Books with author Mark S. Miller

On August 23, 1877, a scout named Jack Bean watched 600 Nez Perce Indians head into the new Yellowstone National Park. Bean rushed 60 miles to the nearest telegraph office to tell the army where the Indians were going. He didn’t take time to warn tourists who were visiting the park that was then a roadless wilderness. The Indians flight for freedom is a touchstone of the history of the American West, so most people know about their 1,200-mile running battle with the army that ended just forty miles from the Canadian border and freedom. However few know the stories of the confrontations between the Nez Perce and park tourists. Encounters in Yellowstone tells about those thrilling adventures: Emma Cowan’s watching Indians shoot her husband in the head and then taking her captive; Andrew Weikert’s blazing gun battles when he tries to rescue friends missing after an Indian attack, and George Cowan’s six-mile crawl to get help after he was shot three times and left for dead. The book tells these and other true stories with all the detail and drama of fiction.

This book has gray-scale interior pages.Math Mammoth Grade 7-B is a student worktext for the second half of grade 7 mathematics studies. The curriculum meets and exceeds the Common Core Standards (CCS) for grade 7. It exceeds them because we study the Pythagorean Theorem, which actually belongs in grade 8 in the CCS. We start out with a study of ratios and proportions. Students study unit rates, proportions, proportional relationships and graphing, scaling geometric figures, floor plans, and maps. The next chapter provides thorough lessons on the concept of percent. Students learn to solve a wide variety of problems involving percentages, including percentage of change, percentages of comparison, and simple interest problems.Geometry is our next focus. Students draw geometric figures using a protractor and a ruler, and they also learn some basic geometric constructions. The other themes of this chapter are various angle relationships, area and the perimeter of a circle, conversions between units of area and of volume, surface area, volume, and cross-sections when solids are sliced with a plane. Next, we cover square roots, the Pythagorean Theorem, and its applications. I have included the Pythagorean Theorem in order to make the curriculum work as a pre-algebra course. You can omit the entire chapter if you are following the Common Core Standards for grade 7. The next chapter is an introduction to probability. Besides learning the basic idea behind probability as the ratio of favorable events to all possible events, students compare experimental probabilities to theoretical ones in probability simulations and even design some on their own. Lastly, the curriculum covers statistical concepts. The major areas of study are random sampling and learning to compare two populations using some basic statistical measures and graphs.

WE ARE READY FOR A NEW HERO!Taken from his home in Africa at the tender age of ten years old, Jomo is forced to toil for six years on a cotton plantation in Georgia. He finds the strength to break free while being tied to a post for a whipping and discovers a mysterious light in a cave being used by the Underground Railroad. In search of an escape, he runs through the light and emerges in the year 2020 with incredible physical strength, enhanced senses,the ability to communicate with animals, and futuristic weapons. Realizing he now lives in a world where all men and women are said to be free but are not treated equally Jomo learns to use his powers to fight racism and stand up for those who have been taken advantage of by people who believe their money or power grants them privilege.

Eat your vegetables. Do your homework. Save the world.When you read this book, you become an Agent-in-Training for the Small World Global Protection Agency.Your mission: Join star athlete Josh and computer prodigy Madison as they travel the world, trying to stop the sinister minions of BIXAR (pronounced "bizarre") - while learning about the countries they visit.In Bulls and Burglars, Josh and Madison are on the case in Spain. The infamous cat burglar, La Pantera, plans to steal a treasure of historical importance. Will they stop La Pantera before she gets her hands on the treasure? Will Josh be able to outrun the bulls?And remember, sometimes only a kid can save the day!

Eat your vegetables. Do your homework. Save the world.When you read this book, you become an Agent-in-Training for the Small World Global Protection Agency.Your mission: Join star athlete Josh and computer prodigy Madison as they travel the world, trying to stop the sinister minions of BIXAR (pronounced "bizarre") - while learning about the countries they visit.In The Not So Perfect Game, one of the GPA agents goes missing. Josh and Madison are sent to help find the agent. From the Ghana coast to the jungles, they face some unusual animals and a mysterious hunter. Can they discover what the hunter has planned and save their new friend before it's too late?And remember, sometimes only a kid can save the day!

In the first book of The Druid Legacy, Wesslayn Grace believes himself to be a normal twelve year old boy, and up until now he has been. Wess is propelled into a wild adventure as strange powers begin to manifest. He finds himself in the middle of an invasion of foreign creatures he never knew existed. In this fast paced story, Wess learns about himself, makes new friends, and battles powerful enemies.

Dinosaur George’s uncle is missing!Professor Stone was the world’s leading paleontologist. At least, until the day he disappeared. Now George is searching for him.No one knows where Professor Stone is, but that’s not the only problem. They don’t know when he is either. Thanks to Dr. Morgan’s invention, the professor is lost in time.To save his uncle, George joins a team of scientists and explorers. Armed with hi-tech gadgets, they will travel 65 million years into the past. Only history knows what they will discover.Will George be the first human to see a living dinosaur? Will he find his uncle before it’s too late?Episode One: Raptor Island takes George to the Late Cretaceous of Southern Asia. It’s his first real chance to try out his amazing equipment and hopefully find a clue to Professor Stone’s whereabouts. But something is waiting on the island.In a story packed with humor and excitement, experience the past like never before. Learn about dinosaurs and all of the latest theories of their existence. Don’t miss the PaleoFacts at the end of each episode with all the dino-details.

Can you miss someone you never knew?Zandria and Olena’s mother has been missing for the past six years. In many ways, it’s like they never knew her at all. The pain of their loss is realized the night after the great battle. Zandria discovers a hidden crystal imprisoning their missing mother.This discovery sends Zandria on a new quest, while Adam leads a rescue mission of his own. However, the wicked ringleader of the Carnivale Chaotica, Raymond Shaydaway, has plans of his own. He is intent on stopping Zandria and bringing back the Forgotten Evil.Will Zandria escape the evil Carnivale Chaotica? Will she find her mother in time to save Empyrean again?The Search for the Lost Queen begins!