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Foreword by Kent Beck "The authors of this book have led a revolution in the craft of programming by controlling the environment in which software grows.” --Ward Cunningham “At last, a b
One of the country's most trusted leaders offers time-tested and real world advice for leading in economic hard times From business giant Bill George, the acclaimed author of Wall Street Journal's bes
Testing is a key component of agile development. The widespread adoption of agile methods has brought the need for effective testing into the limelight, and agile projects have transformed the role of
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Although it was first published more than thirty-five years ago, Up the Organization continues to top the lists of best business books by groups as diverse as the American Management Association, Str
True North shows how anyone who follows their internal compass can become an authentic leader. This leadership tour de force is based on research and first-person interviews with 125 of today's top le
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A biography profiling the life of Winston Churchill, the heroic prime minister of Great Britain and Nobel Prize winner. Includes source notes and timeline.
This guide describes user stories and explains how they can be used to articulate customer programming needs. It highlights both successful and unsuccessful implementations of the concept, and discuss
Hohpe, an expert in enterprise integration, and Woolf, an author of technical books and articles, provide a catalog of 65 patterns and real-world solutions for asynchronous messaging. Providing a cons
Describing the interplay between business needs and software-architecture decisions, this guide advises business managers on their software decisions. Chapters cover software architecture, product de
Presents an approach to writing software that emphasizes automated testing before and during coding. Written for advanced programmers, the book walks through two example projects multi-currency arith
Martin Fowler’s Refactoring defined core ideas and techniques that hundreds of thousands of developers have used to improve their software. Now, Fowler has thoroughly updated his book to reflect
David Bednall's Christmas cantata Welcome All Wonders was commissioned and first performed by the Choir of Queen's College, Oxford in 2012 and received rave reviews from, among others, BBC Music Magaz
Over the past decade, Jorgen Hesselberg has had an interesting view into some noteworthy agile adoptions (Spotify, Yahoo, Walmart, and many more). Not all of the adoptions were smooth, or ev
To build high-quality software, you need to write testable code. That's harder than it seems: it requires insights drawn from arenas ranging from software craftsmanship to unit testing, refactoring to
A Song of the New Jerusalem was commissioned by the John Sanders Society and first performed by The Gloucester Cathedral Choir (UK) in July 2011. Matthew Martin's setting of this passage from Revelati
Are you and your spouse speaking the same language? He sends you flowers when what you really want is time to talk. She gives you a hug when what you really need is a home-cooked meal. The problem isn't love-it's your love language. The Love Languages Devotional is your daily guide to how to express heartfelt love to your loved one.
Screwtape is an experienced devil. His nephew Wormwood is just beginning his demonic career and has been assigned to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian. In this humoro
Learn of his early years, family and career influences. Enjoy an environment where antiques and collectibles from the past are part of everyday modern life. Be inspired by the history of simpler times
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A diagram design collection for visualizing information. This special collection features various kinds of diagram designs including system diagram and organization charts, comparative statistics, an
(Piano Collection). This collection brings together Tchaikovsky's most popular piano cycles and suites ine one convenient and affordable collection. Includes Album for the Young , The Seasons , The Nu
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A sourcebook divided into sections on collection development and collection evaluation. Each section summarizes the most significant publications on these topics, followed by extensive bibliographies
