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The fascinating tale of how God told Jonah to go warn the people of the ancient city of Niniveh to change their evil ways or face destruction. At first, Jonah refused to go, but changed his mind after being swallowed by a monster fish.

A children's favorite: how a mighty bowman saved his country's freedom by splitting an apple on his brave son's head with his bow and arrow.

A poor fisherman once caught a magic flounder who told him that he could bring anything the fisherman wanted. Instantly, the fisherman wished for a cozy cottage to replace his tumbledown shack...and the wish was granted. But his wife kept wishing for a mansion, then a palace. But when she wished to be God, the flounder was killed by a giant wave, which brought them back to the tumbledown shack.

Israel once suffered a dreadful drought, which forced a mother named Naomi to move her family to the heathen country of Moab where there was plenty of water. There they met a wonderful woman named Ruth, who helped them to start a new life. Years later Naomi returned home to Israel, accompanied by Ruth, who now believed in the God of Israel.

A young shepherd wanted excitement, so he ran through his town shouting, "A wolf is attacking my sheep". Instantly, people rushed out to capture the wolf, but there was no wolf. However, the next day, when a wolf did attack his sheep, no one came to help.

A rich man once gave three of his servants gold coins called talents, so they could go out and set up a business of their own. One servant bought a loom to make beautiful fabrics, and he did very well.

Long, long ago, when the world was still young and hopeful, there lived a girl named Pandora. One day, a beautiful mysterious box was left in her cottage. She was warned not to open it. But she did open the box, and all of a sudden a swarm of hideously ugly creatures flew out, bringing with them pain and suffering. Then, at last, a bright glistening fairy flew out to bring new hope to the world.

The Life & Times of George Washington (Part 2) - After being defeated at Germantown and Brandywine, Pa., George Washington and his army of 11,000 men spent the winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge. More then 3,000 men died there of extreme cold, hunger and sickness. What kept them going? George Washington's leadership, Baron Von Steubin's training, and the news that general Burgoyne's Red Coats had been licked at Saratoga.

The inspirational story of how a Jewish boy's life was saved by a Samaritan, who rescued the boy after he was badly beaten by a gang of ruffians in a mountain pass.

The famous story of how a young boy named David protected ancient Israel from the Philistine enemy by killing their leader, the giant Goliath, with a single stone from his Slingshot.

Here is the dramatic story of how Paul Revere's historic ride sparked the American Revolution for freedom from King George of England.

Here is the dramatic story of Esther, the young Jewish bride of the king of ancient Persia, now called Iran. Esther had heard that the king's wicked minister, Haman, was plotting to kill her people. She exposed Haman to the king, and Haman was hanged in the city square.

The dramatized story of how two shivering young soldiers kept America's hopes alive during the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge.

OKRs are about goals bigger than the next story, or even epic. They prioritise purpose and strategy over the ever looming, high maintenance backlogs we all know too well. OKRs are important to agile teams because they deal with the big things, they inspire forward thinking, encourage engage senior leaders, and help debug strategy. Acclaimed author Allan Kelly describes why you should use OKRs, how to write them successfully, how to set measurable KRs, execute against OKRs in an agile environment to deliver outcomes, and the pitfalls and problems to avoid so you can deliver your outcomes.

Projects fail. Some say 40 percent of all IT projects fail, some say 70 percent. And it has been that way for years. Each project fails for its own reasons but they all share one thing in common: the project model. Could it be the project model itself which creates failure? In this tour de force Allan Kelly explains why the project model is a poor fit for managing software development.

“How do I make my user stories smaller?” “What is the right size for a user story?” “What is the difference between an Epic and a Story? And where do Tasks and Sub-Tasks fit in?” Allan Kelly found himself answering these questions, and similar ones, again and again so...he sat down to write the answers and this book was born.