Hammy and Murph's First Sleepover

Hammy and Murph's First Sleepover
Author: Dan Drewes
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2015-07-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504922034

Murph, the dog, is nervous about his first sleepover at Hammy, the hamsters, house. But his fears turn to excitement when he realizes hamsters are nocturnal and they stay up all night!

Finding Murph

Finding Murph
Author: Rick Westhead
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2020-10-13
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1443458929

Finalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize JOE 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 was smart, dedicated to hockey and was a key player for the Oilers, Red Wings and Blackhawks, among other teams. But one vicious body check changed his life forever. Despite being shaken by the hit, Murphy was cleared to return to the game. Soon after, his entire life seemed to change. Murphy became a journeyman, moving from team to team. Along the way, other NHLers said they noticed something different about him, too. Murphy wasn’t acting like himself and soon found himself out of the NHL entirely. Eventually, Murphy became homeless. In the spring of 2018, Murphy made his way to Kenora, Ontario, where he lived in the bush, spending his days outside a local convenience store, muttering to himself and taking handouts of food and drinks from passersby. The player who had once set the NHL aflame now slept by the side of the road in the unforgiving North. In Finding Murph, Rick Westhead traces the true story of Joe Murphy and examines the role of the NHL in the downward spiral of one of the league’s most promising players.

SPIN

SPIN
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1985-07
Genre:
ISBN:

From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.

HEY, U UP? (For a Serious Relationship)

HEY, U UP? (For a Serious Relationship)
Author: Emily Axford
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2018-02-13
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 168335236X

Humorous dating advice from two married comedians, former CollegeHumor writers and stars of the Hot Date tv series. Who better to write a very humorous manual about evolving modern relationships than two CollegeHumor veterans and viral-video stars who happen to be a real-life husband-and-wife team? With candor, bite, and charm, HEY, U UP? takes readers on an eight-chapter journey through the trials of hooking up to the foibles of marriage, and combines the authors’ prescriptive advice with the unfolding story of their own relationship. HEY, U UP? tackles all the milestones of relationships today—both glorious and embarrassing—with sections ranging from “How to Ask Someone Out After You’ve Slept with Them” all the way to “Establish Your Family as the Christmas Family by Turning Your Significant Other Against Their Own Parents.” In addition to the laugh-out-loud essays, lists, questionnaires, and even flowcharts further enliven the pages.

Before Texas Changed

Before Texas Changed
Author: David Murph
Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780875653334

"Growing up in Fort Worth never lacked in excitement for David Murph. In this memoir of life in the '50s, Murph recalls a mischievous childhood punctuated by adventures in driving, occasional acts of accidental arson, more than one trip to the jailhouse, and countless other tales. His adventures included broken windows, brushes with blindness, bull riding, and a pet spider monkey, alongside lessons about life and death and the importance of family. Murph's story brings to life a time when television was new and exciting, parents sided with the law, and people were to be trusted more often than not."--BOOK JACKET.

How We Can Win

How We Can Win
Author: Kimberly Jones
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2022-01-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1250805139

Shortlisted for the SABEW Best in Business Book Awards Winner of the 2022 AAMBC Literary Award for Non-Fiction/Self Help Book of the Year A breakdown of the economic and social injustices facing Black people and other marginalized citizens inspired by political activist Kimberly Jones' viral video, “How Can We Win.” “So if I played four hundred rounds of Monopoly with you and I had to play and give you every dime that I made, and then for fifty years, every time that I played, if you didn't like what I did, you got to burn it like they did in Tulsa and like they did in Rosewood, how can you win? How can you win?" When Kimberly Jones declared these words amid the protests spurred by the murder of George Floyd, she gave a history lesson that in just over six minutes captured the economic struggles of Black people in America. Within days the video had been viewed by millions of people around the world, riveted by Jones’s damning—and stunningly succinct—analysis of the enduring disparities Black Americans face. In How We Can Win, Jones delves into the impacts of systemic racism and reveals how her formative years in Chicago gave birth to a lifelong devotion to justice. Here, in a vital expansion of her declaration, she calls for Reconstruction 2.0, a multilayered plan to reclaim economic and social restitutions—those restitutions promised with emancipation but blocked, again and again, for more than 150 years. And, most of all, Jones delivers strategies for how we can effect change as citizens and allies while nurturing ourselves—the most valuable asset we have—in the fight against a system that is still rigged.

The Curse of the Murph

The Curse of the Murph
Author: John Franey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2017-12-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9780997460520

There is no denying that San Diego sports fans have had incredible experiences over the years watching amazing games, implausible plays, fantastic seasons, unbelievable feats, and awesome players. But as great as the high is while it is going, the crash is inevitable, for doom is always looming. As good as the times are San Diego sports fans know that they are only one pitch, one play, or one call away from utter despair, dismay, and defeat. This is the life of a San Diego sports fan, an emotional roller coaster that is perfectly captured in The Curse of The Murph. In a witty and humorous fashion, The Curse of The Murph masterfully weaves personal stories about the author's life as a San Diego sports fan with a detailed look at the great (and not so great) moments in the history of San Diego sports. Through the retelling of fifty of the most cursed sports moments in San Diego's history, The Curse of the Murph uncovers the hidden curse behind San Diego's lack of a major championship. There is no denying, as this book shows, that San Diego's sports curse is completely rooted in one single heap of concrete... Jack Murphy Stadium... aka The Murph.

Piranha

Piranha
Author: Clive Cussler
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0425280187

Juan Cabrillo has always been one step ahead of his enemies, but when the Oregon's cover is blown, he'll find himself scrambling just to keep his team alive.

The Family Guide to Surviving Stroke and Communication Disorders

The Family Guide to Surviving Stroke and Communication Disorders
Author: Dennis C. Tanner
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2008
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0763751057

A comprehensive guide for families of stroke survivors, speech pathologists and rehabilitation specialists, and counselors who respond to the needs of stroke survivors and their families, this edition engages all readers on a journey toward understanding, healing, and persevering after a stroke and uses non-technical terms, case studies, questions and answers, and examples.