I got treated pretty badly by Jason. He never set me on fire, but he was pretty mean to me. All the same, there was part of me that desperately wanted him to like me. Will is pretty much your average, garden-variety 15-year-old. He does well enough in school, plays in a rock band, chases girls with little success, and has a typical collection of oddball friends. With one significant exception. For the last several years, he has been systematically beaten up—physically, mentally, and emotionally—by his 18-year-old brother. The impact of Jason’s seemingly inexplicable behavior on Will, and the other members of his family, is the subject of Vandal. This novel is taut, gripping and at the same time riotously funny.

Vandal

Literature & Fiction

Simmons, Michael

Contemporary

Square Fish

This is a journey through past and present in the economically buoyant, Communist, conservative and hugely varied landscape of East Germany.

The Unloved Country: A Portrait of East Germany Today (Abacus)

Abacus Pr

Fifteen-year-old Brett Gerson is a real-life S.R.K. (spoiled rich kid)–the guy you love to hate. Yep, Brett’s pretty much got life in the bag–until his dad is jailed for insider trading, and the family money swirls down the drain. Brett wishes things could go back to the way they were–until some dirty swimming pools change everything.

Pool Boy (Readers Circle)

Teen & Young Adult

Random House Children"s Books

Brett Gerson is fifteen and loaded. Until his dad is busted for owing the government ten million dollars. The injustice is that Brett has to pay for the fact that his dad has blown it . with his five-grand stereo and his huge allowance. Now he, his mom and his sister have been kicked out of their plush Californian mansion and are living with Brett's crazy aunt in some loser neighbourhood where the only pools are the inflatable kind. For the first summer ever, Brett's going to have to get a job. POOL BOY marks the debut of a gifted young writer, Michael Simmons, and one of the most engaging and infuriating anti-heroes since Holden Caulfield.

Pool Boy

Children's Books

HIPPO/SCHOLASTIC

Corporate actions are events that affect large corporations through to the individual investor - even those that own a single-share! All organizations that hold equity and debt securities for themselves and/or on behalf of others are affected when the issuer of a security announces an income or corporate action event. The successful management of the array of different event types requires understanding of the inherent risks, and tight controls at critical points in the event lifecycle. The management of income and corporate action events are important and essential parts of the securities industry business. Written by authors with many years experience within this sector, Corporate Actions: A Guide to Securities Event Management sets out to demystify the subject and provides a thorough, step-by-step introduction to corporate actions and income events. Corporate Actions is a comprehensive source for understanding a major component of operational processing. The individual components and their relation to each other within the corporate actions lifecycle are explained in detail, through which the reader will gain a clear and thorough understanding of the lifecycle together with potential processing risks and the strategies to mitigate Corporate Actions is essential reading for all those involved in the securities industry, from new recruits to those involved in both the day-to-day operations process and those within executive management. It will also prove invaluable to those providing consultancy and software solutions to the securities industry. Corporate Actions is the first major work on this subject. Many people within the securities industry have heard of corporate actions - many people know they can be highly risky - many organizations have lost vast sums of cash in attempting to process them - very few understand them!

Corporate Actions: A Guide to Securities Event Management

Business & Money

Dalgleish, Elaine

Economics

wiley

Insight into collateral management and its increasing relevance in modern banking In the wake of recent financial crises, firms of all sizes have adjusted their policies to incorporate more frequent instances of collateral management. Collateral Management: A Guide to Mitigating Counterparty Risk explains the connection between the need for collateral management in order to alleviate counterparty risk and the actions that firms must take to achieve it. Targeted at middle and back office managers seeking a hands-on explanation of the specifics of collateral management, this book offers a thorough treatment of the subject and attends to details such as internal record management, daily procedures used in making and receiving collateral calls, and settlement-related issues that affect the movements of cash and securities collateral. An expert in financial topics ranging from trade lifecycle to operational risk, author Michael Simmons offers readers insight into a field that, so far, is struggling to produce enough expertise to meet its high demand. <ul>
<li>Presents hands-on advice and examples from a bestselling, internationally renowned author who introduces his third book on operations and operations-related activities</li> <li>Explains the relationship between collateral management and preventing institutional defaults, such as the recent Lehman Brothers downfall</li> </ul>
Since 2008, firms have recognized and embraced the importance of collateral management, but this book will provide practitioners with a deeper understanding and appreciation of its relevance.

Collateral Management: A Guide to Mitigating Counterparty Risk (Wiley Finance)

Finance

The only comprehensive account of operational risk in securities settlements Securities Operations focuses on the settlement aspects of a securities transaction. As financial analysts make a greater effort toward quantifying and managing operational risk, they are paying more attention to securities transactions in general and to the settlement phase in particular. While describing the practical issues, this book enumerates the different "back office" related risks potentially encountered throughout the settlement. Simmons also covers more advanced topics such as derivatives, trade compensation, internal allocation of funding costs, and operational performance measurement. Michael Simmons (London, UK) is currently Head of Business Consultancy at Wilco International, a major software systems provider to the financial markets. Over the years, financial professionals around the world have looked to the Wiley Finance series and its wide array of bestselling books for the knowledge, insights, and techniques that are essential to success in financial markets. As the pace of change in financial markets and instruments quickens, Wiley Finance continues to respond. With critically acclaimed books by leading thinkers on value investing, risk management, asset allocation, and many other critical subjects, the Wiley Finance series provides the financial community with information they want. Written to provide professionals and individuals with the most current thinking from the best minds in the industry, it is no wonder that the Wiley Finance series is the first and last stop for financial professionals looking to increase their financial expertise.

Securities Operations: A Guide to Trade and Position Management

Gender conditioning leads many managers to build barriers to the full involvement of all their people. Using real-life examples, this work sets out strategies and programmes for improving organizational performance, and provides an analysis of women and men's leadership.

New Leadership for Women and Men: Building an Inclusive Organization

Management & Leadership

Gower Pub.Co.

Literally millions of people in Britain are affected by hearing loss, and the number is growing steadily. For many, it is a desperate situation, for others, an unwished-for challenge: to enter the world of hearing aids and gadgets, and to somehow come to terms with other people’s jokes—blindness is never laughed at—and the need to adjust a muffled, or even silent, environment. Michael Simmons, a distinguished international journalist until his retirement in 1997, has age-related hearing loss. Researching for this book, he soon realized it was a very poor relation in the deafness field. Deafness itself has been the subject of many, many books for many generations. Hearing loss, on the other hand, is swept under the carpet, under-researched, under-funded while also being routinely exploited by unscrupulous hearing appliance manufacturers. Simmons examines the stigma and the suffering of hearing loss, traces the history of fellow sufferers and the remedies they—and their partners—have tried, and goes on to look at the viable resources and remedies that are available. He finds there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Hearing Loss: From Stigma to Strategy

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Peter Owen Publishers

Fifteen-year-old Brett Gerson is a real-life S.R.K. (spoiled rich kid)- the guy you love to hate. Yep, Brett' s pretty much got life in the bag- until his dad is jailed for insider trading, and the family money swirls down the drain. Brett wishes things could go back to the way they were- until some dirty swimming pools change everything.

Perfection Learning

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Books by Simmons, Michael

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Vandal

The Unloved Country: A Portrait of East Germany Today (Abacus)

Pool Boy (Readers Circle)

Pool Boy

Corporate Actions: A Guide to Securities Event Management

Collateral Management: A Guide to Mitigating Counterparty Risk (Wiley Finance)

Securities Operations: A Guide to Trade and Position Management

New Leadership for Women and Men: Building an Inclusive Organization

Hearing Loss: From Stigma to Strategy

Pool Boy