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John Martin

    This Australian author crafts humorous novels infused with mystery, occasionally veering into whodunnit territory, and even exploring black comedy. Their quirky imagination offers readers a unique and entertaining perspective.

    John Martin
    Mafia Wars
    The Limping Physio
    A Beautiful Ending
    Paradise Lost
    Run with the Hunted
    The Explanation of Social Action: With a New Preface by the Author
    • This thought-provoking and ambitious book is a sustained critique of the conventional understanding of what it means to "explain" something in the social sciences. This paperback edition includes a new preface, in which Martin connects The Explanation of Social Action to deep neural networks that are important to the study of artificial intelligence and to the development of computational social science.

      The Explanation of Social Action: With a New Preface by the Author
      4.0
    • Run with the Hunted

      A Charles Bukowski Reader

      • 497 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      The best of Bukowski's novels, stories, and poems, this collection reads like an autobiography, relating the extraordinary story of his life and offering a sometimes harrowing, invariably exhilarating reading experience. A must for this counterculture idol's legion of fans.

      Run with the Hunted
      4.3
    • This epic is Milton's most famous work, employing the heterodox theology later expounded in De Doctrina Christiana.

      Paradise Lost
      4.3
    • A Beautiful Ending

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      An award-winning historian's revisionary account of the early modern world, showing how apocalyptic ideas stimulated political, religious, and intellectual transformations

      A Beautiful Ending
      3.9
    • The Limping Physio

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Physiotherapist John Sheridan has seen it all since entering professional football in 1979 with Luton Town. In 1986, he moved to Tottenham where he nursed Gazza back to fitness after his 1991 horror injury. Despite playing an integral part in Gazza's rehabilitation, John has stayed silent about what happened in this traumatic period - until now.

      The Limping Physio
      3.8
    • Mafia Wars

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      For anyone who wants to know the truth about organized crime and understand the violent forces that have shaped it over the last century, this book is an indispensable guide.Organized crime is perhaps the most fascinating phenomenon of our time. From Al Capone, who boldly claimed his bootlegging activities were a public service, to the flamboyant Teflon Don, the criminals of the underworld have garnered headlines and captured our imagination with their violent and extravagant lifestyles.Arthur Martin provides an absorbing introduction to the mob's most influential personalities - their lives, loves and terrible crimes. Featuring shocking photographs of these gang members, Mafia Wars offers shocking insight into the role of the mob in Sicily and America.

      Mafia Wars
      2.0
    • I am JOHN MARTIN, Author of this book and you can now buy a brand new copy of my book that is a First Edition, Signed personally by me and featuring the first ever interview with Heydrich's son plus lots of new information. My book also features a guide to finding the places connected to the story in Prague of Operation Anthropoid.

      The mirror caught the sun : operation Anthropoid 1942
      3.8
    • Call It North Country recounts the lives of miners, hunters, trappers, and lumberjacks-the hardy breeds who first populated the harsh land of the Upper Peninsula.

      Call it North Country
      3.8
    • Revolt on Jupiter

      • 218 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Trained from infancy to be a ruthless but blindly obedient soldier,pax pulver was the ideal fighter,a model 22 nd century earthling.when he was sent to jupiter to quell earth's rebel forces,he never dreamed that he would switch allegianceand become himself the leader of the revolt....a science fiction original,national bestseller of science fiction adventure!

      Revolt on Jupiter
      2.3
    • Literary Reinvention

      Daniel Defoe His Life and Writing 1644-1731

      • 460 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      Exploring the intersection of faith and doubt, this work delves into personal narratives and philosophical inquiries that challenge conventional beliefs. It examines how individuals navigate their spiritual journeys, often confronting societal norms and expectations. The author weaves together poignant stories that highlight the struggles and triumphs of those seeking meaning beyond traditional doctrines, ultimately encouraging readers to reflect on their own beliefs and the nature of faith in an increasingly complex world.

      Literary Reinvention