8 Lanes
8 Lanes

Author: Denisha Hardeman

Publisher: Jones and Wright Publishing

Published: 2015-12-30

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 9780996722025

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Niyah Coleman is a high school track star with her whole life ahead of her. With good grades and track skills, Niyah has scholarships piling up at her doorstep. But when Niyah gets involved in fights and a twisted bank robbery months before the season is over, Niyah is left with almost no hope of attending any colleges on a scholarship. However, the track coach from Bay University needs Niyah to run for them in order for the University to keep the track team afloat. The coach makes a deal with Niyah, she has to perform on the track and in the classroom exceptionally well in order for her to keep her scholarship. If she fails in any of these areas, she will be sent home. Niyah agrees to be a well- rounded student athlete and a great person on and off the field no matter what. Niyah starts off keeping her word at Bay University, but soon finds her difficulties mounting. After grappling with a new relationship, failing grades, and a slipping performance on the track, Niyah finds herself keeping secrets and losing friends. After facing assault, abuse, and deadly encounters Niyah finds herself with a desperation to return to her life of promise before she loses everything she ever wanted. Can Niyah get her life back on track before she is sent home permanently? What do you do when your problems run faster than you?

The Practical Guide to Information Design
The Practical Guide to Information Design

Author: Ronnie Lipton

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-01-19

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1118034236

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The definitive, behind-the-scenes guide to mastering information design Finally, in one usable format, here's your single-volume resource for designing clear projects that really work for your audience. The Practical Guide to Information Design provides all the tools, resources, and best practices that designers need to create highly successful print and digital information design projects. A brilliant combination of practice and theory, this highly visual book covers the principles of design, perception, and usability, complete with step-by-step examples that feature the work of today's leading professionals. Comprehensively illustrated with hundreds of valuable graphs, maps, tables, line drawings, and photos, The Practical Guide to Information Design features: * Complete descriptions and comparisons of various formats * A range of helpful exercises to reinforce covered material * Handy summary boxes, bulleted lists, captions, and examples * A wealth of useful resources for professionals and students

Complex Digital Hardware Design
Complex Digital Hardware Design

Author: Istvan Nagy

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2024-05-09

Total Pages: 618

ISBN-13: 1040011799

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This book is about how to design the most complex types of digital circuit boards used inside servers, routers and other equipment, from high-level system architecture down to the low-level signal integrity concepts. It explains common structures and subsystems that can be expanded into new designs in different markets. The book is targeted at all levels of hardware engineers. There are shorter, lower-level introductions to every topic, while the book also takes the reader all they way to the most complex and most advanced topics of digital circuit design, layout design, analysis, and hardware architecture.

Wrong Lanes Have Right Turns
Wrong Lanes Have Right Turns

Author: Michael Phillips

Publisher: WaterBrook

Published: 2022-01-25

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0593193911

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The unforgettable true story of one man’s escape from the school-to-prison pipeline, how he reinvented himself as a pastor and education reform advocate, and what his journey can teach us about turning the collateral damage in the lives of our youth into hope. “A heart-wrenching and triumphant story that will change lives.”—Bishop T. D. Jakes Michael Phillips would never become anything. At least, that’s what he was told. It seemed like everyone was waiting for him to just fall through the cracks. After losing his father, suffering a life-altering car accident, and losing his college scholarship, Michael turned to selling drugs to make ends meet. But when his house was raided, he was arrested and thrown into a living nightmare. When it looked like he would be sentenced to spend years behind bars, the judge gave him a choice—go to a special college program for adjudicated youth or face the possibility of a thirty-year prison sentence. It wasn’t hard to pick. From that choice, a mission was born—to help change the system that shuffles so many young Black men like Michael straight from school to prison. Today, Michael is the pastor of a thriving church, a local leader in Baltimore, and a member of the Maryland State Board of Education. He discovered that education was the path to becoming who he was created to be. Armed with research, statistics, and his powerful story, Michael tackles the embedded privilege of the education system and introduces ideas for change that could level the playing field and reduce negative impacts on vulnerable youth. He explores ways in which the readers can help advocate and provide resources for students, and points us to the one thing anyone can start doing, no matter who we are or what our role is: speak into young kids’ lives. Tell them of their inherent worth and purpose. In this inspiring, thought-provoking, and energizing call to action, Michael’s practical steps provide a way forward to anyone wanting to help create space for collateral hope in the lives of for young people around them.