J Miles: 34 books
Magnifico
The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
Magnifico is a vividly colorful portrait of Lorenzo de' Medici, the uncrowned ruler of Florence during its golden age. A true "Renaissance man," Lorenzo dazzled contemporaries with his prodigious talents and magnetic personality. Known to history as Il Magnifico (the Magnificent), Lorenzo was not...
Prince George's County and the Civil War
Life on the Border
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Bordered by the Federal capital but separated from Virginia and the Confederacy only by the Potomac River, the citizens of Prince George's County found themselves on the front lines of the Civil War. As Maryland's largest slave-owning county, some--including members of the Bowie and Surratt families--joined...
Jews in American Politics
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2003
Joseph Lieberman's Vice Presidential nomination and Presidential candidacy are neither the first nor last words on signal Jewish achievements in American politics. Jews have played an important role in American government since the early 1800s at least, and in view of the 2004 election, there is no...
Techno Security's Guide to Securing SCADA
A Comprehensive Handbook On Protecting The Critical Infrastructure
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2008
Around the world, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems and other real-time process control networks run mission-critical infrastructure--everything from the power grid to water treatment, chemical manufacturing to transportation. These networks are at increasing risk due to the...
Real Estate Development - 4th Edition
Principles and Process
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2007
Ideal for anyone new to real estate development, the fourth edition of this bestselling book covers each stage of the process step by step, explaining the basics of idea conception, feasibility, planning, financing, market analysis, contract negotiation, construction, marketing, and asset management. Thoroughly updated, the book includes material on financing and marketing.
by Herb Rubenstein, F. Mike Miles, Laurie J. Bassi
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Teachers face enormous challenges with standardized testing, the customization of education for each student to reach his or her potential, behavioral challenges, changes in demographics of students, micromanagement from school administrators, and difficulties in working with parents and the community...
The Edcamp Model
Powering Up Professional Learning
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Exciting professional development that works!
Discover Edcamp, a model of professional development that’s never one- size-fits-all—and always productive. In Edcamp, “unconference” participants create the agenda and lead the sessions, drawing on their individual expertise, and engage...
Diversity and Contact
Immigration and Social Interaction in German Cities
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
This book analyzes how the socio-demographic and cultural diversity of societies affect the social interactions and attitudes of individuals and groups within them. Focusing on Germany, where in some cities more than one third of the population are first or second-generation immigrants, it examines...
Psyche: the Soul of Therapy
Explorations in Faith, Meaning, and Committment
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
This book purports to redefine therapy as a spiritual practice requiring discipline and a process of creating meaning for ones life. The word psyche originally meant soul, and it is that which this book leads the reader back to. As a professional psychotherapist, Dr. Matise describes Freud as not...
by Miles J. Breuer
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2013
In a corner office of the ground floor of the Department of Justice Building in Washington, D. C., a man sat bent over his desk with his forehead in his hands. He was a keen and powerful looking person, but at the present he looked utterly puzzled and helpless. He was Herbert Hawes, Chief of the...
Honest Faith for Our Time
Truth-telling about the Bible, the Creed, and the Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
This volume is a biblical theological critique of the Apostles' Creed and a development of the role of the Holy Spirit in the church, the world, and the personal experience of Christian faith. It addresses the creed as a historic document, an artifact of early Christian theological development, and...
Out the Mouth of Babes
A Book of Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
We often look for much in life, but it all boils down to one thingpeace, or as we know it in the Western word, happiness. All of our adult lives we search for this happiness, which seems to elude us, only prominent in our childhood. The link to peace and childhood is assumed to be an obvious one,...
by Matthew Hawkins, Michael G. Strawser, Eric C. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
The Rhetoric of Religious Freedom in the United States, fifteen scholars from this field address the variety of forms that free, public religiosity may assume, and which rhetorical techniques are operative in a public square populated by a diversity of religious-political actors. Together they consider...
Basic Structured Grid Generation
With an introduction to unstructured grid generation
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2003
Finite element, finite volume and finite difference methods use grids to solve the numerous differential equations that arise in the modelling of physical systems in engineering. Structured grid generation forms an integral part of the solution of these procedures. Basic Structured Grid Generation...