Career with a Soul is a heartfelt guide for professionals seeking meaning and balance in their careers. From understanding the unspoken rules of office culture to mastering time management, from building meaningful relationships to handling stress and burnout, this book covers it all. Each chapter shares lessons drawn from real-life experiences, making it a valuable companion for anyone who wants to grow both professionally and personally.Whether you are just starting your career o...

Gripping and tragic, Dalko is the definitive story of Steve "White Lightning" Dalkowski, baseball's fastest pitcher ever. Dalko explores one man's unmatched talent on the mound and the forces that kept ultimate greatness always just beyond his reach.For the first time, Dalko: The Untold Story of Baseball's Fastest Pitcher unites all of the eyewitness accounts from the coaches, analysts, teammates, and professionals who witnessed the game's fastest pitcher...

Jaime Escalante didn't just teach calculus in East LA; he blew up the lie that poor, minority students can't handle serious academics-and then watched the system quietly bury the evidence. Defying Low Expectations tells the story beyond Stand and Deliver, the 1988 film about Escalante starring Edward James Olmos that became a classroom staple. Here we learn about the immigrant teacher from Bolivia, the maverick principal Henry Gradillas who cleared a path for him, and the...

A geopolitical journey into the most coveted land of the 21st centuryIn the vast silence of the Arctic, a remote and icy land is quietly becoming one of the most strategic territories on the planet. Greenland—once considered the edge of the world—is now a central piece in the global chessboard.Who truly owns Greenland? Denmark? The United States? Or perhaps the invisible hand of global powers like China?Between independence ambitions, military interests, climate shif...

If you want to build an enterprise-quality application that uses natural language text but aren’t sure where to begin or what tools to use, this practical guide will help get you started. Alex Thomas, principal data scientist at Wisecube, shows software engineers and data scientists how to build scalable natural language processing (NLP) applications using deep learning and the Apache Spark NLP library.Through concrete examples, practical and theoretical explanations, and hands-on ...

Gripping and tragic, Dalko is the definitive story of Steve “White Lightning” Dalkowski, baseball’s fastest pitcher ever. Dalko explores one man’s unmatched talent on the mound and the forces that kept ultimate greatness always just beyond his reach.For the first time, Dalko: The Untold Story of Baseball’s Fastest Pitcher unites all of the eyewitness accounts from the coaches, analysts, teammates, and professionals who witnessed the game’s fastest pitcher in action. In doing so, it...

This practical guide will help you manage your career and your personal life to achieve both success and happiness. It balances detail and accessibility to make for a read that is concise as well as comprehensive.Written by Robert Holden, a psychologist and stress expert, and Ben Renshaw, a leadership coach and therapist. They are co-directors of The Happiness Project, and each have authored several books, including Holden's Be Happy and Crenshaw's Lead.Pa...

When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the “holy book of baseball.” Now, baseball's beloved “Sultan of Stats” (The Boston Globe) is back with a fully revised and updated edition for the new millennium.Like the original, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is really several books in one. The Game provides a century'...

"Four Thousand Weeks: Mastering the Art of Time Management" is a comprehensive guide to help individuals take control of their time and achieve their goals. The book starts by exploring the idea that life is limited, and every individual only has a finite number of weeks to make the most of their time. From there, the book delves into setting goals and priorities, creating a productive schedule, managing energy and minimizing distractions, taking breaks and enjoying life, and finally, impl...

"Hockey historians will appreciate the precision action shots taken of the first cohort of NHL stars . . . a record of how hockey has evolved." — Winnipeg Free PressThe hockey stars of the 1950s and '60s—Rocket Richard, Gordie Howe, Dave Keon, Bobby Hull, Jean Beliveau, Terry Sawchuk, Tim Horton, and others—were some of the most passionate players in National Hockey League history. These skillful and often colorful athletes played exhilarating hockey and w...

Welcome to "Connection in the Workplace: Building Strong Teams and Collaborative Environments." In today's fast-paced and interconnected world, the success of any organization depends heavily on the strength of its internal connections. The ability to foster meaningful relationships, open lines of communication, and build trust among employees has become a crucial factor in achieving business goals and creating a positive work environment.

Preeminent baseball analyst Bill James and ESPN.com baseball columnist Rob Neyer compile information on pitches and their origins, nearly two thousand pitchers, and more in this comprehensive guide.Pitchers, the pitches they throw, and how they throw them—they’re the stuff of constant scrutiny, but there's never been anything like a comprehensive source for such information…until now. Bill James and Rob Neyer spent over a decade compiling the centerpiece of this bo...