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Martin has worked as a biologist, a tour leader, a white water rafting guide, a lab assistant, a publican, a boat captain and in mineral exploration. He once had a job with the attractive title of 'Quality Control' at the Swan Brewery. Contrary to expectation he never got to sample product, the job was to check labels and packaging. Isn't that the way of the modern world, to be obsessed by style not content.
When not working on the content of a novel he might be found trekking, kayaking, sailing or cycling.
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	How I became the Mr Big of People Smuggling 3.70 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil's Refuge by Martin Chambers (Goodreads Author), Conor Gallacher (Narrator) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walking with the Poor really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Short Stories 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bulk Goon 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Car Wrecks of the Great Central Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shark Bay 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	island life it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The canoe and kayak guide to Western Australia 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Word Stew 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Memory Craft: Improve your memory using the most powerful methods from around the world

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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

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Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback

by Robyn Davidson

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Martin Chambers rated a book liked it Question 7 by Richard Flanagan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Someone once described Jazz as a great idea that never quite becomes a tune. In 'Question 7' we have threads of ideas, great ideas, linkings of thoughts and happenings that are at first glance unrelated. It is good writing with compelling scenes that ...more
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Martin Chambers rated a book really liked it American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Firstly, I'd like to tell you my novel 'How I became the Mr Big of People Smuggling' is a better book than 'American Dirt'. Go read it and tell me. I'd be very happy if I wrote a book as good as this one. (Mine is also available as an audio book unde ...more
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Martin Chambers rated a book liked it Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
My wife recently bought for me, as a private joke, the illustrated edition of Dan Brown's 'Da Vinci Code'. The hardcover collectors' edition that she got for $3 at an op shop. She probably paid too much. The relevance here is that Dan Brown's novel is ...more
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Martin Chambers rated a book liked it Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2) by Benjamin Stevenson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I suspect all writers dream of breaking the conventions of writing in some clever way to make their books stand out from the crowd. Yet the conventions have become so because they work, and once accepted, a reader kind of expects them. The best write ...more
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Martin Chambers rated a book did not like it The Curate's Egg by Tom Percy	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
For a long time I had a policy of not reviewing books if I gave a score less than three because I know how hard writing a novel is. But recently I've become more ruthless. After all, there is something to be gained by exploring why a book might score ...more
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Martin Chambers rated a book liked it The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I call myself a fiction writer and live in the belief that I can think up some pretty unlikely scenarios, but nothing in my imagination could have come at this. The book starts really well with a gripping description of the break in and theft of hund ...more
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Martin Chambers rated a book really liked it Run O' Waters by John Fairfax	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book is a collection written from notes taken during travels in NSW, on canoe trips on the Clarence and observations of characters in some of the small towns. It is beautiful. Published about 1948. The writer was a journalist for the Sydney Morn ...more
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Martin Chambers rated a book it was amazing Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book blew me away. The risk is upon reading this we become a bit naive and think the world is a co operative place. And the Russia invades Ukraine. Oh well. A fuller view is summarised in my essay book review, following a train of thought beginn ...more
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Martin Chambers rated a book liked it Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2) by Benjamin Stevenson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I suspect all writers dream of breaking the conventions of writing in some clever way to make their books stand out from the crowd. Yet the conventions have become so because they work, and once accepted, a reader kind of expects them. The best write ...more
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