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  • The First 90 Days in Government

    Critical Success Strategies for New Public Managers at All Levels

    by Michael Watkins, Cate Reavis, Peter H. Daly ...
    More than 250,000 public sector managers in the United States take on new positions each year and many more aspire to leadership. Each will confront special challenges-from higher public profiles to a greater number of stakeholders to volatile political environments-that will make their transitions even more challenging than in the business world.Now Michael Watkins, author of the bestselling book ... Read more

    $25.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals

    by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson ...
    Learn the origins of over 2,000 mammal species names with this informative reference guide.Just who was the Przewalski after whom Przewalski's horse was named? Or Husson, the eponym for the rat Hydromys hussoni? Or the Geoffroy whose name is forever linked to Geoffroy's cat? This unique reference provides a brief look at the real lives behind the scientific and vernacular mammal names one ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Health, Hope, and Healing for All

    Toward More Equitable and Affordable Healthcare

    by Eugene A. Woods ...
    One of America’s top healthcare leaders offers a prescription to fix an ailing and inequitable healthcare systemIn Health, Hope, and Healing for All, Eugene A. Woods, CEO of Advocate Health, one of the largest non-profit health systems in the nation, provides a riveting behind-the-scenes look at healthcare in the United States.By sharing his insights from three decades in healthcare administration ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Metaphysics of Color

    by Michael Watkins, Elay Shech ...
    Series series Elements in Metaphysics
    This Element offers an opinionated and selective introduction to philosophical issues concerning the metaphysics of color. The opinion defended is that colors are objective features of our world; objects are colored, and they have those colors independent of how they are experienced. It is a minority opinion. Many philosophers thinking about color experience argue that perceptual variation, the ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Audiobook

    Crucial Conversations Summarized for Busy People

    by Michael Watkins ...
    Narrated by Michael Watkins, Michael Hawthorne ...

    Unabridged

    23 min

    Have you ever felt stuck - in a relationship, in your career, at home, chances are a crucial conversation is keeping you there. With structure and wit, this best-selling book summary provides readers with a way to improve on the most fundamental element of organizational learning and growth honest, unencumbered dialogue between individuals. The authors address the No. 1 reason managers and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Christian Poetry

    by Michael Watkins ...
    This is a compilation of Christian poems I wrote mostly in prison, some since I’ve been out. Written by me, the author, and inspired by Christian bible reading and personal experience. Thanks for your support, poems are legit, hope you enjoy! ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals

    by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson ...
    Just who was the Przewalski after whom Przewalski's horse was named? Or Husson, the eponym for the rat Hydromys hussoni? Or the Geoffroy whose name is forever linked to Geoffroy's cat? This unique reference provides a brief look at the real lives behind the scientific and vernacular mammal names one encounters in field guides, textbooks, journal articles, and other scholarly works.Arranged to ... Read more

    $58.29 USD

  • The Eponym Dictionary of Birds

    by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson ...
    A comprehensive dictionary listing all the people whose names are commemorated in the English and scientific names of birds.Birdwatchers often come across bird names that include a person's name, either in the vernacular (English) name or latinised in the scientific nomenclature. Such names are properly called eponyms, and few people will not have been curious as to who some of these people were ... Read more

    $69.69 USD

  • The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians

    by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson ...
    New species of animal and plant are being discovered all the time. When this happens, the new species has to be given a scientific, Latin name in addition to any common, vernacular name. In either case the species may be named after a person, often the discoverer but sometimes an individual they wished to honour or perhaps were staying with at the time the discovery was made. Species names related ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles

    by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson ...
    Who was Richard Kemp, after whom the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is named? Is Wake’s Gecko named after Berkeley’s Marvalee Wake? Or perhaps her husband, David? Why do so many snakes and lizards have Werner in their name? This reference book answers these and thousands of other questions about the origins of the vernacular and scientific names of reptiles across the globe.From Agkistrodon piscivorus ... Read more

    $94.29 USD

  • The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians

    by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson ...
    New species of animal and plant are being discovered all the time. When this happens, the new species has to be given a scientific, Latin name in addition to any common, vernacular name. In either case the species may be named after a person, often the discoverer but sometimes an individual they wished to honour or perhaps were staying with at the time the discovery was made. Species names related ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Sharks: An Eponym Dictionary

    by Michael Watkins, Bo Beolens ...
    This fascinating reference book delves into the origins of the vernacular and scientific names of sharks, rays, skates and chimeras. Each entry offers a concise biography, revealing the hidden stories and facts behind each species’ name.Full of interesting facts and humorous titbits, the authors’ extensive research and detective work has made this book a comprehensive source of knowledge on ... Read more

    $48.99 USD