New Releases by D. Watkins

The Harvard Business Review Leadership Library offers the most important leadership ideas from authors such as Michael D. Watkins, Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Porter, and John P. Kotter, to name just a few. This must-have digital collection includes The First 90 Days (Updated and Expanded), Blue Ocean Strategy (Expanded Edition), The Innovator’s Dilemma, Leading Change (With a New Preface by the Author), On Competition, Playing to Win, Remember Who You Are, HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Leadership, HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy, HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing People, and HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence.

This Harvard Business Review collection features the best in leadership transitions from celebrated author and advisor Michael D. Watkins. Watkins, who has worked for decades guiding senior leaders into new roles to help them and their organizations succeed, is the author of the international bestseller The First 90 Days. With more than 400,000 copies sold worldwide and published in more than 25 languages, the book has become the standard reference for leaders in transition. In addition to the full digital edition (ebook) of The First 90 Days, this collection includes digital editions of Watkins’ other popular works: Your Next Move, which guides professionals through the most common career transitions; Shaping the Game, on how to lead effective negotiations; and his 2012 Harvard Business Review article, “How Managers Become Leaders.” Watkins, whose ideas have guided some of the world’s best leaders through successful transitions, is the chairman of leadership development consultancy Genesis Advisers. Drawing on the perfect combination of research and hands-on experience, he has spent the last two decades working with leaders—both corporate and public—as they transition to new roles, negotiate the future of their organizations, and craft their legacy as leaders. He was previously a professor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, Harvard Business School, INSEAD in France, and IMD in Switzerland.

Virtual Reality Excursions with Programs in C provides the history, theory, principles and an account of the milestones in the development of virtual reality technology. The book is organized into five chapters. The first chapter explores the applications in the vast field of virtual reality. The second chapter presents a brief history of the field and its founders. Chapter 3 discusses human perception and how it works. Some interesting notes and much of the hot debate in the field are covered in Chapter 4. The fifth chapter describes many of the complexities involved in implementing virtual environments on real equipment. Computer scientists and programmers will find the book interesting.

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I have taken quite a while to get this cookbook out. I started it, along with another one, while we were living in Florida. That was in 2007. I wanted to write this book to continue sharing my recipes and photos of the food I make with you and hope that you will enjoy the food when you try it.

This short adult novel could be about midlife crisis. It could be about art and creativity or about love, marriage, infidelity and divorce. But it''s not. This is a novel about escape. Set between New York and the artists'' colony of St. Ives in Cornwall, ''Portrait of a Landscape'', presents two men: sculptor, Hugh Borne, and fine art photographer, Jack Rockshaw, whose creative, emotional and professional lives are in crisis. Hugh Borne has agreed to leave London to spend the winter with Jack Rockshaw''s family in a desperate bid to find inspiration for a commissioned work and to distance himself from a recent divorce. Jack is in New York on a short term teaching contract where he has become helplessly captivated by the beautiful and gifted Amy Rosenberg, a psychology major at NYU. Hugh struggles to cope with the harsh Cornish winter and growing disillusionment and soon finds himself caught between Jack''s affair and its impact on his friend''s wife, Elise. Elise introduces Hugh to a talented, aspiring artist, Jonah. The sculptor agrees to take the boy under his wing but finds he has more to learn from this mysterious free spirit than he can teach. ''Portrait of a Landscape'' explores, through its framed sections of narrative, how we are all trying, in one way or another, to escape from contemporary living. It seeks to uncover what it is we are hoping to find, how we might succeed and why we often fail. "I do everything to escape; I mean the things I want to do - the things you do so you don''t spend life dying away the day. I fuck to escape, I drink, I wander, I gate crash your class, I wander some more only to get out." If you love art and if you love life then it''s time to run away ...

My Son Wants A Pitbull is the story of how a boy finds an extraordinary Pitbull puppy that curbs all the neighbors negative thoughts about the breed. Jake, is a little boy that comes across the puppy and then teams up with a neighborhood friend in conjuction to hide the puppy from his parents. His parents do find out about the puppy and attempt to persuade the child that Pits are dangerous and to try another less threatening breed of dog. However, the puppy has already captured the heart of Jake and once the puppy is accepted into the household, he begins working on the hearts of others as well by shedding light on a problem that the neighborhood has had for quite some time. This is a great book that I know all ages can enjoy and it shows the more gentler side of what some people stereotype as a dangerous breed of animal.

This book is a biography of my late Aunt Alice, who, like millions of other people, developed Alzheimer''s disease. I was responsible for her the last few years of her life after she could no longer live alone. She had quite a sense of humor and could also be difficult. I "inherited" my aunt in 1996 and so much has changed since then. I''ve included many helpful websites and also provide a comparison of costs in the different kinds of facilities that care for Alzheimer''s patients. I also describe the increase in costs from 1996 to the present for each of these kinds of facilities. Barbara Larsen, the author who endorsed my book, has written a book about early-stage Alzheimer''s and she provides her readers with detailed activities to decelerate Alzheimer''s disease in the early stages. At the end of the book, I discuss the causes of Alzheimer''s and how the theory seems to be changing as to the cause. Anyone who has ever had a loved one with dementia and/or Alzheimer''s disease will benefit from and enjoy reading this book. Ruth D. Watkins-Leech grew up in the town of Butte, Montana, and attended Longfellow Grade School for eight years and graduated from Butte High School. She was on the journalism staff in high school and had her own column, titled Ruthie''s Rumors. Right out of high school, Ruth worked as a dental assistant for several years. She went back to college in her late twenties and received an Associate in Science degree in Respiratory Therapy. She interned at Stanford Hospital and then worked for several years at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, California. In her fifties, she traveled extensively with her late husband and wrote travel articles for a magazine titled Lifestyles. Ruth is now retired but enjoys teaching Tai Chi at Gold Country Community Center in Grass Valley, California. She also teaches at an assisted living facility and a convalescent hospital in Grass Valley. All of her compensation is donated to the Gold Country Community Center and to the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Cancer Center. Ruth is a breast cancer survivor. This is her first book. Enjoy

Nylah Thompson''s life is incomplete as she yearns to get married and start a family but her fiance Drew has other plans. Stressed and unhappy, Nylah discovers that she''s living a lie. Unable to deal with the drama and betrayal she struggles to leave her past behind but it refuses to let her go. Deception takes you through a maze of confusion as Nylah struggles to figure out whats real and whats fake. Faced with life changing decisions her survival hangs in the hands of her worst enemies.

Community-based youth organizing programs (CBYOs) have been identified as particularly favorable contexts for youth civic engagement (Flanagan & Faison, 2001; Kirshner, 2004). Yet few studies have explored the developmental processes whereby youth become civically engaged through participation in CBYOs. Furthermore, more empirical work is needed that identifies those outcomes associated with youth0́9s participation as well as those contextual features of CBYOs that support youth0́9s civic development. This dissertation employed a longitudinal qualitative interview design in its examination of 20 African American and Latino youth participating in two community-based youth organizing programs, Youth Action and Harambee, located in an urban Midwestern city. Study data included a 137 youth interviews, 21 program leader interviews, and 23 program observations conducted weekly and/or biweekly over a 3 to 4-month period. Data were coded for underlying themes and concepts following grounded theory methods (Glaser & Strauss, 1967). Data analysis suggested a five-stage process of civic development in which youth developed an awareness of civic issues; began to personalize or connect with the issues; engaged in critical social analysis; took action around civic issues; and, in some cases, began to cultivate a commitment to civic justice. Associated with this process of development was youth0́9s enhancement of skills such as working cooperatively, developing a sense of political efficacy, and demonstrating leadership potential. The Harambee and Youth Action programs provided four contextual features that appeared to facilitate youth0́9s civic development. Both programs fostered a culture of youth empowerment, engaged youth in consciousness-raising activities, provided youth opportunities for meaningful community participation, and provided youth with instrumental and emotional support as they engaged in civic actions. Together, the findings of this dissertation suggest community-based youth organizing programs as viable contexts for youth civic development. Given the disenfranchisement that exists in urban communities, community youth organizing may be an important process whereby youth of color discover their voice, develop critical consciousness, and enact democracy.

The State Economic Handbook is a new annual reference book profiling the economy, demography, political environment, and business climates for each of the 50 states. This information, gathered from a variety of sources and clearly presented in one volume, will be of great value to researchers, businesses, news media, and government agencies.

Watkins puts Christians on the road to developing life-changing habits that enrich their love for God and their experience of God''s love for them by encouraging them to embrace the spiritual disciplines--including simplicity, prayer, study, confession, and service--and make them part of everyday life.

Those looking for a compendium of the major world views, written from a Christian perspective, need look no further. Comprehensive and readable, well organized and up to date, ''Worlds Apart'' stands alone. After introducing the meaning and function of a world view, the authors explore the seven major world views of our day -- theism, atheism, pantheism, pantheism, deism, finite godism, and polytheism. They delineate the varieties within each view, analyze the beliefs of its major representatives, and outline and evaluate its basic tenets. The authors present the seven world views in such a way that one can compare and contrast these views. "It is our hope," they write, "that [readers] will carefully consider all the options and then decide, even if it means discarding the world view [they] now have." In this revised edition the authors have updated the text and bibliography, rewritten several sections, and included suggested readings for each world view. Like the original edition, published in 1984, this volume contains a glossary of terms and an index of subjects and names.

Continuing the hugely-popular series of classic comic stories from the pages of The Sunday Post. This collection revisits a golden era as you follow the fun-filled adventures of Scotland''s favourite family, The Broons.Wallow in nostalgia, too, at the mischievous tales of that cheeky wee scamp, Oor Wullie.This 144-page compendium of comic strips, articles and rarely-seen artwork of the period is a must for collectors. A wonderful trip down memory lane for those who are old enough!

When morality is seen in terms that are no longer black or white but only gray, tolerance erodes our society, according to William D. Watkins, founding editor of the "Liberty, Life and Family Journal". "The New Absolutes" compellingly demonstrates the falsehood of the forces of relativism and offers practical steps people can take to protect themselves, their families, and their communities from destruction.

This book is the sequel to William D. Watkins'' previous book, "The Busy Christian''s Guide to the Deeper Life". It encourages focused Christian living and discourages legalism. Watkins says, "The spiritual disciplines are not an end in themselves but a means to achieving something much greater--a vital, holy relationship to God, his people, and his world.