Product Description: For amateur sleuth and college professor Thomas Martindale, campus life is rarely dull or routine. Take jury duty. The chance encounter of a fellow juror and colleague leads to the discovery of a scheme to use illegal immigrants in deadly virus research...read more

Renegade Russians, marauding polar bears, a lone terrorist, and Mother Nature collide with the cantankerous retired professor and sometimes sleuth Thomas Martindale. Signed on as expedition science officer, Martindale trys to stay alive out on the deadly Artic ice long enough to the discover how the melting Polar ice cap will affect our national security. The author, a retired OSU journalism professor, weaves environmental issues into murderous adventure with PNW content. Original.

Product Description: The high stakes game of university recruiting and a scandal involving athletes form the centerpiece of Ron Lovell’s new Thomas Martindale mystery, "Lights, Camera … Murder." Martindale is acting as the liaison between the university and a video production company to prepare a series of television advertisements to attract new students...read more

Product Description: It is 1987 and college professor Thomas Martindale is teaching a summer writing seminar at the university's marine center on the rugged Oregon coast. A marine biologist dies under bizarre circumstances and his assistant, Tom's former lover, is arrested for his murder...read more

Product Description: Thomas Martindale, a journalism professor, is enjoying the first day of his summer vacation on the Oregon coast. He has brought with him the active curiosity and investigative abilities that often get him into situations most people would ignore...read more

Product Description: Thomas Martindale, a journalism professor, is enjoying the first day of his summer vacation on the Oregon coast. He has brought with him the active curiosity and investigative abilities that often get him into situations most people would ignore...read more

This valuable handbook offers comprehensive information comprising the foundations of photography: how to take photos, develop film and make prints. It uses straight-forward language and visuals in developing an appreciation and understanding of photography. The history of photography is discussed, and explanations of laws and ethics, including their application to the new era of electronic and digital imagery, are included.

Product Description: This book covers the history of photography from its primitive beginning to the present day, including the use of electronic techniques. Also included are the basic development of cameras, film, film processing, and photo techniques...read more

Product Description: Never before has the role of the public affairs reporter been more important. This up-to-date book shows readers how to cover a speciality beat and write informative pieces for a mass audience. The book gives thorough treatment to each beat, including the history of coverage, practical suggestions for covering the beat logistically, and tips on writing the stories...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)