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While spending the summer with her grandparents, twelve-year-old mystery-loving Glory and her newfound bloodhound friend Gus attempt to track down her missing mom.

In the 1850s, Melbourne was the fastest growing city in the world. “They dreamt big, they built big….it was a city jumping out of its skin.” It became an epicentre of film culture and its hotels; restaurants and cafes became world renowned. However, the attempted ‘modernisation’ of Melbourne in the 1950s destroyed much of the city. Our buildings were deemed too Victorian, the opposite of a modern metropolis, and Whelan the Wrecker’s demolition...

"Gael Force provides a wealth of interesting facts and engaging anecdotes about football at Queen's, as well as profiles and photographs of coaches, captains, and players. Merv Daub takes the reader from the first "Dominion" championship in 1893 with Curtis and his boys, through three consecutive Grey Cup wins in the 1920s, the 1934-35 victory of the "Fearless Fourteen," The 1955 season when Gus Braccia, Ronnie Stewart, Gary Schreider, Lou Bruce,...

"A globe-trotting romp through the world of ultra-competitive chess, in which the author submits himself to humiliating defeats and the tutelage of ornery mentors in his search for glory--a celebration of the purity, violence, and beauty of the game"-- Provided by publisher.

"The goal of the Nature & Environment Module is to ignite kids' curiosity to explore the connectedness of the natural world around them. Topics in this module include cause and effect, biology, plants, weather, geology, wildlife. STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills learned in the classroom and connects them to things kids see every day."-- Publisher description. BioMio...

The second volume of Chicago Blues post war down home blues music from Wienerworld, recorded from the mid-1940's through the golden decade years of the 1950's up to the early 1960's. Features 46 artists who were influential in developing the Chicago blues scene including Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Elmore James, Howling Wolf, and Jimmy Rogers.