Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. At the end of World War II, the victorious Allies began unprecedented proceedings against captured top-ranking Nazis, and charging them with "crimes against humanity." This book looks at the Nuremberg Trials and the person...

Scruffy the dog lives on a log in a smelly old bog with his best friend, Mr. Frog. But Scruffy's lazy lifestyle and love for sausages, baked beans, and Spam is driving Mr. Frog to his wits' end. After Scruffy goes too far one night, leading to the biggest mess ever, Mr Frog has finally had enough and leaves Scruffy to reflect on the value of friendship.Now Scruffy must learn to clean up his act and make amends before Mr. Frog returns to their beloved bog. Discover a heartwarming tale of fr...

Do you want to help others? Do people tell you that you are a great problem solver? Would you like to enter into a field that helps others, but that doesn't require years of schooling? Then you should look into life coach certification! A life coach is a combination of many things. You have the expertise of a consultant and offer empathy and solutions like a therapist. You use your knowledge and love of people to help them solve their problems. This short ebook will tell you what you need ...

Blockchain technology and the invention of smart-contracts running on it have given rise to Decentralized Finance. At the time of its birth, DeFi was seen as a response to the 2008 crisis and a hope to democratize finance. By eliminating the role of intermediaries and fluidifying property through tokenization, finance would become accessible to all.To overcome all the obstacles it faced (volatility, security issues, distrust etc.), DeFi had to find original ways to develop, by leve...

Everybody wants to get on the train as soon as it arrives, so they're scrambling to buy a ticket as soon as possible. Technology, finance, politics, and the social and economic margins of the digital world have not ceased to deliver surprising packages that provide value and novelty, as well as the promise of a future utopian society.The term "cryptocurrency" is no longer a mysterious, esoteric term. A decentralized, autonomous financial system is quickly becoming the norm in almos...

Aspects of Lincoln, is the first in the widely acclaimed Aspects series to feature the City of Lincoln. However the Aspects series now extends from the east and west Midlands, up to Lancaster in the north-west and the north Yorkshire coast in the east.Aspects of Lincoln, is a multi author book containing 12 pinpoint historical essays covering such diverse subjects as: Cinemas and Cinema Going in 20th Century Lincoln, Getting Drunk in 17th Century Lincoln, the story of Emily Gilbert, motori...

Stories from the Chicken Foot House is a collection of stories where stranger things can happen than might seem possible – it’s a collection of urban myths and fairytales for the kind of people who believe that the everyday can be extraordinary, and would rather wear Doctor Martens than be Disney princesses.

On average, 50 per cent of software projects fail to deliver on time or on budget.At least 20 per cent are cancelled before completion or renounced as failures.Project failure costs the global economy nearly $200 billion a year.We’re in the midst of a ‘project failure crisis’ and something needs to be done. Following the journey of software development through the 20th and 21st centuries, this book outlines a new, post-Agile methodology for creating g...

Do you think you're rational? Are the decisions you make logical? How do you know? Have you ever looked back on decisions you've made and wished you had chosen differently? Probably. Everyone does sometimes, right?The problem is our rational minds are affected by our emotions, our physical state and a whole bunch of social pressures. These unconscious parts of our mind can make us choose badly. It creates a bad decision making process, sometimes referred to as 'confirmation bias'. ...

Like most good educational interventions, problem-based learning (PBL) did not grow out of theory, but out of a practical problem. Medical students were bored, dropping out, and unable to apply what they had learned in lectures to their practical experiences a couple of years later. Neurologist Howard S. Barrows reversed the sequence, presenting students with patient problems to solve in small groups and requiring them to seek relevant knowledge in an effort to solve those problems. Out of...

Are you ready to learn things faster and retain information longer? If so, then this ebook is definitely for you. Accelerated learning is all about learning things in the shortest amount of time possible. It’s about not wasting time studying unnecessary information that can make you forget the most important points. This ebook can prepare you to learn faster than ever.We offer you six accelerated learning techniques and explain how they will improve your ability to recall the infor...

This book addresses the sustained failure to properly fund local government in England. While there has been plenty of rhetoric and policy initiatives around devolution of power to local authorities in recent decades, continuing recently with the English Devolution Bill, there has been far less attention paid to how these endeavours will be practically delivered and, most importantly, funded. In this context, the motivation in this book is to consider how local government in England could ...