This book will help you to get the most out of your iPad. If you’re a relatively new user it should help you to navigate around the iPad and get more comfortable with using it. If you’re a more experienced user it will show you some nifty shortcuts, tips and short guides to some of the more powerful features of the iPad. I’ve grouped the how-to articles and tips in this book into eight chapters. The book does not need to be read sequentially - you can peruse the Table of Contents and dive ...

Dorothy Day (1897–1980) was a well-known American journalist, activist, and Catholic convert whose cause for sainthood has been endorsed by the US bishops. She wrote numerous articles over a period of several decades for the prominent lay Catholic magazine Commonweal. Hold Nothing Back is gleaned from those writings. It includes reflections on her life as a single mother, her time in jail for civil disobedience, her struggles to keep the Catholic Worker movement she cofounded aflo...

The Forgotten ChampionBy: Patrick JordanSteve Chase is a heavyweight boxer with a combination of tremendous power, quickness, and stamina that experts said made him ‘almost unbeatable.’ Becoming the heavyweight champion of the world is the driving force behind his whole world.But when he kills his opponent on the way to that dream, his whole life changes. Running across the country, full of guilt from what he’s done, Steve enters into a redemptive journey full of se...

Written by Patrick W. Jordan, a leader in cognitive ergonomics, this landmark resource not only explores usability, but takes the reader beyond it. The author explains how good designs can appeal to the user holistically, leading to products that are a joy to own and use. He examines how human factors are being used more and more in the product design process within commercial manufacturing organizations. The book delineates a practical framework, providing a structured approach to the cre...

This work gives a broad introductory overview of the topic of usability. Firstly, usability is defined and a framework for identifying different aspects of usability is given. The main principles for creating usable designs are expounded, followed by practical advice as to how to design usable products. The book then tackles the issue of usability evaluation - a series of evaluation methods are described, followed by practical advice as to how to conduct the evaluation. The book draws on e...

For over forty years, John Garvey was the “ballast” of Commonweal magazine. His award-winning essays and consistently notable columns revealed not only his acuity and alacrity, but his uncommon spiritual insight. These in turn provided momentum and substance for whatever followed in an issue of the magazine because Garvey never hesitated to wrestle with some of the most challenging and intractable topics of the day, and did so with a rich pastoral sensitivity, and a refreshing and...

The last five years have seen a major paradigm shift in the role of human factors in product design. Previously this was seen as pertaining almost exclusively to product usability, but new recognition is being given to "pleasure-based" human factors. This emphasizes the holistic nature of the experience of person-product interaction. While traditio

It was supposed to be his redemption story when Caleb Thomas transferred to Southeastern State University. The talented yet closeted soccer player craved a fresh start after a tumultuous year, one he desperately wants to put behind him. After recovering from a leg break the previous summer, his outstanding performances transformed the conference bottom-feeder into a championship contender, bringing him closer to his dream of becoming a professional soccer player. His goal ...

"A gritty and dark Western-focused fantasy that focuses on professional tomb raiders who treat dungeon crawling like a serious trade." - JH Amazon Review"This first installment launches the series with confidence, delivering rich world-building and high emotional stakes from the start. The expedition at the heart of the story feels layered and meaningful, with every reward balanced by genuine consequences." M. Amazon ReviewA young man enters an Expedition ...

The Neural Basis of Religious Cognition brings together leading researchers from psychology, neuroscience, and religious studies to identify the neural circuits underlying various aspects of religious behavior and cognition. This book presents cutting‑edge research in the cognitive neuroscience of religion, demonstrating how brain research techniques can illuminate the puzzles and complexities of religious experience.Understanding the neural foundations of religious cognit...

The history of mankind for thousands of years has been a history of incessant warfare and the new economic and industrial conditions which have made war irrational are not more than about one hundred years old, while the human brain is practically the same old brain of our fathers and forefathers, deeply stamped with ancestral traits and primitive instincts, which cannot thus suddenly be outgrown. It is society which has suddenly changed, not the units of society.Ever since the war ...

PetalI’ve loved Luka Fields my entire life.He was my first crush, my first kiss, my first time, and my first heartbreak.Love isn’t like in the movies, or the books you read. It’s hard.Sometimes you give up…And regret it your entire life.LukaPetal was the love of my life. Losing her nearly destroyed me.I’ve tried to move on, but I can’t.It’s time to get my woman back—and this time I’m keeping her.A Lucas Brother’s standalone n...