Staying at an elegant 'summer cottage' by the sea in famous Bar Harbor, Maine should be a fun, carefree vacation. It isn't long though before Mandy, Nick and companions are hot on the trail of a new m
In this 6th book in the Key Mystery Series, Nick, Mandy and Peyton are caught in a web of intrigue at Old Fort Knox in Maine. They witness a mysterious figure roaming the dark passageways of the fort.
Is the Loch Ness Monster for real? In this last book in the Celtic Touch Trilogy, Xander and Brynn travel to Scotland to spend the week with their Irish friends Kevin and Donal at Rowan Farm on the ba
In this fifth book in the Key Mystery Series, Mandy and Nick are joined by Christianne and Noah on a camping trip in a California redwood forest. While panning for gold at a stream, mysterious things
Book 4 in the Key Mystery Series!Is the mysterious man lurking outside the Crows Nest Inn at night a Colonial actor or the ghost of a notorious pirate? Who left the piece of treasure map pinned to Chr
In this third book of the Key Mystery Series, Mandy and Nick explore an abandoned Nevada gold mine. Deep in the mine they find a dog’s skeleton with a mysterious key attached to its collar. Eerie soun
How can one teenage girl get herself into so many predicaments? That’s what Xander keeps asking herself as she deals with boys, horses and adventures-gone-wrong.In this sequel to Celtic Thunder, the t
Once there was a feisty and fearless little girl who had a dream. Inger Knudsen, a Danish girl born in Greenland and raised with the native Inuit, was determined to have her own dogsled and team. In t
Nick and Mandy are back on the trail of a long ago secret in this second cliffhanger of the Key Series. Nick’s family inherits and old farmhouse in New Hampshire and they need to fix it up and sell it
Why does everyone keep telling Lily that many hands make the basket? Didn't she make the basket with her very own hands? It is the most beautiful basket of her 10-year-old life and no one will give he
What do you get when you put an insecure, inexperienced, but spunky teen on a spirited horse? A laugh a minute. Fifteen-year-old Xander Moloney receives an exciting invitation from her friend Brynn t
Ten-year-old Mandy of Dyer Cove, Maine, and her 12-year-old cousin Nick try to unravel the mystery of strange happenings at the lighthouse. Is it haunted by the first keeper’s ghost? An ancient key, a
A fictionalized account of how Spot, a springer spaniel living on Penobscot Bay in the 1930s, loves to ring the lighthouse bell, and uses that skill to guide the mailboat safely through a storm.
Charles Perrow is famous worldwide for his ideas about normal accidents, the notion that multiple and unexpected failures--catastrophes waiting to happen--are built into our society's complex systems.
Normal Accidents analyzes the social side of technological risk.Charles Perrow argues that the conventional engineering approach toensuring safety--building in more warnings and safeguards--failsbecau
Charles Perrow is famous worldwide for his ideas about normal accidents, the notion that multiple and unexpected failures--catastrophes waiting to happen--are built into our society's complex systems.
Healing Stories for Challenging Behaviour brings together the fruits of Susan Perrow's work in storymaking. It is richly illustrated with lively anecdotes drawn from parents and teachers who have disc
Working with imaginative journeys and the magic of metaphor, the author has developed the art of therapeutic storytelling for children's challenging behaviour and difficult situations. In this book, s
Wind farms are an essential component of global renewable energy policy and the action to limit the effects of climate change. There is, however, considerable concern over the impacts of wind farms on
Wind farms are an essential component of global renewable energy policy and the action to limit the effects of climate change. There is, however, considerable concern over the impacts of wind farms on
American society today is shaped not nearly as much by vast open spaces as it is by vast, bureaucratic organizations. Over half the working population toils away at enterprises with 500 or more employ
Telling the right story at the right time can help children face challenges and change behavior. All 42 stories in this book begin with an undesirable or out-of-balance situation. Then, through metaph
Inspired by Charles Perrow, Jay M. Gould and Helen Caldicott, Judith Evered shares her personal tragedy related to the 1957 explosion at Windscale Nuclear Power Plant in England. Her memoir recounts t
