Books published by publisher Blackmer Press

“I can’t believe how much I just learned!” That was one mom’s response after observing a single class session of Trick Geography. Trick Geography: World Student Book (Teacher Guide and Test Book sold separately) is a simple, yet powerful geography curriculum which routinely moves students from geographic illiteracy to command of world countries, Canadian territories and provinces, their capitals, and major world bodies of water, mountains, peninsulas, and deserts in less than a year. And all with ease and high retention! How does it work? Morocco looks like a maraca, so we trace the dotted outline of a maraca drawn inside the country's border. The capital is Rabat, so we circle the robot (Rabat) shaking the maraca (Morocco). It's THAT easy!Physical features are taught using simple connections. "The monkey (Mongolia) grew a goatee (Gobi Desert)." Delightful graphics, phonetic connectors, dot-to-dots, and fill-in-the-blanks facilitate multiple learning styles and make the process more like a game than a curriculum. Trick Geography is easy enough for elementary students yet sophisticated enough for the high schooler and adult. It is ideal for home or school settings. Teachers appreciate the simple instructions which require virtually no prep time or learning curve and which give students the option of going through the program on their own. Evaluation is a cinch with the companion test book which includes comprehensive tests presented in matching format. Recommended for ages 8 to adult. 182 pages. Teacher guide required. (The Trick Geography: USA edition is also available.)www.TrickGeography.com

“I can’t believe how much I just learned!” That was one mom’s response after observing a single class session of Trick Geography. Trick Geography: Africa--Teacher Guide (Student Book sold separately) is a simple, yet powerful geography curriculum which routinely moves students from geographic illiteracy to command of African countries, their shapes and capitals, and major bodies of water, mountains, and deserts in about 6 weeks. And all with pleasure and high retention!How does it work? Morocco looks like a maraca, so we trace the dotted outline of a maraca drawn inside the country's border. The capital is Rabat, so we circle a robot (Rabat) shaking the maraca (Morocco). It's THAT easy!Physical features are taught using simple connections. "Atlas (Atlas Mountains) builds his muscles by lifting the maraca (Morocco)." Delightful graphics, phonetic connectors, dot-to-dots, and fill-in-the-blanks facilitate multiple learning styles and make the process more like a game than a curriculum. Trick Geography is easy enough for elementary students yet sophisticated enough for the high schooler and adult. It is ideal for home or school settings. Teachers appreciate the simple instructions which require virtually no prep time or learning curve and which give students the option of going through the program on their own. Evaluation is a cinch with matching tests which are included. Recommended for ages 8 to adult. 59 pages. (The Trick Geography: USA and World editions are also available.) www.TrickGeography.com

“I can’t believe how much I just learned!” That was one mom’s response after observing a single class session of Trick Geography. Trick Geography: World Teacher Guide (Student Book and Test Book sold separately) is a simple, yet powerful geography curriculum which routinely moves students from geographic illiteracy to command of world countries, Canadian territories and provinces, their capitals, and major world bodies of water, mountains, peninsulas, and deserts in less than a year. And all with pleasure and high retention!How does it work? Morocco looks like a maraca, so we trace the dotted outline of a maraca drawn inside the country's border. The capital is Rabat, so we circle the robot (Rabat) shaking the maraca (Morocco). It's THAT easy!Physical features are taught using simple connections. "The monkey (Mongolia) grew a goatee (Gobi Desert)." Delightful graphics, phonetic connectors, dot-to-dots, and fill-in-the-blanks facilitate multiple learning styles and make the process more like a game than a curriculum. Trick Geography is easy enough for elementary students yet sophisticated enough for the high schooler and adult. It is ideal for home or school settings. Teachers appreciate the simple instructions which require virtually no prep time or learning curve and which give students the option of going through the program on their own. Evaluation is a cinch with the companion test book which includes comprehensive tests presented in matching format. Recommended for ages 8 to adult. 138 pages. (The Trick Geography: USA edition is also available.) www.TrickGeography.com

You Cannot Hack Your Destiny . . .A genius hacker is plagued by strange visions which haunt his dreams and hint at a mysterious destiny. Caught red-handed with US military designs, Jacob Wylde is sent to PROPS, a top secret research facility where a handful of tech criminals are trained for active duty as cutting-edge cyber spies. Here he meets Rebecca Kent, a committed hacktivist with secrets of her own and a burning desire to secure her freedom.As their relationship develops, dark forces are already at work, plotting the pair’s ultimate destruction. And it's only a matter of time before these fugitive cyberpunks must battle for survival and seek redemption on the fly. Code Red is an explosive thrill ride taking in the mountains of North Carolina, the frozen wastes of the South Atlantic, the wilds of Ireland, and the streets of Washington DC. Join Jacob and Rebecca today as these next-gen code warriors square off against the deep state and wage their own brand of cyber warfare - for fans of fast paced technothrillers, and character driven sci-fi alike.

In The Aura of a Hole explores the work of A. Laurie Palmer an artist, writer, and teacher. Her work is concerned, most immediately, with resistance to privatization, and more generally, with theoretical and material explorations of matter?s active nature as it asserts itself on different scales and in different speeds. Her work takes various forms as sculpture, installation, public projects, and writing. This publication focuses specifically on a decade long project Palmer undertook as an extended exploration of mineral extraction sites in the U.S, which through her narration of a first person perspective, discusses themes of the raw scientific and mechanical aspects of the industry, but furthermore those that she found a collective survey brought up, themes of environmental justice, First Nation rights, industrial agriculture, chemical weapons, low temperature physics, the Cold War, the Iraq War, biotechnology, bio-geochronology, nanotechnology, Homeland Security, globalised trade, global warming and unemployment. Palmer has shown her work, both independently and with the four-person art collective Haha, at national and international venues since 1988, and published writing since 1986. Palmer teaches in the Sculpture Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her works are in the collections of institutions such as the City of Linz, Austria, the Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the University Galleries, Illinois State University.

You Cannot Hack Tomorrow . . .Jacob and Becca set out on a fact finding mission to the Amazon jungle, accepting an invite from Russian Tech Billionaire, Krystof Rogozin. But it's a tropical journey which soon spins out of control, setting in motion a runaway nightmare for the young couple. One that unearths the facts about Jacob's true identity, even as it forces him to wield his strange powers like never before.With the action moving from Brazil to the city of Berlin, the Rogue Hacker must steer a path through a world of smoke and mirrors as his life starts to unravel spectacularly. The stakes rising by the minute before reaching their stunning climax in the mountains of Kazakhstan at a secret underground test base. Here, during a life and death struggle, an earth shattering revelation awaits . . .Following on from the high drama of Code Red, Deep Spiral is a thrilling addition to The Rogue Hackers Trilogy, widening the scope of cyber intrigue and revealing the cosmic nature of the dark forces at play.

In the fall of 1998, four girls disappeared from Redwood, a small town just outside of Asheville, North Carolina. All of them were young. All of them were beautiful. None of them were found alive. Drew’s mother, Willow, was one of those girls.Seventeen years later, Paige, Drew’s girlfriend, disappears from school. When she’s found dead, the details of her murder are eerily similar to his mother’s. Residents fear the return of the Sleeping Beauty Strangler, and Drew’s family is thrown back into the spotlight.Things are a bit different this time around because Drew has seen the killer.What’s worse is the killer knows it.Can he untangle the details of both murders while under the watchful gaze of the killer? Can he keep his loved ones safe, or will he die before bringing the murderer to justice?

AN ILLUMINATI. A DARK ENTICEMENT'Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,' says the Lord. And as the Lord has to be seen to be merciful, it has to be others that will carry out this vengeance. His second-in-command for one. Holy ghost, Divine spirit, call it what you will, given its orders it will be ruthless.For it's this same spirit, first recorded on earth at the time of the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth that an Illuminati using ultimate sin will entice a return to earth.Now meet Charlie O’Hare. Born Ireland, 1890. A Catholic.And Frank Weinberg. A native New Yorker, 1886. Jewish.O’Hare’s a sergeant. Weinberg, his lieutenant. Both work for the police department on New York’s Lower East Side. It’s the 1920s. Poverty and human rights are dire. Handling New York's crime, well, that was their job. But corruption, from their own department, that was crap, plain and simple. When it involved the commissioner-of-police - 'our boss for chrissake' - they were on a hiding to nothing. Then . . .An immigrant couple have their daughter abducted by a gangster union boss in revenge for the husband's 'troublemaking' in the docks. When O’Hare and Weinberg's investigations lead to the commissioner-of-police being involved; and when they refuse to pull those investigations, it's not just their jobs on the line, orders are to take them out. The Illuminati have long fingers.A full menu? Not quite. Add a killer angel into the mix. Then bring in the meddler known as Satan for restaurant earth to truly open. Then threaten apocalyptic closure by the spirit. Now it's for the US President, Henry Clancy Montgomery III to make a final decision. To run with Satan, or allow an apocalypse and keep man's soul intact.So begins a three-generational probe into a child abduction ring; and one that goes to the heart of an Illuminati controlled government department.Buy your copy of THE SEVENTH GIFT todayand begin your adventure with this Paranormal Apocalyptic Crime Horror that’s Stylish! Sharp! and Grippingly! out of this world; a book that will blow your mind.CUSTOMER REVIEWSGreat characters although some you woud never want to meet . . .Truly gritty and deep and not a light read. Great characters although some you would never want to meet in real life with shocker cliff hangers throughout. On the edge of my seat with this dark story with a real depth to it. Would definitely read it again. Amazon CustomerGood TwistsAn interesting read with some real tension, will keep you reading to the end.Well worth a go. Katharine

Black Beak and the crew of the Golden Wing travel to their home port of Conure Cove for the Mermaid Festival. But their celebrations are cut short when Cap'n Scratch steals the silver bell from the Golden Wing. Sandy the Sea Dog joins the crew in their quest to retrieve the silver bell and rescue some of Conure Cove's citizens from the evil clutches of the cats in Litter Box Bay.