Bøger af Larry Miller

Part memoir, part hiking guide, this book shows how hiking changed one hiker's life and how it can change yours. Follow Larry Miller's adventures from Old Rag to Mount Elbert, from Scotland to the Sierras, from Mount Katahdin to Mauna Kea, from the Adirondacks to Nova Scotia, and in more than a dozen national parks. If you want to become a hiker, this book tells you how to get started. For experienced hikers and travelers, the book is full of ideas for your next adventure, including sections on great national parks and incredible hiking base towns in the USA, Canada, and Europe.

A TALE OF ESCAPES AND ADVENTURESEscape from cage? Check!Find lost friends? Nope. new friends? Check!This is the tale of one ferret's daring escape from a local pet store. He dodges The Gatekeepers at every turn until a giant dog named Rufus finds him. And then the real adventure begins. DANTE is based on Ms. Miller's experiences with her two ferret friends, Jester and Puck. She's the pet whisperer in her family, and loves all of her furry, and sometimes feathered, friends. There's more to come for Dante! Be sure to visit Kori Miller Kid Lit for more facts about ferrets, red-tailed hawks, coyotes, and more!

"What are you?""Excuse me?""You know, like where are you from?""Nebraska.""No, I mean like, what ARE you?"I've been asked this question more times than I can count. And I always know what the person is trying to ask, but I have to admit I kind of like to see them struggle. It shouldn't be so hard to ask, "Hey, what race are you?" But it is. Especially when the person doesn't fit nicely into one box. This is the plight of every ethnically ambiguous-looking person on earth.Growing up in the Midwest, I never knew I wasn't black until a 12-year-old white boy told me so. Do you have any idea how discombobulating that is? (I love that word.) Anyway - it's confusing. I'd spent the first 11 years of my life thinking I was black. Suddenly, I didn't know what I was. And neither did anybody else.So, my journey from black to ethnic ambiguity began. There were a few challenges along the way, like the time a white supremacist accepted me, but not my brother or father. That was a really strange encounter. Or, when a drunk white guy asked if he could use a plastic fork to comb my beautiful curls. (Everyone knows you don't mess with a black woman's hair.)But one of the best things about being biracial is the superpower that comes with it. Yeah, you read that right. I can blend into almost every ethnic group on the planet. Can you do that? With this power comes great responsibility (Thank you, Uncle Ben.) Being biracial is about accepting who I am and demonstrating a willingness to accept who everyone else it, too.Just to be clear, because I don't want you to be disappointed, this book isn't for everyone. You'll need a thick skin, open mind, and a sense of humor to digest it. After all, that's what's gotten me this far.Who is it for? I'm glad you asked (and you're still reading this blurb.)If you like reading about other people's challenges and how they overcame them, then you're going to love this book.If you know a biracial kid who's struggling with who they are, then give them this book. (And tell them to get in touch with me. I'm happy to chat with them.)If you're curious about what it takes to make it in a black and white world when you're not one or the other, this is the book for you.Buy My Life in Black and White and you'll never be discombobulated about race in America, again. (Of course, I can't really guarantee that!)

We live in a world filled with chaos. Nothing seems the same after 9/11. We are at war with one another. Hatred abounds. Terror reins. People are dying. We finally seem to have come to a consensus that global warming is a reality, yet we don't have a comprehensive plan in place to address it. We know that deforestation of rain forests will have a dramatic affect on the environment, but little is being done to stop to it. We can barely bring ourselves to talk about sex, yet sex crimes are at an all time high. What kind of mess are we leaving for our children and their children to clean up? Is this the way it is going to be? Is this the way it has to be? How did we end up in this situation? Is there anything we can do to change it? Is time is running out? Have we made so many mistakes along the way that it's hopeless? Are we even living our lives correctly? Maybe we have it all wrong. What if we have it backward? Maybe life on earth as we know it is not reality, but an illusion. If it is an illusion, is it like a game? If so, are we playing it correctly? If there are rules, wouldn't it help to know what they are so we can play the game better?

One of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nike's Jordan Brand from a $200M sneaker company to a $4B global apparel juggernaut, tells the remarkable story of his rise from gangland violence to the pinnacles of international business.Jump tells Larry Miller's journey from the violent streets of West Philly in the 1960s to the highest echelons of American sports and industry. Miller wound up in jail more than once, especially as a teenager. But he immersed himself in the educational opportunities, eventually took advantage of a Pennsylvania state education-release program offered to incarcerated people, and was able to graduate with honors from Temple University.When revealing his gangland past caused him to lose his first major job opportunity, Miller vowed to keep it a secret. He climbed the corporate ladder with a number of companies such as Kraft Foods, Campbell's Soup, and Jantzen, until Nike hired him to run its domestic apparel operations. Around the time of Michael Jordan's basketball retirement, Nike Chairman Phil Knight made Larry Miller president of the newly formed Jordan Brand. In 2007 Paul Allen convinced Miller to jump to the NBA to become president of the Portland Trailblazers, one of the first African-Americans to lead a professional sports team, before returning to Jordan Brand in 2012.All along, Miller lived two lives: the secret of his violent past haunted him, invading his days with migraines and his sleep with nightmares of getting hauled back to jail. More than a rags-to-riches story, Jump is also a passionate appeal for criminal justice reform and expanded educational opportunities for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people across the United States. Drawing on his powerful personal story, as well as his vast and well-connected network, Miller plans to use Jump as a launching point to help expand such opportunities and to provide an aspirational journey for those who need hope.

"God and Jesus, who is God, ask many questions in the Bible-both Old and New Testaments. Why? His questions reveal who he is and the motives of the person he is addressing. In Book 1 of God's Intriguing Questions, the Millers examined God's questions in the Old Testament. In this Book 2, the Millers unearth rich background information and inspirational insights into sixty of the questions Jesus asks in the New Testament"--

Ben Hogan is legendary, intriguing, and mysterious. It's a combination that has contributed to Hogan being the most interesting golfer of all time. Aside from his amazing competitive record, his secretive and solitary personality provoke wonder and devotion among thousands of golfers worldwide who attempt to unlock Hogan's secret code of how to swing a golf club and strike a golf ball. Hogan himself has fueled this intrigue, mainly because he openly declared that he had a "e;secret,"e; one that he never publicly revealed. Many top professionals have speculated on what they thought Hogan's secret might be, but until now those speculations were not supported by any revelations from Hogan himself. Now, author Larry Miller, who was mentored by Tommy Bolt, who in turn was one of Hogan's protégés, shares Hogan's secret as he learned it. This secret fundamental, which Miller breaks down into two aspects and explains with the aid of full-color photography and illustrations, will help the average golfer implement Hogan's teachings to benefit his or her game.

In Men of the Bible, part of the educational and inspirational Smart Guide to the Bible series, Larry Miller guides you through the struggles and temptations of men in the Bible and helps you discover the blessings and strength of being a man of God today.

The Premise of Going All the Way with Love is that our primary purpose here on earth is to develop our potential to love to the fullest extent possible and that becoming more loving is the shortest and easiest path to personal transformation, as well as to the collective salvation of humanity. According to the author, "Each of us is capable of a higher order of love - a love that is truer, deeper, and more all-encompassing than the love that we now experience and express," and he provides insights into the nature and power of love that will, hopefully, inspire the reader to "go all the way" in becoming a wholly loving person.

Revised edition of the authors' Report writing for criminal justice professionals, [2015]