Bøger af Matthew Murphy

Diamonds by the Yard is the story of Lexi Langdon, a beautiful young heiress from Houston, Texas, living in New York with her husband Ray Arthur - a record company executive with dangerous Mafia ties - and her affair with Lee Franklin, an ambitious and charismatic singer-songwriter. The setting is New York City and the East End of Long Island, The Hamptons, in 1975-76, a time when excessive and flamboyant behavior was the norm. The rich and famous interact with characters from all walks of life, from notorious mafia hoodlums and punk rock musicians to celebrities of all types. Told within the historical context of the time, Diamonds by the Yard is set against the backdrop of the end of the Vietnam War, New York City on the verge of bankruptcy, Philippe Petit tightrope walking across the World Trade Centers, the spectacular bicentennial July 4th celebration in New York harbor, the launch of Saturday Night Live and the cocaine drenched Discomania that enveloped the city. From the expansive lawns of East Hampton mansions to the formal dining rooms of 5th Avenue triplex apartments, from the punk palace CBGB to the multi-million dollar yacht The Yellow Rose, this intense and multi-layered novel recreates an era in American history which can only be compared in opulence and outrageousness to that found in The Great Gatsby.

As fighting in the trenches of World War I drags on, a pair of American scientists appear at the front with a solution. Unbeknownst to the soldiers in the trenches but planned by the generals at the rear, the Americans have brought a gas that will change the course of the war and bring an end to the bloodshed. After a bloody charge at the German lines the British generals order the launch of the special gas that brings their army back from the brink of destruction and set them about on the unsuspecting German lines.

At the beginning of the 20th Century Izzy Mitchell and her family leave the city for her father's new job in the out in the country. They arrive in Benson to find a dying town clinging to ghost stories about the nearby forest. It was those woods that Izzy's father was sent to cut down for the Greenway Company. It was not long after arriving in Benson that Izzy finds out that the woods are filled with spirits. These were the spirits of departed Native American souls who appear as animals during the day, then wandering ghosts at night. If the Greenway Company has their way those woods will be destroyed and all the spirits inside would be lost forever. Only Izzy can save them by finding the lost waterfall and path to the other side. The Woods is a fantasy story written the same vein as "Spirited Away" or "The Wizard of Oz." A strong young female heroine must do everything she can to save those spirits and herself. This story was written with readers of all ages in mind.

The implantation of boron, carbon and zirconium ions into alumina, zirconia, zirconia-toughened-alumina, Orthinox stainless steel and a Co-Cr-Mo alloy were studied for potential biomedical applications. The ion dose for the three selected ion species was varied to investigate the mechanical behaviour and microstructural development of the various ceramic and metallic materials as a function of ion species and dose. The mechanical and chemical properties studied involved hardness, indentation fracture toughness, wettability and friction testing both before and after the implantation of each material. The microstructural effects of ion implantation were examined using Scanning Electron Microscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy. Computer simulations of the ion concentration beneath the implanted surface were carried out using the ''Transport and Range of Ions in Matter'' code to aid in the understanding of the microstructures formed after high dose implantation.