Kindle Pick of the Week: The Kid's Guide to Birds of Georgia

A great book on the many species of birds in Georgia. And it's not just for kids.

Stan Tekiela’s famous Birds of Georgia Field Guide has been delighting bird-watchers for years. Now, the award-winning author has written the perfect bird identification guide for children!

The Kids’ Guide to Birds of Georgia features 85 of the most common and important birds to know, with species organized by color for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and don’t know what it is? Go to the yellow section to find out. Each bird gets a beautiful full-color photograph and a full page of neat-to-know information―such as field marks, calls/songs, a range map, and Stan’s cool facts―that make identification a snap.

Make bird identification a snap. Fun bonus activities for the whole family, like building a birdhouse and preparing your own bird food, make this a must-have beginner’s guide to bird watching in the Peach State!

Link:

https://www.amazon.com/Kids-Guide-Birds-Georgia-Activities-ebook/dp/B087Y4SBMJ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Kindle Pick of the Week: Who Got Game?: Baseball: Amazing but True Stories! Kindle Edition

Not just strange but true baseball stories, but meet unsung pioneers, like John “Bud” Fowler, William Edward White, and brothers Moses Fleetwood Walker and Weld Walker, four African Americans who integrated white teams decades before Jackie Robinson.

Discover unforgettable moments, like the time a 17-year old girl named Jackie Mtchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

Marvel at records. Did you know that Japanese superstar Sadaharu Oh has a whopping 113 more career homers than Hank Aaron?

And that’s just for starters! This lively illustrated collection of shiny nuggets of baseball lore will transform you into a superfan who knows the game better than anyone else. Someone who’s got game.

Well written and available in Kindle or paperback versions.

Link:

https://www.amazon.com/Who-Got-Game-Baseball-Amazing-ebook/dp/B07WDS6ZQY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Revisiting 'The Handbook for Americans'

Revisiting this as it's Memorial Day Weekend!

Not political and very thorough.

Now, more than ever, Americans are faced with economic, environmental and philosophical challenges that require a strong response. When we ask ourselves, "What does it mean to be an American? What do we stand for?" we are in fact casting about for the resources and traditions to enable us to meet today's challenges. The Handbook for Americans, Revised Edition features the foundational documents of our democracy--The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and The Bill of Rights--and provides information every American citizen should know about how our government works and the balance of powers set forth by the Nation's founders. An overview of key moments in America's history, including the long march toward equal rights, provides inspiration and a valuable historical perspective. The Handbook for Americans is a comprehensive resource of the traditions, customs, and facts every American should know about their country.

Get your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Americans-Revised-Essential-Reference/dp/1578267595

Kindle Pick of the Week: Coach to Coach: An Empowering Story About How to Be a Great Leader

Coach to Coach!

Coaches are leaders!

Think about the coaches you’ve had throughout your life. Most likely, some were good, others not so good. Maybe one or two were great. One thing is undeniable: Coaches can influence your life in ways that can be negative or positive. A coach can either build you up or tear you down. The world needs better coaches in all walks of life—if you’re a parent, a teacher, a co-worker, or a leader, you are also a coach. Which kind of coach do you want to be? Coach to Coach helps you answer this question and shares the secrets to bringing out the best in a person, both on and off the field.

For more than twenty years, author Martin Rooney hascoached professional sport stars, Olympic champions, and business leaders to high levels of performance, analyzing thousands of real-life examples of what works and what doesn’t. Reading like a simple parable, this engaging book gives you an easy-to-use yet highly effective formula for becoming a better coach for your teams, in your business, and in your personal life. Packed with valuable insights and expert advice, this appealing book helps you:

Learn how to be a great leader by being a great coach
Create positive lives for your children and the people you work with
Inspire and motivate the people around you
Turn your natural skills and talents into your own unique coaching style
Use proven, time-tested coaching strategies to get results
Coach to Coach: An Empowering Story About How to Be a Great Leader is an ideal book for coaches, leaders, managers, entrepreneurs, educators, parents, and anyone wanting to bring out the best in those around them.

Amazon Pick of the Week: Coach to Coach

 “COACH TO COACH: An Empowering Story about How to Be a Great Leader,” Foreword by Phil Simms (Wiley, March 10, 2020), an inspiring parable that will help rewrite our modern coaching programs. Reminiscent of classic titles like Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie and Jon Gordon’s The Energy Bus, COACH TO COACH offers simple and effective strategies and principles about how to be a great coach and leader, Rooney presents the fundamental framework for what it is to be a great coach and the responsibilities one has when he or she takes on this most important job. If there were a version of the Hippocratic Oath for modern coaches at all levels, COACH TO COACH would be the extended version.
 
We have begun a different era of coaching. The days of haphazard, manipulative, punitive, and ego-driven mentorship are over…and probably never should have been. Eliciting the best out of our young athletes, employees and children takes a different skill set now. An intentional and intentionally positive one. Success at any level of engagement—on and off the field of play—stems from a coach’s genuine enthusiasm, optimism, empathy, selflessness and curiosity. Every coach has more to learn and we all need help in taking better care of the truly meaningful and influential interactions in our lives: Coach to Player. Employer to Employee. Friend to Friend. Parent to Child. Peer to Peer. COACH TO COACH.
 
COACH TO COACH also covers these important concepts and techniques:
Identifying how a coach finds the intersection of one’s passion and one’s purpose.
The two most important abilities of a coach: Coachability and Availability.
As coaches empty a player’s physical “tank,” they should simultaneously be filling the emotional one.
How “mastery” is making complex ideas and practices simple, not making simple ones more complex.
How the best way for a coach to get stronger is to lift someone else up.
When a coach really believes in someone or something—heart and soul—others have no choice but to start to believe it too.
How great coaches must learn to properly give credit and accept blame.
The best way to use your enthusiasm and vulnerability to build trust.
The simple skill for identifying your players’ ultimate goals and driving force.
The five most powerful words in coaching: “I am proud of you.”
 
Rooney’s story of a young man in search of the keys to coaching greatness is skillfully layered with scientifically supported techniques and the time-tested breakthroughs that Rooney himself has used in decades of coaching elite athletes. COACH TO COACH is a valuable resource for coaches at all levels, and actually reminds us why coaching is one of the most honorable professions.

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