You've built a strong team. You've invested in top talent. So why does it still feel like everything's at risk? Hard to Handle: A High Performer Paradox dives into the unseen challenges that even the best organizations face-the slow erosion of trust, morale, and results caused by brilliant employees who struggle with leadership.Through the powerful story of a rising star, a volatile boss, and a team on the brink, this book shows how small communication breakdowns snowball ...

Paul’s witness speaks to a church seeking renewal today.Paul advanced the mission of the church by planting seeds of equity—at times leveraging his privilege for good, at other times laying it aside for the sake of others, and always yearning to hear the often-silenced voices of the marginalized. His life and ministry—both his strengths and his shortcomings—offer vital wisdom for those committed to dismantling false hierarchies of human worth.In a season wh...

Disrupt your industry, boost profitability, and grow your business with a powerful A.I. strategy.Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is on the verge of disrupting every domain of human existence. What does that mean for your business? Everything. Building on the power of A.I. is the factor that will determine success or failure in the very near future—and this in-depth guide from the man who designed the A.I. system that famously won Jeopardy provides everything you nee...

Since adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the interpretive General Comment 1, the topic of legal capacity in mental health settings has generated considerable debate in disciplines ranging from law and psychiatry to public health and public policy. With over 180 countries having ratified the Convention, the shifts required in law and clinical practice need to be informed by interdisciplinary and contextually relevant research as well as the views of st...

Apley & Solomon's Concise System of Orthopaedics and Trauma is firmly established as the leading introductory textbook of orthopaedic practice and the principles of fracture and trauma management. Praised in previous editions for the systematic approach, balanced content and easy-to-read style, this fifth edition has been brought fully up to date under the direction of the new and distinguished authorial team, while remaining true to the teaching principles of Alan Apley and his successor ...

This treatise is a detailed article-by-article examination of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Each article of the CRPD contains a methodical analysis of the preparatory works, followed by an exhaustive examination of the contents of each article based on case law and concluding observations from the CRPD Committee, judgments from national and international courts and tribunals, pertinent UN and other reports, the key literature on the articl...

The Future is Black presents Afropessimism as an opportunity to think in provocative and disruptive ways about race, racial equality, multiculturalism, and the pursuit of educational justice. The vision is not a coherent, delimited conversation, but a series of experiences with Afropessimism as a radical analytic situated within critical Black studies. Activists, educators, caregivers, kin, and all those who love Black children are invited to make sense of the contemporary Black c...

The best edition yet of the cornerstone text on abdominal operations—enhanced by thousands of full-color photographs and illustrations and thoroughly updated contentA Doody’s Core Title for 2021!Edition after edition, Maingot’s Abdominal Operations has been hailed as the most complete, current, and trusted resource among general, colorectal, and gastrointestinal surgeons. Presented in full color, this classic textbook care...

Now in its Tenth Edition and in continuous publication since 1959, Apley & Solomon's System of Orthopaedics and Trauma is one of the world's leading textbooks of orthopaedic surgery. Relied upon by generations of orthopaedic trainees the book remains true to the teaching principles of the late Alan Apley and his successor Professor Louis Solomon. This new edition is fully revised and updated under the leadership of new editors. It retains the familiar 'Apley' philosophy and structure, and ...

Exposing ESG’s Hidden AgendaEnvironmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a clever ruse. It’s not a naked power grab—but rather, an insidious deception playing on the public’s desire to do good. While ESG is touted as theanswer to systemic challenges, it is more accurately a cover to centralize power between state and corporations for unprecedented control, stealing liberty and prosperity.Authors Prescott and Ashley reveal how ESG threatens American merito...

Dive headfirst into Provence & the Cote d'Azur and discover everything you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime.Provence & the Cote d'Azur rewards curiosity - discover vast fields ablaze with purple lavender and little-known alpine villages with rich pastoral traditions. Our on-the-ground experts have run the rapids of the Gorges du Verdon, relaxed on the daydream beaches ofIle de Porquerolles, and wandered the UNESCO-World Heritage listed streets of...

Luca Gray HartI have everything I could ever want—a great family, awesome friends, a girlfriend, and I’m headed off to my dream college. But the past is always there, lurking like a shadow in the night....Branson Joseph AdlerI love men. I love everything about them. Their feel. Their smell. Their taste. It’s no secret to my friends and family that I’m gay. But I do have one secret....What happens when you give in to the temp...