Books by Daniel Stahl

In the brooding mountains the wicked giantess Gr?la dwells with her offspring, the mischievous Yule Lads, and the sinister Yule Cat. In the weeks before Christmas they descend to terrorize the hapless people below. While the thirteen lads will steal their sausages, slam their doors and peek through their windows, the cat will hunt down and devour any child who doesn't receive any new clothes for Christmas.This heroic crown of sonnets tells the tale of Anna, a young girl who seeks to avoid her cruel fate by imploring her distracted mother and father to give her some new clothes - any clothes - for Christmas. As the fateful day draws ever closer and the Yule Lads mercilessly harass her family, her desperation grows by the day. Will she live to see another year, or will she become the next meal of the voracious Yule Cat?

Continuous integration, delivery and deployment promise rapid feedback and short turn-around times, which serve as enablers for greater responsiveness in the face of changing markets and disruptive technologies alike. It is this responsiveness to threats and opportunities that makes the difference between success and extinction in the software industry of tomorrow. Coverage includes an overview of the various continuous practices, explanations and guidance adapted to different contexts and circumstances and a concrete structured method to leverage continuous practices for your needs. Daniel St¿hl and Torvald M¿rtensson have as researchers and practitioners observed, studied and participated in a multitude of software projects in a range of companies and segments of the software industry. Now they have teamed up to share their experiences and insights and provide hands-on guidance to software engineers looking to improve their continuous practices.

Ruth Roy, a Wisconsinite in her late sixties, seeks to put the tragedies of her small town past behind her by acquiring a small property and founding a business along with a new life in the Old World before age and decrepitude overtake her. Her new beginning takes a sinister turn, however, when horrific nightmares begin to haunt her and a prophecy - discovered within a tale within an antique journal - has her doubting not only her chances at a new life, but her neighbors and her very sanity. She finds herself searching desperately for a way out of the horrors that threaten to ensnare her; horrors which all began with that tiny little house she acquired, and the mysterious cellar on top of which it was built.

The first comprehensive account of the post-1945 efforts to bring Nazi war criminals who had escaped to South America to justice.