Was passiert, wenn Heuschrecken nach Mekka ziehen? In unserer hochkomplexen Welt brauchen wir schnelle und effiziente Lösungen. Wir finden sie bei den genialen Strategen des Tierreichs: den Schwärmen. National Geographic-Autor Peter Miller präsentiert die aktuellsten Forschungen aus Wissenschaft und Technik und zeigt, wie wir den Erfolg intelligenter Schwärme für uns nutzen können.
Cricket 2.0 tells the story of how an old, traditional game was transformed by Twenty20 and how this format moved from being a gimmick to the face of modern cricket The iconic captain Brendon McCullum, England's T20 visionaries Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler and Trinidad's Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine, who rose to become among the first T20 millionaires, explain how they shaped T20 - and how it shaped them. Test greats Rahul Dravid and Ricky Ponting recount what a sea-change T20 represented and decode T20 strategy. AB de Villiers explores the limits of modern batting. The Afghan phenomenon Rashid Khan shows that T20 superstars can now come from anywhere. Venky Mysore, the cricket revolutionary you have never heard of, reveals how the game is changing off the field. Told through compelling human-interest stories and featuring interviews with more than fifty players and coaches, Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde examine how a cocktail of globalisation, new aggressive tactics and huge investment are changing the sport faster than ever before, while analysing the myriad ways in which a traditional game has been revolutionised forever, both on and off the pitch. This is the extraordinary and previously misunderstood story of Twenty20 cricket - told by two people who have chronicled the revolution
A Corner of Every Foreign Field is an innovative and thought-provoking take on the history of cricket, looking beyond the scorecards to the pivotal issues of class, politics and imperialism that have shaped the game today. Author Tim Brooks skilfully delves into the past while providing a unique vision for the future of cricket.
"Washing the dishes is an ordinary, everyday task--but with examination and care, it can become can be much more. In this reverent guide to the household chore, Peter Miller shows us how washing dishes can become a joy, a delight, a meditative exercise, and an act of grace and rhythm. We pay so much attention to recipes but little attention to maintenance and clean up. Washing the dishes is as much a part of making a meal as prepping the vegetables, making the sauces, or seasoning the meats. At times it is quite routine, at times raucous, at times complex. It is never convenient. Despite its din and clatter, and despite its reputation, washing the dishes is the coda to the meal. It is a bustling musical of water and soap, of flow and surface, and done well, the fragile shall sit as proudly as the cast iron. There are some who do the dishes for the clarity and privacy of it, and there are some who relish the quiet isolation putting things in order where they belong. There are some who feel the time and movement is a kind of digestive. In the evening, in particular, there is a silence, when it is all done. How to Wash the Dishes brings elegance, art, and a bit of mindfulness to the sink. It is the perfect gift for those who love to clean and equally as apt for those we wish would clean a bit more"-- Provided by publisher
The book explores the evolving understanding of power in Western societies by contrasting the ideas of Critical Theory's key figures with those of Michel Foucault. It highlights the significance of this reassessment, offering insights into how these differing perspectives shape contemporary discussions on power dynamics. Through this comparison, the text delves into the implications of power structures and their influence on social theory and practice.
Research underlies nearly every aspect of our culture, with expansive investment poured into it and its significance acknowledged by governments, industries, and academic institutions around the world. Yet the idea, practice, and social life of research have not been a subject of study. Of the 164 million items in the catalog of the Library of Congress, only forty-three fall into the category of "Research--History." To begin the task of understanding research as a concept and practice, Bard Graduate Center gathered a group of artists, scientists, and humanists--all recipients of MacArthur "genius" grants--for three evenings of discussion moderated by Peter N. Miller, who is also a MacArthur Fellow. What is Research? includes conversations with theater director Annie Dorsen, biomedical researcher Elodie Ghedin, sculptor Tom Joyce, physicist Hideo Mabuchi, poet Campbell McGrath, photographer and filmmaker An-My Lê, neuroscientist Sheila Nirenberg, geochemist Terry Plank, and historian Marina Rustow, all of whom grapple with questions about the nature of research from their varied perspectives.
This volume collects a series of influential early twentieth-century essays on the role of museums
The inside story of how England won the T20 Cricket World Cup, from the players and key people involved.
The Batmaker is the unique story of a cricketing hero who risks his life to save the sport he loves. Defying the Gestapo and risking his life to keep cricket alive, Frederick Hanson embarks on a quest to find willow. Based on a true story, it combines an espionage thriller and a tribute to the passion that cricket inspires in us all.
A love letter to the shop by beloved bookseller Peter Miller. For the past forty-five years Peter Miller has run his bookshop in Seattle. He has also written three books about his love of the meal, from cooking (Lunch at the Shop, Five Ways to Cook Asparagus) to cleaning up (How to Wash the Dishes). Along the way, he has written for Food 52 and Post Alley (a Seattle-based writers' collective). In Shopkeeping, Miller writes for the first time about his other love: "There is a tradition of shopkeeping, a tradition of codes, etiquette and customs. For the most part, it is an oral history, passed along, person to person. You learn to be a retailer - not by going to college, but by going to work. You learn from people who have learned how to run a shop." In ten chapters, Miller crafts his stories from the bookshop floor with wry humor and skillful storytelling that will have readers laughing out loud. Along the way, he sends out a plea that only small shops can really characterize our towns and cities, making them unique, special, and worth visiting and living near.