Most Popular Books by Sam Miller

Memoir: Reasons Why I Left the Amish Community By: Sam Miller From daily routines, customs, and beliefs to weddings and funeral services and more, learn about the Amish community through the eyes of someone who lived it. In Memoir: Reasons Why I Left the Amish Community, Sam Miller shares his experiences, both good and bad, growing up as Swartzentruber Amish, one of the strictest Amish religions, and explains his difficult decision to leave.

“A kind of gonzo Moneyball”: The New York Times–bestseller about two statistics-minded outsiders being allowed to run a professional baseball team (New York Times Book Review). It’s the ultimate in fantasy baseball: You get to pick the roster, set the lineup, and decide on strategies—with real players, in a real ballpark, in a real playoff race. That’s what baseball analysts Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller got to do when an independent minor-league team in California, the Sonoma Stompers, offered them the chance to run its baseball operations according to the most advanced statistics. Their story in The Only Rule Is It Has to Work is unlike any other baseball tale you’ve ever read. We tag along as Lindbergh and Miller apply their number-crunching insights to all aspects of assembling and running a team, following one cardinal rule for judging each innovation they try: it has to work. We meet colorful figures like general manager Theo Fightmaster and boundary-breakers like the first openly gay player in professional baseball. Even José Canseco makes a cameo appearance. Will their knowledge of numbers help Lindbergh and Miller bring the Stompers a championship, or will they fall on their faces? Will the team have a competitive advantage or is the sport’s folk wisdom true after all? Will the players attract the attention of big-league scouts, or are they on a fast track to oblivion? It’s a wild ride, by turns provocative and absurd, as Lindbergh and Miller tell a story that will speak to numbers geeks and traditionalists alike. And they prove that you don’t need a bat or a glove to make a genuine contribution to the game.

A Strange Kind of Paradise is an exploration of India’s past and present, from the perspective of a foreigner who has lived in India for many years. Sam Miller investigates how the ancient Greeks, the Romans, the Chinese, Arabs, Africans, Europeans and Americans came to imagine India. Spanning the centuries from Alexander the Great to Slumdog Millionaire, Miller’s account features, among others, Thomas the Apostle, the Chinese monk Xuanzang, Marco Polo, Babur, Clive of India, Allen Ginsberg, the Beatles and Steve Jobs-all of it interspersed with the story of his own 25-yearlong love affair with India. At once scholarly and thoughtprovoking, delightfully eccentric and laugh-out-loud funny, this book is destined to become a much-loved classic.

This book is one in a series of IBM® publications written specifically for the IBM System Blue Gene® supercomputer, Blue Gene/Q®, which is the third generation of massively parallel supercomputers from IBM in the Blue Gene series. This IBM RedpaperTM publication helps you develop tools, such as a debugger, that can be used on the IBM Blue Gene/Q platform to control and monitor application threads and processes.

Migrants cuts through the toxic debates to tell the rich and collective stories of humankind''s urge to move ''Fascinating... Miller''s perspective may be just what we need'' Daily Telegraph ''Enjoyable, provocative and timely'' Spectator ''Timely and empathetic: a rare combination on this most controversial issue'' Remi Adekoya ''Tremendous: blends the personal and the panoramic to great effect'' Robert Winder Humans are, in fundamental ways, a migratory species, more so than any other land mammal. For most of our existence , we were all nomads, and some of us still are. Houses and permanent settlements are a relatively late development - dating back little more than twelve thousand years. Borders and passports are much more recent. From the Neanderthals, Alexander the Great, Christopher Columbus and Pocahontas to the African slave trade, Fu Manchu, and Barack Obama, Migrants shows us that it is only by understanding how migration and migrants have been viewed in the past, that we can re-set the terms of the modern-day debate about migration. Migrants presents us with an alternative history of the world, in which migration is restored to the heart of the human story. And in which humans migrate for a wide range of reasons: not just because of civil war, or poverty or climate change but also out of curiosity and a sense of adventure. On arrival, migrants are expected both to assimilate and encouraged to remain distinctive; to defend their heritage and adopt a new one. They are sub-human and super-human; romanticised and castigated, admired and abhorred. Migrants tells us that this is not a new narrative; this is the history of us all, part of everybody''s backstory - for those who consider themselves migrants and those who do not.

The ability to successfully confront an employee AND maintain a quality relationship is a skill impediment for many school leaders. Confrontation Management is a practical framework to help any leader plan and facilitate a confrontational conversation. The reader will learn how to: Appropriately beginning a confrontational conversationHow to invite employees into a conversation and avoid a “top-down” meetingCommon tactics used by employees to torpedo a meetingSuccessfully pivoting a conversation from issues or concerns to solutionsEnding a conversation with a plan and on a positive note Confrontation Management is the ultimate guide to making sure that confrontation is facilitated effectively and the school leader’s relationship with staff continues to result in a positive school culture.

"A gold standard for accuracy and depth."—Daily Telegraph This seminal new work covers the best of India in one detailed, fully illustrated volume. History, culture, religion, architecture, and archaeology are all covered, with practical touring tips, to provide a framework for understanding and enjoying this thrilling and diverse subcontinent.

A textbook connecting fundamental physics to practical applications, for students in meteorology or atmospheric science and for working professionals as a reference text.

The secret of effective leadership can elude even the best principals. In The Secret Solution, How One Principal Discovered the Path to Success, a principal travels a journey through four distinct leadership styles as he works to transform a school. On this journey, he encounters characters familiar to all of us who have worked in education, including superstars, fence-sitters, and even bullies. This quick-reading parable provides practical guidance for both current and future administrators, immediately relevant in applying knowledge to practice. Readers will quickly recognize staff from their own buildings who come to life in this engaging story.

Designed to introduce fundamental keyboarding skills to elementary and middle school students.

A provocative portrait of one of the world''s largest cities, delving behind the tourist facade to illustrate the people and places beyond the realms of the conventional travelogue Sam Miller set out to discover the real Delhi, a city he describes as "India''s dreamtown—and its purgatory." He treads the city streets, making his way through the city and its suburbs, visiting its less celebrated destinations—Nehru Place, Rohini, Ghazipur, and Gurgaon—which most writers and travelers ignore. His quest is the here and now, the unexpected, the overlooked, and the eccentric. All the obvious ports of call make appearances: the ancient monuments, the imperial buildings, and the celebrities of modern Delhi. But it is through his encounters with Delhi''s people—from a professor of astrophysics to a crematorium attendant, from ragpickers to members of a police brass band—that Miller creates this richly entertaining portrait of what Delhi means to its residents, and of what the city is becoming. Miller, like so many of the people he meets, is a migrant in one of the world''s fastest growing megapolises, and the Delhi he depicts is one whose future concerns us all. He possesses an intense curiosity; he has an infallible eye for life''s diversities, for all the marvelous and sublime moments that illuminate people''s lives. This is a generous, original, humorous portrait of a great city; one that unerringly locates the humanity beneath the mundane, the unsung, and the unfamiliar.

The Myotron is a new type of instrument for the dynamic measurement of skeletal muscle forces and behavior. It is basically a servo-controlled exoskeleton with integral force and position transducers (non-myoelectric). A two-axis instrument was designed and fabricated to establish the practicality and medical utility of such a device. In-hospital evaluation of the instrument as a medical research aid substantiated that the device is potentially suited for basic studies of neuromuscular activity, studies of neuromuscular disorders, development of new rehabilitation therapy techniques, and studies of new powered orthotic devices. This report introduces the Myotron concept and describes the construction and operational principles of the two-axis instrument. The evaluation experiments and results are presented, with recommendations for further research. A selected bibliography is appended.

"A gold standard for accuracy and depth." Daily Telegraph

Presents a pictorial history of Castle Cary, North Cadbury and Wincanton through a series of photographs and images. This work features historical captions.

In early 2014, after many years living abroad, Sam Miller returned to his childhood home in London. His father was dying. When the editor, writer, critic and academic Karl Miller died later that year, the obituaries spoke of his brilliance and influence, of how he founded the London Review of Books, and how he had shaped the careers of some of the finest writers and poets of the second half of the twentieth century. But they gave little sense of Karl Miller beyond the world of work: the warm, funny, football-loving family man so adored by his children and grandchildren. In the months after his death, Sam began to write about his father. He had been told, long ago, a family secret involving his parents and a close friend. Now, by reading his father’s papers and with the help of his mother, he was able to piece together a remarkable story. Fathers is the result: a tender, thoughtful exploration of childhood and parenthood, of friendship, love and loyalty.

The past has a way of coming back to live in the present . . . Jake''s Father is an archeologist who is in Israel to complete a dig on King Solomon''s Temple. As an eighteen-year-old American, Jake is unwelcome by the people in the territory. Defending himself against the townspeople is a constant torment. Through a map Jake finds on his Father''s desk, he and his friend Avner decide to explore a newly discovered chamber. At the end of a dark and deserted tunnel, Jake uncovers the treasure of King Solomon''s Power ring. He puts it on his finger and feels his life changing. Jake passes off the ring as a replica, but he starts to hear a voice that belongs to Smith. Smith provides him guidance on how to deal with his newfound powers. Jake wants to learn all he can about his new secret ring. Smith encourages him to sharpen his fighting skills by joining the Army. Is Smith leading Jake to a newfound life where he can become a hero? Or will the decision to join the military endanger his life? Will Jake find out the ring he wears is good or will it be of evil intent? And who keeps trying to steal the ring?

Table for Two sets the table with all the Amish food favorites—just for two! Sam & Amy Miller and their extended family have shared 438 of their best recipes in helpings that won''t leave a week of leftovers if there are only two at your house.

The conventional approach to dieting is fundamentally flawed. Metabolism Made Simple offers a better solution. You can change your body and your health for the better without quick-fix gimmicks or fad diets. In Metabolism Made Simple, health, fitness, and nutrition expert Sam Miller provides a wealth of readily understandable science, easily followed systems, and repeatable strategies. He exposes the real reasons why many diets fail and helps you avoid preventable pitfalls on your way to your goals. Using clear language, he guides you to achieving optimal health or your ideal physique. It''s time for a nutritional intervention that promotes metabolic health, extends longevity, and puts you in control of your body. Ditch the diet fads forever. Instead, take advantage of an individualized, transformational approach. There is no reason to wait.

This classroom-tested, easy-to-teach curriculum--used successfully by teachers, parents, peer tutors, and paraprofessionals--practically guarantees your students will develop keyboarding proficiency and confidence.

Designed to introduce fundamental keyboarding skills to elementary and middle school students.

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. Our June 2016 issue (#117) contains: Original fiction by Margaret Ronald ("And Then, One Day, the Air was Full of Voices"), Sam J. Miller ("Things With Beards"), E. Catherine Tobler (".identity"), and Zhang Ran ("The Snow of Jinyang"). Reprints from Michael Flynn ("The Promise of God") and Nancy Kress ("Pathways"). Non-fiction by Matthew Simmons (The Science Fiction Future of the Microbiome), an interview with Guy Gavriel Kay, an Another Word column by Alethea Kontis, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

This beginner''s guide to multimedia presentation on the Mac shows users how to incorporate sound, video, and animation into desktop applications. Part I gives readers a solid background in multimedia concepts and associated hardware; Part II explains every feature of QuickTime; Part III introduces QuickTime "movies" as data resources in an interactive environment.