Inspired to help younger children understand the COVID-19 pandemic, two kids, Greg-Daniel Matsouaka and Elikya R. Matsouaka, wrote 'KING COVID XIX: The Invisible Monster.'Retelling the events in a fairy tale format, this book helps parents explain the disease's outbreak to little ones, helping them understand why the schools, playgrounds, museums and libraries had to close as well as get a sense of what is being done to end the pandemic. It also forecasts that the pandemic will soo...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and creator of The Mindy Project and Never Have I Ever comes a hilarious collection of essays about her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life.“This is Kaling at the height of her power.”—USA TodayIn Why Not Me?, Kaling shares insightful, deeply personal stories about falli...

Join the entire Dunder Mifflin gang on a journey back to Scranton: here's the hilarious inside story of how a little show that barely survived its first season became the most watched series in the universe.Based on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with the cast and creators of The Office—the actors, writers, producers, directors, network execs, and crew, and read by Brian Baumgartner, Ben Silverman, Greg Daniels, Bronson Pinchot, Marin Ir...

The role of the commercial composer has grown to include a wide range of new responsibilities. Modern composers not only write music, but often, they also need to record, and market their own works. The Craft of Contemporary Commercial Music prepares today’s music students for their careers by teaching them to compose their own music, produce it professionally, and sell it successfully. The textbook integrates three areas of concentration—music theory and composition, audio engine...

THERE ARE A THOUSAND VOICES TELLING ME WHO I AM, OR WHO I SHOULD BE. I WANT TO HEAR WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY. I WANT TO KNOW THAT HE'S REALLY THERE. I WANT TO KNOW THAT IN THE WHOLE GRAND, TANGLED SWEEP OF THE HUMAN STORY, MY LITTLE STORY MATTERS. I NEED TO HEAR HIS VOICE, SPEAKING TO ME, IN MY OWN EARS...In Close Enough to Hear God Breathe, acclaimed author Greg Paul shows readers through beautiful prose, powerful stories, and inventive teaching a rich message that rec...

A quick-start guide to exploring and using Python and Django to develop web applications in minutesKey FeaturesDevelop web applications with Python and Django quicklyUnderstand Django features with short explanations and learn how to use them right awayCreate a movie reviews app with a responsive user interface and deploy it to the cloudBook DescriptionLearning Django can be a tricky and time-consuming activity. There are hun...

From the inspirational author of The Ragamuffin Gospel comes a powerful contemporary retelling of the Parable of the Prodigal Son.Jack Chisholm is “the people’s pastor.” He leads a devoted and growing megachurch, has several best-selling books, and a memorable slogan, “We have got to do better.” Jack knows how to preach, and he understands how to chastise people into performing. What he doesn’t know is anything about grace.This year, when it comes ...

This book explores John Keats’s reading practices and intertextual dialogues with other writers. It also examines later writers’ engagements with Keats’s poetry. Finally, the book honors the distinguished Keats scholar Jack Stillinger and includes an essay surveying his career as well as a bibliography of his major publications. The first section of the volume, “Theorizing Keats’s Reading,” contains four essays that identify major patterns in the poet’s reading habits and responses to othe...

Get up and running with Django quickly by delving into practical code examples and build real-world Django applications Key FeaturesDevelop web applications with Python and Django quicklyUnderstand Django features with concise explanations and learn how to use them in a practical wayCreate a movie store app with a responsive user interface and deploy it to the cloudPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Millions of people in major religious traditions such as Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism are coming to Christ in unprecedented numbers. At the same time, those laboring on the frontlines-and their partners back home-face a daunting array of complexities and challenges. Mission: Possible combines more than 40 years of lived practice and research among many unreached people groups. Daniel Sinclair, who lives in the Middle East, pulls together major threads which inform and guide practice in pio...

Become a proficient Odoo developer and increase your productivity while building Odoo business applications Key Features • Set up the Odoo development environment and learn how to test and debug your code • Use the ORM framework to work with data and implement business logic supporting business rules • Design user interfaces, web pages, and business reports using the Odoo framework's web components Book Description Odoo is fast becoming the reference open source platform for business appli...

Training exercises that work. Practical Mindfulness approaches mindfulness and meditation from a hands-on, how-to, irreverent perspective—appealing directly to smart listeners curious about meditation. By applying Dr. Sazima's training routines, learn to spend more time in real engagement with the world.A practical approach to finding "home." We all search for that safe, comfortable feeling of peace of mind—our inner "home." When we face c...