Books with author John Murray

'As the two players walked on to the court, they were greeted by an ear-splitting roar. The crowd rose to their feet.'As a boy, Andy found the courage to give up football and leave behind his family, moving abroad to join a tennis camp in Spain. Nervous about his new life, he had no idea of the rewards for his bravery. Wimbledon titles, Olympic gold medals and the pride of being Britain's greatest ever tennis player all awaited.

A young person's biography of the Olympic champion and fastest human in the world 9.58 seconds was all it took for Usain Bolt to blaze his way into the history books, with a 100 meters world record that shocked the world. But when Usain was little, he preferred cricket to running. No one knew that the tall, skinny boy from a small town in Jamaica would go on to become "The Lightning Bolt"—the fastest man ever.

'Usain was confident. After all, he'd been rewriting the record books of athletics history for a decade.' 9.58 seconds was all it took for Usain Bolt to blaze his way into the history books, with a 100 metres world record that shocked the world. But when Usain was little, he preferred cricket to running. No one knew that the tall, skinny boy from a small town in Jamaiwould go on to become 'The Lightning Bolt' – the fastest man ever.

Edgar Allan Poe… haunted… dark… mysterious… time traveler?A timeless nightmare stalks both the day and night. It’s taken everything from Poe, compelling the man to traverse time itself in search of a savior.Reynolds, a man broken by tragedy, and Clara, a woman who’s lost so much in her young life are thrust together by the enigmatic Poe to aid his quest. Will the two succeed in hunting the most cunning of history’s greatest monsters? Or will they become the hunted?Meanwhile in Europe, Byron and Mary work relentlessly in creating a monster of their own, for the purpose of eradicating such an evil. But have they gone too far? And what consequences have they wrought upon this world?The Strange is a place where history meets fiction and the two dance delightfully to the calliope of the supernatural, science fiction, mystery, horror and suspense.

'Chris was on top of the world. He had fulfilled his dream of winning the Tour de France, the sport's greatest race – but there was always a new challenge around the next corner.'Growing up in Kenya, the young Chris Froome loved cycling so much he built his own bike from spare parts so he could pound the roads in the blazing sunshine. This is the story of how Froome won the Tour de France, the hardest sporting test of them all – not just once, but three times.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a tennis star? This is Andy Murray’s story – from the first time he picked up a tennis racquet, to his Grand Slam win at the US Open.Did you know that Andy was approached by a major football club? Or that he used to play doubles with Novak Djokovic? Follow the Scot's rise to stardom in this brand-new biography of our tennis ace.

A Guided Skills-Based Journey is a series of books aimed at developing key reading and study skills. This brilliant new series provides teachers with a wide variety of genres, both fiction and non-fiction, which will allow children to access, interpret and understand what they are reading. It increases the child's knowledge and understanding of why certain words are chosen by an author. It gives the reader the chance to speculate on the tone and purpose of the texts, as well as consider both the texts' themes and audience.

This volume was published in 1840.CHAPTER I. GENERAL REMARKS ON ATHEISM CHAPTER II. MEMORIALS OF EVIDENCE IN LIVING MONUMENTS --- PERMANENCE OF NATURAL PHENOMENA CHAPTER III. EXISTING MONUMENTS IN TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES ---JUDICIAL MONUMENTS CHAPTER IV. THE NECESSITY OF REVELATION --- THE CONDITION OF MAN WITHOUT REVELATION, AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE PAGAN WORLD --- WHAT IS EXCELLENT IN OTHER SYSTEMS DERIVED FROM THE SACRED WRITINGS CHAPTER V. THE SACRED HISTORY OF CREATION --- CHRONOLOGY --- THE GEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT CHAPTER VI. EGYPTIAN AND INDIAN CHRONOLOGY CHAPTER VII. THE FALL OF MAN --- THE MYTHOLOGY OF PAGANISM CHAPTER VIII. THE DELUGE --- PAGAN TRADITION --- GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE --- NATURAL CHRONOMETERSCHAPTER IX. THE DISPERSION --- THE TOWER OF BABEL CHAPTER X. THE CALL OF ABRAHAM --- BIRTH OF MOSES --- EXODE AND PILGRIMAGECHAPTER XI. TABLES OF STONE --- ELEVATION OF THE BRAZEN SERPENT --- THE SAMARITANS CHAPTER XII. SHIBBOLETH --- SAMSON --- BROOK ELAH --- CAPTIVITY OF THE TEN TRIBES BY SHALMANESER --- THE INVASION BY SHISHAK KING OF EGYPT --- DANIEL CHAPTER XIII, REMARKS ON MIRACLES --- THE SACRED CODE OF THE JEWS --- RETROSPECT --- THE EVE OF CHRISTIANITY CHAPTER XIV. THE ADVENT OF THE MESSIAH --- THE DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST --- THE CRUCIFIXION CHAPTER XV. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES --- THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM BY TITUS VESPASIAN CONCLUSION

A Guided Skills-Based Journey is a series of books aimed at developing key reading and study skills. This brilliant new series provides teachers with a wide variety of genres, both fiction and non-fiction, which will allow children to access, interpret and understand what they are reading. It increases the child's knowledge and understanding of why certain words are chosen by an author. It gives the reader the chance to speculate on the tone and purpose of the texts, as well as consider both the texts' themes and audience.