Bøker av Jeff Miller

Through lively anecdotes, colourful pictures and delicious recipes, Jeff Miller explores the meteoric rise of the avocado.

Paradox strikes Kinsley's life to the core in this page turning conundrum that strangely moves the Ghost Hunting club from Luisiana to California and engulfs them in the most dangerous mystery yet. As divine intervention plays a role in saving their lives and they are brought into a treasure trove of unpatented inventions and unpublished manuscripts of a time traveler, who has mysteriously disappeared from Providence Place. Set a course with these teen sleuths as they venture into trouble and engage in their most daring adventure coming face to face with the spiritual beings and the unknown.

"A humorous guide to Bay Area animal life, featuring more than sixty species of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and insects"--

Finally, a book that explains the endless competition, along with all this gun violence, addictions, and suicides. In fact, this book reveals the cause for most human woes. It's this constant drive among people around us-to win. And how do they do that? By making us lose! All our lives we've have been aware on some level that people were secretly competing with us to come out on top, we just haven't realized the extent of it or how far some are willing to go. Yet you've sensed it time and time again: the feeling that someone is trying to one up you, make you look bad, or toying with you to entertain themselves-attempting to get the advantage in some sort of game they were playing. Then, there have been all of those who are so controlling in your world and others who are subtle in their manipulation, confrontational, or just plain mean. And let's not forget the ones that have purposely sought to demean, belittle, or destroy us. Yet perhaps most devastating of all were those who blocked you from accomplishing your goals in life and following your dreams. Would it surprise you to know that all these individuals have been playing the same game? It's time to figure out what's been going on all along and how deep this rabbit hole goes.

Amazing stories are shared throughout generations. Stories of miraculous healings, out-of-body experiences, spiritual voices and visions are nothing new in the faith community. When Pastor Tucker passes away, no one is more surprised by these revelations than his granddaughter. Hazel Grace, a college senior, mourns her grandfather. When she learns that his bible and last sermon, with a name she doesn't recognize is left for her, sadness turns to curiosity. She suspects there's a story to tell and she's supposed to find it. Zachary Stone is a down on his luck ghostwriter who could use a break. After growing up with a deadbeat drunk as a father, he doesn't believe in God, Christianity or anything else. Hazel is convinced Zachary's not the right person to tell her grandfather's story, but she wants to fulfill her grandfather's wish, and Zachary needs a paycheck. As they peel back the layers of Pastor Tucker's life, Hazel and Zachary start to find love and redemption, one amazing story at a time. Can Zachary escape his demons and find a path forward with Hazel or will the strain of past mistakes and doubts stand in their way?

Six schoolgirl friends form a club to investigate ghosts. Yet as they get pulled into the Knick-Knack Man legend, and "this old man" appears when they summons him, one by one it claims their lives. Just like the rumor Jena first heard at school, and they researched during their sleepover, the internet legend proved true. But defying their vote, two of them experiment with it, and Jena if the first to go. Next, Kelsey gets abducted, and her little sister, Kinsley, will not let it go. Yet then, the third one--Taylor, is murdered also, and three remain to take on a new challenge: figure out how to stop this phantom's siege of terror and death. You won't want to miss what is about to unfold in the first book of this ghost hunting series, as an age-old nursery rhyme comes to life--in a malevolent way: a secret that only the blackbirds seem to know, while the scarecrow stands and watches.Once you recite the incantation: "This old man, he played four. He played knick-knack on my door," then go and unlock your front door-inviting him in, he is summonsed. Then he sneaks into your bedroom at night, with his scroungy little dog following, and leans on his cane staring at you. And if they don't get what they are after, they'll come back. The first morning, you wake up and your thumb hurts. On the third day your knee aches, and the fifth morning, you're dead (this old man, he played five. He played knick-knack on my hide). Find out what unfolds as Tiffany, Hailey, and especially Kinsley are left to solve this intense page turning mystery.

From the storming of the Capitol and the rise of authoritarian rhetoric and politicians to the challenge of global warming, liberal democracy faces a twin crisis of legitimacy and efficacy. Democracy in Crisis points to long neglected resources from the world's first democracy - Ancient Athens - prompting us to think beyond our current practices.

Jeff Miller's heartbreaking, coming-of-age middle-grade novel--inspired by his personal experience living through his own parent's heart transplant--invites readers into the world of a twelve-year-old birdwatcher looking for a place to call home and a way to save his mother, even if it means venturing deep into Florida swampland. Twelve-year-old Graham Dodds is no stranger to hospital waiting rooms. Sometimes, he feels like his entire life is one big waiting room. Waiting for the next doctor to tell them what's wrong with his mom. Waiting to find out what city they're moving to next. Waiting to see if they will finally get their miracle--a heart transplant to save his mom's life. When Graham gets stuck in Florida for the summer, he meets a girl named Lou at the hospital, and he finds a friend who needs a distraction as much as he does. She tells him about a contest to find the endangered Snail Kite, which resides in the local gator-filled swamps. Together they embark on an adventure, searching for the rare bird . . . and along the way, Graham might just find something else--himself. Jeff Miller crafts a heartfelt story about what it means to live in this unforgettable middle-grade novel. Rare Birds is a rare find that will resonate with fans of the Carl Hiassen's Hoot and Melissa Savage's Lemon. For readers looking for novels with literary appeal and classic themes of family, friendship, and the meaning of life, Rare Birds is a perfect pick. Hardcover with dust jacket; 288 pages; 5.5 x 8.3 in.

The accepted narrative in football-crazy Texas is that racial integral came to the state’s “national sport” in the mid-1960s, generally associated with Jerry LeVias’ celebrated arrival at SMU in Dallas. But the landmark achievement actually took place quietly almost a decade earlier only about an hour north of Dallas. In the town of Denton, two black football players from Dallas’ segregated public school system boldly walked on to play for what was then called North Texas State College—known today as the University of North Texas. Abner Haynes and Leon King didn’t know what to expect, and neither their dozen or so teammates on North Texas’ freshman team.The players’ arrival came only a few months after North Texas first welcomed a black undergraduate student in February 1956. The school worked its way through both that episode and the integration of its most public face—the football team—with no fanfare and without the hostility on campus that accompanied similar events at many other colleges and universities across the South. There were, though, tense situations when a racial integrated football team played road games in small, segregated Texas towns. Jeff Miller, a veteran Texas sports journalist, has visited with those who lived through it—from the mixed welcome that Haynes and King initially received from their white freshman brethren to those same teammates standing with them after the two blacks were denied service at eateries on the road to a squad that grew into a Bowl team.In The Game Changers, Miller ties the tale of what happened at North Texas beginning in 1956 to contrasting events that took place not far away that reverberated into national relevance. He also chronicles the continued racial integration of major college football in Texas throughout the 1960s.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

How eight cadets went from the football field to the battlefield to defend their country.

The incredible story of the maverick American Football League to life through the words of the players, coaches, owners and others who lived it. This story of the AFL is filled with legendary names such as Bob Griese, Joe Namath, Lamar Hunt, Jack Kemp, Len Dawson and more.

A guide to doing research in the burgeoning field of food studies. It details the predominant research methods in the field, provides a series of interactive questions and templates to help guide a project, and includes suggestions for food-specific resources such as archives, libraries and reference works.

The early friendship of Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson is shown from their caddying days at Glen Garden Country Club to their chummy rivalry at the Masters decades later.