Download or read book The Dumb Money written by Ben Mezrich and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of the Year by New York Post! From one of our most innovative and celebrated authors, the definitive take on the wildest story of the year— the David-vs.-Goliath GameStop short squeeze, a tale of fortunes won and lost overnight that may end up changing Wall Street forever. Bestselling author Ben Mezrich offers a gripping, beat-by-beat account of how a loosely affiliate group of private investors and internet trolls on a subreddit called WallStreetBets took down one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street, firing the first shot in a revolution that threatens to upend the establishment. It’s the story of financial titans like Gabe Plotkin of hedge fund Melvin Capital, one of the most respected and staid funds on the Street, billionaires like Elon Musk, Steve Cohen, Mark Cuban, Robinhood co-CEOs Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt, and Ken Griffin of Citadel Securities. Over the course of four incredible days, each in their own way must reckon with a formidable force they barely understand, let alone saw coming: everyday men and women on WallStreetBets like nurse Kim Campbell, college student Jeremy Poe, and the enigmatic Keith “RoaringKitty” Gill, whose unfiltered livestream videos captivated a new generation of stock market enthusiasts. The unlikely focus of the battle: GameStop, a flailing brick-and-mortar dinosaur catering to teenagers and outsiders that had somehow held on as the world rapidly moved online. At first, WallStreetBets was a joke—a meme-filled, freewheeling place to share shoot-the-moon investment tips, laugh about big losses, and post diamond hand emojis. Until some members noticed an opportunity in GameStop—and rode a rocket ship to tens of millions of dollars in earnings overnight. In thrilling, pulse-pounding prose, THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK offers a fascinating, never-before-seen glimpse at the outsize personalities, dizzying swings, corporate drama, and underestimated American heroes and heroines who captivated the nation during one of the most volatile weeks in financial history. It’s the amazing story of what just happened—and where we go from here.

Download or read book There s a Hair in My Dirt written by Gary Larson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story about an earthworm family, a comely maiden, and what really goes on in the natural world.

Download or read book Nightwolves on the Prowl written by Clarrissa Lee Moon and published by World Castle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs of The Nightwolves Series is a paranormal adventure based on the Mayan Prophecy of Earth's Apocalypse. Special Forces and a Magickal Mercenary team join together forming the Nightwolves to deal with the events unfolding because of the coming prophecy. The natural disasters are opening portals that had been long closed by Ancients Gods and Goddesses who removed The Greater Magickal Races (vampires, werewolves, and dragons) from Earth millennia ago. Now with the polarity shift of Earth those portals the Greater Magickal Races were forced through are opening again and The Nightwolves have to try to make peace with the other races as they can, defend humans against those who won't, and save as many lives as possible when a natural disaster hits Urban fantasy lovers will enjoy the high-octane action and paranormal romance readers will be titillated by the alternative relationships of the main characters. The series takes readers too many other worlds to experience fantastical creatures and cultures of other humanoid beings that once had been a part of Earth in a far gone past; Beings and Magicks now relegated as nothing more than Myths and Legends by present-day standards. Alternative relationships and cultures are filled with a variety of dynamics and religions, both on Earth and on other worlds. Actual history, ancient myths and legends are interwoven with a cast of paranormal creatures, military Special Forces and a Coven of Demi-Gods and Goddesses. Current events are also used to drive the storyline along for high action adventure. This series is multi-layered for readers to enjoy either an alternate reality and/or learn exciting tidbits of real life history I've learned in studying Religious Theology. Writing Memoirs of The Nightwolves has been very fulfilling in being able to use my own personal experiences, with the many schools of learning and disciplines I have gained throughout my life. The alternate worlds I've created give a wide variety of action and romance to please just about any walk of life and touch the hearts of open-minded paranormal readers looking for something out of the ordinary. Volume two: Nightwolves on the Prowl...The Nightwolves, lead by Catrina and Captain O'Hara, find themselves on another planet. The world of Kla' din may hold more than a solution in keeping Earth's hostile portals closed if Cat can keep her heart open to new challenges and avoid the traps set for her on Earth they may find the answers to keeping the hostile races from coming into Earth permanently.

Download or read book Are We There Yet written by Dan Santat and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat--creator of The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend and After the Fall--takes readers on the road trip of a lifetime! "Are we there yet?" Every parent has heard this classic kid question on a long car ride--and after reading this astonishingly inventive new book (that even turns upside down for several pages!), you'll never look at being bored the same way again. Let's face it: everyone knows that car rides can be boring. And when things get boring, time slows down. In this book, a boy feels time slowing down so much that it starts going backward--into the time of pirates! Of princesses! Of dinosaurs! The boy was just trying to get to his grandmother's birthday party, but instead he's traveling through Ancient Egypt and rubbing shoulders with Ben Franklin. When time flies, who knows where--or when--he'll end up.

Download or read book A Surprise for Tiny Mouse written by Petr Horacek and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow Tiny Mouse through all kinds of weather in a delightful, interactive concept book by award-winning author-illustrator Petr Horacek. Tiny Mouse loves nibbling corn in the sunshine. She loves the crackle of the leaves in the wind. She even loves the snowflakes when they tickle her nose. But when the rain starts to fall, Tiny Mouse runs for her hole. What will make her come out? Toddlers will love turning the wheel to discover the answer—a beautiful rainbow. A cheerful board book about different kinds of weather makes the perfect pick for rainy-day story time.

Download or read book Flowers in Their Hair written by Keith Howchi Kilburn and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flowers in their Hair follows the evolution and misadventures of Zane, the main character, as he negotiates the carnivals and combat zones of the sixties. He is just an average hippie, evading the Vietnam War, taking part in student uprisings, seeking spiritual enlightenment through psychedelic drugs, getting incarcerated, living in communes, having intense, but for the most part short, relationships with girls and women, alternating between ecstasy and depression, traveling the western United States and Mexico but always returning to San Francisco. His quest for spirituality and love comes to some fruition by the end of the decade.

Download or read book Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg written by Gail Carson Levine and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairy Haven's newest arrival, Prilla, along with Rani and Vidia, embarks on a journey filled with danger, sacrifice, and adventure. The fate of Never Land rests on their shoulders.

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Download or read book Writing Poetry written by Chad Davidson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-11-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing Poetry combines an accessible introduction to the essential elements of the craft, with a critical awareness of its underpinnings. The authors argue that separating the making of poems from critical thinking about them is a false divide and encourage students to become accomplished critics and active readers of poetic texts.

Download or read book Shapeshifting with Our Animal Companions written by Dawn Baumann Brunke and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journeys with animals for personal transformation and enlightenment • Reveals how shapeshifting with the animal kingdom allows us to experience different forms of consciousness and expand our perception of the world • Examines the three phases of transforming consciousness: letting go, opening to experience, and integrating awareness • Explores how shapeshifting provides an understanding of death as a transformation rather than an ending In Shapeshifting with Our Animal Companions, Dawn Baumann Brunke moves beyond the “how” and “why” of animal communication presented in her earlier books to a profound journey of shared spiritual awareness. Through conversations, dreams, and merged consciousness with a variety of animals and spirit beings, she reveals the vast treasure of wisdom and experiences offered to us as we open ourselves to the consciousness of others, confront and release our fears of death, and expand our sensory perception to include other modes of existence. Brunke reveals how by shapeshifting--moving in and out of shared awareness with others and particularly animals--we may better understand and embrace the diversity of consciousness in our world as we learn to awaken our true selves. Through encounters with shapeshifting animal teachers, she explores the three stages of transforming consciousness: letting go of old ideas and habitual modes of perception, experiencing different forms of consciousness through the eyes of others, and integrating these experiences into a greater awareness of our own being--thus discovering the deeper nature of who we all really are.

Download or read book Simply Magic written by Karen Couchman and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjamin has just turned 21 and suddenly acquires an unexpected magical inheritance. After a lot of thought as to where his future lay, he decides to sign up for Australia's Got Talent as a Magician. Before long he is caught up in a whirlwind with strange magical creatures and paparazzi plaguing his every step. To add to the mix a mysterious dark wraith like creature is determined to ruthlessly steal his magical secrets at any cost. Rose and Jason, Bens best friends become embroiled as hostages to the wraith who seeks to hold them ransom until Ben reveals his secrets. With Tiger's help Benjamin sets out on a dangerous quest to win the competition, defeat the wraith and save Rosey and Jason from the torturing hands of a maniacal madman. About The Author Karen Couchman, born in England back in the ancients mists of time when milk and bread was delivered to each home by horse and cart. (Truly ). My family immigrated to Australia in 1965 where we eventually settled on the Gold Coast in Queensland. I went to Julian Ashton's Schools of Fine Arts in Sydney after high school. But life had other plans for me as I ended up in civil engineering working as a design draftsman for Queensland Transport in highway design and town planning. A decade later I started up a company called Couchman Creations where I used to design and manufacture and export cross stitch patterns, which were sold worldwide

Download or read book Life Doesn t Frighten Me 25th Anniversary Edition written by Maya Angelou and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shadows on the wallNoises down the hallLife doesn't frighten me at all Maya Angelou's brave, defiant poem celebrates the courage within each of us, young and old. From the scary thought of panthers in the park to the unsettling scene of a new classroom, fearsome images are summoned and dispelled by the power of faith in ourselves.Angelou's strong words are matched by the daring vision of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose childlike style reveals the powerful emotions and fanciful imaginings of childhood. Together, Angelou's words and Basquiat's paintings create a place where every child, indeed every person, may experience his or her own fearlessness.Celebrating its successful 25 years in print, this brilliant introduction to poetry and contemporary art features brief, updated biographies of Angelou and Basquiat, an afterword from the editor, and a fresh new look. A selected bibliography of Angelou's books and a selected museum listing of Basquiat's works open the door to further inspiration through the fine arts.

Download or read book The Couch Potato written by Jory John and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Instant New York Times Bestseller * An Instant Indie Bestseller * An Indie Next List Selection Feeling fried? Peel yourself on the couch and meet your new pal-tato! The winning fourth picture book from the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, and The Cool Bean, Jory John and Pete Oswald, will get you and your kids moving! The Couch Potato has everything within reach and doesn't have to move from the sunken couch cushion. But when the electricity goes out, Couch Potato is forced to peel away from the comforts of the living room and venture outside. Could fresh air and sunshine possibly be better than the views on screen? Readers of all ages will laugh along as their new best spuddy learns that balancing screen time and playtime is the root to true happiness. Check out Jory John and Pete Oswald’s funny, bestselling books for kids 4-8 and anyone who wants a laugh: The Bad Seed The Good Egg The Cool Bean The Couch Potato The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape! The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, the Spooky! The Cool Bean Presents: As Cool as It Gets That’s What Dinosaurs Do

Download or read book Daughter of Smoke Bone written by Laini Taylor and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

Download or read book My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother written by Patricia Polacco and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's nothing worse than a rotten redheaded older brother who can do everything you can do better! Patricia's brother Richard could run the fastest, climb the highest, and spit the farthest and still smile his extra-rotten, greeny-toothed, weasel-eyed grin. But when little Patricia wishes on a shooting star that she could do something—anything—to show him up, she finds out just what wishes—and rotten redheaded older brothers—can really do. Patricia Polacco's boldly and exuberantly painted pictures tell a lively and warmhearted tale of comic one-upsmanship and brotherly love.

Download or read book Whiskers and Whipped Cream written by Valerie Twombly and published by Valerie Twombly. This book was released on with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heart of New Orleans, where the supernatural frolic with the mundane and magic is just another ingredient in the gumbo, Hazel finds herself in a sticky situation not even the finest beignet sugar can sweeten. Kicked out of Hell for clumsiness that would make a poltergeist facepalm, this succubus with a heart of gold, (and a penchant for pink) is about to turn New Orleans upside down. Her latest misadventure? A one-night stand unwittingly steals so much magic from Jack O’Lantern, the prince of the jaguar shifters, he can now only shift into a house cat. Holy enchanted eclairs, is she ever in a vat of hot voodoo stew. As if things couldn't get any worse, the landlord of her new bakery, The Sinful Crumb, is Jack himself. She’s going to need more than a sprinkle of luck to reverse this feline faux pas. The ovens are not the only thing heating her kitchen. Jack’s sultry glances are more tempting than Satan’s Sinful Sheet cake. Hazel needs to give him back his magic without breaking her heart in the process. Trouble is, it requires a sacrifice she’s not ready to make.

Download or read book Carla s Sandwich written by Debbie Herman and published by Flashlight Press. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This charming story presents a new way for young children to understand how to creatively embrace who they are, no matter what others think. Carla's lunch box is filled with odd delights like the Olive, Pickle and Green Bean Sandwich, the Banana-Cottage-Cheese Delight, and the unforgettable Chopped Liver, Potato Chips, and Cucumber Combo. To Carla, they are delicious and creative lunches, but her teasing classmates are unconvinced and abandon her at the lunch table to eat her bizarre sandwiches alone. One day, however, tables turn when Buster—the worst tease of all—forgets his lunch on the day of the picnic and Carla thoughtfully offers him her extra sandwich. Her own spirited nature helps Carla teach her classmates that "unusual" can actually be good. Lively illustrations help showcase the book's messages of acceptance, tolerance, individuality, and creativity, and the funny plot and authentic dialogue are sure to make this tale a favorite among elementary school children. Carla's creative sandwich solutions provide young chefs-to-be with the inspiration to create sandwich masterpieces of their own.