Bøker av Scott Smith

Adapt, embrace uncertainties and create more resilient business strategies by mastering the futuring mindset.

Every year, on 31 December, Hank and his older brother Jacob make a pilgrimage to their father's grave. In the bag is 4.4 million dollars. A Simple Plan is a novel that slowly but surely grips the reader by the throat as it unfolds in an inevitable and doomed spiral of events, through murder, betrayal and mass killing.

Craving an adventure to wake them from their lethargic Mexican holiday before they return home, four friends set off in search of one of their own who has travelled to the interior to investigate an archaeological dig in the Mayan ruins. And at that moment their world changes for ever.

Pickling is the best and most delicious way to preserve food, so it's not surprising why they are so popular around the world. Pickling not only helps preserve fresh produce, but it's also a way to create mouthwatering side dishes and condiments that add an endless variety of vibrant flavors to the table, and fermented foods provide wonderful benefits for gut health and boosting immunity due to the probiotic bacteria created during the fermentation process.From classic dill pickles to sauerkraut, kimchi, salsas, sauces, relishes, pickled meat, fish, and eggs as well as fermented and alcoholic beverages, there is something for everyone in this easy-to-follow pickling and fermenting guide for beginners. This book can help you get the most out of produce, whether you grow it yourself or purchase it from a supermarket or a farmer's market, with step-by-step instructions and useful tips for beginners. You will learn all the dos and don'ts of making homemade pickles and ferments as well as a variety of delicious and easy-to-follow recipes.This book covers them all with a description and instructions for canned hot water bath pickles, refrigerator pickles and lacto fermented pickles as well, along with great, flavorful recipes for each. This book keeps it traditional, but is also pushes the envelope a little with some fresh takes on pickling flavors. This is the perfect starting point for your home pickling adventure. Put down that store bought jar of pickles and get busy making your own, the easy and healthy way.

A fable that takes the reader into the glorious Ozarks, where Sparkle and Blink reside, along with their families and all the inhabitants of their valley. There, you will join them on their journey, as they laugh, play, and experience the ups and downs of life and what having and being a friend means. You will also meet Earth Mother and how she helps them see the value in their relationships with one another, and during that encounter, the reader will learn how the White River was born.

Designing Asynchronous Circuits using NULL Convention Logic (NCL) begins with an introduction to asynchronous (clockless) logic in general, and then focuses on delay-insensitive asynchronous logic design using the NCL paradigm. The book details design of input-complete and observable dual-rail and quad-rail combinational circuits, and then discusses implementation of sequential circuits, which require datapath feedback. Next, throughput optimization techniques are presented, including pipelining, embedding registration, early completion, and NULL cycle reduction. Subsequently, low-power design techniques, such as wavefront steering and Multi-Threshold CMOS (MTCMOS) for NCL, are discussed. The book culminates with a comprehensive design example of an optimized Greatest Common Divisor circuit. Readers should have prior knowledge of basic logic design concepts, such as Boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps. After studying this book, readers should have a good understanding of the differences between asynchronous and synchronous circuits, and should be able to design arbitrary NCL circuits, optimized for area, throughput, and power. Table of Contents: Introduction to Asynchronous Logic / Overview of NULL Convention Logic (NCL) / Combinational NCL Circuit Design / Sequential NCL Circuit Design / NCL Throughput Optimization / Low-Power NCL Design / Comprehensive NCL Design Example

This book reports the results of an ethnographic study, focusing primarily on the experiences of four teachers of the Chinese language in Australian secondary schools. The author creates an audience for their voices as they reflect on their own understandings of culture, language teaching, and culture in language teaching through semi-structured interviews, and compares these reflections with written stimulus dialogues designed to elicit 'culture-in-language' reflections, as well as curriculum and policy documents produced by the Australian government. The book's findings indicate that teachers of the Chinese language are diverse in their views on culture, language teaching, and the ways in which culture can or should inform language teaching, and the author argues that language teacher intercultural competence cannot be assessed through a synthesis of the current English-only research literature. This book will be of interest to teachers and teacher trainers of Chinese as a foreign language, as well as students and scholars of applied linguistics and language education more broadly.

We all have a story to tell. Three years after losing his first wife to breast cancer in 2001, Scott met Rhonda through an Internet dating service, and, after a whirlwind romance, they married in 2005. The next few years were filled with both bliss and the challenges of blending two families and five children. In 2009, Rhonda was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. This book chronicles their seven-year journey through the raw emotions of e-mails exchanged with their amazing support group of church, friends, coworkers, and family. With a skilled and dedicated team of doctors and caregivers on their side, they were carried through it all by the Grace and Strength of their Lord. This is their story.

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Dr. Pray himself has dealt with the roller coaster weight loss lifestyle. Since elementary school he has been on again, off again with any diet he could find. After decades of guilt and disappointment Dr. Pray set out to develop a plan for real people to lose real weight, knowing that a typical ΓÇ£dietΓÇ¥ canΓÇÖt work. In this book you will not find impossible guilt ridden results set forth by a skinny expert. What you will find is a successful weight loss plan from a fellow ΓÇ£fat boyΓÇ¥ who loves to eat as much as you do.ΓÇ£This is a must read for anyone you love who struggles with their weight. Doctor PrayΓÇÖs personal triumph over food addiction is absolutely inspiring!ΓÇ¥ - Dr. Jason M. Lord CEO www.housecallrehab.comAbout The AuthorDr. Doug Pray has almost 15 years of professional experience coaching everyday people to meet their personal weight loss goals. He has researched and experimented with virtually every major weight loss system to hit the market in the last 45 years. He runs a successful clinic and personally coaches hundreds of people on how to control their addiction to food.