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  • Son, Give Me Back My Trousers: and other funny columns

    John Martin

    eBook
    If you need to turn teapot cosies into fashion accessories, this is the how-to book for you!This is a collection of funny columns that have appeared in various Australian newspapers and on John Martin's website. Martin is better known these days as the writer of mysteries with a funnybone but this is a nod to his past as a journalist. If fashion isn't your cup of tea, perhaps rats are. Find out how those beady little eyes live on in John Martin's mind many years after he was marooned on a desert island. Or find out how Beethoven made a kerfuffle refuffle. He even tells a bedtime story for losing weight.
  • A Little Book of Coincidence: In the Solar System

    John Martineau

    Hardcover (Bloomsbury USA, April 1, 2002)
    An acclaimed geometer explores the fundamental connections between space, time, and life that have not yet been fully understood.A most unusual guide to the solar system, A Little Book of Coincidence suggests that there may be fundamental relationships between space, time, and life that have not yet been fully understood. From the observations of Ptolemy and Kepler to the Harmony of the Spheres and the hidden structure of the solar system, John Martineau reveals the exquisite orbital patterns of the planets and the mathematical relationships that govern them. A table shows the relative measurements of each planet in eighteen categories, and three pages show the beautiful dance patterns of thirty six pairs of planets and moons.Wooden Books was founded in 1999 by designer John Martineau near Hay-on-Wye. The aim was to produce a beautiful series of recycled books based on the classical philosophies, arts and sciences. Using the Beatrix Potter formula of text facing picture pages, and old-styles fonts, along with hand-drawn illustrations and 19th century engravings, the books are designed not to date. Small but stuffed with information. Eco friendly and educational. Big ideas in a tiny space. There are over 1,000,000 Wooden Books now in print worldwide and growing.
  • A Little Book of Coincidence: In the Solar System

    John Martineau

    eBook (Wooden Books, May 30, 2018)
    Venus draws a beautiful pentagram around Earth every eight years. Jupiter's two largest moons draw a perfect four-fold flower. The Planets grandly play out the slow Music of the Spheres. Is there a secret structure hidden in the Solar System? Packed with great illustrations and serious research from many sources, this internationally bestselling little book by cosmologist John Martineau will instantly retune your cosmological circuits to the extraordinary and primary patterns behind Life, the Universe and Everything. WOODEN BOOKS are small but packed with information. "Fascinating" FINANCIAL TIMES. "Beautiful" LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "Rich and Artful" THE LANCET. "Genuinely mind-expanding" FORTEAN TIMES. "Excellent" NEW SCIENTIST. "Stunning" NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.
  • The Complete Photo Guide to Making Metal Jewelry

    John Sartin

    Paperback (Quarry Books, April 1, 2013)
    With beautiful illustrations and step-by-step instructions this how-to book includes all the techniques involved in crafting metal jewelry including -Cutting and filing -Cold connections -Soldering -Texturing -Forging and forming -Setting stones -Applying specialty finishes The books clear organization provides easy access to information with straightforward directions and hundreds of full-color photos Youll also find easy projects for trying the techniques as well as a stunning gallery of metal jewelry pieces by experienced designers Find beautiful jewelry examples and gain skills and inspiration with The Complete Photo Guide to Making Metal Jewelry
  • Quotes Turned The World

    John Martin Key

    language (QUOTESPARTS PRODUCTION LTD, Jan. 31, 2020)
    Before you is not just a book!I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking. – Dorothy L. Sayers You can look at the world through the eyes of the most famous people in the world. Discover new non - standard solutions to problems. Learn recipes for success without spending a lot of time. Creative inspiration for yourself and a valuable gift for your loved ones.The book consists of 217 pages and is intended for a wide range of readers . Quotes Turned the World is the book millions of people have been waiting for.For more information visit theworldqoutes.com © 2020 QUOTESPART PRODUCTION LTD
  • Choose Your Perspective: 7 Tips for High Performance through Intentional Thinking

    John Martin

    Paperback (Sound Wisdom, Dec. 17, 2019)
    ''A terrific resource for freeing your mind to create and produce!'' -D.G. Wild DO YOU: Overthink and procrastinate? Hold onto regrets about the past? See the negative side first? Worry about what others think? Want to be more creative and productive? Want to be more patient with yourself and others? In his latest book, author John Martin offers an up-close, powerful exploration of how your perspective influences your success. Choose Your Perspective is an instructive system for revealing the unique nature of your thoughts and unlocking the proven truth about using intentional thinking to:Leave the past behind Create mental habits that enhance a positive perspectiveSee opportunity in chaosDevelop an active awareness of your thinkingFree your mind from the criticism of othersOvercome distractionAnd much more!
  • Super Immunity:: This is what you should know about Boosting Your Body's Defenses to protect yourself from disease and live longer, stronger.

    D.MARTIN JOE

    language (, May 3, 2020)
    Why do some of us get sick with greater frequency than others? What makes us more susceptible to illness? Is there a secret to staying healthy? I Don't Think the secret to staying healthy lies in medical care—rather, the solution is to change the way we eat.Inside Super Immunity, you’ll find:Introduction About the Immune SystemSymptoms of Low Immunity SystemHabits That Damage Your Immunity SystemFoods to Boost Your Immunity SystemHow Exercise Affects Your Immune System “Super Immunity is a much-needed book that contains the key to ending the cycle of sickness that plagues many of our lives. Take Action to Buy and click the Add to Cart button.And Take Care of Your Health.
  • My Little War

    John Martin

    language (Literati Press, Sept. 26, 2016)
    For eight months in 1970, Captain John Martin served his country in the U.S. Army in South Vietnam. On a typical day, his job was to find and kill Vietnamese. The next day he might try to save the same Vietnamese with medicine or with hammers and nails. At night, inside the wire, the enemy had a different face—drunks, drug addicts, assassins and spies.Yet the “little war” John battled for decades at home was even more dangerous, destructive and difficult to understand than the one he'd left behind in Vietnam.Even today, countless lives are lost to wars that many veterans fight alone—little wars that begin when tours of duty end. This is the candid story of John’s two wars and the people who helped him survive.
  • Willie the Jeep

    John Martin

    Paperback (Tate Publishing, )
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  • The Complete Photo Guide to Making Metal Jewelry

    John Sartin

    eBook (Creative Publishing International, April 1, 2013)
    With beautiful illustrations and step-by-step instructions, this how-to book includes all the techniques involved in crafting metal jewelry, including:—Cutting and filing—Cold connections—Soldering—Texturing—Forging and forming—Setting stones—Applying specialty finishesThe book’s clear organization provides easy access to information with straightforward directions andhundreds offull-color photos. You’ll also find easy projects for trying the techniques, as well as a stunning gallery of metal jewelry pieces by experienced designers. Find beautiful jewelry examples and gain skills and inspiration with The Complete Photo Guide to Making Metal Jewelry!
  • The Dams of Western San Diego County

    John Martin

    eBook (Arcadia Publishing, Oct. 30, 2017)
    The unreliability of the San Diego River compelled the Franciscan fathers to construct the area's first dam in 1813 to conserve drinking and irrigation water for the Mission San Diego de Alcalá. This water-driven circumstance continued and expanded in the ensuing American era. Lacking a reliable water source at the turn of the 20th century, San Diego County was destined to experience modest growth. The region's semiarid conditions, cyclical droughts, and existing river systems determined that the only effective way to maintain a ready water supply was to conserve runoff and river floodwaters behind dam-created reservoirs. Between 1888 and 1934, private and municipal interests constructed a series of massive structures that made San Diego County the dam-building center of the world. The county featured some of America's first multiple arch dams and earliest hydraulic fill dams. Into the mid-1940s, dammed reservoirs remained the principle water source for county consumers and made the municipal expansion of the city of San Diego possible.
  • A Cat Named Tim and Other Stories

    John Martz

    Hardcover (Koyama Press, Sept. 9, 2014)
    In Tim's world, a cat can paint on the ceiling and a happy pig couple can wait months for the bus. A duck and a mouse love to go flying, in a plane, of course. Every page is an adventure and each character is colorful in this collection of comics.John Martz is a cartoonist and illustrator who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He is the creator of the wordless online comic strip Machine Gum, and the illustrator of several picture books including Abbott & Costello's Who's On First? (Quirk Books, 2013). His comics and illustrations have appeared in the Globe and Mail, MAD magazine, Maisonneuve, Canadian Notes & Queries, and kuš! He was a founding editor of the illustration blog Drawn.ca, and makes up one quarter of the jam comics collective Team Society League. He won the 2013 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Story for his comic book Gold Star (Retrofit Comics, 2012).
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