Ian F Baird

A moment in time can change your life. It did for Andy Roberts. Fetching a ball from a ditch, Andy finds an old pocket-watch buried in the bank-side, ‘The Timemaster Chronometer’.After a good cleaning and getting it to work, Andy is playing with the watch and listening to the tinkling tune of the al...

When David Price is left by his mother at the recently restored, Sloeford Hall Hotel, to spend Christmas with his relatives, little did he know of the terrible story of the place. An angry and reluctant David meets a one-time resident with an appalling story to tell; a tale of betrayal, theft and mu...

Much of the World?s tropical and sub-tropical forest ecosystems are being rapidly degraded. Thus, there is interest in finding ways to protect biodiversity while assisting communities to benefit from its use. One way is through marketing Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs). However, NTFP development ...

Electronic waste includes such items as TVs, computers, LCD and plasma displays, and mobile phones, as well as a wide range of household, medical and industrial equipment which are simply discarded as new technologies become available. Huge and growing quantities of waste are discarded every year an...

People, Livelihoods and Development in the Xekong River Basin of Laos is a wide-ranging study that provides an overview of the area's history and geography as well as the cultures and local livelihood systems of the multiethnic people living there. Central to the study is a detailed description of t...

Pictorial history of the Canadian Pacific's railroad stations in British Columbia, done by division (Vancouver Island, Vancouver, Kettle Valley, Kootenay and Revelstock) as well as a discussion of the architectural features of the stations. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. 108 pag...

After the shocking and brutal murder of their popular treasurer and secretary, Pam Pedersen, the members of the Quilting Bee of Springwater, Michigan, have to elect new officers. After an acrimonious meeting, Ruth Lees is elected treasurer and gets involved with a mystery which changes her life.