Flynn You know that voice in the back of your head telling you not to do something? Well, I don't have one, at least not one that functions properly. Mine eggs me on, daring me to do my worst. Which is how I've found myself in my current situation-on the verge of being traded from my team. Coach gave me one last chance to prove myself, so I begged my agent, Nadia, to help me out. Nadia When I suggested Flynn find a woman to "fake date" as a solution to his image problem, I never imagined he'd want me to fill that position. As his agent, I already had my hands full trying to keep him in line. But when he made an offer too good to refuse, I found myself accepting. Now I'm committed to spending two months in the bad boy of football's company. His very attentive company. He smells like sin and looks like every woman's fantasy come to life. How many stolen touches can I endure before I'm begging for more? I'm supposed to be changing the player, not falling for him. Author's Note: This is a full-length, swoony, heartfelt, standalone sports romance. HEA. Opposites attract. Friends-to-lovers. Slow burn. Fake relationship. Age Gap. Laugh-out-loud banter, a troublemaker hero, and a strong heroine.

The pace of work being what it is, the last thing managers or team members need is to spend time and energy on work place drama that isn't at all related to the work. Not dealing effectively with non-team player behavior is one of the most common complaints employees have about managers. This fact was first presented in Dr. Grow's How to Not Suck as a Manager. Digging deeper into this topic, Change or Go: How to Stop Non-Team Player Behavior at Work, provides managers with a straightforward strategy for working with team members who are not being team players. The goal is to create the most cohesive, efficient, and effective team possible. Change or Go gives managers and prospective managers the steps, counsel, and encouragement needed to make this happen.

In recent decades, what could be considered a gamification of the world has occurred, as the ties between games and activism, games and war, and games and the city grow ever stronger. In this book, Anne-Marie Schleiner explores a concept she calls 'ludic mutation', a transformative process in which the player, who is expected to engage in the preprogramed interactions of the game and accept its imposed subjective constraints, seizes back some of the power otherwise lost to the game itself. Crucially, this power grab is also relevant beyond the game because players then see the external world as material to be reconfigured, an approach with important ramifications for everything from social activism to contemporary warfare.

New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2016 2017 Storytelling World Resource Award Honor Book 2017 Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College "[Churnin] tells William's story patiently and clearly, with a wonderfully matter-of-fact tone about the ways a deaf person navigates life."—New York Times Book Review "A rewarding read-aloud choice for baseball fans."—Booklist "A moving tribute to a hero."—Kirkus Reviews William Hoy's love for baseball changed the sport forever. All William Ellsworth Hoy wanted to do was play baseball. After losing out on a spot on the local deaf team, William practiced even harder―eventually earning a position on a professional team. But his struggle was far from over. In addition to the prejudice Hoy faced, he could not hear the umpires' calls. One day he asked the umpire to use hand signals: strike, ball, out. That day he not only got on base but also changed the way the game was played forever. William "Dummy" Hoy became one of the greatest and most beloved players of his time.

I'm naturally gifted on the field and between the sheets. With flashy cars and enough media attention to put the Royal Family to shame, I’m the definition of Most Eligible Bachelor. Every man wants to be me and every woman wants to tame me. Until Camila. The moment I lay eyes on her, I know I have to have her. She wants to keep me at arm's length. I want her naked in my bed. She thinks our worlds are too different. All I want her to think about is screaming my name. She says I’m bad news. I have three weeks to prove her wrong.

In his classic book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni laid out a groundbreaking approach for tackling the perilous group behaviors that destroy teamwork. Here he turns his focus to the individual, revealing the three indispensable virtues of an ideal team player. In The Ideal Team Player, Lencioni tells the story of Jeff Shanley, a leader desperate to save his uncle’s company by restoring its cultural commitment to teamwork. Jeff must crack the code on the virtues that real team players possess, and then build a culture of hiring and development around those virtues. Beyond the fable, Lencioni presents a practical framework and actionable tools for identifying, hiring, and developing ideal team players. Whether you’re a leader trying to create a culture around teamwork, a staffing professional looking to hire real team players, or a team player wanting to improve yourself, this book will prove to be as useful as it is compelling.