Books with author Matt Russell

Deep in the heart of a mist-shrouded island, an impossible secret is about to be discovered. Twig is used to feeling unwanted. Sent to live on a pony ranch for "troubled" girls on a misty, haunted island, Twig is about to discover the impossible — someone who needs her. Jolted awake from a bad dream, Twig follows the desperate whinny of a terrified horse out to the stables. There in the straw is a bleating little scrap of moonbeam. A silver-white filly with cloven hooves and a tiny, spiraling horn. A baby unicorn. Now Twig knows what secret is hiding in the island's mist: the last free unicorn herd. And a mysterious boy named Ben who insists that this impossible creature is now Twig's to care for. That she needs Twig's love and protection. Because there's something out there in the deep, dense shadows that's hunting for them... "R. R. Russell's Wonder Light dares to explore a world where unicorns are creatures of wonder and power, and girls can find both strength and courage to be themselves." -Robin Hobb, International bestselling author

Sam is a detective, and what do detectives do? Well, detect acts of crime, survey the misdoings of the mistakenly lovelorn, eat sandwiches, and look for lost cats. Since going into the private sector Sam is holding down another job of the hush-hush variety, and being rather good at keeping secrets is immensely skilled at keeping the bizarre and downright unnerving out of his rather mundane private life in his indeterminate flat that he shares with Camille, a rather demanding female of the feline variety. However, Sam's life is about to get very complicated indeed, when his beloved Camille (who is convinced that her name is NOT such and only returns when Sam shouts "Haddock!") finds a startling piece of evidence of an unusual and seemingly impossible crime. With Camille holding this inexplicable object in her jaws, it is now time for Sam to get a grip, Man Up, and face his greatest fears: mega packs of Whiskas, electric tin openers and the scene of a crime far closer to home than he ever expected.....

Learn what it's like to live and work on a marine base! In this engaging nonfiction reader, children can discover everything about living on a base--from living in the barracks to how Marines keep in touch with their loved ones. With informational text, plenty of vibrant photos, and stimulating facts, readers will want to learn all about life on a marine base!

A 1700 word essay examining how we would all be better off if we followed Gil Grissom's advice on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" to "follow the evidence."Let’s face it: the concepts of “freedom” and “rights” and “morality” are not that complicated. Any reasonably bright child can grasp the essentials involved. It serves the tyrants’ goals, however, to “complexify,” if you will, these fundamental ideas of how people should deal with one another. After all, if such basic issues are not easily grasped except by the experts, then, by golly, the experts ought to be the ones in charge of making the decisions.A similar mindset besets the myriad problems politicians and citizens argue endlessly about. Respecting property rights, refusing to initiate force against peaceable neighbors, and acknowledging the moral autonomy of adults will set in motion processes that allow individuals to discover what works best in creating a decent society. Pretending that only “government” can solve our problems is a daft falsehood.The evidence has long been in on what works and what does not in these and other areas of concern. Any honest person who has even minimal respect for the facts can see for himself what course Americans should follow in reaching our individual goals.But, of course, the statists and the collectivists and the irrationalists care not a whit for evidence. It is a waste of breath and energy to expect otherwise of these fascists and tyrants-in-training. We cannot convince them. We can only beat them.

In Beethoven's Hair, Russell Martin has created a rich historical treasure hunt, an Indiana Jones-like tale of false leads, amazing breakthroughs, and incredible revelations. This unique and fascinating book is a moving testament to the power of music, the lure of relics, the heroism of the Resistance movement, and the brilliance of molecular science. An astonishing tale of one lock of hair and its amazing travels--from nineteenth-century Vienna to twenty-first-century America.

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