J J Murray: 131 books

An Apology For all the irritations Ive caused you, Im sorry; in a mirror, My eyes might glisten with tears of fear and remorse. For being an onerous burden upon you, Im sorry; in a drama, Id movingly exit, the back of my hand on my brow ... It is no secret...

“The classic book on the subject . . . Meticulous research” (William Hartston, author of The Kings of Chess). An epic work that took more than a decade to complete, A History of Chess is a historic undertaking that shattered preconceptions about the game upon its original publication in...

In A Bell Curve and Other Poems, poet David J. Murray divides 118 short poems into seven separate sections; each section holds a common theme but includes a different number of poems from the other sections. The poems of this collection offer photographs of moments in his mental life, while the collection...

7 Incredible stories by seven amazing authors are available to you in this wonderful ebook bundle! Get the first story in each one of their award-winning and best-selling series: James J. Griffin, Big Jim Williams,Clay More,Jerry Guin,Murray Pura,William Tasch, and C.Q. Scafidi! Western...

Detectives Rosie Young and Vince Mendez chase an elusive villain when not one but two victims turn up alive less than twenty-four hours after their death. The body count continues to climb as the detectives investigate how two seemingly unrelated victims share an almost identical near-death experience...

In postapartheid Johannesburg, tensions of race and class manifest themselves starkly in struggles over "rights to the city." Real-estate developers and the very poor fight for control of space as the municipal administration steps aside, almost powerless to shape the direction of change. Having ceded...

Written with language that works in harmony with the rhythm of the poems, seasoned poet David J. Murray offers his third collection of work in War-Wise and Other Poems. Presented in two parts, the first set, War-Wise, contains thirty-five poems reflecting Murrays memories of life in Manchester,...

When the past is painful, as riddled with violence and injustice as it is in postapartheid South Africa, remembrance presents a problem at once practical and ethical: how much of the past to preserve and recollect and how much to erase and forget if the new nation is to ever unify and move forward? The...

City of Extremes is a powerful critique of urban development in greater Johannesburg since the end of apartheid in 1994. Martin J. Murray describes how a loose alliance of city builders—including real estate developers, large-scale property owners, municipal officials, and security specialists—has...

In the second of a three-volume set of The Scots Fiddle, J. Murray Neil has compiled a collection of the fiddle music of Scotland relating to Edinburgh and the Lothians, Borders and Ayrshire. It includes a selection of traditional fiddle tunes and song airs that are played and sung wherever Scots...

Spring summer summer winter she is there, The laken depths of girlish eyes: Come, she cries, I banish care I come and winter summer summer spring Her raven hair blows on, come on, And when I get there, she is gone Although the fields still hear her sing I try to love and when the gate Is banged against...

The lighter side of magic. Grolek, a mediocre wizard, has been forced to join a rather unpleasant Nobleman in his bid for power. When the bid fails, Grolek must flee through a portal to a new world, one he had visited several times in the last few centuries. It is far different than his last visit,...

The second book in the series Tales of the Triad. A post apocalyptic tale of wizards, magic and dragons. The survivors, now established on the Citadel, the plateau that sprang up in central Florida, must continue to deal with the changes taking place in the human race. Goblins, Elves and Dwarfs are...

The third book in the series 'Tales of the Triad'. In a post apocalyptic future where magic is the law of the universe, the survivors continue to rebuild their world. The Fringe, the cause of the destruction, is still with them, but it will soon pass, leaving behind only the laws of magic. On the...