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More than Fifteen Minutes of Fame tracks screen performance's
trajectory from dominant discourses of realism and authenticity
towards increasingly acute degrees of self-referentiality and
self-reflexivity. Exploring the symbiotic relationship between
changing forms of onscreen representation and our shifting status
as social subjects, the book provides an original perspective
through international examples from cinema, experimental
production, documentary, television, and the burgeoning landscape
of online screen performance. In an emerging culture of
participatory media, the creation of a screen-based presence for
our own performances of identity has become a currency through
which we validate ourselves as subjects of the contemporary,
hyper-mediatized world. In this post-dramatic, post-Warhol climate,
the author's contention is that we are becoming increasingly wedded
to screen media - not just as consumers but as producers and
performers.
In Dangerous Guests, Ken Miller reveals how wartime pressures
nurtured a budding patriotism in the ethnically diverse
revolutionary community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During the War
for Independence, American revolutionaries held more than thirteen
thousand prisoners-both British regulars and their so-called
Hessian auxiliaries-in makeshift detention camps far from the
fighting. As the Americans' principal site for incarcerating enemy
prisoners of war, Lancaster stood at the nexus of two vastly
different revolutionary worlds: one national, the other intensely
local. Captives came under the control of local officials loosely
supervised by state and national authorities. Concentrating the
prisoners in the heart of their communities brought the
revolutionaries' enemies to their doorstep, with residents now
facing a daily war at home. Many prisoners openly defied their
hosts, fleeing, plotting, and rebelling, often with the clandestine
support of local loyalists. By early 1779, General George
Washington, furious over the captives' ongoing attempts to subvert
the American war effort, branded them "dangerous guests in the
bowels of our Country." The challenge of creating an autonomous
national identity in the newly emerging United States was nowhere
more evident than in Lancaster, where the establishment of a
detention camp served as a flashpoint for new conflict in a
community already unsettled by stark ethnic, linguistic, and
religious differences. Many Lancaster residents soon sympathized
with the Hessians detained in their town while the loyalist
population considered the British detainees to be the true patriots
of the war. Miller demonstrates that in Lancaster, the notably
local character of the war reinforced not only preoccupations with
internal security but also novel commitments to cause and country.
Beware the Abyss is the sequel to the historical novel Return to
the Bosque. Teenager Jody Whitman is beaten unconscious and his
girlfriend violated when they witness the brutal whipping of a
young woman by Whit Anson and Captain Oliver Lewis, owners of
saloons and brothels in Fort Worth, Texas' notorious red light
district known as the Acre. As Jody grows into adulthood that
horrific incident continues to haunt him, his friends, and his
family. When his best friend is murdered and the woman he loves
savagely beaten, he challenges Anson to a fight in the Acre.
Charged with murder, the only one who can attest to Jody's
innocence is Captain Lewis' daughter. A final showdown with Captain
Lewis brings Jody to the edge of an evil abyss. If he crosses over
and exacts his revenge, he will become as malevolent and cold
hearted as Lewis. __________________________ Ken Miller, the author
of the internationally acclaimed historical novels: Evening of Pale
Sunshine, Weep Without Tears, and Return to the Bosque, lives in
Texas where he is active in book discussions, public library
support, and genealogy research.
Pirates seize a ship full of illegal weapons meant for a rebel
army, and set off a deadly race for control of the ship - and an
embattled country. Big Oil, dirt-poor rebels, pirates with MBAs and
the State Department compete while Drew Alexander, troubleshooter
for Tembley Marine, tries to keep the bloodshed to a minimum. He's
guided by Vivienne Maloux, whose loyalties are in question but
whose skills are clearly lethal. With a foreword by U.S. Rep. Adam
Smith, former chair of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on
Unconventional Threats.
In Dangerous Guests, Ken Miller reveals how wartime pressures
nurtured a budding patriotism in the ethnically diverse
revolutionary community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During the War
for Independence, American revolutionaries held more than thirteen
thousand prisoners both British regulars and their so-called
Hessian auxiliaries in makeshift detention camps far from the
fighting. As the Americans' principal site for incarcerating enemy
prisoners of war, Lancaster stood at the nexus of two vastly
different revolutionary worlds: one national, the other intensely
local. Captives came under the control of local officials loosely
supervised by state and national authorities. Concentrating the
prisoners in the heart of their communities brought the
revolutionaries enemies to their doorstep, with residents now
facing a daily war at home.
Many prisoners openly defied their hosts, fleeing, plotting, and
rebelling, often with the clandestine support of local loyalists.
By early 1779, General George Washington, furious over the captives
ongoing attempts to subvert the American war effort, branded them
"dangerous guests in the bowels of our Country." The challenge of
creating an autonomous national identity in the newly emerging
United States was nowhere more evident than in Lancaster, where the
establishment of a detention camp served as a flashpoint for new
conflict in a community already unsettled by stark ethnic,
linguistic, and religious differences. Many Lancaster residents
soon sympathized with the Hessians detained in their town while the
loyalist population considered the British detainees to be the true
patriots of the war. Miller demonstrates that in Lancaster, the
notably local character of the war reinforced not only
preoccupations with internal security but also novel commitments to
cause and country."
This book tells the story of one blind man's journey from childhood
to adulthood. Written with humor and honesty, it follows him
through the ups and downs of life that everyone gets to grapple
with: self-worth, belonging and purpose. Now toss one more item
into the mix: he is haunted by the specter of an uncertain future.
He believes that for his life to be good, he must have his sight.
With medical options out of the question, only one source of 20/20
vision remains: a miracle. But when Ken seeks that miracle through
faith, he collides with the unexpected.
From small-town bike rides, baseball games and train rides to a
department chairman's chilling words, shopping in Chicago, going
into business and raising a family, these stories of discovery,
denial, danger, disillusionment, dogged persistence, dumb luck and
destiny will put a smile on your face and a tear in your eye. So,
grab your glasses and cane, flap your fins and let the adventure
begin - it's time to flip out of the fish bowl
To protect her family, Sarah Whitman is forced to kill two
intruders at her ranch who are fleeing from the law after a
government robbery. Those murders haunt her as she searches for her
missing husband in the raw frontier town of Fort Worth, Texas
during the post-Civil War era.
Accompanied by her teenage daughter, infant son, and their pet
dog, Sarah is aided in her quest by a saloon madam, a Shakespeare
quoting newspaper owner, a young deputy marshal, an alcoholic
attorney, and, through it all, the memories of her deceased father.
Hounding her every move is a private investigator, Jack Kilpatrick,
who suspects Sarah has knowledge of the stolen funds.
The search leads Sarah into a courtroom where lynch law
threatens to explode, to a remote Indian village to rescue her son,
and, finally, to a sanatorium where she finds the clue that leads
to her husband and allows her to "Return to the Bosque."
To protect her family, Sarah Whitman is forced to kill two
intruders at her ranch who are fleeing from the law after a
government robbery. Those murders haunt her as she searches for her
missing husband in the raw frontier town of Fort Worth, Texas
during the post-Civil War era.
Accompanied by her teenage daughter, infant son, and their pet
dog, Sarah is aided in her quest by a saloon madam, a Shakespeare
quoting newspaper owner, a young deputy marshal, an alcoholic
attorney, and, through it all, the memories of her deceased father.
Hounding her every move is a private investigator, Jack Kilpatrick,
who suspects Sarah has knowledge of the stolen funds.
The search leads Sarah into a courtroom where lynch law
threatens to explode, to a remote Indian village to rescue her son,
and, finally, to a sanatorium where she finds the clue that leads
to her husband and allows her to "Return to the Bosque."
Weep Without Tears is a historical novel set in the turbulent
post-war times of the 1970's. Epic in scope, it is a stirring
adventure story of love, faith, and courage in the face of
persecution and impending death. An exhilarating tale of a
courageous young orphan boy, a man fighting for his life, and the
woman who will unite them at the risk of losing the one she loves.
Ken Miller writes with authority in this critically-acclaimed
sequel to Evening of Pale Sunshine. The inspirational journey will
keep you turning the pages. Laurie Moore, Edgar Nominated author of
Constable's Apprehension Ken Miller's novel Weep Without Tears was
the winner of a Lu Spurlock Black Gold Writing Award for an
outstanding novel at the Fourth Annual Texans Writing to the World
Writer's Conference. epic novel captured the sights, sounds, and
smells of Asia and the culture and religious beliefs of the
people.--John R. Gilbert, Lt. Colonel, Infantry (Ret.) An excellent
novel with a mixture of human interest and history. I am working on
translation into Chinese.--Liu, Kuan-Sheng, Taipei, Taiwan,
Republic Of China
Weep Without Tears is a historical novel set in the turbulent
post-war times of the 1970's. Epic in scope, it is a stirring
adventure story of love, faith, and courage in the face of
persecution and impending death. An exhilarating tale of a
courageous young orphan boy, a man fighting for his life, and the
woman who will unite them at the risk of losing the one she loves.
Ken Miller writes with authority in this critically-acclaimed
sequel to Evening of Pale Sunshine. The inspirational journey will
keep you turning the pages. Laurie Moore, Edgar Nominated author of
Constable's Apprehension Ken Miller's novel Weep Without Tears was
the winner of a Lu Spurlock Black Gold Writing Award for an
outstanding novel at the Fourth Annual Texans Writing to the World
Writer's Conference. epic novel captured the sights, sounds, and
smells of Asia and the culture and religious beliefs of the
people.--John R. Gilbert, Lt. Colonel, Infantry (Ret.) An excellent
novel with a mixture of human interest and history. I am working on
translation into Chinese.--Liu, Kuan-Sheng, Taipei, Taiwan,
Republic Of China
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