Books published by publisher Jacaranda

A fast holiday mystery novella for fans of Miami Jones!Special Agent Danielle Castle is neck deep in a case involving Russian gangsters gaming the South Florida slots when she learns about a stolen shipment of aid that was destined for the hurricane-ravaged Bahamas.To replace the aid a Miami church group must do the unthinkable and take funds from their Christmas toy fund for underprivileged kids. That doesn’t sit well with Danielle, but there’s no official case. The theft happened outside Florida jurisdiction. So she takes a leaf from the playbook of her fiancé, Miami Jones.Danielle takes to the streets of Miami and the high seas of the Caribbean to track down the stolen goods and make sure kids who deserve a chance get a Christmas to remember.

The untold story behind one of the most controversial album releases in modern music history, for fans of the Wu-Tang Clan, hip-hop music, and all those interested in the music industryTake a kid with a dream. A legendary hip hop group. 6 years of secret recordings. A casing worthy of a king. A single artifact. Hallowed establishment institutions. An iconoclastic auction house. The world’s foremost museum of modern art. A bidding war. Endless crises of conscience. An angry mob. A furious beef. A sale. A villain of Lex Luthor-like proportions. Bill Murray. The FBI. The internet gone wild.In 2007, the innovative Wu-Tang producer, Cilvaringz, feeling that digitisation increasingly supported the perception of music as disposable, took an incendiary idea to his mentor, hip hop legend, RZA: create a unique physical copy of a secret Wu-Tang album, to be encased in silver and sold through auction as a work of contemporary art.The plan raised a number of complex questions: Would selling one album for millions be the ultimate betrayal of music? How would fans react to an album that’s sold on condition it could not be commercialised? And could anyone justify the ultimate sale of the album to the infamous pharmaceutical mogul Martin Shkreli?“An epic battle between colorful, creative maniacal heroes and one of the blandest beta-villains of our time. Couldn’t put it down.”Patton Oswalt, comedian and bestselling author of Silver Screen Fiend

Science Quest provides a full range of learning materials, with proven content, experiments and activities that will extend students and provide the learning experiences needed to achieve Level 5 and 6 standards in Science and beyond. The third editions of this series have been developed for the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS). Science Quest 1 and Science Quest 2 provide full coverage of Level 5 learning focus and standards for Science. Content, experiments and activities in the texts also support the weaving together of science with Interdisciplinary Learning and Physical, Personal and Social Learning. Features Complete coverage of the Level 5 & 6 standards in the Science knowledge and understanding and Science at Work dimensions A fresh and dynamic new design Special spreads focusing on science links with domains in other strands, such as Health, Civics and Citizenship, ICT and Thinking tools A new opening chapter in each text - Learning with the brain in mind, Brain Quest and Think Quest - where students can discover different ways of learning, and explore a range of thinking tools to enhance their own thinking and learning Structured activities in Thinking tools special spreads help students apply these tools in topic contexts. Experiments, hands-on activities and Science at Work special spreads provide opportunities for coverage of Science at Work standards. Science Quest 2 3E eBookPLUS is an electronic version of the entire student textbook as well as a complementary set of targeted digital resources. These flexible and engaging ICT activities are available to you online at the jacarandaPLUS website (www.jacplus.com.au) Your eBookPLUS resources include: the entire student book in electronic format interactive activities and animations of key concepts Word files for all Activities additional technology files Click to view Science Quest 2 3E eBookPLUS.