When Mrs Starch, the most feared biology teacher in Florida, goes missing during a school trip to the Black Vine Swamp, her class is secretly relieved. The school principal tries to cover it up as a 'family emergency', but Nick and Marta just aren't convinced. They think it's much more likely to have something to do with Smoke, the local troublemaker - whose run-ins with Mrs Starch are infamous - and decide to do some investigating of their own.
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century
Global climate change is one of the most important issues humanity faces today. This book assesses the sensible, senseless and biased proposals for averting the potentially disastrous consequences of global warming, allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions on switching to more sustainable energy provision.
The healthy life-style of a nonsmoker can be attained in just 20 minutes a day. Listen to Session A daily until you are ready to go cold turkey, then listen to Session B for two to three weeks for soothing reinforcement. No other method works better. Guaranteed. Smoke-Free has the highest customer satisfaction of all Paraliminals. "The first six days were tough!" "But it got easier and easier each day," says Annie Wobbeking, a caterer from Minneapolis, Minnesota, describing what it was like to quit smoking.
In search of clues to the mystery of her father's death, 16-year-old Sally Lockhart ventures into the shadowy underworld of Victorian London. Pursued by villains at every turn, the intrepid Sally finally uncovers two dark mysteries--and realizes that she herself is the key to both.
AUDIOBOOK: Philip Pullman - The Ruby In The Smoke (abridged)
"Her name was Sally Lockhart; and within fifteen minutes, she was going to kill a man." Philip Pullman begins his Sally Lockhart trilogy with a bang in The Ruby in the Smoke - a fast-paced, finely crafted thriller set in a rogue- and scalawag-ridden Victorian London. His 16-year-old heroine has no time for the usual trials of adolescence: her father has been murdered, and she needs to find out how and why. But everywhere she turns, she encounters new scoundrels and secrets.
![Philip Pullman - 1. The Ruby in the Smoke [Unabridged, mp3]](http://englishtips.org/uploads/posts/2010-04/1271073467_9780375845161.jpg "Philip Pullman - 1. The Ruby in the Smoke [Unabridged, mp3]")
