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Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun (Onyeka)
by Tolá OkogwuBlack Panther meets X-Men in this &“fast-paced, action-packed, and empowering&” (A. F. Steadman, New York Times bestselling author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief) middle grade adventure about a British Nigerian girl who learns that her Afro hair has psychokinetic powers—perfect for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers, The Marvellers, and Rick Riordan!Onyeka has a lot of hair—the kind that makes strangers stop in the street and her peers whisper behind her back. At least she has Cheyenne, her best friend, who couldn&’t care less what other people think. Still, Onyeka has always felt insecure about her vibrant curls…until the day Cheyenne almost drowns and Onyeka&’s hair takes on a life of its own, inexplicably pulling Cheyenne from the water. At home, Onyeka&’s mother tells her the shocking truth: Onyeka&’s psychokinetic powers make her a Solari, one of a secret group of people with superpowers unique to Nigeria. Her mother quickly whisks her off to the Academy of the Sun, a school in Nigeria where Solari are trained. But Onyeka and her new friends at the academy soon have to put their powers to the test as they find themselves embroiled in a momentous battle between truth and lies…
Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun: A superhero adventure perfect for Marvel and DC fans! (Onyeka)
by Tolá OkogwuBlack Panther meets Percy Jackson in this action-packed superhero series about a British-Nigerian girl who learns that her Afro hair has psychokinetic powers. Soon to be a feature film with a major streamer! Check out the complete series – Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels is out now and Onyeka and the Heroes of the Dawn is out March 2024. And don't miss Onyeka and the Secret Superhero, the special World Book Day story coming February 2024! &‘Onyeka is the superhero you&’ve been waiting for.&’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars Onyeka has a lot of hair – the kind that makes strangers stop in the street. When she makes the important discovery that she can control her hair with her mind, she's whisked off to the Academy of the Sun, a school in Nigeria where Solari – children with superpowers – are trained But Onyeka and her new friends at the Academy soon have to put their powers to the test as they find themselves caught up in an epic battle . . . one that puts the future of all Solari at risk.Praise for Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun: &‘Brilliant characters, action-packed plot, heartfelt themes of identity, family and friendship. A DAZZLING story about finding your power.&’ Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs &‘An incredible story that reinvents the concept of a school for magical kids. So inspiring and creatively original.&’ L. D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency &‘Fast-paced, action-packed and empowering. Tọlá Okogwu&’s storytelling shines so bright you&’ll want the next instalment immediately.&’ A. F. Steadman, author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief &‘An inspiring, original and exciting roller coaster of a book.&’ Katie Tsang, co-author of Dragon Mountain &‘A rich and gripping story of discovering that your greatest power can come from within. I loved it!&’ Lisa Thompson, author of The Goldfish Boy &‘Brilliant, witty writing and spot-on characterisation.&’ Louie Stowell, author of Loki: A Bad God&’s Guide to Being Good &‘A thrilling, magical page-turner. Children will fall in love with this story.&’ Jenny McLachlan, author of The Land of Roar 'Wildly fun and a huge breath of invigorating fresh air.&’ Sam Copeland, author of Charlie Changes Into a Chicken &‘A thrilling, action-packed adventure full of heart. Onyeka is sure to be everyone's new favourite superhero.&’ Hannah Gold, author of The Last Bear
Onyeka and the Heroes of the Dawn (Onyeka)
by Tolá OkogwuOnyeka and her superpowered friends set off to England on a rescue mission in this third installment in the Onyeka middle grade series, perfect for fans of Rick Riordan, The Marvellers, and X-Men.Solari—children with superpowers—have always been native to Nigeria, but Onyeka and her friends have been alerted to one hidden in England. Tasked with retrieving the young Solari, they successfully complete their mission, arriving safe and sound back at the Academy of the Sun with Tobi in tow. Tobi&’s identity and superpower remain a mystery, until a breadcrumb trail leads Onyeka to the truth. But someone else has uncovered the secret, and unlike Onyeka, they don&’t have Tobi&’s best interests at heart. Can our superhero save the day once again?
Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels (Onyeka)
by Tolá OkogwuOnyeka and her superpowered friends race against time to save themselves and the Solari in this &“thrilling…triumphant&” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) second installment in the Onyeka middle grade series, perfect for fans of Rick Riordan, The Marvellers, and X-Men.Onyeka and her superhero friends are on the run. Having exposed head teacher Dr. Dòyìnbó&’s hidden agenda behind the Academy of the Sun, they&’re living as fugitives, laying low as they try to figure out their next move. Despite their best efforts, Onyeka&’s parents are still missing, and students at the Academy are still in danger. But when their safe house is discovered, Onyeka must turn to the only allies they have left: a group of rebels called the Rogues. Joining forces, will the groups defeat their shared nemesis, or is there a new danger on the horizon?
Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy
by Rachel KrantzAn award-winning journalist chronicles her first open relationship with &“breathtaking honesty&” (Los Angeles Times) in this &“sexy, messy, necessary look at polyamory&” (The Advocate).FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar, Them When Rachel Krantz met and fell for Adam, he told her that he was looking for a committed partnership—just one that did not include monogamy. Intrigued and more than a little nervous, Krantz decided to see whether their love could coexist with the freedom to date other people. Could they strike an exquisite balance between intimacy and independence, and find a way to feel passion for each other once the honeymoon phase ended? Krantz documents her dive into polyamory, from Brooklyn sex parties to swinging and beyond, in her extraordinary debut memoir. As she attempts to write a new plot for her love story with Adam, she runs up against miscommunications, gaslighting, and ancient power dynamics, and seeks solid ground in a relationship where the rules are ever-shifting. An award-winning journalist, she interviewed scientists, psychologists, and people living and loving outside the mainstream as she searched to understand what polyamory would do to her heart, her mind, and her life. With an unflinching eye and page-turning storytelling, Open is groundbreaking in both its documentarian approach to polyamory and its explicit subject matter. From debilitating anxiety spirals to heart-opening connections with the men and women she dates, Rachel puts her whole self on the line as she attempts to redefine what a relationship is—or could be.
Open Banking: Global Development and Regulation (Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking)
by Francesco De Pascalis Alan BrenerOpen banking ends the proprietary control of customer information by banks and allows customers to share their banking financial data with third parties as a matter of right. It can also permit customers to allow others to remove funds directly from their bank accounts in return for goods and services. All of this is done securely with standardised ‘application programming interfaces’ (APIs). Open banking has developed in different ways and with different objectives across the globe. Open Banking: Global Development and Regulation examines the empowering and enabling regulations that facilitate all of this.This book compares a number of different open banking national strategies. These range from the focus of the UK and EU on enhanced competition to the more collaborative approaches in many East Asian jurisdictions. It also looks at the use of open banking for socio-economic purpose in Brazil and India. Here open banking forms part of a wider government programme to increase financial inclusion coupled with encouraging economic growth.This text will be valuable for fintech companies, policymakers and financial services regulators Its overarching aim is to demonstrate the possibilities and challenges of open banking and how it is changing lives across the world.
An Open Secret: The Family Story of Robert and John Gregg Allerton
by Nicholas L. SyrettIn 1922 Robert Allerton—described by the Chicago Tribune as the “richest bachelor in Chicago”—met a twenty-two-year-old University of Illinois architecture student named John Gregg, who was twenty-six years his junior. Virtually inseparable from then on, they began publicly referring to one another as father and son within a couple years of meeting. In 1960, after nearly four decades together, and with Robert Allerton nearing ninety, they embarked on a daringly nonconformist move: Allerton legally adopted the sixty-year-old Gregg as his son, the first such adoption of an adult in Illinois history.An Open Secret tells the striking story of these two iconoclasts, locating them among their queer contemporaries and exploring why becoming father and son made a surprising kind of sense for a twentieth-century couple who had every monetary advantage but one glaring problem: they wanted to be together publicly in a society that did not tolerate their love. Deftly exploring the nature of their design, domestic, and philanthropic projects, Nicholas L. Syrett illuminates how viewing the Allertons as both a same-sex couple and an adopted family is crucial to understanding their relationship’s profound queerness. By digging deep into the lives of two men who operated largely as ciphers in their own time, he opens up provocative new lanes to consider the diversity of kinship ties in modern US history.
Open Secrets: Stories (Vintage International)
by Alice MunroEight stunning stories from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, &“a true master of the form&” (Salman Rushdie). &“Open Secrets is a book that dazzles with its faith in language and in life.&”—The New York Times Book Review In these eight tales, Alice Munro reveals entire lives with a sureness that is nothing less than breathtaking, capturing those moments in which people shrug off old truths, old selves, and what they only thought was fate. In Open Secrets, Munro evokes the devastating power of old love suddenly rekindled. She tells of vanished schoolgirls and indentured frontier brides and an eccentric recluse who, in the course of one surpassingly odd dinner party, inadvertently lands herself a wealthy suitor from exotic Australia. And Munro shows us how one woman&’s romantic tale of capture and escape in the high Balkans may end up inspiring another woman who is fleeing a husband and a lover in present-day Canada. The resulting volume resonates with sorrow, humor, and wisdom, and confirms Alice Munro&’s reputation as one of the most gifted writers of our time.
Open-Set Text Recognition: Concepts, Framework, and Algorithms (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
by Xu-Cheng Yin Chun Yang Chang LiuIn real-world applications, new data, patterns, and categories that were not covered by the training data can frequently emerge, necessitating the capability to detect and adapt to novel characters incrementally. Researchers refer to these challenges as the Open-Set Text Recognition (OSTR) task, which has, in recent years, emerged as one of the prominent issues in the field of text recognition. This book begins by providing an introduction to the background of the OSTR task, covering essential aspects such as open-set identification and recognition, conventional OCR methods, and their applications. Subsequently, the concept and definition of the OSTR task are presented encompassing its objectives, use cases, performance metrics, datasets, and protocols. A general framework for OSTR is then detailed, composed of four key components: The Aligned Represented Space, the Label-to-Representation Mapping, the Sample-to-Representation Mapping, and the Open-set Predictor. In addition,possible implementations of each module within the framework are discussed. Following this, two specific open-set text recognition methods, OSOCR and OpenCCD, are introduced. The book concludes by delving into applications and future directions of Open-set text recognition tasks.This book presents a comprehensive overview of the open-set text recognition task, including concepts, framework, and algorithms. It is suitable for graduated students and young researchers who are majoring in pattern recognition and computer science, especially interdisciplinary research.
Open Strategy for Digital Business: Managing in ICT-Driven Environments (ISSN)
by Ewa Lechman Ewa Stańczyk-Hugiet Joanna RadomskaThis book offers the reader a novel perspective on how digital contexts and open strategy approaches – the act of opening up strategic initiatives beyond company managers to involve front-line employees, stakeholders, and entrepreneurs – are related.Going beyond the claim that digital media drives open strategy by containing a detailed analyses of the interrelations between the two, the authors examine how ICT have diffused globally and trace the emerging links between digitally driven environments and open strategizing approaches. This book also draws a general picture of how and why digital technologies create new networks. A more competitive, transparent, empowered, and inclusive environment would enhance development and encourage novel approaches to strategies implemented. Real-life exemplifications of how and why digital technologies contribute to open strategizing are also provided. Various drivers impacting the necessity to develop more relational advantage are discussed and intertwined with the description of challenges observed in the case of imposing openness.A useful resource for researchers of strategic management and information systems, as well as those looking at digital strategy and transformation.
Open Up Resources 6–8 Math, Grade 7, Unit 1: Scale Drawings
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Open Up Resources 6–8 Math, Grade 7, Unit 2: Introducing Proportional Relationships
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Open Up Resources 6–8 Math, Grade 7, Unit 3: Measuring Circles
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Open Up Resources 6–8 Math, Grade 7, Unit 4: Proportional Relationships and Percentages
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Open Up Resources 6–8 Math, Grade 7, Unit 5: Rational Number Arithmetic
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Open Up Resources 6–8 Math, Grade 7, Unit 6: Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities
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Open Up Resources 6–8 Math, Grade 7, Unit 7: Angles, Triangles, and Prisms
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Open Up Resources 6–8 Math, Grade 7, Unit 8: Probability and Sampling
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Open Up Resources 6–8 Math, Grade 7, Unit 9: Putting It All Together
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Open Up Resources 6–8 Math, Grade 8, Unit 1: Rigid Transformations and Congruence
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Open Up Resources 6–8 Math, Grade 8, Unit 3: Linear Relationships
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Open Up Resources 6–8 Math, Grade 8, Unit 4: Linear Equations and Linear Systems
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Open Up Resources 6–8 Math, Grade 8, Unit 5: Functions and Volume
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Open Up Resources 6–8 Math, Grade 8, Unit 6: Associations in Data
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Open Up Resources 6–8 Math, Grade 8, Unit 7: Exponents and Scientific Notation
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