Books with author Jim Miller

Reinvent yourself as a woman of influence―and become the leader you were meant to beHave you ever felt like your organization’s best-kept secret? Are you the go-to person for work that downplays your potential? Do you want to hone your leadership skills while still staying true to who you are? If you answered yes to any of these questions, or if your reputation as a standout contributor is not translating into career advancement, Woman of Influence is for you. With more than two decades of experience working with hundreds of thousands of women and clients including eBay, GM, Microsoft, and more, Be Leaderly CEO Jo Miller has the strategies, stories, and research to help women shift their focus from doing to leading. In Woman of Influence, she provides a practical, hands-on roadmap that walks you through 9 specific steps to build your brand, establish your legacy, and thrive. Each step is reinforced with self-assessments, inspiring exercises, and checklists that have been road-tested by tens of thousands of professional women.

School fund-raisers-something students usually look forward to doing, but some hesitate with the person-to-person contact. Throw in a Mom who requires the best in manners. This includes people who will not order anything from her student. What a "thank you" for buying nothing? This is the situation Doodleflopper finds himself in with one of his neighbors. How many "thank yous" will it take to make his mom happy?

Carrie Justice is a therapist who works with troubled prisoners. Suffering from bipolar disorder herself, she assists prisoners with various forms of mental illness. The Skinner is a serial killer, leaving mutilated bodies throughout the city. He targets Carrie in a deadly game of Cat and Mouse. Carrie must use her psychological training to find the killer before she falls victim to his Brutality.

WARNING: This book contains extreme scenes of graphic violence Jax Masters isn’t like most bounty hunters. Wearing her top hat and leather duster, she travels the southwest, living among the criminal underground taking out the worst of society. Her ultimate goal: to find the men who murdered her father. She has plenty of tricks up her sleeve and she will use all of them to bring her father’s killers to justice. As bodies pile up in her path, she leaves a trail of blood until she reaches her blood bounty.

Nineteen years ago, on the island kingdom of Garlin, a girl was born. With charred skin as rough as rock, Vala was instantly feared. For how could one be scorched by magic when it had perished ages before?Recognizing an asset, the royal family welcomed her on their Guard. Her detail: the prince.To watch. To protect. She has grown with him, lives her life for him. When the high kingdom’s princess comes to assess the prince, assassins of rival courtiers come to claim his life. One nearly succeeds in his mission. But with shadowy movements and charred skin like her own, Vala knows he is not like the rest.As threats to the prince continue and questions about Vala’s life begin to rise, she faces a fear worse than fire or water, worse even than losing him. She fears finding out who she truly is.

In the classic tradition of George and Martha, Elephant and Piggie, and Frog and Toad comes Moo Moo and Mr. Quackers in their debut, Moo Moo in a Tutu.A cow who wants to be a ballerina? Are you for real? This is a hilarious, one-of-a-kind friendship story between an adventurous cow and a very loyal duck that will have you quacking up all the way through and applauding for more.

In the wake of death and betrayal, Vala flees the island of Garlin with Xavyn in search of the truth about her identity. To find the answers they seek, they must first cross The Divide—a mass of cloud and fog that has separated human lands from the rest of the world for hundreds of years. As they pass through what is meant to kill all who draw near, a surge of magic emerges, bringing death to some and more power to others. In turn, The Divide is weakened, the fog dissolving enough to reveal what lies beyond, reigniting thoughts of war between sides.But the imminent collapse of The Divide isn’t the only thing concerning Vala and Xavyn. They discover what Vala needs the most is also what the Islain queen had been searching for—a feather. Not only could it help prevent war, it could restore Vala’s immortality despite all she has forgotten. Though there are others also searching, waiting for magic to return, prepared to risk it all for the same immortal goal.