Twenty thousand miles of motoring had made us familiar with most of the highways and byways of California lying south of San Francisco. Some of these roads we covered but once in our wanderings and others many times—only a few outlying sections and odd corners have so far escaped us and these we hope to add to our conquests in due course of time. I do not think it possible for any motor enthusiast ever to grow weary of the wonderland of Southern California with its miles and miles of splen...

The novel follows three intersecting lives: a billionaire vintner determined to outshine his rivals; a third-generation farmer fighting financial ruin to save his family's land; and a young French-born winemaker whose dreams are forged not by wealth, but by sweat, perseverance, and love.When the existence of a hidden daughter comes to light, unexpected retrouvailles reshape lives and legacies.You may think you know who the Gentleman Farmer is... but the answer may s...

Born into heartbreak before he even took his first breath, Thomas Murphy entered the world carrying the weight of tragedy. His father's life was cut short in a devastating motorcycle accident before Thomas was born, leaving a void that would shape his journey. Through pain, loss and ultimately, redemption, growing up on the streets of Liverpool, Thomas faced a world that offered little comfort and even fewer chances. His search for his identity led him through dark and dangerous chapters, ...

Montaigne called it a ramble; Chesterton the joke of literature; and Hume an ambassador between the worlds of learning and of conversation. But what is an essay, and how did it emerge as a literary form? What are the continuities and contradictions across its history, from Montaigne's 1580 Essais through the familiar intimacies of the Romantic essay, and up to more recent essayists such as Virginia Woolf, James Baldwin, and Claudia Rankine? Sometimes called the fourth genre, the e...

These are poems compiled over twenty years of life experiences.

Poems compiled of life experiences and observations

How can a pastor, whether fresh out of training or with many years of experience, be effective in his ministry?Thomas Murphy, a renowned Presbyterian minister from the late 1800s set out to answer that question in this book.Being effective starts with the pastor's close personal relationship with God, so Murphy spends time exhorting pastors to make their relationship with God paramount in their ministry and teaching them how they should cultivate it over time.Murphy...

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In the shadow of World War II, four friends return to their hometown of Savannah, Georgia, forever changed by their experiences overseas. As they return to the familiar streets of their youth, the camaraderie they once cherished feels comforting and alien.Tybee Beach, a symbol of their laid-back summer days, beckons them to reconnect and reclaim the joy they once knew. Together, they embark on an ambitious project: to purchase a plot of land and construct a beach house-an eternal s...

From the colonial period through the early nineteenth century, Father Thomas J. Murphy writes a compelling chronology and in depth analysis of Jesuit slaveholding in the state of Maryland.

The Informer, Tom Murphy’s stage adaptation of Liam O’Flaherty’s novel, was produced in the 1981 Dublin Theatre Festival, directed by the playwright himself, with Liam Neeson in the leading role.The central subject of the play is the quest a character at the point of emotional and moral breakdown for some source of meaning or identity. In the case of Gypo Nolan, the informer of the title, this involves a nightmarish progress through a Dublin underworld in which he changes ...

In a capitalist economy, taxes are the most important instrument by which the political system puts into practice a conception of economic and distributive justice. Taxes arouse strong passions, fueled not only by conflicts of economic self-interest, but by conflicting ideas of fairness. Taking as a guiding principle the conventional nature of private property, Murphy and Nagel show how taxes can only be evaluated as part of the overall system of property rights that they help to create. J...