Bücher von Chris Miller

This is the third issue of the quarterly tabletop gaming magazine "Mad Scribe." In this issue, we interview OSR game author Greg Gillespie, the legendary dice man Louis Zocchi, amateur actor & writer Mark Taormino, and indie filmmaker Hilton Ruiz. Also featured are articles about sex, drugs, and gaming; How to run your own convention, and how best to use magic in your D&D games. See Kyle R. Wood's top picks for best board games of Q3, and behold the wonderful cosplay images of the talented Angelica Elfic!

Cade Samson has left his past behind as an enforcer for the local mob in rural East Texas. After promising his dying mother he would protect his younger brother from the world he was a part of, he went on a final, brutal spree, eliminating any competition for the Blackshear family. It was his ticket out, and for years now, he's been laying low with his brother in peace. But when Waylon Blackshear's son Ash shows up at his house, putting a gun to his head and taking his little brother hostage, Cade is suddenly thrust back into the life, his mission to take out his old partner on the force whose about to turn state's evidence against the family. Left with no choice, he arms up, prepared for a double-cross he's sure is coming, and does the job. With the Feds involved, it would be a suicide mission for anyone else. But the Devil knows how to roll his dice. On the run from the police and the Blackshears after turning the tables on them, Cade sets in motion a plan to get his brother back and bring down all those who stand in his way of the peaceful life he's come to appreciate. Heads will roll, lives will be cut short, and the Devil will have his due. After all, when you dance with the Devil, you don't get to pick the tune. Critical Acclaim for WAKING UP THE DEVIL: "Chris Miller is one of the best kept secrets in crime fiction. But he won't be a secret anymore once readers get ahold of this masterful new offering." -Andy Rausch, author of Hell To Pay "A knuckleduster of a racing-against-the-clock thriller, with loads of balls to the wall action. Miller's Cade Samson makes most tough-guy protagonists look as menacing as Dylan Mulvaney slurping on a Bud Light. To quote from the book: 'Forget rock and roll; it's time for heavy metal.'" -Michael Bruce Blackwell, author of Wildlife on the Serengeti

This is the second issue of Mad Scribe Magazine, the best new tabletop gaming magazine in the hobby. Issue #2 was published in the second quarter, in the month of June 2023. This issue features an interview with the creator of the ttrpg Warpland, a look at Hex Studios' motion picture release of "the Slave & the Sorcerer, the best boardgames of Q2, a battle report of the naval battle game "Galleys, Guns & Glory," an article in memorial of Mick Leach, the debut of the Ankur Adventures comic, free adventures, short stories, and more! Mad Scribe magazine is available in print form wherever books are sold.

Die Erfindung der Computerchips hat unser Leben verändert - der Kampf um sie bestimmt unsere Zukunft Chris Miller zeichnet in seinem Bestseller eindrucksvoll die Hintergründe im Wettlauf um die immer kleineren, immer leistungsstärkeren Chips nach: von den Anfängen der «digitalen Revolution» im später so getauften «Silicon Valley» über das Kräftemessen mit der Sowjetunion, die mit der Auslagerung der Produktion nach Südostasien einsetzende Globalisierung, bis hin zur technologischen Aufrüstung Chinas und der Chip-Krise während des Corona-Lockdowns: «Der Chip-Krieg» ist die erste vollumfängliche Geschichte der wohl wichtigsten Ressource unserer Zeit. Dabei wird klar: Wer den Zugang zu ihr kontrolliert, kontrolliert die Welt.  Ohne Mikrochips funktioniert heute nichts mehr: kein Auto, kein Stromnetz, keine Börse, kein Internet - keine Armee. Die militärische, wirtschaftliche und geopolitische Macht der Staaten ruht heutzutage auf einem Fundament aus Computerchips. Nur wenige Firmen können bei der rasanten technologischen Entwicklung und den damit verbundenen immensen Kosten noch mithalten: Samsung in Südkorea, Intel in den USA, aber vor allem TSMC in Taiwan. Doch China versucht alles, um noch aufzuholen. Der Kampf um die Schlüsseltechnologie des 21. Jahrhunderts ist in vollem Gange.  NEW YORK TIMES-BESTSELLER FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR «Ein Sachbuch-Thriller!» New York Times «Grandios! Chris Miller macht deutlich, dass sich der milliardenschwere Kampf um die Vorherrschaft im Halbleiterbereich in einer zunehmend digitalisierten Welt in den kommenden Jahren nur noch weiter verschärfen wird.» Forbes «Ein unverichtbares Buch!» Niall Ferguson «Dieses Buch ist essenziell für das Verständnis unserer modernen Welt.» Daniel Yergin  «Ein fesselndes Buch voll grandioser Anekdoten und schillernder Charaktere.» Financial Times «Das interessanteste Buch das ich in diese Jahr gelesen habe!» Ryan Heath, Politico «Ein Weckruf zur richtigen Zeit, und gleichzeitig ein wichtiges Stück Geschichtsschreibung.» Kirkus Reviews

Mad Scribe magazine is a full-color, paperback quarterly publication dedicated to the tabletop gaming hobby. It features exclusive interviews, topical articles, comics, adventure modules for role-playing games, short stories, fan art, miniature painting tips, and more! Mad Scribe is dedicated to being the best tabletop gaming magazine on the market.

You love animals, that's why you have one that lives with you. You love them so much that you feed and house them even though they don't bring in any money. Haven't you often joked that you wish they could get a job to help pay the bills? Imagine what it would be like if your pets could help you not only earn a steady income to pay for food and housing but that they could also allow you to work from home making money online. If you want to spend more quality time with your pet then there is a way you can easily create another source of income. Your Pet Can Make Money will cover everything you need to know to start building that extra income without all those expenses associated with animal shows or the hassle of pet sitting. You probably already know about some famous pets online who are using their popularity to help raise money for various animal causes. Just think about how good it would make you feel knowing that the two of you were responsible for saving the lives of pets all over the world.

What is it really like to work at an dult video store? Imagine a place just around the corner from your house. A small non descript building with a bright purple and red neon sign in the window that says simply, "Open". Men shuffle in and out of it all day, never looking around as they scramble to their cars with plain brown paper bags in their hands. If you have always been curious about what types of people frequent these often seedy porn stores but never wanted to stoop low enough to work at one full time, for years on end, then this is the book for you. Find out who shops there, why there's no need to be nervous, and what exactly goes on in those video booths. You might be shocked, then again the truth may not be what you think.

You know you want to lose weight. If anyone came up to you and said they lost 10 pounds in 10 days without going on some kind of crazy diet you would be skeptical to say the least. But I'm here to tell you, "That is exactly what I did!" 10 Pounds, 10 Days is my personal story of rapid weight loss. Using Low Blood sugar exercise and taking advantage of the Afterburn effect I was able to maximize calorie burn throughout the day, even long after I had finished exercising. Chances are you have been putting off losing weight for far too long. Sharing my weight loss success story is an easy way to see if what worked for me could work for you. I am glad I accepted the challenge, it has changed my life and made me a much happier and more energetic person. My only hope is that you see the same results after reading this book.

A trip to Las Vegas doesn't have to break the bank. When someone is killed in a car accident down the street from where he worked Chris Miller decides to get out of town and see Las Vegas. Despite having very little money in the bank, and with only a few things in a backpack he hops the first flight west. At $10 a night the Hostel on the Strip becomes a temporary home away from home where he shares a dorm room with strangers and searches for meaning in the first post industrial city on Earth. This is the true story of how one person found themselves and experienced a personal transformation in Sin City.

Thinking about the Appalachian Trail? Sick and tired of the day by day, shelter by shelter accounts published by other former thru hikers? Hiking the Appalachian Trail is a powerful book that will satisfy your longing. Just imagine that for the first hike of your life you decided to thru hike the Appalachian Trail. In 2011, Chris "Cleanshave" Miller did just that. With no hiking experience and being physically unprepared for the demands of the trail he still managed to keep hiking the 2,182 miles from Georgia to Maine. Despite physical injuries, financial setbacks and succumbing to Lyme Disease he managed not only to hike, but to fall in love with the trail and experience a profound personal transformation. Read Hiking the Appalachian Trail and put yourself on the trail.

Dreamland (or a musical riff on Shakespeare's Midsummer set during the declassification of Area 51) is exactly what the title says it is, or is it? Who thought it would be a good idea to give a group of honor students free rein over a top-secret military base two days before it opens to the public? Will there be aliens? Maybe. A show choir? Definitely. A hilarious, hijinks-filled musical with a score that blends contemporary musical theatre pop with the smooth sounds of the 1950s. A brainchild of Chris Miller & Nathan Tysen, songwriters of Tuck Everlasting on Broadway.

The creator of Animal House at last tells the real story of the fraternity that inspired the iconic film - a story far more outrageous (and funny!) than any movie could ever capture.

When Vladimir Putin first took power in 1999, he was a little-known figure ruling a country that was reeling from a decade and a half of crisis. In the years since, he has reestablished Russia as a great power. How did he do it? What principles have guided Putin's economic policies? What patterns can be discerned? In this new analysis of Putin's Russia, Chris Miller examines its economic policy and the tools Russia's elite have used to achieve its goals. Miller argues that despite Russia's corruption, cronyism, and overdependence on oil as an economic driver, Putin's economic strategy has been surprisingly successful.Explaining the economic policies that underwrote Putin's two-decades-long rule, Miller shows how, at every juncture, Putinomics has served Putin's needs by guaranteeing economic stability and supporting his accumulation of power. Even in the face of Western financial sanctions and low oil prices, Putin has never been more relevant on the world stage.

Why did the Soviet economy suddenly collapse in the late 1980s, only a few years after Mikhail Gorbachev came to power? In this groundbreaking study, Chris Miller shows that although Gorbachev and his allies sought to learn from China's economic reforms under Deng Xiaoping, their efforts to revitalize Soviet socialism proved much less successful.

This book, written by three well-known educators and researchers in the social policy and development field, explores the ways in which front-line professionals, working with communities, identify and address the dilemmas inherent in the current policy context.

What would you do if you had just given up your apartment and donated all of your belongings to charity? For Chris "Cleanshave" Miller the answer was simple: Go Hiking! Armed with only a twelve pound backpack and a sense of adventure he chose to hike the entire 272 miles of Vermont's Long Trail in what is known as an End-to-End hike. The Long Trail, which runs along the main ridge of the Green Mountains, is the oldest long-distance trail in the United States. His hike would take him southbound, from the United States border with Canada to Vermont's southern border with Massachusetts. Along the way he would face numerous obstacles, usually brought on by poor resupply habits and questionable personal challenges, including hiking 65 miles of the trail without toilet paper, and another 100 miles without food. So put yourself out on the trail today and read Lightweight on the Long Trail.