From a creepypasta horror farm to a bullish love tale and from the bloody metal deck of the ESS Arclight to superhero octopus food trucks, you can transform your shortest stolen moments into utter delights with this diverse collection of 33 flash fiction stories.Commuting to work? Grabbing a quick coffee? Each story tells a complete tale in but a few short minutes with the added promise of a lifelong introduction to new indie writers.You never know, you mig...

Find peace and joy in life's tumultuous journey through the delicate art of pasta-making. Written by the Instagram influencer behind Isabella.Sicily, discover over 100 recipes to slow down - knead, roll, craft, stir and simmer your way to a sense of tranquility.When Isabella Barbato was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 she discovered the healing power of pasta-making. Grounded in tradition, nourishment and care, this ancient art offers a chance to pause, to bre...

In the U.S. today, 6 in 10 people are living with a chronic illness. Learning to embrace your illness instead of trying to control it can open a new mindset of possibilities for you and your health.Becoming Mindset aims to teach you to harness your hidden pain, share your story, and derive strength from your situation. This book outlines seven principles to adopt a healthy mental outlook and routine while featuring stories of incredible human beings. Some strategies includ...

In the U.S. today, 6 in 10 people are living with a chronic illness. Learning to embrace your illness instead of trying to control it can open a new mindset of possibilities for you and your health.Becoming Mindset aims to teach you to harness your hidden pain, share your story, and derive strength from your situation. This book outlines seven principles to adopt a healthy mental outlook and routine while featuring stories of incredible human beings. Some strategies includ...

Writing software is a curious process, filled with different methodologies, approaches, techniques, frameworks, requirements, tools, roles and people. I mention people last because they have the biggest impact on a project’s outcome. There are fantastic examples of teams that plan and execute beautifully and far more that infamously exist in the mainstream. Most software projects suffer from common maladies, all of which can have a negative impact on your company and career: • Large cost o...

A standout contribution to post-secular IR theory, this book addresses issues of global politics, from cooperation to conflict, and shows how a religious metaphor, the pilgrim, can help us to rethink our concepts of self, agency, and community in a time of changing world order.

In the technical-scientific field, many decisions are supported by measurements. However, it is essential to assign to measurement results their actual meaning to achieve a correct decision. This aspect is particularly important and formally required when operating in Quality Systems. Therefore, measures management must be rigorous and it can find a concrete support in the topics discussed in this volume, because of the attention to metrological part and the removal of unnecessary restrict...

Almost Della chronicles the true story of grooming, molestation and rape over a three-year period from the eyes of a fifteen-year-old girl, and how it affects her life for the next three decades. She tells no one about her abuse until she is 45. Her toxic shame molded her adult life by creating a recurring pattern of choosing abusive and unavailable men. Her emotional pain is manifested in severe anxiety attacks, depression, hives and suicidal thoughts. She learns to cope ...

The book stems from the desire of the authors to disseminate tools and transformation of models in healthcare, inspired by Jeremy Rifkin’s theory 'Zero Marginal Cost'.The ambitious attempt to make an accessible and usable participative model of health, illness and treatment, meets the need of the human being to recover the relationship with himself and with the world around him. The environmental, economic, social and technological should be geared towards preserving the human bein...

Ever want to talk to someone but don't have the guts to say anything? Ever feel like you have social anxiety? Ever wondered what it would be like to be able to instantly talk to anyone and connect with them on a level that matters?Well, I think all of us at one point have struggled to be a great mingler at a party or event or felt as if we would embarrass ourselves going up to someone and trying to make small talk.What you will find in this book contains proven steps and st...

An airship disaster disrupts the 30th anniversary celebration of the SIP and ALE baseball leagues, fueling tension between the once-warring Setherian and Helderan nations. As both sides prepare to lay down bats and balls in exchange for muskets and cannons, Andrew Naughton -- aided by his robotic dog Crandy -- rushes to unravel the conspiracy and preserve the cease-fire that brought three decades of peace to the continent. But then Naughton finds himself accused...