Best Selling Books by Joel Martin

Papers from a symposium and catalogue of an exhibition of Inuit art (prints, sculpture, films) at Amherst College, Mass. in April 1988.

This is the first volume of "Seriously? You''re Gonna Name Your Kid?" baby names jokes, puns, one-liners, double entendres, bon mots, amphibolies, silliness and comedy. This is a humor book of outrageous, unique baby boys names and baby girls names parents should never give their kids, and the comical reactions one might have to them. Written as a one-sided dialogue rhetorically questioning the over 300 bizarre names proposed by fictitious parents for their offspring. You''ll groan, laugh, smirk, chortle, titter, guffaw, bust a gut, tickle your funny bone and wonder: How''d you get that name?! The author invites reader contributions. Send him your Seriously? jokes. The author''s favorites will be cited with your name. Now get out there and call people names! This book makes a great gift for birthdays, showers, pregnancies, childbirths, anniversaries, holidays and every day! This book covers topics including humorous puns & jokes, one-liners, children''s names, baby boys names, baby girls names, comedy nicknames, parenting, maternity, paternity, parenthood and so much more!

This is a book of poetry about Love Fears and the Reality that we all go through. Love, Fear, Reality takes you on a poetic journey through the mind of a young, single man looking for Love, struggling with his Fears of searching for God while fighting demons, to returning to his birthplace and awakening to the reality of who he is and realizing know God, know peace; no God, no peace.

Thomas Edison was arguably the greatest inventor in history. His phonograph created the recording industry, his motion picture camera created the movie industry, and the light bulb has changed the landscape of virtually every corner of the world. Edison was no head-in-the-clouds idealist. From the time he started his first business, selling and printing newspapers on a Michigan train route, Edison relied on practical theory to develop products that would create and then satisfy the needs of a consumer market. But his last and least-known invention may well have been his greatest: the spirit phone, a device to communicate with the dead. Edison''s Quest to Talk to the Dead is the story of this mysterious adventure, which dominated the final decade of his life as he gathered scientists, engineers, and spiritual mediums to conduct experiments in contacting the "other side." Birnes and Martin explore Edison''s motives, the science he believed supported those attempts, the consumer market he hoped to reach, and the social and cultural history that inspired him to do what his detractors--including the Church--said was not only impossible, but immoral.

This is the third volume of "Seriously? You''re Gonna Name Your Kid?" baby name punny one-liners. Names, monikers, shout-outs, whosits, whatsisnames and more. This is another book of hilarious, outrageous, unique baby boy names and baby girl names parents should never give their kids, and the comical reactions one might have to them. Written as a one-sided dialogue rhetorically questioning the over 300 bizarre names proposed by fictitious parents for their offspring. Jokes, puns, double entendres, bon mots, amphibolies and silliness galore. You''ll groan, laugh, smirk, chortle, titter, guffaw, bust a gut, tickle your funny bone and wonder: How''d you get that name?! Includes reader submissions. The author invites reader contributions. Send him your Seriously? jokes. The best jokes will be cited with your name. Now go out there and call people names! Or get called one yourself! This book makes a great gift for birthdays, showers, pregnancies, childbirths, anniversaries, holidays and every day! This book covers topics including humorous puns & jokes, one-liners, children''s names, baby boys names, baby girls names, comedy nicknames, parenting, maternity, paternity, parenthood and so much more!

A coming-of-age novel in 1980s rural Australia. In the remote town of Dimbat, 17 year old Jack Harris has it all: a beautiful girlfriend, a good job, and a supportive network. And to top it off, he''s just been given a uniquely privileged opportunity to take over a lucrative business from a kindly old man. But lies, dishonesty, cynicism and miserable advice, mean he could lose it all. On a road trip, he is plagued with doubts and fears. But one thing is certain: if you throw away the lottery ticket that life gives you, there''s always someone else who will pick it up and use it.

Recounts psychic medium George Anderson''s contacts with the spirits of children who have passed away and the evidence they present for life after death

In 1534, the English Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy. This effectively stripped all of the authority the Pope held in England and gave it to Henry VIII. Also because of the Act of Supremacy Henry VIII gained a new title: Supreme Head of the Church of England. However, there was a problem. The Act of Supremacy only vaguely defined the new powers that had been given to the King. Consequently, what exactly his new powers were and their limits had to be established. The other issue that had to be dealt with was the establishment of the canons of the Church of England. It was a new church with no canons or rules in place other then the establishment of Henry VIII as Supreme Head of the Church of England The purpose of this thesis is to explore the use of Anabaptists and Sacramentaries in the formulation of the doctrine of the Church of England and the expansion of Henry VIII''s power as Supreme Head of the Church of England. Henry was able to use the Anabaptists and Sacramentaries because they posed no real threat to the state but were easy tools to be manipulated. The main documents that will be dealt with are the November 1538 Royal Proclamation Prohibiting Unlicensed Printing of Scripture, Exiling Anabaptists, Depriving Married Clergy, Removing St. Thomas à Becket from Calendar, the trial of John Lambert, and the February 1539 Royal Proclamation Prescribing Rites and Ceremonies, Pardoning Anabaptists.

Metal dialky1amides have been used to prepare complexes of the type [R[subscript 4]E] (6-x)[superscript ML][subscript 3] where R[subscript 4]E is a tetraalkylammoniuna or tetraphenylarsonium ion, L=benzene-1,2-dithiol, toluene-3 ,4-dithiol or o-mercaptophenol (for M=Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, and Ta), L=1,2-dihydroxybenzene (for Ti and Hf), L=naphthalene- 1, 8 -dithiol (for Ti, Zr, and Hf), and x=4 (for Ti, Zr and Hf) or x=5 (for Nb and Ta), The complexes were prepared as Li or Na salts according to the general equation; M(NR[subscript 2])[subscript x] + (6 -x)NaHL + (x-3)H[subscript 2]L[superscript THF]--u003e NA[subscript (6-x)]ML[subscript 3] + xHNR[subscript 2].The alkali metal was then replaced by an organic cation in acetonitrile. Comparison of UV and visible spectra of the new complexes with previously isolated complexes shows that there is a shift of the lowest energy band to higher energy in the order: Ti

"Thomas Edison closely following the alternative physics work of Albert Einstein and Max Planck, convincing him that there was an entire reality unseen by the human eye. This led to the last and least-known of all Edison''s inventions, the spirit phone. His former associate, now bitter rival, Nikola Tesla, was also developing at the same time a similar mysterious device. Edison vs. Tesla examines their quest to talk to the dead. It reveals: Edison''s little-known near-death experience formed his theory that animate life forms don''t die, but rather change the nature of their composition. It is this foundational belief that drove him to proceed with the spirit phone. Tesla monitored Edison''s paranormal work, with both men racing to create a device that picked up the frequencies of discarnate spirits, what today is called EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon). Both men were way ahead of their time, delving into artificial intelligence and robotics. Although mystery and lore surround the details of the last decade of Edison''s life, many skeptics have denied the existence of the mysterious spirit phone. The authors have researched both Edison''s and Tesla''s journals, as well as contemporary articles and interviews with the inventors to confirm that tests were actually done with this device. They also have the full cooperation of the Charles Edison fund, affording them access to rare photos and graphics to support their text. Edison vs. Tesla sheds light on this weird invention and demonstrates the rivalry that drove both men to new discoveries."--Publisher''s description.