David W Miller: 15 books

Book cover of God at Work

God at Work

The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement

by David W. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2006

What was once taboo - faith at work - is increasingly accepted in corporate America. From secretaries to CEOs, growing numbers of businesspeople today want to bring their faith to work. Yet they wrestle with how to do this effectively and appropriately in a pluralistic corporate setting. For help...
Book cover of Everyday Arguments and the Theory of Argumentation
by David W. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012

The theory of arguments is developed as it was actually practiced by the early Greek probabilists. It is then illustrated by a number of examples of actual arguments. How does one handle facts, simple or complex, introduced by one’s opponent in an argument? How can one use antitheses and reversals...
Book cover of The Last Challenge Problem: George Boole's Theory of Probability
by David W. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2012

There are some difficulties to overcome in order to convince persons that the subject of this book is worth knowing something about. George Boole's theory of probability has had an extremely bad press for more than 100 years. It has almost universally been considered to be too complicated to...
Book cover of Gender in a Transitional Era

Gender in a Transitional Era

Changes and Challenges

by Ashley K. Barrett, Ryan Castillo, Katherine J. Denker
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014

Gender in a Transitional Era addresses a range of issues relevant in current gender and sexuality studies scholarship which span many disciplines. The contributors prioritize the critical thinking that continues to support the notion that we, as a society, still have a ways to go toward full gender...
Book cover of High-Skilled Immigration in a Global Labor Market
by Sarit Cohen-Goldner, Joseph F. Ferrie, Volker Grossmann
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011

Recent U.S. immigration reform proposals have focused almost exclusively on regulating the population of low-skilled foreign workers. High-Skilled Immigration in a Global Labor Market contends that policymakers should focus more on attracting immigrants with exclusive skill sets-professional, technical,...
Book cover of Neuroscience of Creativity
by Margaret A. Boden, Liane Gabora, Apara Ranjan
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013

Experts describe current perspectives and experimental approaches to understanding the neural bases of creativity. This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the latest neuroscientific approaches to the scientific study of creativity. In chapters that progress logically from neurobiological...
Book cover of Liberalism in Neoliberal Times

Liberalism in Neoliberal Times

Dimensions, Contradictions, Limits

by William Davies, David Chandler, Costas Douzinas
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017

An exploration of the theories, histories, practices, and contradictions of liberalism today. What does it mean to be a liberal in neoliberal times? This collection of short essays attempts to show how liberals and the wider concept of liberalism remain relevant in what many perceive to be...
Book cover of The Civil War in Georgia

The Civil War in Georgia

A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion

by Albert Churella, Barton A. Myers, Brad Wood
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011

Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in...
Book cover of Horrific Humor and the Moment of Droll Grimness in Cinema
by Cynthia J. Miller, Moritz Fink, William Quiterio
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017

Horrific Humor and the Moment of Droll Grimness in Cinema: Sidesplitting sLaughter presents the first focused look at the moment in audience reception where screams and laughter collide. John A. Dowell and Cynthia J. Miller bring together twelve essays from an international collection of authors across...
Book cover of The Civil War in Popular Culture
by Lawrence A. Kreiser Jr., Randal W. Allred, Michael W. Schaefer
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...
Book cover of Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia
by Dr. Ian G. Baird, Corey L. Bell, Dr. Stephen C. Berkwitz
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...
Book cover of The State of the Parties

The State of the Parties

The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties

by Alan Abramowitz, Paul A. Beck, Michael John Burton
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014

The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on party action in election years and in between. This essential party primer includes: new chapters on polarization between and within the parties in the aftermath of the 2012 election, demographic changes to America’s political parties and the...
Book cover of Environmental Law Handbook
by Christopher Bell, F. William Brownell, David R. Case
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016

The environmental field and its regulations have evolved significantly since Congress passed the first environmental law in 1970, and the Environmental Law Handbook, published just three years later, has been indispensable to students and professionals ever since. The authors provide clear and accessible...
Book cover of Environmental Law Handbook
by Kevin A. Ewing, Duke K. McCall III, David R. Case
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2019

The environmental field and its regulations have evolved significantly since Congress passed the first environmental law in 1970, and the Environmental Law Handbook, published just three years later, has been indispensable to students and professionals ever since. The authors provide clear and accessible...
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