Books with author Max Alexander

BFF = Best Friends ForeverDo you have a BFF a friend who understands you but also does goofy things with you? Can you imagine your life without her/him?But… Do you sometimes lack ideas what to do with her/him? Do you sometimes feel bored and tired of doing the same things over and over again? Do you still watch TV every time you hang out with her/him?Be bored no more!I have written this book because I wanted to help BFFs just like you! I know how hard it is to be creative and have a good time all the time. How do I know? Because I have a Bestie and I’ve wondered many times what to do with her. Why is it the best activity book for BFFs on Amazon?•I give you 300 ideas for spending time with your best friend;•These ideas are FUN (no LAME stuff, please!);•You will get access to secret yet entertaining activities, outings, games and crafts;•Learn what cool stuff you can do with your BFF and make others jealous of your friendship!•BONUS - Get instant access to 50 awesome sleepover ideas!This book contains 300 fun things to do with your BFF and great images! You will be amazed how many fascinating and creative ways there are to spend time your Bestie. You’ve waited long enough! Do you want to make fabulous memories with your BFF? Then don’t hesitate! Scroll up and hit the “Buy” button! You won’t be disappointed!

Some dolls never die.No one ever leaves Copper Hollow. It's a town with a deadly history . . . but nobody ever talks about it.Kimberly thinks there might be something strange going on. She's not sure what - until the menacing doll appears with two words written across its clothes:BURY MEKimberly and her friends try to destroy the doll . . . but every time they think it's gone, it comes back again. Is there any way to rid themselves of the evil once and for all?

Unwanted love, creatures, and high stakesDaneria, the daughter of a warrior chieftain has a wonderful life. But when she meets Tirius the world as she knows it changes. Tirius is the son of her father's rival, so there is no way for them to be together. And when they are forced outside the existence that Daneria knows, she and Tirius will have to learn to fend for themselves. Along the way, they meet the god of nature and all living things, and the ghost of a dead warrior who will prove vital in healing the feud between their fathers. Will they ever be able to go home again and be together?Daneria and Tirius The Warriors children is a fantasy book for all ages. If you like fast-paced stories with forbidden love, unicorns, ghosts, and other creatures then this is the book for you.Get the book now to find out how this story unravels.

Winner of the 2016 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult NovelNominee for the 2017 Anthony Awards for Best Children's/YA NovelCharity Jones is a 16-year-old engineering genius who's much-bullied for being biracial and a skeptic at her conservative school in Oak County, California. Everything changes when Charity's social worker mother brings home a sweet teen runaway named Aidan to foster for the holidays. Matched in every way, Charity and Aidan quickly fall in love. But it seems he's not the only new arrival: Charity soon finds the brutally slain corpse of her worst bully and she gets hard, haunting evidence that the killer is stalking Oak County. As she and her Skeptics Club investigate this death and others, they find at every turn the mystery only grows darker and more deadly. One thing's for certain: there's a bloody battle coming this holiday season that will change their lives -- and human history -- forever.Will they be ready?

Book 2 in the Award-Winning Bloodline of Yule Trilogy. Charity Jones leads her friends on an armed, high-tech expedition to the Arctic coordinates she’s seen in her dreams. Their mission: to kill Krampus and save Aidan. But when Charity discovers Aidan’s shocking fate, she makes a mistake that starts the countdown to apocalypse. Can Charity and her team stop the clock? Or will humanity pay the ultimate price?

Key FeaturesRead and enjoy the superlative writing and insights of the legendary Max Kanat-AlexanderLearn and reflect with Max on how to bring simplicity to your software design principlesDiscover the secrets of rockstar programmers and how to also just suck less as a programmerBook DescriptionIn Understanding Software, Max Kanat-Alexander, Technical Lead for Code Health at Google, shows you how to bring simplicity back to computer programming. Max explains to you why programmers suck, and how to suck less as a programmer. There's just too much complex stuff in the world. Complex stuff can't be used, and it breaks too easily. Complexity is stupid. Simplicity is smart.Understanding Software covers many areas of programming, from how to write simple code to profound insights into programming, and then how to suck less at what you do! You'll discover the problems with software complexity, the root of its causes, and how to use simplicity to create great software. You'll examine debugging like you've never done before, and how to get a handle on being happy while working in teams.Max brings a selection of carefully crafted essays, thoughts, and advice about working and succeeding in the software industry, from his legendary blog Code Simplicity. Max has crafted forty-three essays which have the power to help you avoid complexity and embrace simplicity, so you can be a happier and more successful developer.Max's technical knowledge, insight, and kindness, has earned him a status as a code guru, and his ideas will inspire you and help refresh your approach to the challenges of being a developer.What you will learnSee how to bring simplicity and success to your programming worldClues to complexity - and how to build excellent softwareSimplicity and software designPrinciples for programmersThe secrets of rockstar programmersMax's views and interpretation of the Software industryWhy Programmers suck and how to suck less as a programmerSoftware design in two sentencesWhat is a bug? Go deep into debuggingAbout the AuthorMax Kanat-Alexander is the Technical Lead for Code Health at Google, where he does various work that helps other software engineers be more productive, including writing developer tools, creating educational programs, guiding refactoring efforts, and more.His roles at Google have included Tech Lead for YouTube on the Xbox, work on the Java JDK, JVM, and other aspects of Java for Google, and Technical Lead for Engineering Practices for YouTube, where he's supported developers across all of YouTube in best practices and engineering productivity. Max is a former Chief Architect of the Bugzilla Project, where he was a primary developer of the well-known Bugzilla Bug Tracking System, used by thousands of organizations worldwide. Max also writes the legendary programming industry blog, Code Simplicity, where he challenges Complexity and embraces Simplicity for the programming industry.Max has been involved with helping shape Google's engineering culture and authoring key Google engineering documentation, and in this highly readable collection of essays you can share the best of his experience.Table of ContentsPart One: Principles for Programmers Part Two: Software Complexity and its Causes Part Three: Simplicity and Software Design Part Four: Debugging Part Five: Engineering in Teams Part Six: Understanding Software Part Seven: Suck Less

To save his kingdom, a stable boy steps through a portal to the futureWhen the duke dies, the evil wizard Albericus presents his heir with the sword of Aradel, a magical blade whose owner can never be bested in combat. Brian, the stable boy, has no interest in politics until the day that he spills a water trough onto the new duke’s horse and finds the sword of Aradel pointed at his throat. He picks up his quarterstaff, expecting certain death, but the lowly stable boy defeats the duke with ease. The sword of Aradel is a fake! The true sword has been hidden by spell in a far-off future land. A powerful sorceress knights Brian and sends him forward in time to find the blade that will save the kingdom. With Albericus in pursuit, Brian charges through the portal and emerges in a strange new world known as New York City, where a magic sword waits for a noble knight to wield it once again.

A sci-fi classic returns to print in its true, best, and original form! With renewed interest in Alexander Key's extraordinary 1968 novel, fans can dive into Escape to Witch Mountain as it was meant to be read. The powerful, thrilling story of Tony and Tia—twins joined by their paranormal gifts, on the run from evil forces that seek to suppress their forgotten pasts—is more gripping and relevant than ever.Praise for Escape to Witch Mountain:"Action, mood, and characterization never falter in this superior science fiction novel..."—Library Journal"Fantasy, science fiction, mystery, adventure—the story is all of these, with enough suspense and thrills to keep young readers glued to its pages from first to last."—Book World"Fascinating science fiction."—Elementary School Library Collection, Bro-Dart Foundation

Greenleaf Grove…a place of pleasantries and kindness. A place where dreams of yesteryear are ever present. A place worth shielding from change… but change is coming. Just how quirky, routine oriented Mortimer the Jack Rabbit deals with this change is a planet spinning adventure, quiet literally. Join Mortimer as he deals with eccentric owls, ant colony chasms, well monsters and much more. Greenleaf Grove will never be the same.

Red is on her way through the woods to visit Grandmother when she meets the Big Bad Wolf. What are that Wolf and all of those woodland creatures up to? This version of the classic folktale ends a bit differently. A delightful surprise awaits Red and readers in this wordless picture book featuring newcomer Jed Alexander’s exquisite two-color illustrations.