Christopher Murphy

A Pocket Guide to the Craft of Words, Part 1 - Macrocopy

A Pocket Guide to the Craft of Words, Part 2 - Microcopy

Love-cursed journalist, Quinn Harris, has a terrible talent for being at the wrong place at the right time. When a chance reunion brings him face to face with a flame from his past the sparks quickly turn to ice as evidence of foul play arises! He soon learns that it's no coincidence his high school crush disappeared years ago, without a trace. It's also no coincidence that his victims look exactly like Quinn... The body count and the stakes are high as Quinn works to unravel the truth behind a string of unanswered murders that hit dangerously close to home. Murder, martinis, and mayhem rule in this stylish LGBTQ thriller from Christopher Murphy.

Murder, Martinis and Mayhem... Boys Will Be Boys

Where the Boys Are

A new voice in the LGBTQ fiction genre... 5 STAR REVIEW: "Shatters expectations... Murphy delivers a pulse-pounding novel full of suspense and sharp wit. A roller-coaster pace barrels dynamic characters across the page with unwavering finesse. It's the sexiest thriller of the year, with a dynamite final act that stays with you long after the last page." - Sam Smith ABOUT THE BOOK: What if your reflection was not your own? For Jace Lannister, it's not always easy being black and gay in the weird world of Portland. It doesn't help that he's the son of the Brooklyn Butcher, the notorious serial killer who claimed nineteen lives in the early '90s before escaping justice. With buried secrets and a new identity, Jace has created a new life for himself far from his blood-stained roots. But all is shattered when a gruesome murder surfaces echoing the past, fueled by his father's dark legacy. Has the Brooklyn Butcher returned? Is history destined to repeat itself in the image of his son? Or is something far more sinister emerging from the other side of the mirror?

The Other Side of the Mirror

Located just north of Boston, Nashua, New Hampshire, is known as a quiet city—until a series of violent murders makes front page news just before Memorial Day weekend. The brutal killings leave citizens terrified, and the NH State Police respond by bringing in an experienced investigator. Detective Sergeant John Osborne is an abrasive but competent state trooper from the major crimes unit. Osborne immediately butts heads with Detective David Boyle, his liaison to the Nashua police department. Both men begin investigating the grisly murders, which seemingly happened with absolutely no apparent connection except for the killer placing a white pillowcase over the victim’s head and tying the end of it off in a knot around the neck. As if the killer didn’t want to see the victims face, the skull is pummeled rendering them unrecognizable. Nothing is as it seems as both investigators clash every step of the way. Their own personal dislike and inter-departmental hostility for each other threatens to jeopardize the investigation. Ironically, both of them might actually be closer to the truth than they realize upon learning of an eerily similar crime committed in Maryland the year before. In fact, the killer has already decided that one of them must become the next victim.

Nashua

Nicklas Persson

This book will teach you how to build hand-crafted web pages the Web Standardistas way: using well-structured XHTML for content and CSS for presentation. By embracing a web standards approach, you will hold the key to creating web sites that not only look great in all modern browsers, but also are accessible to a wide variety of audiences across a range of platforms—from those browsing on everyday computers, to those accessing the Web on the latest emerging mobile devices. Even if you're an absolute beginner in web design, this book will teach you how to build future-proof web pages the right way using easy-to-master tools which are, in most cases, free. Through 14 easy-to-follow chapters, we introduce you to the fundamentals of contemporary web design practice. Step by step we'll assemble well-structured XHTML webpages, which we'll then style using handcrafted CSS. By the end of the book, you'll have a firm knowledge of the essentials of web design: everything you need to know to move forward in your lifelong journey as a Web Standardista. To equip you on this noble quest, we've included enjoyable practical assignments at the end of each chapter. Embracing these challenges will not only teach you how to create great looking web sites that are the envy of your peers, but also equip you with an unrivaled knowledge of monkeys that journeyed to space and apes that starred in the movies—the real stars of this book. On completion of this book not only will you be able to create well-crafted web sites, but you will have earned the badge of a Web Standardista, proving your worth as a good citizen of the Web.

A Web Standardistas' Approach

HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions

Christian Heilmann

Aaron Gustafson

Rachel Andrew

Nicholas C. Zakas

Mat Marquis

Vitaly Friedman

Addy Osmani

Paul Tero

Nishant Kothary

Tim Kadlec

Corey Vilhauer

Harry Roberts

Marko Dugonjić

The book is focused around practical techniques, strategies and approaches. Will feature valuable insights into large-scale projects, adaptive interfaces, customer support, user psychology and typography. Will also uncover smart front-end strategies, obscure back-end techniques and find out what it takes to improve website performance for faster and more robust apps.

New Perspectives on Web Design

Oliver Studholme

Divya Manian

Richard Clark

Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 is your introduction to the new features and elements of HTML5—as a web developer you'll learn about all the leaner, cleaner, and more efficient code available now with HTML5, along with some new tools that will allow you to create more meaningful and richer content. For everyone involved in web design, this book also introduces the new structural integrity and styling flexibility of CSS 3—which means better-looking pages and smarter content in your website projects. For all forward-looking web professionals who want to start enjoying and deploying the new HTML5 and CSS3 features right away, this book provides you with an in-depth look at the new capabilities—including audio and video—that are new to web standards. You’ll learn about the new HTML5 structural sections, plus HTML5 and CSS3 layouts. You’ll also discover why some people think HTML5 is going to be a Flash killer, when you see how to create transitions and animations with these new technologies. So get ahead in your web development through the practical, step-by-step approaches offered to you in Beginning HTML5 and CSS3.

The Web Evolved

Beginning HTML5 and CSS3

Christopher Murphy

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