To build the future, we need new ways of supporting software teams. This book will give you a secret weapon: the psychology that creates resilience for developers, sustainable practices for software teams, and innovation for organizations. You’ll learn from rigorous empirical evidence gathered from top engineering organizations and thousands of developers around the world, revealing powerful principles software teams can use to guard against failure and drive cultures of collaboration and ...

"Ziggy and the Cats" is a book about three animals that get along even though they are different. Just as Ziggy, Petunia, and Lilly get along, we can get along with our other people that are not exactly like us. This book is easy to read and written in rhyme.Ziggy, Petunia, and Lilly are a dog and two cats in real life and are truly the inspiration for this story.

The latest book in the Gym Shorts series is a grand slam with new readers.Rocky was the best catcher in the league until an out-of-control runner broke his arm. Now his arm is healed, but he's developed a reflex that keeps him from tagging out the runner. Young readers will root for Rocky as he and his friends--and even his dog, Chops--set out to prove that he's no scaredy-cat.

Do You wonder what makes you you?It's all because of something called DNA.What is DNA? It's the instruction book for life. You have DNA. So do teeny little bugs, big elephants, tall trees, and colorful birds-every living thing has DNA! And you share DNA with just about every living thing on Earth. Join Mendel G. Cat and learn more about the tiny thin thread that connects all life.

Legendary stage and movie star Sir Nigel Bellingham arrives on Cape Cod to star in a stage production of The Hound of the Baskervilles put on by the West London Theater Festival. When Sir Nigel, some of the cast, and the director visit the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop at 222 Baker Street, Gemma Doyle realizes that Sir Nigel is not at all suited to the role. He's long past his prime and an old drunk to boot. The cast is not happy, but the show must go on. Before the play opens, Jayne's mother a...

To tourists, bay-windowed Victorian mansions are quaint, peaceful symbols of old San Francisco, but on the secluded hill above Steiner Street, the gingerbread has sparked a bitter battle. Ambitious developers are pushing for restoration, and residents are fighting for their homes—until a controversial restorationist is found dead on the job, awash in garish house paint.Private investigator Sharon McCone is called in only to discover a second bitter feud, this time between the devel...