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The Ministry for Ignoring Climate Change
by David Millar At the Ministry for Climate Change the climate crisis is seen mostly as a political challenge, to be solved by obfuscation and delay—and unrelated to the reality of life on the mist-shrouded Echelon Islands, where warming seas are decimating the salmon and destroying the islander’s traditional way of life. When the politicians try to fob off the frustrated islanders with brochures on loft insulation and solar panels, the islanders come up with a potential solution—a risky ocean ‘experiment’. It goes so well that the Ministry—under pressure due to their own lack of results—threatens to sue them for ‘attempting to interfere with the climate’, claiming that’s their job … The Ministry for Ignoring Climate Change is a satire about a government department that starts to believe it really can control the weather. Read the first 3 chapters for free here ISBN 978-0-9938321-2-3 (paperback) £8.99 US$10.99 ISBN 978-0-9938321-3-0 (e-book) £1.99 US$2.99 Buy the book here on Amazon or Kindle |
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Beyond Dubai: Seeking Lost Cities in the Emirates
by David Millar Beyond Dubai is a light-hearted journey around the Emirates in search of its past—encountering smugglers, fire-starting genies, loved-up camels, and a mysterious mountain tribe along the way. In addition to exploring the UAE's lost cities and hidden treasures, it also tells the extraordinary tale of how climate change transformed a once-fertile grassland into the starkly beautiful desert that it is today. ISBN 978-0-9938321-0-9 (paperback) £8.99 US$12.95 ISBN 978-0-9938321-1-6 (e-book) £2.99 US$3.99 Buy the book here on Amazon or Kindle |
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The Cambridge Dictionary of Scientists
by David, Ian, John and Margaret Millar "...an invaluable one-stop reference book for anyone wanting a brief and accurate account of the life and work of those who created science from its very beginnings to the present day. This alphabetically organized, illustrated biographical dictionary has been thoroughly revised and updated, covering over 1,500 key scientists..." 'This is a superb collection of admirably concise scientific biographies; I wish I had owned a copy when I started presenting television programmes on the history of science.' Adam Hart-Davis 'The authors have undertaken a mammoth task to collate all this information in a desk-sized, neat dictionary. … The dictionary could function as a reference for science and hisstory alike.' Journal of Biological Education 'Here is a treasure house of information, useful and incidental, with portraits and illustrations … The four members of the Millar family, with their expertise in different areas have done a splendid job of giving brief biographies, chosen the most important scientists, both ancient and living, and made clear and simple explanations of many scientific principles.' Chromatographia ISBN 978-0521000628 (paperback) ISBN 978-0521806022 (hardback) Buy the book here on Amazon |