A strategic state-of-the-art software architecture manual for all skill levelsIn Software Architect, veteran enterprise and solution architect Michael Bell delivers a hands-on playbook of best practices for aspiring and practicing software architects, seeking to improve their software design, integration, communication, presentation, and knowledge acquisition skills. He explores the career enablement, career planning, self-training, and self-improvement to...

The best-practices solution guide for rescuing broken software systemsIncremental Software Architecture is a solutions manual for companies with underperforming software systems. With complete guidance and plenty of hands-on instruction, this practical guide shows you how to identify and analyze the root cause of software malfunction, then identify and implement the most powerful remedies to save the system. You'll learn how to avoid developing software sy...

Much good criticism of Mrquez came in the wake of One Hundred Years of Solitude and the perception of his fiction has been dominated by that novel. It seemed the implicit goal to which the earlier fiction has been striving. By concentrating on the later novels, including The General in his Labyrinth, this study brings out the internal dialogue between the novels so that One Hundred Years of Solitude then stands out, like Don Quixote in Cervantes' oeuvre, as untyp...

The story of trying to get life right even when things feels a little bit wrong, How an Egg Changed My Life is a tender, funny blend of memoir, cookbook and nostalgic observation on what it takes to feel fulfilled.From growing up as a gay teenager in the Welsh valleys to trying to find his own space in the city, Mikey Bell builds a life that looks good on paper – but a curious sense of dissatisfaction lingers, which makes even the best achievement feel incomplete. With hon...

First published in 1972, this books examines the subject of primitivism through the study of the work of a number of major writers, including D. H. Lawrence, Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, T. S. Eliot and James Joyce. It looks at the variety of definitions and uses of primitivism and how the idea has changed over time as well as with each writer. In doing so, it is argued that primitivism denotes, or arises from, a sense of crisis in civilization and it is born of the interplay between th...

What if Moses wrote a sixth book, an addition to Genesis, Exodus, and the rest? Not a history book or a legal code, but something more intimate, something personal. This historical novel is Michael Bell’s vision of what that might look like, Moses’ story of his own life, told in his words, unedited by three thousand years of priests and scholars who have agendas of their own. Mr. Bell presents the prophet in a very different light, as an ambitious man with very mixed motives…and his own ag...

First published in 1988. Leavis's examples and preoccupations still largely underlie the teaching of English literature in the universities and he remains the most substantial embodiment of the liberal humanist conception of criticism with its insistence on a 'canon' of on personal judgement within a literary tradition. Hence while recent theorists have rejected his methods, he remains the most potent single influence on the practical teaching of literature. This book locates Leavis within...

Originally published in 1983, The Sentiment of Reality covers the rise and decline of the realist novel from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century.The book takes the form of an extended essay on two closely related themes in the history of the novel: first, the impact and aftermath of the eighteenth-century cult of sentiment and, secondly, the supplanting of illusionism by an aesthetic of mimesis. This forms the basis of an exploration of the emotional im...

Calvin Rankin, a young man fleeing a bleak future, plunges into the Vietnam War. Navigating basic training, brotherhood, and violence, he emerges transformed from a harrowing rite at "The Gravity Club." Facing the truth of war, Calvin seeks courage amid chaos. His story, from fraught battles to the mercy killing's repercussions, reveals the war's deep scars. In the war's aftermath, he forges a life in the land that was once a battlefield, seeking redemption amidst the ruins. This tale is a...

40-40: 40 Years of Career Life Advice in 40 Minutes is over 40 years of succinct insights and career advice packed into one small quick-read book. Short but meaningful tips and explanations on:Project dynamics•Persuasion•Consensus•Conflict•Patterns to achieve success•Detecting false reasoning•Mistakes to avoid•Meeting leadership expectations•Overcoming challenges•Words of encouragement•Wisdom for the long haul

Who are we, where do we come from, and why does it matter?From whom do I come? Our Blood describes the central importance of our sense not just of our heritage, but our embodied heritage: that our past is in our bodies and runs in our blood, and that our embodied past is central to our futures. Deeply felt heritas, as Michael M. Bell, Loka Ashwood, and Jay Orne call it, can be a source of great love and kindness for one another. But it ca...

Humanity teeters on the brink of cosmic revelation when aliens seek refuge from the devastating Techwasps. Drawn into an ancient conflict, Earth must weigh the risks of interstellar war against the promise of advanced technology. As a coalition of Earth's warriors, including SSgt. Mitch Lewis and his Recon One team, confronts the insectoid menace, they dive into an abyss of valor and sacrifice. Through the clash of civilizations and the heartache of loss, these human champions probe the de...