Perkins: 799 books

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (July 3, 1860 August 17, 1935) was a prominent American sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction, and a lecturer for social reform. She was a utopian feminist during a time when her accomplishments were exceptional for women, and she served as a...

Moving the Mountain is the first book in Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman's well known trilogy. The second book in the trilogy is her land mark classic Herland. Moving Mountain delivers Gilman's program for reforming society. She concentrates on measures of rationality and efficiency that could be...

The number 5 is embodied in the heavens by the Pentagram that Venus draws over time. Hidden within the Pentagram is the Golden Ratio, thought to confer beauty on everything that exists in its harmonious proportion. Correspondences to the divine mathematics of the Venus Pentagram are found throughout...

This volume contains the second volume of Anne Grant's Letters from the Mountains (1806), one of the Romantic era’s most successful non-fictional accounts of the Scottish Highlands. It is part of a four volume set, edited by Kirsteen McCue and Pam Perkins, which is accompanied by new editorial material including a new general introduction and headnotes to each work.

The book describes fly fishing in some unusual destinations around the world, including Mongolia, Iceland, the Falkland Islands, Bhutan and the Seychelles. Some out of the ordinary catches include Black Sea bass, Falklands Mullet, Lenok, Taimen and a Mud Skipper. More than stories of fishing and catches, it includes some off the wall travel adventures.

This reflection on growing up during the Depression, her college days and later teaching career, is an adaptation of a memoir by Sister Perkins that appeared in an anthology published by Praeger in 2006 (American Students Organize).

Australia's wonderful beaches,spectacular back country, bush fires and wild life, panning for gold and sapphires, Sydney, the University of Newcastle, Australian literature, Peter Carey, Thomas Keneally, wombats, emus, koalas, kangaroos, Ned Kelly, Byron Bay, Hunter Valley Wineries, convict history: these are a few of the topics covered.

This book is a series of short poems that I have written in my late high school years. Not all the poems are based on my own experiences.

Be honest, guys: Have you ever made a foolish or harmful decision when angry? Have you ever said or done something in the heat of the moment that you wish you could take back? Or do you tend to keep your anger hidden, choosing to bury the feeling and hoping it just goes away? No matter how often you...

A call to intercession is a wake-up call to the Body of Christ, an introduction of intercession to the new believer and a refresher course to the intercessor. Youre challenged to be the person who God is always searching for in these last days as in Ezekiel 22:30 and I sought for a man among them...

The next generation hungers for strong, visionary, ethical, and passionate leaders. Where do we start in this day where we lack leadership at all levels? The authors of this breakout book contend that leaders of tomorrow are among us, but they need to be identified, trained, and empowered. John M....

If you loved The Purpose-Driven Life and One Month to Live, then you’ll love The Jesus Experiment. Popular author and speaker Bill Perkins challenges you to spend twelve weeks discovering what it really means to live like Jesus. More than a book, it’s an invitation for you to try becoming like...

Why did Rome fall?Vicious barbarian invasions during the fifth century resulted in the cataclysmic end of the world's most powerful civilization, and a 'dark age' for its conquered peoples. Or did it? The dominant view of this period today is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition...

How do you build lifelong disciples in a short-term world? This is the major thesis of Bob Perkins’ second book, “No Banana Splits.” What began as a twelve-page “White Paper,” has already been used as a training tool for youth ministry for over twenty years and has been read by thousands...