After a decade's worth of Android app development, 2018 debuted the second generation of Android app development techniques, highlighted by Jetpack and the AndroidX family of libraries.This book follows in the footsteps of "The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development", to introduce developers to Android app development, focusing on Jetpack. Here you will learn how to set up an Android app for Java or Kotlin, create a user interface, and more!In particular, it covers Andro...

A highly regarded surgeon has gone missing. Will the search for her whereabouts tear a community apart?Dr. Janie O'Connor's disappearance from her Savannah estate, Rose Dhu, has shocked the town to its core. Her former fiancé, Phillip Carruthers-once the most eligible bachelor in coastal Georgia and the playboy son of Savannah's most powerful billionaire family-is the prime suspect.Phillip maintains his innocence and seems to have an airtight alibi, and the...

Embark on a journey through the soulful poetry of Mark P. Murphy, who reflects on the essence of existence, the complexities of pain, love, faith, and the quietude of life's unspoken moments. Witness the intertwining of celestial destinies and human experiences, drawing on deep spiritual introspection and the undeniable ties that bind us to one another. Murphy's verses reach into the depths of the human heart, exploring the nuanced dance of sin and redemption, the sanctity of union and the...

From New York Times bestseller Mark Murphy comes the definitive guide to managing difficult people! Do you ever have to deal with giant egos, blamers, or people who find drama in every little thing? Do you have to work with anyone who always sees the negative in any situation?This book gives you the research-backed scripts to manage the most difficult personalities on your team! You'll discover how to mana...

The New York Times–bestselling author of Hundred Percenters and Hiring for Attitude shows you how to build the most successful teamThe conventional wisdom is wrong about how great teams are built. Effective leaders worry less about cohesion and more about assembling the right group of people with complementary talents and personalities. No amount of teambuilding, trust, or cohesion can overcome having the wrong mix of people in the room.

Build a high-performance workforce by abandoning skills-based hiring practices and focusing on employee attitudeHiring for Attitude offers a groundbreaking approach to recruiting, assessing, and selecting people with both tremendous skills but, more importantly, an attitude that aligns with the organization’s culture.Murphy cites his own company’s research and examines recent scientific studies about the practical effects a person’s attitude has on...

A “profound” (Cynt Marshall, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks), timely, must-have guide to understanding and overcoming bias in the workplace from the experts at FranklinCovey.Unconscious bias affects everyone. It can look like the disappointment of an HR professional when a candidate for a new position asks about maternity leave. It can look like preferring the application of an Ivy League graduate over one from a state school. It can look like assuming a man is more e...

Travel is so much more than getting on a plane and jetting off to some foreign locale. Even when you are close to home you can Travel Forward on an exciting journey of self-discovery and fulfillment. And, you'll positively impact the world while you're doing it. This is your roadmap. Writing about everyone from Nelson Mandela, Paul McCartney, Condoleezza Rice and Jon Bon Jovi, to loved ones, friends, neighbors and memorable people he's encountered on airplanes, in Cambodia and on the New Y...

Drum Kit Fills Volume 1 is the first book in a series of publications designed to develop the ability to play fills around the drum kit. Volume 1 contains 8th note, 16th note, 3 stroke, flam and triplet fills. It also contains 6 solo pieces. The content is suitable for beginners through to intermediate drumming levels.The fills are not merely development exercises; they can all be used in practical situations, whether that be rehearsing with a band, performing live, creati...

A riveting suspense thriller, perfect for fans of Greg Iles and John Hart, about the disappearance of a brilliant surgeon and how the search for her killer could tear her southern town apart.A highly regarded surgeon has gone missing. Will the search for her whereabouts tear a community apart?Dr. Janie O’Connor’s disappearance from her Savannah estate, Rose Dhu, has shocked the town to its core. Her former fiancé, Phillip Carruthers—once th...

Drum Kit Fills Volume 2 is the second book in a series of publications designed to develop the ability to play fills around the drum kit. Volume 2 contains 16th note, 12/8, 32nd note, triplet and double bass drum fills. It also contains 5 solo pieces. The content is suitable for intermediate through to advancing drumming levels.The fills are not merely development exercises; they can all be used in practical situations, whether that be rehearsing with a band, performing li...

Back in 1996 when Tin Cat Alley was first published by Spout (a small, independent English publisher) one reviewer wrote that 'it would be a shame if Murphy was overlooked by the big publishers.' Quarter of a century later, he is still looking to branch out and find a wider audience for his work.Nonetheless, the themes, preoccupations, and questions proffered in Tin Cat Alley are still relevant to today's readers. By releasing Murphy's first chapbook along with Other Poems: Not to ...