Download or read book Inside His Locked Box written by Susan E. Foster and published by Clovercroft Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Houdini Box written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chance encounter with Harry Houdini leaves a small boy in possession of a mysterious box--one that might hold the secrets to the greatest magic tricks ever performed.

Download or read book Hollowed Out written by Jeremy S. Adams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do teachers have a front row seat to America’s decline? Jeremy S. Adams, a teacher at both the high school and college levels, thinks so. Adams has spent decades trying to instill wisdom, ambition, and a love of learning in his students. And yet, as he notes, when teachers get together, they often share an arresting conclusion: Something has gone terribly wrong. Something essential is missing in our young people. Their curiosity seems stunted, their reason undeveloped, their values uninformed, their knowledge lacking, and most worrying of all, their humanity diminished. Digital hermits of a sort unfamiliar to an older generation, they have little interest in marriage and family. They largely dismiss—and are shockingly ignorant of—religion. They sneer at patriotism, sympathize with riots and vandalism, and regard American society and civilization as so radically flawed that it must be dismantled. Often friendless and depressed, they eat alone, study alone, and even “socialize” alone. Educators like Adams see a generation slipping away. The problems that have hollowed out our young people have been festering for years. A year of COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing have magnified them. The result could be a generation—and our nation’s future—lost in a miasma of alienation and stupefaction. In his stunning new book, Hollowed Out, Jeremy S. Adams reveals why students have rejected the wisdom, culture, and institutions of Western civilization—and what we can do to win them back. Poignant, frightening, and yet inspiring, this is a book for every parent, teacher, and patriot concerned for our young people and our country

Download or read book The Lock Box written by Parker Adams and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an army-vet-turned-safecracker is forcibly recruited to be part of a dangerous heist, she’ll need all her skills to get out alive in this fast-paced thriller perfect for fans of Jeffery Deaver and P. J. Tracy. Nearly a decade after getting chased out of the Army for fighting back against abuse, Monna Locke’s skill and discretion have made her the go-to safecracker for Los Angeles clients who need vaults opened and no questions asked. When a lawyer hires her to retrieve a box from his client’s mansion, it seems like an easy payday—until she opens the safe and is immediately attacked by heavily-armed men. Locke barely escapes and returns to her isolated cabin only to find the client waiting in her home, threatening what she holds most dear: her son, Evan. After being knocked unconscious, she wakes up across the country, trapped in her own personal nightmare: she and Evan will be held captive until she helps a seedy crew pull off a seemingly impossible heist. Forced to practice breaking into the most impenetrable safe ever designed, Locke bides her time and eyes her escape routes. She knows there’s no way to finish the job she’s been forced into, but it’s either crack the lock, or lose everything.

Download or read book M A Disputes and Completion Mechanisms written by Heiko Daniel Ziehms and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2018-12-25 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the course of a merger and acquisition (M&A) transaction, the principals and their advisors face a series of decisions, often against the backdrop of an unrealistic deadline, imperfect information and a shrewd other side. In making these decisions, they have to deal with complex technical matters at the intersection of disciplines, including accounting, law, taxation, corporate finance, operations, environmental and strategy. It is not always possible during the negotiations to take a step back and contemplate issues likely to arise before or after completion that may result in a dispute or to address or mitigate risks. It is therefore easy in these highly charged circumstances to create outcomes that end up in legal disputes. A sound understanding of the completion mechanism including the basis and measurement of individual purchase price adjustments is important to negotiate good deals and avoid disputes. This book provides an in-depth discussion of the completion mechanism, including key arguments for or against individual deductions or adjustments. This can be helpful in negotiations. It also provides diagnostic tools and many recommendations that can help avoid disputes. If a dispute has occurred, it discusses how it can be resolved as well as the conceptual basis and practical approaches to the measurement of damages. The book deals with numerous matters that need to be addressed during M&A negotiations and can lead to post-M&A dissonance, including the following: - the equity bridge: from fi rm value to the purchase price for the equity; - closing conditions, the closing process and the completion accounts; - an in-depth discussion of individual purchase price adjustments from factoring to pensions and from leases to the working capital reference value; - material adverse change clauses; - aspects of locked box transactions, including the interest over the locked box period; - how to structure earn-outs to avoid disputes; - red flags for fraud; - damages valuation in M&A disputes; and - lessons learned on how to avoid or deal with disputes. The author analyses a large number of actual post-M&A disputes as a lens to bring into focus precisely where things go wrong in practice. He then sets out practical solutions to the problems dealmakers face, how to negotiate individual price adjustments, and lessons learned from disputes. This book will be useful to M&A practitioners, be they in-house counsel, private equity, sovereign wealth funds, international arbitration centres or other players, as well as the investment bankers, accountants and the professionals who advise them. It will also prove to be of great value to those who deal with post-M&A disputes – judges, arbitrators and litigators – and legal academics interested in the M&A field.

Download or read book The Locked Chest written by John Masefield and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mariah Mundi written by G.P. Taylor and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh out of school, young Mariah faces a new chapter of his life, living in the Prince Regent hotel built into the face of a cliff. His job is to assist the magician in the stage shows held for the guests. Above ground, the guests are offered every form of luxury. Below ground, in the green, slime-dripping walls of the basements, is where the magic show equipment is kept - and lurking in an Egyptian sarcophagus amongst scuttling sea-creatures is a secret that draws Mariah into the path of villainy, plots and possible death.

Download or read book So Steady written by Eve Dangerfield and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A hot, witty, satisfying romance that'll keep you turning the pages." - New York Times bestselling author Kylie Scott Their chemistry is undeniable. But can the tattooed Beast win his Beauty? Or will the secrets of his past ruin everything? "So Steady is soo freaking good. Eve Dangerfield is a master at character and has a charmingly unpretentious style that's my kind of crack. I bow down to her." - USA Today Bestselling Author Amy Andrews Nicole DaSilva may share her shiny black hair and pretty blue eyes with her twin sister, Sam, but that's where the similarities end. Nicole's straight-laced, type A personality makes her the odd-one-out in the free spirited, ink-loving DaSilva family. With the family tattoo business in trouble Nicole's come back home to help. And to move on from her broken engagement. "Ummm....I would like to have a moment of silence for my ovaries, please!" - Dirty Girl Romance Blog All Noah Newcomb wants is to keep to himself. He's had enough trouble in his life, and he's not looking for any more. Turn up for work at the tattoo studio; collect a paycheck; go home. That's it. Or that was it... Now Nicole DaSilva is back in town and she's looking hot as hell. SO STEADY is a full-length contemporary novel by critically acclaimed author Eve Dangerfield. It is the second book in the Silver Daughters Ink Series.

Download or read book The Secret Box written by Whitaker Ringwald and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secret Box is a Junior Library Guild selection and the first in an irresistible middle grade series that will delight fans of Dan Gutman, Wendy Mass, and Trenton Lee Stewart. What starts as a fun quest to open a mysterious birthday present quickly turns crazy and dangerous when Jax and her cousin Ethan discover themselves at the center of a special magical legacy. Soon they realize the secret box was not intended as a gift, but as call for help that they alone can answer. Readers will love the page-turning mystery, hilarious girl and boy narrators, and clever incorporation of mythology—and lingering questions will leave them eager for more.

Download or read book Locks and Keys Throughout the Ages written by Vincent J. M. Eras and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Locks and Keys throughout the Ages is widely considered the best book ever written on the history and development of locks. It is illustrated throughout with photos from the famous and extensive Lips' Collection. It was written in 1957 by Vincent J.M. Eras, the director of one of the most respected and important lock manufacturing companies in the world at that time, the Lips' Safe and Lock Manufacturing Company (now part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, along with Yale, Chubb, and many other once independent manufacturers). The author was not only a master locksmith who held several important patents, but he was also an avid collector and was passionate about the history and development of locking mechanisms. His extensive knowledge of the field comes across on every page. In fact, Eras had been in the lock manufacturing business for 58 years before he wrote this book. In the preface he states: "I consider it a gratifying task to place on record my experiences and through this book save them from oblivion. At the same time an excellent opportunity is presented to show the reader my collection of antique and modern locks - the tangible result of more than 50 years travelling, searching and study in many countries". In over 280 black-and-white photos and drawings Vincent Eras brings us on a grand tour of the development of locks from prehistoric to modern times and also explains to us, in words and illustrations, how their mechanisms work. This is a high-quality hardcover reprint of the 1957 edition of the book done by special arrangement with ASSA ABLOY. The typeface has been completely re-done and the photographs have been corrected using the latest digital correction technology. The quality is equal to and, in many cases, better than the original 1957 edition. A reprint of this book was done in the UK in the 1970s but the quality was poor. Artisan Ideas is very glad to be able to make this fascinating book available to the public again. Hardcover, 184 pages, 284 black-and-white photos and designs.

Download or read book The Three Locks A Sherlock Holmes Adventure Book 4 written by Bonnie MacBird and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heatwave melts London as Holmes and Watson are called to action in this new Sherlock Holmes adventure by Bonnie MacBird, author of “one of the best Sherlock Holmes novels of recent memory.”

Download or read book M A Disputes written by Heiko Daniel Ziehms and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2023-10-25 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M&A disputes, which range from breach of warranty and fraud claims to disagreements over price adjustments, earn-outs, material adverse change clauses and many others – are more common than many participants in M&A transactions may realise. They can take years to resolve and cost many millions of pounds, euros, or dollars. A dispute can adversely affect the post-transaction environment and hence the prospects of a successful acquisition or, at worst, frustrate a deal entirely. It is therefore vital to understand how such disputes happen, how they can be resolved, and how to avoid them, or at least minimise the potential for an M&A dispute. This indispensable practice guide provides not only a comprehensive discussion of the ‘mechanics’ of M&A transactions and purchase price adjustments but also a deeply informed analysis of what goes wrong in deals that leads to disputes and how to avoid (or resolve) such eventualities. Originally intended as a second edition of the author’s well-known M&A Disputes and Completion Mechanisms, published in 2018, this is in fact a new book, drawing on a new set of experiences and observations taken from a period where the scope for M&A disputes has intensified. Framed as an in-depth discussion of typical questions that confront those who assess financial and accounting issues in M&A disputes, including the question of damages, the analysis expertly investigates the pitfalls that can arise in such components of the process as the following: the completion mechanism, including the rationale and basis of measurement of individual purchase price adjustments and the locked box; the role of accounting information in presenting, or misrepresenting, the underlying economic reality of a business and in informing a valuation; valuation principles, standards of value, and valuation methods used for M&A disputes; valuation matters specific to M&A disputes, including the question of value vs. price and the choice of counterfactuals; material adverse change clauses; and ‘red flags’ for fraud. A concluding chapter distils ‘lessons learned’ into a short, practical commentary drawing on the author’s extensive experience of M&A- and related disputes, with recommendations that plot a clear path to avoidance of disputes. With its sound understanding of the completion mechanism, including an extensive discussion of measurement of individual purchase price adjustments, the locked box, and how to identify fraud, this practical and up-to-date guide, grounded in corporate finance theory, will be a valuable resource to all those who work on M&A transactions, whether as principal, adviser, insurer, funder, independent expert, judge, or arbitrator..

Download or read book M A Disputes written by A. Vincent Biemans and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-07-10 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navigate M&A accounting arbitrations with insider perspective M&A Disputes takes you inside the dispute resolution process to help you put together the many "moving parts" necessary to obtain a successful outcome. With deep insight from experts in the field—including valuable advice from the arbitrator's perspective—this book guides you through the entire process to explore the variables at work. The high volume of M&A transactions makes post-closing price adjustment provisions and accounting arbitrations a critical part of doing business. Yet, the field is opaque to non-practitioners and important issues can be easily misunderstood without specific knowledge and experience. A resulting award can make or break a transaction; an intimate understanding of the process's inner working can help you plan your position to the greatest advantage. This book explores the many factors that that contribute to a successful resolution across the entire transaction life cycle from contract negotiation through the dispute phase including due diligence, determination of the target net working capital, conception and closing of the purchase agreement, post-closing negotiation and dispute resolution, the impact of accounting practices, guidance, and documentation as well as relevant auditing concepts, and various facts and circumstances surrounding the target business and the transaction that need to be considered. M&A volume remains high and continues to result in large numbers of current and future post-closing M&A disputes. Clients rely on their attorneys and advisers to guide them through the process and counsel them toward a positive outcome. Those professionals will find that M&A accounting arbitrations carry a range of distinctions that require a specialized knowledge base to navigate correctly. This book provides real-world guidance from experts in the field, with invaluable insight for every stage of the process. Walk through the entire dispute resolution process from arbitrator selection through final award Understand how M&A agreement provisions impact the awarded amount as well as the options available to limit the scope of potential disputes and the "gaming" of the post-closing process by the counterparty Understand the nature of accounting estimates and guidance, their interaction with accounting arbitrations, and how to synthesize facts, circumstances, and GAAP into a persuasive argument to present to the accounting arbitrator Get situation-specific advice for different types of transactions Learn practitioner "dos" and "don'ts" from the arbitrator's perspective M&A Disputes provides transaction parties and their representatives an inside view at the transaction and commonly disputed items through the eyes of the arbitrator to provide them with uniquely valuable insight. In addition to being an invaluable tool for practitioners appearing before an accounting arbitrator, M&A Disputes also provides advice to would-be and experienced arbitrators alike to successfully resolve disputes that can be significant and complex.

Download or read book What to Do with a Box written by Jane Yolen and published by The Creative Company. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Yolen poetically reminds young readers that a simple box can be a child's most imaginative plaything as artist Chris Sheban illustrates its myriad and magical uses. Reviews -Booklist, November 2021 “A Box! A box is a wonder indeed. The only such magic that you’ll ever need.” This book offers gentle suggestions for what to do with a cardboard box, from the practical to the fantastical and from solitary to social.”

Download or read book Charming Impossibles written by Susan E. Foster and published by Clovercroft Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you escape the abusers in your life? Why is leaving them behind while moving forward so difficult? One woman shares her experiences, as well as powerful and moving stories of others, unraveling the mysterious web of confusion surrounding abuse, and overcoming difficult relationships. Have you ever faced a relationship you felt you couldn't get out of? Have you ever gotten out of a relationship wondering, what just happened? In this revealing book, Susan Foster shares lessons learned from surviving years of emotional abuse and isolation. Her story helps women and men understand the dark roots of how relationships turn toxic and the stages they go through. How do you escape the abusers in your life? Some don't even recognize it when the ones they care about are toxic or abusive and the cycle continues. Author Susan Foster shares her empowering story in hopes that others will see the charming impossibles in their own lives - and do something about it.

Download or read book Mystery Writers of America Presents The Mystery Box written by Brad Meltzer and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's nothing more mysterious than a locked box. Whether it's a literal strongbox, an empty coffin, the inner workings of a scientist's mind, or an underground prison cell, there are those who will use any means necessary to unlock the secrets of...The Mystery Box. With this anthology, bestselling author Brad Meltzer introduces twenty-one original stories from today's most prominent mystery writers. In Laura Lippman's "Waco 1982," a young reporter stuck with a seemingly mundane assignment on lost-and-found boxes unwittingly discovers a dark crime. In Joseph Finder's "Heirloom," a scheming neighbor frightens the new couple on the block with an unnerving tale of buried treasure. In R.L. Stine's "High Stakes," a man on his honeymoon gets drawn into a bizarre bet involving a coffin--a bet he may pay for with his life. From the foothills of Mount Fuji to Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp, from a physics laboratory in wartime Leipzig to an unusual fitness club in Boca Raton, these sometimes terrifying, sometimes funny, and always suspenseful tales will keep you riveted to the page.

Download or read book The Fourth Closet written by Scott Cawthon and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a rash of kidnappings coincides with the opening of a new pizzeria in Hurricane, John reluctantly teams up with Jessica, Marla, and Carlton to solve the case and find the missing children.