Matt Miller: 9 books
The Tyranny of Dead Ideas
Letting Go of the Old Ways of Thinking to Unleash a New Prosperity
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
A leading political and business thinker identifies the greatest threat to our economic future: the things we think we know-but don't
America is at a crossroads. In the face of global competition and rapid technological change, our economy is about to face its most severe test in nearly a century-one...
by Claire Strom, Stephanie Chalifoux, Francesca Gamber
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
In the American imagination, the South is a place both sexually open and closed, outwardly chaste and inwardly sultry. Sex and Sexuality in Modern Southern Culture demonstrates that there is no central theme that encompasses sex in the U.S. South, but rather a rich variety of manifestations and embodiments...
Ditch That Homework
Practical Strategies to Help Make Homework Obsolete
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
In Ditch That Homework, Matt Miller and Alice Keeler discuss the pros and cons of homework, why teachers assign it, and what life could look like without it. As they evaluate the research and share parent and teacher insights, the authors offer a convincing case for ditching homework and replacing it with more effective and personalized learning methods.
Ditch That Textbook
Free Your Teaching and Revolutionize Your Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Textbooks are symbols of centuries-old education. They’re often outdated as soon as they hit students’ desks. Acting “by the textbook” implies compliance and a lack of creativity. It’s time to ditch those textbooks—and those textbook assumptions about learning! In Ditch That Textbook,...
HALO: Fractures
Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
A sensational short story collection in the expansive universe of HALO, the New York Times bestselling series!
Launch once more into galaxy-spanning conflict and legendary heroism…shards of an ever-expanding journey where human and alien alike find their finest hours in facing their greatest...
Beyond the Wall
Exploring George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, From A Game of Thrones to A Dance with Dragons
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
"There were a number of books about A Game of Thrones (the HBO series) and A Song of Ice and Fire (the books) published last year . . . the one that impressed me most was James Lowder's Beyond the Wall."
—George R.R. Martin
Foreword by New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore
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by Matt L. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
This is a personal journal of an atheist, Matt Miller, facing death from cancer. It is not a "God-bashing" book. It is his philosophical musings about the sources of solace in atheism. He wrote it in the almost three years between his diagnosis of stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer, and his death in...
The Civil War in Popular Culture
Memory and Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Dividing the nation for four years, the American Civil War resulted in 750,000 casualties and forever changed the country's destiny. The conflict continues to resonate in our collective memory, and U.S. economic, cultural, and social structures still suffer the aftershocks of the nation's largest...
Decentering Discussions on Religion and State
Emerging Narratives, Challenging Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
This volume explores dynamic conversations through history between individuals and communities over questions about religion and state. Divided into two sections, our authors begin with considerations on the separation of religion and state, as well as Roger Williams’ concept of religious freedom....