Projects are inherently risky, since they involve some level of uncertainty, doing something new in the target environment, but the percentage of projects seen as a success is still disappointingly low, especially for IT projects. The ‘Iron Triangle’ of time/cost/quality suggests that all three aspects are equal, but with quantitative methods for monitoring project performance, the focus is primarily on managing cost and time.This book seeks to redress the balance, explaining the r...

Join Jake on an unforgettable Christmas Eve adventure in The Christmas Cruise Ship Adventure! When Jake boards the magical S.S. Snowflake, a cruise ship that sails only once a year to the North Pole, he’s in for a holiday unlike any other.Along the way, he’ll stop at holiday islands—Candy Cane Cove, Reindeer Ridge, Gingerbread Glacier, and Tinsel Tree Tropics—each with a unique challenge to solve.With the help of friendly elves, talking snowmen, and even a surfing ...

Advancing the New Jazz Studies by focusing on questions of intermediality and cultural catalysis, this book demonstrates the role jazz played in the re-making of West German culture in the post-war era.The shadow of National Socialism, a history of German polarisation by jazz, and the influences of occupation and division, meant that jazz catalysed influential young creative artists. These included writers such as Nobel Laureate Günter Grass, Young German Cinema filmmakers like Han...

In our culture, we are constantly comparing and critiquing, so it is no surprise that being a teenager today can be really tough. As a teenager, you know that just about everybody wants to give you some sort of label: smart or dumb, athletic or awkward, pretty or un-pretty.Unfortunately, in our labeling obsession, we often miss something much more important; the fact that each of us is an individual of infinite worth.This book is intended to help you discover that infinite,...

The indispensable guide to curating resources for worship in the Episcopal Church.Newly revised and reorganized, this guide to liturgical planning in the Episcopal Church is organized around the seasons of the church year and the cycle of Sunday readings in the revised common lectionary. Structured as a series of three volumes—one for each year in the lectionary cycle—Planning for Rites and Rituals includes guidance for making seasonal choices among the ch...

The indispensable guide to curating resources for worship in the Episcopal Church.Newly revised and reorganized, Planning for Rites and Rituals is a guide to liturgical planning in the Episcopal Church, organized around the seasons of the church year and the cycle of Sunday readings in the revised common lectionary. Structured as a series of three volumes—one for each year in the lectionary cycle—Planning for Rites and Rituals includes guidance fo...

James Wm. McClendon, Jr. (1924-2000) was the most important "baptist" theologian of the twentieth century. McClendon crafted a systematic theology that grew out of the immediacy of preaching the text, refused to succumb to the pressures of individualism, and lamented the stunted public witness of a fractured Protestant ecclesiology. This third and final volume of his Collected Works provides a compendium of McClendon’s sermons--examples of what he called "first-order" theology in ...

James Wm. McClendon, Jr. was the most important "baptist" theologian of the twentieth century. McClendon crafted a systematic theology that refused to succumb to the pressures of individualism, grew out of the immediacy of preaching the text, and lamented the stunted public witness of a fractured Protestant ecclesiology.This two-volume set mixes previously unpublished and published lectures and essays with rare and little known works to form a representative collection of the essen...

The rich contemporary literature of travel has been the focus of numerous recent publications in English that seek to understand how travel narratives, with their distinctive representations of identities, places, and cultures, respond to today's globalized, high-speed world characterized by the dual mass movements of tourism and migration. Yet a corresponding cutting-edge discussion of twenty-first-century travel writing in German has until now been missing.The fourteen essays in

The Bible Guide is comprehensive in its scope and yet easy to read and enjoyable to use. Here in one volume is a detailed and illuminating guide to every book of the Bible. Unlike traditional commentaries, The Bible Guide is self-contained; readers do not have to cross-refer to Bible texts. The fact that it is written by one author gives the guide a continuity of approach not found in multi-contributor books. The Bible Guide explores, explains and brings to life the history, stories, cultu...

*A beautifully illustrated guide to navigating using the natural world, by expert navigator and bestselling author Tristan Gooley*Learn the lost art of outdoor navigation . . .Our surroundings are full of wonders. You only need to step outside your door to discover seas of trees changing hues in the autumn sunshine, or rivers teeming with life.Imagine if we could use the beauty we see every day to navigate our way through the world. By unco...

Darkness forever shrouding...Death's cold clutches close in...As the drumbeat of war comes...Randy's transition through life has led him to Central. A mysterious community filled with many wonders... and dangers... When he discovers its true purpose, he is launched into another intense adventure where he is faced with the true mastermind behind all of his trials. Will he save the day? Or fall deeper down into the never-ending darkness?Find out in this thrill...