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Coup D'Twelve
From the windswept steppes of Mongolia to the sweltering desert of Dubai to the rooftop bars of Manhattan, this epic thriller weaves the global political events of the past 12 years into a tapestry so close to believable that it will leave readers wondering where the line between fantasy and reality is drawn.
Meet Mrs. Smith
With a good dose of spiritual insight, parenting advice, and wry humor, Anna Smith chronicles her life as wife of the lead singer of Delirious?, the history-making band that launched the modern-day worship movement. A feast of behind-the-scenes insights about life as an international celebrity, this book is also a profound look at one family’s quest to foster a rich spiritual life and care for others while living well in a consumption-driven world. This book is about not settling for less—in life, as a parent, and as a rock star—but doing everything with soul purpose. Readers will come away entertained and inspired, ready to surprise the world with their desire to do great things for God.
Dare to be Average
Are you depressed, unhappy, unfulfilled? Have you ever wanted to be more than you are? Well, Dave Martin is here to tell you that your life is alright just the way it is. You don't need to lose thirty pounds, you don't need that new juicer and you sure don't need more "personal power", whatever the heck that is.All you need is a quiet spot, a few hours of reading time and a copy of "Dare to be Average." With dozens of previously published humorous essays from such publications as The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune and The Smithsonian Magazine, you'll get all the help you need to deal with the stresses of modern life.Take the challenge: stop worrying about self-improvement, kick back and enjoy a few laughs. In other words, just "Dare to be Average."
Geographic Information Systems
This second edition of Geographic Information Systems builds on the strengths of the first, and incorporates important recent advances in GIS development and major new socioeconomic datasets including new census data. Martin presents an accessible introduction to the history, principles and techniques of GIS, with a unique focus on socioeconomic applications. This non-technical volume addresses the needs of students and professionals who must understand and use GIS for the first time.
The Chinese Boy
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Risk and the Smart Investor
Master the most important investing skill of all—DECISION MAKING “De-risking your investments requires knowing that there is much you don’t know.” –David X Martin Risk exists because of one simple fact: Decisions are always based on incomplete information. Therefore, to meet your investment goals over the long term, you must learn to manage the risks associated with a decision-making process that is by nature flawed. Risk and the Smart Investor provides a framework for making such decisions. Avoiding unrealistic promises of completely risk-free investing, world-renowned risk management expert David X Martin familiarizes you with the principles of risk management. Based on Martin’...
David Martin and the Sociology of Religion
David Martin is a pioneer of a political sociology of religion that integrates a combined analysis of nationalism and political religions with the history of religion. He was one of the first critics of the so-called secularization thesis, and his historical orientation makes him one of the few outstanding scholars who have continued the work begun by Max Weber and Emile Durkheim. This collection provides the first scholarly overview of his hugely influential work and includes a chapter written by David Martin himself. Starting with an introduction that contextualises David Martin’s theories on the sociology of religion, both currently and historically, this volume aims to cover David Mart...
Curious Visions of Modernity
Rembrandt's famous painting of an anatomy lesson, the shrunken head of an Australian indigenous leader, an aerial view of Paris from a balloon: all are windows to enchantment, curiosities that illuminate something shadowy and forgotten lurking behind the neat facade of a rational world. In Curious Visions of Modernity, David Martin unpacks a collection of artifacts from the visual and historical archives of modernity, finding in each a slippage of scientific rationality--a repressed heterogeneity within the homogenized structures of post-Enlightenment knowledge. In doing so, he exposes modernity and its visual culture as haunted by precisely those things that rationality sought to expunge fr...
General Amin
Reports on the revolutionary rise to power, the reign of terror, and the political incompetency of Uganda's new president
