Best Selling Books by Barbara Miller

Successfully integrating attention to globalization, gender, class, race and ethnicity throughout, Miller''s up-to-date text engages students with compelling ethnographic examples and by demonstrating the relevance of anthropology to their lives. Faculty and students praise the book''s proven ability to generate class discussion, increase faculty-student engagement, and enhance student learning. Through clear writing, a balanced theoretical approach, and engaging examples, Miller stresses the importance of social inequality, cultural change, and applied aspects of anthropology throughout the book. Rich examples of gender, ethnicity, race, class, and age thread through the topical coverage of economic systems, the life-cycle, health, kinship, social organization, politics, language, religion, and expressive culture. Each chapter highlights an example of applied anthropology and connects with students by providing practical tips about how they can use anthropology in their everyday lives and careers. The last two chapters address how migration is changing world cultures and the importance of local cultural values and needs in shaping international development policies and programs.

A young child living in a violence trying to find a way out, she finally gets away but now she is alone in the world. She finds ways to survive until she is reunited with her biological mother, sisters and a brother she never knew she had.

A mother''s account of the suffering and miraculous recovery of Kathy Miller who was left totally disabled by a gruesome automobile accident at the age of thirteen.

You''re expecting the arrival of a new little one any day. You''ve done your best to prepare, but you still have questions. Am I ready for this? Will I be a good mother? What if I make a mistake? Will my baby be okay? With the wisdom of experience, Barbara Miller Juliani helps you untangle the sources of your worries and leads you to Christ ...

When your teenager is estranged from you and God and is making unwise (and perhaps downright awful) choices, it''s natural to feel hopeless and helpless. Perhaps you have already done everything you know to do—you have talked with them at length, applied consequences, asked others for help, and prayed desperately, but still you see no change in ...

Traces the history of the struggle of women to achieve equality in American colleges from Colonial times to the present

This collection of early writings by leading Nazi intellectuals sheds light on the evolution of Nazi political thought as the party came to power. Barbara Miller Lane and Leila J. Rupp bring together a crucial yet hitherto inaccessible body of material that thoroughly chronicles Nazi ideology before 1933. It includes the extensive writings and programs published by Dietrich Eckart, Alfred Rosenberg, Gottfried Feder, Joseph Goebbels, Gregor and Otto Strasser, Heinrich Himmler, and Richard Walther Darré. Hitler’s role in the development of Nazi ideology, interpreted here as a very permissive one, is thoroughly assessed. In commentary by the editors, the significance of each Nazi theorist is evaluated at each stage of the history of the party. Lane and Rupp conclude that early Nazi ideology was not a consistent whole but a doctrine in the process of rapid development to which new ideas were continually introduced. By the time the Nazis came to power, however, a group of interrelated assertions and official promises had been made to party followers and to the public. Hitler and the Third Reich had to accommodate this ideology, even when not implementing it. Each selection is accompanied by an introductory note and annotations which clarify its relationship to other works of the author and other writings of the period. Also included are original translations of the “Twenty-Five Points” and a number of little-known official party statements.

Preoccupied with supplying arms for England, Trent Severn has ignored his ward, Amy Conde, for 15 years. Now a mature young woman, she''s transformed Trent''s country estate into the country''s top horse-breeding enterprise. When Trent returns from war, they soon discover the heated emotion that sparked between them from the first is rapidly turning to desire.

God''s Open Doors: My Journey is about providing a safe and nurturing environment for children that promotes academic achievement. It cites additional historical information to teach our children there is hope if you believe. God will always make a way somehow, and we need to prepare for the next century, which belongs to the children.

In 1992 the massive files of East Germany''s infamous Ministry for State Security, the Stasi, were made publicly available and thousands of former East Germans began to confront their contents. Finally it was possible for ordinary citizens to ascertain who had worked for the Stasi, either on a full-time basis or as an "unofficial employee," the Stasi''s term for an informer. The revelations from these documents sparked feuds old and new among a population already struggling through enormous social and political upheaval. Drawing upon the Stasi files and upon interviews with one-time informers, this book examines the impact of the Stasi legacy in united Germany. Barbara Miller examines such aspects of the informer''s experience as: the recruitment procedure; daily life and work; motivation and justification. She goes on to consider the dealings of politicians and the courts with the Stasi and its employees. Her analysis then turns to the way in which this aspect of recent German history has been remembered, and the phenomenal impact of the opening of the files on such perceptions of the past. The Stasi Files Unveiled: Guilt and Compliance in a Unified Germany offers important new perspectives on the nature of individual and collective memory and is a fascinating investigation of modern German society. Barbara Miller graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1991 with a degree in German and psychology. She taught and researched in Germany and Austria before completing her doctoral thesis in Glasgow in 1997. She is now based in Sydney, Australia.

The fascinating history of the twentieth century''s most successful experiment in mass housing While the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, and their contemporaries frequently influences our ideas about house design at the midcentury, most Americans during this period lived in homes built by little-known builders who also served as developers of the communities. Often dismissed as "little boxes, made of ticky-tacky," the tract houses of America''s postwar suburbs represent the twentieth century’s most successful experiment in mass housing. Houses for a New World is the first comprehensive history of this uniquely American form of domestic architecture and urbanism. Between 1945 and 1965, more than thirteen million houses—most of them in new ranch and split-level styles—were constructed on large expanses of land outside city centers, providing homes for the country’s rapidly expanding population. Focusing on twelve developments in the suburbs of Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles, Barbara Miller Lane tells the story of the collaborations between builders and buyers, showing how both wanted houses and communities that espoused a modern way of life—informal, democratic, multiethnic, and devoted to improving the lives of their children. The resulting houses differed dramatically from both the European International Style and older forms of American domestic architecture. Based on a decade of original research, and accompanied by hundreds of historical images, plans, and maps, this book presents an entirely new interpretation of the American suburb. The result is a fascinating history of houses and developments that continue to shape how tens of millions of Americans live. Featured housing developments in Houses for a New World: Boston area: Governor Francis Farms (Warwick, RI) Wethersfield (Natick, MA) Brookfield (Brockton, MA) Chicago area: Greenview Estates (Arlington Heights, IL) Elk Grove Village Rolling Meadows Weathersfield at Schaumburg Los Angeles and Orange County area: Cinderella Homes (Anaheim, CA) Panorama City (Los Angeles) Rossmoor (Los Alamitos, CA) Philadelphia area: Lawrence Park (Broomall, PA) Rose Tree Woods (Broomall, PA)

How long? Why is this happening? Where are you, God? For centuries, God''s people have learned to go to God with their real questions, struggles, and everyday needs by reading and studying the Psalms. In this practical, gospel-rich small group study, Barbara Miller Juliani and Patric Knaak guide participants in learning how the Psalms give us ...

This book and method are about showing a dog a concept, starting with the first step, which we call the base step. Showing the dog what tools nature gave it--teeth, nose, paws, and their smell--is the first step. Then show the dog the little steps leading to the task. Going up and down, the idea steps like concept spiraling, using the number three for the smallest number you can remember, like chunking, and using tools to insert to help the dog learn better, like scaffolding tools. Using it all like a foraging puzzle, they can figure out the task for themselves. The best thing is that even though this is a tough method for the trainer to learn, it''s the easiest and fastest for the dog. When done correctly, a smart dog can learn a skill in ten minutes, something that can take many months with conditioning. Even a dumb dog that wants to work can almost always learn in three sessions, maybe lasting up to an hour each. The dog is not burnt out and does longer sessions often when it''s working for itself, solving a puzzle. What we hope to accomplish with the sharing of this method is to shorten the time it takes to train a service dog and the time it takes for people with disabilities to get one.

Wingo was a draft cross horse who was the best horse ever. He was such a character. If Wingo could talk, he would have told stories about the horses at the barn, the workers, and the riders. He knew where all the horses should be at all times. He was the big brother of all the horses. He knew as soon as I pulled up in my car to the barn, he would come galloping to the fence and give me a huge neigh. I decided to write a book about this gentle giant to give children a view of how horses can be best friends with their owners and riders.

"A consideration of Jephthah''s daughter in Judges 11-12:7, using feminist and midrashic interpretations"--Provided by publisher.

Explores how women can heal deep emotional pain through a new therapeutic approach that combines mindfulness meditation with psychotherapy. • Includes 8 vivid stories of women overcoming great emotional pain and life obstacles through Mindfulness Psychotherapy. • Each story is followed by a discussion and a relevant mindfulness meditation. As a result of her years of working with women as a psychotherapist, Barbara Miller Fishman developed the discipline of Mindfulness Psychotherapy--a combination of mindfulness meditation and psychotherapy that, taken together, describe a path toward wholeness. Now she presents the integration of her life''s work through the poignant stories of eight women--all faced with critical decisions and tough life circumstances--and how they used Mindfulness Psychotherapy to attain greater levels of peace and well-being. The author offers a radical shift in a woman''s relationship to life. Readers will discover the importance of naming a life problem, accepting the "is-ness" of it, developing a matter-of-fact curiosity, and exploring the mind/body reactions that we call emotional pain. The path continues as the reader creates an observing self and discovers the deep compassion that ultimately heals. Once learned, these six awareness practices can be used to face difficult situations, discover self-acceptance, and release the love needed to reside fully in one''s whole self.

Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard struggles to find the person who penned the details of a vicious murder.

The Southern Highland Craft Guild is the oldest craft guild in the United States and the only guild to be defined by a geographical area. First conceived by Olive Dame Campbell in the 1920s, the craft guild was launched in 1930 with an exhibition of regional arts. Frances Louisa Goodrich contributed her Allanstand Shop so that families living in an already depressed region would have a sales venue for their work throughout the Great Depression and the years of World War II. From that early start, the Southern Highland Craft Guild has grown to nearly a thousand members and has established a worldwide reputation for fine workmanship. The guild is governed by the artist membership, which is made up of a wide range of craftspeople from institute-trained artists to local makers trained by parents and friends.

Juliet Sinclair vows to stop her ruthless, murdering cousin, Redmond, from stealing any inheritance that rightfully goes to her family. In Captain Draco Melling, she sees the perfect husband for her sister, Ariel--a man whose rough charms can keep Redmond at bay. Even as Juliet softens Draco''s coarse edges, she finds herself becoming drawn to him. Now she has two adversaries--Redmond and her own heart.

Analysing Stasi files and interviews with one time informers, the author examines the confrontation with this legacy in united Germany. She discusses the daily machinations of the state and the motivation and justification of being an informer.

Meet Lily Lemon Blossom, a delightful little girl who loves adventures and playing with her friends. Lily invites you to see her lovely room and meet her many friends, including Bunny Rabbit and Josephine her kitten who is always by her side. A quick peek into Lily''s room will tell you quite a lot about her. The room comes alive with its vibrant colors and huggable plush toys. It''s a happy place for a happy little girl and her friends.

These lesson plans on the First Amendment are designed to help secondary school students to understand the history and meaning of the First Amendment and its importance in today''s society. The manual has two sections, one for middle school, the other for high school. Ten lessons for middle school students cover the following topics: (1) Throwing our rights away; (2) Using the First Amendment; (3) Free expression: what should be protected?; (4) Expression at school; (5) Religion at school; (6) Privacy and the First Amendment; (7) Your right to know: the privacy triangle; (8) Should the Bill of Rights be amended?; (9) First Amendment rights; and (10) The First Amendment in posters (evaluation). Subjects covered by the 10 lessons for high school students are: (1) Students and rights: beliefs and realities; (2) First Amendment freedoms survey; (3) Life without the First Amendment; (4) An established church in America?; (5) Free exercise of religion; (6) Freedom of speech; (7) Freedom of the press; (8) Freedom of assembly; (9) Petitioning government; and (10) The First Amendment in its third century. Each lesson contains an introduction and information on objectives, time required, materials and preparation involved, procedure, and extension/enrichment activities. A bibliography follows each set of lessons. Both the middle school and high school sections of this manual provide a description of the Education for Freedom Project, a First Amendment background paper, and a general introduction to the materials used. (DB)

Create a home you enjoy and are proud to live in by identifying the heart of the homethe people and relationships you celebrate daily. Create unique spaces, YES! spaces, that honor and incorporate your family''s gifts and challenges. The physical design of a YES! space is a response to how your family functions in your home. A YES! space builds connections and helps foster communication rather than isolation. Barbara Miller shows you how to make your current living space function more effectively for every member of the family.