Perry Books

If you're looking for a detailed overview of how the forest ecosystem works, this is a great reference. Perry covers soil, nutrients, forest dynamics, etc. If you are new to the sciences, Perry does a good job of explaining key terms. This book is geared more towards science-minded people, but the material is broad enough for anyone interested in the forest.

Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (4/08)

"The Fortress of Darkness," the second in a series, continues on two-hundred and fifty years after "Quest for the Source of Darkness." Not having read the first book, I found "The Fortress of Darkness" to stand well on its own. However, I enjoyed this book so much that I want to go back and read the first one by this author.

"In the Fortress of Darkness" a group of mortals including, elves, dwarves, and a demon are each following their own missions. Fate unites them in one mission. That is to fight Emhalla. Emhalla is a demon who is on a mission to gather all the strong magic in the land so that he can rule. He wants to unleash the underworld on the land and destroy all living creatures.

When the mortals unite to try to destroy Emhalla, they each have to overcome their own personal limitations to triumph. In addition to confronting their weaknesses, they also have to learn to trust each other. This is not easy, especially for two dwarves because they have to work with a Rock Lord who has kept themselves and their people in slavery. While each person learns to overcome their animosities and fears that they hold within themselves, they also discover an incredible amount of inner strength. One of the elves on the mission discovers what his true legacy is.

I truly loved reading "The Fortress of Darkness." I was disappointed that it had to end. I loved the magical elements used in the story. In addition to demons, elves and dwarves, there was also a powerful dragon, an enchanted spider and other magical creatures. Perry gives each character depth. I never thought that I would like a demon, but she managed to convince me that not all demons are bad. At least there is one tries hard to be good. I loved that she incorporated May, a huge spider into the story. Through May, Perry also managed to convince me that a spider can be cute and endearing. I found that Perry has an ability to change my preconceived perceptions about otherworld creatures. This quality added dimension to the story. While reading this book, I was in her world, not mine. I like that, because it makes the story a true escape from the mundane.

I highly, highly recommend "The Fortress of Darkness" to fans of fantasy. I look forward to reading previous and forthcoming books in this series.

I loved this book. It was filled with passiona dn feelings and adventure - It was amazing! It was my first historical romance read and after all these years it's still up there with my favourite. A wonderfully, romantic read!

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"Freedom, Feminism, and the State" offers a history of early feminist writings and how they influence feminist scholars today. Author Wendy McElroy draws a distinction between early feminists who supported the principles of the American Revolution and later scholars who favor a more activist government. In the book, she demonstrates that the feminist movement began as a quest to rid women of governmental infringement upon their individual rights, but gradually evolved into apologetics for a more intrusive state.

McElroy defines feminism as the principle that every person - female and male - has moral jurisdiction over her own body. Laws that infringe upon this principle are unjust. When such laws are enacted on the basis of sex, then - and only then - do women become a political class who must respond. As a result, McElroy states that "As a political class, feminism is a response to the legal discrimination women have suffered from the state."

Contributor Rosalie Nichols points out that women's rights are the objective natural rights that belong to them based upon their status as rational beings. These include their rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Because women exist independently of men, their rights exist independently of men. Thus, the goal of the early feminist movement was to secure and guarantee women's objective natural rights.

McElroy asserts that throughout most of history, feminism has stood for this ideal. Early feminists believed that equality between the sexes meant equal treatment before the law and its institutions. Their goal was to be a part of society - not to remake it. They believed that women's freedom was a political concept - securing protections from unjust intrusions by the state. However, over time, some feminist scholars came to believe that existing laws and institutions were the source of women's problems, not the solution. They viewed equality as an economic concept rather than a political one. They are responsible for converting the feminist movement into what it is today.

McElroy draws a distinction between what she considers to be non-political, historical feminist literature and modern feminist literature that deals with politics. Like most scholarship from the Revolutionary and Civil War eras, historical feminist writings were highly individualistic in nature and called for women to stand up for their independence and liberation. Today's political material mostly calls for governments to impose regulatory regimes to solve women's problems.

McElroy begins her discussion of historical feminist literature by tracing its roots to the abolitionist movement. As many women were key contributors to efforts to free slaves, they became conscious of their own lack of rights and began to demand similar respect. However, many abolitionist men refused to support their cause. Even worse - some of them attempted to stifle it out of fear that it would undermine support for the campaign to end slavery. This led many early feminists to become suspicious of men and to strike out on their own.

Feminism advanced before the Civil War because it adopted abolitionist William Garrison's viewpoint of how institutions evolve. Garrison believed that revolutions must alter people's ideas about particular institutions before those institutions can be reformed. Combined with their belief that individuals should act according to their own conscious and be held accountable for their own actions, early feminists were prepared to change people's minds regarding women's status in society.

However, after the Civil War - and the exponential intrusion that the government made in the economic sphere in its wake - the feminist movement began to focus more on enfranchisement of women as its overriding goal. Unfortunately, this led some feminist scholars to sympathize with misguided popular crusades - such as eugenics and social purity reform - to achieve this goal.

McElroy provides a number of key essays to show how individualist feminist ideas evolved over time. Contributor Angela Grimke praises 19th Century women for not allowing men to fool them into thinking that society should have separate moral codes for women and men. Contributor Voltairine de Cleyre, another Civil-War era activist, laments women's (and men's) complacency toward the growth of their government after the War of 1812.

The highlight of the book is Lillian Harman's essay on the problems of contemporary marriage. She begins by discussing how society harms women in their efforts to build friendships with men: "Every expression of friendship which she gives is practically held to be an implied contract to further steps. A coldness and reserve in the attitude of men and women toward each other is the natural result of this condition - a reserve which is broken only by the impelling force of strong and unreasoning passion. This passion compels people to do that which they believe to be wrong, and so long as they believe it to be wrong, it is wrong for them. The result is that when the imperious passion is satisfied, remorse takes its place, and shame and misery ensue." Harman asserts that what both men and women need is the freedom to interact on their own terms: "I consider uniformity in mode of sexual relations as undesirable and impracticable as enforced uniformity in anything else...I do not want to spend my life converting the world to my method of existence. I want the world to have reason of its own, and use it."

"Freedom, Feminism, and the State" is an excellent introduction to the early women's movement. Individuals who read this book before reading other works by McElroy and her colleagues Christina Hoff Sommers, Joan Kennedy Taylor, and Cathy Young will better understand how these authors structure their arguments and why. More importantly, the book demonstrates that women have achieved extraordinary successes by protecting their interests from state infringement. As more and more contemporary feminists begin to understand this, these extraordinary gains will continue.

This treasure of a book is a collection of essays (and a few poems) on friendship. The stories show how varied friendships can be, and how essential they are for human life. There are, among others, stories of life-long friendship, regret over lost friendship, and friends who only meet once in life. This book does not have to be read in one sitting, and would make a lovely gift for a friend. It is indeed bread for the journey.

Dr. Perry has written a great reference on voice quality issues found in real-world telecom networks. This book goes beyond the "can you hear me now?" level of network voice quality. His careful coverage of voice quality concepts will allow newcomers to grasp the key essentials. Sufficient references are provided to allow a "deeper dive" into more technical details if required. The book's website offers several audio WAV files to demonstrate the concepts presented in the book. He assesses the risks to voice quality with the migration to IP based voice transport.

I have just started RN school and this is the main book we use. It is very informative,easy to understand,comprehend and has excellent examples. I think every nursing school should have this book as a requirement

This set of books were a lot cheaper then buying them from the College.They were in stock and shipped very fast,I received them within few days after ordering.

In "Galactic Alarm" we are treated with two more translations of German stories.

In section one, "Galactic Alarm", we find the Arkonide ship that was destroyed in "The Radiant Dome" managed to send off a distress signal to the universe. Perry Rhodan and friends have only had a few days to get used to the situation that they created when they landed in the Gobi desert, and now must use all their wits and new-found Arkonide knowledge to start preparing Earth for what may be possible rescue missions - or worse.

Krest gives Rhodan and Bell Arkonide memory treatments that increase both their knowledge and brain capacity. Using this, along with the Mutants he has already discovered, he begins putting more pieces of his future plans for Terra into place.

In the second part, "Mutant Corps", Perry puts out even more feelers for what he thinks needs to be done to bring what he now calls "The Third Power" into existence. It's rather funny to read about Homer Adams and his manipulation of the world stock markets, but that's only after he only manages to escape from criminals that want him dead for his earlier activities.

But we also see the start of the first Invasion of Earth. Mind controlling parasites begin to take over the bodies of prominent people in order to conquer Earth. We will not see the conclusion of this story in this volume, and this is the start of where the old stand by of the cliffhanger comes into play.

In Germany, these book/magazines are published weekly - and have been since day one. It did not take long for the next installment of the story to reach readers. But here in America, in was a few months before we saw any more of "The Invasion of Space".

Here is the volume that will either get you into the spirit of the stories or not. If you find yourself wanting to find out what happens next, just pick up "Invasion From Space" - and the rest of the series.