New Releases by Chris Miller

Sophie Fields is a little girl tortured by her memories of Damien Smith, a much-loved and respected church elder with a secret lust for the unmentionable. After his misdeeds are covered up by church leaders, she climbs to the roof of her house and jumps to her death, right in front of her shocked brother, Charlie. Twenty years later, detective Harry Fletcher is still haunted by the personal demons associated with the church cover-up. After losing his faith, his wife, and now his partner, Fletcher learns that Charlie Fields has come back to town with one mission: to kill everyone responsible for his sisters death. It is Fletchers job to track and stop the crazed killer. But as it becomes clear who the main targets are, Fletcher finds himself in the midst of a moral quagmire. Although he sees justice in Charlies crusade, the killer seems to be taking out others not responsible for his family''s destruction. As Fletcher and his new partner battle each other in a test of ideology and limits of the law, the real demons show up and change everything. In this chilling tale of suspense, revenge, and evil, a police detective wrestles with his moral conscience while attempting to stop a serial killer avenging his sisters death.

The Hyper Fun Coloring book is an off the wall collection of original cartoons and character created specifically for the Chris Crazy House universe. Color the heroes, villains, and monsters that populate this wacky world of wonder.

This book is about the organization and delivery of welfare services, a subject that is currently the focus of hot debate as successive governments seek to ''modernize'' public services in response to recent social, economic and political change. Written specifically for a student readership, it provides a critical and contemporary exploration of the organizational models, processes and structures associated with different approaches to welfare, including traditional post-war approaches and the new right. Particular emphasis is given to the formulation and implementation of policy under the current British Labour government.

Naturally Cute is a 50 page coloring book full of original art featuring black women with several natural hair styles. We got it all. Afros, braids, locks, short fades, curly twist, and more. Enjoy coloring these sassy ladies and celebrating their natural beauty.

For half a century the Soviet economy was inefficient but stable. In the late 1980s, to the surprise of nearly everyone, it suddenly collapsed. Why did this happen? And what role did Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s economic reforms play in the country’s dissolution? In this groundbreaking study, Chris Miller shows that Gorbachev and his allies tried to learn from the great success story of transitions from socialism to capitalism, Deng Xiaoping’s China. Why, then, were efforts to revitalize Soviet socialism so much less successful than in China? Making use of never-before-studied documents from the Soviet politburo and other archives, Miller argues that the difference between the Soviet Union and China — and the ultimate cause of the Soviet collapse — was not economics but politics. The Soviet government was divided by bitter conflict, and Gorbachev, the ostensible Soviet autocrat, was unable to outmaneuver the interest groups that were threatened by his economic reforms. Miller’s analysis settles long-standing debates about the politics and economics of perestroika, transforming our understanding of the causes of the Soviet Union’s rapid demise.

Only 57 percent of incoming college freshmen will graduate over the next six years. Your freshman year is critical! Learn time-tested strategies to help ensure that you won’t become the next dropout statistic. Discover how to: Strengthen your resilience to anxiety, depression, and stress by cultivating an impenetrable thought-life. Become a better time and money manager—”handle your business” easier. Implement the goal-setting strategies of top academic, entrepreneurial, and professional performers. Quickly realize your true purpose for college (and life)—graduate faster! Easily connect with peers to form friendships that will last a lifetime. Identify mentors who will help foster your inner genius. And much more!

What would you do if you had just given up your apartment and donated all of your belongings to charity? For Chris ""Cleanshave"" Miller the answer was simple: Go Hiking! Armed with only a twelve pound backpack and a sense of adventure he chose to hike the entire 272 miles of Vermont''s Long Trail in what is known as an End-to-End hike. The Long Trail, which runs along the main ridge of the Green Mountains, is the oldest long-distance trail in the United States. His hike would take him southbound, from the United States border with Canada to Vermont''s southern border with Massachusetts. Along the way he would face numerous obstacles, usually brought on by poor resupply habits and questionable personal challenges, including hiking 65 miles of the trail without toilet paper, and another 100 miles without food. So put yourself out on the trail today and read Lightweight on the Long Trail.

Pyramids - located all over the world, among different cultures and nations - are actually portals that allow teleportation between them. For thousands of years, there was peace between nations; there was exchange of knowledge and culture and all of the pyramid cultures worldwide advanced because of it. But the peace soon shattered and the world was cast into the bloodiest and most costly of wars. At the same time, the Iberian Empire, led by Infante ("Prince") Henry the Navigator, attacked the Aztec Empire. Henry, the Navigator believed the legendary Christian kingdom of Prester John ("Presbytu Johannes") to be the Aztec Empire''s Nueva Guatemala de la Asuncion (now called Guatemala City). He wanted to find the kingdom and achieve immortality and would murder the world if it meant achieving his goal. The Aztec allied with the powerful Oyo Empire of West Africa and together they defeated Henry the Navigator and his monstrous army and restored a fragile peace to the world, deactivating the power of the world''s pyramids until humanity was once again ready to use their power responsibly. Two gods - one Oyo and one Aztec - were placed into a deep sleep within the bloodlines of two warrior families from the great Oyo-Aztec Alliance. These gods, lying dormant within two unwitting teenagers known as The Keys, are to awaken only when the world - and the gods'' teenaged hosts - is ready. YOU choose to be one of the two heroes of the story: Jordan Drummond, college basketball phenomenon and math genius; or Theresa "Terry" De Fuego, self-proclaimed "extreme journalist." YOU battle the forces of evil and maybe even save the world YOU decide your destiny... for YOU are the Hero

At a time when neoliberal and conservative politics are again in the ascendency and social democracy is waning, Australian public policy re-engages with the values and goals of progressive public policy in Australia and the difficulties faced in re-affirming them. It brings together leading authors to explore economic, environmental, social, cultural, political and indigenous issues. It examines trends and current policy directions and outlines progressive alternatives that challenge and extend current thinking. While focused on Australia, the contributors offer valuable insights for people in other countries committed to social justice and those engaged in the ongoing contest between neo-liberalism and social democracy. This is essential reading for policy practitioners, researchers and students as well those with an interest in the future of public policy.

Where Have All the Storks Gone? offers a funny, yet touching view of infertility through the voice of a couple who has gone through it all. Moments of hysterical laughter and poignant reflection mingle with appointments, drug regimens and exhaustion. After facing nearly every struggle and setback on the journey through fertility treatments, we gathered our reflections and anecdotes together into a he said/she said story. It is our intent to give hopeful couples in any stage of treatment, and their well-meaning family members and friends, an informative and insightful picture of infertility.

The derivation of a category of ''environmental rights'' (as argued in this journal by Margaret DeMerieux) from certain cases heard in the European Court of Human Rights is examined. Opposing the majority judicial opinion of that court, there is emerging a dissenting view which is reluctant to extend a rights perspective to those nuisances which can, in theory, be avoided by relocation of the family home. This critique is then extended to v in which the claimant used the Human Rights Act 1998 (as well as common law) to secure damages for an environmental threat (flooding) to his home. It is further argued that any ''rights'' dimension currently attached to environmental intrusion on private life will give way to policy imperatives once the effects of climate change come to be recognized.

A hiker will never feel safe again after the sun sets on the Appalachian Trail. Hiker Midnight is a collection of 13 fictional stories of horror taking place on the Appalachian Trail. With long distance hikers and trail fans in mind this series of dark fiction is perfect bedtime reading while you''re snuggled up in your sleeping bag, inside your tent or in a shelter. As darkness settles in you better hope the campfire has enough wood for the night, because sleeping anywhere on the trail will no longer feel as safe. Experience the chills and terror of the trail today, Read Hiker Midnight.

The Chronicles of Piye is an action packed fantasy series set in ancient Africa. the story centers around a young Nubian warrior, named Piye, and his quest to stop a powerful cult, called The Chosen, from opening the Stellar Door and unleashing a horde of ancient demons upon the world.In this chapter Piye has now become one with the sword AMMITI, but can he defeat the monstrous demon in the cave. As Piye completes the ritual, forces from opposite sides of this conflict become unified. General Atiga is now joined by Shemzu and a new disciple, the evil witch Nassai. On the side of good, Ajani and Tombola come to the city of NAQA to join forces with Piye and Mekhit

The Chronicles of Piye is an action packed fantasy series set in ancient Africa. the story centers around a young Nubian warrior, named Piye, and his quest to stop a powerful cult, called The Chosen, from opening the Stellar Door and unleashing a horde of ancient demons upon the world. In this chapter Mekhit, a young warrior priestess and childhood friend of Piye, prepares herself to join the quest to find the artifacts and stop the Chosen. But before any quest can begin, Piye must survive the Ritual of Awakening. Can Piye become one with his sword Ammiti, or will the celestial gods within the sword tear his soul apart.

Environmental Rights offers new perspectives on contemporary debates over rights and environmental issues. It draws on key theories of contemporary philosophers and jurists and case reports from decisions in English, European and US courts. It also examines recent developments within environmental law and policy in the UK and the EU. Specific rights of the individual are examined - the right to clean air and water, access to information, the right to participate in environmental decisions - as well as the practical obstacles to the exercising of these rights.

u200bThis volume was produced in conjunction with the Thematic Program in o-Minimal Structures and Real Analytic Geometry, held from January to June of 2009 at the Fields Institute. Five of the six contributions consist of notes from graduate courses associated with the program: Felipe Cano on a new proof of resolution of singularities for planar analytic vector fields; Chris Miller on o-minimality and Hardy fields; Jean-Philippe Rolin on the construction of o-minimal structures from quasianalytic classes; Fernando Sanz on non-oscillatory trajectories of vector fields; and Patrick Speissegger on pfaffian sets. The sixth contribution, by Antongiulio Fornasiero and Tamara Servi, is an adaptation to the nonstandard setting of A.J. Wilkie''s construction of o-minimal structures from infinitely differentiable functions. Most of this material is either unavailable elsewhere or spread across many different sources such as research papers, conference proceedings and PhD theses. This book will be a useful tool for graduate students or researchers from related fields who want to learn about expansions of o-minimal structures by solutions, or images thereof, of definable systems of differential equations. u200b

What is it really like to work at an dult video store? Imagine a place just around the corner from your house. A small non descript building with a bright purple and red neon sign in the window that says simply, "Open". Men shuffle in and out of it all day, never looking around as they scramble to their cars with plain brown paper bags in their hands. If you have always been curious about what types of people frequent these often seedy porn stores but never wanted to stoop low enough to work at one full time, for years on end, then this is the book for you. Find out who shops there, why there''s no need to be nervous, and what exactly goes on in those video booths. You might be shocked, then again the truth may not be what you think.

The creator of Animal House at last tells the real story of the fraternity that inspired the iconic film -- a story far more outrageous and funny than any movie could ever capture.

What do you do when the person you love more than anything on the face of the earth suddenly does the unexpected. For whatever reason they are no longer able to love you back like you always wanted? It''s a tough pain to describe, the toughest I have ever felt in my life. This book was aimed to be a prescription of sorts to help people not have to hurt so much.

What if you could go back to high school and relive your first romance? Would it bring back good memories? That''s what this book does, using a series of love letters written in the sixties by a young girl, Sally Logan, who lived in Manhattan. She was writing to her boyfriend in the suburbs, separated by 50 miles of train track and expensive long-distance telephone rates. They had the same ups and downs as young couples who saw each other every day, but wrote letters during the week. Sally''s surfaced recently, and are reproduced here. She writes of going to the movies ("Thunderball"), listening to music on the radio ("Bobby" Dylan) and riding in a new car called a Mustang. As the young couple''s romance blossomed, the world news was about Vietnam, race riots and space shots. World events and the number one song of each week are intertwined with Sally''s letters. If they don''t remind you of your first romance, they''ll show you how it could have been.

This paper presents the results of an empirical study of the Australian Takeovers Panel. The Takeovers Panel is the primary forum for resolving disputes about a takeover bid while the takeover is underway. The Takeovers Panel was established in 2000 and replaced the earlier Panel which was widely regarded as ineffective, hearing very few matters and the extent of its powers being subject to extensive litigation in the courts. The new Takeovers Panel was given enhanced powers with the objective of enabling the Panel to replace the courts as the primary forum for the resolution of takeovers disputes. It was expected that the new Panel would be able to facilitate resolutions to takeovers disputes more rapidly, informally and cost effectively than the courts. All decisions of the Takeovers Panel during the first 5 years of its existence (2000-2005) were examined. The study provides insight into how the Panel has operated since 2000 and how effective it has been in terms of matters such as the time taken to reach decisions. Issues examined include: how active is the Takeovers Panel?; who makes applications to the Panel?; speed of decision making; the Panel as a facilitator of takeover bids; the basis for applications and the basis for decisions; size of companies involved in Panel applications; industry classification of companies involved in Panel applications; and appeals against decisions of the Panel.

If you find yourself in the Bow Valley for only a few days, or even an afternoon or evening, you can climb good rock a short walk from the road. The outskirts of Canmore offer some of the best-developed sport climbing in the Canadian Rockies, and you can be tying-in minutes from the parking areas. This book is perfect for when you are weathered off the high peaks or are travelling to or from more distant destinations. Grassi Lakes, the East End of Mount Rundle (EEOR) and Ha Ling Peak, along with the accessible amenities of this active mountain town, make for a perfect stopover.

Blood on my Briefcase ************************* Thirty Years In The Advertising Wars ************************* "Advertising is a challenging and exciting business. Chris Miller has captured what it was like ''in the trenches'' in the ''70''s, ''80''s and ''90''s with insight and wry humor." --Tom Latimer, Senior Director, Worldwide Advertising, Gulf Oil Corporation "Fun reading on antiquated corporate structures. It shows how far we''ve come in the modern corporation." --Herb Baum, Chairman, President and CEO The Dial Corporation "Chris worked with the best marketers in a wide range of industries. Having worked with him during the ''70''s, I found his book to be an enjoyable and witty collection of stories. It''s also an excellent primer for young people entering the marketing profession." --Ira Tumpowsky, Executive Vice President The Advertising Council "Chris Miller shows the many quirks of political advertising with insight and humor. His book makes for interesting reading on two strange bedfellows, advertising and politics." --John Oxendine, Commissioner of Insurance State of Georgia "Chris Miller has hit the sweet spot with his interesting and insightful portrayal of successfully navigating a career in advertising." --Bob Bolte, Advertising Director Campbell Soup Company "The advertising business is tough and competitive. Miller captures the daily combat that takes place, and makes it fun and interesting." --Claude Caylor, Media Director Pizza Hut

Before its founding by white settlers, Winona, Minnesota, was the home of a band of Sioux led by the great Wapasha dynasty. After white settlement began in 1851, the city''s growth was fueled by the Mississippi riverboat trade. Groups of immigrants passed through the "Gate City," and many stayed, founding enduring ethnic communities and building a city that for a brief time rivaled Minneapolis. The settlement covered the sandy flats with houses, churches, colleges, and factories, and carved the hill "Wapasha''s Cap" into the landmark now known as Sugar Loaf. Yesterday''s riverboats have given way to today''s recreational vehicles, but Winona''s factories and businesses still sell products to the national market, and the colleges-now universities-are a significant part of the city''s life. Through their combined collections of rare postcards, authors Chris Miller and Mary Pendleton take readers on a visual tour of Winona''s history, exploring the city''s Native American heritage, natural scenery, development, historic landmarks, and long relationship with the Mississippi River.