David Mills: 33 books
Scattered Thoughts from a Scattered Mind
Volume V the Road Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Howard Doss "Tuffy" Thompson October 15, 1951 - January 24, 2015 Gone but not forgotten.
Scattered Thoughts from a Scattered Mind
Volume Vi Boys by Day
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
It was November 2015, and I had just received my advance copies of Scattered Thoughts, Volume Five, with a picture of my grandson and I on the cover. As I was sharing it with family and friends, I overheard my nephew say, Why is he on the cover? Whats he ever done? Hes only three! I decided right...
by David Mills, Dip Tech (Eng), PhD
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
Pneumatic Conveying Design Guide, 3rd Edition is divided into three essential parts, system and components, system design, and system operation, providing both essential foundational knowledge and practical information to help users understand, design, and build suitable systems.
All aspects...
Cold War in a Cold Land
Fighting Communism on the Northern Plains
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
Most communists, as any plains state patriot would have told you in the 1950s, lived in Los Angeles or New York City, not Minot, North Dakota. The Cold War as it played out across the Great Plains was not the Cold War of the American cities and coasts. Nor was it tempered much by midwestern isolationism,...
After Snowden
Privacy, Secrecy, and Security in the Information Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Was Edward Snowden a patriot or a traitor?
Just how far do American privacy rights extend?
And how far is too far when it comes to government secrecy in the name of security?
These are just a few of the questions that have dominated American consciousness since Edward Snowden exposed the breath of...
The Pin Drop Principle
Captivate, Influence, and Communicate Better Using the Time-Tested Methods of Professional Performers
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Tap into the powerful techniques of professional actors and great communicators
The Pin Drop Principle is a step-by-step master class for anyone wishing to become a more confident and credible communicator. Lewis and Mills believe all business professionals ought to deliver their message in...
by David Steffen, Matt Dovey, D.A. Xiaolin Spires
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
This anthology collects 26 original stories that will run in the fifth year of Diabolical Plots, an online magazine of science fiction and fantasy. A metrics-driven approach for utopia, a fantastical YouTube challenge, a Lovecraftian Millennial thinkpiece, correspondence with a professor at a magical...
The Equal Society
Essays on Equality in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Equality is a widely championed social ideal. But what is equality? And what action is required if present-day societies are to root out their inequalities?
The Equal Society collects fourteen philosophical essays, each with a fresh perspective on these questions. The authors explore the demands...
Computer Network Time Synchronization
The Network Time Protocol on Earth and in Space, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Carefully coordinated, reliable, and accurate time synchronization is vital to a wide spectrum of fields—from air and ground traffic control, to buying and selling goods and services, to TV network programming. Ill-gotten time could even lead to the unimaginable and cause DNS caches to expire, leaving...
Mass Communication and American Social Thought
Key Texts, 1919-1968
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2004
This anthology of hard-to-find primary documents provides a solid overview of the foundations of American media studies. Focusing on mass communication and society and how this research fits into larger patterns of social thought, this valuable collection features key texts covering the media studies...
The Bullseye Principle
Mastering Intention-Based Communication to Collaborate, Execute, and Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Critical communication lessons for sustained corporate success
The Bullseye Principle is the definitive how-to guide for communicating, collaborating, and executing as a leader in the corporate arena. With these “soft skills” trending above technical knowledge in executive wish lists, this...
Reading Media Theory
Thinkers, Approaches and Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
What does the Frankfurt School have to say about the creative industries? Does the spread of Google prove we now live in an information society? How is Madonna an example of postmodernism? How new is new media? Does the power of Facebook mean we're all media makers now?
This groundbreaking...
by David W. Mills, Kayla L. Westra
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2019
Students, military historians, and casual readers will all find this compelling collection useful in learning about escape strategies, hostage situations, and rescue operations during times of conflict.
• Provides readers with a global collection of wartime rescues and escapes
•...
Supernatural Youth
The Rise of the Teen Hero in Literature and Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
Supernatural Youth: The Rise of the Teen Hero in Literature and Popular Culture, edited by Jes Battis, addresses the role of adolescence in fantastic media, adventure stories, cinema, and television aimed at youth. The goal of this volume is to analyze the ways in which young heroic protagonists are...