Michael Miller

Winner, Bronze Award, APEX 2018 and 2018 INDIES Book of the Year Honorable Mention/Health This full-color introduction to the smart home has been written from the ground up with one audience in mind: seniors. No ordinary "beginner's book," My Smart Home for Seniors approaches every topic from a 50+ person's point of view, using meaningful, realistic examples. Full-color, step-by-step tasks–in legible print–walk you through making your home safer and easier to live in using smart technology. Learn how to: • Control your home’s lighting with smart bulbs and switches • Make your home more secure with smart doorbells, door locks, and security cameras • Automatically control your home’s temperature with a smart thermostat • Make cooking and cleaning easier with smart appliances • Use voice commands or your smart phone to control your smart devices • Use If This Then That (IFTTT) to make your smart devices interact with each other automatically • Get smart about the security and privacy concerns of smart devices • Set up your smart devices and get them to work with one another • Compare and select the best smart hub for your smart home needs • Learn to use Amazon Alexa™, Google Home™ and other voice-activated devices, as well as Apple’s HomeKit™ on the iPhone, to make your smart devices work together

Michael Miller, best-selling author with more than ONE MILLION BOOKS SOLD, helps you get the most from Amazon Alexa and your Echo device. Learn how to set up and use your Echo or Echo Dot to find useful information, control smart home devices, and play games. You'll learn how to enhance Alexa with new skill, make voice calls, and contact other Echo devices in your home in a room-to-room intercom system. Here's what you'll find inside: - Getting to Know Amazon Alexa and Echo - Choosing the Right Amazon Echo Device - Setting Up Your Echo Device - Personalizing Your Echo Device - Working with Alexa Voice Commands - Getting the Latest News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports - Discovering Useful Information - Listening to Music and Audiobooks - Working with Alarms, Calendars, and Lists - Discovering Alexa's Easter Eggs - Shopping Online - Using Echo for Voice Calls and Intercoms - Installing New Skills - Controlling Smart Home Devices - Troubleshooting Echo and Alexa Learn how to get the most out of Alexa and your Amazon Echo device from the author who wrote more than 200 how-to books over the past three decades. Michael Miller knows his tech, and he shares his knowledge -- and tips and tricks -- with you in this interesting and informative book

This is the story of Steamo, a nine foot tall Magical Crab born in the waters of Fukushima in 2011. Steamo travels to America and along the way, meets Soberanis, a 1950's robot in the Gulf Of Mexico. He brings Soberanis to America and together they have adventures, observe contemporary America and make new friends. Enema Greg and Nurse Barb are a few of the "stray dogs" that Steamo attracts and together they philosophise about life and teach lessons to the good and bad people they encounter during their travels.

The members of the SS and German Police who received the Third Reich’s highest military award have received extensive coverage from the earliest years of World War II research, however previous attempts at documenting all the Ritterkreuzträger (Knight’s Cross holders) of the Waffen-SS have been highly selective in the degree of coverage allocated to each recipient, with much focus being granted to select luminaries and very little to those deemed more obscure or controversial. These earlier works, the best known of them authored by Waffen-SS veterans, have also largely reflected the political opinions of their authors rather than presenting the facts alone. In this first volume, intended as a handy reference for the use of historians and militaria collectors alike, the author presents rare and useful biographical data, derived primarily from SS personnel files and other contemporary documentation, on 178 SS and Police recipients of the Ritterkreuz. Lavishly illustrated, it contains hundreds of diverse and often striking photographs of the recipients covered. As noted military historian Hugh Page Taylor writes, `[This] fine reference [that] Mike Miller has now made available is a great relief, one I know I share with others seriously, objectively and without bias interested in the men of the Waffen-SS and Police.’

The perfect book to help anyone 50+ get the most out of the Internet--safely and securely!

The Habsburg province of Moravia straddled a complicated linguistic, cultural, and national space, where German, Slavic, and Jewish spheres overlapped, intermingled, and sometimes clashed. Situated in the heart of Central Europe, Moravia was exposed to major Jewish movements from the East and West, including Haskalah (Jewish enlightenment), Hasidism, and religious reform. Moravia's rooted and thriving rabbinic culture helped moderate these movements and, in the case of Hasidism, keep it at bay. During the Revolution of 1848, Moravia's Jews took an active part in the prolonged and ultimately successful struggle for Jewish emancipation in the Habsburg lands. The revolution ushered in a new age of freedom, but it also precipitated demographic, financial, and social transformations, disrupting entrenched patterns that had characterized Moravian Jewish life since the Middle Ages. These changes emerged precisely when the Czech-German conflict began to dominate public life, throwing Moravia's Jews into the middle of the increasingly virulent nationality conflict. For some, a cautious embrace of Zionism represented a way out of this conflict, but it also represented a continuation of Moravian Jewry's distinctive role as mediator—and often tamer—of the major ideological movements that pervaded Central Europe in the Age of Emancipation.

Kenpo Perspectives: The Diversity of American Kenpo is filled with a wealth of information for all American Kenpo practitioners and instructors around the world. American Kenpo founder Ed Parker said, "Every Kenpo black belt is a style unto himself." Every person is different and each person who studies Parker's system creates his own style of that system. This book illustrates that concept while displaying the common ground found within the system, and also provides a lot of insight from many different perspectives for those who truly want to dive into the inner workings of the American Kenpo system from its inception to what it is today. This book includes a detailed analysis of the perspectives, interpretations, and beliefs of some of the top American Kenpo instructors in the world about the blueprint of American Kenpo and how they understand it, teach it, and apply it. Kenpo Perspectives: The Diversity of American Kenpo is a book of interviews with 15 of American Kenpo's top Masters and Grandmasters who truly care about giving back to the art and perpetuating it for future generations. Each of the 15 interviewees answered the same 33 questions to show a variety of different branches from the same tree. The 15 American Kenpo dignitaries interviewed for this book include: Chuck Sullivan, Dave Hebler, Michael Robert Pick, Sean Kelley, Doreen DiRienzo, Rainer Schulte, Bob White, Paul Dye, Pat Salantri, John Sepulveda, Dennis Conatser, Steve LaBounty, Skip Hancock, Brian Duffy, and Rich Hale.

"Compelling and enjoyable" the British Fantasy Society Dragons once soared in the skies, but that was before the Transformation, before they took human form. Now, demonic forces stand to obliterate them. When left mortally wounded, Darnuir, the Prince of Dragons, can only be saved through a dangerous rebirthing spell. He is left as a babe in human hands. Twenty years later, Darnuir is of age to wield the Dragon's Blade. As the last member of his bloodline, he is the only one who can. He is plunged into a role he is not prepared for, to lead a people he does not know. Shadowy demons ravage his new home and the alliance between humans, dragons and fairies has fractured. Time is short, for new threats and deadlier enemies are emerging...

Martial Intellect is a collection of martial arts articles written by self-defense and personal protection expert Michael Miller covering a variety of topics including the anatomy of speed, the science of street survival, the realities of gun and knife defense, the ultimate martial arts style, the black belt, the importance of multiple strikes, kung-fu animals vs. Kenpo animals, a solid base vs. constant movement, American Kenpo's Chinese elements, American Kenpo knife combat revealed, martial arts forms, finger strikes, the circle and the line, the value of private lessons, time - the fourth dimension, and much more. Many of the articles contained within this book were published in Black Belt or Inside Kung-Fu magazines from 2004 - 2008, others were accepted for publication in Inside Kung-Fu but were never published due to the magazine going out of print, and some are brand new articles written specifically for this book including an exclusive interview article with UFC Hall of Famer Dan "The Beast" Severn. Michael Miller holds a 5th degree black belt in Ed Parker's American Kenpo and is an international instructor having taught seminars throughout the United States and Germany. He runs his full-time studio, Miller's Kenpo Karate Dojo, in Bradford, PA. He was an undefeated amateur boxer in college, wrestled for eight years (5th grade - 12th), and coached wrestling at the Jr. High level for four years. He has cross-trained in Joe Lewis Fighting Systems (directly under Joe Lewis), Superfoot System (directly under Bill Wallace), Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (under three different lineages), Modern Arnis, Judo, Wing Chun, Krav Maga, and Chin-na. He is the co-founder of Stomp the Bullying, Inc. and his school is the East Coast Headquarters for the program. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh in writing with a minor in sociology and is the author of the Legends of Kenpo biography series. He can be contacted through his Website at www.millersdojo.com.

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In this age of fierce competition, corporate scandal and corruption, and economic challenges, it's time for some good old-fashioned values-the kind you find in classic Western movies. You can learn a lot from watching the great Western films-and the great Western stars. Think back on some of your favorite Westerns. The secrets to business success today are the same as they were back then; you have to deal with adversity, organize support, defend yourself against the enemy, and stand up for what's right. You can learn a lot about business from watching a few great Westerns. From setting goals to executing strategy, the characters in the best Westerns effectively demonstrate the secrets of successful management-and entertain at the same time. Think of Gary Cooper in High Noon, John Wayne in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, or Burt Lancaster in Gunfight at the O. K. Corral. These Western heroes knew how to plan, how to build a winning team, how to lead, and how to get results. And all their secrets are there for the taking, on the big screen, for all to see. Management Secrets of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly helps you discover the management secrets hidden in fifty classic Western films, from 1939's Stagecoach through 2010's remake of True Grit. These are secrets you can directly apply to your day-to-day management-and, over time, become a better and more successful manager. This useful and entertaining book shows you what John Wayne, Randolph Scott, and the other Western stars knew about vision and planning, competitive strategy, taking action, team management and leadership, and personal ethics. And when you're done, you'll know how to inspire your troops to follow you anywhere-and be ready for your next corporate shootout. Look at it this way: who would you rather have as your company's CEO-Donald Trump or Randolph Scott? And is there any doubt that the Man with No Name would emerge victorious on today's corporate battlefield? So round up the cattle, light up the campfire, and settle in for an entertaining and informative read-and get ready to learn the Management Secrets of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael Miller has written more than 100 non-fiction books over the past two decades. Collectively, his books have sold more than one million copies worldwide. He writes about business, technology, social media, and music, and has an uncanny ability to explain complex topics in everyday terms.

The origins of Cranleigh date back to the clearing of the Wealden forest and the building of shelters for inhabitants. From these early settlements two separate centres expanded and eventually joined up in Tudor times to provide the basic layout of the High Street we can see today. The village expanded in the nineteenth century with the coming of the railway and again in the 1960s when it was designated a residential overspill area for Guildford. The community today boasts a population of over 12,000 and while offering the facilities of a small town it strives to retain its village atmosphere and thereby justifies its claim to be the largest village in England. Its many attributes include the first cottage hospital, still in existence, a Norman church and local landmarks. Cranleigh now provides a centre for employment, shopping and social activities for its own residents as well as those from the surrounding villages.

The Habsburg province of Moravia straddled a complicated linguistic, cultural, and national space, where German, Slavic, and Jewish spheres overlapped, intermingled, and sometimes clashed. Situated in the heart of Central Europe, Moravia was exposed to major Jewish movements from the East and West, including Haskalah (Jewish enlightenment), Hasidism, and religious reform. Moravia's rooted and thriving rabbinic culture helped moderate these movements and, in the case of Hasidism, keep it at bay. During the Revolution of 1848, Moravia's Jews took an active part in the prolonged and ultimately successful struggle for Jewish emancipation in the Habsburg lands. The revolution ushered in a new age of freedom, but it also precipitated demographic, financial, and social transformations, disrupting entrenched patterns that had characterized Moravian Jewish life since the Middle Ages. These changes emerged precisely when the Czech-German conflict began to dominate public life, throwing Moravia's Jews into the middle of the increasingly virulent nationality conflict. For some, a cautious embrace of Zionism represented a way out of this conflict, but it also represented a continuation of Moravian Jewry's distinctive role as mediator—and often tamer—of the major ideological movements that pervaded Central Europe in the Age of Emancipation.