Although many organizations have embraced SharePoint, most just scratch the surface of its potential to provide comprehensive business process automation solutions--even though all the components are there to do so. Written by two SharePoint MVPs, this comprehensive guide shows you step by step how to build solutions to real-world problems using SharePoint 2010 and leverage the exciting new workflow capabilities Microsoft introduced in the platform. The authors dive into a variety of common challenges that companies face every day and explore them in great detail--while also offering specific instructions and screenshots--so you can confidently know when and how to use SharePoint Designer as well as Visual Studio. Professional Workflow in SharePoint 2010: 
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<li>Presents an approachable and highly effective method for engaging with your end user community 
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<li>Empowers non-technical users to create simple but valuable business applications thereby freeing developers for more complex tasks 
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<li>Demonstrates ways to use SharePoint Designer to create a variety of top-notch solutions, including on-boarding, time off requests, helpdesk ticketing, and many more 
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<li>Shares ways to build custom actions using Visual Studio® to be integrated directly into SharePoint Designer</li>
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Professional Workflow in SharePoint 2010: Real World Business Workflow Solutions

Computers & Technology

WARD, PETER

Beckett, Chris

Miller,Mark

Galvin, Paul J.

Ethirajulu, Udayakumar

Networking & Cloud Computing

Wrox

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. Our October 2015 issue (#109) contains: <ul> <li>Original Fiction by A.C. Wise ("And If the Body Were Not the Soul"), Rich Larson ("Ice"), Kola Heyward-Rotimi ("The Father"), Karen Heuler ("Egg Island"), and Hao Jingfang ("Summer at Grandma's House").</li> <li>Reprints by G. David Nordley ("War, Ice, Egg, Universe") and Chris Beckett ("The Peacock Cloak").</li> <li>Non-fiction by Tomas Petrasek (Sunless Worlds), an interview with Catherynne M. Valente, an Another Word column by Alethea Kontis, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.</li> </ul>

Clarkesworld Issue 109 (Clarkesworld Magazine)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Clarke, Neil

Heuler, Karen

Larson, Rich

Jingfang, Hao

Nordley, G. David

Wise, A.C.

Heyward-Rotimi, Kola

Science Fiction

Clarkesworld Magazine

Child Protection: An Introduction

`All readers will be drawn to the style of the book as well as its content. The structure will make sure that it is not just a "one-off", being read as part of a course of study, but a book which is used frequently as a source of reference′ - Child Abuse Review `[Child Protection provides] a clear explanation of the Department of Health definitions of child abuse and suggests signs which may arouse suspicion. The exercises interspersed within the text would each provide opportunity for lively debate and indeed Beckett encourages this in his ensuing discussion′ - Accident and Emergency Nursing Journal `This book is clearly written and would be a useful reference for professional wishing to gain information about protecting children from child abuse. The author makes extensive use of case examples to illustrate points and this adds to the clear style of the book′ - Community Practitioner `Professionals who have regular contact with children (e.g., teachers, psychologists, or general practitioners) could benefit from the author′s very practical approach to indentifying and responding to suspected child maltreatment. In addition to being a useful resouce in itself, this text could be used successfully in a classroom setting with social work students or as a professional development tool for new and experienced child-protection social workers′ - Journal of Family Studies Child Protection provides a very readable introduction to child protection work. It is for social work students, experienced and non-experienced social workers and the whole range of professionals - nurses, police officers, teachers, doctors - who are following up concerns about the abuse and neglect of children. It is based on the author′s 18 years of experience in practice as well as his current work as a social work teacher. The material is presented in a fresh and accessible way. Chris Beckett makes extensive use of case examples to illustrate points and encourage readers to test their own thinking. He provides clear introductions, summaries and conclusions and invites the reader to reflect on what is being discussed and to relate these points to specific situations that might be encountered in practice and everyday life. Part One outlines the job of a child protection social worker - what it entails and the demand made on social workers Part Two looks at the different ways in which children can be abused and neglected and considers the indicators and warning signs as well as the long-term consequences. Part Three considers the causes of abuse and neglect. What leads adults to mistreat their children or fail to provide the care and protection they need? Part Four explores some of the difficulties and dilemmas involved in child protection social work. This is an excellent, clear and inspiring book and is a must for anyone embarking on or already involved in child protection work.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Sage Publications Ltd.

`All readers will be drawn to the style of the book as well as its content. The structure will make sure that it is not just a "one-off", being read as part of a course of study, but a book which is used frequently as a source of reference′ - Child Abuse Review `[Child Protection provides] a clear explanation of the Department of Health definitions of child abuse and suggests signs which may arouse suspicion. The exercises interspersed within the text would each provide opportunity for lively debate and indeed Beckett encourages this in his ensuing discussion′ - Accident and Emergency Nursing Journal `This book is clearly written and would be a useful reference for professional wishing to gain information about protecting children from child abuse. The author makes extensive use of case examples to illustrate points and this adds to the clear style of the book′ - Community Practitioner `Professionals who have regular contact with children (e.g., teachers, psychologists, or general practitioners) could benefit from the author′s very practical approach to indentifying and responding to suspected child maltreatment. In addition to being a useful resouce in itself, this text could be used successfully in a classroom setting with social work students or as a professional development tool for new and experienced child-protection social workers′ - Journal of Family Studies Child Protection provides a very readable introduction to child protection work. It is for social work students, experienced and non-experienced social workers and the whole range of professionals - nurses, police officers, teachers, doctors - who are following up concerns about the abuse and neglect of children. It is based on the author′s 18 years of experience in practice as well as his current work as a social work teacher. The material is presented in a fresh and accessible way. Chris Beckett makes extensive use of case examples to illustrate points and encourage readers to test their own thinking. He provides clear introductions, summaries and conclusions and invites the reader to reflect on what is being discussed and to relate these points to specific situations that might be encountered in practice and everyday life. Part One outlines the job of a child protection social worker - what it entails and the demand made on social workers Part Two looks at the different ways in which children can be abused and neglected and considers the indicators and warning signs as well as the long-term consequences. Part Three considers the causes of abuse and neglect. What leads adults to mistreat their children or fail to provide the care and protection they need? Part Four explores some of the difficulties and dilemmas involved in child protection social work. This is an excellent, clear and inspiring book and is a must for anyone embarking on or already involved in child protection work.

Human Growth and Development

This textbook provides a student-friendly introduction to social and psychological human development across the lifespan. The author presents the key theories and empirical evidence about the way people grow and change over the lifespan, relating theoretical ideas to practice. The book uses examples based on real situations and invites the reader to measure ideas against their own experience and intuitions. It contains a wealth of material, presented with a strong focus on clarity and explanation.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

WINNER OF THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD • “A stunning novel and a beautiful evocation of a truly alien world.”—Sunday Times (UK) “Beckett renders the terror of the darkness beyond the forests with a riveting deftness that evokes all primordial fears of the unknown.”—N. K. Jemisin, The New York Times Book Review On the alien, sunless planet they call Eden, the 532 members of the Family take shelter beneath the light and warmth of the Forest’s lantern trees. Beyond the Forest lie the mountains of the Snowy Dark and a cold so bitter and a night so profound that no man has ever crossed it. The Oldest among the Family recount legends of a world where light came from the sky, where men and women made boats that could cross the stars. These ships brought us here, the Oldest say—and the Family must only wait for the travelers to return. But young John Redlantern will break the laws of Eden, shatter the Family and change history. He will abandon the old ways, venture into the Dark . . . and discover the truth about their world. Already remarkably acclaimed in the United Kingdom, Dark Eden is science fiction as literature: part parable, part powerful coming-of-age story, set in a truly original alien world of dark, sinister beauty and rendered in prose that is at once strikingly simple and stunningly inventive. Praise for Dark Eden “A linguistic and imaginative tour de force.”—The Guardian (UK) “Captivating and haunting . . . human plight and alien planet are both superbly evoked.”—Daily Mail (UK) “Pure astonishment and pleasure, a storytelling ride full of brio and wonder.”—Locus

Dark Eden

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Crown

“We speak of a mother’s love, but we forget her power.” Civilization has come to the alien, sunless planet its inhabitants call Eden. Just a few generations ago, the planet’s five hundred inhabitants huddled together in the light and warmth of the Forest’s lantern trees, afraid to venture out into the cold darkness around them. Now, humanity has spread across Eden, and two kingdoms have emerged. Both are sustained by violence and dominated by men – and both claim to be the favored children of Gela, the woman who came to Eden long ago on a boat that could cross the stars, and became the mother of them all. When young Starlight Brooking meets a handsome and powerful man from across Worldpool, she believes he will offer an outlet for her ambition and energy. But she has no inkling that she will become a stand-in for Gela herself, and wear Gela’s fabled ring on her own finger—or that in this role, powerful and powerless all at once, she will try to change the course of Eden’s history.

Mother of Eden: A Novel (Dark Eden)

When Illyria, a scientific utopia founded as a refuge from a wave of religious fundamentalism sweeping the planet, starts becoming as closed-minded and stifling as the religion-dominated world outside, George Simling, the sone of a former geneticist, must find a way to stop it. Original.

The Holy Machine

Cosmos

Winner of the Edge Hill Short Fiction Award 2009, this a collection of 14 short stories by the author of Dark Eden and The Holy Machine.

The Turing Test

Short Stories & Anthologies

Elastic Press

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