Authors:John Perry, Erna Perry,
Publisher: Allyn & Baco
Keywords: science, social, introduction, society, contemporary
Number of Pages: 592
Published: 2008-03-08
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0205578675
ISBN-13: 9780205578672

This best-selling text offers an integrated social science view of the world, emphasizing that social and cultural change are the pervasive realities of our era. One of the main themes of Contemporary Society is that the transition from an industrial to a post-industrial order in the modern world is fraught with difficulties, as was the transition from an agricultural to an industrial order in an earlier era. Within this framework, we can observe the increasing fragmentation of the social order, which tends to lead people away from community and a common purpose and often invites conflict and

Authors:John Perry, Erna Perry,
Publisher: Allyn & Baco
Keywords: science, social, introduction, society, contemporary
Number of Pages: 592
Published: 2005-06-03
List price: $111.80
ISBN-10: 020545884X
ISBN-13: 9780205458844

This best-selling text offers an integrated social science view of the world, emphasizing that social change is the pervasive reality of our era. One of the main themes of Contemporary Society is that the transition from an industrial to a post-industrial order in the modern world is fraught with difficulties, as was the transition from an agricultural to an industrial order in an earlier human era. This framework also illustrates the increasing fragmentation of the social order, which leads people away from community and a common purpose to conflict and disunity.

Author: Erna Brodber
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Keywords: louisiana
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1997-09-01
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 1578060311
ISBN-13: 9781578060313

This is the first American publication of Brodber’s eagerly awaited third novel. In Louisiana she explores her continuing fascination with the power of the past to live in the present. Here, Ella Townsend, a young African-American anthropologist whose roots are Caribbean, researches Louisiana folk life and discovers not only the world of voodoo and carnival but also the mystical connection of the living and the dead. With her tape recorder she explores the rich heritage of Creole Louisiana, but Mammy, Ella’s primary informant, dies during the project. Then from beyond the grave she

Author: Erna Brodber
Publisher: New Beacon Books Ltd
Keywords: novel, myal
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 1989-03
List price: $12.71
ISBN-10: 0901241865
ISBN-13: 9780901241863

Author: Dr. Nicole Erna Mae Francis
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Keywords: times, trying, thrive
Number of Pages: 72
Published: 2009-03-19
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 1438937903
ISBN-13: 9781438937908

Our modern times confront us with many issues which touch our lives at every level. On the one hand, regional conflicts and terrorism with both global economic and political crises loom on the horizon. On the other hand, our communities struggle with a plethora of social issues including family disruption, juvenile crime, and corrupt officials. How to Thrive in Trying Times presents a profound message of hope pointing to the key elements necessary to regain focus and joy. Dr. Francis draws from the ’real life’ examples of ’faith giants’ and clearly illustrates the prove

Authors:Edward Rosen, Erna Hilfstein,
Publisher: Hambledon & London
Keywords: successors, copernicus
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2003-08-02
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 185285071X
ISBN-13: 9781852850715

The essays in Copernirus and his Successors deal both with the influences on Copernicus, including that of Greek and Arabic thinkers, and with his own life and attitudes. They also examine how he was seen by contemporaries and finally describe his relationship to other scientists, including Galileo, Brahe and Kepler.

Authors:Perry D. Slocum, Peter Robinson, Frances Perry,
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: water, lotuses, gardening, lilies
Number of Pages: 322
Published: 1996-04-01
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0881923354
ISBN-13: 9780881923353

An international reference to all aspects of water gardening. Part One, written by expert Peter Robinson, is based on work originally undertaken by the late Frances Perry and provides specific information on designing and building a water feature. It includes an illustrated encyclopedia of submerged, floating, and marginal plants. Part Two is an encyclopedia of water lilies and lotuses by American specialist-and photographer-Perry Slocum.