Brian Martin: 39 books
Speaking of the Fantastic III
Interviews with Science Fiction Writers
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
Darrell Schweitzer interviews seventeen science fiction writers. Included are scintillating conversations with: George R. R. Martin, James Morrow, Jack Dann, Geoffrey A. Landis, Joe W. Haldeman, Zoran Zivkovic, Esther M. Friesner, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Harry Turtledove, Gregory Frost, Tom Purdom, D....
Box Set: Dark Stories
Contains: Hides the Dark Tower, In a Cat's Eye, and Dark Luminous Wings
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2018
This 3-book box set is a collection of three anthologies of Dark Stories:
Hides the Dark Tower
In a Cat's Eye
Dark Luminous Wings
Hides the Dark Tower
Mysterious and looming, towers and tower-like structures pierce the skies and shadow the lands. Hides the Dark Tower includes over...
by Robert M. Price, Glynn Owen Barrass, Joseph S. Pulver
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Antarctica... a frozen wasteland of penguins, blinding ice and snow, and blizzards to kill the unprepared in minutes. But it is an ancient land, with ancient secrets, mysteries that humanity is only beginning to glimpse. HP Lovecraft introduced the world to the terrifying reality of this lonely continent...
Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 3
Health and welfare
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
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Beyond Coincidence
Amazing Stories of Coincidence and the Mystery and Mathematics Behind Them
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Ever wonder what the odds are of being struck by lightning?
Or winning the lottery?
Or meeting someone from Timbuktu with the same middle name as you?
BEYOND COINCIDENCE recounts and analyzes over 200 amazing stories of synchronicity, the likes of:
Laura Buxton, age ten, releases a balloon...
All in a Day's Cricket
An Anthology of Outstanding Cricket Writing
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
This selection of the very best, and most intriguing, writing on cricket, drawn from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, adopts a fresh approach. It is arranged around the theme of the many things that must happen simply for a day's play to happen - from creating a clearing in a Malaysian...
Pynchon's Against the Day
A Corrupted Pilgrim's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2011
Thomas Pynchon's longest novel to date, Against the Day (2006), excited diverse and energetic opinions when it appeared on bookstore shelves nine years after the critically acclaimed Mason & Dixon. Its wide-ranging plot covers nearly three decades-from the 1893 World's Fair to the years just after...
War and Border Crossings
Ethics When Cultures Clash
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2005
War and Border Crossings brings together renowned scholars to address some of the most pressing problems in public policy, international affairs, and the intercultural issues of our day. Contributors from widely varying disciplines discuss cross-cultural ethical issues and international topics ranging...
Apple Pro Training Series
QuickTime Pro Quick-Reference Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2007
This handy 180-page book offers a great overview of QuickTime Pro, including a fundamental explanation of video encoding and an invaluable look-up guide of video codecs and the QuickTime Pro interface. Includes step-by-step tutorials for the five things people do most with QuickTime Pro: Capturing, editing,...
Invincible
The 10 Lies You Learn Growing Up with Domestic Violence, and the Truths to Set You Free
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
“When you grow up living with domestic violence, witnessing those you love tear each other down with physical and verbal blows, your brain doesn’t know how to deal with that.” --from the foreword by Tony Robbins
According to UNICEF, growing up with domestic violence is one of the most...
by Graham Shaw, Brian R. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
An essential introduction to particle physics, with coverage ranging from the basics through to the very latest developments, in an accessible and carefully structured text.
Particle Physics: Third Edition is a revision of a highly regarded introduction to particle physics. In its two previous...
Facets of Liberty
A Libertarian Primer
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Facets of Liberty is a collection of historical articles by well-known liberty activists and theorists from the early days of the libertarian, voluntaryist, classical liberal and individual anarchist movements, which first emerged during the turbulent 1960s. These articles lay a foundation to understand...
by Brian Folker, Maia A. Gemmill, Patricia M. Goff
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2006
Why not take seriously the claim that Harry Potter's world intertwines with our own? In this timely yet otherworldly volume, more than a dozen scholars of international relations join hands to demonstrate how this well-loved artifact of popular culture reflects and shapes our own lifeworld. A wide...
The Curriculum
A Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
Originally published in 1989. What should be taught in schools? This book explores the differing curriculum traditions in Britain, Europe, the USA, Latin America, India and the Far East and the possibilities for change. For the practising teacher and the educationalist it opens up the debates about...