Race to the Bottom of the Ocean

by Gretchen Maurer

Offers readers a captivating look into the personal race of James Cameron as he strives to reach the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean. Learn about how Cameron created a submarine to take him far below the ocean's surface, and what he saw there. Additional features include a Fast Facts spread, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, resources for further study, and an index.

32 pages, ebook

Published August 1, 2019

About the author

In 1994, Gretchen Maurer was approached to write the first ever, bridal-based hair industry book, The Business of Bridal Beauty, published by Milady Publishing. A licensed stylist since 1980, Maurer noticed there were too many wedding morning horror stories and wanted to see every bride be graced with a successful beginning to a very important day.

This first book was a step toward educating the salon industry and stylists. Maurer taught seminars, classes, and performed at hair shows for 12 years, presenting information to stylists to help them better serve their bridal clients. The wedding industry became Maurer's next audience, namely wedding planners, whom she felt needed to know the inside of the salon industry.

Once involved in The Association of Bridal Consultants, she spoke at many meetings and seminars. In 1998, Maurer developed and created Weddinghair.com. In 2002, weddinghair.com was voted the #1 wedding beauty site, by Brides magazine! The web site offers over 100 wedding hairstyles each created by Maurer. Each style is photographed in a step-by-step format with simple DIY directions available for FREE in a down-loadable PDF file. Her first book, along with the web site, has fostered many interviews, articles, and hairstyles to appear in numerous national and local magazines and web sites.

Although Maurer did many on-location weddings while working in a salon, by 2000 she left the salon environment and became a full time on-location bridal stylist. Traveling to numerous unique locations and servicing weddings of all sizes and budgets, Maurer experienced many chaotic and frustrating wedding mornings. Now with the help of The Morning of Your Wedding, every bride will get an inside peek to how that day might unfold, so she can be prepared for her best wedding day ever!

Currently, Maurer is retired from brides and designs a line of beach bridal jewelery sold on Islandweddingshop.com, as well as continues to write and create new hairstyles for weddinghair.com.