Amanda Turner

Stochastic Finance provides an introduction to mathematical finance that is unparalleled in its accessibility. Through classroom testing, the authors have identified common pain points for students, and their approach takes great care to help the reader to overcome these difficulties and to foster understanding where comparable texts often do not. Written for advanced undergraduate students, and making use of numerous detailed examples to illustrate key concepts, this text provides all the mathematical foundations necessary to model transactions in the world of finance. A first course in probability is the only necessary background. The book begins with the discrete binomial model and the finite market model, followed by the continuous Black–Scholes model. It studies the pricing of European options by combining financial concepts such as arbitrage and self-financing trading strategies with probabilistic tools such as sigma algebras, martingales and stochastic integration. All these concepts are introduced in a relaxed and user-friendly fashion.

Stochastic Finance provides an introduction to mathematical finance that is unparalleled in its accessibility. Through classroom testing, the authors have identified common pain points for students, and their approach takes great care to help the reader to overcome these difficulties and to foster understanding where comparable texts often do not. Written for advanced undergraduate students, and making use of numerous detailed examples to illustrate key concepts, this text provides all the mathematical foundations necessary to model transactions in the world of finance. A first course in probability is the only necessary background. The book begins with the discrete binomial model and the finite market model, followed by the continuous Black–Scholes model. It studies the pricing of European options by combining financial concepts such as arbitrage and self-financing trading strategies with probabilistic tools such as sigma algebras, martingales and stochastic integration. All these concepts are introduced in a relaxed and user-friendly fashion.

From the New York Times bestselling author of This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store and Hair of the Corn Dog, Amanda Turner (previously writing as AK Turner) offers up a new collection of hilarity and embarrassment with How to Be Awkward. Disclaimer: This book is not intended for the super cool. If you begin every day by setting an intention while doing yoga on a paddleboard (and somehow not falling off), you're out of my league. If you are even semi-fluent in the Urban Dictionary, there's little chance we'll connect. And if you use a vaginal steamer, well, I think we're done here. Especially if you don't have a vagina. On the other hand... if your spirit animal is the blobfish or you regularly and inexplicably choke on your own saliva, we might be related. If you find intermittent fasting to be both cruel and unusual, I feel your pain. If your athletic abilities could best be described as blundering and oafish, I'm right there with you. It's possible that we speak the same language. We should talk.

Since the early 1990s there has been a persistent drive towards professionalising the education sector, with a particular focus on those responsible for teaching the post-fourteen age group. This shift towards recognition of the sector in terms of the professionals who teach within it has led to constant, repetitive revision of teaching standards, the regulation and subsequent de-regulation of the teaching qualifications and the introduction of professional bodies. This book aims to explore the way that professional identity develops for trainee teachers, in the FE and Skills sector, with a particular emphasis on the role that incidental learning has in this development. The author argues for a more holistic approach to the development of professionalism through these informal learning experiences, as opposed to a criteria based approach.

A Birthday in Quarantine ... What does it really mean? Come along for the journey as AJ navigates celebrating during a global pandemic."A beautiful heartwarming story that is engaging, fun and relatable to young children." - a satisfied customer AJ is excited to have an epic birthday party alongside family and friends. However, AJ's plans drastically change when he realizes that his birthday is during a global pandemic. A pandemic can stop a lot of things, but it can't stop AJ from growing another year older How will AJ make this a birthday to remember?In this book, children will learn how to embrace change in unexpected situations. Through the use of rhyming and vibrant illustrations, readers will be immersed in AJ's journey navigating his birthday through the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As millions of children have experienced their birthday in quarantine, this book is relatable, encouraging and a great example of using a positive mindset to overcome difficulties. In addition, this story teaches children how COVID-19 spreads and how to protect themselves and others from contracting the virus.Parents, educators and health related professionals can use this book to teach social emotional skills such as: - Resiliency- Positive Thinking- Flexibility- Creativity- GratitudeThis book includes free access to supplemental educational resources at www.colourfulbooks.com. These resources include a book quiz, word search, math activities, parent support blog and much more

"I used the image of his perfect face as motivation to force my feet to move. It's working. It's working. It's... Everything went black."After the unexpected and unexplained death of her mother, Josie Parker, a young witch, is finally starting to feel normal again. She is closer than ever with her best friend, Lillian, studying advanced witchcraft in her courses, and falling in love for the first time. But things take a turn for the worse when a student at North End is found murdered. Suddenly, Josie isn't sure who she can trust.Have her enemies, once faceless shadows haunting her worst nightmares, become a reality? North End: The Black Forest is the first addictive entry in this series by author Amanda Turner. The adventure begins here...

This book examines the benefits of applying the Identity Structure Analysis (ISA) to teacher professional development. At present no government, local authority or school is actively applying Identity Structure Analysis to monitor school improvement: in a profession where turnover is extremely high, ISA is framed as a way for professional development to meet the needs of the specific teacher. Examining idiographic ISA analyses as well as practical advice for implementing professional development programs, the authors scrutinise how ISA can be used in conjunction with mentoring to offset teacher turnover. This practical volume will be of interest and value to scholars and researchers of teacher identity and professional development, as well as researchers and policymakers interested in reducing teacher turnover.