Author: Josh Grayson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989869010
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
When seventeen-year-old Sia wakes up on a park bench, she has no idea who or where she is. Yet after a week of being homeless, she's reunited with her family. At school, she's powerful and popular. At home, she's wealthy beyond her dreams. But she quickly realizes her perfect life is a lie. Her family is falling apart and her friends are snobby, cruel and plastic. Worse yet, she discovers she was the cruelest one. Mortified by her past, she embarks on a journey of redemption and falls for Kyle, the "geek" she once tormented. Yet all the time she wonders if, when her memories return, she'll become the bully she was before...and if she'll lose Kyle.
Sia
Author: Josh Grayson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989869010
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
When seventeen-year-old Sia wakes up on a park bench, she has no idea who or where she is. Yet after a week of being homeless, she's reunited with her family. At school, she's powerful and popular. At home, she's wealthy beyond her dreams. But she quickly realizes her perfect life is a lie. Her family is falling apart and her friends are snobby, cruel and plastic. Worse yet, she discovers she was the cruelest one. Mortified by her past, she embarks on a journey of redemption and falls for Kyle, the "geek" she once tormented. Yet all the time she wonders if, when her memories return, she'll become the bully she was before...and if she'll lose Kyle.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989869010
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
When seventeen-year-old Sia wakes up on a park bench, she has no idea who or where she is. Yet after a week of being homeless, she's reunited with her family. At school, she's powerful and popular. At home, she's wealthy beyond her dreams. But she quickly realizes her perfect life is a lie. Her family is falling apart and her friends are snobby, cruel and plastic. Worse yet, she discovers she was the cruelest one. Mortified by her past, she embarks on a journey of redemption and falls for Kyle, the "geek" she once tormented. Yet all the time she wonders if, when her memories return, she'll become the bully she was before...and if she'll lose Kyle.
Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything
Author: Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534448659
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
“In a world where we are so often dividing ourselves into us and them, this book feels like a kind of magic, celebrating all beliefs, ethnicities, and unknowns.” —The New York Times Book Review Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets Roswell by way of Laurie Halse Anderson in this astonishing, genre-bending novel about a Mexican American teen who discovers profound connections between immigration, folklore, and alien life. It’s been three years since ICE raids and phone calls from Mexico and an ill-fated walk across the Sonoran. Three years since Sia Martinez’s mom disappeared. Sia wants to move on, but it’s hard in her tiny Arizona town where people refer to her mom’s deportation as “an unfortunate incident.” Sia knows that her mom must be dead, but every new moon Sia drives into the desert and lights San Anthony and la Guadalupe candles to guide her mom home. Then one night, under a million stars, Sia’s life and the world as we know it cracks wide open. Because a blue-lit spacecraft crashes in front of Sia’s car…and it’s carrying her mom, who’s very much alive. As Sia races to save her mom from armed-quite-possibly-alien soldiers, she uncovers secrets as profound as they are dangerous in this stunning and inventive exploration of first love, family, immigration, and our vast, limitless universe.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534448659
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
“In a world where we are so often dividing ourselves into us and them, this book feels like a kind of magic, celebrating all beliefs, ethnicities, and unknowns.” —The New York Times Book Review Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets Roswell by way of Laurie Halse Anderson in this astonishing, genre-bending novel about a Mexican American teen who discovers profound connections between immigration, folklore, and alien life. It’s been three years since ICE raids and phone calls from Mexico and an ill-fated walk across the Sonoran. Three years since Sia Martinez’s mom disappeared. Sia wants to move on, but it’s hard in her tiny Arizona town where people refer to her mom’s deportation as “an unfortunate incident.” Sia knows that her mom must be dead, but every new moon Sia drives into the desert and lights San Anthony and la Guadalupe candles to guide her mom home. Then one night, under a million stars, Sia’s life and the world as we know it cracks wide open. Because a blue-lit spacecraft crashes in front of Sia’s car…and it’s carrying her mom, who’s very much alive. As Sia races to save her mom from armed-quite-possibly-alien soldiers, she uncovers secrets as profound as they are dangerous in this stunning and inventive exploration of first love, family, immigration, and our vast, limitless universe.
The Rainbow Tablets: Journey Back to Wholeness. Channellings from the Rainbow Race
Author: Sia-Lanu Estrella
Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
ISBN: 9781684714858
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
This deep cosmic remembering belongs to each of you "The Rainbow Tablets channellings have been shared by the Rainbow Race. We are your 'unified' selves. And if you have come upon this manuscript, it is because you are ready to start living and creating as the great master that you are. "This transmission contains activations to help you re-embody your true cosmic essence. That moment of remembering yourself is pure bliss. You have waited eons for this moment and now it is here. "We will help you step into your highest embodiment through nine core areas: our cosmic history; time and multi-dimensionality; living from the heart; nurturing your energetic and physical bodies; ego death; unifying the divine feminine and divine masculine; divine union; twin flames and soul contracts; and sacred sexuality. "We wish you a joyful journey back to wholeness!" - The Rainbow Race
Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
ISBN: 9781684714858
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
This deep cosmic remembering belongs to each of you "The Rainbow Tablets channellings have been shared by the Rainbow Race. We are your 'unified' selves. And if you have come upon this manuscript, it is because you are ready to start living and creating as the great master that you are. "This transmission contains activations to help you re-embody your true cosmic essence. That moment of remembering yourself is pure bliss. You have waited eons for this moment and now it is here. "We will help you step into your highest embodiment through nine core areas: our cosmic history; time and multi-dimensionality; living from the heart; nurturing your energetic and physical bodies; ego death; unifying the divine feminine and divine masculine; divine union; twin flames and soul contracts; and sacred sexuality. "We wish you a joyful journey back to wholeness!" - The Rainbow Race
The Sia
Author: Matilda Coxe Stevenson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Zia Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 926
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Zia Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 926
Book Description
Security Industry Authority
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215038098
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) was established in 2003 as an independent body reporting to the Home Secretary to regulate the private security industry. Its role includes the compulsory licensing of individuals undertaking specific licensable activities within the security industry. Immigration status checks of security workers are the legal responsibility of their employer, but it emerged in November 2007 that such checks were not being carried out on persons applying for licences to work in the private security industry, with the result that an unspecified number of security industry workers were working illegally. Retrospective checks on the security industry revealed that: 77% of licence holders were legitimate; 10.5% did not have the right to work; 12.5% required further checks. This meant that potentially 10,000 non-EU nationals licensed to work in the security industry could be working illegally. This report from the Home Affairs Committee, sets out the situation regarding the licensing of applicants, with oral evidence taken before the Committee. The Committee recommends that the licence application form should be the place for consideration of immigration status of security worker applicants, and the Committee welcomes the Home Secretary's announcement to encourage an amendment to the licence application form of the Security Industry Authority.
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215038098
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) was established in 2003 as an independent body reporting to the Home Secretary to regulate the private security industry. Its role includes the compulsory licensing of individuals undertaking specific licensable activities within the security industry. Immigration status checks of security workers are the legal responsibility of their employer, but it emerged in November 2007 that such checks were not being carried out on persons applying for licences to work in the private security industry, with the result that an unspecified number of security industry workers were working illegally. Retrospective checks on the security industry revealed that: 77% of licence holders were legitimate; 10.5% did not have the right to work; 12.5% required further checks. This meant that potentially 10,000 non-EU nationals licensed to work in the security industry could be working illegally. This report from the Home Affairs Committee, sets out the situation regarding the licensing of applicants, with oral evidence taken before the Committee. The Committee recommends that the licence application form should be the place for consideration of immigration status of security worker applicants, and the Committee welcomes the Home Secretary's announcement to encourage an amendment to the licence application form of the Security Industry Authority.
Jurisdictional Immunities of States and International Organizations
Author: Edward Chukwuemeke Okeke
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190611251
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
This book covers the relationship between the jurisdictional immunities of States and international organizations, addressing their similarities and dissimilarities. Their relationship with diplomatic immunity is also examined. It considers that the immunity of international organizations was historically conceived in terms of State immunity. The major aim of this book is to clarify the conceptual confusion that has often marred the understanding of the law of the, different but interrelated, jurisdictional immunities of both States and international organizations. The approach is to holistically analyze and synthesize select and relevant opinions of international and national courts. To achieve this, the book focuses more on what the law is than on what it should be. An understanding of the law is more useful to a practitioner than a criticism of it. The book is not an exegesis on everything immunity. The jurisdictional immunities of heads of State and of diplomats are beyond the scope of this book, and are only tangentially examined. The book concludes by making the case that the jurisdictional immunities of States and international organizations are not only sustainable but also necessary for international relations and cooperation. The author intends to position the book to be of use both to scholars and practicing lawyers and legal advisers in government and international organizations, as well as to lawyers whose practice concerns issues and laws of privileges and immunities.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190611251
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
This book covers the relationship between the jurisdictional immunities of States and international organizations, addressing their similarities and dissimilarities. Their relationship with diplomatic immunity is also examined. It considers that the immunity of international organizations was historically conceived in terms of State immunity. The major aim of this book is to clarify the conceptual confusion that has often marred the understanding of the law of the, different but interrelated, jurisdictional immunities of both States and international organizations. The approach is to holistically analyze and synthesize select and relevant opinions of international and national courts. To achieve this, the book focuses more on what the law is than on what it should be. An understanding of the law is more useful to a practitioner than a criticism of it. The book is not an exegesis on everything immunity. The jurisdictional immunities of heads of State and of diplomats are beyond the scope of this book, and are only tangentially examined. The book concludes by making the case that the jurisdictional immunities of States and international organizations are not only sustainable but also necessary for international relations and cooperation. The author intends to position the book to be of use both to scholars and practicing lawyers and legal advisers in government and international organizations, as well as to lawyers whose practice concerns issues and laws of privileges and immunities.
SEC Docket
Author: United States. Securities and Exchange Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Securities
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Securities
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
The Political Economy of American Trade Policy
Author: Anne O. Krueger
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226455017
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Exploring the political and economic determinants of trade protection, this study provides a wealth of information on key American industries and documents the process of seeking and conferring protection. Eight analytical histories of the automobile, steel, semiconductor, lumber, wheat, and textile and apparel industries demonstrate that trade barriers rarely have unequivocal benefits and may be counterproductive. They show that criteria for awarding protection do not take into account the interests of consumers or other industries and that political influence and an organized lobby are major sources of protection. Based on these findings, a final essay suggests that current policy fails to consider adequately economic efficiency, the public good, and indirect negative effects. This volume will interest scholars in economics, business, and public policy who deal with trade issues.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226455017
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Exploring the political and economic determinants of trade protection, this study provides a wealth of information on key American industries and documents the process of seeking and conferring protection. Eight analytical histories of the automobile, steel, semiconductor, lumber, wheat, and textile and apparel industries demonstrate that trade barriers rarely have unequivocal benefits and may be counterproductive. They show that criteria for awarding protection do not take into account the interests of consumers or other industries and that political influence and an organized lobby are major sources of protection. Based on these findings, a final essay suggests that current policy fails to consider adequately economic efficiency, the public good, and indirect negative effects. This volume will interest scholars in economics, business, and public policy who deal with trade issues.
Oversight on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor Standards
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Intelligence and Government in Britain and the United States
Author: Philip H.J. Davies
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440802815
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 865
Book Description
Bringing a dose of reality to the stuff of literary thrillers, this masterful study is the first closely detailed, comparative analysis of the evolution of the modern British and American intelligence communities. Intelligence and Government in Britain and the United States: A Comparative Perspective is an intensive, comparative exploration of the role of organizational and political culture in the development of the intelligence communities of America and her long-time ally. Each national system is examined as a detailed case study set in a common conceptual and theoretical framework. The first volume lays out that framework and examines the U.S. intelligence community. The second volume offers the U.K. case study as well as overall conclusions. Particular attention is paid here to the fundamentally different concepts of what "intelligence" entails in the United States and United Kingdom, as well as to the nations' different approaches to managing change- and information-intensive activities. The impact of these differences is demonstrated by examining the evolution of the two intelligence communities from their inceptions prior to World War II through their development during the Cold War and the transformations that have taken place since, especially in the wake of the September 2001 terrorist attacks and 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440802815
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 865
Book Description
Bringing a dose of reality to the stuff of literary thrillers, this masterful study is the first closely detailed, comparative analysis of the evolution of the modern British and American intelligence communities. Intelligence and Government in Britain and the United States: A Comparative Perspective is an intensive, comparative exploration of the role of organizational and political culture in the development of the intelligence communities of America and her long-time ally. Each national system is examined as a detailed case study set in a common conceptual and theoretical framework. The first volume lays out that framework and examines the U.S. intelligence community. The second volume offers the U.K. case study as well as overall conclusions. Particular attention is paid here to the fundamentally different concepts of what "intelligence" entails in the United States and United Kingdom, as well as to the nations' different approaches to managing change- and information-intensive activities. The impact of these differences is demonstrated by examining the evolution of the two intelligence communities from their inceptions prior to World War II through their development during the Cold War and the transformations that have taken place since, especially in the wake of the September 2001 terrorist attacks and 2003 invasion of Iraq.