Author: Alan Garner
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: alderley, tale, brisingamen, weirdstone
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 015205636X
ISBN-13: 9780152056360

Readers who love E. Nesbit or Susan Cooper may discover a new favorite in Alan Garner, winner of many awards for literary excellence including the Carnegie Medal. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, first published in 1960, is the story of two children, Susan and Colin, who are sent to rural England to stay with Bess Mossock, their mother’s childhood nurse. The Mossocks’ farm is delightfully old-fashioned, and the Alderley area is dotted with interesting woods to explore as well as treacherous disused mines. Susan and Colin encounter a frightening local woman, and feel they are being wa

Author: Alan Garner
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: classics, odyssey, elidor
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2006-03-01
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0152056246
ISBN-13: 9780152056247

A mechanical street map, a deserted slum, a church in ruins, and a football. Four ordinary things lead the Watson children on an extraordinary adventure to a magical land called Elidor. In pursuit of four ancient treasures, the forces of evil have crossed over into our world, and it falls to the Watson children to find the treasures, seal the bridge between worlds, and guard the strayed unicorn Findhorn . . . even though their heroism may cost them everything.

Author: Alan Garner
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: personal, social, effectiveness, increase, ways, speaking, tested, new, conversationally
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 1997-04-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1565656296
ISBN-13: 9781565656291

More than a million people have learned the secrets of effective conversation using Conversationally Speaking. This revised edition provides more ways to improve conversational skills by asking questions that promote conversation, learning how to listen so that others will be encouraged to talk, reducing anxiety in social situations and more.

Author: Alan Garner
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: alderley, tale, gomrath
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0152056300
ISBN-13: 9780152056308

The Moon of Gomrath is the one night of the year when the Old Magic is at its most powerful. Had Colin and Susan known this, they would have never lit a fire on the landmark known as the Beacon. But now no one is safe--the horsemen called the Wild Hunt are awake and on the ride. There will be a battle, and the outcome will depend on three unlikely champions: Susan, Colin, and their ally, the wizard Cadellin.     Includes an afterword by the author.

Author: Alan Garner
Publisher: Graphia
Keywords: service, owl
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-03-01
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0152056181
ISBN-13: 9780152056186

Something is scratching around in the attic above Alison’s room. Yet the only thing up there is a stack of grimy old plates. Alison and her stepbrother, Roger, discover that the flowery patterns on the plates, when traced onto paper, can be fitted together to create owls--owls that disappear when no one is watching. With each vanished owl, strange events begin to happen . As the kids uncover the mystery of the owl service, they become trapped within a local legend, playing out roles in a tragic love story that has repeated itself for generations . . . and has always ended in disaster.

Authors:Ed.D. Janet G. Woititz, M.A. Alan Garner,
Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.
Keywords: children, adult, lifeskills
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 1990-01-01
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 1558740708
ISBN-13: 9781558740709

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Adult Children of Alcoholics -- a wonderful book that affirms and encourages AcoAs by developing skills for living. Imagine how good you would feel if: You could stand up for yourself without losing your temper You could make a decision without second guessing yourself You didn’t have that sense of worthlessness every time someone criticized you You could learn how to say no and stick with it In Lifeskills for Adult Children you can learn how to do these things and more. This book is designed specifically for Adult Children and teaches sk

Authors:Ronald A Garner, C. William Garner,
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Keywords: personnel, finances, planning, strategic, automotive, businesses, managing
Number of Pages: 351
Published: 2005-12-01
List price: $82.95
ISBN-10: 1401898963
ISBN-13: 9781401898960

The success of any organization most often depends on the execution and management of such strategic issues as business development, personnel and fiscal operations. This new book introduces readers to the duties and practices assigned to service managers in the successful operation of an automotive service facility. Coverage begins with a general discussion of the management structure and the service manager’s role in facility operations. Consideration is then given to navigation of the personnel process from the recruitment of workers to supervision of their performance. The financ