Product management naturally incorporates empathy, psychology, and thinking outside the box in pursuit of the best design for products. But how often do you apply those same skills to your relationships with people in your company? By breaking the art of stakeholder management into simple lessons and frameworks, this practical book shows product managers how to manage the crucial relationships that will help you make an impact and advance your career. You'll learn how to build trusting relationships with stakeholders, optimize your communication for different audiences, get buy-in for your ideas and roadmaps, and have stakeholders appreciate it when you say no. You'll learn how to: Build and maintain trust with your stakeholders Map your organization and identify the real power players Establish roles and build an extended team that works well together Communicate in a way that speaks to the needs and goals of different stakeholders Get buy-in on your ideas and roadmap Make stakeholders appreciate and support you when you say "no" Sustain buy-in over time Manage difficult stakeholders and personalities

Racism, climate change, and violence are in the past. The new world values respect and collaboration with others. But are there secrets lurking in the shadows of the Land of Hope? What truth about the past is being covered up? When fifteen-year-old Fania returns from Immersion, she is shattered to learn that the next phase of her education is at home with Alicia, her granny. She had hoped for something far grander that would prepare her for an important role with the Earth Project. Their two strong personalities clash as Fania begins to learn more about the past and her family’s role in it. As Fania grows in confidence and power, she starts to wonder exactly what secrets Alicia is keeping in her underground lab. After Fania discovers the truth, she finds her calling: one that has the power to change everything.

Over A Cup Of Coffee is a collection of 2 short love stories. Broken Things Called Love - Irie, becomes restless as a boy at her new school proposes to her because of her haunting past which she hides behind her beautiful smile. Would she be able to move on and learn to live with the past or always try to run away from love? Before I Kick The Bucket - Annie meeting Adam is the work of destiny at play and as they travel around to do things Annie always wanted to, time starts slipping away. How far would a boy go to save his lover?

Return to the world of Legend of the Five Rings: Adventures in Rokugan, in this fantasy adventure pitting noble samurai against a forgotten evil corrupting the whole realm Something is wrong in the Emerald Empire. The emperor is ailing, the court is weak and the Great Clans threaten to escalate their petty squabbling into all-out war. But in the shadows, another threat lurks – sinister Bloodspeaker cults attempt to resurrect the forgotten sorcerer Iuchiban, who possess a power so great it could destroy all of Rokugan. Now seven samurai, one from each of the Great Clans, must put aside their pride, fear, and rivalry to unite and prevent the Bloodspeakers from finding the legendary tomb of Iuchiban, and the hideous treasure locked inside. All that stands in the samurai’s way is their hatred of each other. The road will be long and bloody, but glory waits for them at journey’s end. As does death…

Nashville nursing student Paige McMillan only wanted to get over a cheating ex. But a few sinful hours with a tall, muscular bad boy left the good girl with a lifetime of responsibility -- and no idea who her adorable daughter's father really is. Love him or hate him, hockey superstar Lance Couture makes no apologies for being the best -- or for living life to its fullest. He's hot, rich, and girls can't get enough of him. Why would a player like him ever settle down? When a pro hockey team comes to town, Paige spots a familiar face in the most unlikely place: on the ice. The father of her daughter is Lance Couture, star of the Boston Brawlers. But the pro athlete isn't interested in talking about lost time. He'd rather replay their steamy one-night affair -- and his lips and tongue are oh so seductive ... Can Paige resist the hockey hunk's advances and tell him the truth? Can Lance's career survive another off-ice controversy? Can bad boys become good daddies? --- Ice Daddy is a 60,000 word secret baby hockey romance! This standalone novel is the second entry in the Boston Brawlers series. No cheating, no cliffhanger, HEA always guaranteed!

'With the sharp and delectable music of its dialect, the book grabs you by its teeth from the first page and never quite lets go . . . This is an urgent novel of ideas, constantly propelled by the narrator's wildfire voice' SAFIYA SINCLAIR, GUARDIAN From the Hawthornden Prize-winning author of An Olive Grove in Ends, a powerful story of broken dreams and divided loyalties Bristol, 1980. In the tight-knit neighbourhood of St. Pauls, 14-year-old Jabari is proud of his position as the only son of revered community leader Ras Levi. Raised in a world of sus laws and council neglect, Jabari finds hope in his Rastafari faith, which offers the comforting vision that one day he and his fellow believers will repatriate to the motherland, where they will at last be free from oppression and prejudice. But in St Pauls a local firebrand activist has been arrested, and violence soon overflows, pulling both father and son into its maelstrom. As Jabari rages against the iniquity, a chance encounter with a young Black child gifts him an opportunity for justice - or is it revenge? Praise for An Olive Grove in Ends: 'Tough yet tender' Observer - 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2022 ''Luminous' Cherie Jones 'Moses' talent is off the scale' Donal Ryan 'Remarkable' Nathan Harris 'Consummately crafted' Patrick McCabe

In 1945 Emperor Hirohito signed Japan's unconditional surrender to the United States and its allies. Tackling a timely subject this work takes the controversial stand that the constitution of Japan was not imposed as a document of defeat.

Books were the only adventures Irie could take to escape the madness of her family, until a real quest called her name. Seizing her moment, Irie fought for her freedom in a home seeking to destroy her. The title of Queen falls to her. Upon listening to the concerns of her people, Irie acknowledges commerce for Evermoor is a necessity for their survival. Clan Dristaen of Rathos answers her desperate plea. With the men who come, happens an opportunity for adventure. But the people who call her family, want her to remain. Like the adventures she loves in her books, will Irie have her own happily forever after or will she succumb to the ties of her family? Come back to the magic of Castre in this enchanting tale of finding oneself and true, supportive love.

Imagine waking up one day and being told that everything you believe to be true is a lie - your name, your family, your world. Known throughout the world as John Travolta's talented nephew, in 2008 Rikki Lee Travolta suffered a nervous breakdown. While hospitalized he learned that he wasn't a member of the famous Travolta entertainment family, but was rather a broken man who through years of psychological and physical trauma had developed alternate personalities - one of them being "Rikki Lee Travolta." Unbecoming Travolta bravely chronicles Rikki Lee Travolta's heartbreaking battle with Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder), Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression), Borderline Personality Disorder, Paranoid Schizophrenia, and severe Anxiety.