Scrum is the most widely used agile framework for developing software products.Scrum in easy steps provides an introduction to Scrum, then steps through how a team gets going on a project and how they sustain performance and continually improve. It explores the three core roles in a Scrum team and how they work together effectively, and covers how a team works with others outside the team (an area most books on Scrum leave out).The book then shows how to apply the Scrum fra...

A psychologically rich exploration of faith loss and spiritual reconstruction in an age of religious disaffiliation.In Lost Faith and Wandering Souls, religion scholar David Morris offers a psychologically informed investigation of the widespread religious disillusionment shaping contemporary spiritual life. Drawing from psychoanalytic theory, developmental psychology, and sociological research, Morris argues that faith loss should be understood not as mer...

This is a guide to the teaching of computing and coding in primary schools, and an exploration of how children develop their computational thinking. It covers all areas of the National Curriculum for primary computing and offers insight into effective teaching.The text considers three strands of computer science, digital literacy and information technology. The teaching of coding is especially challenging for primary teachers, so it highlights learning on this, giving practical exa...

The book underscores the idea that student-athletes are in control of their own destiny. It provides a roadmap to success, equipping them with the necessary tools to navigate the challenges they may face in their academic and athletic pursuits. It emphasizes the importance of balance, discipline, and resilience, and how these qualities can shape their future.The handbook delves into significant topics and concepts that are relevant in today's high school and college athletics. It o...

In this continuing story of Sarah Crowther and her struggle to protect her family and business, there are a few surprises - and scenes that may distress some readers. Yet, in David’s inimitable style, he brings laughter into the mix, which will delight the faithful fans of his previous books.

Winner of the 2023 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for PhotographyLove, Daddy: Letters from My Father examines the complexities of father-and-son relationships through letters and photographs. Willie Morris wrote scores of letters to his only son, David Rae Morris, from the mid-1970s until Willie’s death in 1999. From David Rae’s perspective, his father was often emotionally disconnected and lived a peculiar lifestyle, often staying out car...

This collection is the first extended investigation of the relation between time and memory in Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s thought as a whole and the first to explore in depth the significance of his concept of institution. It brings the French phenomenologist’s views on the self and ontology into contemporary focus. Time, Memory, Institution argues that the self is not a self-contained or self-determining identity, as such; it is gathered out of a radical openness to what is not self...

Cutting edge contributions that consider new approaches to the documentation of rock art; its interpretation using indigenous knowledge; and the presentation of rock art.This volume contains contributions that consider new approaches to three areas: the documentation of rock art; its interpretation using indigenous knowledge; and the presentation of rock art. Working with Rock Art is the first edited volume to consider each of these areas in a theoretical rather tha...

Family Hiking in the Smokies is specifically geared toward taking children on excursions into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park—the most visited national park in the United States. The park offers much to its nearly ten million annual visitors. For families who seek fun along with educational recreation, the park boasts splendid views and enormous biological diversity.While the guide book concentrates on shorter day hikes, the book also presents longer trails for ove...

Where did I come from? What am I doing here? Where am I going? Have you ever had thoughts about a worldview? Whether those were deep or shallow thoughts, you probably at least considered the above questions. The intent of this book is to offer answers that are biblically based, exposing a Christian worldview. These questions provide the three divisions of the book. The first division discusses concepts of a worldview, the Creator, and the rebellious creature. The second division lists some...

Xenophon’s The Art of Horsemanship is a highly unusual text in the corpus of Classical Greek literature. It is a short survey on the various aspects of care for horses as seen by a highly experienced rider from the 5th century BCE. It is particularly notable because so many of its observations are relevant to the modern rider. Xenophon, friend of Socrates and professional soldier, is best known as the author Anabasis, the vivid account of a failed military expedition deep into Persia....

India in 1947 is a country in the grip of chaos, a country torn apart by internal strife. When the Doctor and Donna arrive in Calcutta, they are instantly swept up in violent events. Barely escaping with their lives, they discover that the city is rife with tales of 'half-made men', who roam the streets at night and steal people away. These creatures, it is said, are as white as salt and have only shadows where their eyes should be. With help from India's great spiritual leader, Mohandas '...