Marquis

An exposé of how society pays for corporations' "free lunch" and the cost of environmental damage, low wages, systemic discrimination, and cheap goods.
In an age when business leaders solemnly profess dedication to principles of environmental and social justice, Christopher Marquis’s provocative investigation into the real costs of doing business reveals the way that leaders of the corporate world...

Justine is the tragic story of a young woman who embarks on a journey to France where she plans to lead a life of uncompromising virtue. Justine watches as her sister, Juliette, becomes corrupted by a wicked Abbess in the nunnery where she was raised. Hoping to escape the same fate, Justine breaks out on her own only to become the victim of many who claim to be charitable and trustworthy, suffering sexual abuse and terror that force her to extreme...

To solve the most critical performance problems with the biggest impact, start with images. Responsive Issues Community Group (RICG) chair Mat Marquis helps us make smart decisions about images and shows us the swiftest way to improve a website's performance: from understanding compression methods used by common image formats, to responsive image markup patterns and their usage, to handling content delivery for the best user experience. Get up to...

Financial illiteracy is a plague that's rarely talked about yet has infected the majority of Americans. Not understanding the basic fundamentals on how to generate and invest money can result in the difference between getting ahead and barley getting by. Hustle Vs Grind is geared to help the reader understand where they stand in this race to financial freedom and where they should strive to be.

Dive into "House of Lavender," where suspense meets transformation behind the dazzling facade of a drag queen sanctuary. When Alex Masters witnesses a murder and becomes a target, his unlikely refuge among the striking and fierce drag queens of the House of Lavender not only offers him protection but an unexpected family. Alex and his colorful companions confront their shadows through laughter, pain, and performance while fighting for visibility and...

You want to deliver an excellent digital workplace experience-but how? Forget everything you thought you knew about IT satisfaction. Completely satisfying your digital employees isn't a matter of more surveys, comparing yourself to what you see on the Internet, or trying to delight them. So what is it, then? Hank Marquis, IT satisfaction and quality of experience guru and IT tech exec, will enlighten you. His new book, Completely Satisfied, shows...

496 years. 100 historical facts. This brief museum of Black exploration connects the very first Angolans enslaved in America and the post-Civil War illusions of freedom to the Civil Rights struggles of the 1950s and 60s, the War on Drugs, and all the way to the Obama, Trump, and Biden Administrations. All of this while capturing the history before and after the Civil Rights Summer of 2020 following the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George...

"Midafternoon on a Tuesday, it occurred to Bean Jessup that she was forgetting her husband's face." So begins this smart and charmingly written debut novel about a young woman trying to start over amid the grandeur of the Alaskan landscape and the creaky confines of an isolated fishing village and its relentless and pungent salmon cannery. A Hole in the Heart is the story of what happens when Bean arrives after accepting a last-minute elementary-school-teaching...

For too long, business has operated on a model based on fear, greed and corruption. But, what if there's another way? What if the purpose of business is to create a generous culture of caring, sharing and prosperity for all? It's time to value people and release then to be all they were created to be. Do this, and the bottom line will take care of itself. You will come away from this book with a fresh perspective and practical steps that you can put...