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Every year, millions of people decide to learn programming. Most give up within the first few weeks. They do not quit because programming is too hard or because they are not smart enough. They quit because the resources they use teach syntax without context, vocabulary without conversation.This book exists to solve that problem.Python Jumpstart takes a different approach. It does not try to cover every feature of Python. It focuses on the concepts that matter most to beginn...

What's holding your company back from the growth you know is possible?Every entrepreneurial leader eventually hits a ceiling. The skills and grit that fueled your start-up can't carry you through scale-up. Instead of freedom, you feel frustration-people problems, profit pressures, lack of control, or endless firefighting.In Grow!, Expert EOS ImplementersⓇ Jonathan B. Smith and Jeanet L. Wade reveal a proven roadmap for breaking through those barrie...

Wilfred and Eileen is by Jonathan Smith, author of several novels and non-fiction books. For many years he taught at Tonbridge School and one day the young Anthony Seldon (now the Master of Wellington and the biographer of Tony Blair) told him the story of his grandparents Wilfred and Eileen Willett. Jonathan Smith's first novel a few years later was based on their lives.Wilfred Willett was 22 in 1912 when, at a May Ball at Trinity College, Cambridge, he m...

Sir Alfred Munnings, retiring President of the Royal Academy, chooses the 1949 Annual Banquet to launch a savage attack on Modern Art. The effect of his diatribe is doubly shocking, leaving not only his distinguished audience gasping but also many people tuning in to the BBC's live radio broadcast. But as he approaches the end of his assault, the speech suddenly dissolves into incoherence when he stumbles over a name - a name he normally takes such pains to avoid - that takes him back fort...

The Crusades: A History is the definitive account of a key topic in medieval and religious history. Jonathan Riley-Smith, a world authority on the subject, explores the organisation of a crusade, the experience of crusading and the crusaders themselves, producing a textbook that is as accessible as it is comprehensive.This exciting new third edition includes:- Substantial new material on crusade theory, historiography and translated texts- An expanded scope t...

You are reading this because you have already tried, and you tried in good faith, and the trying is exactly what makes the failure hurt. You have downloaded the sleep app, bought the weighted blanket, dimmed the lights, and recited the 10-step routine some blog promised would change your life, and by the fourth night it all collapsed back into late-night scrolling and 3 am ceiling staring. The worst part is not the exhaustion. It is the conclusion you have drawn from it: that sleep hygiene...

Nineteen-fifty-three is synonymous in the British memory with the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June. But less well known is what happened in 10 Downing Street on 23 June. With Anthony Eden vying for power, the elderly Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, must maintain the confidence of his government, the press and the public. But after a diplomatic dinner in which he is on typically sparkling form, Churchill's Italian dining companions are rushed out of the building and his doctor ...

Every year, thousands of talented engineers fail coding interviews at companies where they would have excelled on the job.The disconnect between interviewing performance and actual engineering ability is one of the most frustrating problems in the technology sector. The candidates who succeed at the highest levels are almost never the ones who solved the most LeetCode problems or memorized the most algorithms. They are the ones who understood what the interview was...

You have read the books, set up the habit trackers, and tried to become 1% better every day. But when life got messy, the system failed. You are not alone. The 1% philosophy has changed millions of lives, but it has also left millions feeling like failures. This book reveals the hidden truth behind the tiny-changes movement, exploring why the compound interest graph is a myth and why the standard advice often ignores the complexity of real human lives.This is not a book that tells ...

You are reading this because you love a child who needs more from you than any manual could have prepared you for, and some days the weight of it is more than words can carry. You have felt the exhaustion of advocating, of appointments, of therapies, and the quiet fear about the future.Each prayer is paired with scripture and a gentle reflection prompt, and the book is organized so you can open it on any day and find words for exactly what you are feeling, whether that is fear abou...

In **"The Sable Audit: Chronicles of a Financial Cataclysm in the Digital Age"** by Jonathan Smith, every digital transaction, encrypted message, and algorithmic trade pulses with danger and intrigue. Forensic economist Martin Rourke, renowned for deciphering the most intricate financial mysteries, uncovers an insidious rot at the heart of a global financial system already teetering on the brink of collapse. His discoveries pull him into a relentless pursuit of the shadowy Sable Network—an...

I used to be the guy who faded into the background. At work, my ideas were ignored, even when I knew I was right. In social settings, I was invisible, too shy to join the conversation. And in dating, my desperation scared away every chance at love. I had the skills, the knowledge, the potential—but I lacked the one thing that could unlock it all: confidence. I thought I'd never measure up… until I decided to change.Mastering Confidence: is the story of how I went from a pl...