The Water Tower Adventure is the first short story in the Timmy & Scottie Adventure Series. It introduces our readers to Timmy, Scottie, their hometown and most importantly, the uncanny knack they seem to have for finding adventure in the most unlikely places. The Island Adventure is the second short story in the Timmy & Scottie Adventure Series. It picks up right where The Water Tower Adventure leaves off and finds our friends about to explore one of the most mysterious and fables islands in the Midwest - Coney Island on Lake Waconia. It was once a favorite vacation retreat for some of the worst gangsters in the century, but now it's deserted - or is it?

Third short story in the Timmy & Scottie Adventure Series. It finds our heros unraveling a mystery so important that it has national historic consequences. Twists and turns in every chapter and the ending will have you on the edge of your seat.

As a seven-year-old boy, Jon Coile dreamed of spending the summer sailing Author of Evolution of an Xmas Letter the Atlantic. He just couldnt get his friends to cooperate. Coile grew up and spent time on the water, and in Adventures in the Ditch, he shares one story of a family nautical adventure. Hoping to rekindle the wanderlust and excitement of earlier sailing experiences, Coile, his thirty-seven-year-old brother Andrew, and their eighty-one-year-old father Russell embark on a nine-day, 2,500-mile, round-trip voyage on the Intracoastal Waterwayfrom the Chesapeake Bay to Miami. Their refurbished vessel, the Griffin, throws them some curveballs, and the trio encounters other unexpected situations, calling for creative and whimsical solutions. More than a mere boat trip, Adventures in the Ditch presents a rich, warm, and personal story of family relationships. Praise for Adventures in the Ditch Jon Coiles action-packed account of a journey on the Inland Waterway with his elderly father beautifully captures the challenges of navigating and the tensile strength of family ties. Susan Moger, Former Senior Editor, Scholastic Inc.

In 1891, four intrepid women from Lowell sailed to a remote island in Boston Harbor for a 17-day escape from New England's prim and proper society. Calling themselves the Scribe, the Aristocrat, the Acrobat, and the Autocrat, the women rusticated in a cottage on Great Brewster Island, reveling in the chance to shed their identities of wife, mother, and daughter. Relive their sojourn through their remarkable journal, filled with observations, illustrations, photographs, and poetry, reproduced here by the Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands.

During World War II, a Nazi submarine landed two men on a beautiful island off the coast of Georgia. These two soldiers were ordered to bury money that was intended to be used by Nazi saboteurs to incapacitate a large and busy shipyard. The saboteurs' plot was eventually discovered, and the Nazi soldiers were returned to Germany. In the 1950s, the same island attracts an interesting cast of characters. An olive-skinned beauty named Veronica and a blonde young man named Steven decide to live together in an old house that has been long abandoned, yet is still habitable. An escaped convict, fleeing from prison authorities on a nearby island, turns up as well. And four young men from the local mainland camp out on the island to enjoy a pleasant getaway. All of these island visitors struggle through trials and tribulations...with one another and with wild and dangerous animals. At the same time, three German ex-soldiers who know about the previously buried money arrive to claim the cash. Instead, they meet up with a big, disappointing and unforeseen surprise. Reeves Shields is inspired by great writers and great science. He is a former defense industry worker who now devotes himself full time to writing. Shields grew up in a small town on the coast of Georgia and now lives near Washington, D.C. As a boy, he enjoyed camping out on islands off the coast of Georgia. Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheIsland-ACoastalIslandAdventure.htm

The Kelly brothers, in their sixties, are living on opposite sides of the country when they receive a call from an attorney in their small hometown of Glenville, Indiana. His request: travel to Indiana to hear the final wishes of a recently deceased former neighbor, "Uncle" Shorty. Travel across country to hear the final wishes of a man who owned little more than an old Plymouth and a checkerboard? The brothers see this as a waste of time-even though Shorty had been a kind and encouraging family friend. But the attorney insists: "After hearing Mr. Hazelton's wishes, both of your lives could be changed forever." Returning "home" after forty years will pull Joe and Darren away from their quiet family lives and thrust them into a world of memorable stories, legendary characters, old grievances, early loves, and a precarious status that elicits greed, false adulation, and even crime. But will it be worth it?

After 2 1/2 years working as a veterinarian in the UK Laura is taking the long route back home to New Zealand. Her aim is to explore some of the far flung and exotic parts of this world while putting her veterinary skills to work in unusual places with unusual animals. From Pandas in China to Marine Conservation in Madagascar, to Iguanas in Honduras and Jaguars in the Bolivian Jungle. Across six continents she samples the best food (well the veggie versions at least), drinks and hospitality the different cultures have to offer. 18 Months Off follows her adventures as she experiences many things that up until now she has only dreamed of.