Books with author don ferguson

--Life is confusing with 30,000 years of alien experiences thumb-tacked to the back of your brain.When eleven-year-old Kailin and her younger brother escape from their off-world captors and her brother is recaptured, only Kailin's encounter with a salamander saves her from the pyroclastic flow from a volcano. The salamander is Henki, a thirty-thousand-year-old shape-changing alien, whose obsession is imitating the full lifecycle of each species he encounters. Henki has experienced many such lives, but complications in escaping the volcano and bonding with Kailin limit Henki's abilities.Burned by the volcano and confused by her tie to Henki, Kailin loses some of her memories, but while she recovers and yearns for her home and family, she makes alien friends. Henki's memories seep into her dreams to produce disturbing visions of lives she never lived. It's tough enough being a pubescent girl without being haunted by alien lives, but without those add-on experiences, Kailin may have difficulty surviving on this mish-mash world.Mistress of Vision is Book 1 of a young-adult science-fantasy series. Cover Design & Layout by Pat R. Steiner

The classic pocket guide to avoiding avalanches-updated with the latest in technology and technique.• Authors have served as avalanche center directors• The guide long used by ski patrol professionals• Format redesigned for easy access to vital informationIt's still the handy pocket guide offered at a bargain price. And it is still loaded with the vital information you need to survive in the mountains: how to determine potential avalanche hazard, traveling safely in avalanche terrain, what to do if you're caught in an avalanche, and search and rescue techniques. A respected authority since 1961, this enduring classic has been updated with the very latest research in the field, including avalanche transceiver technology.

Matt thought he could start college in the fall and forget about his summer sojourn in an alternate world of magic.From Matt's bizarre behavior, Aunt Lois thought Matt was taking drugs.The Wizard Alaric thought Matt was safe from the wizardry of his wicked - but not quite evil - brother Crius.Lady-in-waiting Kaylyn thought she would never see Matt again.Princess Illeana thought her future was roses and marriage to Sir Michael.Alaric's apprentice Basil thought he would never learn to do magic.They were all wrong.Tunnel at the End of the Dark is the second novel in the Possible Magic Series. The first novel is The Princess, the Knight and the Knave. Coming soon: the third novel is The Stark and Dormy Knight.Cover Layout & Design for Tunnel at the End of the Dark by Pat R. Steiner.

Careers in Focus: Social Work, Third Edition profiles 20 careers for students interested in a rewarding job in this profession.New and updated job profiles include:Adult day care coordinatorsCareer and employment counselors and techniciansChild life specialistsGrief therapistsHospice workersNonprofit social service directorsOrientation and mobility specialistsPsychiatristsRecreational therapistsSocial workersand more.

Praise for the previous edition:"...user-friendly...comprehensive..."--Library JournalCareers in Focus: Mathematics and Physics, Second Edition provides updated information on 21 jobs for students interested in a career in this field. -Job profiles include:-Accountants and auditors -Astrophysicists -Credit analysts -Economists -Mathematics teachers -Sports statisticians -and more.

Can you imagine receiving e-mails from a different planet? Welcome to "The Chest of Visions" by Tim Ferguson where e-mail messages are shared between youth on Earth and young people residing in the parallel universe's world of Caperston. Through a fast paced story we learn about Mattpaul and his challenges in Caperston, a planet smaller than our own. We also meet Alex, a teenager from Earth, who is struggling with justice and fairness. The age old question: why does God allow bad things to happen to good people is answered in "The Chest of Visions", allowing Alex to escape the anger that developed over the death of his best friend. As Alex expresses his loss of faith, he learns that Caperston is separated into two communities, the Valley People, privileged and self absorbed, and the Mountain People, talented but always struggling to survive. Mattpaul gives Alex encouragement but shares the difficult choice he has to make: follow the newly emerged prophet, Chihaysu, or stay in the comfortable world provided for him by his influential father.Chihaysu, the prophet, also has choices to make. To whom does he share his source of inspiration? The miracle of the actual chest of visions provides hope for Caperston's future. Will Mattpaul and his friends cling to this hope? Will the division between the Mountain people and the Valley people be broken down?

Mason Garvey, a three year old little boy, tells his story about the time he thought he caught his mama talking to herself. She was having such an interesting time that he had to sneak in to see what is going on for himself. Mason discovers that Mama is not talking to herself and he ends his story with his own conversation with the same person. Discover with Mason who Mama is talking to.

This book explains the seasons of a woman's life as a school for eternity and her relationships as the classroom. Donna Ferguson shows us that without an ongoing partnership with the Holy Spirit no woman can expect to fulfill her destiny as co executor of the will of God for humanity or discover the treasure God has for her within these relationships. Balanced between reality and myth, fact and faith, commitment and conscience, the author shows how childhood experiences impact adult relationships and set the stage for the next generation. She writes, "Marriage joins more than a man and a woman. It is the combining of two life dramas, two sets of parents, siblings, and any number of bit players within those dramas. We now have a more complicated drama. As the saying goes, "the plot thickens," and the ones most apt to complicate the new drama are the little boy and girl we used to be, and in many instances, continue to be."

Biology is the study of how living things function, how they relate to one another, and how they evolved. Because living things vary greatly in how they live and how they developed, the field of biology is broken into many distinct specialty areas, including microbiology, plant and animal physiology, ecology, epidemiology, cell biology, and marine biology. Biologists play an important role in research to fight diseases and develop life-improving technologies.Careers in Focus: Biology, Third Edition explores 20 careers in this important--and rapidly growing--scientific field.Job profiles include:-Astrobiologists -Biochemists -Biotechnology patent lawyers -Cytotechnologists -Ethnoscientists -Genetic scientists -Marine biologists -Naturalists -Toxicologists -Zoologists.