Pop Team Epic

Pop Team Epic
Author: Bkub Okawa
Publisher: Vertical Inc
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2020-11-03
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 164729021X

A gonzo, irreverent, four-panel manga featuring two 14-year-old girls who will bicker and curse their way into your heart. No filter. No shame. No logic. No problem! So you think that Popuko and Pipimi are just typical cute, sweet tweens? Think again f#%**ers! Ask the millions of fans in Japan and abroad….. these girls are nasty, vulgar, and they don’t take crap from anyone! The bizarre four-panel comic by Bkub Okawa, on which the hit anime is based, is filled with obscure pop culture references (including walk-ons by characters from other series) and tongue-in-cheek—and in-your-face—quips and snipes, as well as inappropriate physical violence. POP TEAM EPIC will keep you laughing, confused, and addicted!

101 LIFE SKILLS Every Boy Needs To Know

101 LIFE SKILLS Every Boy Needs To Know
Author: Ali Abdael
Publisher: drew dally Publishers
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2023-12-10
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

Gifts For All Teen Boys In a world brimming with challenges and opportunities, "101 LIFE SKILLS Every Boy Needs To Know" emerges as a crucial guide for young men on the brink of adulthood. This book doesn't just inform; it transforms, equipping boys with the tools and knowledge they need to navigate life's complex waters with confidence, empathy, and intelligence. Key Features of This Essential Guide: Emotional Intelligence Mastery: Learn to understand and manage emotions, build strong relationships, and make thoughtful decisions - skills essential for personal and professional success. Character Building: Each skill is a building block in crafting a character marked by integrity, resilience, and respect. Practical Life Skills: From basic financial management to essential cooking tips, from learning how to change a tire to mastering the art of conversation, these 101 skills cover all bases. Straight Talk: Written in an engaging and straightforward manner, this book speaks directly to its readers, making complex concepts easily understandable. Whether it's developing emotional intelligence, learning practical life hacks, or understanding the nuances of human interaction, "101 LIFE SKILLS Every Boy Needs To Know" covers it all. Why This Book is a Must-Have: This book is an invaluable resource for any young man eager to make his mark on the world. It's also a vital tool for parents, mentors, and educators who aim to guide boys in their journey to becoming well-rounded, capable men. Each chapter offers insightful, actionable advice that can be applied in daily life, ensuring readers are well-prepared for the road ahead. In a world where emotional intelligence is as critical as any academic achievement, "101 LIFE SKILLS Every Boy Needs To Know" stands out as a beacon of wisdom, empowering the next generation of men to face life's challenges with grace, strength, and intelligence. Dive into this comprehensive guide and start the journey towards a balanced, skillful, and emotionally intelligent life. Get your copy of "101 LIFE SKILLS Every Boy Needs To Know" now!

The Secret Keepers

The Secret Keepers
Author: Susan Dale
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1443866660

Keeping the stories relating to childhood sexual abuse and violence secret within families seems core to the traumatic effect such abuse has on the lives of not just the person who has been abused, but also on their children and even their children’s children. This book demonstrates the uses of narrative practices both as a means to explore, through a collaborative research process, the effect of this traumatic legacy within families, and also the use of narrative as a dynamic therapeutic process which finds creative ways for people to break through the silence and live beyond being defined by abuse and violence. The contributors to this volume range in age, background and experience, but are linked through the common theme of inter and transgenerational trauma.

Software Architecture with C# 12 and .NET 8

Software Architecture with C# 12 and .NET 8
Author: Gabriel Baptista
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 757
Release: 2024-02-28
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1805122452

A book for the aspiring .NET software architect – design scalable and high-performance enterprise solutions using the latest features of C# 12 and .NET 8 Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Key Features Get introduced to software architecture fundamentals and begin applying them in .NET Explore the main technologies used by software architects and choose the best ones for your needs Master new developments in .NET with the help of a practical case study that looks at software architecture for a travel agency Book DescriptionSoftware Architecture with C# 12 and .NET 8 puts high-level design theory to work in a .NET context, teaching you the key skills, technologies, and best practices required to become an effective .NET software architect. This fourth edition puts emphasis on a case study that will bring your skills to life. You’ll learn how to choose between different architectures and technologies at each level of the stack. You’ll take an even closer look at Blazor and explore OpenTelemetry for observability, as well as a more practical dive into preparing .NET microservices for Kubernetes integration. Divided into three parts, this book starts with the fundamentals of software architecture, covering C# best practices, software domains, design patterns, DevOps principles for CI/CD, and more. The second part focuses on the technologies, from choosing data storage in the cloud to implementing frontend microservices and working with Serverless. You’ll learn about the main communication technologies used in microservices, such as REST API, gRPC, Azure Service Bus, and RabbitMQ. The final part takes you through a real-world case study where you’ll create software architecture for a travel agency. By the end of this book, you will be able to transform user requirements into technical needs and deliver highly scalable enterprise software architectures.What you will learn Program and maintain Azure DevOps and explore GitHub Projects Manage software requirements to design functional and non-functional needs Apply architectural approaches such as layered architecture and domain-driven design Make effective choices between cloud-based and data storage solutions Implement resilient frontend microservices, worker microservices, and distributed transactions Understand when to use test-driven development (TDD) and alternative approaches Choose the best option for cloud development, from IaaS to Serverless Who this book is for This book is for engineers and senior software developers aspiring to become architects or looking to build enterprise applications with the .NET stack. Basic familiarity with C# and .NET is required to get the most out of this software architecture book.

Our Team

Our Team
Author: Luke Epplin
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1250313805

The riveting story of four men—Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige—whose improbable union on the Cleveland Indians in the late 1940s would shape the immediate postwar era of Major League Baseball and beyond. In July 1947, not even three months after Jackie Robinson debuted on the Brooklyn Dodgers, snapping the color line that had segregated Major League Baseball, Larry Doby would follow in his footsteps on the Cleveland Indians. Though Doby, as the second Black player in the majors, would struggle during his first summer in Cleveland, his subsequent turnaround in 1948 from benchwarmer to superstar sparked one of the wildest and most meaningful seasons in baseball history. In intimate, absorbing detail, Luke Epplin's Our Team traces the story of the integration of the Cleveland Indians and their quest for a World Series title through four key participants: Bill Veeck, an eccentric and visionary owner adept at exploding fireworks on and off the field; Larry Doby, a soft-spoken, hard-hitting pioneer whose major-league breakthrough shattered stereotypes that so much of white America held about Black ballplayers; Bob Feller, a pitching prodigy from the Iowa cornfields who set the template for the athlete as businessman; and Satchel Paige, a legendary pitcher from the Negro Leagues whose belated entry into the majors whipped baseball fans across the country into a frenzy. Together, as the backbone of a team that epitomized the postwar American spirit in all its hopes and contradictions, these four men would captivate the nation by storming to the World Series--all the while rewriting the rules of what was possible in sports.

The Bite-Sized Win Mindset

The Bite-Sized Win Mindset
Author: Derek S. Torrence
Publisher: Derek S. Torrence
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2023-04-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The Bite-Sized Win Mindset is a guide for software development teams on transforming the way you plan, develop, and deliver software. It involves breaking down your tasks into manageable chunks that you can deliver frequently while still making meaningful progress. This provides your team with continuous reinforcement, improves the cadence of delivery, and allows your client greater transparency into the progress of requested work. By modernizing your team’s software delivery process to use the bite-sized win approach, you will see improvements in team morale, increased confidence within your organization, and continuous feedback from clients that allows you to resolve issues early, without compromising deadlines. The mindset and the techniques that follow fit perfectly with agile software development practices, such as Scrum. This book provides practical guidance you can start implementing today. You will not only learn the huge variety of benefits and applications of the bite-sized win mindset, but also how to: * Facilitate your team to self-organize for more effective, satisfying, and cooperative work * Dissect tickets and workloads into the right bite-sized chunks * Implement daily practices like the Toss 5 Method to ensure small but effective wins * Communicate with and get buy-in from the key players in your organization * Integrate the bite-size win mindset with the core software development concept, separation of concerns * Encourage your team to work cohesively, share their wins, and turn failures into positive mishaps With personal experience, practical advice, and a few doodles, The Bite-Sized Win Mindset will help you modernize your processes smoothly and effectively. Every team enjoys winning, so why not help them to win more frequently?

Five Dark Fates

Five Dark Fates
Author: Kendare Blake
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0062686194

In the final book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Three Dark Crowns series, an all-out war is brewing—one that will pit sister against sister and dead against undead. After the grim confrontation with Queen Katharine, the rebellion lies in tatters. Jules’s legion curse has been unbound, and it is up to Arsinoe to find a cure, even as the responsibility of stopping the ravaging mist lies heavy on her shoulders, and her shoulders alone. Mirabella has disappeared. Katharine’s reign remains intact—for now. When Mirabella arrives, seemingly under a banner of truce, Katharine begins to yearn for the closeness that Mirabella and Arsinoe share. But as the two circle each other, the dead queens hiss caution—Mirabella is not to be trusted. In this conclusion to the Three Dark Crowns series, three sisters will rise to fight as the secrets of Fennbirn’s history are laid bare. Allegiances will shift. Bonds will be tested. But the fate of the island lies in the hands of its queens. It always has.

What's Here Now?

What's Here Now?
Author: Jeanne Stevens
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2022-05-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493436406

Life is filled with uncertainty, and people have never needed peace more. When it comes down to it, what keeps us from experiencing peace in our lives is either living in the past or living for the future. When we obsess over what's already happened or put all of our efforts into creating a picture-perfect tomorrow, we miss what God has for us here and now. The result is regret over what we can't change, and anxiety over what we feel we must change. That's not what God wants for us. With honest transparency, hope-filled compassion, and plenty of vulnerable humor, pastor Jeanne Stevens reveals the shockingly simple path to peace: presence. She helps you slow down, center yourself, and ask the all-important question, What's here now? Jeanne gives readers practical tools to move from obsessing about the past or worrying about the future to experiencing peace and purpose in the present moment. By incorporating this simple question into your everyday life, you will experience freedom from unhealthy patterns of relating to God and others through the avenues of shame, guilt, worry, and anxiety.

The Day Dad Joined My Soccer Team

The Day Dad Joined My Soccer Team
Author: Maureen Fergus
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2018-04-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1525300733

What’s a boy to do with a dad like this? A soccer dad misunderstands when he hears that his son’s team needs his help. Instead of taking care of halftime snacks, the dad grabs a jersey and runs onto the field to play! And what an embarrassment he is: he hogs the ball, complains about his teammates and throws a hairy fit when the referee doesn’t call a play his way! Can the boy teach his dad the rules of being a good sport before he drives the whole team crazy? Kids will blow the whistle on this dad — he’s way offside!

We Work Together

We Work Together
Author: Alyssa Krekelberg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-08
Genre: Cooperation
ISBN: 9781503844551

Shares three stories of children learning how to work together as a team. Vibrant and colorful photos help tell the stories. Additional features include a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an index.