Identify and learn about more than 100 types of common backyard weeds found in the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada.Whether you’re a forager, gardener, homeowner, or are simply fascinated by nature, you probably have an opinion about weeds. But do you know which to pull, which to preserve, and which to put to good use? Learn to identify common backyard weeds in your area. Written by debut author and foraging expert Daniel Murphy, Common Backya...

Bernard Beagle is training harder than ever before. Winter has arrived and only six more games of the Bayview Tidal Waves' record-breaking season remain.But right before school holidays, the unthinkable happens - Captain Cody is carted off the field in an ambulance.That's not the only problem. Stormy weather is threatening to derail the Tidal Waves' challenge for the regional title and the team's new goalkeeper hasn't made a single save. Not to mention there might be tw...

Bernard Beagle dreams of playing soccer for his school team. There is just one problem - he is terrible at sports.Cody Fisher, captain of the Bayview Primary Tidal Waves, is Bernard's one-way ticket to the midfield.But following his dream won't be easy. There's a savage dog on the loose in Woodland Bay and Sadie Button is wearing her hair in pig tails. Not to mention that witch across the road is doing magic tricks again.As Bernard pushes for qualification it become...

Rockaway Memories: Growing up in Rockaway Beach, Long IslandBy: Joseph Daniel MurphyA national treasure of family life on Rockaway Beach, Long Island in the 1920’s – 1930’s through WWII. A captivating story written by Joseph Daniel Murphy, a WWII naval officer. Life lessons about family, compassion, faith, determination, and survival—from a member of the “Greatest Generation”.A deeply personal story of one young man growing up in the early 1920’s and 1930’s in the B...

It is fifty years since comprehensive education was introduced in Scotland, England and Wales. But while the ideal of comprehensive education has been largely abandoned in England, comprehensive schools are alive and well in Scotland and command public support. This long-term overview of the development of the Scottish system, with contrasting accounts from England, Northern Ireland and Wales, concludes that comprehensive schooling, linked to underlying democratic values of liberty, equali...

Workplace Safety: Establishing an Effective Violence Prevention Program includes a powerful model on how to overcome organizational rationalization, objection, and denial when confronted with proposing a workplace violence protection program. The book offers real-life cases studies on how violence was successfully avoided using the book's program, and also shows how to recognize and report precursor behaviors that precede violence. In addition, the book demonstrates proven methods for prop...

Get ready for your AP U.S. History exam with this straightforward, easy-to-follow study guideThe wildly popular test prep guide—updated and enhanced for smartphone users—5 Steps to a 5: AP U.S. History 2017 provides a proven strategy to achieving high scores on this demanding Advanced Placement exam.This logical and easy-to-follow instructional guide introduces an effective 5-step study plan to help students build the skills, knowledge, an...

A proven 5-step study guide for today’s digital learners preparing for the AP U.S. HistoryexamThe wildly popular test prep guide—updated and enhanced for today’s digital learners—AP U.S. History Cross-Platform Prep Course 2017 provides a proven strategy for achieving high scores on this demanding Advanced Placement exam, as well as access to the whole course in print, online, and on mobile devices.This logical and easy-to-follow instructional guide...

Bernard Beagle is back! Join all your favourite characters, along with some new faces, in this action-packed second episode from author Daniel Murphy.Bernard Beagle is living his dream - he's made the school soccer team, he's made some friends and he's scoring goals. But three games into the season, Mum and Dad deliver some Earth-shattering news - the Beagles are moving back to Brisbane.That's not the only problem. Somehow, the opposition seem to know the Tidal Waves' tacti...

Education in Scotland is markedly different from what happens in the rest of the UK - with a different National Curriculum, school boards to oversee school management and a General Teaching Council which has been in existence since 1965. Whilst there are many examples of successful and innovative practice in Scotland, the system is quite often not recognised as different by writers who talk about the UK education system as if it were one smooth whole. This book describes recent development...

The ultimate guide to the art of cleaning, this reference is packed with professional secrets for getting maximum results through minimum results through minimum effort. Discover how to save time, money, and elbow grease on every cleaning problem, as well as how to prevent housework with surprising tricks of the trade. From aluminum siding to zoom lenses, this alphabetical index covers every job, big and small.

Essays from the award-winning New Yorker writer and author of This Old Man: "Witty, worldly, deeply elegiac, and…heartbreaking."— The Boston GlobeFor more than fifty years, as both editor of and contributor for The New Yorker, Roger Angell has honed a reputation as a master of the autobiographic essay—sharp-witted, plucky, and at once nostalgic and unsentimental.In Let Me Finish, Angell reflects...