Perkins: 799 books

The history of any place is conveyed through a range of documents and artifacts, including the buildings that over time have sheltered people and their activities. This is especially true in Nevada, a place where the harshness of the landscape and the isolation and mobility of the population challenged...

1984 is a classic novel whose relevance continues to confront us every day. Some people thought it was a book about the future of the past. The future is now. After the election of Donald Trump and his advisor, Kellyanne Conway’s suggestion we get used to using  “alternative facts,”...

This volume contains the first 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.

The history of the Civil War in Eastern Kentucky has been mostly overlooked or ignored by the vast majority of historians. Little is commonly known about events in the Eastern part of the state beyond the Battles of Ivy Mountain and Middle Creek. "The Most Brilliant Little Victory" is the...

The Northern Triangle of Latin America, consisting of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, has experienced overwhelming challenges to economic growth and development. Gang violence is the root of many of these challenges, and the cost of hiring security forces for individuals and businesses creates...

Offshore Banking Accounts Gives You The Facts You Need To Make Important Decisions On Free Offshore Banking, Offshore Banking On The Internet, Banking And Sector Statistics, Stock Trading and Offshore Banking Investments.

Originally published in 1969. This study presents as a whole an outline of the underlying issues of inter-related areas of economic policy in which countries co-operate. Written in an important time of policy reforms following international monetary crises it draws together information on areas of...

Understand whats going on in bereaved childrens minds, and its easy to provide the support they need to get them through this painful period.You dont have to be qualified to become a great help in these sad and difficult circumstances. All you have to do is apply the excellent advice that is provided...

I have to acknowledge with my sincerest thanks the help I received locally in compiling this little volume. The Dean of Manchester was good enough to offer to read the proof-sheets, and has made various suggestions and additions which have done much to improve it. The sheets have also had the benefit...

First published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Hey Parent...Real Talk is a practical common sense book for parents. The advice written in a child-like perspective is for parents of all walks of life and can be adapted to every stage and season of parenting. The concept of this book originated from the mind and heart of a parent-grandparent, who...

Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives examines forms of pedagogy such as service-learning, experiential learning, and problem-based learning in order to determine how students make connections between and among abstract academic concepts and real-life...

Data is getting bigger and more complex by the day, and so are your choices in handling it. Explore some of the most cutting-edge databases available - from a traditional relational database to newer NoSQL approaches - and make informed decisions about challenging data storage problems. This is the...

Have you ever washed and conditioned your hair and thought to yourself, “Wow, this texture looks so pretty! I wish my hair would stay like this.” Then your hair quickly dries into a coarse and kinky poof that you’re now trying to work through and style in some manner. Are you tired of doing twist-outs...