Best Selling Books by Martin Brown

For four years, Annette Walter-Lax was Keith Moon''s partner from their initial meeting in 1974, until Keith''s tragic death on returning to the UK. Here is her account of their time together, told in a series of interviews. Annette''s tale of her wild ride with one of rock''s true originals will amaze fans of the genius drummer.

A new departure from the Horrible Histories brand, these new sticker books complement the traditional format and add an extra ''must-have'' for all Horrible Histories fans. The Rotten Romans Sticker Book is crammed full of putrid puzzles and wicked word games to bring all those evil emperors and fearsome fighters to life.

Native orchids are increasingly threatened by pressure from population growth and development but, nonetheless, still present a welcome surprise to observant hikers in every state and province. Compiled and illustrated by long-time orchid specialist Paul Martin Brown, this pocket guide to lady''s-slippers is the first in a series that will cover all the wild orchids of the United States and Canada. Brown provides general distributional information, time of flowering, and habitat requirements for each species as well as a complete list of hybrids and the many different growth and color forms that can make identifying orchids so intriguing. For the lady''s-slippers he includes information on 12 species, 2 additional varieties, and 6 hybrids. Wild lady''s-slippers grow from Alaska, with the spotted lady''s-slipper, Cypripedium guttatum, to Texas, with the ivory-lipped lady''s-slipper, C. kentuckiense. Most of these species are easy to identify based upon their general appearance, range, and time of flowering. Answer three simple questions--when, where, and how does it grow? Then compare the living plant with the striking photos in these backpack-friendly laminated guides and consult the keys that Brown has created. Following these steps should enable both professional and amateur naturalists to achieve the satisfaction of identifying specific orchids in their native environment.

Native orchids are increasingly threatened by pressure from population growth and development but, nonetheless, still present a welcome surprise to observant hikers in every state and province. Compiled and illustrated by long-time orchid specialist Paul Martin Brown, these pocket guides to grass-pinks and their companions form part of a series that will cover all the wild orchids of the continental United States and Canada. Brown provides general distributional information, time of flowering, and habitat requirements for each species as well as a complete list of hybrids and the many different growth and color forms that can make identifying orchids so intriguing. For the grass-pinks and companions he includes information on 16 species, 2 additional varieties, and 7 hybrids. Grass-pinks, with their showy pink to white flowers, are some of the most conspicuous wild orchids encountered in the prairies, bogs, and open wetlands of eastern North America. Most of these species are easy to identify based upon their general appearance, range, and time of flowering. Answering three simple questions—when, where, and how does it grow?—and comparing the living plant with the striking photos in the backpack-friendly laminated guide should enable both professional and amateur naturalists to achieve the satisfaction of identifying a specific orchid.

A collection of short observations about a wide array of topics, including children, families, travel, bilocation, transpotting, royalty, John Lennon, Football, Monogamy and Music.

Terry Deary''s foul facts and Martin Brown''s crafty cartoons combine to bring all those fearless fighters and groovy gods to life. Complete with over 100 re-usable stickers there''s a savage sacrifice to stage and a brutal battle to re-enact. The Angry Aztecs are sure to a-peel!

Prepare to be amazed as the nasty bits are revealed in this spectacular3D awesome Egyptian adventure.Three action-packed rooms of pops and pull-outs follow master-thiefAntef and his crew of criminals as they attempt to pull off thebiggest tomb-robbery of all time and empty Tut''s tomb of its finesttreasures.Complete with a host of characters to press out and play with, HorribleHistories is definitely top of the pops!

Brown provides general distributional information, time of flowering, and habitat requirements for each species as well as a complete list of hybrids and the many different growth and color forms that can make identifying orchids so intriguing. He includes information on 25 species, 3 additional varieties, and 7 hybrids.

This supplemental appendix extends the main paper by presenting an additional analysis of a math training implemented by the bank. We do not find evidence for a significant influence of the math training on loan officers'' rejection decisions and accuracy. These findings suggest that the difference in accuracy is rather related to cognitive ability than easily teachable math skills.The paper "Numeracy and the Quality of On-the-Job Decisions: Evidence from Loan Officers" to which these Appendices apply is available at the following URL: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2999687.

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Implicit contracts can mitigate moral hazard in labor, credit and product markets. The enforcement mechanism underlying an implicit contract is the threat of exclusion: the agent fears that he will lose future income if the principal breaks off the relationship. This threat may be very weak in environments where an agent can appropriate income-generating resources provided by the principal. For example, in credit markets with weak creditor protection borrowers may be able to appropriate borrowed funds and generate investment income without requiring further loans. We examine implicit contracting in a lending experiment where the threat of exclusion is exogenously varied. We find that weak exclusion undermines implicit contracting: it leads to a more frequent breakdown of credit relationships as well as to smaller loans.