Author: Robert Perry
Publisher: Overmountain Pre
Keywords: eastern, war, kentucky, tennessee, southwest, virginia, jackson, mays, colonel, andrew, jack, civil
Number of Pages: 249
Published: 1998-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1570720711
ISBN-13: 9781570720710

Historians usually assume that the battles fought in Southwestern Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and Eastern Tennessee played an insignificant role in the outcome of the Civil War. This book challenges that assumption. Focusing on the career of Colonel Andrew Jack-son May, for whom the defense of the region was a personal crusade, Professor Perry shows that the vic-tories which the Confederates won in this theater, al-lowing them to retain control of Preston’s Saltworks you. and the Virginia-Tennessee railroad, preserved the integrity of the Confederacy and thereby prolonged the war. Using

Author: Bliss Perry
Publisher: Loman Pre
Keywords: carlyle, thomas
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2010-03-09
List price: $29.45
ISBN-10: 1444692704
ISBN-13: 9781444692709

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author: Dr. David A. Perry
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Pre
Keywords: ecosystems, forest
Number of Pages: 672
Published: 1995-02-01
List price: $58.00
ISBN-10: 080184987X
ISBN-13: 9780801849879

A textbook for advanced students of forest science, ecology, and environmental studies as well as a reference for professionals in these fields, Forest Ecosystems offers a comprehensive survey of the structure and functioning of forest ecosystems worldwide: temperate, tropical, and boreal. Basic ecological concepts are stressed throughout, at scales ranging from the global to the microscopic.The text begins with an introduction to the basic elements of the science of ecology and the role of forests in the global ecosystem. The opening chapters describe how climate influences large-scale distri

Author: Perry R. Cook
Publisher: The MIT Pre
Keywords: introduction, psychoacoustics, sound, computerized, cognition, music
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2001-03-01
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0262531909
ISBN-13: 9780262531900

How hearing works and how the brain processes sounds entering the ear to provide the listener with useful information are of great interest to psychologists, cognitive scientists, and musicians. However, while a number of books have concentrated on individual aspects of this field, known as psychoacoustics, there has been no comprehensive introductory coverage of the multiple topics encompassed under the term. Music, Cognition, and Computerized Sound is the first book to provide that coverage. The book begins with introductory chapters on the basic physiology and functions of the ear and audit

Author: Greg Perry
Publisher: Que
Keywords: programming, guide, beginner, absolute
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2002-11-30
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 0789729059
ISBN-13: 9780789729057

No prior programming experience necessary!Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Programming helps readers understand what programming really is. Readers not only get an overview of the job of programming, but also learn which specific skills are needed for certain jobs.Coverage includes how a computer interprets a program’s instructions with insight into what goes on "under the hood" when a computer runs a program, how programming can and does relate to the Internet and the skills required for adding security to programs, and compiled versus interpreted languages like JavaScript and HTML. A

Author: Thomas K. Perry
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Keywords: mill, teams, carolina, south, league, baseball, textile
Number of Pages: 327
Published: 2004-01-27
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0786418753
ISBN-13: 9780786418756

After the Civil War, the Yankee textile industry began a steady transfer south, bringing with it the tradition of a mill village, usually owned by the mill’s owner, where the workers and their families lived. The new game of baseball quickly became a foundation of mill village life. A rich tradition of textile league baseball in South Carolina is here reconstructed from newspaper accounts and interviews with former players and fans. Players such as “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and Champ Osteen made their marks as “lintheads” in these semipro leagues. The fierce rivalries between competing mills

Author: Perry L. Westmoreland
Publisher: RoseDog Book
Keywords: worlds, communicating, keys
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 2003-02-27
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0805992472
ISBN-13: 9780805992472

The Keys to Communicating with Other Worlds explores how electromagnetic waves traveling at the speed of light turn astronomical telescopes into time machines. As we peruse the flickering lights from distant heavens and peer into deep space, we see billions of years into the past. Conventional scientific wisdom provides for a hypothetical elementary particle, the graviton that governs gravitational interaction. After years of searching, it remains to be found. As a result that long-standing theory never has been proven. Until we find the real-time communications link, we may continue to miss t