Martin Martin: 12406 books
Real History
Reflections on Historical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2005
In Real History, Martin Bunzl brilliantly succeeds in bringing together two schools of thought at the forefront of the philosophy of history: that of realism and objectivity. He shows us how the realism debate is inhabited by philosophers, whereas the objectivity argument lies in the hands of historians....
When China Rules the World
The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order: Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Greatly revised and expanded, with a new afterword, this update to Martin Jacques’s global bestseller is an essential guide to understanding a world increasingly shaped by Chinese power
Soon, China will rule the world. But in doing so, it will not become more Western.
Since the first...
by David Martin
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
"These pages represent the accumulated wisdom of more than thirty years that David Martin has spent as a writer, teacher, editor, and inspiration. Fine Lines (a literary journal) has been his gift to the world, a champion of literacy and lyricism, a 'lighthouse' to countless writers of all ages,...
On Secularization
Towards a Revised General Theory
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
'Secularization' has been hotly debated since it was first subjected to critical attention in the mid-sixties by David Martin, before he sketched a 'General Theory' in 1969. 'On Secularization' presents David Martin's reassessment of the key issues: with particular regard to the special situation...
Religion and Power
No Logos without Mythos
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
There are few more contentious issues than the relation of faith to power or the suggestion that religion is irrational compared with politics and peculiarly prone to violence. The former claim is associated with Juergen Habermas and the latter with Richard Dawkins. In this book David Martin argues,...
The Future of Christianity
Reflections on Violence and Democracy, Religion and Secularization
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
This book offers a mature assessment of themes preoccupying David Martin over some fifty years, complementing his book On Secularization. Deploying secularisation as an omnibus word bringing many dimensions into play, Martin argues that the boundaries of the concept of secularisation must not be redefined...
The Land Looks After Us
A History of Native American Religion
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2001
Native Americans practice some of America's most spiritually profound, historically resilient, and ethically demanding religions. Joel Martin draws his narrative from folk stories, rituals, and even landscapes to trace the development of Native American religion from ancient burial mounds, through...
Greatest Storm
Britain's Night of Destruction, November 1703
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2002
Howling winds and surging seas wreaked havoc during the worst storm experienced in British history. The Great Storm of 26/27 November 1703 caused unimaginable devastation. Widespread flooding, over 8,000 deaths and immense losses of property and shipping make the famous storm of October 1987 seem...
by James Chatto, W. L. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 1998
In the heart of Corfu, away from the tourist beaches, old traditions of living and eating still flourish. Over the centuries culinary influences from all over the Mediterranean have been absorbed into the classical Greek cuisine and adapted to suit the extraordinary variety of produce that comes from...
Pollution
Causes, Effects and Control
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
Twenty years on from the first edition of Pollution and the topic remains high in the public awareness. Environmental pollution is now a major area of research, consultancy and technological development and is a priority for the political agendas of both the developed and developing worlds.
The...
Getting Out of the Mud
The Alabama Good Roads Movement and Highway Administration, 1898–1928
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Martin T. Olliff recounts the history of the Good Roads Movement that arose in progressive-era Alabama, how it used the power of the state to achieve its objectives of improving market roads for farmers and highways for automobilists, and how state and federal highway administrations replaced the...
by John Martin
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2019
Don't laugh, this is serious. This time the magician needs to make himself disappear.
Hobart has lost its innocence with the opening of Australia's first legal casino in 1974, and the quota of large swaggering men in dark suits, dark shirts, dark hats and white ties is on the rise.
When...
by Martin Krieg
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
As Martin Krieg works to actualize the Greenway envisioned in 1994 in “Awake Again”, the true story about his comeback from a long coma, paralysis and clinical death and subsequent two bike rides across America, this book is set against the national Mayor's Rides we have run not long after...
by Jacqueline Martin, Nicholas Price
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Exam Board: OCR
Level: A-level
Subject: Law
First Teaching: September 2017
First Exam: June 2018
This student book is an OCR endorsed textbook.
Accurately cover the breadth of content in the new 2017 OCR AS and A Level specifications with this textbook written by leading A Level Law...