Paul Martin: 140 books
by Paul Martin
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Paul Martin, famous for his passion for beautiful furniture, has been the hugely successful TV presenter on BBC1's Flog It! for the past fifteen years. In this book he reveals hitherto untold stories of fantastic artefact finds, and tells us about the key to success in trading antiques. As witty as...
Canada and Aboriginal Canada Today - Le Canada et le Canada autochtone aujourd’hui
Changing the Course of History - Changer le cours de l’histoire
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Dans la conférence prononcée comme récipiendaire de la médaille Symons en 2013, le très honorable Paul Martin, vingt-et-unième premier ministre du Canada, s’appuie sur tout le savoir et le vécu de sa remarquable carrière publique, afin d’expliquer le défi d’obtenir justice pour les...
Hell or High Water
My Life in and out of Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2009
National bestseller
Paul Martin was the Prime Minister we never really knew — in this memoir he emerges as a fascinating flesh and blood man, still working hard to make a better world.
“The next thing you know, I was in a jail cell.” (Chapter 2)
“From the moment I flipped...
The Healing Mind
The Vital Links Between Brain and Behavior, Immunity and Disease
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
In The Healing Mind, Dr. Paul Martin, a renowned professor behavioral biology, asserts that Wolfe's words are closer to the truth than we might imagine. Long the stuff of poetry and folklore, there is increasing scientific evidence that the brain and the immune system are inextricably linked. Dr....
Sanctioned Ignorance
The Politics of Knowledge Production and the Teaching of the Literatures of Canada
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
"There is no such thing as 'the ivory tower.' Rather, there sit side by side numerous windowless towers of knowledge, each seeming to have only a small entrance and no discernable exit." -Paul Martin Multilingual, multicultural, and vast, Canada enjoys a rich diversity of literatures. So,...
Drinking from My Leg
Lessons from a Blistered Optimist
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Twenty-five years old, fresh out of college, Paul Martins life took a major turn. In 1992, as a result of a car accident, Martins left leg was amputated five inches below the knee. His future plans hadnt included a prosthetic leg. But after returning to his workout routine, Martin realized he was...
Counting Sheep
The Science and Pleasures of Sleep and Dreams
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Does the early bird really catch the worm, or end up healthy, wealthy, and wise? Can some people really exist on just a few hours' sleep a night? Does everybody dream? Do fish dream? How did people cope before alarm clocks and caffeine? And is anybody getting enough sleep?
Even though we will...
by Stephen-Paul Martin
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Stephen-Paul Martin has been called "one of our great deadpan humorists," by Eric Basso and "North America's foremost master of the short story" by Vernon Frazer. Marjorie Perloff has described his writing as "wildly comic," and Fanny Howe has called his stories "magnificent and entertaining." In CHANGING...
by Stephen-Paul Martin
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2010
An exhilarating collection about the limits of language, narrative, and identity.
The Possibility of Music is an imaginative reconstruction of America in the early 21st century. What would our post-9/11 society look like if it were viewed through a series of funhouse mirrors?
Each of...
by Stephen-Paul Martin
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Stephen-Paul Martin’s The Ace of Lightning is a series of interconnected stories focused on a turning point in Western history: the assassination in Sarajevo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria which triggered World War I, and the mysterious circumstances that led Gavrilo Princip to shoot and...
Secret Heroes
Everyday Americans Who Shaped Our World
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Secret Heroes is a remarkable compendium by Paul Martin, former Executive Editor of National Geographic Traveler, that illuminates the lives of thirty forgotten American heroes. Gathering together remarkable stories about unknown champions, explorers, inventors, and innovators who never made the pages...
Travels with Bertha
Two Years Exploring Australia in a 1978 Ford Station Wagon
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
The Queensland drug dealer-turned-miner who had blown off all his fingers in repeated work accidents; the Adelaide Aborigine whose Irish uncle, in revenge for Captain Cook, claimed the territory of Britain for Australia from the top of Big Ben; the ex-alcoholic in Tasmania relieved that his bi-polar...
Visual Ethics
A Guide for Photographers, Journalists, and Filmmakers
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Visual Ethics addresses the need for critical thinking and ethical behavior among professionals responsible for visual messages in photography and photojournalism, film, and digital media. From the author of Photojournalism: An Ethical Approach, published more than 20 years ago, this book goes beyond...
Extreme
Why some people thrive at the limits
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Why do some people risk their lives regularly by placing themselves in extreme and challenging situations? For some, such as astronauts, the extreme environments are part of the job. For others, they involve the thrill and competition of extreme sports, or the achievement of goals such as being the...