Books by Michael Martin

Presenting a systematic philosophical critique of the tenets of Christianity, this book examines the semantic and epistemological bases of religious claims and beliefs. Beginning with a comparison and evaluation of the Apostles' Creed, it discusses the principal theological, historical, and eschatological assumptions of Christianity.

The Mick and Marie Story is an action-packed adventure story with mountain climbing, cliff dancing, hang gliding, boating and murder with a constitutional, save-freedom-of-speech twist. Our heroes, Mickey Swift and Marie Sweet, team up as photographer and reporter to get a story about a phony animal rescue shelter operating under a government tax exemption grant. Marie got the story lead from the director of the California FBI Office. Paul Du Pree, Marie's spurned ex, fed her the info in an attempt to win back her affections. Paul was bound and determined to control her life with the story leads he knew she needed. Unbeknownst to Mick, he was standing in Paul's way. The animal shelter was privately guarded and well hidden behind Cal Con Labs and a national forest. Cal Con Labs was in itself a clandestine operation. They were in the process of formulating synthetic drugs and testing them on teen runaways and child laborers in an experimental confined study.While investigating, they run into some crazed CEO's who have a passion for slaughtering caged wild animals for their own amusement. Dangers multiply swiftly when Marie is caught off guard while snooping around. Mick becomes emotionally distraught at the thought of losing his lover and mate while his animal instincts take control of his body and mind. Mick's instincts and the fresh mountain air weren't the only things affecting him. He also discovers a spring in the forest he labeled Hummingbird Valley, but even in the Garden of Eden there were unknown dangers.

In dem kleinen Tanzlokal war zwei Pärchen verzückt umschlungen wiegten. Der Tanz war langsam und trotz der Jacke fühlte Rita ihre Brüste an ihn gepresst. Schon nach wenigen Takten spürte sie auch wie ihm zumute war. Ein Paar, das vorhin auch tanzte, verließ den Barraum durch einen Vorhang neben der Bar. In dem ovalen Raum war rundherum dunkelroter Samt und überall zwischen den kleinen Wandlämpchen große Spiegel auch leise, erotische Musik gab es. Die Stripperin auf der Bühne tänzelte inzwischen nackt und rieb sich aufreizend die recht hübschen Brüste, und zwischen den Schenkeln. Rita wurde es wieder ganz heiß, heißer als vorhin.

Verruchte Lust und Leidenschaft pur!Ans Bett gefesselt kann Adriane der in ihr aufkeimenden Lust nicht mehr wiederstehen und lässt sich hemmungslos von ihrer Pflegerin befrieden. Obszöne, zügellose Wünsche und Träume gehen Adriane durch den Kopf – so unschuldig wie ihr Körper sind ihre Gedanken längst nicht mehr.

Hemmungslose Lust und Fantasie wechseln sich in diesem Roman ab.Die unschuldige Adriane rechnet mit ihrem Tod. Sie ist ans Bett und ans Haus gefesselt. Geschichten aus dem Sexleben der Welt vor ihrem Fenster erfährt Adriane von ihrer Pflegerin Rose. Ein aufregendes Spiel beginnt.

In late nineteenth-century German academic circles, the term verstehen (literally, understanding, or comprehension) came to be associated with the view that social phenomena must be understood from the point of view of the social actor

Originating in 19th-century Germany, "verstehen" (literally understanding) theory argues that social phenomena must be understood from the point of view of the social actor. This work appraises "verstehen" as a method of verification and discovery as well as a necessary condition for understanding.

Explores the island through two different environments: from the founding of the monastery there by Saint Carthage to the use of the island as a place of detention, punishment and undignified death.

Each of the figures examined in this study -John Dee, John Donne, Sir Kenelm Digby, Henry and Thomas Vaughan, and Jane Lead -is concerned with the ways in which God can be approached or experienced.

Within hours of the sinking of RMS Lusitania by a German submarine off the Cork coast in May 1915, a narrative was created which over time became the accepted truth of the incident.

In TheMyth of an Afterlife: The Case against Life after Death, Keith Augustine and Michael Martin collect a series of contributions that provide a strong, comprehensive, and up-to-date casebook of the chief arguments against an afterlife all in one place. Divided into four separate sections, this essay collection opens the volume with a broad overview of the issues, as contributors consider the strongest available evidence as to whether or not we survive death-in particular the biological basis of all mental states and their grounding in brain activity that ceases to function at death. Next contributors consider a host of conceptual and empirical difficulties that confront the various ways of "surviving" death-from bodiless minds to bodily resurrection to any form of posthumous survival. Next essayists turn to internal inconsistencies between traditional theological conceptions of an afterlife-Heaven, Hell, karmic rebirth-and widely held ethical principles central to the belief systems undergirding those notions. In the final section, authors offer critical evaluations of the main types of evidence for an afterlife.

Want to be a successful trader? It's not enough to master generic trading strategies: you must first know yourself. You must understand your own emotional predilections and psychological tendencies. You must learn how to match your strategies to your own personality. You must choose strategies that are sustainable over the long haul, that you can tolerate-and execute. Michael Martin's The Inner Voice of Trading explains why deep self-knowledge is so crucial to successful trading, helps you gain that self-knowledge, and guides you in applying it. Drawing on interviews and discussions with great traders like Michael Marcus and Ed Seykota, he shows how to quiet your mind, develop an "inner voice" you can rely on, and make it your most important trading ally.

A study of Saint Martin, his life, legend, historical and esoteric significance, and suggestions for new directions for festival celebrations.