Martin: 12406 books

** "INEGAVELMENTE BRILHANTE." [ THE GUARDIAN ] ** Dinnie é o pior violinista de Nova York. Certo dia, Heather e Morag, as fadas mais sem noção da Escócia, entram voando pela janela de seu apartamento e vomitam no seu tapete. Banidas do seu país e brigando sem parar entre si,...

'There's no one I trust more with my club's yarn than Martin Flanagan' - Bob Murphy The Western Bulldogs' 2016 premiership came from nowhere - they were the club with no luck, no stars, no right to win, no culture of success. They were the rank underdogs and they swept to victory on an unprecedented...

From first time authors Pepper Martin and Penny Lane Pepper began his life's work as a professional wrestler in the early 1950s, a sports career which spanned twenty years in the United States, Canada and Japan. He became a successful working Hollywood actor, a career which represented forty seven...

Taking inspiration from John Glassco’s Memoirs of Montparnasse Young Hunting is both a story of discovery and transformation. While Toronto changes around him from a puritanical British colonial outpost to a mixing bowl filled with colourful cultural components a young boy emerges from his middle...

Martin Amis is one of the most gifted and innovative writers of our time. With Experience, he discloses a private life every bit as unique and fascinating as his bestselling novels. The son of the great comic novelist Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis explores his relationship with this father and...

Comedian Tony Martin's genius for unearthing the eccentric in seemingly ordinary people is laid bare in this hilarious new collection of tales from his tumultuous life outside show business. Spanning four decades, two nations, and a number of embarrassing medical procedures and ancient family...

Martin Bell's was BBC TV's principal correspondent during the war in Bosnia from 1992 to 1995. The original version of this passionate and personal account of the conflict was written while the war was still going on, some of it late at night in the Holiday Inn in Sarajevo. In Harm's Way is not only...

Martin Cruz Smith's “masterful” (USA TODAY) and “irresistible” (People) New York Times bestseller and Washington Post notable book of the year: Arkady Renko must connect the dots among a Russian journalist’s mysterious death, corrupt politicians, murderous gangsters, and brazen bureaucrats. Arkady...

Invaded in 1830, populated by one million settlers who co-existed uneasily with nine million Arabs and Berbers, Algeria was different from other French colonies because it was administered as an integral part of France, in theory no different from Normandy or Brittany. The depth and scale of the colonization...

Martin Caidin’s Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid tells of the United States Air Force’s massive bombing raid into Nazi Germany’s industrial heartland on Thursday, October 14, 1943. On that fateful day two hundred and ninety one hulking B-17 Flying Fortresses - escorted by squadrons...

Well known in the city of Bristol for his Pirate Walks around the harbourside, Peter James Martin’s enduring fascination with the seafaring rogues inspired him to produce this book of swashbuckling tales. Weaving together colourful folklore and intriguing facts, the collection of stories about some...

"Nichiren Daishōnin’s aim was to make us understand that the clear light of the Dharma realm of enlightenment is in no way apart from whatever situation we are living at this very moment. The essays, explanations and translations in this book are about the quest for an inner realisation and becoming...

Sir Martin Ewans, former Head of the British Chancery in Kabul, puts into an historical and contemporary context the series of tragic events that have impinged on Afghanistan in the past fifty years. The book examines the roots of these developments in Afghanistan's earlier history and external relationships, as well as their contemporary relevance

“An imaginative guide to bringing the delights of the garden indoors.” —Publishers Weekly The Unexpected Houseplant, by renowned plant authority Tovah Martin, offers a revolutionary approach to houseplants. Instead of the typical varieties, Martin suggests hundreds of creative choices—brilliant...