The Corporate Cicada
The Corporate Cicada

Author: Don Mitchell

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2007-04

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 059541415X

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Corporate greed, the raid of America's pension funds, and a good old fashioned murder plot make this book a page turner. Like the Cicada, an insect that emerges from the ground on a 17-year cycle, company executives driven by the need for power, also evolve through a cycle from being magnanimous to being corrupt. Jack Barker, a retired Marine Captain, working in Washington D.C. as a computer systems specialist, stumbles onto a plot to assassinate Donna Carlyle, a feisty newspaper journalist. When Donna is found floating face down in the Hudson River with a knife in her chest, Jack Barker sets out to solve her murder. In the process, Jack exposes a group of 12 corporate CEO's who are systematically weakening the laws designed to protect pensions and chipping away at the controls put in place to protect shareholders from corporate greed and mismanagement of company funds. With the help of some old friends and his new family, Jack sets out to avenge the death of Donna Carlyle and expose the corruption and greed of the Corporate Cicada.

Cicada
Cicada

Author: Shaun Tan

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2018-06-26

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0734418647

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WINNER OF THE CBCA PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 Cicada work in tall building. Data entry clerk. Seventeen year. No sick day. No mistake. Tok Tok Tok! Cicada works in an office, dutifully toiling day after day for unappreciative bosses and being bullied by his coworkers. But one day, cicada goes to the roof of the building, and something truly extraordinary happens ... A story for anyone who has ever felt unappreciated, overlooked or overworked, from Australia's most acclaimed picture book creator.

A Little Book of Craftivism
A Little Book of Craftivism

Author: Sarah Corbett

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781908714077

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An inspirational introduction to the ideas of the Craftivist Collective; a worldwide group of activists using craft as their medium.

Full Cicada Moon
Full Cicada Moon

Author: Marilyn Hilton

Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0525428755

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In 1969 twelve-year-old Mimi and her family move to an all-white town in Vermont, where Mimi's mixed-race background and interest in "boyish" topics like astronomy make her feel like an outsider.

The Queen of the Cicadas
The Queen of the Cicadas

Author: V. Castro

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-06-22

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 1787586049

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NOMINATED FOR A BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL 2018 - Belinda Alvarez has returned to Texas for the wedding of her best friend Veronica. The farm is the site of the urban legend, La Reina de Las Chicharras - The Queen of The Cicadas. In 1950s south Texas a farmworker- Milagros from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is murdered. Her death is ignored by the town, but not the Aztec goddess of death, Mictecacíhuatl. The goddess hears the dying cries of Milagros and creates a plan for both to be physically reborn by feeding on vengeance and worship. Belinda and the new owner of the farmhouse - Hector, find themselves immersed in the legend and realize it is part of their fate as well. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

The Complete Liber Primus
The Complete Liber Primus

Author: Antonio Kowatsch

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-04

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9781987441260

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This is the complete Liber Primus from the Cicada 3301 crypto puzzle. The additional pages from later stages are also included in chronological order. This book is primarily meant for decorative purposes due to the lack of embedded metadata.

画本虫撰
画本虫撰

Author: Utamaro Kitagawa

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 53

ISBN-13: 0870993682

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Burning Bright
Burning Bright

Author: Ron Rash

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2010-03-09

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 0061981354

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“A gorgeous, brutal writer.” —Richard Price, New York Times bestselling author of Lush Life and Clockers In Burning Bright, Pen/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Serena, Ron Rash, captures the eerie beauty and stark violence of Appalachia through the lives of unforgettable characters. With this masterful collection of stories that span the Civil War to the present day, Rash, a supremely talented writer who “recalls both John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy” (The New Yorker), solidifies his reputation as a major contemporary American literary artist.

Re-thinking Picturebooks for Intermediate and Advanced Learners: Perspectives for Secondary English Language Education
Re-thinking Picturebooks for Intermediate and Advanced Learners: Perspectives for Secondary English Language Education

Author: Grit Alter

Publisher: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag

Published: 2023-11-27

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 3823394746

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Der didaktische Wert von picturebooks für den Englischunterricht in der Grundschule gilt als unumstritten. Jedoch gibt es in Forschung und Unterrichtspraxis derzeit kaum Ansätze, wie der Transfer dieses vermeintlich kindlichen Literaturmediums in die Sekundarstufe gelingen kann. Dieser Band legitimiert picturebooks als komplex angelegte Textform, die sich auch mit fortgeschrittenen Lernenden zu kompetenz- und inhaltsorientierter Arbeit im Englischunterricht anbietet. Die im Band versammelten konzeptuellen und empirischen Perspektiven zeigen angehenden und praktizierenden Lehrkräften konkret auf, wie vielfältig picturebooks den Unterricht bereichern können. Eine große Bandbreite praktischer Beispiele verdeutlicht ihr Potenzial für den Englischunterricht der Sekundarstufen - von der Förderung verschiedener literacies und literarischen Lernens bis hin zur Fokussierung von Themen wie Umwelt, sozialer Gerechtigkeit oder kultureller Diversität.

Corporate Ethics and Corporate Governance
Corporate Ethics and Corporate Governance

Author: Walther C. Zimmerli

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-06-12

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 3540708189

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This book represents an introduction to and overview of the diverse facets of the ethical challenges confronting companies today. It introduces executives, students and interested observers to the complex trends and developments in business ethics. Coverage presents industry-specific topics in ethics. The book also provides a general, interdisciplinary survey of the ethical dimensions of management and business.