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Morelle Code Detectives (Case #5: Camp Warwick)

The town of Curiosity, Washington is full of little mysteries. The quiet town’s police department can’t keep up with so many cases. The kid-sleuthing team known as the Morelle Code Detectives is on the hunt to track down clues and solve each mystery. Morelle, with her knack for details, never gives up. With the help of her teenage brother Adam and his high-tech investigating skills, as well as her guard dog Shadow’s keen senses, they tackle any case that comes across their desk.

In case #5: Camp Warwick, the kid detectives encounter a case where they least expect it – on vacation. When their parents send them to a camp over spring break, they think they can finally unwind and get some rest. They have no idea what’s in store for them at Camp Warwick: time away from home, outdoor adventure, an unexpected freak storm, and the disappearance of a fellow camper! Follow the clues along with the Morelle Code Detectives to solve this mystifying case.

*Note to parents: The Morelle Code Detectives are stand-alone, Middle Grade books (for 8-12 year olds). Each novelette in this series hovers at around 10,000 words. They serve as quick reads for inquisitive minds with a dash of mystery and useful life lessons carefully placed throughout.

 

A New Day Has Come!

For some weeks and months, both my husband and myself have been working really hard on writing, editing, formatting, and publishing my ebooks. My editor has been hard at work, working his fingers down to the nubs trying to get my work out and ready for publication.

During this time, it was clear that my previous website wasn’t going to work with new content for older readership, so my husband and I started on the journey towards finding the perfect theme, and modifying it to suit us. Of course, this was extremely hard to do because it had to fit into our hectic lifestyle. We were often up in the middle of the night, putting the final touches on pieces for publication at the crack of dawn.

But, as of this very moment, our website is up and running and ready for readers to purchase an ebook to their liking. I am extremely excited about the endless possibilities of growing my readership around the globe. You don’t quite know how pleased I am to see my books purchased half way around the world. What a thrilling sight!

The journey of a self-published author can be an extremely challenging one, but I wouldn’t change a thing! I have learned so much from fellow authors, writing groups, my readers, and of course, my family. Without their constant support and acknowledgement, I don’t think I’d have pushed myself this far. Extra special thanks to the webmaster, (my husband) AJ, for creating this site.

As I often tell my students, “How do you know what you’re capable of if you don’t try?” Well, here’s me telling you, I pushed myself, I tried, I nearly got burnt out under the pressure, but I’m still going!

The Science Book

Overview

The Science Book Everything You Need to Know About the World and How It Works encapsulates centuries of scientific thought in one volume. Natural phenomena, revolutionary inventions, scientific facts, and the most uptodate questions are all explained in detailed text that is complemented by visually arresting graphics.

Six major sections ranging from the universe and the planet Earth to biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics are further broken down into subsections that encompass everything from microscopic life to nuclear power.

The Science Book covers a wide range of scientific areas, providing both a general overview of topics for the browsing reader, and more specific information for those who wish to obtain in depth insight into a particular subject area. Natural phenomena, revolutionary inventions, scientific facts, and upto date questions are explained in detailed texts. The vivid illustrations, pictures, and graphics throughout the book make the information even more accessible and comprehensible.

Within the book, the theory of the universe and the character of the earth are detailed, along with an overview of the diverse living organisms that can be found on Earth. The technical developments and achievements of humankind are discussed and we pay particular attention to subjects of current interest, like climate change and genetic engineering.

The well structured organization of this book with its numerous sections and chapters offers the reader an entertaining introduction into the large field of natural sciences and allows just as well for quick reference. Events and issues of special significance are discussed in greater detail in side bars of 3 different kinds. Numerous cross references within the chapters and to other sections of the book emphasize the many links between the individual scientific fields. Illustrative elements, such as 3D graphics and pictograms and the great variety of photographic material make even the most complex information easy.



Author Information

Marshall Brain is the founder of the award winning website HowStuffWorks.com. A graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he earned his masters in computer science from North Carolina State University, where he later taught. Named one of the Carolinas top entrepreneurs by Ernst And Young, Brain is also a distinguished speaker and author of more than a dozen books, in which he masterfully simplifies complex subject matter into a digestible format for people of all ages and experience levels.

Campbell Biology with MasteringBiology

Overview

Helping Students Make Connections Across Biology

Campbell BIOLOGY is the unsurpassed leader in introductory biology. The texts hallmark values accuracy, currency, and passion for teaching and learning have made it the most successful college introductory biology book for eight consecutive editions.

Building on the Key Concepts chapter framework of previous editions, Campbell BIOLOGY, Ninth Edition helps students keep sight of the big picture by encouraging them to

Make connections across chapters in the text, from molecules to ecosystems, with new Make Connections Questions

Make connections between classroom learning, research breakthroughs, and the real world with new Impact Figures

Make connections to the overarching theme of evolution in every chapter with new Evolution sections

Make connections at a higher cognitive level through new Summary of Key Concepts Questions and Write About a Theme Questions

Make connections outside of class with MasteringBiology, the most widely used online assessment and tutorial program for biology.


Author Information

As Neil Campbells longtime collaborator, Jane Reece has participated in every edition of BIOLOGY. Earlier, Jane taught biology at Middlesex County College and Queensborough Community College. Her research as a doctoral student and postdoc focused on genetic recombination in bacteria. Besides her work on BIOLOGY, she has been a coauthor on Biology Concepts and Connections, Essential Biology, and The World of the Cell.

The Book of Dragon

Overview

The first seven of Steven Brusts Vlad Taltos novels have long been in print from Ace Books in a set of three trade paperback omnibuses. Now Tor, publisher of the series from book eight on, continues the series of omnibuses by putting Dragon and Issola into print in that format.

In Dragon, Vlad finds himself in the last place any self respecting assassin wants to be the army. Worse, he in the middle of an apocalyptic battle between two sorcerous armies, and everyone expects him to perform a role that they would not explain. Vlad may kill people for a living, but this is ridiculous. All he has got to rely on are his wits and a smart mouthed winged lizard.

In Issola, Vlads aristocratic friends Morrolan and Aliera have disappeared, and according to the eldritch (but affable) Sethra Lavode, they may be in the hands of the Jenoine the mysterious beings who made the world of the Dragaera Empire and its surroundings, and who may have come from somewhere else. Oh, well, what is life without the occasional cosmic battle with beings who control time and space.


Author Information

Steven Brust, a graduate of the University of Nebraska Lincoln, received his Ph.D. in Journalism from Ohio Universitys E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and his Masters in Journalism at the University of North Texas. He reported for nationalgeographic.com on Dr. Robert Ballards Titanic expedition. Sweeneys numerous books include The Ultimate Survival Book, Peace The Biography of a Symbol, God Grew Tired of Us, and Mind: The Complete Brain.

A member of the exclusive club of world famous magicians, David Copperfield is known for staging whopper illusions, including making the Statue of Liberty disappear before a live audience and millions of TV viewers. In addition to performing worldwide, he has had a hit on Broadway (Dreams and Nightmares), founded an organization to help rehabilitate disabled people (Project Magic), and published books (Beyond Imagination and David Copperfields Tales of the Impossible).

Future Science

Overview

Editor Max Brockman presents the work of some of todays brightest and most innovative young researchers in this fascinating collection of writings that introduce the very latest theories and discoveries in science. Future Science features eighteen young scientists, most of whom are presenting their work and ideas to a general audience for the first time. Included in this collection are

William McEwan, a virologist, discussing his research into the biology of antiviral immunity
Naomi Eisenberger, a neuroscientist, wondering how social rejection affects us physically
Jon Kleinberg, a computer scientist, showing what massive datasets can teach us about society and ourselves
Anthony Aguirre, a physicist, who gives readers a tantalizing glimpse of infinity

Future Science shares with the world a delightful secret that we academics have been keeping that despite all the hysteria about how electronic media are dumbing down the next generation, a tidal wave of talent has been flooding into science, making their elders feel like the dumb ones. . . . It has a wealth of new and exciting ideas, and will help shake up our notions regarding the age, sex, color, and topic cliches of the current public perception of science. Steven Pinker, author of The Stuff of Thought.


Author Information

Max, a graduate of the University of Nebraska Lincoln, received his Ph.D. in Journalism from Ohio Universitys E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and his Masters in Journalism at the University of North Texas. He reported for nationalgeographic.com on Dr. Robert Ballards Titanic expedition. Sweeneys numerous books include The Ultimate Survival Book, Peace: The Biography of a Symbol, God Grew Tired of Us, and Mind The Complete Brain.

A member of the exclusive club of world famous magicians, David Copperfield is known for staging whopper illusions, including making the Statue of Liberty disappear before a live audience and millions of TV viewers. In addition to performing worldwide, he has had a hit on Broadway (Dreams and Nightmares), founded an organization to help rehabilitate disabled people (Project Magic), and published books (Beyond Imagination and David Copperfields Tales of the Impossible).

Now You See It

Overview

A digital innovator shows how we can thrive in the new technological age.

When Cathy Davidson and Duke University gave free iPods to the freshman class in 2003, critics said they were wasting their money. Yet when students in practically every discipline invented academic uses for their music players, suddenly the idea could be seen in a new light as an innovative way to turn learning on its head.

This radical experiment is at the heart of Davidsons inspiring new book. Using cutting edge research on the brain, she shows how attention blindness has produced one of our societys greatest challenges while we have all acknowledged the great changes of the digital age, most of us still toil in schools and workplaces designed for the last century. Davidson introduces us to visionaries whose groundbreaking ideas from schools with curriculums built around video games to companies that train workers using virtual environments will open the doors to new ways of working and learning. A lively hybrid of Thomas Friedman and Norman Doidge, Now You See It is a refreshingly optimistic argument for a bold embrace of our connected, collaborative future.


Author Information

Timothy Ferris is the author of a dozen books, among them Seeing in the Dark, The Whole Shebang, and Coming of Age in the Milky Way, which was translated into 15 languages and named by The New York Times as among the leading books published in the twentieth century. Called the best popular science writer in the English language by The Christian Science Monitor and the best science writer of his generation by The Washington Post, Ferris has received the American Institute of Physics prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his works have been nominated for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

The Big Idea

Overview

From the Pythagorean theorem to DNAs double helix, from the discovery of microscopic life forms to the theory of relativity the big ideas of science and technology shape an eras worldview. Open this book, grasp the newest ideas from thought leaders of today, then spring off from them to move back through the past, one big idea at a time. Meet the people who gave birth to these ideas and those who fought against them. Meet the MIT electrical engineer currently developing a way to turn on the lights cordlessly, then move back through Nikola Tesla visionary concept of the wireless transfer of energy, Thomas Edisons groundbreaking work in developing a nationwide electrical grid, Ben Franklins experiments to capture electricity, all the way back to ancient Greece, where Thales of Miletus described static electricity as a property of naturally occurring amber.

Ingeniously organized and eminently browsable, this richly visual volume is divided into six big sections medicine, transportation, communication, biology, chemistry, and the environment. Words and images that work together to explain such fascinating and elusive subjects as cloud computing, sunshields to cool the Earth, and self driving cars. What did it take to get to these futuristic realities? Then, turn the page and follow a reverse chronological illustrated time line of science and technology. This remarkable illustrated history tells the story of every Big Idea in our history, seen through the lens of where science is taking us today and tomorrow.

With an irresistibly cutting edge look and original illustrations created by award winning Ashby Design, paired with the reliable authority and comprehensiveness that National Geographics world history books always offer, this is a one of a kind trip to the future and back through all time all in one. Graphics and pictograms and the great variety of photographic material make even the most complex information easy.



Author Information

Timothy Ferris is the author of a dozen books, among them Seeing in the Dark, The Whole Shebang, and Coming of Age in the Milky Way, which was translated into 15 languages and named by The New York Times as among the leading books published in the twentieth century. Called the best popular science writer in the English language by The Christian Science Monitor and the best science writer of his generation by The Washington Post, Ferris has received the American Institute of Physics prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his works have been nominated for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

Morelle Code Detectives (Case #4: Sad Mr. Brad)

The town of Curiosity, Washington is full of little mysteries. The quiet town’s police department can’t keep up with so many cases. The kid-sleuthing team known as the Morelle Code Detectives is on the hunt to track down clues and solve each mystery. Morelle, with her knack for details, never gives up. With the help of her teenage brother Adam and his high-tech investigating skills, as well as her guard dog Shadow’s keen senses, they tackle any case that comes across their desk.

In case #4: Sad Mr. Brad, the kid detectives are in a slump with no new cases. They become curious about the melancholy Mr. Brad who lives across the street. Who is he and why does he walk around with boxes all the time? What could be inside the boxes? Follow the clues along with the Morelle Code Detectives to solve this mystifying case.

*Note to parents: The Morelle Code Detectives are stand-alone, Middle Grade books (for 8-12 year olds). Each novelette in this series hovers at around 10,000 words. They serve as quick reads for inquisitive minds with a dash of mystery and useful life lessons carefully placed throughout.