Perry: 2088 books

This collection of reflective essays–all exploring themes of artistic self-discovery and regional awareness–showcases 19 nationally known writers who have roots in Alabama. In The Remembered Gate, nationally prominent fiction writers, essayists, and poets recall how their formative years...

Rocky Mountain National Park is often called �the crown jewel� of the nation�s park system. Set in Colorado in the southern part of the Rocky Mountain chain, which forms the backbone of North America, the park contains 72 named peaks above 12,000 feet with the tallest of these, Longs Peak, rising...

Bunky is a collection of nostalgic stories from my Idaho childhood. Born in 1943, on the tail end of the Silent Generation, I just missed being a Baby Boomer. These stories of my childhood contain the common elements of growing up along with a serious accident and a death.

"Messages in the Lunch Room" A cranky teacher gets a tough lesson from a bowl of soup. "Mushed" : Jason is at the beck and call of his new and very lazy nanny. But Mrs. Cutshaw's hypocrisies concerning TV are about to give her a vivid wake-up call. "Ashburger"...

POST-PRANDIAL STUDIES Fair Hostess (passing the wine).--"I hope you admire this decanter, Admiral?" Gallant Admiral.--"Ah! it's not the vessel I am admiring...." Fair Hostess.--"I suppose it's the port?" Gallant Admiral.--"Oh, no; it's the pilot

HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT Called home to the Amish countryside, city gal Andrea Hampton can’t let go of her bitter memories. But she’ll have to in order to help turn her grandmother’s house into a bed-and-breakfast. When danger stalks her, Andrea must turn to carpenter Cal Burke, a man with...

This synoptic essay considers the nature and evolution of the Marxist theory that developed in Western Europe, after the defeat of the proletarian rebellions in the West and the isolation of the Russian Revolution in the East in the early 1920s. It focuses particularly on the work of Lukács, Korsch...

First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In a sorority, reputation is everything, and Cassidy Cross has a lot to prove. . . Even though Cassidy Cross is captain of the dance squad and gets good grades, it's her boy-crazy rep that makes her stand out on campus?and not in a good way. Hoping for a fresh start, she decides to pledge Beta...

This volume provides easy-to-use horse whispering techniques and principles that can help readers develop better bonds with horses

In the spring of 1989, millions of citizens across China took to the streets in a nationwide uprising against government corruption and authoritarian rule. What began with widespread hope for political reform ended with the People's Liberation Army firing on unarmed citizens in the capital city of...

In an essay on “The Problem of Philosophy at the Present Time,” Professor Edward Caird says that “philosophy is not a first venture into a new field of thought, but the rethinking of a secular and religious consciousness which has been developed, in the main, independently of philosophy.”[vii:A]...

Nominated for a 2019 Edgar® Award for Best Fact Crime Named a CrimeReads best Nonfiction Crime Book of 2018 The electrifying, untold story of the women born into the most deadly and obscenely wealthy of the Italian mafias – and how they risked everything to bring it down. The...

Intelligence professionals are employees of the government working in a business that some would consider unethical_the business of spying. This book looks at the dilemmas that exist when one is asked to perform a civil service that is in conflict with what that individual believes to be 'ethical.'...