Invisible Jerry
Invisible Jerry

Author: Adam Wallace

Publisher: EK Books

Published: 2018-11-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781925335781

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People don't notice Jerry. If someone bumps into him, they don't say sorry. If someone waves, it's to somebody behind him. He never gets picked last for sports teams, but that's because he never gets picked at all. It's like he's invisible. That is, until Molly comes along. Molly asks Jerry his opinion. She shares things with him, she laughs with him and she sees him. Jerry soon realizes he can pay her gift forward, as there are plenty of other kids who feel invisible too. In today's busy world, there are lots of people who feel like they're on the outside looking in. This picture book is written for them, to show them that there are people out there who will see them, who will recognize their talents, and see how worthy they are. Bestselling author Adam Wallace (How to Catch an Elf) was inspired to write Invisible Jerry based on his own experiences as a shy kid growing up. This story comes straight from the heart.

The Art of Fugue
The Art of Fugue

Author: Marvin Bram

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2010-09-29

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0557464633

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Long ago, an unusually fulfilling way to live was widely practiced. Knowledge of that way to live was suppressed, and so it remained -- until now. Long ago, it was possible to put all one's thoughts down in writing. The way to do that was forgotten -- until now. This book restores the ancient meaning of community and it brings back the technique for revealing one's thoughts fully. THE ART OF FUGUE does these two things in works of the imagination and of interdisciplinary scholarship.

Stunning Stephen Edwards and the West Side Kids in the Invisible Man
Stunning Stephen Edwards and the West Side Kids in the Invisible Man

Author: David Dorris

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2020-01-13

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1728342740

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If you like to be entertained, you will really enjoy reading this book. Have I ever lied to you before? No, not never. This is a an easy read for any age with a great story that will keeps your attention, make you feel good and make you laugh. Oh yeah. Buy this book, go home, sit in your easy chair, put your feet up and start reading. Once you start getting involved with the story, you may say to yourself, “Impossible, can’t be done. No way.” And you will not want to put this book down. You may want to make yourself invisible so nobody will bother you as you read on with the laughs, plots, twists and turns with many surprises. The story centers around boxing with a boxer named Stunning Stephen Edwards as The Invisible man. The Jerry Dickerson gang is after Stephen for not taking a fall at his last boxing match. Stephen teams up with The West Side Kids Detective Agency and two Davenport Police Detectives to get out of trouble with The Jerry Dickerson Gang. Stephen is introduced a new way to fight crime. One of the Detectives gives Stephen a chemical to drink that will make him invisible. Jerry and his gang are no match for Stephen. As an invisible man, Stephen has fun pulling pranks and spying on The Jerry Dickerson Gang. After hearing what Jerry is planning, Stephen uses this information and forms his own schemes and uses The West Side Kids to fight Jerry.

Taking the Floor
Taking the Floor

Author: Daniel Beunza

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-07-13

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 0691204772

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An inside look at a Wall Street trading room and what this reveals about today’s financial system Debates about financial reform have led to the recognition that a healthy financial system doesn’t depend solely on how it is structured—organizational culture matters as well. Based on extensive research in a Wall Street derivatives-trading room, Taking the Floor considers how the culture of financial organizations might change in order for them to remain healthy, even in times of crises. In particular, Daniel Beunza explores how the extensive use of financial models and trading technologies over the recent decades has exerted a far-ranging and troubling influence on Wall Street. How have models reshaped financial markets? How have models altered moral behavior in organizations? Beunza takes readers behind the scenes in a bank unit that, within its firm, is widely perceived to be “a class act,” and he considers how this trading room unit might serve as a blueprint solution for the ills of Wall Street’s unsustainable culture. Beunza demonstrates that the integration of traders across desks reduces the danger of blind spots created by models. Warning against the risk of moral disengagement posed by the use of models, he also contends that such disengagement could be avoided by instituting moral norms and social relations. Providing a unique perspective on a complex subject, Taking the Floor profiles what an effective, responsible trading room can and should look like.

The Enchanted Castle (Illustrated Edition)
The Enchanted Castle (Illustrated Edition)

Author: Edith Nesbit

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-11-13

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13:

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The Enchanted Castle is a country estate in the West Country seen through the eyes of three children – Gerald, James and Kathleen, who discover it while exploring during the school holidays. The lake, groves and marble statues, with white towers and turrets in the distance, make a fairy-tale setting, and then in the middle of the maze in the rose garden they find a sleeping fairy-tale princess. Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was the author of world famous books for children - the tales of fantastical adventures, journeys back in time and travel to magical worlds.

Dead Wednesday
Dead Wednesday

Author: Jerry Spinelli

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published: 2021-08-03

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0593306678

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Can playing dead bring you back to life? Maybe on Dead Wednesday… On this day the worlds of a shy boy and a gone girl collide, and the connection they make will change them both forever. A brilliant new novel from the Newbery Medal winner and author of the New York Times bestseller Stargirl. "Jerry Spinelli has created another middle grade masterpiece." —BookPage, starred review On Dead Wednesday, every eighth grader in Amber Springs is assigned the name and identity of a teenager who died a preventable death in the past year. The kids don black shirts and for the whole day everyone in town pretends they're invisible—as if they weren't even there. The adults think it will make them contemplate their mortality. The kids know it's a free pass to get away with anything. Worm Tarnauer feels invisible every day. He's perfectly happy being the unnoticed sidekick of his friend Eddie. So he's not expecting Dead Wednesday to feel that different. But he didn't count on being assigned Becca Finch (17, car crash). And he certainly didn't count on Becca showing up to boss him around! Letting this girl into his head is about to change everything. This is the story of the unexpected, heartbreaking, hilarious, truly epic day when Worm Tarnauer discovers his own life.

Star Children
Star Children

Author: Gary W. Babb

Publisher: Fiction4All

Published: 2024-09-13

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13:

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The Arcadians, an ancient but dying alien race, genetically engineered their race to survive and interface with humans. These "Star Children" look, act and are human, but they are far more. The Human/Arcadian juveniles have dormant mental powers over the elements that begin to emerge at puberty. These DNA altered infants were dispersed to orphanages throughout the U.S. and Great Britain to develop as humans but awaken as Arcadians as adults. When many of these Star Children begin to be murdered while in government custody, it comes to the attention of the president. Horrified, he orders an investigation that leads to the unveiling of deep corruption within the government and military. The FBI discover a sinister plot to eliminate their only threat, the Star Children, and begin a war using aliens and advanced technology controlled by a secret human organization. It is about a war that should have ended over seventy years ago and an intricate and complicated plot devised and implemented over decades to achieve world domination. They have chosen now to launch their war. Some of the Star Children survive and band together and use their emerging powers to survive against the assault on them. As their powers grow they search out their benefactors in Antarctica to discover who they are. They learn they are the only force that can stand against the enemy. They collaborate with the US and Russian governments to uncover the plot and battle against this rogue waring force. This is a fast moving adventure with building mystery and many twists. Join the Star Children and their human allies in their battle to survive long enough to evolve and combat the enemy. Be there as they learn to use their evolving mental powers to manipulate the elements to survive, as they fight land and air battles and in their Investigative research to uncover the master plot and try to disrupt it.

Don't Look and It Won't Hurt
Don't Look and It Won't Hurt

Author: Richard Peck

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1999-11-15

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780805063165

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A teenage girl struggles to understand her place within her family and in the world.