N Miller: 44 books
History and Its Objects
Antiquarianism and Material Culture since 1500
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Cultural history is increasingly informed by the history of material culture—the ways in which individuals or entire societies create and relate to objects both mundane and extraordinary—rather than on textual evidence alone. Books such as The Hare with Amber Eyes and A History of the World in...
Silent Stories
Sharing Hope, Love, and Loss after Miscarriage
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage. If so many women experience this painful loss, why are so many of them silent about the issue? Many walk through the aftermath feeling betrayed and alone. Through sharing her story, Rachael Miller hopes to invite other women to open up about their wounds from pregnancy loss and begin their journey to healing.
by Peter N. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc was the most gifted French intellectual in the generation between Montaigne and Descartes. His insatiable curiosity poured forth in thousands of letters that traveled the Mediterranean, seeking knowledge. Mining his 70,000-page archive, Peter N. Miller recovers a lost Mediterranean world of the early seventeenth century.
by Francois Louis, Peter N Miller
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
This book is a project in comparative history, but along two distinct axes, one historical and the other historiographical. Its purpose is to constructively juxtapose the early modern European and Chinese approaches to historical study that have been called "antiquarian." As an exercise...
Peiresc's Orient
Antiquarianism as Cultural History in the Seventeenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
The ten essays published in this volume were written over the space of a decade, but they were conceived from the start as a coherent whole, presenting Peiresc's study of discrete languages and literatures of the Near East and North Africa. For Peiresc the student of the Classical past, this described...
by David N. Miller, Stephen E. Brock
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) among young people—most notably in the form of forearm- or wrist-cutting—occurs across cultural groups, social strata, and developmental stages, puzzling and repelling adults. Youth engaging in NSSI behaviors are at a higher risk for suicidality as well as other...
Closing the Leadership Gap
How District and University Partnerships Shape Effective School Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Ideal for creating a positive impact on leadership retention and student achievement, this resource helps close the gap between academic training and day-to-day issues by incorporating collaborative partnerships between university faculty and inservice administrators. Cultivate and sustain effective...
by N. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The text is technically precise but at the same time accessible, and is carried forward by numerous examples. The chapters focus on vote counting rules, voting agendas, voter preferences, sincere and sophisticated voting strategies, solution sets, voting outcomes, agendas control, and agenda formation. The author himself has made prior research contributions to a number of these topics.
Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)
The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
by Joshua Palmatier, Gini Koch, Seanan McGuire
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
What might we run into as we expand beyond Earth and into the stars? As we explore our own solar system and beyond, it seems inevitable that we’ll run into aliens … and what they’ve left behind. Alien artifacts: what might they reveal about us as we try to unlock their secrets? ...
Exchange Rate Economics
The Uncovered Interest Parity Puzzle and Other Anomalies
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The Uncovered Interest Parity (UIP) puzzle has remained a moot point since it first circulated economic discourse in 1984. Despite a number of attempts at a solution, the UIP puzzle and other anomalies in exchange rate economics continue to perplex economic thought in international finance. This fundamental...
by William N. Denman, Thomas P. Miller, Shirley Wilson Logan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
A timely collection of essays by prominent scholars in the field—on the past, present, and future of rhetoric instruction.
From Isocrates and Aristotle to the present, rhetorical education has consistently been regarded as the linchpin of a participatory democracy, a tool to foster civic...
Citizen Militia
Patriotic Civilians Willing to Die for Their Country!
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
History is filled with wars. We dream the victories and defeats, great and small, and note how they have shaped our world. Wars and social movements have made our civilization as we know it. Man’s religion and past wars gives us an understanding of the present. In 1075, a militia loyal to the crown...
by Margery S. Miller, Tania N. Thomas-Presswood, Kurt Metz
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
The obstacles to valid and meaningful assessment of deaf and hard of hearing children and adolescents are great, yet professionals are regularly asked to conduct comprehensive evaluations to determine resource and program eligibility, test modifications in school, classroom and home recommendations,...