While there is growing interest in participatory research to address issues around environmental sustainability, the focus of analysis tends to be on the results or products of the research rather than the processes involved. Addressing this gap, the authors draw on their experience of specific mapping techniques, based on different systemic concepts and theories, that have helped facilitate, explore and capture different understandings of the relationships, perspectives and boundaries within situations involving environmental sustainability. The development of visual mapping techniques is explained and practical case studies describe their application in environmental sustainability projects, from working with farmers and their networks to using visual mapping with indigenous communities and managing coastal environments. Each case study provides a 'real world' project example from researchers with extensive experience of using these techniques to research different aspects of environmental sustainability over several decades.

First drafted as a novel called Oyster Point when the author was only eighteen, The Cassique of Kiawah was finally published thirty-five years later, in 1859, at the height of William Gilmore Simms' career. It is a history through fiction of early Charleston, South Carolina, and completed Simms' series of Revolutionary War novels. Through satire and realism he portrays the charm and the corruption of late seventeenth-century Charleston society, and he contrasts the quiet majesty of the wilderness with the violence of man. The book was widely reviewed and highly praised, and it confirmed Simms' position as the nation's best-known novelist.

Six men search for lost Spanish gold only to find that the mountains don't intend to give it up without a fight in All That Glitters. Maria has a secret admirer, one with bloody future when Lovesick45 comes calling and something wicked has set up shop in the Bayou and the cemeteries are missing a few of their occupants in Resurrection: Genesis-along with four other strange and twisted tales. From the Mountains of Idaho to the world of the internet, the swamps and marshes of Louisiana to the far reaches of the solar system. All That Glitters, the debut effort by Kevin Collins

E-I-E-I-OH-NO The animals on Old MacDonald's farm have gone hog wild and racked up a big credit card bill. Faced with losing the farm, Old Mac and his animal friends use creative thinking and teamwork to transform the farm into a golf course. Question is, will it be enough to save the farm? Praise for Old MacDonald Had a Golf Course: "When I first read Old MacDonald Had a Golf Course, I immediately connected to the story. I grew up on a farm in Australia and can appreciate Mr. MacDonald's fight to keep his pride and joy alive and to keep all the animals happy and together. Times turn tough for Old MacDonald, so he comes up with a great idea of transforming his farm into a golf course so he can afford to keep the farm in his hands. It's a truly great story that kids will love. Good values of helping others and teamwork are all through the story. It has meaning to my youth growing up with farm animals as a boy and now my life as a professional golfer." -Stuart Appleby, world-class golfer "Pigs and putters? Chickens and chip shots? Ducks and drivers Pretty ingenious stuff, mixing funny farm animals with golf. This book is for active boys and girls with big imaginations-in other words, every kid on the planet." -Dave Coverly, nationally syndicated cartoonist "A delightful tale of how we accept responsibility, solve real problems and then, most importantly, enjoy our solutions. This is a marvelous, imaginative story of ingenuity in tough times, and the fun of friends working and playing together. Suitable for children and adults alike." -John Barell, author and educational expert "Kevin has an inner sense that brings the rhythm, rhyme and joy of childhood to a story. Thanks for sharing your gift " -Tresa Squires, reading recovery specialist and teacher "Jim Hunt's illustrations are priceless He has breathed a whole new life into Old MacDonald." -Stephanie Armstrong, art director and designer

Blood for our future, a Military/Political thriller whose stakes could not be higher, follows President Harlan Andrews as he prepares to launch a joint preemptive first strike with Israel against the world's Islamist terrorists. The strike must be ruthless and carried out with overwhelming lethal force, because a top secret Mossad report proves there are just months left before Mohammed Waleed, the Iranian leader, constructs a series of atomic weapons. Waleed believes he can bring about an end of days that will send Islamist to paradise and infidels to hell. The tension builds as time runs out. The plan is to trick the terrorist into an attack on Israel. Then they will be fighting America's and Israel's war on America and Israel's timetable. Only this strike can save the free world. If the plan works Waleed and his allies will be annihilated in this "all in" winner-takes-all war. If the plan fails, America's President and Israel's Prime Minister will be tried as war criminals.