Carolan: 27 books

Action and suspense await the reader in this young adult sci-fi mystery… When Della’s foster father is murdered, she leaves their tough life of the Dark Domes on the planet Sanctuary, vowing to find his killer. The fourteen-year-old girl learns to use her psi powers and makes new friends among...

Set in the same sci-fi universe as A. B. Carolan’s The Secret Lab, this new young-adult sci-fi mystery explores a Jupiter-sized planet’s satellite in a faraway solar system where human scientists are studying local flora and fauna but behaving badly until a teen who wants to study the satellite’s...

In the future when humans are exploring the home solar system, four kids discover a mutant cat on the International Space Station. In solving the mystery of the cat’s origin, they uncover an old conspiracy. Young readers will identify with the kids’ problems; they and older readers who are young-at-heart...

Marvin is a contract hog farmer in Iowa. He owns his land, his barn, his tractor, and his animal crates. He has seen profits drop steadily for the last twenty years and feels trapped. Josh is a dairy farmer on a cooperative in Massachusetts. He doesn't own his cows, his land, his seed, or even all...

In today's fast-paced, fast food world, everyone seems to be eating alone, all the time—whether it's at their desks or in the car. Michael Carolan argues that needs to change if we want healthy, equitable, and sustainable food. We can no longer afford to ignore human connections as we struggle with...

Decentering Biotechnology explores the nature of technology, objects and patent law. Investigating the patenting of organic life and the manner in which artifacts of biotechnology are given their object-ive appearance, Carolan details the enrollment mechanisms that give biotechnology its momentum....

Welcome to Dunvegas, an out-of-the-ordinary Las Vegas casino/resort modeled after an ancient Scottish castle. Dunvegas is unlike any other casino on The Strip. It caters to a preternatural crowd and plays host to the annual ParaPleasures Expo, the largest trade show on Earth dedicated solely to the...

While the phenomenon of embodied knowledge is becoming integrated into the social sciences, critical geography, and feminist research agendas it continues to be largely ignored by agro-food scholars. This book helps fill this void by inserting into the food literature living, feeling, sensing bodies...

Do you really think you are getting a good deal when given that free mobile phone for switching service providers, if a multinational retailer undercuts its competitors or by the fact that food is relatively cheaper today in many countries than ever before?  Think again! As Michael Carolan...

Society and the Environment examines today's environmental controversies within a socio-organizational context. After outlining the contours of 'pragmatic environmentalism', Carolan considers the pressures that exist where ecology and society collide, such as population growth and its associated increased...

Social Network Analysis and Education: Theory, Methods & Applications provides an introduction to the theories, methods, and applications that constitute the social network perspective. Unlike more general texts, this applied title is designed for those current and aspiring educational researchers...

Niveau A2 4. Lernjahr / 8. Klasse 1.200 Wörter Crime / Thriller Als Kunsträuber in die Villa der Eltern einbrechen, werden die gehörlose Mia und ihre Großmutter als Geiseln genommen. Nur Mias künstlerische Begabung und ihre guten Einfälle können sie aus den Händen der Verbrecher retten. Kommt...

Niveau A1 bis A2 3. Lernjahr / 7. Klasse 750 Wörter Crime / Thriller / Adventure Pat besucht seine Freundin Annie, die mit ihrer Mutter in Glasgow wohnt. In der Nachbarwohnung lebt Ian Brody, ein ruhiger, älterer Herr. Als Brody auf einmal verschwunden ist und laute Geräusche von nebenan kommen,...

Niveau A1 bis A2 3. Lernjahr / 7. Klasse 750 Wörter Social Issues / Fantasy Rose hat sich nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter ganz in sich zurückgezogen. Als sie gerade beginnt neue Kontakte zuzulassen, geschieht wieder ein schlimmes Ereignis: Ihre Lehrerin wird von einem Stalker bedroht. Pauline O'Carolan...