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From the row houses of Baltimore to the stoops of Brooklyn, the New
York Times bestselling author of The Cook Up lays bare the voices
of the most vulnerable and allows their stories to uncover the
systematic injustice threaded within our society. Honest and
eye-opening, the pages of We Speak for Ourselves "are abundant with
wisdom and wit; integrity and love, not to mention enough laughs
for a stand-up comedy routine" (Mitchell S. Jackson, author of
Survival Math). Watkins introduces you to Down Bottom, the storied
community of East Baltimore that holds a mirror to America's poor
black neighborhoods-"hoods" that could just as easily be in
Chicago, Detroit, Oakland, or Atlanta. As Watkins sees it, the
perspective of people who live in economically disadvantaged black
communities is largely absent from the commentary of many top
intellectuals who speak and write about race. Unapologetic and
sharp-witted, D. Watkins is here to tell the truth as he has seen
it. We Speak for Ourselves offers an in-depth analysis of
inner-city hurdles and honors the stories therein. We sit in
underfunded schools, walk the blocks burdened with police
corruption, stand within an audience of Make America Great Again
hats, journey from trap house to university lecture, and rally in
neglected streets. And we listen. "Watkins has come to remind us,
everyone deserves the opportunity to speak for themselves" (Jason
Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author) and serves hope to
fellow Americans who are too often ignored and calling on others to
examine what it means to be a model activist in today's world. We
Speak for Ourselves is a must-read for all who are committed to
social change.
Are you a good boss--or a great one? Get more of the management
ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must
Reads on Managing People (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of
Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important
ones to help you master the innumerable challenges of being a
manager. With insights from leading experts including Marcus
Buckingham, Michael D. Watkins, and Linda Hill, this book will
inspire you to: Draw out your employees' signature strengths
Support a culture of honesty and civility Cultivate better
communication and deeper trust among global teams Give feedback
that will help your people excel Hire, reward, and tolerate only
fully formed adults Motivate your employees through small wins
Foster collaboration and break down silos across your company This
collection of articles includes "Are You a Good Boss--or a Great
One?," by Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback; "Let Your Workers
Rebel," by Francesca Gino; "The Feedback Fallacy," by Marcus
Buckingham and Ashley Goodall; "The Power of Small Wins," by Teresa
M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer; "The Price of Incivility," by
Christine Porath and Christine Pearson; "What Most People Get Wrong
About Men and Women," by Catherine H. Tinsley and Robin J. Ely;
"How Netflix Reinvented HR," by Patty McCord; "Leading the Team You
Inherit," by Michael D. Watkins; "The Overcommitted Organization,"
by Mark Mortensen and Heidi K. Gardner; "Global Teams That Work,"
by Tsedal Neeley; "Creating the Best Workplace on Earth," by Rob
Goffee and Gareth Jones.
Even the best-run companies can get blindsided by disasters they
should have anticipated. These predictable surprises range from
financial scandals to operational disruptions, from organizational
upheavals to product failures. In "Predictable Surprises", Max H.
Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins show you how to minimize your risk
by understanding and lowering the psychological, organizational,
and political barriers preventing you from foreseeing calamity.
They then describe the powerful tools - including incentives and
formal coalitions - that business leaders can use to ferret out and
fend off threats invisible to insiders. Failure see what's coming
exposes your company to predictable surprises. Given the stakes
involved, this book should count among every business leader's most
trusted resources.
A New York Times Best Seller! Baltimore, one of our country's
quintessential urban war zones, is brought powerfully to life by
literary talent, D. Watkins To many, the past 8 years under
President Obama were meant to usher in a new post-racial American
political era, dissolving the divisions of the past. However, when
seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot by a wannabe cop in
Florida; and then Ferguson, Missouri, happened; and then South
Carolina hit the headlines; and then Baltimore blew up, it was hard
to find any evidence of a new post-racial order. Suddenly the
entire country seemed to be awakened to a stark fact: African
American men are in danger in America. This has only become clearer
as groups like Black Lives Matter continue to draw attention to
this reality daily not only online but also in the streets of our
nation's embattled cities. D. Watkins. fought his way up on the
eastside (the "beastside") of Baltimore, Maryland-or "Bodymore,
Murderland," as his friends call it. He writes openly and
unapologetically about what it took to survive life on the streets
while the casualties piled up around him, including his own
brother. Watkins pushed drugs to pay his way through school,
staying one step ahead of murderous business rivals and equally
predatory lawmen. When black residents of Baltimore finally decided
they had had enough-after the brutal killing of
twenty-five-year-old Freddie Gray while in police custody-Watkins
was on the streets as the city erupted. He writes about his
bleeding city with the razor-sharp insights of someone who bleeds
along with it. Here are true dispatches from the other side of
America. In this new paperback edition, the author has also added
new material in a section title "Bonus Tracks", responding to the
rising tide of racial resentment and hate embodied by political
figures like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz as well as the heartbreaking
killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and the impact
this has had on issues of race in America. This book is essential
reading for anyone trying to make sense of the chaos of our current
political moment.
Drawing on digital criminal records, this book traces the life
courses of young convicts who were sentenced at the Old Bailey and
transported to Van Diemen's Land in the early 19th century. It
explores the everyday lives of the convicts pre- and
post-transportation, focusing on their crimes, punishments,
education, employment and family life right up to their deaths.
Emma D. Watkins contextualizes these young convicts within the
punishment system, economy and culture that they were thrust into
by their forced movement to Australia. This allows an understanding
of the factors which determined their chances of achieving a
'settled life' away from crime in the colony. Packed with case
studies offering vivid accounts of the offenders' lives, Life
Courses of Young Convicts Transported to Van Diemen's Land makes an
important contribution to the history of transportation, social
history and Australian history.
Stay on top of your leadership game. Leadership isn't something
you're born with or gifted as a reward for an abundance of
charisma; true leadership stems from core skills that can be
learned. Get more of the leadership ideas you want, from the
authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership (Vol. 2).
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles
and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your own
and your organization's performance. With insights from leading
experts including Michael D. Watkins, Herminia Ibarra, and Michael
E. Porter, this book will inspire you to: Identify areas for
personal growth Build trust with and among your employees Develop a
more dynamic and sophisticated communication style Try out
different leadership styles and behaviors to find the right
approach for you--and your organization Transform yourself from a
problem solver to an agenda setter Harness the power of connections
Become an adaptive and strategic leader This collection of articles
includes "Leadership Is a Conversation," by Boris Groysberg and
Michael Slind; "How Managers Become Leaders: The Seven Seismic
Shifts of Perspective and Responsibility," by Michael D. Watkins;
"Strategic Leadership: The Essential Skills," by Paul J.H.
Schoemaker, Steve Krupp, and Samantha Howland; "The Authenticity
Paradox," by Herminia Ibarra; "'Both/And' Leadership," by Wendy K.
Smith, Marianne W. Lewis, and Michael L. Tushman; "Are You a
Collaborative Leader?" by Herminia Ibarra and Morten T. Hansen;
"Cross-Silo Leadership," by Tiziana Casciaro, Amy C. Edmondson, and
Sujin Jang; "How CEOs Manage Time," by Michael E. Porter and Nitin
Nohria; "The Best Leaders Are Great Teachers," by Sydney
Finkelstein; "Nimble Leadership," by Deborah Ancona, Elaine
Backman, and Kate Isaacs; and "The Focused Leader," by Daniel
Goleman.
Written in an easy-to-understand, conversational style, Restoring
the Shattered is an account of Nancy E. Head's journey through
single-motherhood and poverty. The permanent divide between her and
her husband led to a shattering of their family as the children
settled into separate camps. The story begins when Nancy and her
children have little to eat. Through a miraculous intervention, God
provides-and leads them along their way. Other interventions and
more guidance came from people of different denominations,
illustrating Christ's love through the larger Church. When one of
Nancy's grown children became Catholic, she became more aware of
the ways her own evangelical tradition often dismisses Catholic
believers and misinterprets many of their doctrines. While
doctrines may differ, so many essential beliefs are the same.
Restoring the Shattered looks at the causes of the Reformation and
other schisms, and how the original schism in Christianity happened
because of a mistranslation. Misunderstanding others' faith
languages feeds so much separation today. Nancy encourages pursuing
accord among evangelical, Catholic, and Christian Orthodox
communities in order to lead the Church to the kind of ministry
that helped Nancy's family so much and rebuild the ruins of society
through obedience to Christ's call for Christian accord.
Your next professional move can make or break your career. Are you
ready? In business, especially today, you are only as successful as
your next career transition. Do well, and you'll be on the fast
track to even more challenging roles. Fail, and you could
irreparably harm your career--and your organization. In his
international bestseller The First 90 Days, transition guru Michael
D. Watkins outlined a set of basic principles for getting up to
speed quickly in new professional roles. Since that book was
published Watkins has worked with thousands of leaders, helping
them to accelerate their transitions. These leaders posed
challenging questions on how to apply the basic principles in
real-life situations. The truth that emerged: the First 90 Days
framework can be applied in every transition, but the way you apply
it is entirely different when you have been promoted to a higher
level than it is when you are joining a new organization or taking
a role in a different country. Master Your Next Move answers a
distinct need, focusing on the most common types of transitions
leaders face and the unique challenges posed by each. Based on
years of research, and now with a new introduction, this
indispensable book explores eight crucial transitions virtually
everyone encounters during their career, including promotion,
leading former peers, onboarding into a new company, making an
international move, and turning around a business in crisis. With
real-world examples and many practical models and tools, Master
Your Next Move is your guide to surviving and thriving as you make
your next move . . . and every one after that.
Water based heating systems are efficient, flexible, versatile and
offer many advantages over other heating systems. These advantages
(fast response, good controllability, efficient zonal heating and
largely silent operation) all require that initial design,
installation, commissioning and maintenance be carried out to a
high standard by competent engineers.
"Heating Services in Buildings" provides the reader with a
detailed and thorough understanding of the principles and elements
of heating buildings using modern water based heating systems. A
key theme of the book is that there is little difference, in the
approach to the design and engineering, between domestic and
commercial installations. The author's detailed but highly
practical approach to the subject ensures there is sufficient
information for students from both a craft background and those
with more academic backgrounds to understand the material. This
approach is complemented by straightforward, easy-to-use
diagrams.
"Heating Services in Buildings" supports a range of educational
courses, including degree level building services engineering; NVQ
Level 4 Higher Professional Diploma in Building Services
Engineering; City & Guilds supplementary heating course and the
Heating Design and Installation Course accredited by the European
Registration Scheme (ERS).
This new, modernized edition provides a clear and thorough
introduction to matrix computations, a key component of scientific
computing
Retaining the accessible and hands-on style of its predecessor,
"Fundamentals of Matrix Computations," Third Edition thoroughly
details matrix computations and the accompanying theory alongside
the author's useful insights. The book presents the most important
algorithms of numerical linear algebra and helps readers to
understand how the algorithms are developed and why they work.
Along with new and updated examples, the "Third Edition"
features: A novel approach to Francis' QR algorithm that explains
its properties without reference to the basic QR
algorithmApplication of classical Gram-Schmidt with
reorthogonalizationA revised approach to the derivation of the
Golub-Reinsch SVD algorithmNew coverage on solving product
eigenvalue problemsExpanded treatment of the Jacobi-Davidson
methodA new discussion on stopping criteria for iterative methods
for solving linear equations
Throughout the book, numerous new and updated exercises--ranging
from routine computations and verifications to challenging
programming and proofs--are provided, allowing readers to
immediately engage in applying the presented concepts. The new
edition also incorporates MATLAB to solve real-world problems in
electrical circuits, mass-spring systems, and simple partial
differential equations, and an index of MATLAB terms assists
readers with understanding the basic concepts related to the
software.
"Fundamentals of Matrix Computations," Third Edition is an
excellent book for courses on matrix computations and applied
numerical linear algebra at the upper-undergraduate and graduate
level. The book is also a valuable resource for researchers and
practitioners working in the fields of engineering and computer
science who need to know how to solve problems involving matrix
computations.
Drawing on digital criminal records, this book traces the life
courses of young convicts who were sentenced at the Old Bailey and
transported to Van Diemen's Land in the early 19th century. It
explores the everyday lives of the convicts pre- and
post-transportation, focusing on their crimes, punishments,
education, employment and family life right up to their deaths.
Emma D. Watkins contextualizes these young convicts within the
punishment system, economy and culture that they were thrust into
by their forced movement to Australia. This allows an understanding
of the factors which determined their chances of achieving a
'settled life' away from crime in the colony. Packed with case
studies offering vivid accounts of the offenders' lives, Life
Courses of Young Convicts Transported to Van Diemen's Land makes an
important contribution to the history of transportation, social
history and Australian history.
Learn to lead others, while managing yourself. Becoming a manager
for the first time means mastering a new set of business and
personal skills. HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers Collection
offers the ideas and strategies to help get you there. Included in
this set are HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers, HBR's 10 Must
Reads on Managing People, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself,
and HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Across Cultures. This unique
compilation offers insights from world-class experts on the topics
most important to your success as a new manager, including
assessing your team and enhancing its performance; developing your
emotional intelligence and persuasion skills; navigating
relationships with your employees, bosses, and peers; dealing with
conflict; giving effective feedback; managing diverse teams; and
fortifying your own physical and mental energy. The collection
includes forty articles selected by HBR's editors from renowned
thought leaders including W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, and Daniel
Goleman and features the indispensable article "Managing Oneself,"
by Peter F. Drucker. It's time to develop the mindset and presence
to successfully manage others for the first time. HBR's 10 Must
Reads for New Managers Collection will help you do just that. HBR's
10 Must Reads series is the definitive collection of ideas and best
practices for aspiring and experienced leaders alike. These books
offer essential reading selected from the pages of Harvard Business
Review on topics critical to the success of every manager. Each
book is packed with advice and inspiration from leading experts
such as Clayton Christensen, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, John Kotter,
Michael Porter, Theodore Levitt, and Rita Gunther McGrath.
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