10-year-old Madison lives in an orphanage overseen by the mysterious directress, Madam Eve. Here, the children are divided into different groups based on their age, and once you grow up, you must leave. While Madam Eve treats the orphans kindly, there is a secret trapdoor in the basement for disciplinary measures, certain chores they must do every day, and limited food for each group. One day, as Madison passes by the kitchen to tend to the flower garden, she catches a glimpse of Wendy, who is otherwise as quiet as a mouse, talking to herself. But as she closes in on the off-the-wall girl, a hideous hobgoblin scurries right between her legs and disappears into thin air. Before she knows it, Wendy drags her out of the kitchen and drones on about telling what they saw to Madam Eve. But the directress won’t believe Wendy and Madison is too shocked to say anything and clams up like a clam. That very night, Wendy vanishes without a trace and only Madison is aware of the girl's sudden absence. Burdened by guilt, Madison tiptoes out of her room in the wee hours to find Wendy or the hobgoblin they had spotted, only to end up under Madam Eve’s draped bed. That’s when she becomes certain – whatever had happened to Wendy, it was undoubtedly the work of Madam Eve. Will Madison ever uncover the truth behind Wendy's mysterious disappearance? Only time will tell in this captivating tale of friendship and magic!

Features a new “where are they now” section, updating readers on lives of expedition’s original climbers Fully updated and detailed resources based on the "Anti-Racism in the Outdoors" (ARITO) guide Readers’ Guide explores additional context and questions for further consideration Outdoor journalist James Edward Mills’s book, The Adventure Gap, is a groundbreaking volume that is equal parts adventure story, history, and inspiration as it chronicles the first American all-Black summit attempt on Denali in 2013. Mills uses this momentous expedition as a jumping-off point to explore diversity in the outdoors, from Mathew Henson who stood at the North Pole in 1909 to contemporary adventurers such as polar explorer Barbara Hillary and rock climber Kai Lightner. This tenth anniversary edition once again shares the compelling events that unfolded during Expedition Denali’s summit bid. But it also provides fresh context: A new thought-provoking afterword by Mills examines what has evolved in and around the outdoor community since that effort. He highlights progress and inspiring stories, such as Full Circle Everest, an expedition led by Phillip Henderson that put an all-Black team on top of the world’s highest peak. And he points to places where we can and should all strive for higher achievement. The Adventure Gap has become an essential text in outdoor education and inspiration--a story of our times, now more relevant than ever.

The Whale and His Captors is an important firsthand account of the golden age of American whaling, chronicling both its lore and science as practiced from the inception of the fishery to the mid-1800s. Late in the composition of Moby-Dick, Herman Melville found inspiration in Cheever and his writings that would provide the final flourishes for one of America's classic novels. After exhausting other whaling sources - Beale, Scoresby, Bennett, and Browne - Melville turned to Cheever for chapter titles and organization as well as passages that helped shape, define, and elucidate his great work. This is the first scholarly edition of The Whale and His Captors, accompanied by an introduction and apparatus that clearly elucidates Cheever's treatise on whaling and demonstrates how his writings contributed both to the course of American literature and to our burgeoning understanding of literature's engagement with the natural world.

There is a little country town not far from Canberra in Australia, and this is where all of these adventures take place. Max is only five years old and his sister is a little younger. They live in a house just outside of town with their parents Kerrie and Michael. Max has just started school while Madison is attending kindergarten. Both children are very interested in the world around them and are eager to learn new and interesting things. Max is also practising to be a magician. Across the road from their home is a large area of native Australian forest where many bush animals and birds live together, this is called a national park. Joe MacDonald and his wife Mrs Jill have a farm nearby where they keep dairy cows, chickens, geese, ducks and bee hives. They make a living by selling their produce at the weekly market near town. There always seems to be something happening around this area and Max and Madison are usually involved somehow. They are joined sometimes by their friends, the Baker cousins.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton" by Wardon Allan Curtis. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.