Does the concept of agile project management leave you confused and lost? Do you want to know how Scrum can help you build an agile, profit-focused business? Are you interested in implementing its key principles successfully?Scrum focuses on delivering high-quality products at a lower cost within a shorter period. Simply put, it is all about being efficient and effective while making the most of your team's resources.Sounds too good to be true? Organizations such as LEGO, C...

What if the reason your work feels overwhelming isn't the workload, but the tools you are using to manage it?You would not open a can with a pair of scissors, yet that is exactly how most people run their projects, forcing the wrong method onto work it was never built for. The result is stress, missed deadlines, and the constant feeling of pushing a boulder uphill.You want to lead projects that flow, where the team knows what to do next and nothing slips ...

Improve your photography with more than 200 lighting tips from a top photographerWritten by Canon Explorer of Light Rick Sammon and leading fashion and studio photographer Vered Koshlano, this guide is packed with professional advice on the essential element of photography: lighting. It provides detailed information and insider secrets that are bound to make you a better photographer.You'll learn the basics of studio lighting as well as how to achieve special effects. A 90-...

Darcy Adams is a normal grade school teacher. She is funny and well- liked by her fellow teachers and faculty and even her students. She has even come to terms with the fact that being a BBW means that her weekends will be forever free to do whatever she wants. Except finding Mr. Right or even Mr. Right now. Her life is very routine - and you can say boring.But all that is about to change..After a late night workout Darcy finds her whole world spinning when she hit...

Does the concept of agile project management leave you confused and lost?Do you want to know how Scrum can help you build an agile, profit-focused business?Are you interested in implementing the key principles of agile project management successfully?If you answered yes to any of the questions above, then this guide to Scrum is the answer to all of your prayers.Scrum focuses on delivering high-quality produc...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Kickboxing is a hybrid martial art that combines striking and footwork techniques with a unique set of rules and training methods. The origins of kickboxing trace back to ancient combat arts, including Karate, and Western boxing, with cultural exchanges shaping its development into a modern martial art. Emerging in the 20th century, kickboxing became distinct through the creation of professional events, standardized rul...

The Eves is a multi-generational novel portraying lives lived well and lives in transition. Filled with poignancy and humor, The Eves captures the conversations we wish we had had with our parents, if we had taken the opportunity, and the lessons we would want to impart to our children, if they were ready to listen. Told through the voice of the psychologically complex Jessica Barnet, this is her story. As the primary witness in a messy trial she has been torn from the fo...

Contract management is a key management skill, yet it is underplayed in most organizations, which usually default to project management skills as a proxy for contract management skills. Whilst project management skills are equally essential, they are not the same thing. Contract Management looks at the wider contract management picture from an industrial-commercial perspective, and helps set-out typical structures and processes that assist the contract ma...

God's right to judge humanity is written on the very fabric of human existenceThe doctrine of reprobation--that is, the eternal, unconditional decree of God for the non-elect--is frequently misconstrued in both pastoral and theological literature. In Reprobation and God's Sovereignty, Peter Sammons reintroduces this oft-misunderstood doctrine, revealing its relationship to divine sovereignty. With Romans 9 as a guiding text, Sammons presents a thoroughly re...

The Shelter Dog is about a dog that had been abandoned at a shelter and a young man visiting that same shelter looking for a companion. More importantly, it's a story about abandonment and the emotional effects it can have, whether on dogs or children. This is a feel-good story of how this old shelter dog, with big, sad eyes, became the perfect companion for this young man with a big heart-almost...

Richard was having the worst night of his life. He didn't think it could get any worse than lying in an ally on the wet street after taking a rough beating, but he should have known that anything can happen in the city. The mysterious woman was beautiful, charming, and offered to care for him. How could he say no? But she was about to show him that the city had more mysteries to offer than he could have imagined. His night was about to take a turn for the interesting and fantastic. It cert...

Choice Outstanding TitleWhen on May 15, 1918 a French lieutenant warned Henry Johnson of the 369th to move back because of a possible enemy raid, Johnson reportedly replied: “I’m an American, and I never retreat.” The story, even if apocryphal, captures the mythic status of the Harlem Rattlers, the African-American combat unit that grew out of the 15th New York National Guard, who were said to have never lost a man to capture or a foot of ground that had been taken...