This textbook integrates the expertise from disciplines such as hydrology, sociology, architecture, urban design, construction and water resources engineering. The subject is approached from an international perspective and various case studies, exercises, expert advises and literature recommendatio[...]

Corby Flood and her family are about to set sail on the rather ramshackle cruise ship, the SS Euphonia. As the ship arrives at its destination, Corby must enlist the help of some very well moustachioed locals to uncover the contents of the crate, and the dark secrets of the menacing Clowns.[...]

Zing, zong, zing. Brain flash A visiting superhero. Broken water pipes. Alligators? It's time for an Escapade Clint McCool always has a lot of great ideas. That's what makes him such a great hero. But sometimes he has too many great ideas. Armed with his super-powered cap, his brain flashes, and h[...]

This book is about the ascetic self in the scriptural religions of Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism. The author claims that asceticism can be understood as the internalisation of tradition, the shaping of the narrative of a life in accordance with the narrative of tradition that might be seen as [...]

What would you do to save someone you love?
Time is slipping away. . . .
Tella Holloway is losing it. Her brother is sick, and when a dozen doctors can't determine what's wrong, her parents decide to move to the middle of nowhere for the fresh air. She's lost her friends, her parents are dri[...]

Next year. Sea levels begin to rise. The change is far more rapid than any climate change predictions; metres a year. Within two years London, only 15 metres above the sea, is drowned. New York follows, the Pope gives his last address from the Vatican, Mecca disappears beneath the waves. Where is al[...]

At the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nation's burgeoning industrial prosperity. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake for an exclu[...]