Learn how to lead successful projects, empower team members and work together with customers to create products of value that can easily and effectively be adapted to meet demand. You need to be flexible with your business practice and to be able to change with the times. Agile is an approach that allows companies to roll-out products then to upgrade them, all in a short turnaround time. Here is a preview of what you’ll learn... •Principles of agile project management •Learn about the fund...

The Canon EOS 70D is the latest of Canon's full-sized DSLR cameras. Its impressive array of advanced capabilities allows the photographer more influence over the final image.This book's exploration of the EOS 70D goes beyond that of the user's manual. It provides illustrations, step-by-step setting adjustments, helpful suggestions for setup, and detailed explanations for each of the camera's many features and menu configurations. The text is illustrated with easy-to-follow...

This volume offers an innovative and counter-intuitive study of how and why artificial intelligence-infused weapon systems will affect the strategic stability between nuclear-armed states. Johnson demystifies the hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of nuclear weapons and, more broadly, future warfare. The book highlights the potential, multifaceted intersections of this and other disruptive technology – robotics and autonomy, cyber, drone swarming, big data analyti...

The Canon EOS 5D Mark III is the latest in Canon's line of full-frame DSLR cameras. Its impressive array of capabilities and advanced controls allow the photographer ever more influence over the final image. With this comes more menus, buttons, and dials that the photographer must learn how to use to take full advantage of the camera.This book explores the features and capabilities of the 5D Mark III in a way that far surpasses the user's manual. It guides readers through the camer...

"I became aware that I was different—that I was what is called a colored man." James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is a bold, pioneering work of American literature—a deeply personal and thought-provoking exploration of race, identity, and belonging in early 20th-century America. Originally published anonymously in 1912, this semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of a light-skinned African American man who can "pass" as white. Torn between pride in his...

If you thought Simon Says was fun, wait until you play Catbug Says! Even King Congletard tries the kooky Catbug game. Find out what over 4 million people who watched the Catbug episode of Bravest Warriors are talking about. Bravest Warriors writer, Jason Johnson, wrote all new lines, while illustrator Angel An gave Catbug a dreamy makeover. Catbug is voiced by beloved Bravest Warriors voice actor, Sam Lavagnino. We can't stop playing Catbug Says, so let's go dress up as a barracuda. Everyo...

The first fictional memoir ever written by a black person, The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man influenced a generation of writers during the Harlem Renaissance and served as eloquent inspiration for Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, and Richard Wright. In the 1920s and since, it has also given white readers a startling new perspective on their own culture, revealing to many the double standard of racial identity imposed on black Americans...

Many tribes of the great John Bull family appear, of late years, to have abjured “red port” and “brown stout,” in favour of several breweries on the Continent, and especially in Germany. These breweries are deeply seated in the bowels of the Earth, and the art and mystery of their brewings are far beyond the sight and cognizance of man. Whether cocculus Indicus, logwood, sloe-juice, or opium enter into their gigantic vats and boiling cauldrons, it is hard to say; but, however manufactured,...

A collection of poetry from writers such as Paul Laurence Dunbar; James Edwin Campbell; James D. Corrothers; Daniel Webster Davis; William H.A. Moore; W.E. Burghardt Du Bois; George Marion McClellan; William Stanley Braithwaite; George Reginald Margetson, and many more.

One of the most prominent African-Americans of his time, James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) was a successful lawyer, educator, social reformer, songwriter, and critic. But it was as a poet and novelist that he achieved lasting fame. Among his most famous works, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man in many ways parallels Johnson's own remarkable life. First published in 1912, the novel relates, through an anonymous narrator, events in the life of an American of mixed ethnicity whose excepti...

For almost two centuries, blueprints have served as a detailed, visual roadmap—ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and adherence to specifications; a universal language for builders. In the same way, God has given us blueprints to construct a solid foundation for living a Christ-centered life in a sin-soaked world. In the premier volume of this devotional series, readers will utilize five pillars—Connection, Knowledge, Emotion, Transformation, and Hope—to discover the framework of God's redempt...

In this inspirational sequel, discover the second phase of God's redemptive plan—Coming of the Holy Spirit. This two-fold plan of rescue authored by God is meant to save us from eternal separation and provide a way for people to live in this world, having a relationship with Him that is real, active, tangible, and guided by His hand. This book delves into the living and active coming of Holy Spirit into our lives, and how this affiliation serves as a watershed event for His people and the ...