Martin J Smith: 15 books
The Wild Duck Chase
Inside the Strange and Wonderful World of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
THE WILD DUCK CHASE is the basis for “The Million Dollar Duck,” a documentary feature film, directed by Brian Golden Davis and written by Martin J. Smith, premiering at The Slamdance Film Festival in January 2016. The book takes readers into the peculiar world of competitive duck painting as it...
Mr. Las Vegas Has a Bad Knee
and Other Tales of the People, Places, and Peculiarities of the Modern American Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
For more than thirty years, journalist and author Martin J. Smith has traveled the American West, chasing offbeat stories that often are bizarre, always compelling, and at times profound. His journey through that oft-idealized and misunderstood landscape has made him a witness to some of the West’s...
by Martin J. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2009
In this important new text, Martin Smith reassesses traditional debates about power and how they understand the nature and impact of the state. He develops an analysis of the new forms of state power that have developed in response to the perceived challenges of globalization and governance.
Straw Men
A Thriller
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2013
“An engrossing mystery with a wonderfully unique sleuth [who] tackles the most mysterious setting of all: the Bermuda Triangle of human memory” (Barbara Seranella, author of the Munch Mancini Novels).
Eight years ago, Brenna Kennedy defended Carmen DellaVecchio. He was a loner, a freak,...
by Martin J. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
"A page-turner with a kicker at the end—you can’t ask for anything better. Intricately plotted and full of character, this one is a great ride that burns with the intensity of a California wildfire."—Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestseller
The dry season has hit the Inland...
Shadow Image
A Thriller
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2013
This chilling legal thriller that brings readers into the depths of human memory “hooks you . . . right through to the last page” (Michael Connelly, New York Times–bestselling author of The Black Box).
For generations the Underhill family has dominated Pennsylvania politics. Now, with...
Corey Village and the Cayuga World
Implications from Archaeology and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
The Cayuga are one of the original five nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy,
a powerful alliance of Native American tribes in the Northeast, inhabiting
much of the land in what is now central New York State. When their
nation was destroyed in the Sullivan–Clinton campaign of 1779, the Cayuga
endured...
The Disappeared Girl
A Thriller
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
**The author of Straw Men continues his Memory Series with “a terrific read for lovers of political suspense” (Rebecca Forster, USA Today–bestselling author).
Two men stand out in a crowd overlooking the Ohio River. A plane is being removed from the water where it crashed decades before....
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...
The Great War in the Heart of Dixie
Alabama During World War I
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
There has been much scholarship on how the U.S. as a nation reacted to World War I, but few have explored how Alabama responded. Did the state follow the federal government’s lead in organizing its resources or did Alabamians devise their own solutions to unique problems they faced? How did the...
Very Merry Christmas Bundle
20 Tales of Christmas Cheer
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Christmas: a time of family, friends, joy, merriment, and gifts. Especially gifts!
Unwrap these 20 Christmas tales and find a wealth of Christmas delights. From action to urban fantasy, science fiction to women's fiction, crime to romance, bitter-sweetness to silly fun, you will...
Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)
The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
Broken Bones, Broken Bodies
Bioarchaeological and Forensic Approaches for Accumulative Trauma and Violence
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Injury recidivism is a continuing health problem in the modern clinical setting and has been part of medical literature for some time. However, it has been largely absent from forensic and bioarchaeological scholarship, despite the fact that practitioners work closely with skeletal remains and, in...
by Andrew G. Biggs, Mark J. Browne, Barry K. Goodwin
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
As America debates the merits of government-provided health insurance, it is important to note that the U.S. government is already the largest insurance provider in the world. For decades, it has used taxpayer funds to support the world's largest health care insurance programs (Medicare and Medicaid)...
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