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21. Collected Writings of John Murray:
 
22. Memoirs of a great detective;:
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23. Trading Twelves: The Selected
 
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24. Contracts: Cases and Materials
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25. The Man Who Warned America: The
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26. Fair Trade: The Challenges of
27. Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman
 
$13.97
28. Memoir And Remains Of The Rev.
 
29. We Hold These Truths
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30. Murray and Nadel's Textbook of
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31. Through the Eyes of John
 
$96.00
32. The First John Murray and the
 
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33. Collected Writings of John Murray:
 
$7.50
34. Room Service
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35. The Middle Works of John Dewey,
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36. Murray's Modern London 1860: A
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37. The Gila Wilderness: A Hiking
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38. Unicompartmental Arthroplasty
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39. The Covenant of Grace: A Biblico-Theological
 
40. Sermons 1824-1843: Volume I: Sermons

21. Collected Writings of John Murray: 4 vol. set
by John Murray
 Library Binding: 1620 Pages (1982-10-01)
list price: US$154.00
Isbn: 0851513964
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22. Memoirs of a great detective;: Incidents in the life of John Wilson Murray,
by John Wilson Murray
 Unknown Binding: 484 Pages (1905)

Asin: B000880DAQ
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23. Trading Twelves: The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray
by Ralph Ellison
Paperback: 272 Pages (2001-05-15)
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Some friendships spring instantly to life, while others require alengthy period of germination. The rapport between Ralph Ellison and AlbertMurray fits into the second category. Both attended the Tuskegee Institute inthe fall of 1935, and while they were never formally introduced, Murray recalls being impressed by his fellow student's formidable intellect, not to mention his snappy wardrobe. It wasn't until 1947, however, that their relationship got rolling. The two shared a love for jazz and photography and the American vernacular, along with a comically skeptical view of the social sciences. They were also joined by a sense of literary vocationthat seems truly bracing in our own age of ironic retrenchment: "He and I conceded nothing to anybody," recalls Murray, "when it came to defining what is American and what is not and not yet."

Their intention was to create a "universally appealing American epic." Ellison delivered his epic, Invisible Man, in 1952, while Murray's arrived on the installment plan, parceled out among nine books and three decades. Yet this divergence in their careers, which might have easily divided them into literary turtle and hare, never made a dent in their friendship--a fact amply testified to by the letters collected in Trading Twelves. The title refers to the old custom whereby jazz soloists would lob 12-bar phrases back and forth, upping the ante with each exchange. Murray and Ellison seem similarly energized by their epistolary cutting contest. Here's the latter on the as-yet-unpublished Invisible Man, which he describes in surprisingly gutbucket terms:

For me it's just a big fat ole Negro lie, meant to be told during cotton picking time over a water bucket full of corn, with a dipper passing back and forth at a good fast clip so that no one, not even the narrator himself, will realize how utterly preposterous the lie actually is.
Elsewhere he urges his correspondent to hurry up "that low-down southern cullud jive of yours and spread it all over western civilization," while Murray takes their mutual idol William Faulkner to task: "As for Marse Faulkner, he's good, but he ain't never come to terms with poro & straightening combs, let alone jazz and all that cadillac kick dynamism." Decades after they were written, the letters in Trading Twelves remain an ardent and entertaining conversation about art, politics, race, and the intricacies of what Murraywould later call Omni-American life. --James MarcusBook Description
This absorbing collection of letters spans a decade in the lifelong friendship of two remarkable writers who engaged the subjects of literature, race, and identity with deep clarity and passion.

The correspondence begins in 1950 when Ellison is living in New York City, hard at work on his enduring masterpiece, Invisible Man, and Murray is a professor at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Mirroring a jam session in which two jazz musicians "trade twelves"—each improvising twelve bars of music around the same musical idea-their lively dialog centers upon their respective writing, the jazz they both love so well, on travel, family, the work literary contemporaries (including Richard Wright, James Baldwin, William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway) and the challenge of racial inclusiveness that they wish to pose to America through their craft. Infused with warmth, humor, and great erudition, Trading Twelves offers a glimpse into literary history in the making—and into a powerful and enduring friendship.
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5-0 out of 5 stars "If Mose takes advantage of his own sense of reality he doesn't have to step back for anybody"
The above quote is from one of Ralph Ellison's letters to Albert Murray and it summarizes both of these two men's positions on both art, as well as their outlook on African-American advancement in this country. I found this book to be extremely inspring, partly because these two men are/were very brilliant, partly as black history, partly as literary criticism, and very much for the fact it changed my conception of these two men. While these two cats are seen in the public imagination as some sort of conservatives in American culture, their letters show them to be two men very involved in black vernacular expression and very understanding and apprecieative of regular, as Sly Stone said, "Everyday People", and also, as people who show great disdain for bourgeise pretensions.

One of the striking things for me about this book is the fact that both of these men are older than my father, who was born in the thirties. It totally explodes my misconceptions about black people before 1954 (Brown vs Board). While messrs. Murray and Ellison talk about many issues pertaining to blacks and that include prejudice, they are in no way limited by racism, and it only periphirally comes up during their letters. Their focus is on how black expression is deeply ingrained in the American sensibility. And this is prior to the advent of Elvis Presley and Rock & Roll (for the most part). Jazz and Blues of course are the primary conduits of this. But the two also discuss Willimam Faulkner and Ernest Hemingwayand Mark Twain in terms of how the motif of the black American influences their work.They're fans of great writers like Andre Malraux, Dostoyevsky, and James Joyce, and in their work they see parallels in their work to the black struggle and want to in their work describe the black experience with the same type of literary mastery.

Also very heartwarming is these two mens concern for each other and each others families. It's big fun to follow their adventures through Europe and the United States and the insights they get from them. Not to mention their love of cameras and photography.

What impressed me the most about this book though, besides the literary/cultural concerns which resound throughout all of these writers work, is the down home, city slicker, hipster black language and viewpoints of Albert Murray and Ralph Ellison. In their own way, they remind me of the "keep it real" hip hop generation and the "no sellout" soul/black power generation. In one example, Ellison tells Murray that Murray is the type of cat who would, "eat chitlins at the waldorf (astoria)", and that he'd do it not just to "slum" or "keep it real", but becuase he thought they were as good a food as any other. These two cats exemplify that old black, old American goal of not fogetting where you comefrom.As black intellectuals, they also have their times when they're very disdainful of black bourgeise institutions.

As an example in one instance of discussing response to Ellisons "Invisible Man", Murray refers to "...also saw Jet (magazine)'s expected stupidity. This reminds me of a line Chuck D said in Ice Cube's "Endangered Species", "When we die, then we'll make Jet." In several instances Murray and Ellison talk about things that prefigure the attitudes of hip hop. And I know this is ironic becuase Stanley Crouch, a disciple of these two men, is one of the most vocal black critics of hip hop in the world today. Examples of this are definetly these two men using the "b" word at certain points,Ellison actually takes being called a "hell of a n...." as a compliment, and Murray uses the "n-word"to denounce his former employees at Tuskeegee. Of course these men are not gratuitous with this type of language, but they take poetic liscence with them (as the greatest of tasteful M.C's like Chuck D, B.I.G, Tupac, Nas, Daddy Kane etc.) do. They totally explode the silliness of some of the cultural gatekeepers in the black community that these words should never be uttered. As artists they don't look at words morally, they use them were they fit. However they do use them with taste, and being middle aged men and educated men, they don't hafe to use them for every other word. But some of the language in this book is proof to me that the hip hopgeneration by no means came up with this lingo on their own, we got if from our pops, and uncles, and men in the community. However, we could also get a good lesson in taste, and how to take our "chitlins to the waldorf" from these two cats.

If you love black history, get this book. If you want to see the genesis of the modern African-American mentality and how it relates to the old, get this book. If you want fresh literary perspectives, get this book.If you want an example of black intellectuals who didn't forget where they came from, get this book. If you want inspiration for your own art, run and get this book, becuase in the words of Albert Murray:

"Maybe I really broke the bed down, and then maybe I ain't done nothing but hit it a lick and promise. Maybe I ain't no certified cocksman yet, but that g-ddamn chick is pregnant due: you examine her. Maybe i'tll be a nine-pounder and maybe we'll hafe to put it in an oxygen tank, and maybe it'll be a f*c***g miscarriage; you examine it....

5-0 out of 5 stars a must read
I could not put this down. It is a funny, warm, and insightful jam session on the subjects of literature, jazz, and American culture. This is a must have for any student of those subjects. It's also gives fascinating background into the lives and intellectual development of these literary giants.

5-0 out of 5 stars Music on the Page
This is an excellent book. Fans of Ellison and Murray will appreciate the intimate look at the lives of these writers that can be gained from readingthe letters published in this work. Moreover, the call and response natureof the letters beautifully mimic that which can be heard in some of theclassic jazz and gospel songs of America. You'll have a hard time puttingthis one down... ... Read more


24. Contracts: Cases and Materials
by John Edward Murray
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This casebook has a Teacher's Manual (available only to faculty, directly from the Publisher). ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars Fantastic - The Best Contracts Case Book
I've noticed that the gentleman before me wrote a scathing review of Professor Murray's book, noting the typographical errors.While it is true that there are typos - I blame the editors at Lexis - as it is their job to fix such things.Professor Murray's treatment of Uniform Commercial Code sec. 2-207 is brilliantly done, in fact, any of his editorial material is so good that one need not use a supplement.I do wonder why the previous reviewer takes note of the case selection - it really doesn't matter which cases are selected, as long as they are relevant to the topic at hand, and seeing as Professor Murray is perhaps the premier Contracts professor and scholar in the United States today - one would imagine that they are relevant.Rules are more important than cases - unless you go to a law school that, for some reason wants you to cite cases in your exam (with the exception of perhaps Constitutional Law) - you won't be dealing much with specific cases at all.The book is very well done, and written in such a way that it can be easily understood.

1-0 out of 5 stars Worst. Book. Ever.
Good grief. You'd think after five editions Professor Murray could at least get rid of some of the typographical errors in this book. Wrong. It's chock full o' badness. The cases he chose are truly bizarre; sure, there are the fair share of the old standards (Carbolic Smokeball, "the burned and hairy hand," etc.) but the others seem like he took a random jaunt through Lexis and threw darts. Oh, did I mention that Lexis published this book? They definitely farmed it out to the lowest-bidding binder, because three weeks into the fall semester (of a yearlong Contracts course) this book simply fell apart. The binding just sort of ceased to exist. Save yourself a boatload of money and if your professor chooses this book, BUY IT USED! You can get it for about 99 cents, and that's about what it's worth. There are also no supplements out there for this book; evidently no supplement author wanted to waste his time trying to key an outline to this worthless and hopefully not-oft-used text. ... Read more


25. The Man Who Warned America: The Life and Death of John O'Neill, the FBI's Embattled Counterterror Warrior
by Murray Weiss
Paperback: 464 Pages (2004-06-01)
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The first comprehensive inside look at the investigation into Al Qaeda, and at John O፥ill, the FBI counter–terrorism agent who warned that an attack like September 11 was imminent.

For many people, September 11 was the day ೨e unimaginableߨappened. But one FBI agent, John O፥ill, had repeatedly warned the US Government that such an attack was possible. Ironically, O፥ill lost his own life on September 11, just days after beginning a new job as head of security for the World Trade Center.

As one of the FBI's foremost counter–terrorism experts, John O፥ill played a leading role in almost every major investigation of terrorism against Americans in the past decade. O፥ill was a dashing, larger–than–life character who irritated many members of US and foreign governments with his aggressive, hands–on tactics and his insistent, repeated warnings about the possibility of an attack on US soil.

Disillusioned by his experiences with the FBI, O፥ill left governmental service to assume the position of chief of security for the Twin Towers in August 2001. Full of twists and turns, John O፥ill's tragic story reveals how one man's unheeded warnings came back to haunt the country he worked so hard to defend.

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4-0 out of 5 stars The Man Who Knew Too Much
John O'Neill was a problem. A bull in the china shop. He was a womanizer and he was an exceptionally poor fit at the FBI, but if we had listened to him 3000 people, including him, would not have died at the World Trade Center, the pentagon and on three airline carriers. There seems to be less and less room in America for the mavericks. This book is no white wash. It paints the man in full warts and all. But at the end of it we realize that it was this wildman who was right and all the politicians, hypocrites, sanctamonious twits and stuffed shirt beaureaucrats who drove him from the FBI,or didn't pay attention to him were wrong. The execrable Barbara Bodine who single handedly ruined his mission to Yemen comes in for special criticism. She probably still doesn't think she did anything wrong. We are becoming a silly nation. We've become obsessed with beauratic rules, political correctness on the left, phony piety on the right, and we can't get anything done anymore. Don't read this book merely as a tragedy but look it as a wake up call

5-0 out of 5 stars True Grit...
John O'Neill grew up in Atlantic City, NJ watching the FBI on TV on Sunday nights. All he ever wanted to do was be an FBI agent and serve his country. The son of working class folks who ran a taxi cab business he dedicated himself to be the finest and fulfilled his childhood dreams. Jonh went to my high-school and lived 5 minutes from where I grew up, I never knew him but after reading this fine Murray Weiss biography I feel I know him as a brother. This book will infuriate you as John O'Neill tries to warn everyone in the government of an impending doom with Bin Laden, who he studied and profiled, much to his chagrin no one listened. How ironic that after so much frustration with the FBI bureacracy and a Clinton Administration consumed by the presidents personal travails that John O'Neill resigns to take over security operations at the World Trade Center one week before 9/11. He perished in the collapse of the towers after he was safely out. He ran back in to try to save people. This book will move you, John O'Neill's story will stay with you. Did he have his own style and personal troubles, sure, but his life is what you will remember, his dedication to his job and the fact that maybe if a few more higher ups had listened to him this tragedy could have been averted. With men like this, you'll believe our country is in good hands as far as the war with terrorism is concerned. It's upper management we should be worried about.

5-0 out of 5 stars John O'Neil is a true hero. This book is the basis for the ABC drama on 9/11.
John O'Neill was the most dedicated member of the FBI who committed his life to fighting crime and, ultimately, terrorism.His efforts were discouraged by bureaucracy, ignorance, and the Clinton administration.Read firsthand in this book how he was so close to saving much anguish, sorrow and death in the United States but was stopped in his tracks by others too inept to acknowledge the vision he had for stopping the unfortunate acts of terrorism in New York and Yemen. The cruelest irony is that he died in the collapse of the World Trade Center towers in charge of security after he retired from the FBI due to frustration.

4-0 out of 5 stars Ironic and captivating
This is an interesting book on an unusual subject. People like John O'Neill are not usually the subjects of biographies. He wasn't anywhere near prominent enough, and that usually means that someone like O'Neill winds up being a footnote in a book about someone else. Instead, O'Neill was the FBI agent in charge of International security in New York City, and spent much of the 90s as the guy in the FBI who was the most interested in and focused on capturing Osama bin Laden. Ironically, he retired in mid-2001, and took a job as head of security at the World Trade Center. He went back into the South Tower on 9/11 and was killed when it collapsed.

O'Neill, according to the author, was a complex, driven man, a visionary who was one of the first US officials to decide that Osama bin Ladin was worth watching and perhaps capturing. While his FBI career was, in terms of his job performance, impeccable, he had two major weaknesses. First, he was occasionally forgetful, and violated various FBI rules and protocols. In the mid-90s, when Louis Freeh was running the FBI, any violations were punishable, and almost certainly would have a detrimental affect on a person's career. O'Neill was once caught letting a girlfriend onto an FBI secure facility, and giving her a ride in his car. On another occasion, he lost a briefcase full of classified material that shouldn't have been out of the office. Both of these incidents impacted his career and chances for promotion. Second, he had a penchant for chasing multiple women at the same time, concealing each liason from all of his other girlfriends. When he died, each of the women was surprised to find out that there were other women in his life.

Much of the book is devoted to O'Neill's pursuit of bin Ladin, especially the investigation of the bombings at the African Embassies in 1998 and the Cole bombing in 2000. While O'Neill wasn't involved directly in the Embassy bombing investigations, he was in charge of the Cole bombing investigation. However, for whatever reason he ran afoul of the local US ambassador, a woman named Barbara Bodine, who started out asserting her control of the investigation and insisting that the Yemenis were offended by O'Neill, and that only she could smoothe things over. This was before O'Neill had met any of the Yemenis yet, but she insisted it was the case. By the time the investigation concluded, Bodine was so sure that withdrawing the FBI investigators was provocative that she ordered Marine guards to keep the FBI agents in the embassy, and had to be told by her superiors at the State Department to let the agents go. After she'd been transferred back to the States and 9/11 happened, the Yemenis became more helpful, and eventually began cooperating extensively with the US. Ambassador Bodine stuck to her guns, however, and even badmouthed O'Neill in an interview after his death.

You have to wonder about this part of the book. Author Weiss was a friend of O'Neill's, and he clearly sides with him against Bodine. It's difficult to see how she could justify what she did (even if O'Neill was despicable, letting her opinion of him subvert this sort of FBI investigation is inexcusable). I expect that somehow she saw through his private life in some fashion. Weiss says that she had been introduced to O'Neill in New York before she became ambassador to Yemen. Perhaps she saw him at a restaurant with a woman other than the one who was escorting him the night they were introduced to each other.

Regardless, this is an interesting book, even if the author, a journalist, occasionally makes a mistake around the periphery of his story. The one I noticed was the author saying that USS The Sullivans was named for some brothers killed on a "carrier" during World War II. The Sullivan brothers were killed on USS Juneau, an Atlanta-class Light Cruiser. Other reviewers have noted mistakes on the edges of the story, but they don't (in my mind, anyway) detract from the main message of his story.

4-0 out of 5 stars John O'Neill is a modern hero.
I bought this book on sale at K-Mart, and it was definitely worth the few dimes I spent for it.This book reads like a novel, fast and furious, not much down time.If you don't know about John O'Neill, a true hero, or martyr in this case, then you need to read this book. Yes, O'Neill has his faults (don't we all!!), #1 -he is definitely a ladies man and has three ladies plus an undivorced marriage on the string, and #2 - he becomes forgetful and loses things that almost cost him his job.But hey, that's only two negatives compared to the positives this guy was made of.His story is a compelling statement made against our current President and his predecessors that did not follow up on his predictions that Al Qaeda would strike again and again.To top it off, he even predicted his own death in the Twin Towers the day before.If you don't read this book, then you don't care how terrorists have us under their grip and won't let go. ... Read more


26. Fair Trade: The Challenges of Transforming Globalization
by Laura Raynolds, Douglas Murray, John Wilkinson
Hardcover: 240 Pages (2007-06-04)
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This book explores the challenges and potential of Fair Trade, one of the worlds most dynamic efforts to enhance global social justice and environmental sustainability through market based social change.

Fair Trade links food consumers and agricultural producers across the Global North/ South divide and lies at the heart of key efforts to reshape the global economy. This book reveals the challenges the movement faces in its effort to transform globalization, emphasizing the inherent tensions in working both in, and against, the market. It explores Fair Trades recent rapid growth into new production regions, market arenas, and commodity areas through case studies of Europe, North America, Africa, and Latin America undertaken by prominent scholars in each region. The authors draw on, and advance, global commodity and value chain analysis, convention, and social movement approaches through these case studies and a series of synthetic analytical chapters. Pressures for more radical and more moderate approaches intertwine with the movements historical vision, reshaping Fair Trades priorities and efforts in the Global North and South.

Fair Trade will be of strong interest to students and scholars of politics, globalization, sociology, geography, economics and business.

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4-0 out of 5 stars On Fair Trade
I received the book very quickly and it was in great condition. The book is a wonderful compilation of information on Fair Trade and what it means as it develops as a serious and viable social justice movement. The authors are experts in the field and offer a very comprehensive understanding of Fair Trade. Read the book!

5-0 out of 5 stars A clarifying research
This book about Fair Trade is amazingly well documented; every chapter focuses on a specific subject which addresses in deep detail and develops with a quite academic and powerful stance.

I would say that this is not for newcomers but for experienced Fair Trade activists who want to gain a powerful insight into the movement.

To me, the better chapters are the one dealing with banana plantations certification and the final one, accurately describing the current tensions inside the Fair Trade community.

Really worth reading.


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27. Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman
by John Betjeman
Paperback: 144 Pages (1997-08-01)
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Isbn: 0719555329
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28. Memoir And Remains Of The Rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne
by Robert Murray M'Cheyne
 Paperback: 160 Pages (2007-06-25)
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more


29. We Hold These Truths
by John C Murray
 Hardcover: Pages (1960)

Asin: B000UCBCI2
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30. Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine e-dition: Text with Continually Updated Online Reference (Textbook of Respiratory Medicine (Murray))
by Robert J. Mason, V. Courtney Broaddus, John F. Murray, Jay Nadel
Hardcover: 2609 Pages (2005-06-02)
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Both a state-of-the-art website and a highly acclaimed authoritative reference, Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, 4th e-dition delivers a wealth of new information that enables readers to identify, treat, and manage the full range of respiratory disorders more easily than ever. With new discoveries in pulmonary medicine leading to new treatments for respiratory diseases, this 4th e-dition is the next step to keeping readers ahead of the competition! ... Read more


31. Through the Eyes of John
by Chad Daybell, Rhett E. Murray
Hardcover: 27 Pages (2004-08)
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I am a special witness of Jesus Christ.
Jesus called me to be one of his apostles when he began his ministry, and for three years I walked and talked with him. I also defended him before the people of Jerusalem, and mourned with him when those people rejected his message. Yet I never truly understood Jesus and his mission until those final, painful days of his life. During that week I watched my dearest friend transform from being not only a powerful teacher and healer, but to become the Savior of the World.

John the Beloved's role in sharing the final days of the Savior's life has been overlooked. He stayed close to the Savior during those crucial final hours, becoming an eyewitness to the supreme sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This account is based on John's own words as found in the Bible.

Based on John's own words as found in the Bible, the touching storyline combines with the striking artwork to create a wonderful, spiritual reading experience that can be enjoyed by readers of all ages. You will feel a new love and appreciation for the apostle John—and for the Savior Jesus Christ. ... Read more


32. The First John Murray and the Late Eighteenth-Century London Book Trade: With a Checklist of His Publications(British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship ... Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs)
by William Zachs
 Hardcover: 506 Pages (1999-02-18)
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A remarkably complete record of both John Murray's business career (1768-1793) and his private life is preserved in the archive of the London publishing house which still bears his name.Dr Zachs fully exploits this material to chart Murray's success in the competitive book trade - success achieved by his imaginative use of the many new practices which were revolutionizing the industry.The accounts of Murray's negotiations with authors and other traders, and the details of how he produced and marketed his publications, lay bare the fundamental economics of the book trade. Simultaneously, Dr Zachs tells the story of a remarkable life.Murray was a complicated man, honest and hypocritical, self-serving and generous, a constant schemer capable of considerable spontaneity, a strait-laced libertine.Married twice (to sisters), the father of an illegitimate son for whom he had lifelong affection, he was anything but conventional. Both fascinating narrative and work of scholarship, this volume offers many telling insights into the cultural history of its period.It also includes a comprehensive checklist of Murray's titles, with detailed information about their publication. ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars Essential to an understanding of the c18 London book trade
As yet there is no good general introduction to the 18th-century book London trade, and after John Feather's excellent _History of British Publishing_, I knew ofno single place to send students interested in thesubject before the publication of William Zachs' new book. One of itsstrengths is the accuracy of its title: it really IS about Murray and thelater c18 London book trade, and not simply a portrait of Murray. As aresult, it provides the best general introduction I know to thecircumstances of retailbookselling and publishing, not just in London butin the British Isles, as well, during the important period when these twotrades were in the process of separating, and I think it belongs in everyone's institutional collections, as well as in the personal libraries ofthose interested in the history of the English book trade. My ownunderstanding of the circumstances of London bookselling and publishingofthe century has been considerably improved by reading this book. ... Read more


33. Collected Writings of John Murray: Life of John Murray Sermons and Reviews (Collected Writings of John Murray) (Collected Writings of John Murray)
by John Murray
 Library Binding: 390 Pages (1982-10-01)
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34. Room Service
by John Murray, Allen Boretz
 Paperback: Pages (1998-01)
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5-0 out of 5 stars Room Service
A comedy for 12 males and 2 females. A producer and group of actors try to get a play produced before a gaggle of creditors close in and shut them down. ... Read more


35. The Middle Works of John Dewey, Volume 14, 1899 - 1924: Human Nature and Conduct, 1922 (Collected Works of John Dewey)
by John Dewey
Paperback: 264 Pages (1988-01-11)
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Asin: 0809314371
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Volume 14 of The Middle Works of John Dewey, 1899–1924, series provides an authoritative edition of Dewey’s Human Nature and Conduct. A Modern Language Association Committee on Scholarly Editions textual edition.

Human Nature and Conduct evolved from the West Memorial Foundation lectures at Stanford University. The lectures were ex­tensively rewritten and expanded into one of Dewey’s best-known works. As Murray G. Murphey says in his Introduction, “It was a work in which Dewey sought to make ex­plicit the social character of his psychology and philosophy—something which had long been evident but never so clearly spelled out.”

Subtitled “An Introduction to Social Psy­chology,” Human Nature and Conduct sets forth Dewey’s view that habits are social functions, and that social phenomena, such as habit and custom and scientific methods of inquiry are moral and natural. Dewey con­cludes, “Within the flickering inconsequen­tial acts of separate selves dwells a sense of the whole which claims and dignifies them. In its presence we put off mortality and live in the universal.”
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5-0 out of 5 stars This is the most revolutionary book about morals.
John Dewey's HUMAN NATURE AND CONDUCT is a bookthat has the potential to change the world for better.This book establishes the guidelines for social psychology and helps people solve their problems and get rid of their hangups. It is a must read for anyone and everyone who needs to find meaning in life. ... Read more


36. Murray's Modern London 1860: A Vistior's Guide
by John Murray
Hardcover: 376 Pages (2006-12-15)
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Asin: 1873590296
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37. The Gila Wilderness: A Hiking Guide
by John A. Murray
Paperback: 261 Pages (1988-05-01)
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Asin: 0826310672
Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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From Upper Sonoran desert canyons to sub alpine mountain peaks, New Mexico�s Gila Wilderness Area is a world of contrasts and diversity. Named a wilderness region by Congress in 1924, the Gila was the first place in the world to be so protected. Today it encompasses 1,000 square miles and protects the headwaters of the three forks of the Gila River. Blessed with the rich human and natural history, it is home to Indian, Spanish, and Anglo cultures and Central and North American flora and fauna.

In this complete guide to the Gila Wilderness Area, John A. Murray explores the region�s natural history, highlights its human history, and provides tips for backcountry trips. The hiking section describes twenty-four trails for both the serious backpacker and the casual day hiker, in all covering some three hundred miles of trail. Each trail description gives directions to the trailhead, length, elevation, level of difficulty, scenic highlights, and natural and human history along the trail. ... Read more

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2-0 out of 5 stars Outdated trail guide
I was disappointed with this guide book.The book was published in 1988, which means there is nothing about GPS in the book.I found the organization of the book to be confusing.The guide has maps of some of the trails, but they are hard to read and there is no map that provides a big picture view of the trails.Information about many trails in the Gila Wilderness is available, but would be more useful with an easy to find section providing information about each trail such as length, elevation changes, connecting trails, water availablity, etc.Several trails are cited as connecting to included trails, but no other information is provided.

5-0 out of 5 stars One of America's finest wildernesses
The Gila Wilderness was the first official wilderness area of the United States and at about 900 square miles is one of the largest.It's also one of the most diverse with terrain from semi-desert at 4,800 feet up to sub-alpine spruce, fir, and aspen forest at a top of 10,892 feet.The Gila River is floatable during the spring melt and old Indian cliff dwellings are found in the canyons. Trout fishing in the Gila and its tributaries is pretty good, and wildlife is abundant. Hiking and solitude are the major attractions. You can walk for a week or more and never cross your path twice.The scenery may not be quite as rugged and spectacular as the Rockies or the canyonlands to the north, but there's plenty of beauty to be enjoyed.

This is an excellent guide to hiking in the Gila Wilderness Area. The author describes 25 hiking trails and routes, some of them more than 30 miles long.Each of the trails has a topo map that goes along with it plus a description. A lengthy introduction acquaints you with the history and natural history of the Gila, including the Apaches and other Indians who lived here.Appendices provide lists of birds, plants, mammals, and reptiles found in the Gila.An interesting study concerning the reintroduction of the Grizzly Bear to the Gila is reprinted in the appendices.

Possibly the most spectacular of the trails in the Gila is the Whitewater Trail which follows a narrow "catwalk" through a steep sided canyon.The catwalk was built more than a century ago to facilitate mining operations -- now long abandoned.The Three Forks area (Wilderness Ranger District) offers hot springs, cliff dwellings, and long, easy trails that lead into the heart of the wilderness. At lower elevations, the Gila can be visited and hiked year round, barring the rare snowstorm.

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38. Unicompartmental Arthroplasty with the Oxford Knee (Oxford Medical Publications)
by John Goodfellow, John O'Connor, Christopher Dodd, David Murray
Hardcover: 208 Pages (2006-08-24)
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Asin: 019857052X
Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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This book, traces the 30 year development by surgeons and engineers in Oxford of a unique method of unicompartmental replacement with the 'Oxford Knee' prosthesis. The challenge to the surgeon is to replace the damaged surfaces of the arthritic joint so effectively that the soft tissues of the whole joint and the surfaces of the other compartments can resume all their physiological functions, a more difficult task than total knee replacement confronts. As a user's guide, the bookallows the surgeon to gain a good understanding of the biomechanics of the normal knee, of the pathological anatomy of unicompartmental arthritis and the rationale of the design of instruments and implants. The outcome of the operation depends greatly on choice of the right patient and exact implantation of the prosthesis, subjects that are dealt with exhaustively. The reader can use this book as an adjunct to the implant specific instructional courses available. The book also provides long-term data on wear and revision rates for the Oxford Knee and covers common questions asked and the problems confronted by users. The book is accompanied by a DVD with animations of mathematical models of the intact and replaced knee, as well as full video footage of a knee replacement operation. ... Read more

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4-0 out of 5 stars Unicondylar Knee
excellent review of the mechanics, history of the development of the Oxford knee and clinical results. ... Read more


39. The Covenant of Grace: A Biblico-Theological Study (Biblical & Theological Studies)
by John Murray
Paperback: 32 Pages (1987-12)
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Asin: 0875523633
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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4-0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction to the Biblical Covenants
If anyone wants a brief introduction (and I mean BRIEF, only 32 pages) to the various covenants of the Bible, then this book will do. Contrary to what some might expect, this book is NOT an apologetic for Reformed covenant theology as outlined in the Westminster Confession of Faith. It is actually about the function and nature of the various historical covenants as presented in Scripture (i.e., Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, and New). Murray does not even touch upon the concept of the "covenant of works" in this short booklet (if one wants Murray's opinion on this matter check out his "Collected Writings" [Vol. 2]).

One of the more helpful discussions is Murray's discussion of the meaning of covenant (pp. 3-12). He does this to give the reader a good understanding of the term before explaining the nature of the covenants in Scripture. The key point in Murray's discussion of the various covenants is that the covenants (including the Mosaic!) are all covenants of grace (God being the establisher of each covenant apart from human cooperation). All subsequent covenants are merely amplifications and expansions of the preceding ones, even though all have the same grace-oriented matrix.

Another interesting point Murray makes is that all the covenants have a "promise-demand" structure attached to them. Though all the covenants spring from God's grace, they all contain "conditions" that the beneficiaries must meet in order to enjoy the promises of the covenant. This does not detract from the graciousness of the covenants, according to Murray, but merely points out that the nature of all covenants demand stipulations.

Murray's insistence that the Mosaic covenant is a covenant of grace and that all the promissory covenants contain a demand element makes him a maverick among traditional Reformed theologians. In fact, if put to its logical end, Murray dissolves the wall between law and gospel that is the hallmark of traditional Reformational theology. In short, in Murray's theology of the covenants, law and gospel lie more in continuity than in contrast (contra Luther). This may surprise (and even disappoint) those who are steeped in traditional Reformed theology as outlined in the WCF since Murray is considered one of the giants of conservative Presbyterianism in North America in the 20th century.

I have to agree with the critics of Murray's covenant theology that he perilously comes close to mixing law and gospel (when Scripture presents more of a contrast). Despite these questionable points, I would recommend this short work to anyone who wants to understand what the covenants in the Bible mean.

5-0 out of 5 stars Brief Intro to Covenant Theology
John Murray gives a brief, but excellent summation of Covenant Theology.This booklet helps answer the question as to whether their is primarily continuity or discontinuity between the Old & New Testaments.

Murraybegins by defining covenant and gives a brief historical overview of therise of covenant theology.Then he delves in to the biblical andtheological realm of the covenant.He surveys the Noahic, Abrahamic,Mosaic, Davidic, and New Covenant as found in Scripture.

He concludesthat the covenant is a unified theme throughout Scripture which speeks ofGod's relation of grace between His creation.

Also recommended for a morein-depth study: O. Palmer Robertson's "The Christ of theCovenants." ... Read more


40. Sermons 1824-1843: Volume I: Sermons on the Liturgy and Sacraments and on Christ the Mediator (Sermons, 1824-1843 Newman, John Henry)
by John Henry Newman
 Hardcover: 408 Pages (1992-01-23)
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Isbn: 0199200882
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From 1824 to 1843 Newman was an active clergyman in the Church of England; during this time , he entered the pulpit about 1,270 times. Newman published 217 of the sermons which he wrote during these years; a further 246 sermons survive in manuscript in the Archives of the Birmingham Oratory, some only as fragments but the majority as full texts. It is eplanned to publish these sermons in a series of five volumes; the aim is to transcribe them accurately, with sufficient editorial apparatus for the theological development within them to be understood, and their historical situation to be clear.The 43 sermons contained in Volume I reveal Newman's attitude to his pastoral charge, his theology of liturgy based on the Book of Common Prayer; his gradual acceptance of the doctrine of baptismal regeneration as a substitute for his earlier belief in conversion as understood by the Evangelicals; the eventual supremacy of the Eucharist in his own spiritual life; his growing reserve about preaching on the Atonement; his faith in the divinity of Christ the Mediator; and finally, his understanding of the Church as the remedial and mediatorial kingdom of Christ on earth. ... Read more


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