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    The Water Hole: A Western Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 513min
    It would seem that the end of every war has been followed in the United States by social and moral changes, mostly for the worse. Zane Grey certainly felt that way about the effects of the Great War, and to show these changes and how to cope with them became the impulse behind what he called The Water Hole. However, before magazine publication, changes were made in his text, including the names of all the characters. Fortunately Grey's original handwritten manuscript has survived, so now this story can be told with his characters named and presented as he intended them to be. In 1925 widowed businessman Elijah Winters brings his daughter, Cherry, from Long Island to stay at a trading post in a remote area some distance from Flagstaff, Arizona. Removed from the country clubs and speakeasies, Cherry is at first bored with simple ranch life, and to entertain herself she flirts with several of the cowboys, not realizing they are very different from the young men she knew back east. Also very different is Stephen Heftral, a young archaeologist who is searching for an ancient and lost kiva ofa primitive Indian tribe that disappeared centuries before in what became the land of the Navajos. Heftral believes that this lost kiva is most probably in a desert fastness called Beckyshibeta, the Navajo word for waterhole. Elijah colludes with Heftral to awaken Cherry to a new and healthier way of life by taking her, by force if necessary, to the site. Cherry resents being kidnapped but comes to forget the luxury of her past in the beauty and dangers of the canyons - and in the thrill of making an important archaeological discovery. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christine Williams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/006337/bk_blak_006337_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    How to Get Unstuck and Live Your Best Life: 2 Books in 1: Ikigai: How to Choose Your Career Path and Discover Your Strengths + Your Unlimited Opportunities & the Art of Personal Transformation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 386min
    Become your own life coach without spending hundreds on one-on-one calls.With the right tools and techniques at your disposal, you can train yourself to become truly limitless, retaining large amounts of information, maintaining concentration with ease, and even becoming more creative and effectively accomplishing brand-new tasks.In Your Unlimited Opportunities & the Art of Personal Transformation, you’ll discover:Why your limiting belief system is the number one obstacle in the way of your success and how you can overcome it todayHow you can turn your emotions into a superpower and why this will impress the heck out of your bossBrand-new scientific insight into the art of being present, as well as how this will bring you the peace of mind you’re in need ofA six-step method to memorizing anything quickly and easily, even if you’re notorious for being "the forgetful one"The hidden aspects of procrastination and failure and how you can turn them around for creating a more successful futureNever-before-known meditations that will help you become exceptional at anything you doIn Ikigai: How to Choose your Career Path and Discover Your Strengths, you will discover:A simple exercise that will help you know yourself more and understand what you find meaningful in a jobInspirational stories of career shifts that show you anything’s possible, even if you’re in your forties and in a totally unrelated industryWhy you can be a stronger candidate than people with more experience and how you can build up your knowledge and skills without getting another degreeAnd so much more...With just a few minutes of focus per day, you can guide yourself toward a life of abundant opportunity and endless wealth.If you’re ready to embrace the power within yourself and transform your life into one you love living, then start ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nathaniel Frost. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/221628/bk_acx0_221628_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Rapid Weight Loss Hypnosis: 2 Books in 1: Hypnotic Gastric Band & Positive Affirmations for Weight Loss. Stop Compulsive Eating and Stop Sugar Craving with Self-Hypnosis and Guided Meditation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 646min
    Do you feel like it's a constant struggle to reach your ideal weight?Have you tried countless diets promising you quick and reliable results, yet were left hanging when they failed to deliver on their promises?Do you spend hours in the gym, sweating that fat away, only to realize that there's barely any noticeable change on how you look?If there's one thing anyone who's ever tried getting in shape knows for certain, it’s that weight loss isn't simple.Your mind is your most powerful asset - when you finally come to realize that you can trick it into helping you lose weight, there's not much you wouldn't be able to do anymore....Even going as far as convincing your subconscious that it has undergone a risk-free gastric band surgery through self-hypnosis and guided meditation.In this book, you will discover:How to perform a hypnotic gastric band surgery on yourself, allowing you to feel full from eating small portionsThe five essential pieces of knowledge you need to have in order to increase the success rate of your virtual gastric band surgeryHow to make your own weight loss hypnosis scripts through an in-depth understanding of all the patterns of the hypnotic languageWhat a mindfulness diet is, and how to use positive affirmations and meditation to get the body you've always dreamt ofA wealth of situation-specific affirmations, allowing you to set realistic weight goals, exercise self-control, and maintain motivation throughout the processHow hypnosis will help you heal your relationship with food so that, when you finally reach your goals, you never have to worry about regaining that weight ever againAnd much moreIf you’re ready to finally lose the weight that your body has been forever hanging on to with only the sheer power of your mind, then scroll up and click the “Add to Cart” button right now. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Positive. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/227860/bk_acx0_227860_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    More With Less: How to Declutter Your Home Without Sacrificing Comfort and Coziness , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 81min
    Do you wish for a cleaner and cozier home? Feel overwhelmed by your possessions? If so, it's time to simplify your life!We live in a culture where more is worshiped and encouraged: more money, more stuff, more likes. In the meantime, we get disconnected from ourselves and our loved ones. This audiobook is a heartfelt guide to downsize your house and keep it practical and cozy.After returning home from a six-year world journey, Michelle Moore decided to downsize, simplify, and make her house more homely. In the process, she realized the less she had, the more she could value the things that truly matter in life: friendship, family, self-care, and coziness.More With Less is based on a rational approach to minimalism, but Miss Moore takes the idea further. It is not enough to declutter. It won’t make you happy by itself. In More With Less, the downsizing process runs parallel with ideas on how to make your living space homely.The first half of the audiobook introduces the most trending contemporary concepts of cleaning and organizing:How can you benefit the most from minimalism?The art of creating a minimal but cozy homeThe secrets of Swedish death cleaningPractical tips how to make each month of the year cozy and homely10 power tools to enhance the comfort of your home instantlyThe second half of the audiobook discusses the hands-on practices to downsize and upgrade the comfort of your home:The best selection methods to get rid of mess quickly and effectivelyFolding and organizing methods from the greatest decluttering minds in the worldSpecial tips to declutter and organize those parts of your home you wouldn’t even think ofA step-by-step walk-through on how to keep the order in your home once it’s clean20+ organizing tips to find a good spot for everythingImprove your focus, concentration, and c ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anna Doyle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/102905/bk_acx0_102905_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    User Stories Applied
    Learn to build robust software that more closely meets the customer's needs through applying the concept of user stories. A clear explanation of the most agile means of gathering software requirements Thoroughly reviewed and eagerly anticipated by the agile software development community Allows the reader to save time and resources by gathering the proper requirements BEFORE coding begins The concept of user stories has its roots as one of the main tenets of Extreme Programming. In simple terms, user stories represent an effective means of gathering requirements from the customer (roughly akin to use cases). This book describes user stories and demonstrates how they can be used to properly plan, manage, and test software development projects. The book highlights both successful and unsuccessful implementations of the concept, and provides sets of questions and exercises that drive home its main points. After absorbing the lessons in this book, readers will be able to introduce user stories in their organizations as an effective means of determining precisely what is required of a software application. Product Description Thoroughly reviewed and eagerly anticipated by the agile community, User Stories Applied offers a requirements process that saves time, eliminates rework, and leads directly to better software. The best way to build software that meets users' needs is to begin with "user stories": simple, clear, brief descriptions of functionality that will be valuable to real users. In User Stories Applied, Mike Cohn provides you with a front-to-back blueprint for writing these user stories and weaving them into your development lifecycle. You'll learn what makes a great user story, and what makes a bad one. You'll discover practical ways to gather user stories, even when you can't speak with your users. Then, once you've compiled your user stories, Cohn shows how to organize them, prioritize them, and use them for planning, management, and testing. User role modeling: understanding what users have in common, and where they differ Gathering stories: user interviewing, questionnaires, observation, and workshops Working with managers, trainers, salespeople and other "proxies" Writing user stories for acceptance testing Using stories to prioritize, set schedules, and estimate release costs Includes end-of-chapter practice questions and exercises User Stories Applied will be invaluable to every software developer, tester, analyst, and manager working with any agile method: XP, Scrum... or even your own home-grown approach. Features + Benefits Learn to build robust software that more closely meets the customer's needs through applying the concept of user stories. ° A clear explanation of the most agile means of gathering software requirements ° Thoroughly reviewed and eagerly anticipated by the agile software development community ° Allows the reader to save time and resources by gathering the proper requirements BEFORE coding begins Backcover Agile requirements: discovering what your users really want. With this book, you will learn to: Flexible, quick and practical requirements that work Save time and develop better software that meets users' needs Gathering user stories -- even when you can't talk to users How user stories work, and how they differ from use cases, scenarios, and traditional requirements Leveraging user stories as part of planning, scheduling, estimating, and testing Ideal for Extreme Programming, Scrum, or any other agile methodology ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thoroughly reviewed and eagerly anticipated by the agile community, User Stories Applied offers a requirements process that saves time, eliminates rework, and leads directly to better software. The best way to build software that meets users' needs is to begin with user stories: simple, clear, brief descriptions of functionality that will be valuable to real users. In User Stories Applied, Mike Cohn provides you with a front-to-back blueprint for writing these user stories and weaving them into your development lifecycle. You'll learn what makes a great user story, and what makes a bad one. You'll discover practical ways to gather user stories, even when you can't speak with your users. Then, once you've compiled your user stories, Cohn shows how to organize them, prioritize them, and use them for planning, management, and testing. User role modeling: understanding what users have in common, and where they differ Gathering stories: user interviewing, questionnaires, observation, and workshops Working with managers, trainers, salespeople and other proxies Writing user stories for acceptance testing Using stories to prioritize, set schedules, and estimate release costs Includes end-of-chapter practice questions and exercises User Stories Applied will be invaluable to every software developer, tester, analyst, and manager working with any agile method: XP, Scrum... or even your own home-grown approach. ADDISON-WESLEY PROFESSIONAL Boston, MA 02116 www.awprofessional.com ISBN: 0-321-20568-5 Foreword. Acknowledgments. Introduction. I: GETTING STARTED. 1: An Overview. What Is a User Story? Where Are the Details? "How Long Does It Have to Be?" The Customer Team. What Will the Process Be Like? Planning Releases and Iterations. What Are Acceptance Tests? Why Change? Summary. Questions. 2: Writing Stories. Independent. Negotiable. Valuable to Purchasers or Users. Estimatable. Small. Testable. Summary. Developer Responsibilities. Customer Responsibilities. Questions. 3: User Role Modeling. User Roles. Role Modeling Steps. Two Additional Techniques. What If I Have On-Site Users? Summary. Developer Responsibilities. Customer Responsibilities. Questions. 4: Gathering Stories. Elicitation and Capture Should Be Illicit. A Little Is Enough, or Is It? Techniques. User Interviews. Questionnaires. Observation. Story-Writing Workshops. Summary. Developer Responsibilities. Customer Responsibilities. Questions. 5: Working with User Proxies. The Users' Manager. A Development Manager. Salespersons. Domain Experts. The Marketing Group. Former Users. Customers. Trainers and Technical Support. Business or Systems Analysts. What to Do When Working with a User Proxy. Can You Do It Yourself? Constituting the Customer Team. Summary. Developer Responsibilities. Customer Responsibilities. Questions. 6: Acceptance Testing User Stories. Write Tests Before Coding. The Customer Specifies the Tests. Testing Is Part of the Process. How Many Tests Are Too Many? The Framework for Integrated Test. Types of Testing. Summary. Developer Responsibilities. Customer Responsibilities. Questions. 7: Guidelines for Good Stories. Start with Goal Stories. Slice the Cake. Write Closed Stories. Put Constraints on Cards. Size the Story to the Horizon. Keep the UI Out as Long as Possible. Some Things Aren't Stories. Include User Roles in the Stories. Write for One User. Write in Active Voice. Customer Writes. Don't Number Story Cards. Don't Forget the Purpose. Summary. Questions. II: ESTIMATING AND PLANNING. 8: Estimating User Stories. Story Points. Estimate as a Team. Estimating. Triangulate. Using Story Points. What If We Pair Program? Some Reminders. Summary. Developer Responsibilities. Customer Responsibilities. Questions. 9: Planning a Release. When Do We Want the Release? What Would You Like in It? Prioritizing the Stories. Mixed Priorities. Risky Stories. Prioritizing Infrastructural Needs. Selecting an Iteration Length. From Story Points to Expected Duration. The Initial Velocity. Creating the Release Plan. Summary. Developer Responsibilities. Customer Responsibilities. Questions. 10: Planning an Iteration. Iteration Planning Overview. Discussing the Stories. Disaggregating into Tasks. Accepting Responsibility. Estimate and Confirm. Summary. Developer Responsibilities. Customer Responsibilities. Questions. 11: Measuring and Monitoring Velocity. Measuring Velocity. Planned and Actual Velocity. Iteration Burndown Charts. Burndown Charts During an Iteration. Summary. Developer Responsibilities. Customer Responsibilities. Questions. III: FREQUENTLY DISCUSSED TOPICS. 12: What Stories Are Not. User Stories Aren't IEEE 830. User Stories Are Not Use Cases. User Stories Aren't Scenarios. Summary. Questions. 13: Why User Stories? Verbal Communication. User Stories Are Comprehensible. User Stories Are the Right Size for Planning. User Stories Work for Iterative Development. Stories Encourage Deferring Detail. Stories Support Opportunistic Development. User Stories Encourage Participatory Design. Stories Build Up Tacit Knowledge. Why Not Stories? Summary. Developer Responsibilities. Customer Responsibilities. Questions. 14: A Catalog of Story Smells. Stories Are Too Small. Interdependent Stories. Goldplating. Too Many Details. Including User Interface Detail Too Soon. Thinking Too Far Ahead. Splitting Too Many Stories. Customer Has Trouble Prioritizing. Customer Won't Write and Prioritize the Stories. Summary. Developer Responsibilities. Customer Responsibilities. Questions. 15: Using Stories with Scrum. Scrum Is Iterative and Incremental. The Basics of Scrum. The Scrum Team. The Product Backlog. The Sprint Planning Meeting. The Sprint Review Meeting. The Daily Scrum Meeting. Adding Stories to Scrum. A Case Study. Summary. Questions. 16: Additional Topics. Handling NonFunctional Requirements. Paper or Software? User Stories and the User Interface. Retaining the Stories. Stories for Bugs. Summary. Developer Responsibilities. Customer Responsibilities. Questions. IV: AN EXAMPLE. 17: The User Roles. The Project. Identifying the Customer. Identifying Some Initial Roles. Consolidating and Narrowing. Role Modeling. Adding Personas. 18: The Stories. Stories for Teresa. Stories for Captain Ron. Stories for a Novice Sailor. Stories for a Non-Sailing Gift Buyer. Stories for a Report Viewer. Some Administration Stories. Wrapping Up. 19: Estimating the Stories. The First Story. Advanced Search. Rating and Reviewing. Accounts. Finishing the Estimates. All the Estimates. 20: The Release Plan. Estimating Velocity. Prioritizing the Stories. The Finished Release Plan. 21: The Acceptance Tests.The concept of user stories has its roots as one of the main tenets of ExtremeProgramming. In simple terms, user stories represent an effective means ofgathering requirements from the customer (roughly akin to use cases). Thisbook describes user stories and demonstrates how they can be used to properlyplan, manage, and test software development projects. The book highlightsboth successful and unsuccessful implementations of the concept, and providessets of questions and exercises that drive home its main points. After absorbingthe lessons in this book, readers will be able to introduce user stories in theirorganizations as an effective means of determining precisely what is required ofa software application.
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