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Authors:Rose Laub Coser, Laura S. Anker, Andrew Perrin,
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: women, york, contributions, studies, new, immigrant, courage, jewish, italian
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1999-08-30
List price: $98.95
ISBN-10: 0313308209
ISBN-13: 9780313308208
In the wake of World War I, a diverse group of women emigrated from Europe to the United States under austere conditions and adapted in different ways to life in the new country. Based on a major new study that includes in-depth interviews with 100 Italian and Jewish women who immigrated to the New York City area in the early 1900s, this volume explores family and work lives led by these women and the relative importance of cultural factors to the two groups’ adjustment to American life. The interviews trace the process of adapting to life in the U.S., paying special attention to the spe
Author: Perrin B
Publisher: Running Press Miniature Editions
Keywords: miniature, indulgence, exquisite, chocolate
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1995-08-08
List price: $4.95
ISBN-10: 1561386219
ISBN-13: 9781561386215
Ah, chocolate, the magical confection that is the way to anyone’s heart. Pick and choose among this collection of bons mots, recipes, morsels of information, and sumptuous illustrations, which is sure to satisfy the most avid chocoholic.
Author: Daniel Perrin
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: universitext, introduction, geometry, algebraic
Number of Pages: 263
Published: 2007-12-19
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 1848000553
ISBN-13: 9781848000551
Aimed primarily at graduate students and beginning researchers, this book provides an introduction to algebraic geometry that is particularly suitable for those with no previous contact with the subject and assumes only the standard background of undergraduate algebra. It is developed from a masters course given at the Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, and focusses on projective algebraic geometry over an algebraically closed base field. The book starts with easily-formulated problems with non-trivial solutions – for example, Bézout’s theorem and the problem of rational curves – and uses t
Author: Kayla Perrin
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Keywords: novel, kappa, phi, theta, sisters
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2002-10-04
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0312305214
ISBN-13: 9780312305215
Jessica, Ellie, Shereen, and Yolanda were the brightest stars of the Theta Phi Kappa Sorority at Howard University. Now, ten years later, they seem to have it all. Jessica is in the limelight, a TV personality whose star is on the rise. Ellie is an optimist, happily engaged in the quest for love. Shereen is a stunning and powerful executive, and Yolanda, the strong-willed leader of the group, has defied her roots to capture her vision of the American dream. But years before, these four women banded together to keep a devastating secret-and now, ten years later, someone will do anything to
Author: David Perrin
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Keywords: bracing, taping, athletic
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 2005-05-02
List price: $48.00
ISBN-10: 0736048111
ISBN-13: 9780736048118
Completely overhauled and updated, Athletic Taping and Bracing, Second Edition, is a leading text in its field. Like the popular first edition, it continues to integrate the science of anatomy and injury mechanisms with the practice of athletic taping and bracing. The new edition is updated to reflect changes in the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Education Council’s "Competencies in Athletic Training" and the fourth edition of the NATA Board of Certification’s "Role Delineation Study." Both students and professionals will use this text time and again as a reliable referen
Author: Noel Perrin
Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: gun, giving
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1980-09-12
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0877731845
ISBN-13: 9780877731849
This is a significant story, and Perrin tells it marvelously well, with rich detail, captivating quotations from observers of the time, both Japanese and Western, and a wealth of revealing comparisons with contemporary technology, warfare, and life in Europe. This little book is both thought-provoking and a delight to read. Edwin O. Reischauer, Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan
