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Andy Martin

Andy Martin

Andy Martin

Andy Martin is the author of Stealing the Wave, Napoleon the Novelist and Waiting for Bardot. He is married, is a roadie for his two sons, and teaches at Cambridge University. In various parallel worlds, he is a surfer, a Hollywood scriptwriter, and a... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Of making many books there is no end and much study is a weariness of the flesh
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My life in 8 words: "Started out mature and studious, becoming increasingly irresponsible."
February 12, 2010
this is an article published in the Times in January. Science: Waiting for the God particle Is physics really doomed if we...
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February 12, 2010
here is the link for my piece about the great Eddie Aikau event in Hawaii. After years of dreaming about it, I was finally lucky...
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July 13, 2009
This is the review that came out in the Independent: Simon & Schuster £12.99 (305pp) £11.69 (free p&p) from the Independent...
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July 13, 2009
This is the uncut text of the article that appeared in The Times 27/6/09 THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS The European Extremely...
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June 12, 2009
This is the text of an article I wrote for the Independent (Monday June 8) - partly on the theme of Beware Invisible Cows,...
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June 10, 2009
This is a short review of Beware Invisible Cows, 03 June 2009 by Amanda Gefter, that appeared in the New Scientist. I was...
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June 4, 2009
This is the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first telescope. He didn't call it a telescope at that point - he originally called...
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June 4, 2009
I am being interviewed about Beware Invisible Cows on Radio 3's Nightwaves on Thursday evening (June 4). I have talked about...
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April 8, 2009
No, this is not an Erich von Daniken theory about chariots and spaceships. I was thinking, there are really only two viable...
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April 6, 2009
A psychologist friend of mine, called Alf, once treated a man named Bob. He was the opposite of a litter-bug. He spent all his...
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The Boxer and The Goal Keeper will be released on February 28, 2013 in Mass Market Paperback
Feb 28, 2013
The Boxer and The Goal Keeper is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Feb 28, 2013
The Boxer and The Goal Keeper will be released on May 24, 2012 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
May 24, 2012
The Boxer and The Goal Keeper is now available in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
May 24, 2012
Beware Invisible Cows will be released on June 09, 2011 in
Jun 09, 2011
Beware Invisible Cows is now available in
Jun 09, 2011
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The Eddie. Hawaii.
Feb 13, 2010
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Independent Review
Jul 14, 2009
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Times article uncut
Jul 14, 2009
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THE END OF HISTORY
Jun 13, 2009
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New Scientist
Jun 11, 2009
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radio show
Jun 05, 2009
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Galileo
Jun 05, 2009
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What was/is your favorite job?
Apr 18, 2009
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Was God an Alien?
Apr 09, 2009

Andy Martin Revealed

Andy Martin Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Of making many books there is no end and much study is a weariness of the flesh Q. What is your greatest achievement? A. Attaining a state of philosophical and zen-like detachment in the face of the last bad review Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Walking the dog Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be? A. Playing the saxophone effortlessly, whilst leaning against a wall Q. What do you regret most? A. skipping music practice as a kid Learn more about Andy Martin

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The Independent, June 7, 2013
...Iknow this is going to sound weirdly egocentric, but I have a funny feeling that this book is about me. For starters, the hero is a bloke called Prof Andrew Martin, of Cambridge University (tick and tick). If that wasn't enough, he is convinced he is an...
PR inside, May 25, 2013
...com) NEWS FROM: New Hampshire Republicans www.NewHampshireRepublicans.wordpress.com www.NewHampshireRepublicanParty.blogspot.com www.NewHampshireRepublicanParty.wordpress.com Andy Martin, J. D. executive director New Hampshire Republicans Not Affil....
PR inside, May 25, 2013
...- New Hampshire Republican Party leader Andy Martin will formally announce Monday, May 27th, Memorial Day, that he is a Republican Party candidate to oppose the reelection of Senator Jeanne Shaheen. “For me, the IRS scandal was...
The Independent, April 5, 2013
...Droll, absorbing, gently erudite, this dual study of Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre presents the intimate rivalry of the great French writer-thinkers as "not just a faultline in the history of the 20th century, but also a rift in the psyche". Sartre -...
World News Network, April 1, 2013
...Patrice Rushen, bassist Larry Grenadier, drummer Chad Wackerman, saxophonists Joshua Redman, Donny McCaslin, Eric Marienthal, Dave Koz, trombonist Andy Martin, trumpeters Gilbert Castellanos, Ambrose Akinmusire, and big band leader Gordon Goodwin to name...
UK Nigeria Online, March 24, 2013
...The Boxer is Jean-Paul Sartre; the Goalkeeper is Albert Camus; and this book is a philosophical-cum-literary biography of their friendship and rivalry. Martin's sympathies seem, rightly,...
NewsRT.co.uk, March 23, 2013
...The Boxer is Jean-Paul Sartre; the Goalkeeper is Albert Camus; and this book is a philosophical-cum-literary biography of their friendship and rivalry. Martin's sympathies seem, rightly, to be with Camus, who comes across as healthily distrustful of...
InMyCommunity, May 31, 2013
...range from makeshift operations using simple processes to highly sophisticated processes. WA Police Serious Crime Division Acting Superintendent Andy Martin said although illegal meth labs were not a major issue for the East Metropolitan District,...
West Australian, May 31, 2013
...and 9.38 per cent overall. WA Police acting Det. Supt for the serious and organised crime division Andy Martin said that around the 2011-12 period WA was experiencing a peak in the detection of illegal drug labs. “This can be attributed to a number...
InMyCommunity, May 31, 2013
...range from makeshift operations using simple processes to highly sophisticated processes. WA Police Serious Crime Division Acting Superintendent Andy Martin said although illegal meth labs were not a major issue for the East Metropolitan District,...
PR inside, May 30, 2013
...com) NEWS FROM: New Hampshire Republicans www.NewHampshireRepublicans.wordpress.com www.NewHampshireRepublicanParty.blogspot.com www.NewHampshireRepublicanParty.wordpress.com Andy Martin, J. D. executive director New Hampshire Republicans Not Affil....
PR inside, May 30, 2013
...- New Hampshire Republican Party leader and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will hold a Manchester, NH news conference today, May 29th, to announce he is going to lead opposition to Lisa Monaco as a possible FBI Director. “Lisa Monaco is...
PR inside, May 29, 2013
...- Andy Martin, who has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois since he was a student at the University Illinois College of law, says that the Illinois Republican Party is corrupt...
PR inside, May 29, 2013
...- Andy Martin, who has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois since he was a student at the University Illinois College of law, says that the Illinois Republican Party is corrupt...