A planned perfect vacation takes an unexpected turn when an uninvited holidaymaker arrives, bringing vibrant changes to Bunny's life. This encounter transforms her perspective and leads to unforeseen adventures, highlighting themes of spontaneity and personal growth.
Follow boxes of books through the supply chain, as they travel from truck to ship and then across the ocean to a bookstore (and to you)! Every here has a there, every up has a down, and every far has a near. Hop on board a big cargo ship as books printed in Asia head onto the water and toward the United States! Chock-full of fun facts and a unique overview of opposites, Every Here Has a There will fascinate and educate young readers on how their treasured books get delivered to their favorite local shelves. Also great for new readers, as its simple, engaging vocabularly offers oodles of options for spelling lists and sight words.
The narrative centers on Rick Morrow, who faces a decade of challenges caring for his son John, born with a severe heart defect. Just as hope arises with the promise of a heart transplant, tragedy strikes when the helicopter transporting the heart crashes, shattering their dreams and plunging the family into deeper despair. This poignant story explores themes of resilience, heartbreak, and the relentless struggle against seemingly insurmountable odds.
This book contains the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Lean Enterprise Software and Systems, LESS 2013, held in Galway, Ireland, in December 2013. LESS fosters interactions between practitioners and researchers by joining the lean product development and the agile software development communities in a highly collaborative environment. Each year, the program combines novelties and recent research results that make new ideas thrive during and after the conference. This year, the conference agenda was expanded to incorporate topics such as portfolio management, open innovation and enterprise transformation. The 14 papers selected for this book represent a diverse range of experiences, studies and theoretical achievements. They are organized in four sections on lean software development, quality and performance, case studies and emerging developments.
This book presents a modern and realistic approach to systems development methodologies by examining their emergence, evolution and usage in practice.