A young man's journey from Pennsylvania to a Florida beach town leads to unexpected friendships and self-discovery. Amidst hurricane recovery, he finds joy in golf, learning that life is about balance, patience, and embracing new beginnings with hope.In Castles in the Sand Traps, Dean Green embarks on a transformative adventure, leaving behind an industrial landscape of Pennsylvania for the sun-drenched shores of a small Florida town. With only his old pic...

How to use math to improve performance and predict outcomes in professional sportsMathletics reveals the mathematical methods top coaches and managers use to evaluate players and improve team performance, and gives math enthusiasts the practical skills they need to enhance their understanding and enjoyment of their favorite sports—and maybe even gain the outside edge to winning bets. This second edition features new data, new players and teams, and new cha...

Helping tech-savvy marketers and data analysts solve real-world business problems with ExcelUsing data-driven business analytics to understand customers and improve results is a great idea in theory, but in today's busy offices, marketers and analysts need simple, low-cost ways to process and make the most of all that data. This expert book offers the perfect solution. Written by data analysis expert Wayne L. Winston, this practical resource shows you how to tap a ...

Inform your own analyses by seeing how one of the best data analysts in the world approaches analytics problemsAnalytics Stories: How to Make Good Things Happen is a thoughtful, incisive, and entertaining exploration of the application of analytics to real-world problems and situations. Covering fields as diverse as sports, finance, politics, healthcare, and business, Analytics Stories bridges the gap between the oft inscrutable world of data anal...

This book is written for college students and focuses on qualitative research. Reading about a problem may be good (a literature review), but learning how to investigate the problem yourself is better. Research is a systematic process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information in order to better understand the subject of study. All research involves theory, data collection, and attempts to solve a problem by answering a question. A quantitative research study indicates how vari...

This book is an introduction to the fundamentals of U.S. women’s collegiate bowling. Ten-pin bowling, which is a target sport, has existed in its earliest form for thousands of years. Today, bowling is played by millions of people across the world. Although bowling involves physics, chemistry, and math, this book is written and illustrated for young athletes who are new to bowling. This book describes some of the basic rules, equipment, and strategies of the game.

This book is designed for young readers. This book may be helpful to students who are learning multiple languages. This book presents information about U.S. local law enforcement work in English and French, which allow the students to make quick comparisons between the languages.With colorful illustrations to support the text.Ebook available to buy from Kobo, Apple Books, and Barnes & Noble

This story is about my grandmother and how life was during the late 1800's thru the 1920's. It begins with my grandmother at 93 years old and receiving a Christmas gift from her grandson, me. The gift was a journal for her to reflect on her life story. The family always heard of her Ziegfeld Follies days but now realizing her final days are near we wanted more. It begins in Springfield, Illinois on to Chicago and then New York City with the Follies. Her experiences and choices in her journ...

Flash fiction tale about bugs. Creepy, crawly, infesting bugs. A quick little tale about a creepy, crawly, little bug.

Perfect narrative non-fiction for young learners! Peaceful Protests: Voices for Civil Rights celebrates individuals and organizations all over the world in the civil rights movement who achieved their greatest victories through peaceful protests. Young readers will learn about peaceful protest methods such as marches, rallies, sit-ins, vigils, boycotts, and marching with picket signs. They will also learn about influential individuals such as Gandhi, Medgar Evers, Rosa Parks, Mart...

Experience a touching presence in this intimate and life-changing book, filled with the heart and wisdom of Wayne 'Dad' Porter's powerful message delivered at the inspiring 'Winds of Refreshing' Spring Conference in May of 2023.During an extraordinary encounter, as the Lord walked softly among us, Dad Porter ministered under the miraculous cloud, etching a memory in the hearts of all present. This book captures that divine moment and the stirring message that followed, expanding it...

Perfect narrative non-fiction for young learners! Peaceful Protests: Voices for Peace highlights some of the greatest peace protests in history including nonviolent antiwar demonstrations such as marches, rallies, vigils, and boycotts. Features some of the brave individuals and groups who have opposed war at the risk of ridicule, imprisonment, and even death such as Jane Addams--founder of the Women's Peace Party, Bertrand Russell, Muhammad Ali and Leymah Gbowee, and features hist...