Ben Smith: 38 books

BEN SMITH: PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER. Recognise the name? Of course you don't. That's because most of Smith's years in the game were spent outside the vaunted, big-money environs of the Premier League - and this sporting memoir is all the more entertaining as a result. 1995: an adolescent Ben arrives...

The story of Ben Smith, who decided to run 401 marathons in 401 days. People thought he was mad, until they heard his story, then they began to understand. Having endured years of bullying as a child, Ben tried to take his own life. In adulthood, Ben struggled to feel content with the life that was...

Ben is a sensible, hardworking, recreational drug user who can't believe his luck when he meets Joyce—beautiful, exotic and a little crazy. But Joyce proves to be more than just a bit crazy, and her erratic behaviour starts to make life more and more chaotic. Ben is sure that, with enough love,...

The hilarious memoir about Australia in the 1950s.When a naive young couple marry, romance clashes with reality and just about everything goes wrong - and right.When a gormless just-married couple rent an impractical shack at Avalon, twenty-six miles from Sydney, they face, among other things, an...

Beginning JSON is the definitive guide to JSON - JavaScript Object Notation - today’s standard in data formatting for the web. The book starts with the basics, and walks you through all aspects of using the JSON format. Beginning JSON covers all areas of JSON from the basics of data formats to creating...

Advanced ActionScript 3 is a fresh look and new approach to utilizing valuable, structural techniques and methods that are commonly used in the field of rich interactive application development. With each method broken down into different strategized explanations, you'll find the approach most suitable...

PONTIUS PILATE SPEAKS!For two thousand years the tiny chamber on the island of Capri had been sealed, hiding a scroll that could confirm the single most important claim of the Christian faith—or disprove it once and for all.Now an earthquake has torn that chamber open, and a team of archeologists...

What if our Gospels . . . . . . aren't Gospel? It was supposed to be a simple bit of salvage archeology for Father Duncan MacDonald, the Vatican archeologist: Explore an empty cave uncovered in the Negev Desert by an Israeli construction crew for archeological significance. But then...

Lucius Pontius Pilate was a Roman on the rise, an ambitious nobleman serving with ruthless efficiency as a confidential agent of the Emperor Tiberius Caesar. A respected member of the Roman Senate, Pilate harbored a cruel streak that Tiberius used to strike fear into the Empire's enemies. Pilate was...

Postcards - Ben Nuttall-Smith“Postcards” is a journey of discovery to places and cultures most of us want to explore. The poetry is profound, entertaining, humorous. In language and rhythm, each postcard becomes a poetic canvas. The wash, all vibrant landscapes, ethereal beauty, ocean moods,...

The multitalented Ben Bailey Smith (aka rapper Doc Brown) debuts a rollicking read-aloud about a decidedly mischievous bear. I am Bear. And I am bare. The suit I wear has purple hair. Features an audio read-along performed by the author! Bear fills his day with food, funny jokes, tricks...

The unbelievable, awesomely awesome, FIFTEENTH volume of the Golden Age of Science Fiction!! Featuring: Project Mastodon, by Clifford Simak The Holes Around Mars, by Jerome Bixby Big Ancestor, by F.L. Wallace Jack of No Trades, by Evelyn E. Smith The Piebald Hippogriff, by Karen Anderson Shipwreck...

Contents: 1. The Defense Of Poesy, by Sir Philip Sidney 2. On Shakespeare and On Bacon, by Ben Jonson 3. Of Agriculture, by Abraham Cowley 4. The Vision Of Mirza and Westminster Abbey, by Joseph Addison 5. The Spectator Club, by Sir Richard Steele 6. Hints Towards An Essay On Conversation, A Treatise...

Seven stories, seven situations threatening the festivities. Will the holidays be a disaster? Will families be left out in the cold? Will there be tears before bedtime, or will there be happy endings all round? The MG BookElves group brings you its first anthology of tales to enjoy during the holiday...