NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Talent Code unlocks the secrets of highly successful groups and provides tomorrow’s leaders with the tools to build a cohesive, motivated culture. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BLOOMBERG AND LIBRARY JOURNAL Where does great culture come from? How do you build and sustain it in your group, or strengthen a culture that needs fixing? In The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle goes inside some of the world’s most successful organizations—including the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team Six, IDEO, and the San Antonio Spurs—and reveals what makes them tick. He demystifies the culture-building process by identifying three key skills that generate cohesion and cooperation, and explains how diverse groups learn to function with a single mind. Drawing on examples that range from Internet retailer Zappos to the comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade to a daring gang of jewel thieves, Coyle offers specific strategies that trigger learning, spark collaboration, build trust, and drive positive change. Coyle unearths helpful stories of failure that illustrate what not to do, troubleshoots common pitfalls, and shares advice about reforming a toxic culture. Combining leading-edge science, on-the-ground insights from world-class leaders, and practical ideas for action, The Culture Code offers a roadmap for creating an environment where innovation flourishes, problems get solved, and expectations are exceeded. Culture is not something you are—it’s something you do. The Culture Code puts the power in your hands. No matter the size of your group or your goal, this book can teach you the principles of cultural chemistry that transform individuals into teams that can accomplish amazing things together. Praise for The Culture Code “I’ve been waiting years for someone to write this book—I’ve built it up in my mind into something extraordinary. But it is even better than I imagined. Daniel Coyle has produced a truly brilliant, mesmerizing read that demystifies the magic of great groups. It blows all other books on culture right out of the water.”—Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Option B, Originals, and Give and Take “If you want to understand how successful groups work—the signals they transmit, the language they speak, the cues that foster creativity—you won’t find a more essential guide than The Culture Code.”—Charles Duhigg, New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better

This book is for anyone at any age who wants to get a better handle on how to deal with their money. There is a lot to personal finance and very little of it has ever been taught in school. Now there are crypto currencies, options, ETFs and Roth IRAs we all need to make sense of. Take ten minutes, read the first few pages here to learn about saving, its important features, and the best ways to go about it. If that makes sense to you, buy the book and learn more details about personal finance. What the terms mean, how they fit together, and how to make best use of your money:Accounts - 401k, IRA, brokerage, etcAssets- stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, ETFs and more.How to allocate money across your accounts.How to diversify investments to manage risk..How to choose individual stocks.Mortgages - how they work and features to consider.Loans - when to borrow and which to pay off.Taxes - how to pay less of them.Inflation - what happens and why.Psychology and Finance- why investing scares us and how to deal with it.. FAQ - how do I do X? - real questions asked by young people with thoughtful answers.You know this stuff is important. It's not particularly hard but it's not really covered in high school or college, so take the time to read a book. I wrote it to make a difference for my kids and nieces and nephews. Their parents said they learned some things. I hope you do too!

A handy guide to problems of confused or disputed usage based on the critically acclaimed Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. Over 2,000 entries explain the background and basis of usage controversies and offer expert advice and recommendations.

This refresher reference volume features concise character and plot summaries for 12 of Shakespeare’s best-known plays, drawn from the SparkNotes website and illustrated with colorful infographics. Each of the 12 chapters in this volume runs 6 to 8 pages of text taken from the SparkNotes website, and is illustrated with colorful infographics for easy consumption. The 12 plays featured—six comedies and six tragedies—are among the most famous and most taught of Shakespeare’s dramas, including Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, and Julius Caesar.

You’ve just been assigned your very first university paper. Are you unsure of how to start? Do you feel stressed about failing, or are you worried that you’ll have to pull all-nighters to get the work done? And what even is APA style? If you feel uncertain, stuck, or overwhelmed, be encouraged, because this book has the tools you need to get that assignment done. TL;DR’s quick, concise chapters will help you identify your audience, create an outline, get a handle on grammar and sentence structure, correctly quote a source, and write a strong conclusion. If you want to know what and how professors expect you to write – and why – this is the book for you. TL;DR (too long; didn’t read): This book will show you how to write better papers, and it’s short, so you should read it!

A compilation of brief summaries of approximately thirteen contemporary novels, illustrated with infographics for easy consumption, and bearing Spark’s TL;DR (Too Long; Didn’t Read) brand. Chapters in this volume consist of six-page summaries of well-known contemporary novels illustrated with four-color infographics and organized in thematic groupings: “If This Goes On” (e.g., Fahrenheit 451, The Handmaid’s Tale); “Made in America” (e.g., The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men); “Race and Identity” (e.g., Their Eyes Were Watching God, Things Fall Apart); and “Boys Will Be Boys” (Lord of the Flies, The Catcher in the Rye).

Start from scratch and develop the essential skills needed to create, deploy, and manage cloud-native applications using Docker with the latest edition of Docker Deep Dive Key Features Get a solid understanding of Docker and containers Overcome common problems while containerizing an application Master Docker commands needed for creating, deploying, and running applications Book Description Most applications, even the funky cloud-native microservices ones, need high-performance, production-grade infrastructure to run on. Having impeccable knowledge of Docker will help you thrive in the modern cloud-first world. With this book, you will gain the skills you need in order to work with Docker and its containers. The book begins with an introduction to containers and explains their functionality and application in the real world. You will then get an overview of VMware, Kubernetes, and Docker and learn to install Docker on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Once you have understood the Ops and Dev perspective of Docker, you will be able to see the big picture and understand what Docker exactly does. The book then turns its attention to the more technical aspects, guiding you through practical exercises covering Docker engine, Docker images, and Docker containers. You will learn techniques for containerizing an app, deploying apps with Docker Compose, and managing cloud-native applications with Swarm. You will also build Docker networks and Docker overlay networks and handle applications that write persistent data. Finally, you will deploy apps with Docker stacks and secure your Docker environment. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed in Docker and containers and have developed the skills to create, deploy, and run applications on the cloud. What you will learn Become familiar with the applications of Docker and containers Discover how to pull images into Docker host's local registry Find out how to containerize an app with new example apps Cover multi-platform builds to test Docker overlay network in the swarm mode Use Docker Compose to deploy and manage multi-container applications Share sensitive data with containers and Swarm services securely Who this book is for Whether you are a beginner or an experienced developer looking to utilize Docker to develop and operate cloud-native microservices apps, this book is for you. Anyone who wants to learn Docker orchestration, networking, imaging, and security will also find it useful. No prior knowledge of Docker is necessary.