Scrum - The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time (Sutherland Jeff)(Paperback / softback)

Scrum - The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time (Sutherland Jeff)(Paperback / softback)

Provides a revolutionary approach to project management that helps to transform everything from software companies to the US military to healthcare in major American hospitals. This book explains how it operates and how it can be made to work for anyone, anywhere? It tells how to how to define,

A Scrum Book: The Spirit of the Game (Sutherland Jeff)(Paperback)

Building a successful product usually involves teams of people, and many choose the Scrum approach to aid in creating products that deliver the highest possible value. Implementing Scrum gives teams a collection of powerful ideas they can assemble to fit their needs and meet their goals. The

Illuminations (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback / softback)

Features 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction', 'The Task of the Translator' and 'Theses on the Philosophy of History', as well as essays on Kafka, storytelling, Baudelaire, Brecht's epic theatre, and

English Teacher (Narayan R K)(Paperback / softback)

Krishna, an English teacher in the town of Malgudi, nagged by the feeling he's doing the wrong work, is nonetheless delighted by his domestic life, where his wife and young daughter wait for him outside the house every

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi (Dyer Geoff)(Paperback / softback)

Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize and a New York Times Notable Book of the

Veniss Underground (VanderMeer Jeff)(Paperback / softback)

Nicholas seeks to escape his demons in the dark city of Veniss' shadowy underground. But in doing so, makes a deal with the devil himself. Then in her fevered search for him, his twin sister, Nicola, spins her own unusual and hypnotic tale as she discovers the hidden secrets of the

Twice in a Blue Moon (Lauren Christina)(Paperback)

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners and the 'delectable, moving' (Entertainment Weekly) My Favorite Half-Night Stand comes a modern love story about what happens when your first love reenters your life when you least expect it... Sam Brandis was Tate Jones's first: Her

Food Studies (Miller Jeff)(Paperback)

This title is a guide to doing research in the burgeoning field of food studies. Designed for the classroom as well as for the independent scholar, the book details the predominant research methods in the field, provides a series of interactive questions and templates to help guide a project, and

Fool Me Twice - Riley Wolfe Thriller (Lindsay Jeff)(Paperback / softback)

From the author of the wildly successful Dexter series: a masterful thief plots an impossible crime in Book 2 of the Riley Wolfe

Viking Longship(Paperback / softback)

Be a fly on the wall in the time of the Vikings.Watch skilful ship builders at work, charge into battle, visit a Viking farmstead, enjoy the hustle and bustle of Jorvik on market day and listen to fireside tales about the Viking gods - you can even wipe a tear from your eye at a Viking funeral

Magician's Elephant (DiCamillo Kate)(Paperback / softback)

In this timeless fable, New York Times bestselling author, twice winner of the prestigious Newbery Medal and US National Ambassador for Children's Literature Kate DiCamillo evokes the largest of themes - hope and belonging, desire and compassion - with the lightness of a magician's

Gillespie and I (Harris Jane)(Paperback / softback)

Back in 1888, the young, art-loving Harriet arrives in Glasgow at the time of the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter she befriends the Gillespie family and soon becomes a fixture in all of their lives. But when tragedy strikes the promise and certainties of this world all too

Wind in the Willows - 90th anniversary gift edition (Grahame Kenneth)(Paperback / softback)

One of the all-time great animal stories. Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book, with exclusive illustrations from EH Shepard has delighted generations.The Wind in the Willows is one of the most famous and bestselling animal stories of all time. This exclusive 90th anniversary paperback edition

Research in the Sociology of Work (P. Vallas Steven)(Pevná vazba)

Research in the Sociology of Work (RSW) is a twice yearly publication that examines current issues related to the sociology of work. The series provides a comprehensive collection of research focused on the social, economic, political and cultural aspects of work and labour. This volume includes

In the Flow (Groys Boris)(Paperback / softback)

The leading art theorist takes on art in the age of the Internet In the early twentieth century, art and its institutions came under critique from a new democratic and egalitarian spirit. The notion of works of art as sacred objects was decried and subsequently they would be understood merely as

Warcraft: The Last Guardian (Grubb Jeff)(Paperback)

In the mist-shrouded haze of the past, long before the beginning of recorded time, there stood the world of Azeroth. Every kind of magical being strode the countryside among the tribes of man, and all was at peace -- until the arrival of the demons and horrors of the Burning Legion and their

The Art of Sacrifice in Chess (Spielmann Rudolf)(Paperback)

The 21st Century Edition of Spielmann's Classic Work Austrian Grandmaster Rudolf Spielmann's The Art of Sacrifice in Chess first appeared in the mid-1930s. It was immediately recognized as a classic, a masterpiece that examined the nature of chess sacrifices. In this modernized, 21st century

The Age of Constantine the Great (Burckhardt Jacob)(Paperback)

In the present work it has been the author's design to describe the remarkable half century from the accession of Diocletian to the death of Constantine in its quality as a period of transition. What was intended was not a history of the life and reign of Constantine, nor yet an encyclopedia of all

Rembrandt - Masters of Art (Zuffi Stefano)(Paperback / softback)

This generously illustrated volume on the work of Rembrandt makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of

Buddha and the Badass - The Secret Spiritual Art of Succeeding at Work (Lakhiani Vishen)(Paperback / softback)

Darkstalker (Sutherland Tui T.)(Paperback)

The first-ever special edition of the New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series soars back in time to the origin of Pyrrhia's most dangerous dragon: Darkstalker.Three dragons. One unavoidable, unpredictable destiny. This is the beginning... of the end.In the SeaWing kingdom, a young prince

Authority (VanderMeer Jeff)(Paperback)

In Authority, the New York Times bestselling second volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, Area X's most disturbing questions are answered . . . but the answers are far from reassuring. After thirty years, the only human engagement with Area X--a seemingly malevolent landscape

How to be Idle (Hodgkinson Tom)(Paperback / softback)

As Oscar Wilde said, doing nothing is hard work. The Protestant work ethic has most of us in its thrall, and the idlers of this world have the odds stacked against them. This book presents us with a laid-back argument for a contract between routine and chaos, an argument for experiencing life to

Borne (VanderMeer Jeff)(Paperback / softback)

A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR The dark, dangerous, funny and uplifting new novel from the author of Annihilation, the inspiration for the major motion picture directed by Alex