John Perry: 46 books
Every Gift Matters
How Your Passion Can Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Charitable giving is on the rise in America. Despite the lingering effects of the economic downturn, Americans continue to give generously of their time, talent, and money – more than $335 billion in 2013, a 4.4% increase from 2011. What’s more, the bulk of that charitable giving – 72% – came...
God Behind Bars
The Amazing Story of Prison Fellowship
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2006
When Charles Colson was released after seven months of prison time following the Watergate scandal, the last thing on earth he wanted to do was go back into those dark, frightening prisons, but God called him to do just that. Thus was born a life-long ministry, and here, for the first time, if the...
La procrastinación eficiente
La ingeniosa estrategia para lograr hacer muchas cosas gracias a diferir la ejecución de otras
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 14, 2012
"Para ser eficiente siempre debes trabajar en algo importante que te sirva de excusa para no hacer algo aún más importante". Enfocado en un problema de carácter casi universal como es el de diferir las acciones para el día siguiente, La procrastinación eficiente es un libro sabio, encantador...
Letters to God
From the Major Motion Picture
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
This ebook novel is inspired by the major motion picture, Letters to God, scheduled for theatrical release in spring 2010. Viewers of the film will be eager to hear more of this inspiring story. Tyler, a nine-year-old boy, is stricken with incurable brain cancer and begins to write letters to God....
Blueprint for Building Community
Leadership Insights for Good Government
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
American cities are a basic part of the fabric of our democratic traditions. Many of these cities are served by professional city managers and administrators. Cities that succeed at an outstanding level often employ professionals. Yet the average American knows little about the role of these professionals....
by John Perry, T. Debey Sayndee
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
The field of transitional justice is a recent academic discipline that still lacks an agreed-upon theoretical basis. Using an inductive methodology based on one key component of transitional justice—namely, truth commissions—African Truth Commissions and Transitional Justice attempts to place...
Peace on Earth
The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Peace on Earth: The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies provides a critical analysis of faith and religious institutions in peacebuilding practice and pedagogy. The work captures the synergistic relationships among faith traditions and how multiple approaches to conflict transformation...
by John Perry, T. Debey Sayndee
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
The Ebola virus disease represented a grave crisis for Liberia. After many years of civil conflict its health system had been weakened and there were too few physicians and health care workers who were willing and able to deal effectively with the disease which spread far beyond Africa to Europe and...
by Perry Groves, John McShane
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Perry groves spent over a decade in the football spotlight - sometimes at the top, often at the bottom, but always as a firm favourite with the fans.As legendary Arsenal manager George Graham's first signing, Perry - complete with Tintin haircut and a cheeky grin - became an unmistakable figure in...
Singapore
Unlikely Power
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
Singapore has gained a reputation for being one of the wealthiest and best-educated countries in the world and one of the brightest success stories for a colony-turned-sovereign state, but the country's path to success was anything but assured. Its strategic location and natural resources both allowed...
Winemakers of the Willamette Valley
Pioneering Vintners from Oregon's Wine Country
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
In a relatively short span, Willamette Valley wineries have made good on the tempting recipe of rich soils, mild climate and an extended growing season to produce world-class wines while leading the industry in sustainable practices. Like the wines they produce, Willamette Valley vintners are bursting...
Think in Public
A Public Books Reader
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
Since 2012, Public Books has championed a new kind of community for intellectual engagement, discussion, and action. An online magazine that unites the best of the university with the openness of the internet, Public Books is where new ideas are debuted, old facts revived, and dangerous illusions...
by John R. Perry
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
A forward thinking and notably popular leader, Karim Khan Zand (1705-1779) was the founder of the Zand dynasty in Iran. In this insightful profile of a man before his time, esteemed academic John Perry shows how by opening up international trade, employing a fair fiscal system and showing respect...
Karim Khan Zand
A History of Iran, 1747-1779
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
A forward thinking and notably popular leader, Karim Khan Zand (1705-1779) was the founder of the Zand dynasty in Iran. In this insightful profile of a man before his time, esteemed academic John Perry shows how by opening up international trade, employing a fair fiscal system and showing respect...