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Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects. These essays draw from his experience as project manager for the IBM System/360 computer family and then for OS/360, its massive software system.

The actual release date will be sooner! When Kali disappears from her home, nobody knows where she's gone. Except for one person. The very man she thought was gone from her life forever. Dark monster romance with some primal play, mating, second chance romance, enemies to lovers, rejected mates. Dual POV with lots of heat. Lycan beasts and shifters.

Tattooed warriors are climbing out of the secret depths to claim their soul mates and save their race! Determined warlord Torun must claim Lucy, who mistook him for a shipwreck survivor and pulled his injured body from the ocean. She is his soul mate. Now she must join with him and give him a child. Lucy can’t believe the words coming out of this dominant male. Her destiny is to become a mermaid queen? Too bad “destiny” forgot that Lucy’s a broke divorcee who can’t even have a child.

"Beekeeping For Beginners: Your Essential Guide To Getting Started, Nurturing Hives, and Harvesting Honey As A Beginner" is a well-detailed instructive guide that introduces new apiarists to the fascinating world of bees. To help you learn about bee behavior, social structure, and ecological value, as well as how to set up and maintain a thriving bee colony.

When I needed it most, my dad’s worst enemy, billionaire boss Grayson Bennet, became my protector, making me crave him more than my next breath…but he has no idea who I really am or the shocking secrets I keep. When I crash-landed in the wilderness with ruthless billionaire Grayson Bennet, I never imagined he’d become my protector. He didn’t recognize me, so I gave him a fake name, thinking I could keep my distance. But his brooding green eyes and commanding presence made it impossible to resist—soon, I wanted to forget every name but his.

Begin the epic, emotional fantasy romance that gives new life to the Icarus myth. Set in a magical ancient world where gods are real and contracts are sealed with the blood of future generations, this poignant love story is filled with breathtaking adventure and spicy hot nights!

Vince Locker's life is tragic. His comedy act for the LaughCom competition has just bombed, ruining any chance of the cash prize he desperately needed. His life is in tatters; abandoned by his father as a child, an estranged wife, Jessica, who he seems to disappoint just by his mere existence, and living in his mother's house with his bipolar brother and facing foreclosure. As he stands on Smith Avenue Bridge, suicide seems the only option until he is unexpectedly rescued by an old school mortician named Truss. Vince meets another of Truss's rescues, Winona.

In the summer of 1963, Bud Castillo moved with his family from busy Queens, NY, to the bleak town of Innsmouth, MA, after a local oil consortium hired his father to help with a drilling platform off the coast. Bud meets a kindred spirit in the town library, Aubrey, the only other boy in town. Scouting is the cornerstone of Bud's life, and founding a troop in Innsmouth is the only way he can conceive of coping with what he is sure is a disastrous move.

There are those within the Church who hunger for a real manifestation of the presence and power of God—those who aren’t satisfied with a visitation of His Spirit, but long for His habitation within and upon their lives. This hunger is only surpassed by the measure of God’s love and desire to inhabit and rest upon the lives of His believers. In The Bald Woman: Regaining the Lost Glory Through Worship, Dr. M. Stanley Butler shares a vision of a woman beloved by God, while exploring spiritual intimacy, true worship, and God-ordained purpose.