Forest Research

What happens when the campfire tales are real? Deep in the blank spaces on the map, in the vast, silent wilderness, a creature of immense power and unknown intelligence stalks the shadows. For generations, whispers of a giant, hair-covered, bipedal predator have been dismissed as folklore. But for some, the legend has become a brutal, terrifying reality. This chilling collection brings together the most harrowing and credible encounters on record. From a 19th-century trapper's night of unrelenting terror in the Bitterroot Mountains to a modern family's home besieged by an unseen force in ...

Cash Cassidy goes against her husband’s wishes and departs Wales for South America to seek El Dorado, the famed lost city of gold. When she’s pursued by authorities, robbed of a critical item, and abandoned by the smugglers who were her guides, it’s up to Cash to find her way to safety to El Dorado. Meanwhile, Cash’s husband is desperate to find her—he’ll do anything to save her from a terrible fate. Cash travels undercover on the odyssey of a lifetime through jungles, across mountains, and even across borders. After she meets a man who reveals more clues about the whereabouts ...

The woods are silent for a reason. Have you ever felt like you were being watched? This gripping collection of true witness reports drags you deep into the heart of Bigfoot territory, where ordinary people have come face-to-face with the impossible. These aren't just campfire tales; they are harrowing, firsthand accounts from seasoned hikers, hunters, and even law enforcement who stared into the eyes of an unknown primate. From the humid swamps of the South to the dense forests of the Pacific Northwest, each chapter details a chilling and unexplained confrontation with a mysterious creature...

The Learning Rainforest is renowned educator Tom Sherrington's attempt to capture various different elements of our understanding and experience of teaching. It is a celebration of great teaching - the joy of it and the intellectual and personal rewards that teaching brings.

Unexpected Job Offer: When a limousine showed up at my door one afternoon and the driver invited me to get inside, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and mystery. Now, he's whisked me off to begin the adventure of a lifetime, working with shape shifters in a hidden preserve. For an animal behaviorist, it was a dream come true, but what I didn't expect was the intense attraction I felt for my boss. Bruin leaves my heart palpitating and my knees weak. Every time I hear his voice I long to throw myself into his waiting arms. There's just one hitch, though. I've never even seen his ...

This newly launched report argues that development policies based on new insights into how people actually think and make decisions will help governments and civil society more readily tackle such challenges as increasing productivity, breaking the cycle of poverty from one generation to the next, and acting on climate change.