Software Development Using Scrum

A local college professor comes to Ella Mentry School to help students learn basic history and improve their scores on a standardized test, using some very unusual techniques.

New York Times bestseller! From Matt and Rebecca Zamolo, creators of the mega-popular YouTube series Game Master Network, comes a new thrilling novel about everyone’s favorite mystery-solving team as they go toe-to-toe with the mysterious and menacing Game Master.Rebecca Zamolo is on a mission to save her summer. Instead of going to camp like she’d planned, she’s been stuck in summer school. But today is the day! She’s going to present her final science assignment—using her Nana’s borrowed vintage zoetrope—and then she’ll be free to have fun.But as Becca and her classmates wait for her teacher to arrive, a menacing voice comes over the intercom claiming to be the Game Master! The kids quickly discover that the Game Master has locked the doors, scared off the teachers, and made it clear that if Becca and her friends don’t solve the clues that have been left behind, they’ll never get back Becca’s irreplaceable zoetrope, never finish summer school, and never get to enjoy wh

A veteran production team shares insider secrets about using television and media opportunities to promote a brand or message, prepare for upcoming appearances, and increase return requests, in a guid

Charting the Sacred JourneySpiritual Tarot will take you far beyond traditional Tarot card glimpses of the future, and into the deepest recesses of your own mind. Using the three major Tarot decks --

In this moving memoir, Shirley Smith, wife of NBA Champion and All-Star J. R. Smith, tells the story of giving birth to one of the youngest premature babies to survive―using her experience to heighten

Using 10 steps from her popular workshops, counsellor Bev Aisbett provides you with practical, sound advice on how to recognise and tame anxiety, whether it affects you just occasionally or every sing

An absolutely essential book for every modern football fan, about the development of Premier League tactics, published to coincide with 25 years of the competition.

Noted military technology expert Dan Ward's manifesto for creating great products and projects using the methods of rapid innovation.Why do some programs deliver their product under cost, while others

Henley, the head of cyber security at Blaine Technologies, is a man no one crosses. He watches employees constantly, using his network of cameras, and enforces his rules by any means possible. Rumors

Celebrating the fusion of high sophistication with a strong tradition of rustic thriftiness, this adventurous cookbook, which advocates using everything that is possibly edible of fowl, beast and fish

Using dramatic real-life stories, the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia presents a scathing expose of the alternative medicine industry that debunks t

A former Navy SEAL and the New York Times best-selling author of American Sniper targets the most important American firearms, using these guns as a window on United States history to prove that the A

A former Navy SEAL and the New York Times best-selling author of American Sniper targets the most important American firearms, using these guns as a window on United States history to prove that the A

Using cutting-edge, never-before-seen research from his acclaimed Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University, a leading expert in eating behavior reveals how innovative, inexpensive design changes can m

A practical guide to using NLP in business and life coaching from bestselling NLP expert Joseph O’Connor. This book is suitable for both established coaches and for those who are being coached.

Women's Studies Journalist Betsy Israel paints remarkably vivid portraits of single women -- and how they have been perceived -- throughout the decades using primary sources, including private jou

Offers mothers and daughters a new roadmap to navigating this difficult familial bond, using research, anecdotes, personal reflections, and examples from literature to make her case.

The accaimed four-star chef of Boston's renowned Rialto restaurant shows readers how to cook with confidence, creating simple dishes using fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients drawn from regional tr

A practical, creative guidebook to achieving the results you want using Neuro Linguistinc Programming techniques

You can move quickly from "stuck" to "smooth sailing" in all aspects of your life using Bill O'Hanlon's ten easy Solution Keys, Humorous, direct, and effective, they help you change how you view and "

One of the nation's leading black chefs serves up 125 delicious recipes from South Carolina's "Low Country" using the region's great natural resources--bass, oysters, shrimp, clams, mullet, and sturge

This second, expanded edition adds a new introduction by Gail Sheehy, a new chapter on dealing with everyday stresses, and new sections on the author's own recent, remarkable success using self-hypnos

Guy Kawasaki, CEO of garage.com and former chief evangelist of Apple Computer, Inc., presents his manifesto for world-changing innovation, using his battle-tested lessons to help revolutionaries beco

In this story, number one bestselling author Dr. Spencer Johnson reveals a simple, easy way to bring out the best in yourself. Using his proven world-famous One Minute program, you can: Take better c

LIVING IT UP offers further hope and guidance for sufferers of anxiety disorders, and valuable insights for those interested in personal development. What is your "It"? Anger? Fear? Low self-esteem?

In The Great Divide, acclaimed author and historian Peter Watson explores the development of humankind between the Old World and the New, and offers a groundbreaking new understanding of human history

"This is an absolutely adorable retelling of [the Jack and the Beanstalk] classic story. It is perfect for any emerging reader. An absolute must-buy." --School Library Journal(STARRED review)Join Pete the Kitty on a journey up the beanstalk in this My First I Can Read story fromNew York Timesbestselling team Kimberly and James Dean.Once upon a time, a kitty named Pete and his friend Callie climbed a beanstalk as tall as the sky. At the top, they heard "Fe! Fi! Fo! Fum!" But where are the sounds are coming from?Beginner readers will love this new Pete-tastic spin on the beloved fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk!This My First I Can Read book is carefully crafted using basic language, word repetition, sight words, and sweet illustrations—which means it's perfect for shared reading with emergent readers. The active, engaging My First I Can Read stories have appealing plots and lovable characters, encouraging children to continue their reading journey.For more groovy fairytale twists with P

The highly anticipated third book in the #1New York Timesbestselling Supernatural Investigations series that began withAmari and the Night Brothers!Perfect for fans ofTristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, andNevermoor.War has come to the supernatural world, and Amari’s two worst enemies are leading the charge.Elaine Harlowe has manipulated her way into becoming prime minister, using her mind control ability to force the Bureau to take up her vicious grudge against magiciankind.Meanwhile, Dylan Van Helsing, the newly crowned leader of the League of Magicians—and Amari’s former partner—is after a destructive new power that would not only ensure the magicians’ victory . . . it would make him invincible.With neither the Bureau nor the League safe for Amari, and her newly returned brother, Quinton, determined to keep her out of the fray, she and her friends decide to find a way to end the war on their own.So when they learn that the only way to stop Dyla

*A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year* For twelve-year-old Lucy Stulligross, a boring summer without her best friend turns into an unexpected coming-of-age journey of firsts. Perfect for fans of Kayla Miller and Jarad Greene.With her best friend away at camp, tons of chores to do, and her dad always on her case for being such a tomboy, Lucy is dreading summer. That is, until Milforth's plan to revive an old carousel for the town's 150th anniversary brings artist Ray and her daughter, Ana鮢, to town. Ana鮢 is smart, funny, and easy to talk to, and Lucy--who's used to being judged for her looks and interests--finally feels at ease in her own skin. And she thinks she may feel something for Ana鮢, too.Leading up to Milforth's big birthday, tensions begin rising with locals, thanks to a shifty development company trying to overrun the town. Things also come to a breaking point at home, when Lucy butts heads with her dad over how she wants to express herself as a girl.Can Lucy find t

A glittering, bold, darkly funny novel about two sisters—one in New York, one in Singapore—who are bound by an ancient secretSisterhood is difficult for Su and Emerald. Su leads a sheltered, moneyed life as the picture-perfect wife of a conservative politician in Singapore. Emerald is a nihilistic sugar baby in New York, living from whim to whim and using her charms to make ends meet. But they share a secret: once, they were snakes, basking under a full moon in Tang dynasty China.A thousand years later, their mysterious history is the only thing still binding them together. When Emerald experiences a violent encounter in Central Park and Su boards the next flight to New York, the two reach a tenuous reconciliation for the first time in decades. Su convinces Emerald to move to Singapore so she can keep an eye on her—but she soon begins to worry that Emerald’s irrepressible behavior will out them both, in a sparkling, affluent city where everything runs like clockwork and any deviation f

"As impeccably crafted and precisely engineered as any of the watches on which the author has worked so lovingly over the years, this book is a joy to behold and a wonder to enjoy." -Simon Winchester, author of The Perfectionists and LandAn award-winning watchmaker--one of the few practicing the art in the world today--chronicles the invention of time through the centuries-long story of one of mankind's most profound technological achievements: the watch.Timepieces have long accompanied us on our travels, from the depths of the oceans to the summit of Everest, the ice of the arctic to the sands of the deserts, outer space to the surface of the moon. The watch has sculpted the social and economic development of modern society; it is an object that, when disassembled, can give us new insights both into the motivations of inventors and craftsmen of the past, and, into the lives of the people who treasured them.Hands of Time is a journey through watchmaking history, from the earliest attem

For fans of The Wild Unknown, a beautifully illustrated, gender-neutral tarot deck and guidebook from a mother-son duo that reminds us we are all connected and provides a highly inclusive experience of self-reflection, self-love, and self-compassion.The Sacred Web Tarot envisions a world without separation, where everyone and everything is a silken thread in the great weaving of the Cosmos. It is a transformational and timely approach that moves beyond traditional, gendered imagery, card names, and interpretations, focusing on personal and communal growth. Using The Sacred Web, you will discover that every encounter, every energy you meet is meant to teach and transform you.Born from pain―after James Brown IV sustained a life-threatening brain injury―this stunning digitally illustrated tarot deck is a work of love and affirmation that invites you to sit with your life experiences, be present to whatever arises, and experience challenges as opportunities for self-discovery, liberation,

Introduction by Amal ClooneyFrom the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Philippine journalism site Rappler comes this inspiring memoir that chronicles her career fighting fascism and those who helping to spread it, filled with insights and advice for standing against authoritarian bullies and confronting disinformation and lies.What will you sacrifice for the truth?Journalist Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power, challenging corruption and malfeasance in her native country, the Philippines. But her work tracking disinformation networks seeded by the government, spreading lies to its own citizens laced with anger and hate, made her an enemy of her country’s most powerful man: President Duterte.Hounded by the state and its allies using the legal system to silence her, accused of numerous crimes, and charged with cyberlibel for which she was found guilty, Ressa faces years in prison and thousands in fines. At a time when authoritarian threats to th

A timely, riveting book that presents for the first time an alternative history of 1930s Britain, revealing how prominent fascist sympathizers nearly succeeded in overturning British democracy—using the past as a road map to navigate the complexities of today’s turn toward authoritarianism.Hitler’s Girl is a groundbreaking history that reveals how, in the 1930s, authoritarianism nearly took hold in Great Britain as it did in Italy and Germany. Drawing on recently declassified intelligence files, Lauren Young details the pervasiveness of Nazi sympathies among the British aristocracy, as significant factions of the upper class methodically pursued an actively pro-German agenda. She reveals how these aristocrats formed a murky Fifth Column to Nazi Germany, which depended on the complacence and complicity of the English to topple its proud and long-standing democratic tradition—and very nearly succeeded.As she highlights the parallels to our similarly treacherous time, Young exposes the in

Perfect for celebrating a child’s next step in their social development, this book is an ode to the power of teamwork, friendship, and collaboration!What would we do in a book, me and you?Would we repaint the worldand the universe too? Would we seesaw on starswhile we take in the view? There are no limits to what we can do in a book made for TWO. So, here we go. Take my hand. And imagine all WE can do, me and you! From Jean Reidy and Joey Chou, the dynamic duo behind What Would You Do in a Book About You?, comes a book about the joy of sharing your story with a friend or special someone. Twice the adventure! Double the fun!

Based on and from the creators of the groundbreaking musical, Jason Robert Brown and Dan Elish, 13: A Novel is a story about friendship, fitting in, and what it means to turn thirteen. Soon to be a movie-musical streaming on Netflix!"No one said becoming a man was easy.Evan didn't expect relevant life advice from Rabbi Weiner, who looks so old that he must have gone to yeshiva with Moses. But wondering what it means to become a man is the least of Evan's problems.After being uprooted right before his thirteen birthday from New York City to Appleton, Indiana, he's more focused on using this fresh start to find the right friends to invite to his bar mitzvah. Because this is his chance to get in with the popular kids--the cool football players and pretty cheerleaders.But it's the weird kids who welcome him, like his nerdy neighbor Patrice and Archie, whose crutches and muscular dystrophy make him an easy target for bullying. Evan doesn't want to be laughed at for being different. He can p

Everyone struggles when faced with something different than they're used to--whether a life change, a fresh challenge, or even an exciting adventure--but award-winning author Shauna Niequist's vulnerable reflections will remind readers to tap into graceful self-compassion and courageous curiosity with each new step they take.A clear-eyed look at what happens when everything we've been clinging to falls apart--what we keep, what we let go, and how we're transformed along the way.Just after her fortieth birthday, New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist found herself in a season of chaos, change, and loss unlike anything she'd ever experienced. She discovered that many of the beliefs and practices that had been useful up to that point no longer worked. After trying--and failing--to pull herself back up using the same old tools, she realized she required new ones: courage, curiosity, compassion, and self-compassion. She discovered the way through was more about questions than ans

A revised and updated 8th edition of the world's bestselling thesaurus--the only thesaurus based on Peter Roget's original reference classic of 1852--now in paperback.A classic reference book that has been used by millions all over the world, Roget's International Thesaurus(R) is the product of more than a century and a half of continual expansion, reorganization, and improvement. Today this book is not only the most time-tested and bestselling thesaurus ever, but, newly revised, it is also the most up-to-date and comprehensive reflection of the English language as it is currently used.The revolutionary achievement of Dr. Peter Mark Roget's first edition in 1852 was the development of a brand-new principle: the arrangement of words and phrases according to their meanings. Dr. Roget's system brings together in one place all the terms associated with a single thought or concept; it allows a wide-ranging survey of language within a book of relatively modest size, without the space-consumi