Final Exam

Someone is playing a series of deadly pranks on Kelly and doesn't want her to graduate. Now it is final exam time and she is scared to death.

One of Julio Cortázar's great early novels. "Anyone who doesn't read Cortázar is doomed."--Pablo Neruda

Spurred by the success of the first stress test of US banks toward the end of the global economic crisis in 2009, stress testing of large financial institutions has become the cornerstone of banking supervision worldwide. The aim of the tests is to determine which banks are adequately capitalized under severe economic shocks and to order corrective measures for those that are vulnerable. In Banking’s Final Exam, one of the world’s leading experts on banking regulation concludes that the tests administered on both sides of the Atlantic suffer from fundamental weaknesses, leading to a false sense of reassurance about the safety and soundness of the banking system. Some weaknesses can be corrected within the existing bank-capital regime, but others will require bold reforms—including higher minimum capital requirements for the largest and most systemically-important banks. The banking industry is likely to resist these reforms, but this book explains why their objections do not hold water.

A brilliant transplant surgeon brings compassion and narrative drama to the fearful reality that every doctor must face: the inevitability of mortality. “Uncommonly moving ... A revealing and heartfelt book." —Atul Gawande, #1 New York bestselling author of Being Mortal When Pauline Chen began medical school, she dreamed of saving lives. What she could not predict was how much death would be a part of her work. Almost immediately, she found herself wrestling with medicine’s most profound paradox—that a profession premised on caring for the ill also systematically depersonalizes dying. Final Exam follows Chen over the course of her education and practice as she struggles to reconcile the lessons of her training with her innate sense of empathy and humanity. A superb addition to the best medical literature of our time.

Goosebumps now on Disney+! It doesn't take long for Tommy to find out he's in big trouble. His whole family is obsessed with winning and he's being sent off to a special camp to help make him into a "winner." When Tommy gets there, he sees that something isn't right. All of the kids are so competetive. It's almost like their lives depend on it. Can Tommy survive The Final Exam?

Who will turn silver next? When a boy is bitten by a strange silver beetle, he becomes the first victim of a terrifying virus. It turns flesh into metal and humans into machines. The whole world to sparkling, bloodthirsty silver...

The cure might be deadlier than the disease. With her tumultuous third year of schooling behind her, Ashley 'Crafter' Jason looks forward to a quiet fourth and final year at the Academy, where she prepares for the Final Exam that will mark her graduation. Yet things are never quiet at the Academy and Ashley soon finds herself facing threats on three fronts. The villainous Overkill emerges from the shadows to demonstrate a deadly biological weapon that threatens the lives of all supers. At the same time, the Dragon King of Superbia plots to not merely invade the United States, but kill Ashley for daring to oppose his will. And the supervillain terrorist, Parasite, has returned and is ready to end his feud with Ashley permanently. None of those threats, however, are as dangerous to Ashley as her own genetic disease, which she discovers is on track to kill her before she graduates, thus leaving Ashley with two choices: Undergo a surgery that will permanently remove her powers and live, but leave her unable to defend herself from her enemies ... or keep her powers and be killed by her own body. KEYWORDS: superhero action fiction, superhero fantasy, superhero fiction novel, superhero science fiction, superhero scifi, superhero young adult, superhero city, superhero books, superhero action, superhero books for kids, superheroes, cool superheroes, action adventure books, superhero action adventure books, action adventure fiction, superhero action adventure fiction, young adult action adventure, action adventure young adult