New Releases by Margaret Power

A collection of weird and wonderful poems about cats. The perfect, sugar free, Halloween treat for the crazy cat lady in your life.

A short fairy tale printed in cursive writing. Follow the woodland adventures of two little fairies, Carina and Pia as they see what food is available for the Queen's feast.

Help children learn to identify trees with this beautifully illustrated poetry book.

Don't be scummy, Your not a dummy, Start tonight, Learn how to be polite.

The three-dimensional reconstruction and detailed biogeochemical analysis of Zoophycos presented in this thesis help to fully characterize the three-dimensional morphology, ethology, and biogeochemical impact of Zoophycos. The three-dimensional reconstruction revealed that this sample of Rosario Formation Zoophycos is composed of two morphotypes of Zoophycos, produced by a range of behaviors. One Zoophycos demonstrated selective detritus feeding from a clay-rich layer above the burrow environment. A later Zoophycos displayed opportunistic behavior in exploiting earlier spreite through infaunal deposit feeding. This data provides evidence that the Zoophycos trace-maker can adapt to changing sediment characteristics during the construction of its burrow. The biogeochemical analysis of Zoophycos revealed that the trace-maker has a measureable influence on sediment biogeochemistry. The trace maker influenced paleoredox proxies and mineralogy through sediment ingestion and digestion. The combination of a three-dimensional reconstruction and detailed biogeochemical analysis has revealed a means to systematically analyze trace fossil morphology and trace-maker ethology. The data in this study also has further implications on how bioturbating organisms influence paleoredox reconstructions.

Of the many recipients of federal support during the Great Depression, the citizens of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, stand out as model reminders of the vital importance of New Deal programs. Hoping to transform their desperate situation, the 250 families of this western Pennsylvania town worked with the federal government to envision a new kind of community that would raise standards of living through a cooperative lifestyle and enhanced civic engagement. Their efforts won them a nearly mythic status among those familiar with Norvelt’s history. Hope in Hard Times explores the many transitions faced by those who undertook this experiment. With the aid of the New Deal, these residents, who hailed from the hardworking and underserved class that Jacob Riis had called the “other half” a generation earlier, created a middle-class community that would become an exemplar of the success of such programs. Despite this, many current residents of Norvelt—the children and grandchildren of the first inhabitants—oppose government intervention and support political candidates who advocate scrutinizing and even eliminating public programs. Authors Timothy Kelly, Margaret Power, and Michael Cary examine this still-unfolding narrative of transformation in one Pennsylvania town, and the struggles and successes of its original residents, against the backdrop of one of the most ambitious federal endeavors in U.S. history.

Whenever anyone borrows a book from her, Miss Esmerelda Gobbledegook is compelled to rearrange her book shelves.

NEW! Fiction. Ideal for guided reading and writing. Also for independent reading and writing. Suitable as take home readers. Interactive books. Good for children who are high-interest, lower ability. Age range: 4-11 years. Provides thorough coverage of literacy strategy for Foundation (P1) through to Year 6 (P7). Can also be used with Year 7+ (S1+). Book banded. Teacher's Notes available separately on CD-ROM. Size: 16cm tall x 19cm wide. Published 2003. 24 pages.

This innovative book challenges the perceived view, based largely on long observation of artificially fed chimpanzees in Gombe and Mahale National Parks, Tanzania, of the normal social behavior of chimpanzees as aggressive, dominance seeking, and fiercely territorial. In polar opposition, all reports from naturalistic (nonfeeding) field studies are of nonaggressive chimpanzees living peacefully on home ranges in fluid, open, nonhierarchical groups. This research has been largely ignored and downgraded by most of the scientific community. By utilizing the data from these studies, the author is able to construct a model of an egalitarian form of social organization, based on a role relationship of mutual dependence among many charismatic chimpanzees of both sexes and other more dependent members. This highly and necessarily positive mututal dependence system is characteristic of both undisturbed chimpanzees and humans who live or lived by the "immediate-return" foraging system.