Best Selling Books by Michael Allen

Flipping is used to obtain the triangulation of the points inserted so far, and the history of the flips is used to locate the position of the next point. We develop a data structure which stores both the current triangulation and the history of flips. This data structure is amodification of the edge-facet data structure. We also describe an extension to a technique for simulating general position, called Simulation of Simplicity, which allows points at infinity to be handled easily. Finally, we give statistics on the performance of the two algorithms."

Special Committees: Law and Practice provides attorneys with a sound working knowledge of the use, advantages, and equally important, the disadvantages of using a special committee to resolve business conflicts.

Some believe that fate rules our lives, while others dismiss the idea outright. Fate remains central to many cultural outlooks, and in our age of conflict, climate change, and pandemic, it features conspicuously in debates about the future. A careful examination of this important idea – its background, many meanings, and significance for everyday life – is not only informative and intriguing but also timely. In Fate and Life Michael Fox confronts the idea of fate head on and demonstrates that how we interpret and apply this concept can make it work for rather than against us. Many discussions characterize fate negatively or as part of the occult, representing it as a supernatural force that stifles our freedom. Fateful ideas have also helped rationalize and promote the persecution of certain groups. But viewed more positively, fate can be understood as the given conditions of existence and the imponderable way certain unanticipated events momentously alter the path we follow over time. Thinking about fate teaches us about who we are, how we see the world, and our evaluation of the possibilities of life. Fate and Life provides a multicultural and global account of how we talk about the idea of fate, how we use and misuse it, and how it contrasts with notions like destiny and karma. Fox’s original perspective – a breakthrough in philosophy and the history of ideas – shows that fate is supported by experience; it is compatible with our sense of agency and purpose; and it helps us make sense of our lives.

An original collection of the most influential documents in American history, from the bestselling author of A Patriot''s History of the United States. Since 2005, A Patriot''s History of the United States has become a modern classic for its defense of America as a unique country founded on principles of justice, equality, and freedom for all. The Patriot''s History Reader continues this tradition by going back to the original sources-the documents, speeches, and legal decisions that shaped our country into what it is today. The authors explore both oft-cited documents-the Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, and Roe v. Wade--as well as those that are less famous. Among these are George Washington''s letter to Alexander Hamilton, which essentially outline America''s military strategy for the next 150 years, and Herbert Hoover''s speech on business ethics, which examines the government''s role in regulating private enterprise. By helping readers explore history at its source, this book sheds new light on the principles and personalities that have made America great.

The updated edition of this bestselling book is for the teacher who wants support and practical advice to recognize and deal with the common misconceptions encountered in the primary science classroom. Michael Allen describes over 100 common misconceptions and their potential origins. In addition to background theoretical and research material, he offers creative activities to help you grasp the underlying scientific concepts and bring them to life in the classroom, as well as practical strategies to improve pupil learning. This easy to navigate and friendly guide is a superb toolkit to support you as you teach or prepare to teach in the primary school, irrespective of your training route.

Designed for undergraduate/graduate-level parallel programming courses. This nontheoretical text - which is linked to real parallel programming software - covers the techniques of parallel programming in a practical manner that enables students to write and evaluate their parallel programs

"Allen interweaves the dreams of the father and daughter, slowly bringing them to reality. The characters are drawn well. The details of Chris'' life--his painting and woodworking are compelling and well crafted." When a near fatal accident separates a single father from his daughter, fate has a way of finding her a good home. While Chris fights for his life in a coma for nine years, his daughter Krista is raised by a couple with good intentions who have no idea how to properly raise a child. Gilmer has wild ideas that he doesn''t think through. Maggie knows the basics, and figures the rest out as she goes. But there is one thing they have in common, the love for the little girl who stole their hearts while her father was absent. When Chris awakens from his coma, his amnesia keeps him from remembering he has a daughter. Putting his life back together, he takes to furniture repair and then design. But, he picks up a paint brush one day when an apparition of a little girl soon starts haunting him even while he is awake. He captures scenes of her on canvas, but can''t figure out what connection they have. While he paints who he has affectionately been calling Angel, she becomes more and more real to him. Years go by and Chris has developed an entire life with a girl he knows only through paintings. He keeps them locked up in a private room while his other paintings have gained notoriety throughout the art community as the "Insider''s Secret." The exposure he is getting brings him face to face with Maggie and a teenage girl named Krista. Something strange suddenly stirs in both of them. Family is a strong connection. Even when it''s the one you adopt, not the one you come into this world knowing. A River in the Ocean is a heartwarming tale about two lost souls. He didn''t know he was looking and she didn''t know she needed found.

Harry is a divorced man who has not been able to see his disabled daughter Lisa since she was five years old. But Harry still loves Lisa more than anyone else in the world. When he is offered the chance to win a million pounds for her, by taking part in a reality TV show, he immediately accepts.

In this clear, concise guide to existentialism for students, philosopher Michael Allen Fox carefully defines existentialism, explains how it has evolved, and illuminates its relevance for today.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was one of the most influential philosophers of the 19th century. Unfortunately, his work is notoriously difficult to understand. There is thus a need for a clear presentation of his major philosophical contributions to help students and other interested persons in approaching the work of this important thinker.Philosopher Michael Allen Fox admirably fills this need in this lucid explanation of Hegel''s ideas. Fox discusses at length the chief component of Hegel''s systematic philosophy -- the concept of the dialectic. According to Hegel, in a world of becoming and persistent change, reason progresses through conflict and the resolutions that arise from the dialectic of opposing elements. The tumultuous clash of opposites leads to ever new advances in human knowledge and culture. Fox also considers many of Hegel''s other ideas: his difficult notion of the Absolute, the final stage of history in which reason attains perfect mastery of the world and thought realizes its full potential; his dynamic conception of truth as evolving toward total comprehensiveness; the master-slave pattern of human relationships; the social structure of the self; the varied political interpretations and adaptations of Hegel''s philosophy on both the Left and the Right; and many other aspects of Hegel''s complex system. For both beginners and those already familiar with Hegel''s work, this excellent overview of one of philosophy''s great geniuses offers many clarifications and insights.

Two unlikely partners join forces to solve a murder disguised as suicide and catch a killer ready to strike again. Gold Coast psychiatrist Jack Caleb is wealthy, cultured, and gay. When one of his clients is found dead in a locked apartment--apparently from a self-inflicted wound-- burned-out Chicago detective John Thinnes doesn''t believe it was suicide. And Caleb is inclined to agree. But Thinnes regards a shrink who makes house calls suspicious and starts his murder investigation with the doctor himself. An attack on Caleb that''s made to look like an accidental drug overdose starts to change the detective''s mind. Soon, the two men find themselves a whirlwind of theft, scandal, and blackmail. Forced into an unlikely partnership, they''ll have to confront not only a killer, but hard truths within themselves that will change them forever.

This is the first comprehensive exploration of the role played by film and television systems in enabling these feats of interplanetary exploration to be witnessed by audiences of hundreds of millions of people.

Months of surveillance-related leaks from U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden have fuelled an international debate over privacy, spying, and Internet surveillance. This book explores current issues torn from the headlines with a uniquely Canadian perspective.

A fighter pilot endures years in a POW camp in Afghanistan after his jet experiences equipment failure while on a routine mission. By some strange miracle one day after years of incarceration, Captain Haven Kayd finds a way to escape. Meanwhile, his wife was informed of his death and has moved on with her life. So has his daughter who has been growing up on her own without a father since his disappearance. To their surprise, they are visited one day by two Marines who are there to inform them that Haven is in fact still alive. Haven''s return shocks the nation and his life is celebrated while he''s simply trying to play catch up in a world that went on without him. It''s not long before he stumbles onto the truth, a scandalous truth that finds him mixed up in the middle of unbelievable corruption. Not only was his plane meant to go down, but he was meant to die. And that just scratches the surface of how evil this scandal gets. As the truth comes out, he finds himself pitted against an enemy he once thought was on his side. An invisible enemy that reaches quite high and has resources far beyond Haven''s imagination. But they have no idea how far Haven is willing to go once they threaten the one very special person he has left in his life. A Deeper Dark is a masterfully woven tale of corruption in the highest places of our government with action that doesn''t let up until the end. Michael Allen is a skillful author who keeps his readers turning pages until they hesitantly devour the last word.

“Ink and paper became my friends as the thoughts of my heart began to unfold. As God inspired me to write and motivated me to recite.” Michael Allen is an activist in the struggle to eradicate oppression and poverty in the inner cities. Spreading awareness through the written word and sharing his love affair with poetry he hopes to motivate others to use art to educate

A novel filled with personnel observations from a lifetime of experience in how our thoughts begin to develop the artistic creativity we store in our head. All great creative sculptors, canvas painters, architects, engineers and scien-tists begin their work with a single thought, or a dream until it passes that phase of mental creativity then manifests from a thought we have lying dormant in a memory into some form of a working model to a physical design. Every human has control of their destiny in a way that propels them to do great things. Although the ability to act on the process that completes the journey is another aspect that separates greatness from mediocracy or failure. This book provides insights into that process. The story is a weave of fabric with many aspects for consideration. The reader becomes captivated in learning the intricate way the mind controls our journey through life. My perspective with a fictional story related to the achievements of a fic-tional character. He finds love in a peculiar place, travels to destinations as his part-ner deals with his tragic loss. While the intricacies of the mind a narrated in between the stories charac-ters. This begins the writing of the widow''s journey within her mind. Constantly questioning and deliberating, the thoughts that control the human interactions to exist in the world. Ending with the discovery of a new partner who has deceived her inherited insurance company out of fifty million dollars. The story is told through the mind''s thoughts. It is a fictional story which intrigues your mind.

Michael Meeropol argues that the ballooning of the federal budget deficit was not a serious problem in the 1980s, nor were the successful recent efforts to get it under control the basis for the prosperous economy of the mid-1990s. In this controversial book, the author provides a close look at what actually happened to the American economy during the years of the "Reagan Revolution" and reveals that the huge deficits had no negative effect on the economy. It was the other policies of the Reagan years--high interest rates to fight inflation, supply-side tax cuts, reductions in regulation, increased advantages for investors and the wealthy, the unraveling of the safety net for the poor--that were unsuccessful in generating more rapid growth and other economic improvements. Meeropol provides compelling evidence of the failure of the U.S. economy between 1990 and 1994 to generate rising incomes for most of the population or improvements in productivity. This caused, first, the electoral repudiation of President Bush in 1992, followed by a repudiation of President Clinton in the 1994 Congressional elections. The Clinton administration made a half-hearted attempt to reverse the Reagan Revolution in economic policy, but ultimately surrendered to the Republican Congressional majority in 1996 when Clinton promised to balance the budget by 2000 and signed the welfare reform bill. The rapid growth of the economy in 1997 caused surprisingly high government revenues, a dramatic fall in the federal budget deficit, and a brief euphoria evident in an almost uncontrollable stock market boom. Finally, Meeropol argues powerfully that the next recession, certain to come before the end of 1999, will turn the predicted path to budget balance and millennial prosperity into a painful joke on the hubris of public policymakers. Accessibly written as a work of recent history and public policy as much as economics, this book is intended for all Americans interested in issues of economic policy, especially the budget deficit and the Clinton versus Congress debates. No specialized training in economics is needed.