Peter Miller: 72 books
Inside Animal Minds
The New Science of Animal Intelligence
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
The Animal Intelligence Bundle:
“Minds of Their Own” by Virginia Morell (March 2008)
“Almost Human” by Mary Roach (April 2008)
“The Genius of Swarms” by Peter Miller (July 2007)
In “Minds of Their Own,” Virginia Morell provides an overview of the science of animal intelligence....
Five Ways to Cook Asparagus (and Other Recipes)
The Art and Practice of Making Dinner
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
“Peter Miller makes cooking at home with dignified ingredients easy and delightful. You will laugh, be inspired, become incredibly hungry, and come away with loads of smart and useful ideas.”
—Renee Erickson, James Beard Award–winning chef and author of A Boat, a Whale & a Walrus
Offering...
The Smart Swarm
How to Work Efficiently, Communicate Effectively, and Make Better Decisions Usin g the Secrets of Flocks, Schools, and Colonies
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010
What ants, bees, fish, and smart swarms can teach us about communication, organization, and decision-making
The modern world may be obsessed with speed and productivity, but twenty-first-century humans actually have much to learn from the ancient instincts of swarms. A fascinating new take...
Governing the Present
Administering Economic, Social and Personal Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
The literature on governmentality has had a major impact across the social sciences over the past decade, and much of this has drawn upon the pioneering work by Peter Miller and Nikolas Rose. This volume will bring together key papers from their work for the first time, including those that set out...
by W. Peter Miller
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Welcome to Uchronic TalesTHE ZEPPELINThis first Uchronic Tale features a young American airman caught up in a conspiracy that threatens to turn the tide of the Great War. Reich Zeppelins have been bombing London mercilessly, but the night one of them takes a strange detour could turn the tide...
Lunch at the Shop
The Art and Practice of the Midday Meal
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Don’t skip lunch! Complete with recipes, this “meditation on food, togetherness and simplicity” celebrates a daily break from the clock and the computer (Edible San Francisco).
Nowadays, lunch has been sadly reduced to the realm of pay-and-go, stand-up, pre-made, take-out, and food-truck...
by W. Peter Miller
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
Clark Tyler returns to the Uchronic past in another exciting novella also featuring an exciting new hero, The Jade Monk.The set of Triumph Pictures latest epic is threatened when accidents and tension plagues the set of starlet Fay Reynolds' newest picture, The Mayan Mummy.Action,...
by W. Peter Miller
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Uchronic Tales: The Horn follows Clark Tyler, an investigator for the Ace Insurance Company, as a simple job spirals toward an Earth-shattering conclusion. This story is set against the backdrop of the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles.What is the Horn and why do some distinctively nasty visitors...
Light of the World
Daily readings for Advent
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
Daily readings for Advent from Iona Community members, associates and friends: Peter Millar, John Harvey, Kathy Galloway, Ian M Fraser, David Rhodes, Jan Sutch Pickard and others.
28 Days' Data
England's Troubled Relationship with One Day Cricket
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
We will have to look at the data. As this quote hit the airwaves it was said to sum up England's backward and stuttering performance at the 2015 World Cup. It didn't matter that Peter Moores, the coach at the time, had been misheard - he said he would look at it later. The narrative of a team held back...
by Johan Rockström, Mattias Klum, Peter Miller
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Big World, Small Planet probes the urgent predicament of our times: how is it possible to create a positive future for both humanity and Earth? We have entered the Anthropocene—the era of massive human impacts on the planet—and the actions of over seven billion residents threaten to destabilize...
Second XI
Cricket in its Outposts
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2014
As the world's second most popular sport, cricket is much richer and more diverse than many realise. Globally, passionate players give up holidays, time with loved ones and hard-earned money to achieve the extraordinary and play for their country. Afghanistan, whose captain grew up on a refugee camp,...
The GiveBack Economy
Social Responsiblity Practices for Business and Nonprofit
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Why Social Innovation & Social Enterprise? Social enterprise and social entrepreneurship is a field that is just heating up. It is a business idea that has been fringe for a number of years, but that is growing more mainstream. Increasingly, the idea of social responsibility will be part of every...
by Peter Miller
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
This book tells the story of the famous James ML military motorcycle which had originally been developed as a utility machine for the working man and was then modified for the military during the Second World War. The James ML was used for carrying messages on the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day...