Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon EditorsThe world’s most trusted guide for leaders in transitionTransitions are a critical time for leaders. In fact, most agree that moving into a new role is the biggest challenge a manager will face. While transitions offer a chance to start fresh and make needed changes in an organization, they also place leaders in a position of acute vulnerability. Missteps mad...

A community's beating heart is often found in the most unlikely places.The story of Jazz, TX, is one of an underdog. When musician and entrepreneur Doc Watkins opened the San Antonio club in 2016, the "jazz club" represented a bygone era of simplicity, spaces, and shared community.The goal was to revitalize jazz and put the house back into hospitality. The result was a timeless sensory experience-one that fulfilled a craving people didn't ...

Health on the Move 3: The Reviews - volume II series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors. - Provides the latest information on public health research - Offers outstanding and original reviews on a range of human health and several impact research topics - Serves as an indispensable reference for researchers and students alike

“[Watkins] makes the novel shine with her ear for language and eye for memorable imagery.”**—Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times Book ReviewAn extraordinary new novel about family, legacy, and an inherited curse, from National Book Award–nominated author LaToya Watkins**Set across Texas and spanning four generations, The Book of Chuck is a gimlet-eyed investigation into birthright and belonging through the story of one family in whi...

'Atmospheric, creepy, immersive, chilling' Andrea Mara 'Twisty and absorbing' B A ParisA BIZARRE SERIES OF DEATHSIn the Cornish village of Peneerie, a tragedy is unfolding. Girls are dying on their seventeenth birthdays and no one can explain why. Some say it’s a curse; others a psychological phenomenon known as suicide contagion. What Kat knows is her daughter Ruby’s birthday is fast approaching.A CURSE AWOKEN...

Fraud in the USA — Brief SynopsisFraud in the USA examines the enormous and often hidden problem of fraud in America—from government programs and healthcare to banking, investments, identity theft, insurance, cybercrime, consumer scams, and organized criminal enterprises.The book explores how fraud works, who commits it, who gets hurt, and why it can be so difficult to detect and stop. It looks at both traditional ...

DEI stands for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.It refers to organizational and institutional efforts aimed at:Diversity: Increasing representation of people from different demographic backgrounds (race, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, etc.).Equity: Addressing unequal outcomes by providing differential support or removing barriers so that groups achieve more comparabl...

International bestselling author of The First 90 Days Michael D. Watkins presents an actionable framework for business strategy to help aspiring leaders learn to think strategically and improve their decision-making—a set of skills more necessary than ever in a world of constant change.Pattern recognition. Systems perspective. Mental agility. Structured problem-solving. Visioning. Political savvy. For every good leader who has mastered of one of these disc...

A husband’s deadly affair sets off a chain of deception, obsession, and unraveling truths in this twisted domestic thriller where love becomes a weapon, the past won’t stay buried, and the truth is more dangerous than the lie.Damar Scott is a man with everything to lose—and even more to hide. To the world, he’s a devoted husband and father, but behind closed doors, he’s keeping an explosive secret: an affair that ends in tragedy. Now, he’s desperate to erase the ev...

"Whether you're going for that promotion, looking to jump ship, or change careers entirely, Michael Watkins' Your Next Move is a book you'll want to read." So starts the positive review of Your Next Move on the influential 800 CEO Read website. It's true that all leaders--no matter how seasoned--need guidance through the professional changes that define a career. In fact, transitions into new roles are the crucibles in which leaders get their toughest tests, and they're t...

**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, VOGUE, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, NPR, ESQUIRE, AND KIRKUS“There’s some kind of genius sorcery in this novel. It’s startlingly original, hilarious and harrowing by turns, finally transcendent. Watkins writes like an avenging angel. It's thrilling and terrifying to stand in her wake.” —Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation and Weather**A darkly funny, soul-...

**“Watkins has never written more confidently or staked so much on her unmistakable voice, which winds through environmental catastrophe, goofy comedy, and sexual obsession. … Think Miranda July with cacti.” —Ron Charles“Exhilarating ... a novel with huge and electric convictions."—Megha Majumdar“Inimitable, irrepressible, wild and true.”—Joy Williams“A wild desert howl of celebration and elegy.”—Karen RussellNamed a Most Anticipated Book of the Summer by NP...