Free your inner nonfiction writer as you learn to write fast and well.Do you want to write nonfiction better and faster? But when you try to write, you feel stuck, or you don't like what you wrote, or you're not sure why anyone would want to read your words.You can enjoy writing, especially when you integrate thinking and learning as you write. And, when you wait to edit until the end, you can write faster. Learn how to educate, influence, and entertain people with your wri...

You can excel at managing people when you lead and serve them.You might have only seen managers try to direct and control others. You might think you can't possibly lead and serve others. Especially not with all the pressure you feel. You can.Great managers create an environment where people can do their best work. These excellent managers lead and serve others—not control or direct them.Based on research and backed up by personal stories, this book will show you ho...

Over-the-top antics ensue as a doting dad works overtime to hold on to the title of #1 Dad in the lead up to Father's Day.Last Father's Day, Dad's kids named him the #1 Dad, and he deserved it. He'd taught them how to ride bikes, read them stories before bed, comforted them when they were sad, and did all the other regular dad stuff.As Father's Day approached once again, he was sure that his kids would crown him #1 Dad. That is until he saw another...

Lighthouses, lobster rolls, two silly scaredy-cats, and one uproarious seaside adventure!Chowder and Crackers live in the quiet, coastal town of Kittybunkport, where they pass their time sitting in the sun, napping, scratching stuff, and of course, catching lobster. Until one day the town's lighthouse—rumored to be haunted—suddenly goes dark. When Chowder and Crackers are sent to fix the problem, will the two scaredy-cats be able to save Kittybunkport?With ...

You have too many projects, and firefighting and multitasking are keeping you from finishing any of them. You need to manage your project portfolio. This fully updated and expanded bestseller arms you with agile and lean ways to collect all your work and decide which projects you should do first, second, and never. See how to tie your work to your organization's mission and show your managers, your board, and your staff what you can accomplish and when. Picture the work you have, and make ...

Immortality isn’t just about living forever; sometimes, it’s about forever refusing to let things die.WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Young Adult FictionFor his 15th birthday, David Rose wishes for things to go back to the way they were. He wants the nightmares to end, the bullies to leave, and the claustrophobic memories of his near drowning to disappear. Not to mention his surreal encounter wi...

Distributed agile teams have a terrible reputation. They don’t deliver “on time,” and too often, they don’t deliver what the customer needs. However, most agile teams, have at least one remote team member. And, agile approaches are here to stay.Don’t blindly apply agile practices designed for collocated teams. Instead, learn to use three mindset shifts and the agile and lean principles to create your successful distributed agile team. Use the tips and traps to help your team succee...

A concise introduction to the greatest questions of modern cosmology.What came before the big bang? How will the universe evolve into the future? Will there be a big crunch? Questions like these have no definitive answers, but there are many contending theories. In A Little Book about the Big Bang, physicist and writer Tony Rothman guides expert and uninitiated readers alike through the most compelling mysteries surrounding the nature and origin of the uni...

When Roots of Radicalism first appeared. Nathan Glazer noted "this is a major work on the relationship between radical politics and psychological development." He went on to predict "no one will be able to write about the left and radicalism without taking it into account." Now finally available in a paperback edition, with a new introduction, the reader can evaluate just how prescient the authors are in their review of the student radical movement. Replete with interviews of radi...

Makes the case that philosophy has an essential role to play in the serious study of film.William Rothman has long been considered one of the seminal figures in the field of film-philosophy. From his landmark book Hitchcock: The Murderous Gaze, now in its second edition, to the essays collected here in Tuitions and Intuitions, Rothman has been guided by two intuitions: first, that his kind of film criticism is philosophy; and second, that such a m...

Scale collaboration, not process.If you’re trying to use agile and lean at the program level, you’ve heard of several approaches, all about scaling processes. If you duplicate what one team does for several teams, you get bloat, not delivery. Instead of scaling the process, scale everyone's collaboration.With autonomy, collaboration, and exploration, teams and program level people can decide how to apply agile and lean to their work.Learn to collaborate around deliv...

Does your agile project feel like a death march, with immovable deadlines, long backlogs, and no time to do the work right? If so, you're not alone. Fake agility has your project by the throat and won't let go.You don't have to work like this. Instead, you can design your approach to manage the project, product, and organizational risks.Neither a waterfall nor an agile approach fits all projects in all organizations. Given your risks, use your culture to create as much agil...