"This book is a basic guide to the world of designing, building and racing cardboard boats. You will find information that I have learned over my years of studying, building and racing cardboard boats in my local regatta. The building of the cardboard boats helped me learn the basics of engineering and gain a passion for learning new skills. The focus of this book is to provide you with the principles and skills needed to design and build a cardboard boat from scratch, not how to build a specific boat. I leave it up to you and your team to decide how you want to design and build your boat. Let's get started..."--

In a captivating realm where imagination melds seamlessly with reality, Captain Cardboard's epic adventures unfold as a testament to the unyielding power of friendship. Join Captain Cardboard and his band of kindred spirits as they navigate a world of laughter, play, and challenges, united in unbreakable bonds. Together, they stand as an indomitable force, conquering every obstacle and offering unwavering support in times of need. Captain Cardboard knows that genuine heroes are not merely defined by their individual feats but by the boundless love and joy they bring to those around them. Enter a world where friendship is the most potent magic, where Captain Cardboard and his companions prove that together, they are an unstoppable force against all odds.

THE GREED OF GOLDFEVER: Captain Cat and the Umbrella Kid go for gold!! From a strawberry farm infested with North American Apache Attack snails; to hanging from a zeppelin high above Maxburg City; to a tropical isle guarded by Giant Robot Crabs, the Tremendous Two have no time to catch their breaths, let alone hold them. Someones made all the gold in the Lockstock Stockade Gold Depository smell Absolutely Stinky. But is this only the First Step in a pongy plot to plunder the gold vaults? Who can be behind it? Sultry saboteur Dinah Myte? Evil mad scientist Dr von Feendkraven? Surely it cant be Eddie Goldfever the world famous rock star? Join the Captain and the Kid as they tackle head-on the all-consuming Greed of Goldfever! THE SARDINES OF SUSPICION: Captain Cats penthouse HQ is flooded and pumped full of piranha!! A seemingly unprovoked attack by gross gangster Fish-Face. But this is only a pulse-pounding prelude. Greater perils awaitBeneath the dark, placid waters of the Squidd Sardine Farm something stirs. An enormous sardine-guzzling sea-serpent! But surely such things dont exist? Captain Cat and the Umbrella Kid investigate *and discover Mystery upon Mystery. Who is the sinister man in black weaving a Tibetan ghost-trap around the lake? Who is the face-swapping traitor behind all the sabotage at the Sardine Farm? Diving-bells are attacked, Ye Olde Country Tea-Roomes are machine-gunned, and assorted heroes are sucked up by giant vacuum-cleaners before one thing is finally made clear: the Sardines of Suspicion cast their sinister shadow over everyone, and No One Can Be Trusted * not even Captain Cat!

both an edge-of-your-seat page-turner and a profound commentary on Third World politics at their most elemental level. Scott Douglas Gerber, author of The Law Clerk and The Ivory Tower Captain Stephen Erickson is sent to Guyana, where he runs into West Point pal Andrew Rambarran. A government overthrow is imminent, but will Steves dedication to his old friend cause trouble? Guyana, South America, 1979, was not a free and easy place to be. The Kabaka Party ruled the government and the streets. They carried swagger sticks, wore heavy leather boots, and called each other comrade. They had promised to make the small man into a real man; instead they brought poverty, starvation, and racial mistrust to a nation once hopeful, but now disgruntled. American Captain Stephen Erikson accepts his post as Assistant Military Attach in Guyana, aware that a military coup might be in the offing. Hes happy to reconnect with his old West Point pal, Captain Andrew Rambarran, serving in the Guyanese army. While rekindling his friendship with Andrew, Steve meets Anita, Andrews cousin. She is beautiful and intelligent, and Steve cant help but fall for her. Steves loyalties become severely tested when the military plan to take down the Kabaka Party moves the country into a state of uproar. Should Steve be true to his friend, Andrew, or to his countrys interests in the affair? More importantly, will either he or Andrew live to find out?

Besides being bullied, Joshua faces one more obstacle in middle school, trying to hide his identity as the son of supervillains, the Dread Duo.

More than Muscles shares the amazing personal journey of a former Mr. USA Bodybuilding Champion who overcame seemingly insurmountable odds to achieve his dreams. Joseph Troccoli begins his memoir in 1968, describing his life as a seven-year-old living within a hardworking Italian American family who prayed daily for peace, the less fortunate, and an end to racism. Troccoli first details a childhood filled with uncertainty and self-doubt after his family moved from New York to Florida and then provides an intriguing glimpse into the magical moment when his hands first wrapped around a barbell, instigating his lifelong love for bodybuilding. As Troccoli moves from one competition to the nextslowly transforming his body from frail to stronghe shares how he learned the value of persistence, values, and optimism despite facing disappointment, uncertainty, and heartache. Trocollis moving story of how he endured great hardships and failures on his journey to becoming a bodybuilding champion, firefighter, husband, and father will inspire you to stand taller, believe deeper, and learn to conquer the greatest obstacle to reaching your destinyyourself. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill

As former D.C cop Mace Perry investigates a mysterious high-profile homicide in a last-ditch attempt to get her badge back, she finds herself on a collision course with the dark side of national security in this New York Times bestseller. Mason "Mace" Perry was a firebrand cop on the D.C. police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime -- and then spent two years in prison. Now she's back on the outside and focused on one mission: to be a cop once more. Her only shot to be a true blue again is to solve a major case on her own. But even with her police chief sister on her side, she'll have to work in the shadows: A vindictive U.S. attorney will stop at nothing to send Mace back to jail. Enter Roy Kingman . . . A young D.C. lawyer, Roy meets Mace after the murder of one of the firm's female partners. Soon Roy and Mace are investigating together -- and uncovering surprising secrets from both the private and public sectors of the nation's capital.