New Releases by Kevin Lewis

Learn API Monetization Simple Guide to Pricing Endpoints and Generating Revenue Turn your APIs into a consistent income stream-even if you''re just getting started. Are you building APIs but struggling to make money from them? Do you feel stuck trying to figure out what to charge, how to charge, or who will even pay? You''re not alone. Many developers and tech entrepreneurs create powerful APIs-but fail to unlock their true earning potential. Without the right pricing strategy, packaging model, and monetization framework, even the best APIs remain underutilized... and unprofitable. This book changes that. Learn API Monetization is your practical, no-fluff roadmap to transforming your APIs into scalable revenue-generating assets. Whether you''re an independent developer, startup founder, or tech enthusiast, this guide breaks down complex monetization concepts into simple, actionable steps you can apply immediately. Inside, you''ll discover how to: - Design profitable pricing models that attract users and maximize revenue - Package your endpoints strategically for different customer segments - Choose between freemium, subscription, and pay-per-use models with confidence - Avoid common monetization mistakes that cost developers time and money - Position your API in the market to stand out from competitors - Scale your revenue streams without increasing complexity Why this book stands out: - Beginner-friendly explanations with real-world insights - Actionable strategies you can implement right away - Focused on results-not just theory - Perfect for developers, SaaS builders, and tech entrepreneurs Imagine knowing exactly how to price your API... Attract the right users... And generate steady, predictable income from your work. That''s the power of smart API monetization-and it starts here. --- Stop leaving money on the table. Take control of your API''s earning potential today. Get your copy now and start building APIs that don''t just work-but pay.

Harness the power of GPUs using C++. Explore parallel computing concepts, CUDA programming, memory management, and kernel optimization. Projects include data-parallel algorithms and real-time simulations to help you leverage GPU acceleration effectively in high-performance applications.

Build end-to-end machine learning workflows in Python. Covers data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, and deployment. Practical projects show how to connect each stage into a smooth, repeatable pipeline for real-world datasets.

Security Testing with Java is a practical, hands-on guide to identifying, testing, and mitigating security vulnerabilities in Java applications. This book walks step by step through secure coding principles, static and dynamic security testing, vulnerability scanning, penetration testing fundamentals, and automated security test integration into CI/CD pipelines.

Data Strategy Reconsidered challenges the conventional wisdom that causes most data strategies to fail. Based on twenty-five years of experience and hundreds of enterprise implementations, Kevin Lewis reveals why common approaches-building business cases for direct value, creating comprehensive data foundations, swinging between centralization extremes-consistently fall short in practice. The book presents seven counterintuitive principles that actually deliver results: targeting business initiatives rather than direct business value; building for change rather than all requirements; balancing responsibility without polarizing; creating coherent architecture; focusing on the future instead of rewriting legacy; planning programs not just projects; and embedding strategy into operations. Drawing from implementations across financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and telecommunications, this practical guide provides immediately applicable frameworks without abstract theory. Written for Chief Data Officers, enterprise architects, data leaders, and executives, it offers a proven roadmap for organizations building new data strategies or fixing ones that aren''t delivering results.

The first book to expose how the Catholic Church systematically covers up scandal by moving abusers across borders. Clerical sexual abuse is as global as the Roman Catholic Church, with bishops moving credibly accused priests not simply between parishes but also across international borders. Unforgivable follows the movement of one such perpetrator from the Great Plains of central Minnesota to the Indigenous highlands of Guatemala, where this priest had access to children and even raised one as his own. Although Father David Roney is at the center of this particular story, author Kevin Lewis O''Neill offers ample evidence that offshoring priests is a common practice. These maneuvers and the callous indifference of the Church—even once caught red-handed—reveal the limits of justice. They also lay bare the disturbing fact that the scale of clerical sexual abuse is far bigger than anyone has yet considered. Rigorously researched and viscerally important, this book raises urgent questions about holding the Catholic Church accountable.

In a world where love and danger collide, she finds herself torn between the comfort of family and the thrilling allure of the mysterious man who claims her heart. As unexpected proposals spark laughter and teasing banter, dark secrets and powerful alliances weave a web of intrigue around them. Will their bond withstand the pressures of a life filled with both passion and peril? Join her on a journey of love, loyalty, and unexpected twists, where every choice could lead to a heart-stopping adventure. Experience the ultimate tale of romance in a world ruled by shadows and desires.

Discover the Magic of Growing Together in "Rooted in Love: The Couple''s Guide to Gardening Together" Welcome to a journey that intertwines the essence of love with the nurturing of a garden. "Rooted in Love: The Couple''s Guide to Gardening Together" invites you and your loved one to explore the unique parallels between tending to your relationship and cultivating a garden side by side. This guide is more than just about gardening; it''s about planting seeds of connection, understanding, and enduring love. Delve into the roots of your connection by uncovering the rich history and psychology behind shared hobbies, especially gardening. Understand how these activities can fortify your bond, setting a solid foundation for your shared journey. The book''s initial chapters serve as the fertile ground from which your relationship can flourish. As you progress, you will discover how to prepare the soil of your relationship, selecting the right seeds that align with your coupled goals. The metaphorical representation of annuals, perennials, and biennials in relation to love will give you a fresh perspective on your partnership''s growth potential. With practical advice on planning your garden layout, sharing responsibilities, and overcoming challenges, this guide ensures that both your garden and love life bloom. Experience the seasons of gardening and love, learning to cherish new beginnings, nurture growth, reap the rewards, and find rest and reflection in quieter times. Each season brings with it lessons on perseverance, patience, and the importance of celebration, enriching your relationship as you journey through life together. "Rooted in Love" also equips you with the tools of the trade, from essential gardening tools for couples to DIY projects that encourage togetherness. Further, explore organic gardening principles, garden design, and creating sanctuaries for wildlife, extending the analogy to fostering a sustainable, eco-friendly relationship. By the book''s close, you and your partner will not only have a thriving garden but a fortified, evergreen relationship. "Rooted in Love" guides you in cultivating a shared space of growth, harmony, and endless possibility. Embark on this transformative journey together, and let your love and garden flourish side by side.

It''s Brown Sugar Baby''s first Valentine''s Day! In this multigenerational story, Brown Sugar Baby is in the kitchen baking sweet Valentine treats with Grandpa and Mom. Award-winning author Kevin Lewis delivers another lyrical and relatable celebration of unconditional love. This African American family is full of warmth and celebration, reminding us we have lots of love to share. Perfect keepsake board book for baby''s first Valentine''s Day -- and perfect addition to your growing collection of Brown Sugar Baby books. Relatable, lyrical story for parents and their little girls and boys to read together time and time again. Beautiful illustrations, featuring an African American family, will keep kids engaged throughout the story. Sturdy board book pages are easy to grasp, great for children practicing fine motor skills. Poetic rhythm and rhymes encourage language patterns and development amongst toddlers. Glitter cover provides tactile learning for kids of young ages. The more senses you use as you read together, the better children can concentrate on their learning experience.

A mustard seed. God asks us to have faith the size of an itty, bitty, tiny mustard seed. Now that shouldn''t be so hard, should it? And yet, so many times we experience difficult, even traumatic events in our lives that make us ask questions like, "If God loves us and wants the very best for us, why does He allow such horrible things to happen?"For Kevin, it was a mass shooting in his town of Buffalo, Minnesota that brought him to ask this important question. And each time he prayed, he heard the words, "Can you trust me this much? Those words kept replaying in his mind over and over again. Kevin eventually wrote those six words down on strips of paper and Scotch-taped a mustard seed to each one. He proceeded to place the strips in random places. They were in his house, his business, on his computer, and even in his car.What Kevin discovered was how the traumatic events we all face in life can either destroy us or bring us to a place where we realize our pain has a purpose. And when we finally get real and have the crazy courage to face the big hurts - those life-changing events - we can answer with certainty, "Yes?yes, I can trust you this much!"

Beginning readers use many different strategies to become more fluent readers. One of the most important methods is learning to read and recognize sight words. These are basic words that are memorized rather than sounded out. You can work with your child at home to develop sight word recognition. I can tell you after teaching for 15 years, working hard to learn these words by sight (memorizing) pays off. It can speed up how quickly your child learns to read. They are important to learn so your child doesn''t get discouraged when they have to stop and sound out every. single. word. Kids start kindergarten knowing their letter sounds. Some kids are even able to read a handful of basic words.

This bilingual photography book investigates the complexities of today''s war on drugs by examining the art and architecture of Guatemala City''s Pentecostal drug rehabilitation centers.

Do you want a slim body you have always dreamed of? Do you want to save time in cooking healthy daily meals? If yes, then you should not miss this cookbook. The recipes in this cookbook are pretty easy, so you can quickly understand and follow even you have never entered into kitchen before. With this cookbook, you will cook better, tastier and faster meals for yourself and your family. So why not get a copy of it and prepare your daily meals?

Planets come in many different sizes, and with many different compositions, orbiting our Sun and countless other stars. Understanding their properties and interactions requires an understanding of a diverse set of sub-fields, including orbital and atmospheric dynamics, geology, geophysics, and chemistry. This textbook provides a physics-based tour of introductory planetary science concepts for undergraduate students majoring in astronomy, planetary science, or related fields. It shows how principles and equations learned in introductory physics classes can be applied to study many aspects of planets, including dynamics, surfaces, interiors, and atmospheres. It also includes chapters on the discovery and characterization of extrasolar planets, and the physics of planet formation. Key Features Covers a wide range of planetary science topics at an introductory level Coherently links the fields of solar system science, exoplanetary science, and planet formation Each chapter includes homework questions Includes python templates for reproducing and customizing the figures in the book

KJ visits a wild life preserve. He gets to learn about animals he knew nothing about, while having fun doing so.Children who love animals, insects and all of the above would love to be on this trip with KJ.

"A necessary addition to the literature on Latin America''s Pentecostals, whose number exceeds 100 million . . . a highly readable text." — Times Higher Education "It''s not a process," one pastor insisted, "rehabilitation is a miracle." In the face of addiction and few state resources, Pentecostal pastors in Guatemala City are fighting what they understand to be a major crisis. Yet the treatment centers they operate produce this miracle of rehabilitation through extraordinary means: captivity. These men of faith snatch drug users off the streets, often at the request of family members, and then lock them up inside their centers for months, sometimes years. Hunted is based on more than ten years of fieldwork among these centers and the drug users that populate them. Over time, as Kevin Lewis O''Neill engaged both those in treatment and those who surveilled them, he grew increasingly concerned that he, too, had become a hunter, albeit one snatching up information. This thoughtful, intense book will reframe the arc of redemption we so often associate with drug rehabilitation, painting instead a seemingly endless cycle of hunt, capture, and release. "O''Neill uses his dramatic story of the manhunt to rethink Foucauldian pastoral power . . . [an] utterly brilliant book." — PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review "The theme of Kevin Lewis O''Neill''s fascinating book, Hunted—i.e., drug addicts kidnapped and held in involuntary confinement in treatment centers run by Guatemalan Pentecostals—may strike readers as so outré or outrageous as to provoke a reaction . . . Hunted consists in brilliant participant-observer reportage." — Pneuma

Managing a dental practice has become increasingly complex in recent years, after changes within both the National Health Service and the private sector. Modern dental practice requires that dentists meet demanding business and management challenges as well as employing their clinical expertise. However, most dentists receive little or no formal training in practice management. In this book established management principles are applied specifically to dentistry. It shows how to best serve the interests of patients by effective management of staff, finances, premises and resources. It assumes no prior knowledge, is concise and offers clear, practical advice. It is the definitive guide for dentists, vocational trainees, dental students, practice managers and administrators, and a useful reference for those undertaking the DGDP and MGDS examinations.

School Bullying: A Personal Journey is an autobiography written in novel format about the author''s tormented life growing up with Autism and the terrifying battles he faced falling victim to school bullying and harassment.

From 2003 through 2014, Kevin''s wife Rebecca became and served as the caregiver for her mother as she began to suffer from dementia. This condition was subsequently diagnosed as Alzheimer''s. Two years after her passing, Kevin decided to put into writing the experiences and lessons that marked their journey through those years. It provides a simple chronological walk through this time, providing personal insights and advice in a conversational manner should anyone else find themselves serving in such a role. It also gives the view of a spouse who realized in retrospect what he was blind to and what he would have done differently.

Krav Maga, which means “contact combat” in Hebrew, is an easy-to-understand/remember aggressive system of self-defense. Idiot’s Guides®: Krav Maga will not only define what it is, but also review the principles and systems of techniques and training to ensure survival. Combining in-depth information and easy-to-understand illustrated instructions, this guide will be a wonderful tool to help train both men and women on how to protect themselves, deal with threatening situations, and reverse dangerous situations where they’re at a disadvantage. Idiot’s Guides®: Krav Maga covers: - The origination of Krav Maga: its history, birthplace, philosophy, and why it was created. - The core essentials of Krav Maga’s theory and practice. - A review of how to condition the body and mind to outside threats and violence. - An understanding of not only the physical aspect of Krav Maga, but how it is part of the bigger picture of personal protection. - The thought process of the attacker and how to avoid potentially dangerous situations, if possible. - How Krav Maga differs from martial arts, primarily in terms of not following handed down fighting rules and techniques. - A breakdown of the belts in Krav Maga (yellow, orange, green, blue, brown, black), what it takes to attain them, and the differences between them. - Step-by-step illustrated directions on the popular stances, positions, movements, kick/punch strikes, falls, joint locks, deflections, and techniques from the basics to advanced moves. - How to use body weight, your most powerful muscles, and momentum to defeat an attacker. - Instruction on protecting the body and weapons defense, in addition to mastering escapes.

Life is a struggle and a lot of the times we try to block out our pain with things such as drugs, partying ,sex and the list goes on and on. But these things never solve the problem or heal our hurt inside. It feels good in the moment but when it wears off we are left back in our low state. Which most of the time turns out to be even more worse than before. If we were to start acknowledging our pain rather than pushing it away and see what we can learn out of this situation to help ourselves and others.We would be able to find solutions to our problems. So in this book of poetry I talk about my struggles in life, and how when I stopped looking at it as a problem and as an opportunity to grow and become stronger. I became much more satisfied with life, and one other person you will find out who he is after reading my book. I mention him a lot I realized he is all I need in my journey through life.

Olaf is a snowman who wants to play games with others and give lots of hugs.

"I’m not perfect," Mateo confessed. "Nobody is. But I try." Secure the Soul shuttles between the life of Mateo, a born-again ex-gang member in Guatemala and the gang prevention programs that work so hard to keep him alive. Along the way, this poignantly written ethnography uncovers the Christian underpinnings of Central American security. In the streets of Guatemala City—amid angry lynch mobs, overcrowded prisons, and paramilitary death squads—millions of dollars empower church missions, faith-based programs, and seemingly secular security projects to prevent gang violence through the practice of Christian piety. With Guatemala increasingly defined by both God and gangs, Secure the Soul details an emerging strategy of geopolitical significance: regional security by way of good Christian living.

Olaf is a snowman who wants to play games with others and give lots of hugs.

Available for the first time as an eBook read by the author! Kevin Lewis and Daniel Kirk team up for another classic rhyming picture book, and bath time has never been so much fun. Tankers, barges, and boats of all shapes and sizes come to life in this aquatic adventure featuring a determined tugboat and his crew. Daniel Kirk’s colorful illustrations and Kevin Lewis’s exuberant narration will make this story a hit with young seafarers everywhere.

My Truck Is Stuck. Rotten luck. Can''t go! My truck is stuck. Tug and tow. Two engines roar. But the truck won''t go. Not one inch more. Does anyone know how to make my stuck truck go? In this lyrical read-aloud, young drivers are introduced to the ins and outs of hauling, beeping, and repairing -- get ready for a fun ride!

This book is a basic practical guide to the all-important mental process by which we all live our lives - analyzing a situation, sorting out how to respond to it, and taking action accordingly. We discover how to solve problems and make choices swiftly and satisfactorily, how to reduce mental stress while working under pressure, how to turn bright ideas into positive action. Following the techniques and exercises given here, you''ll soon find you are using your brain more efficiently. Your payback will be in greater confidence and greater peace of mind - which in turn will help your mental processing. Step inside this virtual circle now, and join the blessed ranks of the sorted!

KJ decides one summer day he would like to join the junior police academy. This will be an exciting adventure for him and one he will not soon forget. This adventure will help him to learn responsibility also.

It is the heart of a man, and even many men that can inspire others to look at life more closely, especially in their own relationships. Relationships are what help us grow as people. It is our relationships especially with family and friends that influence us the most. These individuals function as role models of sorts that help to craft our personalities and characteristics that make us unique for the good or the bad. The focus of this book is to focus on the true stories and poems from men of all different ages. Many of the stories discuss stories and poems about relationships that are more spiritual and personal to the heart. There are also some stories here that appeal to the humorous side, hoping to give you a smile and showing the more humorous side to relationships that impact our lives regardless of how small or great in significance. This book will not have romantic stories about romance, but rather more about the inner turning point in each man''s life and what or who helped to change them to move in a more positive direction in life. If you believe that anyone is capable of change and that sometimes just a little inspiration from someone or something can make a world of a difference than you will enjoy the stories and poems presented in this book.

The hunter has become the prey ... The headless corpses of three men are found in a London side street. Their mutilated torsos are witness to an unspeakably agonizing death. It becomes chillingly clear that this discovery is a horrific message to the Metropolitan Police - and to one officer in particular. DI Stacey Collins finds herself on the hunt for a psychopathic killer. But it would seem that this is no ordinary homicide ... all the victims had themselves been predators, terrorizing the innocent. Is this a twisted vigilante mission, or something far more sinister? Meanwhile, Collins must battle her own demons as the MET''s Internal Affairs department investigate her past and her connections to London''s underworld. Collins faces her toughest challenge yet - torn between justice and revenge