David Miller: 205 books

From University Aviation Press: Confessions of a Very Private Pilot delivers real-life advice from an owner-pilot on how to evaluate, purchase, train, and operate turbine and light jet aircraft. Each chapter is a story told in a lighthearted manner, complete with real life situations and humorous...

For nearly twenty years, Aaron David Miller has played a central role in U.S. efforts to broker Arab-Israeli peace. His position as an advisor to presidents, secretaries of state, and national security advisors has given him a unique perspective on a problem that American leaders have wrestled with...

The trouble with change management is that there is an awful lot written and discussed about the failure rate of change projects. But how do you implement major change successfully? With Successful Change youll understand how organisations and people connect and learn how to successfully facilitate change...

In The Cold War: A Military History, David Miller, a preeminent Cold War scholar, writes insightfully of the historic effects of the military build-up brought on by the Cold War and its concomitant effect on strategy. Bringing together for the first time newly declassified information, Miller takes...

If there has been some modest advance, since Karl Popper's death in 1994, in the general understanding of his critical rationalist theory of knowledge and philosophy of science, there is still widespread resistance both to it and to the recognition of the magnitude of his contribution. Popper long...

How should democracies respond to the millions who want to settle in their societies? David Miller’s analysis reframes immigration as a question of political philosophy. Acknowledging the impact on host countries, he defends the right of states to control their borders and decide the future size, shape, and cultural make-up of their populations.

David Miller elegantly and provocatively reformulates critical rationalism-the revolutionary approach to epistemology advocated by Karl Popper-by answering its most important critics. He argues for an approach to rationality freed from the debilitating authoritarian dependence on reasons and justification. "Miller...

Regions are difficult to govern – coordinating policies across local jurisdictional boundaries in the absence of a formal regional government gives rise to enormous challenges. Yet some degree of coordination is almost always essential for local governments to effectively fulfill their responsibilities...

In a wonderfully nostalgic book, David Miller recaptures the heady days of summer 1966 when England won the World Cup in front of their own euphoric fans. Nearly fifty years on, he evokes the eager anticipation with which Britain awaited the arrival of the world's best footballers; how the England...

The greatest general of medieval times King Richard I's personal bravery on the battlefield won him the name 'Lionheart' but as David Miller reveals, his battles and campaigns demonstrate a brilliant grasp of strategy and tactics. The 'Lionheart' was no mere medieval 'head banger' but a thoughtful...

This book introduces readers to the concepts of political philosophy. It starts by explaining why the subject is important and how it tackles basic ethical questions such as 'how should we live together in society?' It looks at political authority, the reasons why we need politics at all, the limitations...

  Psychology has always been a lot more than a university course. In fact, we use the techniques and theories of psychology in our day to day work. Sometimes, we do it subconsciously, through habit or conditioning. One of the most important parts of our life is work. We spend close to 8 hours...

Short stories of and about vampires for those long winter nights... Past, present, future. Dark or light-themed. Bloodsuckers and psychic vampires. The only common trait is the night creatures - who sometimes can stand the sunlight - for a batch of stories around Earth and beyond. THE...

Human beings have derived a system of names, which are meant to distinguish one from the other. These names mean different things to different people. Even the process of naming is of interest when trying to understand the culture of a given group of people. Some names are hereditary and signify a...