A comprehensive travelogue and guidebook exploring island adventures on many of the 135 islands accessible by ferry or bridge in the Great Lakes Basin.
The author provides an account of his experiences as a crew member on a tall-masted schooner during a six-week voyage through the Great Lakes, and discusses his other explorations of the lakes, looking at their history, geology, and environmental disaster and rescue.
Bodies of water always evoke a natural beauty, dramatically so that a mere human being who manages to find himself or herself in the midst of such picturesque unfolding is spurred to inspiration, or even just to document the wonderful moment. Such compulsion from nature sets the stage for Edward L.M. Spicuzza's photographic collection, A Great Lakes Adventure: The Journey Begins. Set against the beautiful Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes, Spicuzza captures that nautical feeling which arises in witness to beauty unfolding before one's eyes. Filled with the basic ingredients of scenic, limnetic beauty fiery sun, firmament and fresh water the collection presents a variety of cyclical scenes, from sun to snow, from dawn to dusk, from open water to shoreline. Spicuzza's photography evokes what must be the unique emotion and experience of a mariner with every detail of change that comes with each season. The book is permeated with the drama of sunsets, the constant, worthy reward after each day's hard work.
It is June 2014 when a close knit group of high-profile Americans secretly meets to put in play one of the most covert international military operations ever attempted. At the end of their meeting a major support operation linked autonomously with NATO and US Africa Command, is officially in business to catalyze an electrifying worldwide revolution that brings a dramatic and abrupt ending to Islamic radicalization, war crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and genocide waged by terrorist groups across the world. Experience the thrill of hijacking the original TRIANA satellite, renamed to DISCOVR, from a NASA warehouse under the auspicious eye of the US government for the purpose that it would be used in a secret mission by this same unknown international military force. Follow this riveting story that features a new U.S. political party that ushers its presidential candidate into the White House only to be threatened by a diabolical Chinese plot to undermine America and dominate the world economy. Be part of an amazing American discovery when the president and his entourage are charged with guarding the discovery of an exotic iron ore mineral that creates an automotive battery invention that can propel an electric vehicle for thousands of hours without a charge. Worse yet, the Chinese are planning a three-prong conspiracy to undermine America’s industrial renaissance so China can dominate world trade, steal the new US “Star Wars” space technology, and subversively gain control of the secret iron ore discovery. Join in as America’s latest president attempts to convey the beauty of the Islamic faith and accelerate a new Islamic peace reform in the midst of a volatile world of radicalization.
The corresponding Teacher's Guide is a page-by-page supplementary resource that gives you additional activities to enhance the student's learning opportunities by using cross-curricular materials including discussion questions, reproducible vocabulary, science, geography and math activities. Each Teacher's Guide turns you into the expert-we've done all the research for you! This comprehensive resource enhances the many dramatic learning opportunities students can gain from reading this mystery by Carole Marsh. The supplementary Teacher's Guide includes: ¥ A chapter guide of additional information, trivia, historical facts, and more to help teachers be ÒExperts!Ó ¥ Activity ideas that make the book come dramatically to life for young readers! ¥ The author's additional comments and thoughts about the subject ¥ Some reproducible activities ¥ Great out-of-the-box ideas for activities.
With extensive use of maps, presents information about the different areas of Michigan and facts about Michigan's natural and man-made resources and their effect on the state's economy.
Hallam Hawksworth's book is all about geology and is aimed at younger readers with the intention that they will learn and understand more about planet Earth from finding out about the main features of pebbles