Books with author Jonathan Clay

In this first book of the new Countdown Mysteries™ series, we meet Roly, Nine and Charlie, three young detectives who use their combined detective skills, and high-tech gadgets, to solve mysteries and crimes in their town of Anchor Bay. When their old friend Mac McKenzie’s racehorse goes missing, just days before the final race of the season, the children must find the horse, or their friend will lose everything! The countdown clock is ticking… and it’s a race against time. Can they find the missing horse in time, and save the day? This new and exciting Second Edition includes an additional mystery plot for the three young detectives to sink their teeth into.

In this second book of the new Countdown Mysteries™ series, we meet up again with the three young detectives who use their combined detective skills, and high-tech devices, to solve mysteries and crimes in their town of Anchor Bay. Nine is dog sitting for her grandmother’s two old dogs, when one of them mysteriously disappears. Then the school bully strikes, leaving Nine’s new telephone sabotaged and useless. As if Nine doesn’t have enough things to worry about, things go from bad to worse when her father’s briefcase, containing a very important and valuable computer disc, is stolen as he drives to work. Can the members of D.I.G. come together once again and use their combined detective skills to save the day… and all before the countdown clock runs out?

The influence of globalisation on musical composition has grown remarkably in recent years. This reflects the wider impact of late 20th Century demographic and technological shifts on culture. Great movements of people followed the end of the cold war, with migrants in their millions responding to the call of more affluent nations for willing workers. The industrialisation of many developing countries similarly fuelled the movement of people, with ethnic tensions following the withdrawal of colonial powers displacing many others. The globalisation of information, the 'internet' accompanied by widespread exploitation of satellite communications technology, has brought new images and sounds into our work and dwelling places. These shifts have accelerated the practices associated with musical globalisation, causing new 'accented' cultures to develop, absorbing, influencing, reflecting and refracting new host milieux. These changes have impacted on musical practices, destabilising core assumptions and disturbing long established hierarchies. The present volume explores these developing influences through a consideration of extant works, experimental composition and contingent analysis

In this second book of the new Countdown Mysteries™ series, we meet up again with the three young detectives who use their combined detective skills, and high-tech devices, to solve mysteries and crimes in their town of Anchor Bay. Nine is dog sitting for her grandmother’s two old dogs, when one of them mysteriously disappears. Then the school bully strikes, leaving Nine’s new telephone sabotaged and useless. As if Nine doesn’t have enough things to worry about, things go from bad to worse when her father’s briefcase, containing a very important and valuable computer disc, is stolen as he drives to work. Can the members of D.I.G. come together once again and use their combined detective skills to save the day… and all before the countdown clock runs out?

Jonathan Cott’s reflections and conversations with six celebrated children’s authors—now in a new edition? Pipers at the Gates of Dawn is a unique ensemble bringing together Jonathan Cott’s encounters and conversations with some of the most celebrated children’s authors of the twentieth century. “Children’s literature,” he states, “brings us back to experiencing our earliest and deepest feelings and truths. It is our link to the past and a path to the future. And in it we find ourselves.” Cott’s firm belief is that children’s literature can impart wisdom and delight to everyone, and he believes that the masterpieces of children’s literature are simply masterpieces of literature in miniature, conveyors of wisdom and wonder.Pipers at the Gates of Dawn consists of Cott’s essay-interviews with Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), Maurice Sendak, William Steig, Astrid Lindgren, Chinua Achebe, P. L.Travers, and with Iona and Peter Opie, the great scholars of the lore, games, and language of schoolchildren. He explores with the authors themselves the lives of their created characters and the character of their own lives. All share with Cott an impassioned sense of the richness and complexity of childhood, and of the enduring importance of children’s literature in the lives of all of us.