Hugh Murphy

Presents cartoons from the webcomic that follows a short-armed T-rex as he tries to perform activities that come easily to humans.

T-Rex Trying

Mike Bender

The Book About Nothing

Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom provides a systematic historical account of the British Shipbuilders Corporation, first looking at this major industry under private enterprise, then under state control, and finally back in private hands. The chapters trace the evolution of public policy regarding shipbuilding, ship repair, and large marine engine building through the tenures of radically different Labour and Conservative governments, and through the response of the board of the British Shipbuilders Corporation, trade unions, and local management also. The book benefits from comprehensive archival research and interviews from the 1990s with leading players in the industry, as well as politicians, shipbuilders, trade union leaders, and senior civil servants. This authoritative monograph is a valuable resource for advanced students and researchers across the fields of business history, economic history, industrial history, labour history, maritime history, and British history.

A History of the British Shipbuilders Corporation

Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom

Lewis Johnman

This work studies the history of two major Scottish shipbuilding firms based on the River Clyde - Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company and Lithgows Limited. It traces each firm’s origin, success, decline, and collapse, and places the events into the historical context of maritime Britain. The aim is to enhance the academic understanding of the cause and effect of the decline of the British shipbuilding industry, delving beyond the factors of poor industrial relations, international market conditions, and entrepreneurial failure in search of further answers. As a private company, Lithgows Limited provides useful insights into company management outside of state control. The authors base their analysis on the catalogued volumes of Scotts and Lithgows records, though due to the large number of gaps in the data, they also conducted interviews with major players in each company from the post-war period. Public, business, and banking records also provide supplementary material. The book is separated into eight chapters, plus a concluding ninth, an appendix listing ships built by Scott Lithgow Limited between 1970-1987, and a select bibliography.

Dejá Vu All Over Again! The Rise and Fall of a Shipbuilding Company

Scott Lithgow

International Maritime Economic History Association

This work studies the history of two major Scottish shipbuilding firms based on the River Clyde - Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company and Lithgows Limited. It traces each firm's origin, success, decline, and collapse, and places the events into the historical context of maritime Britain. The aim is to enhance the academic understanding of the cause and effect of the decline of the British shipbuilding industry, delving beyond the factors of poor industrial relations, international market conditions, and entrepreneurial failure in search of further answers. As a private company, Lithgows Limited provides useful insights into company management outside of state control. The authors base their analysis on the catalogued volumes of Scotts and Lithgows records, though due to the large number of gaps in the data, they also conducted interviews with major players in each company from the post-war period. Public, business, and banking records also provide supplementary material. The book is separated into eight chapters, plus a concluding ninth, an appendix listing ships built by Scott Lithgow Limited between 1970-1987, and a select bibliography.

Déjà Vu All Over Again! : the Rise and Fall of a Shipbuilding Company

An undeniably adorable and hilarious book, T-Rex Trying and Trying is the perfect gift for readers of all ages—not to mention the perfect dinosaur gift for lovers of the prehistoric! From the author of the sleeper hit T-Rex Trying, Hugh Murphy, a sweetly funny new collection of drawings of T-Rex and his family being stymied by the modern world—and their unfortunately short arms. Thousands of fans fell for Hugh Murphy’s first book, T-Rex Trying, which featured T-Rex trying and failing to do everyday tasks, from putting on a cardigan to jumping rope. In T-Rex Trying and Trying, the loveable lizard king is back...this time with his family, She-Rex and Wee-Rex. Featuring never-before-seen content and the best from the site, Murphy’s 120 drawings feature: • T-Rex trying to take a selfie • She-Rex trying to catch a bouquet at a wedding • T-Rex trying to change a diaper • T-Rex trying to tell people he’s choking • Wee-Rex trying to crawl • T-Rex trying to measure his inseam • and many, many more! This cute, charming illustrated gift book is perfect for: • White elephant gifts • Gag gifts • Funny gifts • Dinosaur gifts • Gifts for coworkers • Gifts for mom • Gifts for dad • Gifts for children

The Unfortunate Trials of a Modern Prehistoric Family

T-Rex Trying and Trying

T-Rex Trying- The Unfortunate Trials of the Tyrant Lizard King- the hilarious internet phenomenon, now a wickedly funny book. Perfect for fans of Simon's Catand The Book of Bunny Suicides, the collected struggles of Hugh Murphy's ill-adapted predator is the perfect stocking filler or gift for this Christmas. He might be top predator in the Jurassic kingdom, but in modern life, T-Rex's comically short arms doom him to hilarious failure. T-Rex has teeth the size of bananas and eats Triceratops for breakfast, but when it's time to brush his teeth . . . T-Rex is 12 metres long and 4 metres tall, but somehow he just can't change that light bulb . . . And you can just forget about the vending machine. Containing dozens of never before seen illustrations, T-Rex Trying- The Unfortunate Trials of the Tyrant Lizard Kingis the cute, quirky and laugh-out-loud funny collection of cartoons that will have across the board appeal this Christmas. Hugh Murphy is a 28 year old student at the University of Southern California, Ostrow School of Dentistry. Hugh began his career as an artist selling watercolour paintings of fish in order to pay for his applications to dental school, but has always enjoyed drawing and painting in his free time. He loves science, nature films, his wife, Sarah, and shark week. T-Rex Tryingbegan as a joke between Hugh and his brother, and is his first book. Hugh and Sarah moved to Los Angeles from Boston in August, 2010.

The Unfortunate Trials of the Tyrant Lizard King

A hilarious gift and perfect stocking stuffer, the third installment of the T-Rex Trying series features simple, charming, and hilarious illustrations depicting the hapless T-Rex and family doing their best in a world made for creatures with smaller heads and longer arms. For the last six years, the lovable, hilarious T-Rex family--T-Rex himself, his partner She-Rex, and their adorable child, Wee-Rex--have charmed readers and dinosaur lovers throughout the nation. With a sweetly funny tone and truly adorable illustrations, the new collection will include all-new material, featuring T-Rex and family in situations like these: T-Rex trying to hail a cab... T-Rex trying to shear a flock of sheep... T-Rex trying to grab the toys at the bottom of his pool... T-Rex trying to put a comforter inside a duvet cover... T-Rex trying to play the bagpipes... T-Rex trying to cut down a tree with a two-person saw... T-Rex trying to feed a horse through an electric fence... T-Rex trying to plug in a lamp behind the bed... This book will leave you applauding (like T-Rex can't) and wiping tears from your eyes (like T-Rex wishes he could), but most of all, it will leave you wondering how on earth this animal survived a day, let alone the entire Cretaceous Period.

Hugh Murphy

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