Ten-year-old hockey goalie Jace Osternack knows how to stop a puck. Protecting everything outside the net is a whole different game.When Jace earns a spot on an elite AAA hockey team, it should be the greatest season of his life.Instead, his father leaves for an oil job in Canada the same month his older half-brother moves across the country to live with the mother who abandoned him. Suddenly, Jace is "man of the house"-protecting his mom, his wild little b...

Book DescriptionAt first glance, Sudoku looks like a simple 9x9 number game designed to pass the time. But behind the digits lies a powerful framework built on strategy, incremental progress, disciplined constraint management, and objective decision-making.In What Sudoku Taught Me About Solving Complex Business Problems, enterprise solution architect Dr. Shubh Chandra Jha translates simple grid logic into high-impact business strat...

What if the AI your bank already owns never reaches the customer not because it isn't good enough, but because no one ever architected it into the CRM system where relationships and decisions actually happen?Built In, Not Bolted On makes the case that this is the real bottleneck holding back AI in banking and financial services. It isn't model sophistication. It's the wiring or the lack of it between capable AI and the CRM system your relationship managers, risk teams, and service ...

This is the story of Lena Deevy, a Little Sister of the Assumption and a faith-inspired Irishwoman of deep commitment to social justice and compassion for the disenfranchised. Through her community development work in Ballymun, Dublin to her subsequent leadership of the Irish Immigration Center (IIC) in Boston, Massachusetts, she developed a style of leadership that empowered others to lead and to look beyond the narrow confines of race, class, and ethnicity.Instability and uncerta...

First-time fiction writers often get stuck in the middle of writing a novel mainly because they do not have an outline they can stick to. Outlining a novel before writing is essential for carrying on with a story of 80,000 words or more.This book includes ten questions after answering which you will be have the entire outline of your novel in front of you. You will have built your protagonist, antagonist, major characters, setting, plot, theme, narrative POV and genre of your novel...

Featuring real-world examples and ethical guidance, the authors demystify prompt engineering, showing you how to craft effective prompts, streamline research, generate teaching materials, and foster creativity in both classroom and scholarly settings. With a focus on responsible management and quality education, chapters not only equip you with future-proof skills but also address the ethical considerations of AI in education.Discover how to boost productivity, maintain academic in...

In Fake Meat, bestselling author Isa Chandra Moskowitz shows you how to create your own vegan meats, like deli slices and ground beef, that will satisfy every craving.“I’m an animal lover and that love doesn’t end when I get hungry. Do I miss meat? Not really. But here’s what I do miss: Aromas. Experiences. Methods. Traditions.“I remember all the tastes and sensations from my omnivore days, even though they were so long ago. My grandmother’s meatba...

“Blumberg makes the will-they-won’t-they dance believable and exciting with sexy banter and plenty of humor throughout.” —Publishers WeeklyBlurring the line between fiction and reality...Mia Brady never imagined her romance novels would become bestsellers, much less inspire a hit TV show. However, after signing a deal to write the final book of the series, she’s struck by a serious case of writer’s block. Her fans are clamoring for...

Ten-year-old hockey goalie Jace Osternack knows how to stop a puck. Protecting everything outside the net is a whole different game.When Jace earns a spot on an elite AAA hockey team, it should be the greatest season of his life.Instead, his father leaves for an oil job in Canada the same month his older half-brother moves across the country to live with the mother who abandoned him. Suddenly, Jace is "man of the house"—protecting his mom, his wild little brothers, the back...

Now a Netflix original series"SACRED GAMES [is] as hard to put down as it is to pick up."— New York Times Book Review"Bold, fresh and big…SACRED GAMES deserves praise for its ambitions but also for its terrific achievement"— Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air.Seven years in the making, Sacred Games is an epic of exceptional richness and power. Vikram Chandra's novel draws the ...

“The recipes here are simple and streamlined. Perfect for those days when you just want something plain, simple, and still satisfying. Perfect when you want a recipe that you know is going to turn out the first time.” —Coastal VegansFrom Isa Chandra Moskowitz—the bestselling author of Veganomicon—comes a plant-based cookbook dedicated to her true love: the home cook. Isa Moskowitz learned to cook from cookbooks, recipe by recipe. And after a few decades of...

In this indispensable guide, environmental advocate Chandra Clarke offers both hope and a plan for systemic change and sustainable living.With Let's Fix This, you'll gain an understanding of the systemic changes needed at the local, regional, and national levels to combat environmental destruction. Clarke breaks down complex issues into easy-to-understand concepts, helping you to push for powerful policy changes.You'll also learn practical, step-by-step actions you...