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In this collection of essays and articles, key members of Google’s Site Reliability Team explain how and why their commitment to the entire lifecycle has enabled the company to successfully build, deploy, monitor, and maintain some of the largest software systems in the world. You’ll learn the principles and practices that enable Google engineers to make systems more scalable, reliable, and efficient - lessons directly applicable to your organization.

In this guide, Thomas Smith takes the guesswork out of using autophagy to extend your lifespan, get rid of those unsightly love handles, and stay in perfect shape and health without breaking a sweat. Even if you've tried all kinds of diets and exercise regimen in the past to lose those extra unwanted pounds without success, this guide will kick-start your journey toward a healthier, fitter, and better version of yourself.

Sharing her specialty of adjusting energy and flow, in people, spaces, and situations, Patti shows you how to work with nature's elements and create simple 30-second solutions which can be done anywhere. Using her magical, loving, and upbeat working style, Patti shares elemental "old world" techniques, showing you how to create spells and rituals which arrange natural elements to the rhythms and cycles of the universe to bring about healing and balance, and change our lives for the better.

In Hygge, Alexandra Jacobsen uncovers the reason why Scandinavian countries like Denmark and Norway consistently tops the chart in world happiness. Filled with practical insights and sprinkled with her own experiences with Hygge, you're going to find everything you need to get started applying Hygge to your own life.

Have you ever fallen in love with the smell and feel of luxury soap and wondered if you could be able to craft your very own natural soaps? Are you wary of the strange chemicals and ingredients contained in your soaps and want to control what goes on your skin? In this guide, Rose Collins skips the fluff and shows you how to make your own soaps right in the comfort of your kitchen with recipes that are healthy for your skin, simple and easy-to-replicate.

The term “bullshit job” made a real impact when it first appeared, and for good reason: More and more people today have pointless jobs. They get paid to do nothing, they’re totally bored, they have to figure out how to deal with incompetent or narcissistic bosses, they drown in paperwork, and they have mindless tasks to perform. Quite frankly, this work shouldn’t exist at all.

Discover how to leverage the secrets of the world's happiest countries and feel happier, content, and relaxed every day with the ultimate guide to practicing Hygge! Are you suffering from mental and physical burnout from trying to keep up with the pace of today's fast-moving world? Do you often have bouts where you feel disillusioned with life, lonely, and unhappy? If yes, then this audiobook is for you. In Hygge, Alexandra Jacobsen pulls uncovers the reason why Scandinavian countries like Denmark and Norway consistently tops the chart in world happiness.

In Blue Marble, you are a feisty and fetching woman in the richest decade of American history. Every man in Marble, Colorado exhales vocally at your provocative 1910 fashions. And it doesn’t hurt that there are 50 strapping men for every female in this booming quarry camp in the rarified mountains of Colorado.

In this enticing paranormal story, you’ll meet Claudia. An alpha female of the Coldstone pack, the most dangerous in the south. Given the throne over her brother because of her ability to lead, Claudia is used to being the one in control. But being one of the only females in the pack to not have a mate is weighing on her. But she knows he’s close. She can feel him. She has sensed him and even dreamed about him.

In 2008, Gloria Squitiro was legally banned from the Kansas City, MO City Hall, where her husband, Mark Funkhouser ("Funk"), was mayor. Good Morning America, Fox and Friends, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, NY Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, and even Great Britain's left-wing The Guardian and, eww, America's right-wing Rush Limbaugh did stories about her.