Andrew Martin Books

The 'Andrew Martin Interior Design Review' provides a showcase for entrants to the prestigious Andrew Martin Award for International Interior Designer of the Year.

For potters, mold making is invaluable because it allows them to slip-cast identical multiples of their work—and this newly revised, full-color edition of Andrew Martin’s classic is the definitive guide to the craft. No other volume has shown the processes in such how-to detail. It’s overflowing with hundreds of photos, key techniques, projects, master artist profiles, and troubleshooting tips.A thorough introduction addresses materials and tools, and presents Martin’s simple, unique template method for making clay prototypes. Create easy one-piece molds to make tiles, bowls, and platters, or multi-piece molds for more complex forms. An extensive overview covers slip formulation, while offering highly desired slip recipes for low-, mid-, and high-fire clay bodies.This will be the standard reference in every ceramist’s library.

A quiz, and an eye-opening journey through British railway history.

This book analyses a dynamic opening system that can be used to counter 1 e4.

Brian Johnston who died in January 1994, was one of the best loved figures on radio. When he died John Major referred to him as a giant among commentators....summers will never be the same.

A delightful exploration of a very British obsession.

The follow-up to his classic-in-the-making debut Early Work, Andrew Martin's Cool for America is a collection of overlapping stories that explores the dark zone between artistic ambition and its achievement

Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's Cross on the Circle line? This book offers an informative history of everything you need to know about the Tube.

In Powder Smoke we see the return of Jim Stringer, Martin's Railway Detective, back by popular demand, and Corsair's first book in the series. All previous books were Faber (the last in 2014).

Jim Stringer, steam detective, travels from Calcutta to the mountain resort of Darjeeling, as he tries to solve a deadly mystery on the East Indian Railways.