Most Popular Books by Mike Gordon

Uses everyday situations to explain what it means to be polite and to have good manners. Suggested level: junior, primary.

Unhappy with her choice of pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, Katie thinks it is too small until her father shows her that the best things often come in small packages.

A thriller about the passions that drive technology forward, and the potential of the surveillance society... In Boston, Global HealthCare Corporation is hoping to recover its fortunes with a new micro-chip technology which can eradicate disease - until Peter Miller, the brilliant but troubled architect of the program, quits his job and goes to work at a psychiatric hospital in London, helping develop a system to track dangerous patients. When a deadly threat to the US emerges, a covert Federal agency becomes involved, and Miller is caught up in a web of lies, love, insanity and murder - and finds he¿s opened the door to a frightening future. Synopsis Peter Miller, a computer genius, loves technology for its own sake, as a pure art form ¿ and as an escape from real life and its relationships. His employer, Global HealthCare, sees technology solely as a way to make money ¿ a great deal of money ¿ offering a way out of the corporation¿s financial trouble. Theodore Lamb, a wealthy investor, sees it as an opportunity for a financial killing ¿ and a possible means to achieve longevity, perhaps even secure eternal life, so he can remain with his younger mistress, Julia. While Gresham Taylor, a dubious psychiatrist, who¿s experimenting on a dangerous patient at a hospital in London, has much darker plans for the use of technology. When Miller leaves Global, disgusted with the corporation¿s refusal to recognize the value of his brain-child - the Tracks system, which can follow and monitor patients - he joins Taylor in London, and infiltrates Tracks into Taylor¿s project. But he hasn¿t escaped the long reach of Global and Lamb, and when a horrific biological threat arises in Texas, a secretive Federal agency begins to take an interest in his work. Becoming deeply involved with Taylor¿s research assistant, Sarah Ross, Miller uses Tracks to safeguard her - accidentally letting the Agency steal Tracks. And the Agency has the most sinister interest of all in what technology can do . . . About The Author Mike Gordon holds degrees in physics from the Universities of Cambridge and London. He was Lecturer in Computing at Charing Cross Medical School, where he was involved in the development of clinical information systems. Later he co-founded a pioneering software company which supplies advanced systems to premier medical centres around the world. He lives in Richmond with his wife, Erica, with whom he raised their four children. Tracks is his first novel.

It’s St. Patrick’s Day! Katie makes shamrocks to help celebrate and ends up learning what it means to be lucky in this Ready-to-Read eBook with audio.

Understanding Islam provides a succinct, authoritative, and accessible introduction to one of the world''s great religious traditions. The subjects covered include: the Prophet and his teachings; the Quran, Hadith, and Sharia law; the history of the Islamic empire; madrasas and jihad; Shia and Sunni Islam; the Five Pillars; art and divinity; Mecca, mosques, and mihrahs; angels, jinns, and holy men; and secular nationalism and Islamic revivalism. The author is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of History at Miami University of Ohio and a published author and editor. His completed and planned publications include works on Islam and Franco-Arab encounters and on the Turkish community in 9th century Samarra.

If the statement, "You should keep your day job," applies to your golf game, then this book is made for you. We wrote it in an informal way, like two friends having a discussion about golf. Golf should be informal and fun. According to Forbes magazine, "The U.S. golf industry has lost 2 million players. The main cause is an inability to attract and keep younger golfers." Perhaps it''s the long list of golf rules or the multitude of "pointers" written by the thousands of golf pro''s that inundate us daily. We all want to be better golfers. "My goal is to break 80." You never hear a golfer at the tee box say, "Let''s have fun out there!" But that should be the goal. Our scoring system removes the pressure of "scoring" shots and having fun. Make up your own rules. We encourage it!

Discusses the unhealthy aspects of being overweight, the relationship between weight and a program of diet and exercise, and ways to stay physically fit.

Uses everyday situations to explain what it means to be a responsible person. Suggested level: junior, primary.

A little girl helps herself to the belongings of three bears in the woods.

This fun-packed guide has everything the aspiring princess needs to begin her ascent into royalty.

A new title in the fantastic First Reading series, part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme, aimed at children who are beginning to read.

Fifty-five off-the-wall short stories are offered from the subversive imagination of Mike Gordon, the bassist for one of America''s favorite live rock bands, Phish. 64 illustrations, 60 in color.

A highly illustrated book which looks at issues surrounding personal hygiene.

In this sweeping, riveting, sometimes raucous, always brutally honest Alaskan epic, Mike Gordon - between the strenuous ups-and-downs of climbing the highest peak on each continent - fights the ghosts of his childhood, survives the rough-and-tumble atmosphere of the bar business in the Last Frontier and struggles, often at long odds, to keep the woman he loves. If you''ve ever had moments of self-doubt, found yourself addicted to drugs, wondered how to overcome low self-esteem or whether you could do the seemingly impossible to overcome them all, by the end of this book you''ll want to stand on a chair and shout out loud. Learning the Ropes takes the reader on a wild ride from the Old South through Wild West Alaska by way of blatant racial discrimination, crazy motorcycle gangs, Russian revolution, dizzying heights and the underbelly of Spenard.

Chaque titre de cette collection invite les jeunes enfants à réfléchir sur un sentiment ou un comportement susceptible d''avoir de graves répercussions au plan des relations interpersonnelles ou de l''environnement. La manière dont il s''exprime, les situations de la vie quotidienne qui l''entraînent et les façons d''apprendre à le maîtriser ou à minimiser ses conséquences sont explorés dans un texte simple, gentiment mis en images par des aquarelles de type BD. La dernière page propose quant à elle des outils aux parents et enseignants désirant amorcer un dialogue sur le sujet avec les enfants. [SDM].