Peter Murray

The first full-length study of the career of the controversial missionary William Duncan. An unordained Anglican minister, he was sent to British Columbia by the Church Missionary Society of England in 1857 to work among the Tsimshian Indians at Fort Simpson. After five years he left to establish Metlakatla but, after disputes with various governmental officials, he later moved this community nort

Peter Murray's compelling and highly readable biography of the building presents both sides of the story. Using previously unpublished files and papers, Murray has managed to unravel one of the most intriguing architectural controversies of recent times - what really happened when they built Sydney Opera House...

In almost a century of rugby league in this country, the honour of being captain has fallen to just 65 men, whose careers and achievements are outlined in this book. Also features statistical information and team line-ups.

This volume examines a number of themes central to 19th-century social and political history in Britain. Looking in detail at the 1834 reform of the "Poor Law," the author considers the context in which the law was framed and the social values of those who supported and opposed it. Additionally, the changing attitudes towards poverty are examined, as well as its meaning in 1914 versus 1830.

A biography of the Baptist minister who spent much of his life pursuing his dream of equal treatment for fellow African Americans and for all people.

Discusses cactus, where and how they grow, and the dangers they face in their habitat.

Examines volcanoes, how they were formed, and the devastation they can cause.

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Instructions for making several kinds of paper airplanes.

Explores the life of Polish-born chemist, with an emphasis on the role played by curiosity on her discovery of radium.

Traces the life of the man who invented the phonograph, light bulb, and the motion picture camera, with an emphasis on the value of perseverance in his achievements.

Examines tornadoes, what causes them and the destruction they can do.

(Bass Instruction). Peter Murray's book, which scored an "A+" rating from Bass Player magazine, provides bassists with everything they need to know to play effectively, helping them master the basics, and then explore what's beyond. Essential to any bass player! "Once in a while, a book comes along that stands head and shoulders above the endless rows of 'method books' that fill the racks in music

The past 100 years has been the biggest development period of planet earth. Events that Changed the World includes 200 major events dating back from 1900 when kodak introduced the $1 Brownie Camera to the 2001 9/11 event that changed the world as we know it.

Three decades of Music and the birth of Rock & Roll. Music That Rocked the World features over 100 artists from the 60s, 70s and 80s from Buddy Holly to The Eagles. Now you can experience the World of Music with this amazing tactile book that will evoke memories from the magical era of music. Presented as a vinyl record, this is the ideal gift for every music fan.

Discusses the location, size, movement, and other aspects of the solar system's planets.

Following the success of World Cup Football in June 2006, Murray Book now introduces Football which is a unique book that includes the history of the game, rules and regulations, major world tournament, Classic Coaches, and profiles on teh greatest players.

Includes the statistics from the events, player profiles, venues, match schedules and timetables and other information about the events. This book is in the shape of a football with the covers designed to feel like a football using quilted vinyl material.

YSP publication to accompany the Jaume Plensa exhbition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park 2011.With texts by Peter Murray CBE, Jaume Plensa, Clare Lilley, Jeremy Strick, Lewis Biggs and Laurie Peake. Exhibition photography by Jonty Wilde.

Examines earthquakes, what they are, what causes them, and better means of monitoring them.

Provides information about the causes of hurricanes, where they occur, their characteristics, and the effects they produce.

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A physics experiment gone wrong becomes an unlikely attraction for the ultimate kind of thrill seekers in "C Port." It is year 1695, and paranoia of witchcraft is widespread among the colonists of Annapolis, Maryland. They soon learn that a group of African slaves brought something even more terrifying in "The Priest." In "Far From Me," a successful businessman has the same dream night after night

This is a book of the nine cheap cars I ran during my student years in the1970s. I begin by sharing my schoolboy passion for cars and I give a critique of each car I owned and also include many personal memories associated with each car. It is a glimpse of student motoring life forty odd years ago when you had to climb stacked scrapped cars to obtain the spare part you needed. I begin my motoring

This clinical guide is a concise up-to-date resource that covers a wide range of endodontic procedures, including non-surgical root canal therapy, surgical root canal therapy, trauma care and the management of fractured teeth, apexification, apexogenesis, revascularization, regeneration, Cvek partial pulpotomy, root canal retreatment, and periapical surgery. The provision of numerous flowcharts, c

The Woodstock Music & Art Fair was held in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. Scheduled for August 15–17 on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains of southern New York State, northwest of New York City, it ran over to Monday, August 18. Billed as "An Aquarian 3 Days of Peace &Music", it was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm near the hamlet of

"The Renaissance began in Italy, but it was not a purely Italian phenomenon. It grew out of European civilization, with roots in antiquity, in Christian dogma, and in Byzantium. The authors follow this growth to the Florence of 1420 and the artistic ferment seething there, to the fascinating regional schools of Siena, Umbria, Mantua, and Rome ~ the magnet for every creative ambition through the in