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Microsoft President Brad Smith operates by a simple core belief: When your technology changes the world, you bear a responsibility to help address the world you have helped create. This might seem uncontroversial, but it flies in the face of a tech sector long obsessed with rapid growth and sometimes on disruption as an end in itself. While sweeping digital transformation holds great promise, we have reached an inflection point. The world has turned information technology into both a powerful tool and a formidable weapon.

From Microsoft's President and one of the tech industry's wisest thinkers, a frank and thoughtful reckoning with how to balance enormous promise and existential risk as the digitisation of everything accelerates. In Tools and Weapons, Brad Smith takes us behind the scenes on some of the biggest stories to hit the tech industry in the past decade. From Edward Snowden's NSA leak to the NHS WannaCry ransomware attack, this book is essential listening to understand what's happening in the world around us.

Are you contemplating beginning your own nursery? Have you been keen on developing your own nursery yet don't think you have sufficient space? Planting is probably the best hobby you can have. In addition to the fact that it is a relaxing thing to do, it is an incredible to both decorate your space and have endless fresh food! "But I don't have a green thumb," you reply. Doesn't make any difference! In Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners, you will figure out how to masterfully utilize each square inch of your planting space and guarantee high produce yields right away!

In this practical guide, you will discover how mushrooms develop, cultivation techniques, ideal soil and climatic conditions, the best species to grow at home, and the exceptional health benefits of some varieties. Not many know how easy it is to grow tasty mushrooms independently in their own homes. Most people prefer to buy mushrooms of dubious origin in shopping malls rather than organically self-producing the healthiest and tastiest species.

Everyone deals with grief in their own way. For Carol Smith, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist struggling with the sudden death of her seven-year-old son, Christopher, the way to cross the river of sorrow was through work. In Crossing the River, Smith recounts how she faced down her crippling loss through reporting a series of profiles of people coping with their own intense challenges, whether a freak accident, a debilitating injury, or a terrifying diagnosis.

Seven women give voice to the voiceless. Seven is a documentary play created with the support of Vital Voices Global Partnership and is a collaboration between the playwrights and seven female activists from around the globe, telling inspiring stories of overcoming adversity to effect real change and improve the lives of women.

When Frankie sees the unforgettable face of her long-lost love in a passing train, she turns straight round and goes after him. For she, more than anyone, "knows" he is dead. She was there when it happened, attended the inquest, and later served a prison sentence for his manslaughter. Frankie, Cristina, Cassandra, Jenny, Pippa.... They are five women living quite separate lives - in Antwerp, Paris, Venice, Rio, Bath - except for one crucial fact. Each has devoted her life to the same duplicitous man.

Revenge is one of the great themes in literature, from Shakespeare to Poe. This collection contains 18 original stories commissioned for this volume plus a reprint of a classic Ruth Rendell mystery.

When Rose sees Joe in an Oxford bar, it is instant infatuation. He is everything that turns her on: a gifted musician with wit and high achiever. In her mind, at least, they are ideally matched. But Joe has no intention of settling down.

Best Black Women's Erotica 2 showcases the hottest, most arousing and surprising erotic literature by African American women writers. Representing a wide range of styles and voices, these 20 stories offer a steamy assortment of fiction from popular authors, including C.C. Carter, T'Ashia Asante, Dorothy Randal Gray, Carol Smith Passariello, Kiini Ibura Salaam, Shawn F. Rhea, Opal Palmer Adisa, R. Erica Doyle, Tara Betts, and Tracy Price-Thompson among others.

Imagine this scene for a moment: You have your own greenhouse that consistently gives you quality vegetables and herbs. You also like to cultivate for the enjoyment of watching it grow. You show it proudly to friends, relatives, and acquaintances and you are pleased that they are amazed. Does this scene seem impossible to you? No, you just followed the instructions in the Hydroponics for Beginners book. You can start growing delicious fruits and herbs even if you've never picked up a fork in your life. What are you waiting for?

We explore quantum healing as a pathway in expanding levels of consciousness and connecting to what is known as the super conscious.

Have you always wanted to build your own garden or just learn more about it, but have never found the right way to do it? Would you like to produce fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and mushrooms on your own, but you have no idea how to start or you think you don't have enough space to do it? Are you fed up with throwing money at the produce department for low-quality products and would like to eat healthier without spending a fortune? This book is made for you! Mastering all the techniques of gardening has never been easier!

Short stories, fables and fairytales brought to life for children, and the little kid in all of us.

Una poderosa exploración del dolor y la resiliencia después de la pérdida Cada quien lidia con el duelo a su manera: Helen Macdonald halló consuelo al entrenar a un halcón salvaje; Cheryl Strayed encontró fuerza en una caminata a través de Estados Unidos, mientras que Carol Smith, periodista nominada al Premio Pulitzer y autora de este libro, afrontó la muerte de su hijo pequeño entregándose a su trabajo.