The brilliant sequel in the Legend trilogy
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This book part of a new series built on the authority of Rob Thompson's highly acclaimed Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals

Includes:: new content selected specifically for the needs of students who create product & furniture designs for mass production With some 450 specially commissioned photographs & technical illustrations it describes more than 30 manufacturing processes from the traditional & established to cutting- edge technologies

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Your one-stop guide to becoming a product management prodigy Product management plays a pivotal role in organizations In fact it's now considered the fourth most important title in corporate America yet only a tiny fraction of product managers have been trained for this vital position If you're one of the hundreds of thousands of people who hold this essential job or simply aspire to break into a new role Product Management For Dummies gives you the tools to increase your skill level & manage products like a pro From defining what product management is & isn't to exploring the rising importance of product management in the corporate world this friendly & accessible guide quickly gets you up to speed on everything it takes to thrive in this growing field It offers plain-English explanations of the product life cycle market research competitive analysis market & pricing strategy product roadmaps the people skills it takes to effectively influence & negotiate & so much more Create a winning strategy for your product Gather & analyze customer & market feedback Prioritize & convey requirements to engineering teams effectively Maximize revenues & profitability Product managers are responsible for so much more than meets the eye & this friendly authoritative guide lifts the curtain on what it takes to succeed ...

One of the biggest challenges for organizations that have adopted microservice architecture is the lack of architectural operational & organizational standardization After splitting a monolithic application or building a microservice ecosystem from scratch many engineers are left wondering what's next In this practical book author Susan Fowler presents a set of microservice standards in depth drawing from her experience standardizing over a thousand microservices at Uber You'll learn how to design microservices that are stable reliable scalable fault tolerant performant monitored documented & prepared for any catastrophe Explore production-readiness standards including Stability & Reliability develop deploy introduce & deprecate microservices; protect against dependency failures Scalability & Performance learn essential components for achieving greater microservice efficiency Fault Tolerance & Catastrophe Preparedness ensure availability by actively pushing microservices to fail in real time Monitoring learn how to monitor log & display key metrics; establish alerting & on-call procedures Documentation & Understanding mitigate tradeoffs that come with microservice adoption including organizational sprawl & technical debt ...

Alan Turing was an extraordinary man who crammed into a life of only 42 years the careers of mathematician codebreaker computer scientist & biologist He is widely regarded as a war hero grossly mistreated by his unappreciative country & it has become hard to disentangle the real man from the story It is easy to cast him as a misfit the stereotypical professor But actually Alan Turing was never a professor & his nickname Prof& was given by his codebreaking friends at Bletchley Park Now Alan Turing&s nephew Dermot Turing has taken a fresh look at the influences on Alan Turing&s life & creativity & the later creation of a legend For the first time it is possible to disclose the real character behind the cipher-text how did Alan&s childhood experiences influence the man? Who were the influential figures in Alan&s formative years? How did his creative ideas evolve? Was he really a solitary asocial genius? What was his wartime work after 1942 & why was it kept even more secret than the Enigma story? What is the truth about Alan Turing&s conviction for gross indecency & did he commit suicide? What is the significance of the Royal Pardon granted in 2013? In Dermot&s own style he takes a vibrant & entertaining approach to the life & work of a true genius ...

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' Professional Capital is an incisive critique of the failing reform movements in many countries & a powerful manifesto for the only strategy that can & does work Hargreaves & Fullan set out exactly & undeniably why the only way to move forward is to honor & improve the profession of teaching This book should revolutionize how policy makers & practitioners alike think & act in education'
- Sir Ken Robinson educator & author 'I love the focus on professional capital & decisional capital Hargreaves & Fullan give us a deep practical understanding of ways to improve our schools & our school systems This is new exciting thinking'
- Steve Munby Chief Executive National College for School Leadership ' This important book makes it clear that teaching stands at a crossroads between policy decisions that will help create a great profession for all teachers or ones that will make teaching robotic & unexciting-hurting student learning for years to come'- Dennis Van Roekel President National Education Association In this latest & most important collaboration Andy Hargreaves & Michael Fullan set out a groundbreaking new agenda to transform the future of teaching & public education Ideas-driven evidence-based & strategically powerful Professional Capital combats the tired arguments & stereotypes of teachers & teaching It

Includes:: action guidelines for classroom teachers administrators schools & districts & state & federal leaders This is a book that no one connected with schools can afford to ignore



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Professional Chef Level 2 Diploma 2nd edition is THE guide for learners looking to take their professional cookery skills to the next level! With clear mapping to both the NVQ & VRQ syllabus this is the most relevant & up-to-date level 2 Professional Cookery book on the market New & updated recipes now include professional photographs of the finished dish to help you develop your presentation skills on the road to becoming a Professional Chef This comprehensive easy-to use textbook combines theory & practice & provides a thorough introduction to all the skills & techniques required to work in a professional kitchen! For the complete blended learning solution this book can be used alongside Professional Chef Online which is designed to support students & tutors & make theory interactive & engaging This solution offers a host of resources including quizzes online games a searchable e Book bonus recipes an interactive food map of the British Isles & over 140 video master chef classes! ...

Winner of the Everett Lee Hunt Award 2014 Winner of the NCA Clifford G Christians Ethics Research Award 2013 from the Carl Couch Center for Social & Internet Research The crisis of incivility plaguing today's workplace calls for an approach to communication that restores respect & integrity to interpersonal encounters in organizational life Professional civility is a communicative virtue that protects & promotes productivity one's place of employment & persons with whom we carry out our tasks in the workplace Drawn from the history of professions as dignified occupations providing valuable contributions to the human community an understanding of civility as communicative virtue & Mac Intyre's treatment of practices professional civility supports the "practice" of professions in contemporary organizations A communicative ethic of professional civility requires attentiveness to the task at hand support of an organization's mission & appropriate relationships with others in the workplace Professional civility fosters communicative habits of the heart that extend beyond the walls of the workplace encouraging a return to the service ethic that remains an enduring legacy of the professions in the United States ...

Mr Crocodile loves his job Every morning he gets up with an alarm He brushes his teeth He chooses the right tie to match his outfit eats a quick slice of toast & heads off to work on a crowded train But what is his job? The answer may surprise you Readers will want to pore over this witty wordless book again & again finding new details & new stories with every reading ...