Hell or High Water

Hell or High Water

Paul Martin

Paul Martin

National bestsellerPaul Martin was the Prime Minister we never really knew -- in this memoir he emerges as a fascinating flesh and blood man, still working hard to make a better world."The next thing you know, I was in a jail cell." (Chapter 2) "From the moment I flipped his truck on the road home to Morinville..." (Chapter 3)"When I came back into Aquin's headquarters I had a broken nose." (Chapter 4)These are not lines that you expect in a prime ministerial memoir. But Paul Martin -- who led the country from 2003 to 2006 -- is full of surprises, and his book will reveal a very different man from the prime minister who had such a rough ride in the wake of the sponsorship scandal.Although he grew up in Windsor and Ottawa as the son of the legendary Cabinet Minister Paul Martin, politics was not in his blood. As a kid he loved sports, and had summer jobs as a deckhand or a roustabout. As a young man he plunged into family...
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A Witch's Curse

A Witch's Curse

Paul Martin

Paul Martin

Carolyn Waters inherited more than a house when her grandmother dies. Along with the manor, she inherits a sexy ghost with a 300 year old curse and discovers her family legacy of witchcraft. Falling in love with a ghost was easy; removing the curse placed on him could take him away from her forever. Before she can remove the curse, Carolyn needs to find out who wants her out of the house. Mysterious happenings, possibly from a second ghost, threaten her sanity and safety. Joining her grandmother’s former Coven, gives Carolyn a feeling of family and offers her hope in her quest to free the man she loves.Will Carolyn’s magic be strong enough to break the spell? Will Caleb be in time to save Carolyn?
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Villains, Scoundrels, and Rogues

Villains, Scoundrels, and Rogues

Paul Martin

Paul Martin

Everyone loves a good villain! From the back pages of history, vivid, entertaining portraits of little-known scoundrels whose misdeeds range from the simply inept to the truly horrifying.Even if you're an avid history buff, you've probably never heard of this disreputable cast of characters: A drunken, ne'er-do-well cop who abandoned his post at Ford's Theatre, giving assassin John Wilkes Booth unchallenged access to President Lincoln; a notorious Kansas quack who made millions by implanting billy goat testicles in gullible male patients; and America's worst female serial killer ever. These are three of the memorable but little-known rogues profiled in this eye-opening and entertaining book.Dividing his collection of characters into three categories--the incorrigible, the disreputable, and the fallible--author and former National Geographic editor Paul Martin serves up concise, colorful biographies of twenty-eight of America's most outrageous...
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