Sex or lunch, what would you do, six days in a row? If you dont find the baby soon, will she freeze to death? It appears to be a single gunshot wound directly under the chin; should we assume suicide or possibly foul play? It appears the grandfather had a heart attack and fell through the glass storm window. Do we remove the body before the young grandkids show up? Its against rules but we cant allow the childrens last memory of grandpa to be crumpled and bleeding. Is that a gun in his han...

To move a secret, you don't try to be invisible. You try to be unremarkable.Harrison Sterling is a master of the "noise." As a high-level logistical specialist for the DoD, he builds the paper trails, the forged identities, and the mundane commerce that allow the world's most sensitive assets to cross borders unseen. He isn't an assassin or a spy; he is the man who makes the impossible movement of people look like a routine shipment of art or a mid-tier logistics r...

Far too often, we hear jokes and immediately forget them. This compilation of jokes is a collection from the past fifty years. Some jokes will make you laugh out loud, while others will produce a smile from ear to ear at a later time. Most were told by friends over a cold beer, while others were picked up on the run. Once we would start telling jokes, it was like turning on a water spigot. The jokes kept coming. Humor is a vital piece of life. Enjoy your reading and try to remember the rea...

This collection represents an engagement with American history, technology, and cultures. Murphy’s poetry ranges from fairly straightforward narrations of events to experimental pieces using a variety of American-speaking subjects and several angles of vision on cultural creations—Elvis Presley, Holly Golightly, and Elmore James, to name just a few. Formal choices include the interlocking movements of the sestina and the rondau, the ebb and flow of loose blank verse, and the syncopated var...

Book W of The Alphabet Series – 26 Letters, 26 StoriesBerlin breathed a brittle silence. Not the quiet of peace, but the unnerving hush of disconnection. The fiber optic arteries of a nation had been severed, leaving a country adrift in a sea of static. In the heart of the city, marble monuments stood shrouded in a perpetual mist, their stoic facades mirroring the secrets held within.Warren Drayton hadn't asked to be a hero. He'd been a tool, honed by years...

In 1977, Diane Hartwell is eight months into nursing and still startled when anyone calls her "the nurse."At County General, she learns quickly that skill is only part of the job. Patients deteriorate without warning. Physicians protect their authority. Exhausted staff miss what matters. And sometimes Diane knows something is wrong before there is any clinical evidence to explain why.Guided by seasoned nurses, challenged by medicine's rigid hierarchy, and sustained by an un...

Sex or lunch, what would you do, six days in a row? If you don’t find the baby soon, will she freeze to death? It appears to be a single gunshot wound directly under the chin; should we assume suicide or possibly foul play? It appears the grandfather had a heart attack and fell through the glass storm window. Do we remove the body before the young grandkids show up? It’s against rules but we can’t allow the children’s last memory of grandpa to be crumpled and bleeding. Is that a gun in his...

Updates the advancements made in the level of achievable integration of optical circuits and components in the last ten years--highlighting the commercial success of particular devices as well as introducing multiple facets of integrated optics.

In The Heroic Earth, David T. Murphy argues that geopolitical ideas were most dynamic and significant in Germany not during the Nazi era (1933-45) but in the democratic culture of the Weimar republic (1919-33). By helping to condition the German population to geopolitical ideas, which emphasized revision of the Versailles settlement and enlarging Germany’s living space, geopolitics helped contribute to Nazi imperialism. From the defeat of Germany in 1918 until the rise of National...

A hidden gem and a new voice in the LGBTQ fiction genre!ABOUT THE BOOK: 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...

Three billionaire brothers: Cesare, Enzo, and Dante Sabatini have everything except the one thing money can't buy. Three big beautiful women Alicia, Bethany, and Chloe will teach them the ABCs of love. Follow these couples as they negotiate the riskiest deal of all, falling in love.My biological clock has been pounding, any minute now I'm going to hit buy on the sperm that's been sitting in my online cart for the last six months.... any minute. I want to b...

Discover the BRAND NEW charming, and uplifting read from BESTSELLER Clodagh Murphy, perfect for fans of Sheila O'Flanagan, Faith Hogan and Susanne O'Leary A fresh start by the Irish coast – and a second chance at love where she least expects it...When single mum Lou moves from the chaos of Dublin to a forgotten seaside cottage in Dingle, she hopes for a calmer life for her son, Jack – a place where he can grow up surrounded by the warmth of a small co...