Discover the joy of parenting with ease and confidence, even if balancing work and family seems impossible right now!Are you constantly torn between the demands of work and the desire to be present for your children?Do you seek practical guidance to manage those challenging tantrums without feeling overwhelmed or embarrassed?Are you looking for ways to connect deeply with your child, especially if they are neurodivergent?If you answered “yes” to any of these...

This book presents new mathematics for the description of structure and dynamics in molecular and cellular biology. On an exponential scale it is possible to combine functions describing inner organisation, including finite periodicity, with functions for outside morphology into a complete definition of structure. This mathematics is particularly fruitful to apply at molecular and atomic distances. The structure descriptions can then be related to atomic and molecular forces and provide in...

This book develops the thesis that structure and function in a variety of condensed systems - from the atomic assemblies in inorganic frameworks and organic molecules, through molecular self-assemblies to proteins - can be unified when curvature and surface geometry are taken together with molecular shape and forces. An astonishing variety of synthetic and biological assemblies can be accurately modelled and understood in terms of hyperbolic surfaces, whose richness and beauty are only now...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Lisbeth Salander returns in the next installment of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series: Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on social injustice, this is a “gripping, stay-up-all-night read” (Entertainment Weekly). • Also known as the Millennium seriesThe next installment of the Millennium series: Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decid...

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The thrilling first book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series featuring Lisbeth Salander: “Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman movie with the grisly pyrotechnics of a serial-killer thriller, then add an angry punk heroine and a down-on-his-luck investigative journalist, and you have the ingredients of Stieg Larsson’s first novel” (Th...

WINNER OF SWEDEN’S BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL AWARD • A hardheaded attorney returns to her hometown to solve a vicious murder in this “richly atmospheric” (Kirkus Reviews) thriller from the acclaimed author of The Blood Spilt“This impressive debut heralds another striking voice from Scandinavia.”—BooklistIn the land of silence and snow, the killing has begun . . .Rebecka Martinsson is heading home to ...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this “thoroughly gripping” (New York Times) continuation of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, Lisbeth Salander lies in critical condition in a Swedish hospital, a bullet in her head. But she's fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she'll stand trial for three murders. • Also known as the Millennium seriesIn the next installment of the Millennium series, with the help of Mikael Blomkvist, Sa...

Apply microservices patterns to build resilient and scalable distributed systemsKey FeaturesUnderstand the challenges of building large-scale microservice landscapesBuild cloud-native production-ready microservices with this comprehensive guideDiscover how to get the best out of Spring Cloud, Kubernetes, and Istio when used togetherBook DescriptionMicroservices architecture allows developers to build and maintain applications...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENON • The first three books in the thrilling #1 bestselling Girl with the Dragon Tattoo seriesfeaturing Lisbeth Salander, "one of the most original characters in a thriller to come along in a while" (The New York Times). • Also known as the Millennium seriesDisgraced crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist has no idea of the levels of conspiracy he will uncover when is enlisted to investigate the unsolved disappearance ne...

In 1929 a constitutional storm that had long been gathering suddenly burst, sweeping from office General Bramwell Booth, the son and successor to William Booth Founder of The Salvation Army.So traumatic was this event that for many years '1929' – for that is how it was known – was only talked of in hushed tones in Army circles. The telling of what happened was left to those from outside the Army family.Now after more than 80 years, the full story of the crisis, with all its...

A grisly torture-murder, a haunting northern Sweden backdrop, and a dark drama of twisted sexuality collide in this masterpiece of suspense from the award-winning author of The Blood Split.“Åsa Larsson is as deft at writing heart-stopping scenes . . . as she is at getting inside the heads of characters.”—The Washington PostThe dead woman was found on a frozen lake, her body riddled with evidence of torture. Instantly, Insp...

IS IT POSSIBLE TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE SOLVE THEIR CONFLICTS WITHOUT GETTING SUCKED IN YOURSELF? YES! And there is a specific set of skills which makes it much more likely that your efforts will be successful. This book teaches you step by step how to become an effective mediator. Add practice, practice, practice (and some self-reflection) and you will soon celebrate your first successes in helping people to connect, whether you are a parent, teacher, business manager, counselor or peace work...