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Aveline is a space for the season of life that no one really prepares you for, the in-between. The season where you’re dreaming, discovering, building, and becoming… all at once. Where you feel the pull toward something more, but you’re still figuring out what that looks like. Through honest conversations and meaningful stories, Aveline brings together young women who are doing brave, meaningful things with their lives, even as they’re still figuring it out. You’ll hear what this season actually feels like, the questions they’re asking, and the steps they’re taking anyway. ...

It’s been one bad relationship after the other for Josslyn Tait. She can’t seem to find one person that wants to be in a committed relationship with her. After finding her ex in bed with another woman, she’s just about ready to give up on finding love altogether. Enter Kate. Kate Parker. The sister of her best friend and roommate. Also the biggest player in Riverside, and Josslyn’s least favorite person. Okay, that position was already filled by the guy who just cheated on her, but she was still pretty low on the list. When Kate offers to be her wing woman and help her out in the ...

JJ Avery was a hopeless romantic. Though she wasn't sure how. The love of her life broke her heart into a bunch of pieces. You'd think that would have turned her against love, but if anything it motivated her more to find the real love of her life. Unfortunately, the woman that broke her heart still had it. It's been six years since she was ghosted by her ex-girlfriend and she still can't connect with someone like she connected with Callie. On the night of Valentine's Day, she finally has a date with someone she met online. Someone that she could actually see herself falling for. Someone ...

In How To Become CTO, former Meta and 4x CTO Aleks Kudic has written an essential guide for CTOs and Engineering Managers who want to actually lead, not just manage. Open this book to any page and find a short, provocative piece of brutally honest advice written in a conversational tone. Each of the 164 rules—spanning 1-4 pages—focuses on a specific action that should be taken, a trait that needs to be developed, or things to avoid. The words never and always are used frequently. These are smart, no-nonsense engineering leadership messages that are meant to be revisited throughout your ...

Brought to you by Penguin. What does it mean for us all when death is treated as a glitch and Silicon Valley invests in the “science” of eternal life? From the epic of Gilgamesh to the alchemy of the philosopher’s stone, humanity’s eternal quest for immortality – and its rejuvenation...

This is a super-short read (takes only 10 minutes to finish) and explains the single most important rule you should follow as CTO and Engineering Manager. Forget technology. Forget investors. Forget shareholders. Forget Scrum. Forget DevOps. There is one - and only one - thing that matters to you as CTO and Engineering Manager.

An ISIS terrorist planned to kill more than 500 people. He would have succeeded except for three American friends who refused to give in to fear. On August 21, 2015, Ayoub El-Khazzani boarded train #9364 in Brussels, bound for Paris. There could be no doubt about his mission: he had an AK-47, a...

Dla szóstki dawnych przyjaciół miał to być nie tylko relaksujący wypad w Tatry, ale i okazja, aby po latach odnowić znajomość. Nic jednak nie idzie tak, jak sobie zaplanowali. Kiedy zaś w czasie kuligu dochodzi do morderstwa córki właściciela pensjonatu "Pod Śnieżycą", szybko okazuje się, że kilkoro z tego grona miało powód, aby je popełnić. Mało tego! Jedno z nich nie jest tym, za kogo się podaje. Kto stworzył sobie fałszywą tożsamość? Kto ciągle nie może się pogodzić z tym, że został porzucony? Kto od lat skrywa w sobie mroczną tajemnicę? I wreszcie: kto jest mordercą? Komisarz Krzysztof Darski rozpoczyna śledztwo.

The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * An ISIS terrorist planned to kill more than 500 people. He would have succeeded except for three American...

Anti-Conventional Management: Challenging the Status Quo Think you understand management? This book invites you to think again. In a world driven by universally accepted management practices, Anti-Conventional Management prompts you to challenge the routine, to question the status quo, and to embrace a new era of leadership and organizational dynamics. What This Book Offers: Chapter 1: Leadership Myths Debunking the myths that may be holding you back. Chapter 2: Decision-making & Informed Risk-taking Because true leadership knows when to take that leap. Chapter 3: Teamwork with Constructive...

This is a super-short, 10-minute read and explains the most important contract clauses you should know about as CTO. Contracts are where risk and reward meet. No previous knowledge of law is required. Forget technology. Forget sales talk. Forget promises. There are only 9 things that really matter when reviewing contracts as CTO.

If you’re a mom (or mom-to-be) who wants to raise decent human beings, maintain your pre-baby identity and not lose your sh*t along the way, congrats: you’ve just found the parenting book of your dreams. The Rebel Mama's Handbook for (Cool) Moms is a girlfriend’s guide to early motherhood...

A queer dating memoir-in-essays about what we mistake for love and what it costs when we keep mistaking it. This is a memoir-in-essays for anyone who has ever confused intensity with intimacy. Aleks Filmore moves through a series of modern dating disasters with sharp observation and zero patience for self-mythology. Each boyfriend arrives with a new script, a new excuse, and a familiar pattern hiding in plain sight. The humor is real. The damage is also real. The book lives in that exact overlap: laughing at the mess while inventorying what the mess cost. It is part comedy of errors, part ...

Book 2 of I Want It All With You Series Wendy Torres was a firm believer in being able to have it all. Great career, loving wife, and two kids. Maybe a dog. It was possible. She witnessed her parents have it all. She was so close to her dream. Right until her ex girlfriend dumped her out of nowhere. Now, she had to start from scratch with someone else. Only she's not sure if she can go through putting herself out there again only to have her heart broken. Enter Eve Tilman. The complete opposite of Wendy. She doesn't want it all. She's happy to become the rich aunt that runs her family's ...

Она – владелица успешного PR-агентства. Он, на первый взгляд, обычный опер. Их пути разошлись много лет назад, когда амбициозная девочка вместо чувств выбрала карьеру. Кажется, что теперь у них не может быть ничего общего, но... у судьбы всегда есть свой "план Б". И неожиданное "соседство" станет для взрывной парочки настоящим испытанием на прочность!

This is a super-short read (takes only 10 minutes to finish) and explains the most important due diligence areas and findings you should know about as a business leader. Due diligence is the process of identifying and quantifying the risk of partnering with a supplier or investing in a business. No previous knowledge of law or financial audit is required. Forget sales talk. Forget the promises you’ve been given. There are only 5 audit areas with 15 findings that really matter when performing due diligence as a business leader or manager.

When Alex Blake moved to Connecticut, she had one goal in mind. Become the best swimmer of the swim team of her new high school. After her mom gets a job as the principal of her new high school, Alex is forced to finish her final two years of high school in a new state. When Alex runs into Emma, it's anything but love at first sight. An initial conflict causes the girls to dislike each other. But, fate keeps throwing them together. After learning they share multiple classes together, they find out that they're also both two of the best swimmers on the team. After Alex finds Emma crying in ...

Life changes for Faith Cahill when she bumps into Chandler Reynolds, a new transfer student from California. Chandler is everything Faith isn’t. She’s kind, cheerful, and optimistic about everything. Faith tries to avoid Chandler, but something about her fascinates Faith. Chandler is just the friend Faith needs when her life seems to be headed for a downward spiral. Faith is returning to soccer after sitting the previous year out due to an injury. Her family has been torn apart by her father’s infidelity, which has caused her mother’s drinking problem to get completely out of hand. ...

Zdradzony przez narzeczoną i oszukany przez wspólnika trzydziestoletni Michał marzy o tym, aby zacząć nowe życie. Kiedy dowiaduje się, że podczas II wojny światowej jego rodzina ukryła w małym miasteczku na północy Polski skarb, wyrusza na jego poszukiwanie. Sęk w tym, że w miejscu ukrycia skarbu stoi teraz restauracja prowadzona przez rówieśniczkę Michała, Malwinę. Dziewczyna ma problem ze swoim ukochanym, który "odszedł w siną dal", i babcią, która po wielu latach wróciła z Francji i koniecznie chciałaby teraz w restauracji wnuczki serwować żabie udka i ślimaki.

It's been twelve years since Faith Cahill and Chandler Reynolds fell in love. A lot has happened over those twelve years. Faith found moderate success as an actress in New York. Chandler is fulfilling her dream of becoming a doctor. The couple even had a baby girl together, Kylie. There's only one problem. They're not together anymore. When they both meet new people, Faith and Chandler struggle with watching each other move on. An encounter together threatens to derail the progress they've made in moving on from each other. Is the couple doomed to repeat the past or are they truly meant to ...