An hourly guide that follows twenty-four mollusks to reveal the fascinating lives behind their shells.From morning to night and from the Arctic to the equator, snails, clams, and other shell-making mollusks have busy days. In this short book, acclaimed author and marine biologist Helen Scales shows readers exactly how these animals spend their time. Each chapter of Shell Day features a single mollusk during a single hour, highlighting twenty-four different...

The inspiration for the documentary Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of ApolloAt first glance, it looks like just another auditorium in just another government building. But among the talented men (and later women) who worked in mission control, the room located on the third floor of Building 30—at what is now Johnson Space Center—would become known by many as “the Cathedral.” These members of the space program were the brightest of their generations, making split-second...

These are the memoirs of the Melbourne born author John R. Aarons, who has spent a lifetime fulfilling his dream of travelling the world.His adventures are brought to life from the time as a child aged 3 he sneaked out the front door one Saturday afternoon to go to a cinema matinee to a very mature age author writing novels.He is married and they have two daughters, two son-in-laws and three grandsons.

A revolutionary book that offers a fresh, bold approach to confronting the juvenile crime epidemic With the rise of violent crimes committed by teenagers in recent years, heated discussion has arisen over the societal factors that lead to juvenile criminality and the ways that public institutions are failing to curtail them. Now a team of experts with decades of collective hands-on experience present a book that cuts through the hype and paranoia to offer real solutions. Drawing on actual ...

This is the fourth novel in the Martin Taylor art crime series and begins when Martin returnsto New York to give evidence in a murder trial related to the case he had worked on in 2020.Whilst in New York, the senior editor of the Houston Chronicle newspaper requests ameeting to discuss an assignment to assist in the purchase of some paintings which will beauctioned shortly in Houston. The paintings had belonged to a Mexican drug baron who hadmoved to...

Archiving Caribbean Identity highlights the "Caribbeanization" of archives in the region, considering what those archives could include in the future and exploring the potential for new records in new formats.Interpreting records in the broadest sense, the 15 chapters in this volume explore a wide variety of records that represent new archival interpretations. The book is split into two parts, with the first part focusing on record forms that are not generally considered "...

These are the memoirs of the Melbourne born authorThese are the memoirs of the Melbourne born authorJohn R. Aarons, who has spent a lifetime fulfilling hisdream of travelling the world.His adventures are brought to life from the time as achild aged 3 he sneaked out the front door oneSaturday afternoon to go to a cinema matinee to avery mature age author writing novels.He is married and they have two daughters, two son-in-laws

1SYNOPSIS AND AUTHOR BIOA senior detective in charge of the art fraud department of the Victorian Police attends asymposium in Madrid. Afterwards he takes a holiday in Bilbao in the north of Spainspecifically to visit the famous Guggenheim Museum.Whilst riding the funicular to the top of the mountain that overlooks the city, he witnessessomething that starts an adventure that takes him on an exciting journey to countries he hadonly pr...

he Docklands Mysteryis the second in a series of crime novels which featuresMartin Taylor, an Australian police detective with the art crime division at theVictorian State police headquarters in Melbourne's Docklands precinct. In thisnew tale, the owner of a Melbourne art gallery becomes involved in a mysteryafter having sold a valuable painting to a local businessman with criminalconnections. It turns out that the painting is more than just ...

Australian detective Martin Taylor is called to assist the New York Police Department in tracking downMaltese Cathedral treasures that had disappeared after being on display at a prestige art gallery. Sobegins an investigation that takes him on an amazing adventure through a number of fascinatingcountries.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD • BUZZFEED BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"[An] entrancing new voice . . . Aaron John Curtis will be your new literary obsession." —Marion Winik, The Boston Globe**"An inspired novel by an author whose voice absolutely sizzles on the page.” ―Nathan Hill, author of Wellness and The Nix“With amazing dexterity, Aaron John Curtis’s moving debu...

In "The Chaos Conundrum," historian Aaron John Gulyas examines how the paranormal has intersected and influenced our culture in myriad ways, from the conspiracy beliefs of William Cooper and Exopolitics to the challenge that the stories of Gray Barker presented to our concept of self and time. He looks at the maelstrom of personalities, agendas, impressions, data, confusion, and contradictions that can be found in the world of the weird, and demonstrates how they have become an integral pa...