Mary Murphy

The Alphabet Keeper keeps all the letters caged in the dark, but one day they escape and use clever word play to outwit the keeper.

The Alphabet Keeper

Dennis McDougal

He was Robert Blake, former child actor, acclaimed star ofIn Cold Blood, an iconic '70's TV detective inBaretta.By the late '90's, he was a troubled has-been coasting on the fumes of past success. She was Bonny Lee Bakley, a Hollywood parasite and con artist known for elaborate Internet sex scams and a shameless pursuit of money and fame. She settled for Blake. It was a doomed relationship that came to a dead end on May 4, 2001, when Bonny was shot to death in a parked car on a dark Hollywood side street. Eleven months later, Blake was charged with the murder of his wife, the mother of their child-a crime that would reveal the sordid secrets of their marriage. Bestselling journalist Dennis McDougal and seniorTV Guidecorrespondent Mary Murphy uncover the lives of two violently dysfunctional lovers who crashed head-on in a squalid soap opera of sexual and physical abuse, alcohol and drugs, desperate betrayals between husband and wife, and rumours of incest, death threats, and murder for hire.

Fame Sex and Murder in Hollywood

Blood Cold

Anna Coote

Andrew Simms

Jane Franklin

New Economics Foundation

Why a Shorter Working Week Can Help Us All to Flourish in the 21st Century

21 Hours

Slowly creeping and climbing her way to a tasty vegetable bed, a little snail arrives just in time for a delicious dinner, in a touch-and-feel story that invites youngsters to trace a shiny snail trail through a series of colorful spreads.

Slow Snail

A little penguin shares its favorite things with the one it loves most, including holding hands, playing peekaboo, and reading stories. On board pages.

I Like it When--

Mouse is small, tortoise is bigger, zebra is even bigger and elephant is the biggest of all As the animals increase in size, so do the pages in this colourful board book for babies, demonstrating the first concept of sizes in an accessible and engaging way for the very young.

Mouse is Small

From the creator of A Kiss Like This and Say Hello Like This! comes a third adorable animal story to share — this one for bedtime. Filled with dreamy, colorful art, this is the perfect soothing bedtime book for little children. The rhythmic text is just right for gently lulling them to sleep while cuddly rabbits, bears, dogs, and even a dragonfly each take turns tucking in their little ones. The gentle pacing and sweet pictures will be sure to elicit lots of oohs, aahs, and . . . zzzzzzs! Featuring novelty elements such as cut-away pages and foil effects, this is a cozy and delightful bedtime book for parents and children to share.

Good Night Like This

Butte, Montana, long deserved its reputation as a wide-open town. Mining Cultures shows how the fabled Montana city evolved from a male-dominated mining enclave to a community in which men and women participated on a more equal basis as leisure patterns changed and consumer culture grew. Mary Murphy looks at how women worked and spent their leisure time in a city dominated by the quintessential example of "men's work": mining. Bringing Butte to life, she adds in-depth research on church weeklies, high school yearbooks, holiday rituals, movie plots, and news of local fashion to archival material and interviews. A richly illustrated jaunt through western history, Mining Cultures is the never-told chronicle of how women transformed the richest hill on earth.

Men, Women, and Leisure in Butte, 1914-41

Mining Cultures

Stephen Spratt

A Tale of How It Turned Out Right

The Great Transition

From the creator of A Kiss Like This and Say Hello Like This, comes a third Like This novelty title - a gorgeous exploration of the many ways animals snuggle down to sleep, and the perfect read-aloud for parents and babies to share at bedtime.The perfect bedtime read, snuggle down with this adorable new book from Mary Murphy, creator of A Kiss Like This and Say Hello Like This, as she invites you into lots of different little snorey, twitchy, cuddly animals' homes as they get ready to go to sleep. With a beautiful sleepy action on every split-page, a lulling, rhythmical text and a cast of cute animal families, this book is sure to emit lots of oooh, aaaahs and ... zzzzzz.

In this book, "How to Manage Your Child-from a teacher's perspective," Mary Murphy will give you: The benefits of managing your child; How to establish your authority; and how to manage your child. She not only talks to parents, and grandparents, she talks to teachers as well. This book is very practical. You will be able to apply what you learn immediately and you will experience some immediate results. She guarantees to any person that reads and applies what he/she learns from reading this book that he/she will never be the same. You will have a more peaceful home, or classroom. Your children and you will receive praises from past and present teachers and others that come in contact with them. You will be able to get more done. You will be able to parent or teach without the frustration. The most important thing that you will learn is that there is no such thing as a bad child.

How to Manage Your Child

All living creatures have a special place in the world in this extraordinary exploration of the concept of self for very young readers. Only I know how to be me. Only you know how to be you. Trees have leaves that turn sunshine into food. Amazing! Birds build nests, sing songs, hatch eggs, and fly. Dogs are our friends and can move their ears to tell us how they feel, while fish live in water, flashing like jewels. As for people, every person on Earth is different, each with their own thoughts and feelings. With a simple narrative and joyful, welcoming illustrations celebrating a world full of remarkable creatures, Mary Murphy reminds little ones that we are all unique, and that we are the only ones who know how to be us.

Only a Tree Knows How to Be a Tree

The riveting true account of the 2001 murder of Bonny Lee Bakley, starring Robert Blake—the Hollywood icon accused of killing his wife in cold blood In May 2001 Bonny Lee Bakley was shot to death in a car parked on a dark Hollywood side street. Eleven months later Robert Blake—her husband, the father of her child, and the star of the classic film In Cold Blood and the popular 1970s TV detective series Baretta—was arrested for murder, conspiracy, and solicitation. Did Blake kill his wife? Did he hire someone to do the job for him? Award-winning journalist Dennis McDougal and entertainment-media expert Mary Murphy recount a real-life crime story more shocking and bizarre than any movie, chronicling the parallel worlds of Blake and Bakley, from their troubled youths to their sham of a marriage. By the late 1990s Blake was coasting on his past success. Bakley was a con artist who concocted online sex scams and victimized unsuspecting men, netting big money and dangerous enemies. In true noir style, McDougal and Murphy lay bare the stories of two violent people whose lives collided in a tragic tangle of abuse, betrayal, and love gone horribly wrong.

Fame, Sex, and Murder in Hollywood

A joyous version of the nativity story told by a curious little owl. It is a silent night and Little Owl is sitting in their tree with a waiting feeling, when a star sparkles along. "Come with me," says the star, and Little Owl follows, as do three men on camels and shepherds with their sheep. They soon find themselves part of the happiest scene on Earth. Perfect for small hands, this sturdy board book features a sparkly gold starburst foil effect on the cover and a triumphant last page!

A Nativity Story

Little Owl and the Christmas Star

This bold, bright and happy picture book shows how acts of kindness are infectious. Pig is kind to Rabbit, and Rabbit to Cow... and so it goes on. One good turn leads to another in this big-hearted, funny farmyard tale, which ends with a cracking surprise for Hen!

How Kind!

Each bird gives voice to its own song in a luminous book celebrating the turning of a new day. Chee chee, says the Wren. Ta-tee-tee, sings the Lark. Tink-tink, calls the Finch. Goodbye to the dark. With the chirp of a sparrow and the warble of a thrush, night turns to morning against a vivid, brightening sky. One by one, each bird wakes up and issues its call, with songs rising into a crescendo until a little bluebird calls for a hush--and finds its own voice. With bold shapes, deeply saturated colors, and simple language, Mary Murphy revels in the joy of sound and offers an ode to individuality sure to enchant the youngest of listeners.

Chirp

News of a baby is buzzing from animal to animal, with each one boasting of seeing, feeding, singing to, tickling, and kissing the tiny little thing. Illustrations.

I Kissed the Baby!

"A little girl takes her new puppy out into the world. She shows them her house, her road, her friends, and lots of other dogs, too. It's a perfect day, until they reach the busy park and the puppy is nowhere to be seen! To find her, the little girl must decide her puppy's perfect name"--Publisher's description.

Look, Puppy!

Probing behind the "wide-open city" moniker Butte has worn so well, Mining Cultures shows how the western city evolved from a male-dominated mining enclave to a community in which men and women participated on a more equal basis as leisure patterns changed and consumer culture grew. Mary Murphy's engagingly written book is the first serious look at how women worked and spent their leisure time in a city dominated by men's work--mining. In bringing Butte to life, she draws on church weeklies, high school yearbooks, holiday rituals, movie plots, and news of local fashion, in addition to the more customary court cases, newspapers, and interviews. Her lively chronicle of the growth of consumer culture in Butte is richly illustrated. It will interest those in western and women's history, leisure and consumerism studies, and labor and immigration history, as well as general readers. A volume in the series Women in American History, edited by Anne Firor Scott, Nancy A. Hewitt, and Stephanie Shaw

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