“…Characters leave and return, fall in and out of love, and some eventually die. As time passes, Satoru, with Takako’s help, must choose whether to keep the bookshop open or shutter its doors forever. …”

“…He's never taken other people half as seriously as they take themselves, which is the first of his mistakes. …”

“…- When are comics obscene, pornographic, and why does it matter? At a time of rapidly growing interest in graphic storytelling, this is an ideal introduction to the philosophy of comics and some of its most central and puzzling questions"--…”

“…Moving on, you'll discover how to write your own daemons so you can create your services and take advantage of inter-process communication to let your scripts talk to each other. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Emptying Your Mind Isn't Easy -- Silencing the Monkey Mind -- The Opposite of Mushin -- A Better Way to Make Decisions -- Chapter 6: 入り Irimi: To Enter -- Centripetal Force-You Have to Get Close -- Not Confronting a Problem Can Be Disastrous -- The Real Cost of Avoiding a Problem -- Procrastinators, Take Notice! -- How to Tell the True Problem from a Distracting Tangent -- Confronting the Smartphone Problem -- Starting Small Is Still Starting -- The Power of Irimi -- Chapter 7: 呼吸Kokyu: Breath-Power -- Kokyu-Ho: Knocking Someone Over with Only a Breath -- Time to Get Uncomfortable -- One Way to Get Past Your Anxiety -- Breathing While You Work -- How to Take Control of Your Day -- Risking Failure to Succeed -- Real Risk, Real Rewards -- Creating Emotional Exhale Moments -- Try It Yourself-Today -- Chapter 8: 合気Aiki: Unity -- What I Should Have Known -- Harmony in Action -- Using Aiki in Daily Life -- Try It Yourself -- Use What You Have -- The Road Less Traveled -- Start with Self-Awareness -- Embrace Your Weaknesses -- Adapt, Improvise, and Overcome -- Do Your Own Self-Assessment -- Finding a Way -- Chapter 9: 残心Zanshin: Calm Awareness -- Real-Life Daredevils -- The Skill That Gives Spies Their Edge -- An Exercise in Zanshin -- Moments of Calm Awareness -- Prepared for the Unexpected -- Developing Zanshin -- A Moment of Truth -- The Power of Zanshin -- Chapter 10: 和Wa: Harmony -- Why the Finns Are Different -- Fighting for Peace -- Harmonious Hiring -- The New Polaroid: Winning through Cooperation -- Harmonious Progress -- Understanding How Progress Really Works -- The Honorable No -- The Honorable No That Saved My Company-and My Sanity -- Conclusion 澄み切りSumi-Kiri: Clarity of Mind and Body -- Clarity of Mind and Body -- The Road to Acceptance -- Listening to the Inner Voice -- Clearing the Way for Action -- My Teacher -- Duty and Obligation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conclusion-Driving it All the Way Home -- Be a Success-Oriented Manager -- Dig Deep for Ways to Help Employees Become Self-Motivated -- It's Either Motivation or Mediocrity -- Employee Development: An Ongoing Challenge in Good Times and Economically Difficult Times -- Organize a Coaching Program -- Find Out What Employees Love to Do -- You Can Be a Motivating Manager! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Using Your Camera Straight out of the Box -- Chapter 1 Introducing Android Smartphone Photography -- Becoming Familiar with Your Android Camera -- Single-lens models -- Dual-lens models -- Triple-lens models -- Models with more than three lenses -- Taking a Look Around the Camera App -- Taking a Picture -- Viewing Your Photo -- Editing Your Photo -- Sharing Your Photo -- Chapter 2 Taking an In-Depth Tour of Your Camera -- Holding Your Phone Properly for Steady Photos -- Using Different Ways to Open Your Camera -- Zooming In to Your Subject -- Using the digital zoom -- Trying optical zoom instead of digital zoom -- Capturing Selfies with and without Background Blur -- Understanding When to Use (and Not to Use) the Camera Flash -- Photographing with the Camera Timer for Sharp Photos -- Landscape photography using your timer -- Family portraits -- Selfies with a tripod or stand -- Chapter 3 Altering Your Camera's Settings and Storing Your Photos -- Opening and Activating Google Photos -- Choosing Storage Options for Your Photos -- Deciding on photo upload quality -- Managing on-device photo storage -- Transferring photos to a PC or Mac -- Being Mindful of Cellular Data Over-Usage -- Allowing Your Camera to Track Your Location -- Chapter 4 Taking a Deep Dive into the Camera App -- Preparing to Take Selfies -- Lighting and background -- Selfie sticks and stabilizers -- Taking Selfies -- Choosing the Portrait selfie mode -- Adjusting background blur amounts -- Adding facial skin smoothening -- Choosing your favorite selfie effect -- Adding Live Filters to your selfies -- Adjusting selfie zoom to add your friends into the picture…”

“…When asked about 3 wishes he replies, 'maybe be back with my wife, take away the urge to drink so much, and just - all the bad memories, take those away.'…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Experiential TrainingEstablish a Mentoring Program; Notes; Chapter 7: Managing Differences in Work Ethic; Defining Work Ethic; The Importance of Mission to Millennials; Connecting Company Mission to Social Goals; What Managers Can Do; What Companies Can Do; Notes; Chapter 8: Managing Different Work-Life Balance Expectations; The Birth of Work-Life Balance; Work-Life Blending versus Balancing; Performance versus Face Time; Managing Flexibility; Managing Virtual Teams; Notes; Chapter 9: Managing Differences in Career Development Planning; Expectations of Career Development by Generation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…There are high numbers of involuntary part-time and marginally attached workers in some countries; Figure 1.8. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Governing as process: Negotiable authority and multisource decision-making -- The role and position of career civil servants in democratic political systems -- The nature of public authority -- Negotiable authority as key to understanding what democratic government is today -- The nature of public decision-making -- Multisource decision making as standard in democratic government -- The governing we can take for granted -- Citizens and government have come a long way in a very short time -- Democracy: Thriving by self-restraint, vulnerable to human instinct, tribal community, and global society -- The position and role of government in society -- The influence of human instinct -- The influence of tribal community -- The influence of global society -- Democracy as ideal and as vulnerable: Challenges from human behavior -- Democracy as ideal political system -- Declining trust in government -- Rent-seeking behavior by private actors: Business principles in the public realm -- Personality politics and populism: The enduring power of emotions -- Na-na-na-na-boo-boo politics: The price of polarization and partisanship -- The need for continuous civics education -- Democracy and bureaucracy: The delicate interplay of fairness and efficiency -- Democracy, self-restraint, and true guardians…”

“…It has its own unique trait: it is a functional programming language and has OOP support at the same time. This book will help you make F# applications run faster with examples you can easily break down and take into your own work. …”