Perception by Anil Pathak

Since each individual’s perception is unique, we might encounter communication difficulties when two individuals attribute different meanings to the same utterance, event, or transaction. This book provides practical examples of Perceptual Errors and provides concrete advice to eliminate perceptual blocks in everyday communication.Communication is a two-way process. In this process, both the sender and the receiver are responsible to create and share meaning. This process can be interrupted if there is a wide gap between the perception of the receiver and that of the sender. Problems may arise when the senders or receivers simply accept their initial perception or understanding of the message. Since each individual’s perception is unique, we...

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Software Design Principles by Ludwin Barbin

This book is a compilation of software design principles. Knowing and applying the principles – when, where, how to use – will result to a maintainable, easy to understand, easy to extend, and overall high quality software.This book is a compilation of software design principles. Knowing these principles and applying them will allow you to develop a better quality software.Think of the principles as the pillars of a building. They are the support structures that hold the building together and keep it from crumbling down. They serve as guiding posts for other elements, and provide balance and stability.You will learn the fundamental principles such as Separation of Concern, Low Coupling and High Cohesion, Information Hiding. It also covers principles...

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Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology by Brandon Sanderson

From the Hugo Award-winning hosts of the Writing Excuses writing advice show comes a collection of all-new stories of the fantastic, with beautiful illustrations and a behind-the-scenes look at each story’s creation. Come for the stories by award-winning authors; stay for the peek behind the creative curtain.From the Hugo Award-winning hosts of the Writing Excuses writing advice show comes a collection of all-new stories of the fantastic, with beautiful illustrations and a behind-the-scenes look at each story’s creation.Brandon Sanderson’s “Sixth of the Dusk,” set in his Cosmere universe shared by the Mistborn books and the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive, showcases a society on the brink of technological change. On the deadly...

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Science Surprises: Exploring the Nature of Science by Lawrence Flammer

A text supplement for students in any grade 7-10 science class, it is used with several freely available interactive lessons for a unit on the nature of science (NoS). The unit addresses many of the common misconceptions about NoS. It satisfies virtually all the latest NoS standards (in NGSS, CCSS). It includes strategies for critical and skeptical thinking. Teacher's Guide is also available.Secondary Science Teachers: If you're looking for a unit to teach the nature of science (NoS), with lessons for practicing critical and skeptical thinking, this is it. This new text supplement is intended for students in any science class, grades 7-10. It can replace the usual first chapter in most secondary science textbooks with an updated...

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Breaking Up with Barrett by Katy Regnery

When business partners suggest that a fiancee might soften Barrett English's image over business dinners, he approaches the gardener's daughter, Emily Edwards, for the "job" of fiancee. And while love wasn't necessarily on Barrett's radar, he begins to realize that Emily always has been. But will his take-no-prisoners boardroom tactics work on the heart of the woman he loves?Breaking Up with Barrett is the first of five books about the Philadelphia-based, wildly-handsome English brothers who are all on the look-out for love.(Except Alex. He's a womanizing manwhore. And maybe Stratton, because he's wicked hot, but super awkward around girls.)Barrett English, aka "the Shark," is the fair-haired,...

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The Donors’ Dilemma: Emergence, Convergence and the Future of Foreign Aid by Global Policy

As poverty declines, what if the remaining pockets of poverty are increasingly focused in countries where aid is already on the way to becoming irrelevant as domestic resources grow - such as some middle income countries - or in countries which cannot absorb aid easily and quickly – meaning many fragile states? This is the question addressed by contributors to Global Policy’s first e-book.As poverty declines, what if the remaining pockets of poverty are increasingly focused in countries where aid is already on the way to becoming irrelevant as domestic resources grow - such as some middle income countries - or in countries which cannot absorb aid easily and quickly – meaning many fragile states?This is the question addressed by contributors...

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6 Weeks to Better Adrenal Health and Fat Loss by Jodelle Fitzwater

A 6-week plan designed to provide you quick, tasty, easy-to-throw together meals that will keep you calm under stress, help improve sleep, give you more energy, and create a body that burns fat for energy everyday! You can eat to beat stress, rather than starve yourself to lose fat, and this plan will show you how!Do you suffer from fat around your middle that won't budge? Do you cry at the drop of a hat, sometimes for no reason? Do you have sleep issues, or trouble relaxing? Do you feel like your life is one struggle after another. You are not alone. Stress is one of the biggest epidemics affecting our nation, and one of the leading causes of fat loss that won't budge. While many of our life stressors are beyond our control,...

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Star's Reach by John Michael Greer

More than four centuries have passed since industrial civilization collapsed under the self-inflicted blows of climate change and resource depletion. Now, in the ruins of a city, a young man mining metal risks his life for a priceless clue. Thus begins a quest for a place out of legend where human beings might once have communicated with distant worlds -- a place called Star's Reach.More than four centuries have passed since industrial civilization stumbled to its ruin under the self-inflicted blows of climate change and resource depletion. Now, in the ruins of a deserted city, a young man mining metal risks his life to win a priceless clue. That discovery will send him and an unlikely band of seekers on a quest for a place out of...

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