Books with author Dan Murphy

Your next selfie. Your last breath. ☤☠♥When cutting-edge nanotechnology creates a healthcare revolution, Brianna Harmond and her friends hack the government’s project for their high school science fair, and create an app that can alter appearance with the swipe of your thumb. As the dangers of gene-splicing manifest in unpredictable ways, the band of misfits gain powers that border on the supernatural, while falling deeper into an underground world of DNA hackers and body modification. As her darkest secrets are made public and her techie research cripples her little sister, Brianna finds herself in a bidding war between the government and billion-dollar tech firms, and wrestling with new abilities that defy logic. In the right hands, their scientific discovery could save the world… but in the wrong hands it will end humanity."A dystopian fantasy with a scifi twist that will keep you up all night."

A PERFECT PLAN FOR THE PERFECT SCORE Score-Raising Features Include: 6 full-length practice exams, 3 in the book + 3 on Cross-Platform Hundreds of practice exercises with thorough answer explanations Comprehensive overview of the AP U.S. History exam format with step-by-step explanations Practice questions that reflect both multiple choice and free-response question types, just like the ones you will see Extensive glossary of key terms Proven strategies specific to each section of the test BONUS Cross-Platform Prep Course for extra practice exams with personalized study plans, interactive tests, powerful analytics and progress charts, flashcards, games, and more! (see inside front and back covers for details) The 5-Step Plan Step 1: Set up your study plan with three model schedules Step 2: Determine your readiness with an AP-style Diagnostic Exam Step 3: Develop the strategies that will give you the edge on test day Step 4: Review the terms and concepts you need to achieve your highest score Step 5: Build your confidence with full-length practice exams

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 hand or is that a cell phone? It's too dark, but the call was a man with a gun! If you're right you're a hero. If you're wrong you go to the morgue. These decisions are made on a daily basis if you are a Chicago Police Officer. Hopefully you're right. If you're wrong not only do you suffer but your family does as well. No police officer wants to make a split second decision but at times that's all you have.

"Vampire Academy meets Hunger Games." ♥☣☢⚔♛☠♥ YABookWormAn arrogant vampire prince. A scarred rebel. A love that could destroy the kingdom.All I wanted was freedom. Instead, I'm married off to an elite prince; a symbol to unite the two races. It was the perfect system. My body and blood, in exchange for the healing elixir and the purification engines that guard against the poisonous sky. But once I reach the palace citadel, I discover more dangers than beasts outside the gates, and more power than I ever imagined.When a buried secret shatters my identity, I'll do anything to uncover the truth. My immortal husband - the gorgeous prince Damien - is hiding things from me, and when he discovers who I really am, I'm not sure he'll have the power to save me. But if I can unlock my new abilities, I might be strong enough to save us both--as long as his father doesn't kill me first.Live together, die apart. It was a perfect system for nearly a century. Until me."This book slightly reminded me of a mixture of The Selection, The Hunger Games, and Twilight series. Nice sweet combination of everything great. If you like dystopian romances or scientifically-made vampires, get this one.""A compelling tale full of raw emotions, tentative romance, beguiling mysteries, dangerous secrets and gut wrenching heartbreak." ★★★★★ "This book is better than Twilight/Vampire Novels. It's so addicting that you won't want to put it down. Dark/Ya/Dystopian at its finest." ★★★★★ Fans of Twilight and Hunger Games are devouring this seductive vampire romance, set in a uniquely dystopian kingdom full of poisonous ash and courtly intrigue. If you love Gothic literature like Dracula, dark and brooding mysteries, and just enough gore and romance to keep things interesting, this book will keep you enthralled until the twisted ending.Start reading now!

If you’ve ever wondered about the possibility of there being life somewhere out there among the stars, then you’ve probably also pondered the possibility of that life making contact with humanity here on Earth. But how would intelligent extra-terrestrial beings make contact with humanity? Would they send radio signals into space from their distant worlds for our most powerful satellite dish receivers to detect? Would they land a spaceship in the middle of one of Earths biggest cities and then ask to be taken to our world leaders? Or would they be more cautious and choose to study us as a species before deciding whether or not to make themselves known to us? Perhaps the latter of these scenarios is true, perhaps aliens have indeed been observing and studying us for many years in secret. It may explain the many thousands of UFO sightings that are reported each year worldwide. But while UFO sightings are one thing, it may also explain the many purported cases of actual alien abduction that are being reported throughout the world as well. This book explores three famous cases of alien abduction, these cases include: • The Betty & Barney Hill abduction, which in 1961 was the first widely published account of alien abduction in the United States of America. • The Travis Walton abduction and his five-day missing person’s case in 1975. • The Antonio Villas-Boas abduction, a bizarre case that occurred in Brazil in 1957 and featured a farmer’s strange sexual encounter with an otherworldly being. As well as providing a detailed exploration into the events of these three famous abduction cases, this book also delves into the most common reactions and analysis of these cases from both believers and skeptics alike. It doesn’t matter whether you are a believer, a skeptic, or simply uncertain. The concept of alien abduction is just simply fascinating, and Volume One of Close Encounters by Duncan Murphy takes readers on an informative journey into this fascinating topic.

On April 10 1912, the Titanic, the largest and most luxurious ocean liner in the world left Southampton, England, bound for New York, 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean.Although thought to be unsinkable, four days later the Titanic was lying on the ocean floor after hitting an iceberg, a collision which claimed more than 1,500 lives."Titanic: 58 Fascinating Facts For Kids" gives you the significant facts about the Titanic in 58 easy to understand segments. Find out how the Titanic was built, why it was thought to be unsinkable, why so many lives were lost and the lessons learned from the tragedy.We hope that the facts about the Titanic will fascinate you and encourage you to find out much more about this magnificent but ill-fated ship.

‘Are we alone in the universe?’ This is a question that mankind has pondered for many millennia. There are over two-hundred-and-fifty-billion stars within our Milky Way galaxy alone; and there are at least one-hundred-billion galaxies in the observable universe. Considering the sheer magnitude of these numbers, one must conclude that there must be trillions upon trillions of planets within our universe. It would then seem logical, that a percentage of these trillions of worlds must contain intelligent life.So, the real question that mankind should be asking is not, ‘Are we alone in the universe?’, rather we should instead be asking, ‘How long will it be until humanity finally meets its interstellar alien neighbours?’Of course, there are those who claim that this meeting between human beings and alien beings has already taken place.In Volume Two of Duncan Murphy’s ‘Close Encounters’, we will explore five true cases of people who claim to have encountered UFO’s and have been abducted by aliens. •The Charles Hickson & Calvin Parker Abduction: More commonly known as ‘The Pascagoula Abduction’. A simple fishing trip becomes a harrowing experience for two fishermen when they unexpectedly encounter a UFO and its strange occupants. •The Longley Abduction: A happy family traveling along a quiet rural road in Australia suddenly find themselves being taken by otherworldly beings.•The Linda Cortile Abduction: In the bustling city of New York, aliens snatch a woman from her bed in the middle of the night; An incident with many eyewitnesses. • The Betty Andreasson Abduction: After being taken from her home by alien beings, a woman is surprised to discover that she has repressed a lifetime’s worth of memories involving previous abduction experiences and strange alien experimentation.•The Kelly Cahill Encounter: A deeply terrifying incident involving a young woman, her husband, a UFO, and a possible link to the truly frightening paranormal phenomenon, ‘Shadow People’. It doesn’t matter if you are a believer, a skeptic, or are simply uncertain; the concept of alien abduction is simply fascinating, and Volume Two of ‘Close Encounters’ by Duncan Murphy takes readers on an informative journey into this fascinating topic.

A PERFECT PLAN FOR THE PERFECT SCORE Score-Raising Features Include: •6 full-length practice exams, 3 in the book + 3 on Cross-Platform•Hundreds of practice exercises with thorough answer explanations•Comprehensive overview of the AP U.S. History exam format with step-by-step explanations•Practice questions that reflect both multiple choice and free-response question types, just like the ones you will see on test day•Extensive glossary of key terms•Proven strategies specific to each section of the test BONUS Cross-Platform Prep Course for extra practice exams with personalized study plans, interactive tests, powerful analytics and progress charts, flashcards, games, and more! (see inside front and back covers for details) The 5-Step Plan: Step 1: Set up your study plan with three model schedulesStep 2: Determine your readiness with an AP-style Diagnostic ExamStep 3: Develop the strategies that will give you the edge on test dayStep 4: Review the terms and concepts you need to achieve your highest scoreStep 5: Build your confidence with full-length practice exams

For as far back as he can remember, Dallas Murphy has been sea-struck. Since he began to read, "besotted by salt-water dreams and nautical language," he studied the lore surrounding a place of mythic proportions: the ever-alluring Cape Horn. And after years of dreaming--and sailing--he finally made his voyage there. In this lively, thrilling blend of history, geography, and modern-day adventure, Murphy shows how the myth crossed wakes with his reality.Cape Horn is a buttressed pyramid of crumbly rock situated at the very bottom of South America--55 degrees 59 minutes South by 67 degrees 16 minutes West. It's a place of forlorn and foreboding beauty, one that has captured the dark imaginations of explorers and writers from Francis Drake to Joseph Conrad. For centuries, the small stretch of water between Cape Horn and the Antarctic peninsula was the only gateway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and it's a place where the storms are bigger, the winds stronger, the seas rougher than anywhere else on earth. Rounding the Horn is the ultimate maritime rite of passage, and in Murphy's hands, it becomes a thrilling, exuberant tour. Weaving together stories of his own nautical adventures with long-lost tales of those who braved the Cape before him--from Spanish missionaries to Captain Cook--and interspersed with breathtaking descriptions of the surrounding wilderness, the result is a beautifully crafted, immensely enjoyable read.

“It was the unseen fear of sensing a predator in the tall grass. It was the rumbling of the unknown lurking in the abyssal depths. It was the slimy murkiness of death moving in a bog…It all converged, and finally, there was a girl.”The Four and the Daughter of the Stars is a taut and imaginative Dark Fantasy thriller inspired by the mythical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. As the truth behind the turbulent pasts of four unlikely teen heroes with diverse backgrounds unravels, they begin to develop unusual supernatural powers. Emi is a runaway teenage girl living in the streets of Tokyo. Marcus is a high school student in California with a knack for attracting trouble. Blanca is a permanently ill Peruvian girl, sealed away in her hospital room. When these adolescents receive a visit from a fourth teenage boy, the mysterious Dorian Moors, their lives are thrown into chaos. Dorian must find a way to unite The Four against both an evil 6 year old girl who feeds off of the life-force of humans and wields the terrifying paranormal power of elemental control and also a dangerous Doomsday cult bent on using the teenagers supernatural abilities to manifest the Apocalypse. Page Up and Order Now.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. A PERFECT PLAN FOR THE PERFECT SCORE Score-Raising Features Include: •6 full-length practice exams, 3 in the book + 3 on Cross-Platform•Hundreds of practice exercises with thorough answer explanations•Comprehensive overview of the AP U.S. History exam format with step-by-step explanations•Practice questions that reflect both multiple choice and free-response question types, just like the ones you will see on test day•Extensive glossary of key terms•Proven strategies specific to each section of the test •Everything you need to succeed on the AP U.S. History Exam BONUS Cross-Platform Prep Course for extra practice exams with personalized study plans, interactive tests, powerful analytics and progress charts, flashcards, games, and more! (see inside front and back covers for details) 5 MINUTES TO A 5 section: 180 Questions and Activities that give you an extra 5 minutes of review for every day of the school year, reinforcing the most vital course material and building the skills and confidence you need to succeed on the AP exam The 5-Step Plan Step 1: Set up your study plan with three model schedulesStep 2: Determine your readiness with an AP-style Diagnostic ExamStep 3: Develop the strategies that will give you the edge on test dayStep 4: Review the terms and concepts you need to achieve your highest scoreStep 5: Build your confidence with full-length practice exams

A 5-step program for success on the AP U.S. History exam. The unique Cross-Platform format enables you to study the entire program in print, online, or on a mobile device. 5 Steps to a 5: AP U.S. History will guide your preparation program and help you build the skills, knowledge, and test-taking confidence you need to succeed. This fully revised edition covers the latest course syllabus and matches the latest exam. Features include: 6 complete practice AP U.S. History exams All the terms and concepts needed to get a top score 3 separate study plans to fit a test-taker's learning style About the Cross-Platform format: The Cross-Platform format provides a fully comprehensive print, online, and mobile program: Entire instructional content available in print and digital form Personalized study plan and daily goals Powerful analytics to assess test readiness Flashcards, games, and social media for additional support For the time-pressured AP student, this unparalleled digital access means