transformed games into tools of thought — and reshaped the way we understand strategy, simulation, and play itself.In this sweeping narrative history, Joe Murphy explores ho...

Where I am now doesn't really matter. What matters is how I got here. How we, how me and Seán, saw that girl getting killed and all the stuff that happened after. And all the stuff that happened before. I saw her getting killed - I know I saw. Seán and me grew up in a town the rest of the world has closed its eyes to. The town we grew up in is a cartoon. A cartoon where we're the butt of every joke, the cloud of dust at the end of every falling anvil. Seán wasn't like the rest of us. Seán ...

Christmas for your Cranium is a joyful source of holiday fun. It’s chock-full of delightful yuletide facts, jolly jokes and pithy quips.Even better, it gives close-up glimpses of life at the North Pole. You’ll find personal profiles for all of Santa’s reindeer, plus inside info on the elves and their impish merrymaking. And there’s plenty more to keep you amazed and amused: spirited reindeer games, new toys under development and Mrs. Claus’ Christmas list, not to mention z...

The Fifties brought good times to Auburn-Gresham on Chicagos South Side. The thriving business district around 79th & Halsted pulsed with activity. Enter the Murphy family, eight strong and growing. Off go four kids to St. Leo Catholic grammar school, where the Sisters of Providence fervidly teach Religion from the Baltimore Catechism.This warm and funny memoir follows the author from age eight through high school and just beyond. Humorous stories describe life in a family headed b...

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 the author for three decades—through college, dating, marriage, kids and an eclectic writing career that starts with the Sears catalog. Next, he tries his luck at writing classroom films and junk mail b...

National BestsellerFinalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer PrizeJOE MURPHY HAD IT ALL. In 1986, he became the first college-educated hockey player selected first overall in the NHL entry draft. He won a Stanley Cup in Edmonton four years later. But since then, his life has taken a tragic turn, largely due to the untreated brain injuries he suffered as a player.Murphy’s life didn’t begin on a track that would lead to homelessness. He w...

It's not a negotiation, it's hand to hand combat.11 December 1997The Kyoto Conference Centre, 5amThe nations of the world are in deadlock. Eleven hours have passed since the UN's landmark climate conference should have ended. Time is running out. And agreement feels a world away.Their prize: the world's first legally binding emissions targets. Their obstacle: American oil lobbyist and master strategist, Don Pearlman.Kyoto is the brea...

This is the place people suffered and dreamed.Okot wants nothing more than to get to the UK. Beth wants nothing more than to help him.Join the hopeful, resilient residents of 'The Jungle', the refugees and volunteers from around the globe who gather at the Afghan Café over fresh baked naan and sweet milky chai. They're just across the Channel, right on our doorstep.Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson's The Jungle premiered as a coproduction between Young ...