Fern Valley Ventures is a children's fiction book chronicling the adventures of eight friends from the same village and school as they overcome challenges and solve mysteries. Each story has a hidden, underlying meaning that children and their parents, as well as teachers will enjoy discovering. In The Vanishing Tom and Ali builds a secret tree house in Fern Valley. But when Tom finds an even better hiding place, he has no idea it will soon turn into a near death trap. In The Vortex Jim seems intent on making Sameer's life a misery as the Venturers face the challenges of a week at an activity camp. Find out if Sameer will become his friend indeed when Jim is swept away towards a watery end. In The Villa identical twins Jill and Jackie enjoy confusing everybody as the Venturers are involved in an archaeological dig. As well as discovering Roman coins and jewellery, they have to track down and catch the thief who steals the finds, and the vandals who threaten to ruin the dig. In The Verdict Laura is devastated when the cash box she has been entrusted with at the school fair is stolen. It's Guy Fawkes night and as the bonfire roars and rages out of control and fireworks explode all around them, can the Venturers catch the thief and recover the money? The lavish colour illustrations will enhance the enjoyment of the book and the wholesome nature of the stories will appeal to children and their parents and educators, making the book popular with schools, libraries and children's organisations.

A study of the psychodynamic role of shame in Melville's work, with detailed readings of Moby-Dick, Pierre, and Billy Budd, drawing on the work of theorists such as Heinz Kohut, Silvan Tomkins, and Donald Nathanson to challenge to contemporary reliance on an often abstract poststructuralist model of psychoanalysis. For those interested in Melville's work and in psychoanalytic and psychological approaches to literature. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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