Bøger af Christopher Davies

A rollercoaster action thriller in which Guy Fawkes escapes his execution and sails to the New World—where he finds even more trouble . . . November 5, 1605: A foiled plot to blow up Parliament. A day remembered centuries later, forever cast in the shadow of one man: Guy Fawkes. But what if Guy had survived the trial that followed? What if powerful friends conspired to fake Guy’s death, and the man hanged, drawn, and quartered was not Guy? What if he was given a new identity? A new life? Jamestown, Virginia, 1607: a new settlement founded on the soil of an uncharted continent. What better place for a man to reinvent oneself? To disappear completely? But Guy cannot escape his past—even in the New World. Pursued by those seeking vengeance, and embroiled in a bloody conflict between the English invaders and Native Americans, Guy realizes his odyssey of violence and intrigue isn’t over—it’s only just beginning . . .

Puzzled by signs warning you to mind the gap in the London Underground? Wondering what will be on your plate if you order toad in the hole from the menu of a London café? In Divided by a Common Language, Christopher Davies explains these expressions and discusses the many differences in pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary between British and American English. He compares the customs, manners, and practical details of daily life in the United Kingdom and the United States, and American readers will enjoy his account of American culture as seen through an Englishman's eyes. Davies tops it off with an amusing list of expressions that sound innocent enough in one country but make quite the opposite impression in the other. Two comprehensive glossaries help travelers translate from one variety of English to the other, and additional lists explain the distinctive words of Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Divided by a Common Language is the ideal travel companion for British visitors to the United States and American visitors to the United Kingdom. It is also the perfect book for Britons interested in American culture and Americans enjoying British novels, movies, and television at home.

A fascinating heritage tour through the town and County Borough of Wrexham in North Wales featuring its people and places across the centuries.

A pocket-sized, illustrated history tour around the Lincolnshire town of Stamford showing how it has changed across the centuries.

Explores the rich and fascinating history of Stamford through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.

SummaryAgile Metrics in Action is a rich resource for agile teams that aim to use metrics to objectively measure performance. You''ll learn how to gather data that really counts, along with how to effectively analyze and act upon the results.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the BookThe iterative nature of agile development is perfect for experience-based, continuous improvement. Tracking systems, test and build tools, source control, continuous integration, and other built-in parts of a project lifecycle throw off a wealth of data you can use to improve your products, processes, and teams. The question is, how to do it?Agile Metrics in Action teaches you how. This practical book is a rich resource for an agile team that aims to use metrics to objectively measure performance. You''ll learn how to gather the data that really count, along with how to effectively analyze and act upon the results. Along the way, you''ll discover techniques all team members can use for better individual accountability and team performance.Practices in this book will work with any development process or tool stack. For code-based examples, this book uses Groovy, Grails, and MongoDB.What''s InsideUse the data you generate every day from CI and ScrumImprove communication, productivity, transparency, and moraleObjectively measure performanceMake metrics a natural byproduct of your development processAbout the AuthorChristopher Davis has been a software engineer and team leader for over 15 years. He has led numerous teams to successful delivery using agile methodologies.Table of ContentsPART 1 MEASURING AGILE TEAMSMeasuring agile performanceObserving a live projectPART 2 COLLECTING AND ANALYZING YOUR TEAM''S DATATrends and data from project-tracking systemsTrends and data from source controlTrends and data from CI and deployment serversData from your production systemsPART 3 APPLYING METRICS TO YOUR TEAMS, PROCESSES, AND SOFTWAREWorking with the data you''re collecting: the sum of the partsMeasuring the technical quality of your softwarePublishing metricsMeasuring your team against the agile principles

Stamford has a reputation for being one of England's finest stone towns. It is a happy mix of medieval and Georgian architecture that was untouched by the Industrial Revolution or later large scale developments, so its central core has survived remarkably intact. Its architecture is outstanding and for this reason, in 1967, it became the country's first conservation area. In recent years the town has become a popular tourist destination for both home and overseas visitors. It has also attracted the attention of film makers who have been quick to see its potential as a back-drop for such TV productions as Middlemarch and Pride and Prejudice. Using contrasting photographs, this book sets out to show something of both the continuity and change in the town during the last 100 years.