Ramon Navarro, a third-generation subsistence fisherman and farmer who lives on the coast of Chile at Punta Lobos, learned to surf on a busted surfboard left by a visiting surfer. Since then he has become one of the top-ten big wave riders. He has used his surfing accomplishments to protect his home break, and he is admired around the world as an environmental activist: he fights resort development on the point, the building of pulp mills along on the coast, and sewage pipes that pollute the ocean off Pichilemu. Editor Chris Malloy created the film and book The Fisherman's Son, which focuses on Ramon's rise to big wave fame and how Ramon is using that notoriety to make his voice heard on activism issues. Contributors to the book include Gerry Lopez, Josh Berry, and Jack Johnson. Part of the proceeds to the book and film will be used to support Ramon's environmental efforts.

Why are the spirits of Voodoo interested in Busker? The troublemaking students at Long Step school face troubles of their own when they become the targets of a wizardly crime lord. Busker and his friends have no choice but to run when their magick stops working! Tension builds when the young wizards are trapped in the Scheherazade Hotel; and some of their pranks can be murder! In battling for their lives, the wizardlings confront killers, kidnappers, and thieves - And those are the good guys !! The Wizard Wars in Africa have come to London. Here are more great stories about the happily troublesome students of Long Step Academy. Busker and Soap lead the class in surviving encounters with treachery, evil wizards, and hard-thrown custard pies. Join the crowd. Just be ready to draw your wand when you can't run any more. Get ready for adventure, enchantment, and fun at Long Step Academy ...

Having magickal talent can be difficult. A harsh life awaits tough young wizards who don't always get along: rebels, misfits, and kids turned bad by a hard knocks ... At Long Step Academy, the criminal, the confused, the wild talent, and the nonconformist present a potent mix that challenges the instructors - who must be ready for literally anything! Young Busker Freemantle is swept from an underground station into the raucous life at Long Step. His parents never dreamed that London school would take him into the World of Magick. Busker's challenges include: * Investigating murders * Bedroom doors that talk back * Staying alive thru lunch Busker is free to leave whenever he wants. But now that Busker has discovered magick, he doesn't want to leave the Scheherazade Hotel and the chances for adventure and enchantment that Long Step Academy offers him - in this newest offering in the Wizard Academies fantasy series.