Running from God, Jacob Springer returns to his boyhood home, the Democratic Republic of Zaire. Springer buries himself in his work as préfet of an African high school, only to find that one of the students, Yango Zalonga, a naturally gifted runner, draws him out and drags him across the red earth back toward faith. Springer finds his life inextricably woven with that of this young African, and together, they aim for the Olympic Marathon. This is based on a true story.

This is the ultimate guide to the new digital world of music. Cutting through myths, it offers a step-by-step introduction to what's possible for performers, composers, and listeners-addressing legal and ethical issues as well as the nuts and bolts of what equipment to buy and what services are available. Written in a friendly, easy-to-understand way, this book will be the first and only reference needed for anyone wishing to enter the world of computer music.

★☆ Do You Feel That “Occasional” Awkwardness (or frequent) When You Meet People Or Even Talk to Friends? Imagine. What If You Could Light Up A Room When You Walk Into It? Read On... ☆★No, this doesn’t have anything to do with looks. Instead, It has to do with your personality shining through your confidence. This book “The Science of Self Confidence” brings you to develop an unshakeable self confidence, self love, and self esteem, through simple me...

★☆ Have You Ever Heard the Saying that “Discipline Equals True Freedom”? Wow. The Moment I Heard That, My Life Took a 180 Turn. Read On... ☆★If there is something everyone should work on, it is self discipline. Self Disciplines gives you the ability to control yourself, your thoughts, and your actions. It is the only safe path towards success, in all areas of your life. In this book “The Science of Self Discipline” you wil...

You can choose from thousands of apps to make your Android device do just about anything you can think of -- and probably a few things you'd never imagine. There are so many Android apps available, in fact, that it's been difficult to find the best of the bunch -- until now.Best Android Apps leads you beyond the titles in Android Market's "Top Paid" and "Top Free" bins to showcase apps that will truly delight, empower, and entertain you. The authors have tested and handpic...

This book is about how to synchronize the digital stuff in your life, from the standpoint of a person who has multiple digital devices and spends most of their working day moving from home to work and other locations.

Rod Cambridge created an iPhone app called Top-Tens to see how easy (or difficult) it was to make some money as an app developer. In this eBook, Rod uses this experience to take the reader step by step through the things that should, and shouldn't, be done when creating an app for Apple's iPhone or it's rivals including Google's Android and Microsoft's Windows Mobile devices.

Want to learn how to create great user experiences on today's Web? In this book, UI experts Bill Scott and Theresa Neil present more than 75 design patterns for building web interfaces that provide rich interaction. Distilled from the authors' years of experience at Sabre, Yahoo!, and Netflix, these best practices are grouped into six key principles to help you take advantage of the web technologies available today. With an entire section devoted to each design principle, Designing Web...

People love apps and "There should be an app for that!" is a phrase we have all said or heard. Many would like to see their unique and creative ideas take a place in the App Store and reach an audience of fellow app-lovers.How can someone with no technical skills enter this exciting new market and create their first app?This book is a guide for creative people who have the ideas and the desire to build apps, but are not programmers.How? You can do it by outsourcing th...

In this short lesson adapted from Sams Teach Yourself jQuery Mobile in 24 Hours, learn what QR codes are and how you can use them as an effective marketing technique. This useful Short covers how to render QR codes using available code-rendering websites or creating them on your own, stylizing QR codes for better customer response, and generating Microsoft Tag codes, which can be used to serve content to mobile devices just like QR codes do.

This is the Digital edition of our brand new printed Mobile Book. It features the most important things that you need to know as a designer, developer or mobile strategist for your websites. You’ll dive deep into the peculiarities of the mobile industry, explore responsive design strategy, design patterns and optimization techniques, learn about wireframing and prototyping for mobile as well as the guidelines for designing with gestures and touch. As an extra, the book provides insig...

When it comes to desktop browsers, we are used to obvious big players and traditional platforms — Mac, Windows, Linux. The mobile world is entirely different, and the platforms are very different, too. We have to learn and understand new design languages, patterns, techniques and tools. In these extras of the Mobile Book, you’ll look closely at the mobile platforms iOS and Windows Phone and will also learn emerging UX design patterns among these and further mobile platforms.  &...