Books with author TJ Murphy

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 hand or is that a cell phone? Its too dark, but the call was a man with a gun! If youre right youre a hero. If youre wrong you go to the morgue. These decisions are made on a daily basis if you are a Chicago Police Officer. Hopefully youre right. If youre 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 thats all you have.

Patrick Flynn's father dies, leaving him in charge or his younger sister, Katie, in 1901 New York City. Arranged by his father, Patrick embarks upon the Orphan Train, heading for a new home in the West. He meets and befriends Sarah the Sparrow, a street kid. There is also Jimmy the Brick and Scar Benny--a couple of mean Bowery boys. They taunt and abuse Patrick, making his life miserable. Patrick hopes to find a new family in the West, but is rebuked at every stop for various reasons: he is too old, too slight, too insistent on not parting with Katie. Even a tornado threatens to destroy his quest for a new home. Only upon arriving in Wichita, Kansas does Patrick find that which he is seeking. He and Katie begin fresh lives with a new family. And friends made aboard the train will remain friends forever. But will enemies remain enemies?

Patrick and Katie have found a new home and parents--out on the Midwest prairie. It is a very hard life they have been thrust into. Their friends Sarah and Jimmy live nearby. Along with them, as well as new friends, they manage to get into more scrapes and face new disasters--as well as fierce animals they are unfamiliar with. Will they survive in this harsh land...or will they succumb under the pressure of these new and sometimes terrible events?

Déjà vu is a gift. It’s a strange mixture of the past and the present that feels like it has a deep meaning, and you can use it to Be Here Now. Do you know the feeling that there’s someone standing behind you, but when you turn to look, there’s no one there? That’s a gift, too. This sensation can help you in your prayers and devotions as you learn to feel the presence of the God or spirit you pray to. Do you know what it’s like to feel your body moving when you’re keeping still? That’s another gift. If you have the aptitude for it, it can help you achieve out-of-body experiences. Do your hands ever tingle or buzz? Do they ever feel warm or hot? That’s also a gift; one that can help you to help others, through healing by laying on hands, one of humanity's oldest healing arts. Do you sometimes think in pictures instead of words or have images ‘flash’ into your mind? This gift points the way to intuitions and psychic skills, and this book will tell you how to begin working with yours. Do you find yourself filled with affection when you see a cute baby or even a charming kitten? This precious gift can help you find a new depth of compassion and a capacity for kindness you may not know you had. Very few people have all these gifts, but most people have at least one of them. In this book, you’ll find ways of engaging these sensations that can make your spiritual life richer and more fulfilling. This book is about nurturing your spirituality by working with common experiences that happen through the brain, like Déjà Vu, sensing presences, spontaneous mental images, or feeling like your body is moving when you’re keeping still. Déjà vu and other Spiritual Gifts shows you their meaning and how to use them in your spiritual life. Déjà vu & other Spiritual Gifts also explains how to develop spiritual healing and psychic perception from a scientist involved in laboratory research on remote viewing and telepathy. Déjà vu is only one of the sensations we look at, but people who have it usually have other intriguing sensations, so if you bought this book because you get déjà vu, you’ll probably find a new understanding of other things you’ve wondered about, and why they offer a way into your own unique spirituality, your own mind, and your self.

Life is full of adventures and a lot of happiness for 11-year-old Danny Parker, who lives on his beloved Parrot Island in Florida. But one day his world is suddenly thrown into complete and utter chaos. Danny must learn to adapt to new surroundings in a strange new habitat in Kansas--with no Gulf of Mexico anywhere in sight. Will he be able to accept this change or is the lure of his island home too much for him to ignore? Take this journey with him to find out exactly how he reacts in his attempt to solve this dilemma. TJ Murphy loves writing for kids. After 150 periodical publications, he decided to write novels. He has eight e-books now available. Island Boy is his favorite. Kansas and Florida are natural settings for this story because he has lived in both states. TJ and his wife, Bonnie, currently live in the Tampa Bay area in Florida.

Déjà vu is a gift. It’s a strange mixture of the past and the present that feels like it has a deep meaning, and you can use it to Be Here Now, especially in meditation. Do you know the feeling that there’s someone standing behind you, but when you turn to look, there’s no one there? That’s a gift, too. This sensation can help you in your prayers and devotions as you learn to feel the presence of the God or spirit you pray to. Do you know what it’s like to feel your body moving when you’re keeping still? That’s another gift. If you have the aptitude for it, it can help you achieve out-of-body experiences. Do your hands ever tingle or buzz? Do they ever feel warm or hot? That’s also a gift; one that can help you to help others, through healing by laying on hands, one of humanity's oldest healing arts. Do you sometimes think in pictures instead of words or have images ‘flash’ into your mind? This gift points the way to intuitions and psychic skills, and this book will tell you how to begin working with yours. Do you find yourself filled with affection when you see a cute baby or even a charming kitten? This precious gift can help you find a new depth of compassion and a capacity for kindness you may not know you had. Very few people have all these gifts, but most people have at least one of them. In this book, you’ll find ways of engaging these sensations that can make your spiritual life richer and more fulfilling. This book is about nurturing your spirituality by working with common experiences that happen through the brain, like Déjà Vu, sensing presences, spontaneous mental images, or feeling like your body is moving when you’re keeping still. Déjà vu and other Spiritual Gifts shows you their meaning and how to use them in your spiritual life. Very few people have all these gifts, but most people have at least one of them. In Déjà vu & other Spiritual Gifts, you’ll find ways of engaging these sensations that can make your spiritual life richer and more fulfilling. It also explains how to develop spiritual healing and psychic perception from a scientist involved in laboratory research on remote viewing and telepathy. Déjà vu is only one of the sensations we look at, but people who have it usually have other intriguing sensations, so if you bought this book because you get déjà vu, you’ll probably find a new understanding of other things you’ve wondered about, and why they offer a way into your own unique spirituality, your own mind, and your self.

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.

After going through a tornado and a hurricane, why would 12-year-old Devon Cullin venture onto The Big Island of Hawaii--just days before his 13th birthday? But venture he does, and meets a family who has lived there for their entire life. Together with Akela and Kahawai, Devon decides to go up onto the volcano and finds himself trapped up there overnight. He goes through one harrowing experience after another, and fears that this will be his final adventure. Will he make it down off the volcano...or is this indeed his final exciting adventure?

Bob, our favorite martini-loving ghost, has vanished. Now Roz faces a miserable snowbound Crooked Lake winter alone. Well, almost alone. Thank goodness for David, the practical, kind grape grower who lives up the hill.What a winter it is! Record-breaking snows followed months later by record-setting rains. Ah, the joys of living on a lake shore when the spring floods arrive.High water, anyone?Undeterred by mice, sociopathic relatives, Carnegie Hall disasters, and spring floods, Roz searches for her MIA ghost. In the process she goes toe-to-toe with the hyper-verbal crowd at the Algonquin Round Table. Can Roz best smarty-pants Dorothy Parker in a game of wits? Will Harpo Marx finally speak out and help Bob return to Crooked Lake?For the answers to these and many other spirited questions, read BOB AT THE PLAZA!

Enough time had passed that Race, Spec, and Vid had almost stopped having the nightmares. Those nightmares about zombies, skeletons, and even witches. Those were not the nightmares of fairytales or scary movies. Those were the nightmares of things that were all too real. Things that had taken turns in trying to devour the kids in oh, so many horrid ways. Could anything possibly force them back into that ghastly land? Oh, yes…the nightmares had lessened; which is why what happened next came as a bit of a surprise. It was not the kind of surprise that they needed, wanted, nor ever hoped to encounter again. But it happened anyway.

Patrick and Katie have found a new home and parents--out on the Midwest prairie. It is a very hard life they have been thrust into. Their friends Sarah and Jimmy live nearby. Along with them, as well as new friends, they manage to get into more scrapes and face new disasters--as well as fierce animals they are unfamiliar with. Will they survive in this harsh land...or will they succumb under the pressure of these new and sometimes terrible events?

Life is full of adventures and a lot of happiness for 11-year-old Danny Parker, who lives on his beloved Parrot Island in Florida. But one day his world is suddenly thrown into complete and utter chaos. Danny must learn to adapt to new surroundings in a strange new habitat in Kansas--with no Gulf of Mexico anywhere in sight. Will he be able to accept this change or is the lure of his island home too much for him to ignore? Take this journey with him to find out exactly how he reacts in his attempt to solve this dilemma. TJ Murphy loves writing for kids. After 150 periodical publications, he decided to write novels. He has eight e-books now available. Island Boy is his favorite. Kansas and Florida are natural settings for this story because he has lived in both states. TJ and his wife, Bonnie, currently live in the Tampa Bay area in Florida.