Scruffy the dog lives on a log in a smelly old bog with his best friend, Mr. Frog. But Scruffy's lazy lifestyle and love for sausages, baked beans, and Spam is driving Mr. Frog to his wits' end. After Scruffy goes too far one night, leading to the biggest mess ever, Mr Frog has finally had enough and leaves Scruffy to reflect on the value of friendship.Now Scruffy must learn to clean up his act and make amends before Mr. Frog returns to their beloved bog. Discover a heartwarming tale of fr...

At the end of the Second-World-War the victorious Allies began unprecedented proceedings against those leading Nazis who had been captured. The trial that followed was conducted in four languages and involved over 400 sessions of open court.Andrew Walker provides a chronology of the proceedings and revealing portraits of the personalities involved. There are frequent references to the terrible events unleashed on Europe by the Nazis and the book asks the questions that were raised ...

Aspects of Lincoln, is the first in the widely acclaimed Aspects series to feature the City of Lincoln. However the Aspects series now extends from the east and west Midlands, up to Lancaster in the north-west and the north Yorkshire coast in the east.Aspects of Lincoln, is a multi author book containing 12 pinpoint historical essays covering such diverse subjects as: Cinemas and Cinema Going in 20th Century Lincoln, Getting Drunk in 17th Century Lincoln, the story of Emily Gilbert, motori...

Stories from the Chicken Foot House is a collection of stories where stranger things can happen than might seem possible – it’s a collection of urban myths and fairytales for the kind of people who believe that the everyday can be extraordinary, and would rather wear Doctor Martens than be Disney princesses.

On average, 50 per cent of software projects fail to deliver on time or on budget.At least 20 per cent are cancelled before completion or renounced as failures.Project failure costs the global economy nearly $200 billion a year.We’re in the midst of a ‘project failure crisis’ and something needs to be done. Following the journey of software development through the 20th and 21st centuries, this book outlines a new, post-Agile methodology for creating g...

Like most good educational interventions, problem-based learning (PBL) did not grow out of theory, but out of a practical problem. Medical students were bored, dropping out, and unable to apply what they had learned in lectures to their practical experiences a couple of years later. Neurologist Howard S. Barrows reversed the sequence, presenting students with patient problems to solve in small groups and requiring them to seek relevant knowledge in an effort to solve those problems. Out of...

This book addresses the sustained failure to properly fund local government in England. While there has been plenty of rhetoric and policy initiatives around devolution of power to local authorities in recent decades, continuing recently with the English Devolution Bill, there has been far less attention paid to how these endeavours will be practically delivered and, most importantly, funded. In this context, the motivation in this book is to consider how local government in England could ...

Answers to Tough Cultural Questions Presented to Christian ParentsNavigating the world for the first time can be challenging, especially when popular cultural beliefs contradict the teachings of Scripture. So when inevitable questions arise, parents must be equipped with sound biblical answers to guide their children through the complexities of modern life—because if we fail to catechize our children, the world will surely step in to do it for us.Written by...

Everybody wants to get on the train as soon as it arrives, so they're scrambling to buy a ticket as soon as possible. Technology, finance, politics, and the social and economic margins of the digital world have not ceased to deliver surprising packages that provide value and novelty, as well as the promise of a future utopian society.The term "cryptocurrency" is no longer a mysterious, esoteric term. A decentralized, autonomous financial system is quickly becoming the norm in almos...

A vital collection of interdisciplinary essays that illuminates the significance of Marian shrines and promises to teach scholars how to “read” them for decades to come.American Patroness: Marian Shrines and the Making of US Catholicism is a collection of twelve essays that examine the historical and contemporary roles of Marian shrines in US Catholicism. The essays in this collection use historical, ethnographic, and comparative methods to explore how Cat...

Coal and iron making first brought railways to what is now called South Yorkshire. The industrial towns of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster attracted the Victorian pioneers, who built a myriad of often competing lines to the collieries and factories. The carriage of people was almost an afterthought, but once there was demonstrable demand, the passenger routes followed, linking the growing centres of population and connecting with the major cities in adjoining counties and furt...

Blockchain technology and the invention of smart-contracts running on it have given rise to Decentralized Finance. At the time of its birth, DeFi was seen as a response to the 2008 crisis and a hope to democratize finance. By eliminating the role of intermediaries and fluidifying property through tokenization, finance would become accessible to all.To overcome all the obstacles it faced (volatility, security issues, distrust etc.), DeFi had to find original ways to develop, by leve...