These no-longer-newlyweds want out of this road trip—and their marriage. Too bad they can’t find the off ramp. Weeks away from their one-year wedding anniversary, Mallory and Connor Duncan can’t even agree on how to end their marriage. But when a last-minute crisis lands them on a three-thousand-mile road trip together, Mallory wonders if their story may not be over after all. The trip begins to unravel before the key is even in the ignition. When an at-risk, trouble-seeking eleven-year-old is unexpectedly thrown into their travel plans, close quarters get even tighter. Soon, the couple believes this whole experience will spell disaster. Their first year of marriage hasn’t been the arm-in-arm togetherness Mallory and Connor expected. But is it possible they will find a new beginning at the end of the road?
If misfortune hadn’t gotten in the way, Sandra Sanborn would be where she belongs—among the rich and privileged instead of standing outside a Hollywood studio wearing a sandwich board in the hope of someone discovering her. It’s tough breaking into the movies during the Great Depression, but Sandra knows that she’s destined for greatness. After all, her grandmother Vira crossed the country during the Gold Rush and established the Sanborns as one of San Francisco’s most prominent families, and her mother Mabel grew up in a lavish mansion and married into an agricultural empire. Success, Sandra feels, is in her blood. She just needs a chance to prove it. In between failed auditions, Sandra receives a letter from a man claiming to be her father, which calls into question everything she believes about her family—and herself. As she tries to climb the social ladder, family secrets lurk in the background, pulling her down. Until Sandra confronts the truth about how Vira and Mabel gained and lost their fortunes, she will always end up right back where she started from. Right Back Where We Started From is a sweeping, multigenerational work of fiction that explores the lust for ambition that entered into the American consciousness during the Gold Rush and how it affected our nation’s ideas of success, failure, and the pursuit of happiness. It is a meticulously layered saga—at once historically rich, romantic, and suspenseful—about three determined and completely unforgettable women.
Growing up I always wanted to be a vet and now as a twenty year old I am finally one, I have my own clinic thanks to my parents. My brother has been helping me to keep taps on all my patients, today I was told by my friends that they found a wolf with a sevear wound and asked if I could take care of him. Now that people know that I was able to take care of a wolf my clinic has started to become more busy, today I am known as the wolf life animal vet. I am happy that I am able to help other type of animals as well, you never know what was going to come inthrough the door. Follow my story of how I went from being a vet to being apart of a werewolf pack, my name is Angela Suarez and this is my story. Come with me to a world that I never knew excisted, my story begins when I took care of a wolf who I later found out was a werewolf and I was his mate. We had our ups and downs through out our relationship but we have been able to overcome them, we were able to make a family that has grown to a family of four. His brothers have become like my brothers as well as his sister have become my sisters just like my brother has become like another one of his brothers, to know more about our life follow me on this adventure of betrayal and forgiveness.
Inventors at Work: The Minds and Motivation Behind Modern Inventions is a collection of interviews with inventors of famous products, innovations, and technologies that have made life easier or even changed the way we live. All of these scientists, engineers, wild-eyed geniuses, and amateur technologists have dedicated their lives to the pursuit of that singular Eureka! moment in their laboratories or garages. Each has altered the modern world as we know it in some significant way. The conversations will show budding tinkerers, professional inventors, educators, and onlookers how the top minds in the field come up with ideas and manage the first steps of inspiration, how they experiment productively, how they “sell” ideas to others and secure funding, how they execute the final product, and how they commercialize and protect their work. All inventors will learn from these conversations, whether they are exploring new chemical compounds in million-dollar labs or perfecting a household gadget or toy in a basement workshop. Author Brett Stern, an inventor himself, explores with each inventor the nature of creativity and intuition, the skill set needed, and the force, motivation, or desire that must be summoned to spend endless hours searching for an answer to a question that no one else has asked or solving a problem most think has no solution. The book is required reading for all technical and creative individuals to better understand the innovation process and the logistics of following through on an idea that has the potential to change society. This book offers: Interviews with inventors of world-changing products and technologies An outline of the steps required in the creative/inventing process whether the goal is a civilization-changing process or a device meant to impress friends and family and perhaps earn license fees. An instructive overview of how to solve problems in innovation—and how to use failures as stepping stones to successful inventions
Deploy serverless and scalable cloud-native applications with Jakarta EEÊ Ê KEY FEATURESÊÊ _ Example-driven approach crafted specially for developers and architects. _ Covers all core areas for cloud-native development. _ Step-by-step implementation of core concepts, including application scalability and security, serverless, and containerization. DESCRIPTIONÊ The book helps readers to get a basic understanding of features provided by the cloud and core concepts of cloud native development. A hands-on approach makes sure that after reading the book, one can straight away implement the concepts in their daily design and development activities.Ê The book starts with the basics of cloud computing and moves on to understanding the core concepts to create a production-ready cloud-native application. The book helps readers to develop a code that is testable and maintainable to support Agile cloud native development. This book also talks about the security and scalability aspects of applications which are the backbone of any large-scale application. The book covers advanced cloud-native application development approaches using containers and serverless approaches. The book will help readers to get ready for a cloud-native development journey. Whether one is creating a small application or a large-scale application, core concepts explained in this book remain relevant and will work as a guiding light for developers and architects.ÊÊÊ WHAT YOU WILL LEARN _ Explains the core features that are part of cloud computing. _ Build applications that are fast to market due to testability and maintainability. _ Build applications that are secured against vulnerabilities. _ Build applications that are easy to scale. WHO THIS BOOK IS FORÊÊ The book is meant for software developers, architects, and technical readers who want to learn about Cloud-based application development. Basic knowledge of the Java programming language or Jakarta EE platform is expected to understand code examples used in the book. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction to Cloud Computing 2. Design for Cloud 3. Major Players in Cloud Computing 4. Sample Application Using Jakarta EE 5. Testing Cloud-Native Applications 6. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery 7. Securing Cloud-Based Applications 8. Scalability 9. Monitoring, Alerting, and Reporting 10. Containers 11. Serverless Computing 12. Best Practices for Developing Cloud-Native Applications
The Business Year is celebrating its 10th year in Mexico with the release of this special edition publication, which compiles over 100 interviews with business leaders and governmental authorities. With nothing to compare the current environment with, companies have been forced to make their own predictions on what the future will hold and, now that the dust has settled, the true winners and losers of the COVID-19 crisis are being revealed. This 160-page publication aims to provide a platform for the country's decision makers at a time of global uncertainty and act as a guide for investors looking seriously at the North American economy. It covers finance, the green economy, energy, industry, agriculture, IT and telecoms, logistics, security, real estate, health, and tourism.
