Before We Were Strangers


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From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding… I didn’t see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn’t know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello. After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I’ve spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half? M







Agile Estimating and Planning


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Agile Estimating and Planning is the definitive, practical guide to estimating and planning agile projects. In this book, Agile Alliance cofounder Mike Cohn discusses the philosophy of agile estimating and planning and shows you exactly how to get the job done, with real-world examples and case studies. Concepts are clearly illustrated and readers are guided, step by step, toward how to answer the following questions: What will we build? How big will it be? When must it be done? How much can I really complete by then? You will first learn what makes a good plan-and then what makes it agile. Using the techniques in Agile Estimating and Planning, you can stay agile from start to finish, saving time, conserving resources, and accomplishing more. Highlights include: Why conventional prescriptive planning fails and why agile planning works How to estimate feature size using story points and ideal days–and when to use each How and when to re-estimate How to prioritize features using both financial and nonfinancial approaches How to split large features into smaller, more manageable ones How to plan iterations and predict your team's initial rate of progress How to schedule projects that have unusually high uncertainty or schedule-related risk How to estimate projects that will be worked on by multiple teams Agile Estimating and Planning supports any agile, semiagile, or iterative process, including Scrum, XP, Feature-Driven Development, Crystal, Adaptive Software Development, DSDM, Unified Process, and many more. It will be an indispensable resource for every development manager, team leader, and team member.




Write to Market


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Many authors write, then market. Successful authors write TO market Have you written a book that just isn't selling? Would you like to write a book that readers eagerly devour? Many authors write, then market. Successful authors write TO market. They start by figuring out how to give readers what they want, and that process begins before writing word one of your novel. This book will teach you to analyze your favorite genre to discover what readers are buying, to mine reviews for reader expectations, and to nail the tropes your readers subconsciously crave. Don't leave the success of your novel up to chance. Deliver the kind of book that will have your fans hounding you for the next one.




The Wild Robot


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Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.




The Post-Earthquake City


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This book critically assesses Christchurch, New Zealand as an evolving post-earthquake city. It examines the impact of the 2010–13 Canterbury earthquake sequence, employing a chronological structure to consider ‘damage and displacement’, ‘recovery and renewal’ and ‘the city in transition’. It offers a framework for understanding the multiple experiences and realities of post-earthquake recovery. It details how the rebuilding of the city has occurred and examines what has arisen in the context of an unprecedented opportunity to refashion land uses and social experience from the ground up. A recurring tension is observed between the desire and tendency of some to reproduce previous urban orthodoxies and the experimental efforts of others to fashion new cultures of progressive place-making and attention to the more-than-human city. The book offers several lessons for understanding disaster recovery in cities. It illuminates the opportunities disasters create for both the reassertion of the familiar and the emergence of the new; highlights the divergence of lived experience during recovery; and considers the extent to which a post-disaster city is prepared for likely climate futures. The book will be valuable reading for critical disaster researchers as well as geographers, sociologists, urban planners and policy makers interested in disaster recovery.




2019-2023 Five Year Planner


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2019 - 2023 Five Year Monthly Calendar Planner2019 - 2023 Five Year Monthly Calendar Planner Three year planner for 2019 - 2023 including January 2019 - December 2023 (60 Months Calendar). You can see 7 days Start with Monday to Sunday in the couple pages and also see the whole month too. This beautiful planner is printed on high quality interior stock. Perfect bound to secure pages for the next three years and beyond. Book Details: Perfect for any use. You can use for personal, work, to do list, small diary for note of the day and all purposes. Monthly and Weekly Action plan 60-month calendar: From January 2019 up to December 2023. One month per each two page spread with unruled daily blocks. Planner with Quote for inspiration. Printed on quality paper. Portable Size 6x9." Light weight. Easy to carry around. Made in the USA. Best for Christmas gift and New Year gift. Everyone need to have the best planner since the first of the year.Give it for yourself friends family and co-worker and Have a great year together.




5 Year Planner: 2019 - 2023 Five Year Monthly Planner at a Glance 60 Month Planner the Happy Planner


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Description - Starting from January 2019 up to December 2023, 60-month calendar - At a glance calendar for 2019-2023 and yearly goal, To do and notes - 150 pages and one month on every two page spread with holiday - Large Size 8.5




Make Good Use of Today


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Planner 5 Year Use the 5-year planner to arrange and co-ordinate your important events. You will be sure never to forget important dates with this simple and easy to carry around planner. Five Year Planner 2019 - 2023 including January 2019 - December 2023 (60 Months Calendar) 7 days Start with Sunday to Saturday in the couple pages and also see the whole month. Each monthly page has a grid design large date boxes to record. Personal time management notebook, Office equipment supplies notebook. Planner five year so go ahead a goal and a dream set your goals, Inspire action, Large print size 6x9 inch.




Make Good Use of Today


Book Description

Planner 5 Year Use the 5-year planner to arrange and co-ordinate your important events. You will be sure never to forget important dates with this simple and easy to carry around planner. Five Year Planner 2019 - 2023 including January 2019 - December 2023 (60 Months Calendar) 7 days Start with Sunday to Saturday in the couple pages and also see the whole month. Each monthly page has a grid design large date boxes to record. Personal time management notebook, Office equipment supplies notebook. Planner five year so go ahead a goal and a dream set your goals, Inspire action, Large print size 6x9 inch.