The missing playbook for envisioning and building great products, regardless of where your team sits.Every product team needs a destination before it needs directions. When teams are distributed across time zones and continents, agreeing on that destination-and keeping everyone navigating toward it-is where most organizations miss the mark.Product at a Distance is the GPS modern distributed product teams have been missing. Built on three decades ...

"All dragons need to have a hoard of treasure ... I'm off to find mine."Every dragon has to start sometime and somewhere. In a clever and heart-warming debut children’s book, Jeff Gorbski introduces readers to a naive dragon who, with help from a quick-thinking young girl, searches a variety of places for his own hoard of treasure. He soon stumbles upon an unimpressive beginning - one dirty coin - that garners him unwanted attention, yet also leads...

Monday Morning Atheist [noun] Definition: Someone who believes in God but who works like He does not exist. When was the last time you thought about God at work? For millions of us, work doesn’t seem to have a purpose other than a paycheck. Some feel that work is a kind of suffering that must be endured. How did work become such an empty, lifeless trade-off? This is the reality of Monday Morning Atheism: the way many love God but approach work as if He doesn’t exist—essentially switching G...

With increasing temperatures and an escalation in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, agricultural productivity remains at risk of being compromised. With the food security of millions threatened, there remains a need to develop alternative, sustainable production models which can thrive in the face of climate change.Advances in plant factories: New technologies in indoor vertical farming reviews the wealth of research on optimising plant...

Dave Gorman hosts a one-off, very silly panel show that takes place in a world where the Pub Olympics is far more important than that other Olympics you might have heard about. Contestants Chris Addison, Roisin Conaty, Geoff Lloyd and Seymour Mace compete for gold medals in a series of ridiculous rounds, very loosely based on sports. Usain Bolt can run the 100m in 9.58 seconds. What do the panellists think they could do in 9.58 seconds? Contestants have to fill the Olympub Jukebox with spo...

In a quest to unearth a genius idea, Dave Gorman, with the help of special guests Paul Daniels, Richard Madeley, John Fortune, Neil Innes and Stewart Lee, peruses a parade of proposals, be they innovations, gadgets, gizmos, philosophies or follies, in an attempt to sort the worthy from the worthless, the inspired from the insipid and decide which pitch wins the legendary Genius trophy. Ideas proposed in this first series include the use of laughing gas to quell rioters; bubble wra...

The classic account of an unforgettable endurance test, now updated with a new introduction.The 1989 Ironman World Championship was the greatest race ever in endurance sports. In a spectacular duel that became known as the Iron War, the world's two strongest athletes raced side by side at world-record pace for a grueling 139 miles.Driven by one of the fiercest rivalries in triathlon, Dave Scott and Mark Allen raced shoulder to shoulder through Ironman's 2.4-m...

Success is difficult but…Tomorrow morning, you could wake up as a full-grown rhinoceros and:Charge your way to successUse audacity to reach your goalsBe happier than you’ve ever been beforeMake your life an exciting adventureHave the persistence and tenacity necessary for successNever worry againSucceed at the world’s most profitable hobbyAchieve more and have a better balance in the six major areas of your l...

Inspired by songs from AC/DC’s bestselling album, Back in Black, this anthology contains ten murder mysteries from ten bestselling writers—including a new Jack Reacher original by Andrew Child.The third collection in the Music and Murder Mystery Series, Back in Black features one story for each song from the seminal hard rock album of the same name. This book showcases ten brilliant mystery writers at the top of their game, including Reed Farrel C...

Pedro Gomez of ESPN was a beloved figure in baseball. His death from sudden cardiac arrest on Feb. 7, 2021, unleashed an outpouring of heartfelt tributes. He was 58, both a hard-nosed reporter and a smiling ambassador of the sport. These 62 personal essays soar beyond sports to delve into life lessons.Pedro, a proud Cuban American, was known for his dramatic reporting from Havana. Fully and fluidly bilingual, he did as much as anyone to bridge the wide gap that had...

Collecting Excalibur (1988) #31-41; Excalibur: Weird War Iii, The Possession And Air Apparent; Sensational She-Hulk #26 And Material From Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #75. Weird War III and even stranger things! The British-based ex-X-Men face fearful far-out foes as their offbeat adventures continue! Nightcrawler meets the son of Krakoa the Living Island! Kitty Pryde reunites with Excalibur as she leads the cheer at the Girls’ School From Heck! Rachel Grey suffers the depths of D’Spayre!...

From Field & Stream's bowhunting experts and the authors of The Total Deer Hunter Manual comes the book that demystifies everything about bowhunting.From crossbows to high-tech compound bows to an old-fashioned recurve find it all, accompanied by tactics for every animal that can be bowhunted, in The Total Bowhunting Manual. With high-quality design and intricate detail, this manual is perfect for your tablet or phone.America's best...