Someone is determined to sabotage Ash Lake computer camp! But who? And why?Part time detectives and full time mischief-makers Liz Elliot & Amber Mitchell get themselves in way over their heads when an evil prankster threatens their summer vacation! They should be roasting marshmallows, not risking their lives!"Amber!" Liz clutched Amber's arm. "Did you hear something?"The two girls stood perfectly still, ears straining, hearts thumping through the darkn...

Super-sleuths Amber & Elliot are on the case in...The Mad HackerAsh Grove Junior High goes on high alert when Liz Elliot and Amber Mitchell discover they've been hacked! They won't be able to enter Eastern Technology's programming contest and neither will anyone else.When their friend Jonathan becomes the prime suspect, Amber & Elliot are determined to clear his name. But if they don't find out who the real hacker is, it's game over for everyone!

A mystical Irish tale set in the sleepy little village of Ballydara... In this luminous prequel to the short story The Christmas Visitor, you'll meet the O'Donoghue family: Maeve, Declan, Nuala and Ava...and Frank, Maeve's husband. Frank is celebrating his retirement, planning to play lots of golf, when his son Declan shares shocking news.The next day, St. John's Eve (June 23rd), Frank takes a break from his golf game and heads for his favorite getaway, a secret well, to p...

Interested in growing your own food? From the author of the award-winning Little Farm in the Foothills homesteading memoir comes a friendly, down-to-earth little guide for starting and maintaining a thriving food garden. In Little Farm in the Garden, Susan Colleen Browne shares the evolution of her own homestead garden with warmth and humor.Whether you’re starting with a pot, a small plot, or dedicated garden beds...

Escape to the quaint, cozy world of the Village of Ballydara series! In this trilogy of warmhearted Irish novels, follow Dublin girl Emma's slow-burn, friends-to-lovers romance with Declan, and her deep connection with her younger, wiser sister Hazel. But Declan's beautiful, exasperating sisters complicate Emma's fresh start toward found family and enduring love...The Little Irish Gift ShopA summer at the seashore, a charming little shop, and a onc...

Dublin girl Emma Carey has just embarked on another fresh start—the job of her dreams at Ireland Place, a quirky Irish arts center in a picturesque Victorian mansion near Seattle. At thirty-one, sweet, plucky Emma is finally poised for career success…if she can only avoid her fatal flaw—the one that’s ruined every other job: falling for her boss.A dedicated family man, Declan O’Donoghue is an Irish dad devoted to his children, the lights of his life. But as the new manager at Irela...

The Aqueous Chemistry of Polonium and the Practical Application of its Thermochemistry provides a thermochemical database and derived pH-potential diagrams to give readers a better understanding of polonium behavior. The book provides an introduction to polonium and its physical and chemical properties, as well as a detailed overview of polonium's chemical thermodynamics. Drawing on the knowledge of expert authors, the book provides key insights for those working with polonium across a ran...

A Halloween and Day of the Dead spooky story! Halloween is just around the corner, and 5th grader Morgan chooses the coolest costume ever—a dead bride. Preparing for a fun night of trick-or-treating with her best friend Claire, she definitely did not expect a trip to the costume store to set off a series of strange encounters… Like the mysterious clerk at the store, a very curious bridal veil, and a weird fortune-telling machine.But Halloween quickly takes a scary turn: a ...

Anna Ogilvie lives in a Scottish castle surrounded by a deep forest. She's just celebrated her 10th birthday – a birthday like no other for she is visited by a live piece of tree bark whose name is Lyric. He says he is her Sixth Sense. How could this be? Anna soon hears of the Ogilvie legend, a tale which has cast a shadow over her family for generations. It tells of an ancient injustice when a royal stag, the King of the Forest, was killed and blame wrongly apportioned to her family....

Gardening on rooftops, balconies, and terraces is a popular trend. After thirty-five years of experience, Susan Brownmiller writes with honesty and humor about her oasis twenty floors above a Manhattan street.She reports the catastrophes: losing daytime access during building-wide renovations; assaults from a mockingbird during his mating season. And the joys: a peach tree fruited for fifteen years; the windswept birches lasted for twenty-five. Butterflies and bees pay annual visit...

For Salt Rising Bread, expert bakers Genevieve Bardwell and Susan Ray Brown set out to rediscover the secrets and the science behind this unique yeast-less bread’s “wild microbes,” unique fermentation and memorable taste. Salt Rising Bread is a richly illustrated, recipe-filled treasure of American culinary lore.

This book is designed for higher education instructors. The focus of the book is to assist all faculty instructors in higher education to better meet the needs of their student populations. It addresses the major issue of higher education teaching today: the need to reach all higher education students using active learning strategies. Higher education today is rapidly changing and faculty members are being presented with new types of students: ones who often have clear goals for bettering ...