12-year-old Alice has a hard time making friends. Maybe it's because she works in a funeral home and receives messages from the dead. While the kids at school taunt her and call her “Alice in Zombieland," Alice England finds refuge at her father’s funeral home, where the dead tell her stories. As she arranges the deceased’s personal mementos, an item will hum with meaning–resonance–and Alice will see the story of their life. When she "meets" George Devenish, a man who died of a rare sunlight allergy, Alice knows George was murdered. Her only leads are George’s niece, “Violet the Vampire,” who shares her uncle’s allergy and a friendly, but secretive boy named Cal. As a determined Alice investigates, she is surprised to find Violet and Cal become more than just suspects, but allies—maybe even friends. However, Alice soon finds navigating her first real friendships might be harder than solving a murder. Clever humor and twisty clues abound in this cozy middle grade mystery about a group of misfits finding courage in the truth and friendship in each other. Delightful, dark, and quirky, The Deadly Daylight is perfect for fans of Nancy Drew and Winterhouse.
In The Deadly Daylight, Alice England learned about exotic animals, allergies, and how to make a friend. Now, she, Violet, and Cal are back and faced with another mystery to solve! It's summer holidays in Damocles Cove and Alice, Violet, and Cal are off to Archaeology Camp. Sure, it's not the K-Pop camp Violet wanted, or the days of video gaming that Cal was looking forward to, but Alice's enthusiasm carries them all off to the mysterious Malkin Tower on the edge of the spooky Pendle Woods. The work is hard, and the findings are small, until one day a fellow camper turns up something unexpected. What is discovered in the dirt will plunge Alice and her friends into another murder mystery. Do curses really exist? Is a monster haunting Pendle Woods? And who is creeping around the tower after midnight? When camp ends and everyone is sent home without answers, Alice will need her signature logic, the support of her friends, and her special talent to solve the mystery of Pendle Woods and bring an end to a family feud that's been going on for centuries.
12-year-old Alice has a hard time making friends. Maybe it's because she works in a funeral home and receives messages from the dead. While the kids at school taunt her and call her “Alice in Zombieland," Alice England finds refuge at her father’s funeral home, where the dead tell her stories. As she arranges the deceased’s personal mementos, an item will hum with meaning–resonance–and Alice will see the story of their life. When she "meets" George Devenish, a man who died of a rare sunlight allergy, Alice knows George was murdered. Her only leads are George’s niece, “Violet the Vampire,” who shares her uncle’s allergy and a friendly, but secretive boy named Cal. As a determined Alice investigates, she is surprised to find Violet and Cal become more than just suspects, but allies—maybe even friends. However, Alice soon finds navigating her first real friendships might be harder than solving a murder. Clever humor and twisty clues abound in this cozy middle grade mystery about a group of misfits finding courage in the truth and friendship in each other. Delightful, dark, and quirky, The Deadly Daylight is perfect for fans of Nancy Drew and Winterhouse.
Alice England and her friends are back with a mystery that throws them straight in the deep end. Alice has a special talent. When she touches the belongings of the dead people who come through her father's funeral home, she discovers things about their lives – and their deaths. Marine biologist Stingray Bolland dies suddenly, but no one suspects anything sinister. That's until Alice learns that he was studying a new species in the waters around Damocles Cove – and he saw something mysterious right before he died. More and more people are reporting a weird creature in the cove, and there are claims it's a storm kelpie of Scottish legend. Then, on a sightseeing boat tour, Alice and her friends spot something astonishing. Could the legend be true? As fate, fortune and science collide, Alice must uncover what's really going on in Damocles Cove. Maybe the truth is even stranger than the legend.
Somalia, with seven endemic species, is one of the most important bird areas in Africa; it is also one of the least well-known. Birds of Somalia provides an atlas of 654 maps showing the distribution of all the species known from the country. Each species account details the species' preferred habitat, its relative abundance, and details of migration, breeding season and clutch size. Much of the ornithological content of the book is based on personal experience. About 70% of the observations on the maps were provided by the authors and they claim to have seen all but one of the 654 birds on the Somali list. Besides adding over 50 first time records to it, they were also responsible for finding and adding to science one new species and four new subspecies of birds in Somalia. Chapters summarise the available knowledge on bird migration and breeding seasons within Somalia. The records are astonishing when it is considered that they come from such a little-known country. The results of the rather limited amount of ringing carried out in the country are also summarised, and the recoveries of ringed birds are of extreme interest. Christopher Hemming contributes what amounts to a major treatise on the soils and vegetation of Somalia, Carlo Violani and Fausto Barbagli provide a historical review of ornithology and ornithologists, Professor Celia Nyamweru describes the geology, and Peter Robertson gives an up-to-date perspective on the state of bird and habitat conservation and the issues involved. A magnificent series of coloured plates by Martin Woodcock is included which depict 25 little-known birds special to the region, including the new species and races. There is also a selection of habitat photographs and excellent maps showing the topography, geology and vegetation of the country. There are further lists detailing hybrids, doubtful records, species offshore and borderline and unacceptable records. Of much interest and value to many, including museum workers and those not directly involved in ornithology, will be the gazetteer of localities throughout Somalia. Its value is greatly enhanced by being cross referenced in Somali (with the old and new spellings), English and Italian. Lastly, a full bibliography lists more than 550 titles.
In The Deadly Daylight, Alice England learned about exotic animals, allergies, and how to make a friend. Now, she, Violet, and Cal are back and faced with another mystery to solve! It's summer holidays in Damocles Cove and Alice, Violet, and Cal are off to Archaeology Camp. Sure, it's not the K-Pop camp Violet wanted, or the days of video gaming that Cal was looking forward to, but Alice's enthusiasm carries them all off to the mysterious Malkin Tower on the edge of the spooky Pendle Woods. The work is hard, and the findings are small, until one day a fellow camper turns up something unexpected. What is discovered in the dirt will plunge Alice and her friends into another murder mystery. Do curses really exist? Is a monster haunting Pendle Woods? And who is creeping around the tower after midnight? When camp ends and everyone is sent home without answers, Alice will need her signature logic, the support of her friends, and her special talent to solve the mystery of Pendle Woods and bring an end to a family feud that's been going on for centuries.
It's summer holiday in Damocles Cove and Alice, Violet, and Cal are off to Archaeology Camp. Sure it's not the K-pop camp Violet wanted, or the days of video games that Cal was looking forward to, but Alice's enthusiasm carries them all off to the mysterious Malkin Tower and the spooky Pendle Woods. The work is hard, and the discoveries are small until one day a fellow camper turns up something unexpected that will plunge Alice and her friends into another murder mystery. Do curses really exist? Is a monster haunting Pendle Woods? And what is really going on with the adults at the camp?
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