Parts Unknown is Kevin Brennan's masterfully rendered debut novel of a man's decision to leave behind the life intended for him and the turbulent emotions unleashed in his family when he attempts to make amends.
As a young man, Bill Argus abandoned his wife, their young son, and his family's dairy farm in the Sonoma County hamlet of Pianto. Now sixty-three, the once-famous photographer is overcome with the need to find forgiveness and redemption from those he left behind. Journeying back to the small, dreary California town, he is disoriented to find a ragged skeleton of the boyhood farm he remembered and his family unmoved and indifferent to his return. Bill's awkward homecoming is reported through the eyes of his second wife, Nora -- twenty years his junior -- who has her own troubled family history. Her father, much like Bill, deserted his family when Nora was just a toddler, never to return; and she has been estranged from her mother for more than half of her life. Bearing witness to Bill's reception by his brother, aunt, and his long-abandoned wife spark in Nora a revisiting of her complicated history, and soon she, too, sets off on a spiritual journey to explore her own parts unknown.
Set against the wild beauty of the California desert, this deftly imagined first novel lovingly maps the diverse terrain of the human heart as it probes the intricate bonds of family and the complex nature of forgiveness and love. Soulful and poignant, Kevin Brennan's Parts Unknown is a striking meditation on the elusive nature of redemption and marks the debut of a gifted new voice in fiction.

Parts Unknown: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Brennan, Kevin

United States

William Morrow

As a young man, Bill Argus abandoned his wife, their young son, and his family's dairy farm in the Sonoma County hamlet of Pianto. Now sixty-three, the once-famous photographer is overcome with the need to find forgiveness from those he left behind. Journeying back to the small dreary California town, he is disoriented after finding a ragged skeleton of the boyhood farm he remembers, and a family unmoved and indifferent to his return. 
Bill's awkward homecoming is seen through the eyes of his second wife, Nora (twenty years his junior), who has her own troubled family history. Bearing witness to Bill's reception in Pianto sparks in Nora a revisiting of her own complicated past, and soon, she too sets off on a spiritual journey to explore her own parts unknown.
Set against the wild beauty of the California desert, this deftly imagined first novel lovingly maps the diverse terrain of the human heart as it probes the intricate bonds of family and the complex nature of forgiveness and love.

Harper-perennial

The Songbird 7 & the Vengeance of Rox

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Adept Solutions Publications

Sorcerers and wizards are not the only practitioners of the magical arts. Esoteric orders of arcane initiates push the boundaries of magic beyond the limits of tomes and blood. The Abbey of Green Steel trains monks that pack a magical punch, the Servants of Decay subvert civilization with dark rites, and The School Behind the Veil teaches warriors to use divination to best their opponents. Arcana: Societies of Magic details six different organizations that employ unique styles of magic to achieve their ends. The description of each society includes information of the group's history, goals, hierarchy, and leaders, as well as a map of its headquarters. New skills, feats, spells and prestige classes make it a complete package. Like Green Ronin's award-winning Freeport series, Arcana: Societies of Magic can be used in any fantasy campaign.

Arcana: Societies Of Magic

Gaming

Green Ronin Publishing

Tommy has outgrown his favorite pajamas. He is taken on an imaginitive search to find a new pair. Bilingual text in English and Spanish.

Jimmy Jammers:Jaimito pijama

Children's Books

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Raven Tree Press

When the thirty-eight-year-old San Francisco doctor meets her new patient, a handsome British expat with the unlikely name of Dylan Cakebread (and an uncanny resemblance to Jude Law), she’s convinced it’s the start of her own relationship novel. He’s an architect, no less -- always a key piece of her most indulgent fantasies -- and the heroine of a relationship novel always gets her fantasy man, right? Though their shaky start raises red flags that her oldest girlfriend, Jules, is quick to point out, Sarah can’t help it. She falls hard for Dylan and it appears to be a two-way street. But maybe meeting your perfect mate in the exam room isn’t the best opening act. Sarah thinks she’s the cure for what ails him, but soon she learns the secret Dylan has been keeping from her. Now she has to choose between happiness and the illusion of it -- if Dylan doesn’t take the choice out of her hands first. It’s starting to look like this isn’t her relationship novel at all: it’s his.

Occasional Soulmates

Women's Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Volume of the Business Analysis Essential Library Series Getting It Right: Business Requirement Analysis Tools and Techniques, presents principles and practices for effective requirements analysis and specification, and a broad overview of the requirements analysis and specification processes. This critical reference is designed to help the business analyst decide which requirement artifacts should be produced to adequately analyze requirements. Examine the complete spectrum of business requirement analysis from preparation through documentation. Learn the steps in the analysis and specification process, as well as, how to choose the right requirements analysis techniques for your project.

Getting It Right: Business Requirement Analysis Tools and Techniques

Business & Money

Hass, Kathleen B.

Wessels, Don J.

Industries

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Mastering Product Management: A Step-By-Step Guide offers practical, real-world advice on how to create and capture value as a Product Manager. It covers the full product life cycle, from idea discovery through end-of-life. Each section is scannable and concise, around two to three pages. Rather than diving deep into the theoretical background of a given area, it serves as a checklist of the key steps a Product Manager should take to complete a given task.
<ul>
<li>Source new ideas that succeed</li>
<li>Set a compelling product vision and strategy</li>
<li>Search for profitable new business models</li>
<li>Become a market expert</li>
<li>Effectively manage roadmaps</li>
<li>Ensure a successful product launch</li>
<li>Understand value and price profitably</li>
<li>Build and manage high-performance teams</li>
<li>And much more!</li>
</ul>
This book is a convenient reference guide that you can use throughout your workday. It's meant for Product Managers of all levels and for anyone wishing to understand what it takes to define, develop, launch, and market new products successfully.

Mastering Product Management: A Step-by-Step Guide

Computers & Technology

Programming

Kevin Brennan

The growth of digital media, products and services has resulted in a change in the way companies do business. With technology moving to the forefront, and consumers demanding simpler ways to do business, companies have increasingly turned to product managers to deliver an end-to-end, integrated experience. With this practical guide, you’ll learn how to understand the needs of external customers without requirements elicitation or sign-offs, the difference between customer and business value, and why you need to create both. You’ll discover how to respond to changes in the market and the actions of competitors. You’ll understand how to develop new products, launch them into the market, and how to deliver business outcomes through the maturity and eventual retirement of your product.

Digital Product Management

Godwin, Sallie

Hendrickx, Filip

Management & Leadership

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

John Gorman’s story is very much about a football man, but it is also much more than just that.After a lifetime in the game John thought he had seen and done it all. He had played, coached and managed at the top and experienced the harsh realities of survival at the lower end of the scale. There was little in professional football that he had not had to cope with. But on a cold February day in 2006 as he gazed lovingly into the weary eyes of his dying wife, Myra, he knew trying to maintain his ability to think clearly as a manager would be impossible.Football had always meant so much to him, but love for his wife meant so much more.

Gory Tales: Autobiography of John Gorman

GORMAN, John

Biographies & Memoirs

G2 Entertainment Ltd

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