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When a feisty, curious red-headed teen BEANS (Quinn Fagioli) discovers her new neighborhood of Mill Creek, New Jersey, is rife with mysterious events, she cannot help but put her amateur sleuthing skills to work. With considerable good intentions, she recruits her reluctant neighbors BOOGER (Balthazar Bugerowski) and black-haired Adonis, VITO RUSAMANO - a novice forensics scientist and high school quarterback, to come to her aid. In THE CASE OF THE VANISHING MAIL, BEANS discovers that her belated Christmas card from her grandmother has been tampered with and the monetary gift inside, gone! Immediately, she begins her research, disturbing her community, and setting off alarms!
Barely settled into her third new home in six years, thirteen year old Beans (Quinn) Fagioli stumbles upon a crime in the quiet rural community of Mill Creek, New Jersey. When the owners of the local bakery across the street discover their dog Buster is missing, Beans can't help but shift her limited detective skills into high gear. In a matter of hours, she recruits her unsuspecting, next-door neighbor Booger (Balthezar) Bugorowski. Less reluctant to get involved is Booger's kid sister Haddie who relies on her special talents along with her Etch-a-Sketch to help. Luckily for Beans, her first-ever crush, a handsome high school football player named Vito Rusamano, lives only a stone's throw away and offers his forensics support. But Beans' journey isn't an easy one. Her taxi cab driving mother Paulie and the annoying local cop (Officer Wallace) attempt to get in her way. Complicating matters is Booger's unproclaimed love for this red-headed girl-next-door. Unaware of her friend's feelings, Beans leads her motley crew through a perilous maze, one that reveals a dangerous dognapping ring and a medieval knight.
All types of items are vanishing from the shelves of Aunt Gracie's sundry store on the corner of Mill and Main Streets. But the kind-hearted shop owner of Mill Creek isn't having any luck catching the thief. When Beans gets wind of the dilemma, she offers her help to Vito's aunt and promises to solve the crime. She rounds up Booger and Vito, and together their explorations uncover a hidden staircase, one that leads to an unbelievable encounter.BEANS (QUINN) FAGIOLI considers herself a modern Nancy Drew with a twist. She's a feisty red-headed teenager with a thirst for crime-stopping. After six years of traipsing from Seattle to Galveston to Steubenville, Beans and her mom have settled in unsuspecting Mill Creek, New Jersey, a quaint and quiet rural town. Here they seek a stable life, one that can heal the enduring grief from the death of their father and husband.
Margaret and Steve Frawley celebrate the third birthday of their twin girls, Kelly and Kathy, with an afternoon party in their new home. That evening, Steve and Margaret attend a black-tie dinner in New York. On returning home, the police are in the house, the babysitter has been found unconscious, the children are gone and a note demanding an eight million dollar ransom has been left in their room. Steve firm agrees to pay the ransom. The kidnapper, who identifies himself as the "Pied Piper", makes his terms known - on delivery of the ransom, a call will come revealing the girls' whereabouts. The call comes, but only Kelly is in the car parked behind a deserted restaurant. The driver is dea...
This book gathers the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Industry 4.0 Model for Advanced Manufacturing (AMP 2020), held in Belgrade, Serbia, on 1–4 June 2020. The event marks the latest in a series of high-level conferences that bring together experts from academia and industry to exchange knowledge, ideas, experiences, research findings, and information in the field of manufacturing. The book addresses a wide range of topics, including: design of smart and intelligent products, developments in CAD/CAM technologies, rapid prototyping and reverse engineering, multistage manufacturing processes, manufacturing automation in the Industry 4.0 model, cloud-based products, and cyber-physical and reconfigurable manufacturing systems. By providing updates on key issues and highlighting recent advances in manufacturing engineering and technologies, the book supports the transfer of vital knowledge to the next generation of academics and practitioners. Further, it will appeal to anyone working or conducting research in this rapidly evolving field.
Analyzes the leadership and strategies of three forefront military leaders from the ancient world, offers insight into the purposes behind their conflicts, and shows what today's leaders can glean from their successes and failures.
Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, and the volunteers at First Baptist Church are completing their food collection and packing their grocery bags. When BEANS and BOOGER finish helping, they stop at their old friend Granger's house to check up on him. Afterwards, the two begin to head home and notice an amber light coming from across the street in an empty house near Mill Creek Bridge. Upon closer inspection, BEANS notices a shadowy figure sitting in the once empty rocking chair on the front porch. It's a ghost!
Collection of 120 peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, held in Leiria, Portugal in September 2007. Essential reading for all those working on V&RP, focused on inducing increased collaboration between industry and academia. In addition to key
One of the most acclaimed graphic novels of all time is offered in this new edition, with lush new panoramic cover art.