Maximize the impact of your assets and business services by providing APIs for developers and other users. The journey described in this book starts with identifying business assets. As part of the API team, you then need to identify and define the requirements of traffic management, security, mediation, and orchestration. You also must define metrics for the analytics to measure the success of the overall API program. API documentation and the ease of developer onboarding also determine t...

A fake engagement with a notorious rogue?How desperate does a woman have to be?Celebrated explorer Ethan Burnell has all the ladies swooning, but he's exactly the sort of 'dangerous man' Cornelia has sworn off.When Burnell's sister throws a Christmas house-party, intent on fixing him up with a bride, he sees only one way out.A fake engagement for the duration of the festivities!Can Cornelia put up with his cocky ways...

British artist Ainsley is ready to take America by storm, but he's already painted over one big, dangerous secret: he’s a vampire.Ainsley plans to cross the pond only long enough to launch a successful art career in America and then return to London to settle a past score with his evil clan leader, but his plans quickly change when he meets seventeen-year-old Jennifer who has the ability to shift into anything she touches. Determined to win her over, he asks her ou...

The Blackhart Code: Don't let the monsters grind you downA Blackhart can see the supernatural behind everyday crimes. But some crimes hide even greater evils . . .Kit Blackhart must investigate why children are disappearing from a London estate. Their parents, the police and Kit's fae allies claim to know nothing. And as more children disappear, the pressure mounts. Luckily, or unluckily, government trainee Dante Alexander is helping Kit with the case. Yet ...

Twelve tales inspired by the dark folklore of Eastern Europe.Tales of goblins and impish sprites, of witches and seductive demons.Of lust and rivalry, envy and deceit.Of secrets gouged from the depths of the human heart.We are the shiver on your uneasy flesh, the creep of the unknown on your skin.Tread carefully, for the dark things of the forest may seep under your door...

Microsoft's revolutionary Power Pivot is a tool that allows users to create and transform data into reports and dashboards in new and much more powerful ways using the most-used analytical tool in the world: Excel.This book, written by a member of Microsoft's Power Pivot team, provides a practical step by step guide on creating a financial dashboard. The book covers in detail how to combine and shape the relevant data, build the dashboard in Excel, providing layout and design tips ...

This novel is considered one of the most important and influential works of Spanish and world literature. It follows the adventures of the titular character, Don Quixote, a man who becomes delusional after reading too many chivalric romances. He sets out on a series of quests as a self-styled knight-errant, often accompanied by his loyal squire, Sancho Panza.The novel is known for its humor, satire, and deep exploration of the human condition. It addresses themes such as reality versus ima...

Can dreams at Christmas foreshadow reality? After a breakup with her boyfriend who has cheated on her, Carol is alone at Christmas. She dreams of a man who is her lover and soul mate. Meanwhile, Don, a widower, is also depressed during the holiday season. He dreams of a woman who is the only one for him. When Carol and Don meet, they are both stunned. Is this wishful thinking or have their dreams brought them together?

Companies have more data at their fingertips than ever before. Yet, studies show that many executives and organizations fail to extract real value from it.Challenging the conventional wisdom of data-driven decision-making, marketing professors and behavioral scientists Bart De Langhe and Stefano Puntoni argue that many analytics efforts flounder because data analyses are disconnected from the decisions to be made. In their important book, they offer a new ...

'People begin to see that something more goes to the composition of a fine murder than two blockheads to kill and be killed - a knife - a purse - and a dark lane...'In this provocative and blackly funny essay, Thomas de Quincey considers murder in a purely aesthetic light and explains how practically every philosopher over the past two hundred years has been murdered - 'insomuch, that if a man calls himself a philosopher, and never had his life attempted, rest assured there is noth...

In today's volatile world, leaders face challenges that can't be solved with quick fixes or technical expertise alone. What's needed is a deeper capacity to think, act, and lead developmentally.The Developmental Practitioner introduces the pioneering work of Otto Laske, whose Constructive Developmental Framework (CDF) equips leaders, coaches, and consultants with powerful tools to unlock human potential and redesign organizations for resilience and renewal.Through ...

Mama's Last Hug opens with the moving farewell between Mama, a dying chimpanzee matriarch, and her human friend, a professor who inspired the author's work. Their parting, the video of which has been watched by millions online, is not only a window into the deep bonds they shared, but into the remarkable emotional capacities of animals.In this groundbreaking and entertaining book, primatologist Frans de Waal draws on his renowned studies of the social and emotional lives o...