Create Togetherness encourages B2B leaders to examine the relationship between sales and marketing and head toward alignment. The misalignment of these two departments has resulted in companies falling behind their competitors by failing to acknowledge a structural flaw responsible for a significant loss in revenue. For companies wanting to accelerate revenue growth and advance in the B2B marketplace, Jeff Davis, a sales and marketing alignment expert offers a ste...

Spouses struggle to balance the demands of careers and preconceived notions of success. Single parents battle with abandonment and absenteeism, requiring them to fill multiple roles. Some families battle infertility or losing loved ones to illness and tragedy. Still others face emotional baggage that carries into their relationships or temptations to indulge in destructive behaviors. Every family faces struggles that threaten to tear them apart, leaving broken hearts and shattered lives in...

Third Edition: Thoroughly Updated and Expanded, with Extensive New Coverage!In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll master the entire SAP project lifecycle, from planning through implementation and system administration through day-to-day operations. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll gain a strong real-world foundation in both the technology and business essentials of today’s SAP products and applications—from the ground up.

Co-published with More first-generation students are attending college than ever before, and policy makers agree that increasing their participation in higher education is a matter of priority. Despite this, there is no agreed definition about the term, few institutions can quantify how many first-generation students are enrolled, or mistakenly conflate them with low-income students, and many important dimensions to the first-generation student experience remain poorly documented. Few inst...

"Feeling battered and exhausted by life's journey? "the journey" will encourage and inspire you as you discover God's plan to refresh, restore, and deliver you into your God-given destiny!"Life can be tough, and we all need encouragement and direction. This book draws upon lessons found in Scripture and practical application in my personal journey as a husband, father, grandfather, Bible teacher, and leader. The message of this book is contained in three parts.Section One: ...

You can build a world-class SOA infrastructure entirely using popular, andmature, open-source applications. Unfortunately, the technical documentationfor most open-source projects focuses on a specific product, the big SOA picture.You're left to your own devices to figure out how to cobble together a fullsolution from the various bits. In other words, unless you already know howMule and Tuscany work with jBPM, you're stuck.Open Source SOA shows readers how to build an enti...

Russell Annabel is one of the most colorful characters ever to set foot in Alaska, this is his story.

"Other than my parents, no one had a bigger influence on my life than Coach Smith. He was more than a coach—he was my mentor, my teacher, my second father. Coach was always there for me whenever I needed him and I loved him for it. In teaching me the game of basketball, he taught me about life."—Michael JordanFormer University of North Carolina men’s basketball coach Dean Smith was one of the most successful coaches ever to hold a whistle. I...

Pastor Colin Smith's four-volume masterpiece moves you past Bible stories to understand the Bible as one story--the glorious, unbroken account of Christ's work to redeem a fallen world. With this accompanying Study Guide, you'll be able to make the journey even more rewarding. The Volume 4 Study Guide matches the first volume of the book series, and will help you unlock the Bible Story from Romans to Revelation.Unlocking the Bible Story Study Guides will help you:Focu...

What happens to the liberal arts and science education when universities attempt to sell it as a form of job training? In Lowering Higher Education, a follow-up to their provocative 2007 book Ivory Tower Blues, James E. Côté and Anton L. Allahar explore the subverted 'idea of the university' and the forces that have set adrift the mission of these institutions. Côté and Allahar connect the corporatization of universities to a range of contentious issues within higher educ...

For anyone who's ever wondered how they'll get out of a situation or if any good can come of a trial, Dr. Charles Stanley provides clear, biblical answers for trusting in the Lord—no matter what.You may be in the midst of an emotional hurricane right now, or you may be stumbling through the aftermath of a physical or financial crisis, fearful that you’ll never get back on your feet.In How to Let God Solve Your Problems, Dr. Charles Stanley:

As Python continues to grow in popularity, projects are becoming larger and more complex. Many Python developers are taking an interest in high-level software design patterns such as hexagonal/clean architecture, event-driven architecture, and the strategic patterns prescribed by domain-driven design (DDD). But translating those patterns into Python isn’t always straightforward.With this hands-on guide, Harry Percival and Bob Gregory from MADE.com introduce proven architectural des...