A mutiny is brewing… and Midshipman Alexis Carew is trapped in the middle of it.Branded an outsider. Driven to the edge. And serving under a captain who wants her gone.Alexis Carew survived her first taste of war—but life aboard HMS Hermione is a different kind of battle. Under the command of the cruel and vindictive Captain Neals, every watch is punishment, every mistake magnified, and every ally stripped away. In a Navy that barely tolerates her,...

The revolutionary “Red Book” that helped a generation work smarter, better, and faster—now expanded and updated with new stories, new ideas, and new methods to radically improve the way you and your company deliver resultsIf you’ve ever been startled by how fast the world is changing, the Scrum framework is one of the reasons why. Productivity gains in workflow of as much as 1,200 percent have been recorded, and there’s no more lucid—or compelling—explainer of Scru...

Her first command. Her hardest test.Lieutenant Alexis Carew has finally earned what every officer dreams of—a ship of her own.HMS Nightingale should be the perfect assignment: a command, a return toward home, and a chance to prove herself at last. But the reality is anything but simple. Her new crew is a patchwork of misfits and castoffs. Her first officer resents her command. And in the Fringe worlds she must patrol, many believe a woman has no pl...

Based on years of work in the field with scores of companies, including Bosch, 3M, Schlumberger, and Rio Tinto, The Scrum Fieldbook delivers a hands-on, practical approach to rapidly delivering value for companies and organizations.Scrum is the secret weapon behind some of today’s most successful companies. Businesses like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple use Scrum to drive incredibly fast innovation, laser focus on customers, and continuous improvement...

One terrifying summer can stay with you forever.It's the summer before high school and Jacob and his friends are determined to make it a memorable one. This may be the last couple of months they have together; once school starts, they'll be going their separate ways. Ichiro's family is moving to Japan. And while Jacob and the twins, Hayden and Hannah, are staying behind in Valeton, they'll be going to different high schools. When they discover an old abandoned home...

Alexis Carew has spent her life learning to run a frontier holding—managing crews, making hard calls, and thinking like a leader. But when her future on Dalthus is cut short, she takes the only path left that offers freedom: the Royal Navy.As a midshipman aboard a shorthanded warship, Alexis is thrown into a harsh, unforgiving life where discipline is absolute, mistakes are costly, and respect must be earned the hard way. The fleet is stretched thin, tensions are rising beyond the ...

Legal Data and Information in Practice provides readers with an understanding of how to facilitate the acquisition, management, and use of legal data in organizations such as libraries, courts, governments, universities, and start-ups.Presenting a synthesis of information about legal data that will furnish readers with a thorough understanding of the topic, the book also explains why it is becoming crucial that data analysis be integrated into decision-making in the legal ...

Burn Our Bodies Down meets Delicious Monsters in this terrifying new young adult horror by acclaimed master of the macabre Joel A. Sutherland.Joana and her younger brother Peter aren't used to setting down roots. Ever since the violent murder of their mother, their father can't stay in one place for long, haunted by the literal ghosts of the past. He has what he calls "the Whisperings," and will do anything to protect his children from the horrors...

Stranded. Hunted. Betrayed.Alexis Carew has faced pirates, warships, and the brutal discipline of the Fleet—but nothing like this.Her ship is gone. Her allies have abandoned her. And on the hostile world of Erzurum, she leads a battered band of survivors through a deadly wilderness where every step could be their last.Pirate search teams scour the skies above.Something far more dangerous stalks the ground below.Cut off from rescue, l...

Viggo and Violet are enemies - or they should be.Having just stolen King Arthur’s biggest secret, Viggo is on the run.If he can get home to Saxony, he’ll be the hero who turned the tides of war. But Camelot’s soldiers are closing in and suddenly his only hope of escape rests in the hands of a complete stranger.Violet’s brazen lie may have saved his life – but for how long? And why would the wife of a Celtic scribe risk everything to help an enemy sp...

In describing the geomorphological heritage of Scotland, this volume offers a remarkable account of how the natural environment responded in terms of landforms, processes and plant communities, to severe climatic change as the Quaternary era progressed over the last two million years.This legacy, as preserved in the 138 nationally important GCR sites described, documents a remarkable diversity of landforms in a relatively small area. The rugged highland contrast with the rolling hil...

Ensuring General Wisdom: The practical guide for non-executive directors and trustees on how to get the best out of executives covering: leadership, culture, business models and conduct of business. Discover the four drivers of culture: trust, communication, decision making and incentives. Find out why understanding corporate failure increases the chances of corporate success and that learning from history is difficult but essential.