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Endless Frontier

Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century

By: G. Pascal Zachary

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Endless Frontier

Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century

By: G. Pascal Zachary

A prodigiously researched biography of Vannevar Bush, one of America’s most awe-inspiring polymaths and the secret force behind the biggest technological breakthroughs of the twentieth century. As the inventor and public entrepreneur who launched the Manhattan Project, helped to create the military-industrial complex, conceived a permanent system of government support for science and engineering, and anticipated both the personal computer and the Internet, Vannevar Bush is the twentieth century’s Ben Franklin. In this engaging look at one of America’s most awe-inspiring polymaths, writer G. Pascal Zachary brings to life an American original—a man of his time, ours, and beyond. Zachary details how Bush cofounded Raytheon and helped build one of the most powerful early computers in the world at MIT. During World War II, he served as Roosevelt’s adviser and chief contact on all matters of military technology, including the atomic bomb. He launched the Manhattan Project and oversaw a collection of 6,000 civilian scientists who designed scores of new weapons. After the war, his attention turned to the future. He wrote essays that anticipated the rise of the Internet and boldly equated national security with research strength, outlining a system of permanent federal funding for university research that endures to this day. However, Bush’s hopeful vision of science and technology was leavened by an understanding of the darker possibilities. While cheering after witnessing the Trinity atomic test, he warned against the perils of a nuclear arms race. He led a secret appeal to convince President Truman not to test the Hydrogen Bomb and campaigned against the Red Scare. Elegantly and expertly relayed by Zachary, Vannevar’s story is a grand tour of the digital leviathan we know as the modern American life.

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Simon and Schuster

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1501196464

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9781501196461

The Secret of the Magic Pen

By: Jamie Suzanne,Francine Pascal

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The Secret of the Magic Pen

By: Jamie Suzanne,Francine Pascal

A pen that tells the future? Summer vacation is here, and Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield and their friends have just arrived at sleep-away camp! On a hike through a dark, eerie cave, Elizabeth finds something incredible -- a glowing pen! She can't wait to use it to write an article for the camp newspaper. But as she writes, Elizabeth is astonished to find herself composing a mystery full of scary twists and turns. And to her horror, little by little the mystery seems to be coming true! This isn't just an ordinary pen. Could it be haunted? Don't Miss Any Of The Books In This Fabulous Series!

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196

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Sweet Valley

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0553482823

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9780553482829

Hands Off!

By: Jamie Suzanne,Francine Pascal

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Hands Off!

By: Jamie Suzanne,Francine Pascal

Elizabeth senses a plot. After all, Jessica has barely talked to Salvador before, and now she calls him all the time to discuss Elizabeth's love life. Elizabeth wishes her jealous friends would give up, because she really likes the guy.

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Sweet Valley

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0553487035

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9780553487039

Lila's Little Sister

By: Alice Nicole Johansson,Francine Pascal

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Lila's Little Sister

By: Alice Nicole Johansson,Francine Pascal

Ellie McMillan, a little girl from the day-care center where the Unicorn Club volunteers, has run away from home--to my house! I know, you're thinking Lila Fowler and kids go together like grape juice and white carpet, but--believe it or not--I actually enjoy reading and playing hide-and-seek with Ellie. It's almost like having a little sister. The only problem is, she wants to move in permanently! You see, Ellie's mom just started going out with a new guy, so Ellie's been spending a lot of time with me. I guess she figures if her mom has a boyfriend, she doesn't need Ellie anymore. I promised Ellie I wouldn't tell any grown-ups that she's at my house. But Jessica and the other Unicorns say Ellie has to go, promise or no promise. Is there a way to keep my word and get Ellie back where she belongs?

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148

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Sweet Valley

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0553482149

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9780553482140

She Loves Me... Not

By: Jamie Suzanne,Francine Pascal

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She Loves Me... Not

By: Jamie Suzanne,Francine Pascal

Damon really likes his English teacher. She is so nice, and pretty, too. He'd better not say that to Jessica, though. She'd accuse him of having a crush.

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Sweet Valley

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0553487213

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9780553487213

Drama Queen

By: Jamie Suzanne,Francine Pascal

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Drama Queen

By: Jamie Suzanne,Francine Pascal

Can Anna and Toby's relationship survive creative differences? Anna thought things with Toby were perfect. Until she had to spend every minute with him working on a stupid play. Now they argue 24/7. Part of her says they should just break up, but another part really likes him. So what happens now?

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Sweet Valley

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0553487272

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9780553487275

Three Days, Two Nights

By: Jamie Suzanne,Francine Pascal

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Three Days, Two Nights

By: Jamie Suzanne,Francine Pascal

Jessica Wakefield and some of her friends win a trip to Sacramento to compete in an academic tournament.

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180

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Sweet Valley

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0553487019

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9780553487015

Gallic Noir

Volume 3

By: Pascal Garnier

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Gallic Noir

Volume 3

By: Pascal Garnier

The third volume of the collected works of ‘the true heir to Simenon’, the late French noir writer Pascal Garnier. 'Deliciously dark … painfully funny' New York Times Enter the world of Pascal Garnier, where life's misfits take centre stage, there is drama in the everyday and the unexpected is always just around the corner. Volume 3 includes The Eskimo Solution, in which a struggling writer's life becomes disconcertingly entangled with the crime novel he’s writing; Low Heights, in which vultures circle as a cantankerous retiree falls for his nurse and finds himself confronted with a man claiming to be his long-lost son; and Too Close to the Edge, the tale of a quiet retirement in the foothills of the Alps turned upside down. Dark, funny and shot through with menace, these perfectly crafted novellas of Gallic noir are also affecting studies in human alienation.

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282

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Gallic Books

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191047763X

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9781910477632

The Charm School Mystery

By: Jamie Suzanne,Francine Pascal

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The Charm School Mystery

By: Jamie Suzanne,Francine Pascal

Jessica can't wait to attend the new charm school. But her twin sister, Elizabeth, has no interest in the school - until she uncovers some suspicious things about its owners.

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0553405640

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9780553405644

No More Mr. Nice Guy

By: Jamie Suzanne,Francine Pascal

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No More Mr. Nice Guy

By: Jamie Suzanne,Francine Pascal

When one of Elizabeth Wakefield's friends tries to be assertive, she creates more problems than she solves.

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Sweet Valley

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0553487280

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9780553487282

Lila on the Loose

By: Alice Nicole Johansson,Francine Pascal

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Lila on the Loose

By: Alice Nicole Johansson,Francine Pascal

Lila Fowler, the daughter of the richest man in Sweet Valley, feels that her father doesn't care, or even notice, how she squanders his money, and decides to give her theory a test.

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Sweet Valley

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0553484001

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9780553484007

Signalling of early-stage startups on crowdinvestment platforms

Research on the presentation and typology of business models and their impact on project funding success

By: Pascal Mücke

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Signalling of early-stage startups on crowdinvestment platforms

Research on the presentation and typology of business models and their impact on project funding success

By: Pascal Mücke

Master's Thesis from the year 2018 in the subject Engineering - Industrial Engineering and Management, grade: 1,0, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, language: English, abstract: Crowdinvesting as a relatively new funding form for early-stage startups in Germany bears fundamental opportunities for all participants. In this respect, startup entrepreneurs are facing the challenge to convince potential investors of their business idea to finally induce investments. Since crowdinvesting communication is limited to digital channels the knowledge about what information is relevant for making investment decisions is of crucial significance. Moreover, the “crowd” can be considered as a completely new investor class with specific characteristics and information requirements compared to traditional capital providers. The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the importance of business models as a potential unit of analysis in the crowdinvesting decision-making process. In this respect, the significance of selected signalling criteria that may serve as quality indicators for investors will be investigated. In order to gain a broader understanding about the preferences in crowdinvesting a comprehensive empirical study of the German crowdinvesting market is conducted. Entrepreneurs, crowdinvestors as well as respective platforms and thus the entire concept of crowdinvesting will benefit from a knowledge gain. The theoretical framework describes the characteristics of early-stage startups as well as the relevance of business models in the entrepreneurial context. In this light, different frameworks for the concept of business modelling will be presented and dismantled into relevant building blocks. Additionally, the concept of crowdinvesting is discussed in consideration of some special implications that can be explained via information economics and behavioural sciences such as information asymmetries and the occurrence of decision heuristics based on signalling criteria. The research indicates that the business model concept is a suitable unit of analysis as it allows a differentiated view and enables new opportunities for the evaluation of crowdinvesting campaigns. In this context, it has been statistically proven that product-focused business models are funded more successfully than others. Generally, the results imply that startups should engage in offensive signalling to improve success of the crowdinvesting campaigns. However, there are also some indications in this context that the crowd makes decisions based on simplified evaluation processes and therefore applies binary decision heuristics.

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152

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GRIN Verlag

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3668809631

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9783668809635

The Eskimo Solution: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir

By: Pascal Garnier

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The Eskimo Solution: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir

By: Pascal Garnier

A crime writer uses the modest advance on his latest novel to rent a house on the Normandy coast. There should be little to distract him from his work besides walks on the windswept beach, but as he begins to tell the tale of forty-something Louis – who, after dispatching his own mother, goes on to relieve others of their burdensome elderly relations – events in his own life begin to overlap with the work of his imagination.

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109

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Gallic Books

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1910477397

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9781910477397

Hard Choices

By: Kate William,Francine Pascal

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Hard Choices

By: Kate William,Francine Pascal

No life of her own ... Enid Rollins can hardly wait for her grandmother to come live with her and her mother. But when she arrives, Enid is dismayed that the kind, sprightly woman she remembered is now burdensome and demanding. Because Enid's mother works long hours and is often out with her boyfriend, Enid finds herself making all sorts of sacrifices to please her grandmother. She skips school events and even stands up her best friend, Elizabeth Wakefield. Worst of all, she never has any time for her boyfriend, Hugh. It's beginning to look as if Enid may have to say good-bye to someone she loves.

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Sweet Valley

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0553270060

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9780553270068

The Diversity Advantage

Multicultural Identity In The New World Economy

By: G. Pascal Zachary

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The Diversity Advantage

Multicultural Identity In The New World Economy

By: G. Pascal Zachary

Why is Japan, a country that looked economically invincible a decade ago, stagnating, while long-moribund Ireland booms? What are the qualities that will ensure the continued dominance of U.S. culture, society, and business? In The Diversity Advantage, G. Pascal Zachary provides a provocative roadmap to the new civilization arising out of sweeping shifts in the world economy. He reveals – through vivid examples of individuals and institutions – that the key new determinants for any nation's economic, political, and cultural success are, surprisingly, a diverse population and a “mongrel” sense of self. Roaming the globe, Zachary shows how the rise of new forms of identity and migration are helping to determine exactly who will win and lose in the next century. Zachary's thesis isn't just about countries but about individuals, too. In his tour of a new global civilization, we meet a fascinating gallery of successful characters who possess an intriguing mix of “roots” and “wings.” Strong enough to know who they are, they are nevertheless ceaselessly becoming someone else – and in the process bestowing the gifts of creativity and social harmony on the cities and states that they call home. Updated with a new introduction by the author.

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348

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Basic Books

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0813340500

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9780813340500

Book's by Pascal Richard

Endless Frontier

Endless Frontier

The Secret of the Magic Pen

The Secret of the Magic Pen

Hands Off!

Hands Off!

Lila's Little Sister

Lila's Little Sister

She Loves Me... Not

She Loves Me... Not

Drama Queen

Drama Queen

Three Days, Two Nights

Three Days, Two Nights

Gallic Noir

Gallic Noir

The Charm School Mystery

The Charm School Mystery

No More Mr. Nice Guy

No More Mr. Nice Guy

Lila on the Loose

Lila on the Loose

Signalling of early-stage startups on crowdinvestment platforms

Signalling of early-stage startups on crowdinvestment platforms

The Eskimo Solution: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir

The Eskimo Solution: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir

Hard Choices

Hard Choices

The Diversity Advantage

The Diversity Advantage

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