ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award Finalist!What Would Your Life Be Like If You Simply Let Go of Control?At work, they oversee every detail of every project and expect nothing less than perfection from their coworkers.At home, they obsess over finding the "right" person. Then, they criticize their lover or spouse for doing everything wrong.As parents, they practice zero tolerance for their children's preferred study practices, choice of friends, dress cho...

This is a book for those looking for different answers to some of today's most fundamental questions. What is a consumer society? Does being a consumer make us less authentic or more materialistic? How and why do we shop? How should we understand the economy? Is our seemingly insatiable desire for goods destroying the planet? Can we reconcile curbs on consumption with goals such as reducing poverty and social inequality?Miller responds to these questions by proposing feasible and, ...

Many families leave their children for years to be looked after by young people about whom they know next to nothing, from places they have barely heard of. Who are these au pairs, why do they come and what is their experience of this arrangement? Do they, for their part, find that they are treated as one of the family, and would they even want to be? After a year of careful research, this book shows how most of our assumptions and expectations about au pairs are wrong.This is the ...

With global domination the prize, the stakes are high.Summer 1942, and Bletchley Park's code-breakers decipher a Top Secret German Enigma communiqué revealing the true intention behind Operation Barbarossa and the invasion of Russia.Realising that he cannot win the war by conventional means, and in a last-ditch attempt to reignite his Reich's stalled atomic bomb program, Hitler has embedded an elite squad of Waffen SS within the Wehrmacht's 6th Army - their objective: the c...

This illustrated children's book is for all little boys and girls who sometimes need help from a parent to figure out how to cure their boredom when they think there is nothing to do.

Overwhelmed by life's challenges, unpredictability, and uncertainty? Imagine waking up each day with less stress and more ease, confident that whatever challenges arise, you have the practical tools to transform obstacles into opportunities for growth.In The Way of the Wave: Nature's Model for Navigating Life's Currents, best-selling author Daniel A. Miller (renowned for Losing Control, Finding Serenity and The Gifts of Acceptance) shows ...

Cosa potrebbe e dovrebbe essere la vita? In questo volume Daniel Miller mette a confronto un'indagine filosofica sulla natura della vita buona con un'etnografia delle persone che vivono in una piccola città irlandese. Prestando particolare attenzione alla vita quotidiana di queste persone, i capitoli etnografici esaminano argomenti che vanno dalla libertà e dalla disuguaglianza alla creazione di una comunità e allo scopo della vita. Questi capitoli si alternano a discussioni su argomenti s...

Overwhelmed by life's challenges, unpredictability, and uncertainty? Imagine waking up each day with less stress and more ease, confident that whatever challenges arise, you have the practical tools to transform obstacles into opportunities for growth.In The Way of the Wave: Nature's Model for Navigating Life's Currents, best-selling author Daniel A. Miller (renowned for Losing Control, Finding Serenity and The Gifts of Acceptance) shows ...

Tre tonårsflickor hittas brutalt mördade. De unga flickorna uppvisar en slående likhet med varandra. Vem är det som ligger bakom och varför? Parallellt blir Daniel Miller inblandad i ett mord på en äldre man och ställs inför ett dilemma: ska han göra sin medborgerliga plikt och ange sin väninna eller ska han istället skydda henne och själv riskera att råka illa ut?Samtidigt pågår en kraftmätning i en mörklagd lägenhet i sydöstra delen av staden, mellan en ung man och hans demoner. ...

THE NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY is for the minister or Bible student who wants to understand and expound the Scriptures. Notable features include:* commentary based on THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION;* the NIV text printed in the body of the commentary;* sound scholarly methodology that reflects capable research in the original languages;* interpretation that emphasizes the theological unity of each book and of Scripture as a whole;* readable and applicable exposition.

Tre tonårsflickor hittas brutalt mördade. De unga flickorna uppvisar en slående likhet med varandra. Vem är det som ligger bakom och varför? Parallellt blir Daniel Miller inblandad i ett mord på en äldre man och ställs inför ett dilemma: ska han göra sin medborgerliga plikt och ange sin väninna eller ska han istället skydda henne och själv riskera att råka illa ut?Samtidigt pågår en kraftmätning i en mörklagd lägenhet i sydöstra delen av staden, mellan en ung man och hans demoner. ...

In "Texit: Why and How Texas Will Leave The Union," Texas Nationalist Movement president Daniel Miller delivers a provocative yet methodical case for Texas independence. Far from fringe political theory, Miller reveals how Texas independence has deep historical roots and growing mainstream appeal, with polling data showing surprising levels of support across political affiliations.Miller methodically dismantles common arguments against Texit while building a compelling case that Te...