In this revealing autobiography, Canada’s first lady of song, for the first time, tells the whole story of her astonishing 40-year career in show biz. It is a candid retrospective of the extraordinary success achieved, and the prices that had to be paid.“After ‘Snowbird’ hit, I was swept up like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, and catapulted into a strange new universe … If I thought for a moment that I was really in control of events, I was deluded.” Anne MurrayAn un...

In this revealing autobiography, Canada’s first lady of song, for the first time, tells the whole story of her astonishing 40-year career in show biz. It is a candid retrospective of the extraordinary success achieved, and the prices that had to be paid.“After ‘Snowbird’ hit, I was swept up like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, and catapulted into a strange new universe … If I thought for a moment that I was really in control of events, I was deluded.” Anne MurrayAn un...

Is there a guy who has brought you to your knees, making you question your value?What if there was a way to avoid getting your heart broken into irreconcilable pieces following brutal breakups?What if everything you knew about love was wrong, and finding “the one” was the simplest task you undertook?What if you can flourish in the same relationship that diminished your worth and witness it undergo a t...

A practical, accessible guide to how women everywhere can cultivate their own inner señora through simple yet radical ways hard-working, resourceful Latina women for generations have found to refresh, renew, and take time out for themselves.Robust or struggling, tireless or fatigued, traditional or future-bound—anyone in any stage or walk of life can become a “radical señora.” And in our post-hustle culture, post “Boss Babe” era, when the pandemic and “Quiet Quitti...

Forewordby Raúl NavaChef Karen Anne Murray'sTea TableLife is busy and hectic.Each morning starts with a list of tasks. As the hours tick and tock, we nick away at our assignments one by one, yet by sunset, the list seems to have grown longer. Day in and day out, we plod along through our routine in a high-tech, wired world. In theory, this innovation brings us closer together, but in practice we've never been farther apart.Modern life leaves ...

Carolann Murray is a Florida native, and after graduating from high school, she joined the United States Army and retired with honorable service. She treats writing as a personal hobby that she enjoys. Through her observations and past encounters with others, she took it upon herself to be expressive through her own opinionated views. By putting this new revision into print, she feels it is her own reality and the reality of others that support existence of Life's Apologies. Furthermore, L...

Carolann Murray is a Florida native, and after graduating from high school, she joined the United States Army and retired with honorable service. She treats writing as a personal hobby that she enjoys. Through her observations and past encounters with others, she took it upon herself to be expressive through her own opinionated views. By putting this new revision into print, she feels it is her own reality and the reality of others that support existence of Life’s Apologies. Furthermore, L...

Halley is a smart girl growing up poor in Durban, close to the bustling docks. Trying to make ends meet is her mother, Nora, who pares herself to the bone to provide. Halley’s sister is bored of everything, but she’s not a regular girl anyway, she’s a princess. Halley finds a way to live that’s more than making do. She finds that a little love and imagination can take you pretty far, and that they certainly help to hold the curious bits and pieces together. It’s an unusual package, but wha...

Synopsis of Gentle Rain of Thoughts Gentle Rain of Thoughts is a collection of poetry by Anne R. Murray. Most of the poems are written from the authors latest novel, Wounded Heart in Flight, published in October 2015. This is the authors first published book of poetry. Anne developed interest in poetry this year through a blogging course. In addition, she has learned a Japanese form of poetry, called the haiku. Over eighty poems and one hundred haiku poems are combined in this book. Anne e...

Drawing on the successes of her previous books, this novel by Dr. Murray again echoes the maxim that art holds up a mirror to life. Her literary brushstrokes clearly carry the reader through a brilliantly realistic flow of life that each of us can recognize and relate to. Anne R. Murray was born and raised near Atlanta in Marietta, Georgia, to well-educated parents who adhered closely to the Christian ethos typical of natives in that part of the nation. Motivated by the challenges of helpi...

A Practical Framework for Positive Social ChangeIn 1987, Anne Firth Murray had the idea that funding should go to grassroots women's organizations around the globe and that the recipients themselves should decide how to use that money. From that idea, The Global Fund for Women was born. The organization became a major force for good in the world, embodying a new paradigm of philanthropy. In these pages, Murray shares her wisdom, offering guidelines that demonstrate...

Explores sacrificial practices across a range of contexts from prehistory to the present.The term "sacrifice" belies what is a complex and varied transhistorical and transcultural phenomenon. Bringing together scholars from such diverse fields as anthropology, archaeology, epigraphy, literature, and theology, Diversity of Sacrifice explores sacrificial practices across a range of contexts from prehistory to the present. Incorporating theory, material cultu...