Bøker av John Miller

By practicing different types of meditation, teachers, students, or employees can gain personal strength and character. He describes the lives of five great contemplatives--Buddha, St. Teresa, Merton, Gandhi, and Emerson--and relates their spiritual practices, doubts and tests to the individual growth of ordinary students and citizens.

Offers a method in trumpet education. This title starts at absolute beginner level and progresses to about Grade 2. It features 20 stages and each section includes a variety of concert pieces from composers, traditional tunes and fun, original exercises, and 'finger gyms' and 'warm ups' to help establish a sound technique.

New and updated resources tailored to the 2015 Advancing Physics specification in partnership with OCR. With new accessible format and features throughout, this Student Book retains the ethos of Advancing Physics while providing full support for the new linear qualification.

New and updated resources tailored to the 2015 Advancing Physics specification. With new accessible format and features throughout, these resources retain the ethos of Advancing Physics while providing full support for the new linear qualification. This Student Book contains two year's worth of content and covers the full A Level qualification.

In the reign of Charles II, over a century after the Protestant Reformation, England was faced with the prospect of a Catholic king when the King's brother, the future James II became a Catholic. The reaction to his conversion, the fears it aroused and their background form the main theme of this book.

Titles: Chopin: Prelude * Tchaikovsky: Chanson Russe; Enterrement De La Poupée; Melodie Antique Francaise * Wallace: Cold Comfort; Stoke's Stomp * Anon: Cancion Nina Y Vina; Intrada; Fanfare * Arensky: Le Coucou * Susato: Ronde * Monteverdi: Early Morning in Rome * J. S. Bach: Vom Himmel Hoch; O Jesulein Suss * Clarke: Minuet * Barnard: Alabama Dream * Brahms: Klaus Haus, Keine Heimat * Offenbach: Can-Can * Traditional: Two Scottish Folksongs * Clarke: The Prince of Denmark's March * Arban: Arban's Romp * Monteverdi: The Palace Garden * Hummel: Indian Rondo * Janacek: Three Moravian Folk Dances.

Practical Business Skills for Driving Instructors provides solid, practical advice to help you set up your own driving instructor's business. Topics include preparing a business plan, financing the business, choosing and maintaining a car, book-keeping, sales and marketing.

Offers students and general readers an understanding of the modern East Asian region from a global perspective. This book describes East Asia's geographical, human, cultural, economic, social, and political setting as it has evolved, and the three major belief systems - Confucianism, Buddhism, and Islam.

When James VI of Scotland succeeded Elizabeth as James I on the throne of England in 1603, the Stuarts became the first dynasty to rule Britain as a whole. This book looks at the individual monarchs who made up this dynasty. It examines the history of the dynasty as a whole, in terms of the Stuarts' identity and agenda as a ruling house.

James II (1633-1701) lacked the charisma of his father, Charles I, but shared his tendency to dismiss the views of others when they differed from his own. Failing to understand his subjects, James was also misunderstood by them. In this highly-regarded biography, John Miller reassesses James II and his reign, drawing on a wide array of primary sources from France, Italy, and Ireland as well as England. Miller argues that the king had many laudable attributes--he was brave, loyal, honorable, and hard-working, and he was at least as benevolent toward his people as his father had been. Yet James's conversion to Catholicism fueled the distrust of his Protestant subjects who placed the worst possible construction on his actions and statements. Although James came to see the securing of religious freedom for Catholics in the wider context of freedom for all religious minorities, his people naturally doubted the sincerity of his commitment to toleration.The book explores James's relations with the state and society, focusing on the political, diplomatic, and religious issues that shaped his reign. Miller discusses the human failings, the gulf of understanding between the king and his subjects, and the sheer bad luck that led to James's downfall. He also considers the reasons for James's lack of interest in recovering his kingdom after his flight to France in 1688. This revised edition of the book includes a substantial new foreword assessing recent work on the reign."e;This is a first-class essay in historical biography. . . . It must displace all previous lives of James II."e;-J. P. Kenyon, Observer

This title is a study of Restoration England from the point of view of both rulers and ruled. It proposes that although there was political conflict, Charles II's reign was not a continuation of the divisions of the civil wars.

This text has been revised to take account of recent scholarship, particularly on the constitution, political parties, the church and the legacy of the Civil Wars. The book examines how the Civil Wars affected the monarchy and primary documents illustrate points raised in the text.

This edition features a fuller discussion of Scotland and Ireland and of religion and the Revolution. It examines a central paradox of the Revolution - on one hand it seemed to change little, but on the other, subsequent monarchs found it harder to exercise their surviving powers.