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Drawing on two decades of leadership and coaching research, Vallée and Bloom reveal the proven strategies behind the University of Windsor women’s basketball team’s transformation from last place to five-time national champions. Dare to Win bridges the gap between theory and practice, blending leadership insights, real-world examples, and Vallée’s experiences as both an academic researcher and a championship-winning coach. This invaluable resource is perfect for anyone seeking to build successful teams and elevate leadership, management, and coaching skills in sports and beyond.

From the organization We Need Diverse Books and Dhonielle Clayton, the co-author of Blackout, comes a fantasy collection of short stories from a list of diverse, award-winning, and bestselling authors. This critically acclaimed young adult anthology welcomes every voice to lead, empower, and...

Mit diesem zweisprachigen Audio-Wortschatztrainer lernen. Sie die gebräuchlichsten 1.000 Wörter und Wendungen, was Niveau A1 entspricht. Der Wortschatztrainer ist speziell für Lernende mit Muttersprache Englisch konzipiert, die den wichtigsten deutschen Alltagswortschatz lernen wollen. Sie können jedoch auch mit Muttersprache Deutsch Englisch lernen. Die Wörter werden zuerst in Englisch gesprochen und danach auf Deutsch. Das Begleitheft enthält das Vokabular in beiden Sprachen. Alle Wörter sind thematisch geordnet und in Kapiteln zusammengefasst.

In 1981, at the age of eighteen, John N. Huffington was found guilty of a double homicide in Harford County, Maryland. He was given two death sentences plus 21 years in what became known as the Memorial Day Murders. Maintaining his innocence from day one, John spent 32 years, 1 month, and 28 days in the Maryland Prison System, the first 10 years of his sentence were on death row. John's conviction was tainted with flimsy, unsubstantiated science and a prosecutor who withheld or tried to destroy evidence.

The Learn in Your Car language series is the first system ever designed to teach a language in your car...or anywhere...without a textbook. Simple and effective, you can learn to converse in another language while driving, walking, or doing tasks around the house. Each course is organized the way you learn best - by learning words and phrases - and building these into sentences and clear conversations. Arrange hotel accommodations, order in restaurants, change money, and feel more at home next time you travel!

Thoroughbred racing was one of the first major sports in early America. Horse racing thrived because it was a high-status sport that attracted the interest of both old and new money. It grew because spectators enjoyed the pageantry, the exciting races, and, most of all, the gambling. In The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime, author Steven Riess fills a long-neglected gap in sports history, offering a richly detailed and fascinating chronicle of thoroughbred racing's heyday.

I was just supposed to be a sacrifice to a beast… So why did he have to be my fated one? As a Princess, I have a duty to protect my kingdom and my family. I knew that I could handle him, even though I was afraid of him. As the Savage Rogue Alpha, he was someone that everyone feared. Kenji, a beast with black hair and emerald, green eyes that looks like an Adonis but is really the devil. I don’t trust him even though he is my fated mate. I want nothing to do with him. I hate that I’m being drawn straight to him though.

It was just supposed to be a job… There, we met and it’s like sparks flew, and the tension was ever present. As a model, I have had to live by a code. I have to be careful of who I date and the image I maintain. But when I meet him, I want to throw all of it to the wind. Jaxon Rowe, a handsome police officer with beautiful sky-blue eyes that has won the hearts of many and is my partner in the shoot. Jaxon is just an ordinary man, having been submitted by his buddies. But all I can do is thank them for bringing him into my life…

I had to run away to escape… But now, my fated mate has decided to drag me back to the place I ran from. Due to my abusive father, I had decided to run away. I didn’t think that he would care because he always told me to leave. But now there is a bounty on my head, and I have been caught. Oliver Wilde, a sexy coyote bounty hunter who could make me want everything, but he is cold. I don’t know how to make him understand that I did not do what I am accused of. All I need is a chance… But I’m afraid even my fated mate won’t be able to help me.

That statistic above—10 percent of the population owns almost 70 percent of the wealth in America—it’s not just some made-up number copied off some random site.

In the year 2067, Britain struggles to rebuild after the crushing devastation of the Great Flood. Those in power have formed a new regime in the wake of the disaster. Whether it is a hard-won utopia or an oppressive nightmare depends entirely on gender. Unmarried women have no legal rights or protection, and their access to education and employment is limited to ensure their servitude. Yet a fire burns within them to prove they are far from the weaker sex, and their rebellion seeks to tear down the patriarchal rule.

Michael Nagler offers a step-by-step guide to using nonviolence creatively to confront any problem and to build change movements capable of restructuring the very bedrock of society. He identifies some specific tactical mistakes made by unsuccessful nonviolent actions, such as the Tiananmen Square demonstrations and the Occupy protests, and includes stories of successful nonviolent resistance from around the world, including an example from Nazi Germany.

Negotiation is a skill people need to use every day. In this audio exclusive, learn the negotiation skills required to navigate difficult situations that arise in everyday life. From buying a car to purchasing a home, one needs to know how to effectively negotiate, especially when the other party is a seasoned professional. Harvard professor, Joshua N. Weiss, Ph.D., gives us to tools to negotiate when we have a major stake in the game or when we're perceived as the "weak consumer."

Read by the authors. Laughter is a powerful remedy to what ails today’s teams and organizations. There are a host of neuroscientific explanations for why laughter makes us feel so great. Laughter triggers "feel good" chemicals in the brain which activate opiate receptors throughout your body...

Every pastor struggles with demands for his time, and how to determine priorities in ministry. Some choose to respond to the most urgent needs, while others seek a more balanced and intentional approach. But what determines these priorities? Where should a busy pastor look for wisdom in making...

Ben Lewis. Blackmailed by a dead man. Hunted by armed killers. All because of Gunter Markov, a gifted North Korean hacker. Someone who has posted encrypted secrets online - supposedly the hack to end all hacks. Deadly secrets. The sort many seem suddenly only too willing to kill for. Lewis finds himself unexpectedly the one person alive able to decrypt Markov’s coded hack. As a nationwide manhunt is launched to find Lewis, his former girlfriend, Holly, goes missing, presumed kidnapped. Will Lewis be able to find Holly before it is too late? Or will others get to Lewis - and the encryption key - first? Especially those increasingly desperate to ensure that Markov’s encrypted secrets remain buried forever.

Life as a ski instructor is usually chilled. Especially on a powder day. However, when your client is the wife of a dissident Russian oligarch, someone Moscow wants eliminated given everything he’s been saying about the Kremlin elite, suddenly the temperature risks becoming red hot. Deadly dangerous - if not downright lethal. In particular when the ski instructor is Ben Lewis.

Presenting a new anthology from the mind of one of the darkest, macabre gay authors, Cain Berlinger. Always striving to be deliberately shocking, Berlinger provides us with a series of tales from the minds of the God Morpheus and his brothers, Phantasos and Phobetor. In their attempt to please Zeus, the brothers spin degenerate dreams into the minds of mortals, dreams that blur reality. Tales filled with Lycans, Warlocks, Satyrs, and Dragons wrapped in growth hormones, decadent sex, and transformations.

Nick thought brother Jesse and sister Violet just wanted to get into his pants. What they really wanted was to get into his nightmares. When Nick moves back to New Orleans, he meets and lusts after lounge singer Violet, but she has other things on her mind. Sometime later, Nick meets Jesse, who turns out to be Violet's twin brother. Nick and Jesse have a brief affair, but Nick still hankers after Violet. The final confrontation proves you cannot trust anybody.

Lucy is looking forward to a holiday season that's filled with Christmas carols, remembering, and yummy food. She's also excited about all the festive recipes she'll be introducing to the menu at Sweet Delights bakery. When she finds out that an obnoxious woman at an event for the homeless has stolen some of her treats for her business, Lucy gives this lady a piece of her mind in no uncertain terms. She's left bewildered when this lady is found dead. Did Lucy's harsh words, spoken in the heat of the moment, have an effect on the lady's life, or is something more sinister at play?