Six Sigma, finally explained in plain English.If you have ever opened a Six Sigma book and slammed it shut three pages later, buried under Greek letters and jargon, this is the guide you have been waiting for. You do not need a statistics degree, an engineering background, or a corporate training budget to understand one of the most powerful quality and process-improvement methods ever created. You just need it explained clearly, one step at a time.Learn ...

Writing the Nation: A Concise Introduction to American Literature 1865 to Present offers a comprehensive exploration of American literary evolution from post-Civil War to the modern era. This anthology presents a tapestry of themes ranging from identity and industrialization to modernity and cultural diversity, showcasing a broad spectrum of styles, including realism, modernism, and postmodernism. The collection offers a rich tapestry of diverse narratives, capturing the voices of a nation...

From the author of paper girl and the knives that made her comes unfold, a poetic, aching, and hopeful retelling of realizations made while on the journey to healing from both loss of love and loss of self.Through poetry and short essays, unfold shows that true growth comes from being unafraid to face what's hidden inside, to be vulnerable, and to be unashamed of what ...

About the BookPerspective of the Forgotten is a poetry collection that showcases a mother and son’s journey through life while providing the ups and downs of the world around them.

"I have never been anything but a paper girl. Something to tear into pieces. Something to burn."We've all been paper before. We've all been fragile. Leaflike and gently blowing, enough to create stories or build fires. We go through life like that. We come across things that tear us into pieces, and we keep going. We keep fighting, because we must. We look for ways to be whole. To be the person we dream ourselves to be.Fragile by nature but tough by circumsta...

"A colorful, revealing portrait of Puerto Rican culture and domestic relationship" from the award-winning poet and author of An Island Like You ( Publishers Weekly).Set in the 1950s and 1960s, The Line of the Sun moves from a rural Puerto Rican village to a tough immigrant housing project in New Jersey, telling the story of a Hispanic family's struggle to become part of a new culture without relinquishing the old. At the story's center is...

Writing the Nation displays key literary movements and the American authors associated with the movement. Topics include late romanticism, realism, naturalism, modernism, and modern literature. Contents: Late Romanticism (1855-1870) Realism (1865-1890) Local Color (1865-1885) Regionalism (1875-1895) William Dean Howells Ambrose Bierce Henry James Sarah Orne Jewett Kate Chopin Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Charles Waddell Chesnutt Charlotte Perkins Gilman Naturalism (1890-1914) Frank Norris Steph...

A Very Fine House is an intimate memoir of a mother's Norman Rockwell family turned upside down by her daughter's descent into meth addiction and crime. Bright and beautiful, Annie is an unlikely candidate for meth. Living fast and hard on the streets of Bend, Oregon, she commits crimes against herself, the community, and her own family.The author chronicles her child's addiction in a way that other writers have not written about addiction. What begins as an obsession to s...

This is a story about cold war soldiers/warriors using intellect rather than arms to confront the enemy. The enemy being the soviet union and their eastern european subordinates who intended to occupy and rule all of europe.These are the recollections and memories of one of those cold war warriors. He reminisces, as he awaits aboard a troop ship docked in new yorkharbor to muster out of the united states army. He is returning from germany where he served as...

A new novel from the award-winning author of An Island Like You, winner of the Pura Belpre Award.Maria is a girl caught between two worlds: Puerto Rico, where she was born, and New York, where she now lives in a basement apartment in the barrio. While her mother remains on the island, Maria lives with her father, the super of their building. As she struggles to lose her island accent, Maria does her best to find her place within the unfamiliar culture of the barrio. Finall...

Writing the Nation: A Concise Introduction to American Literature 1865 to Present offers an expansive journey through the transformative eras of American literary tradition. This anthology unites a multitude of voices to explore overarching themes such as identity, freedom, and cultural evolution. Through an artful blend of styles, ranging from realism and modernism to postmodernism, this collection provides a sweeping overview of the dynamic literary landscape following the Civil War. Not...

Writing the Nation displays key literary movements and the American authors associated with the movement. Topics include late romanticism, realism, naturalism, modernism, and modern literature. Contents: Late Romanticism (1855-1870) Realism (1865-1890) Local Color (1865-1885) Regionalism (1875-1895) William Dean Howells Ambrose Bierce Henry James Sarah Orne Jewett Kate Chopin Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Charles Waddell Chesnutt Charlotte Perkins Gilman Naturalism (1890-1914) Frank Norris Steph...