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A star athlete and Olympic prospect, Kal Carter is bound for greatness. Everyone says it, only he's not sure he entirely believes it. Because he's lost something he can't replace, and most days he feels like he's holding up the sky; and doing it all on his own. To maintain focus, he never lets anyone close except in the most superficial ways, and he's become very good at it. Until a long, cold week when the solitary girl next door who never speaks, smiles, or makes eye contact barges into his life and seems poised to upend the whole doggone thing.

Are you writing a novel, but having trouble getting your first draft written? You've heard of "outlining," but that sounds too rigid for you. You've heard of "organic writing," but that seems a bit squishy to you. Take a look at the wildly popular Snowflake Method - a battle-tested series of 10 steps that jump-start your creativity and help you quickly map out your story. All around the world, novelists are using the Snowflake Method right now to ignite their imaginations and get their first drafts down on paper. In this book, you'll follow the story of a fictitious novelist as she learns to tap into the amazing power of the Snowflake Method. Almost magically, she finds her story growing from a simple idea into a deep and powerful novel. And she finds her novel changing her - turning her into a stronger, more courageous person.

Data engineering has grown rapidly in the past decade, leaving many software engineers, data scientists, and analysts looking for a comprehensive view of this practice. With this practical book, you'll learn how to plan and build systems to serve the needs of your organization and customers by evaluating the best technologies available through the framework of the data engineering lifecycle.

Eighteen-year-old Debbie was raised on her family’s rural dairy farm, 40 minutes and a world away from Dublin. She lives with her mother, Maeve, a skittish woman who takes to her bed for days on end, claims not to know who Debbie’s father is, and believes her dreams are prophecies. Rounding out their small family is Maeve’s brother, Billy, who lives in a caravan behind their house, drinks too much, and likes to impersonate famous dead writers online. Though they may have their quirks, the Whites’ fierce love for one another is never in doubt. But Debbie’s life is changing.

Kick off your learning journey with Snowflake by studying for the SnowPro Core certification! This certification allows you to validate your experience with one of the fastest growing cloud-based data platforms. This book will form a key part of your preparation for the SnowPro Core certification by explaining the new concepts and terminology Snowflake introduces. The author has been working with the Snowflake data platform since 2017 and has also supported over 2,500 students in going to the SnowPro Core certification through his Udemy practice exam course. He is therefore well placed to ...

Marcin Zukowski, Thierry Cruanes, and Benoit Dageville had a mission. As Snowflake’s founders, they wanted to make all types of data available to anybody with permission to use it via a simple and inexpensive mechanism. Their collective efforts drove the breakthrough creation of the Data Cloud. Snowflake’s Data Cloud platform ingests available data and transforms it into information. Without the ability to effectively process, data is just a collection of raw facts.

Leah has spent her formative years isolated on a remote island with her family. But their quiet existence, far from the devastated mainland, is cracking. Father, sensing a coming threat, demands that a wall be built. As the stone blockade rises, Father’s paranoia escalates. So does Leah’s dread that the violence the family left behind has found its way to their sanctuary.

🎄 “A dash of flour, a pinch of stage fright, and a whole lot of love.” ❄️ Shy small-town baker, Janine Massey has a secret crush on Alex Hendricks, her best friend and Winterhaven’s handsome drama teacher. When Alex is cast as Mr. Darcy in the town’s Christmas play, Janine reluctantly steps into Elizabeth Bennet’s shoes—and possibly into true love. As rehearsals heat up and snowflakes fall, Janine and Alex discover a chemistry that goes beyond the stage. But with a big-city theater group eyeing Alex's talent and a sophisticated talent scout determined to whisk him away to...

Learning Snowflake equips individuals with expertise in a leading cloud-based data platform, enhancing their data management and analytics skills, which are highly sought after in today's data-driven job market. Find below the chapters of this ebook. 1. Introduction What is Snowflake? How Snowflake Differs 2. Getting Started Setting Up a Snowflake Account Basic Terminology Loading and Querying Data 3. Core Concepts Virtual Warehouses Storage Time Travel Data Sharing 4. Advanced Features Snowpipe Snowflake Pricing Table Types Roles and Users 5. Real-World Applications Building a Data ...

Lori Belkin has been dumped. By her parents. They moved out while she was away on holiday, and now, at the tender age of 25, she must stand on her own two feet. While she’s getting to grips with basic adulting, Lori magically brings to life the super-sexy man she created from celebrity photos as a teenager. Lori learns very quickly that having your ideal man is not as satisfying as it ought to be and that being an adult is far harder than it looks.

This Christmas, find love under a sky of falling snowflakes...In Evergreen Hills, Christmas isn't just a season, it's a promise of new beginnings and whispered dreams taking flight. Rachel Turner, escaping heartbreak and city shadows, seeks solace in this enchanting haven. Stranded in a snowstorm, she is rescued by handsome Evergreen Hills local, Ethan Harper, his smile as rugged as the pines. They share book-filled nights and family traditions waiting for the storm to pass, Ethan's frozen heart finding solace in Rachel's vibrant spirit. Yet, shadows linger. Ethan grieves a lost love, ...

Rakel is a princess who should have been queen. Instead, as a despised magic user, she has spent most of her life exiled on a barren mountain, alone in her ice castle. But her empty life is shattered when an army of magic users invades her home country, bringing cruelty and darkness in their wake.

Snowflake CRO, Chris Degnan, and CMO, Denise Persson, have one of the longest executive sales and marketing relationships in history. They each built their teams from the ground up to help catapult Snowflake from a startup to one of the fastest-growing technology companies. Learn how Chris and Denise united two historically divided teams in Corporate America to achieve long-lasting customer relationships and enduring company success.

An inspirational collection of winter and Christmas themed haiku to help you relax.Enjoy a daily haiku paired with gorgeous seasonal images as well as haiku for "The 12 Days of Christmas". What readers say about Patricia's haiku:"Haikus at the end were tiny diamonds." (Kathryn Meyer Griffith, long time author) "Haiku as little gems of brilliance."(Linda Hill, Book reviewer and blogger) "I really liked the haiku – these short bursts of Japanese poetry."(Nicola, Short Book and Scribes blogger and reviewer) CANDLELIGHT "Enchanting secretScattered around, never lost.A shared dream lives on." ...

From the time he was a small boy in Vermont, Wilson Bentley saw snowflakes as small miracles. And he determined that one day his camera would capture for others the wonder of the tiny crystal. Bentley's enthusiasm for photographing snowflakes was often misunderstood in his time, but his patience and determination revealed two important truths: No two snowflakes are alike; and each one is startlingly beautiful.

Reluctant to leave her cherished New England hometown after her sister's winter wedding, former journalist Vera Sterling makes a sudden decision. She takes what's left of her severance pay and invests it in real estate ... in one particular drafty colonial home and old timber barn set upon the pretty banks of Addison Cove. In that rough-hewn barn, she discovers a secret treasure left behind by the previous owner, the proprietor of the long-forgotten Christmas Barn gift shop. While restoring her run-down, wood-sided home--its creaking floors, broken banister, and neglected widow's walk--that secret slowly unfolds like a bit of snowflake wonder, crystallizing hopes and dreams for many in this small Connecticut town.

The Secret Life of Snow pulls back the frosty curtain on winter’s most fascinating wonders, revealing the incredible science, chemistry, and weather patterns that create snowflakes, blizzards, and icy spectacles across the globe.

A must-listen holiday romance from the author of The Little Cornish House and Summer in the Scottish Highlands.

Snowflakes melt under pressure. Diamonds are made by it. The robots aren’t coming — they’re already here. AI, automation, and corporate disruption are rewriting the rules of work at lightning speed. Jobs are disappearing. Roles are changing. Identities are being tested. But here’s the truth: your greatest asset isn’t your résumé, your title, or even your skills. It’s your ability to master pressure, regulate your state, and lead yourself with presence when the world tilts.

After being in a relationship for three years, Noelle Frost is faced with the reality that she was definitely the better half. Her friends, ecstatic she's dropped the dead weight of a cheating boyfriend, urge her to get away for the holiday and take some time for herself. Not sure if that'll fix anything, but willing to try, she books a last-minute trip to the world-renowned Mistletoe Mountain Resort. Noelle boards the plane with the promise of peace and relaxation on the horizon.