Books with author Robert Perry

“A deft character study of a president.”—The New York Times Book Review “A valuable education on where America has been and, possibly, where it is going.”—National Review “Magisterial.”—The Christian Science Monitor In this great American story, acclaimed historian Robert Merry resurrects the presidential reputation of William McKinley, which loses out to the brilliant and flamboyant Theodore Roosevelt who succeeded him after his assassination. He portrays McKinley as a chief executive of consequence whose low place in the presidential rankings does not reflect his enduring accomplishments and the stamp he put on the country’s future role in the world.Republican President William McKinley in his two terms as president (1897 – 1901) transformed America. He established the US as an imperial power. Although he does not register large in either public memory or in historians’ rankings, in this revealing account, Robert W. Merry unfolds the mystery of how this bland man managed so much powerful change. McKinley settled decades of monetary controversy by taking the country to a strict gold standard; in the Spanish-American war he kicked Spain out of the Caribbean and liberated Cuba from Spain; in the Pacific he acquired Hawaii and the Philippines through war and diplomacy; he developed the doctrine of “fair trade”; forced the “Open Door” to China; forged our “special relationship” with Great Britain. In short, he established the non-colonial imperialism that took America into global preeminence. He expanded executive power and managed public opinion through his quiet manipulation of the press. McKinley paved the way for the bold and flamboyant leadership of his famous successor, Teddy Roosevelt, who built on his accomplishments (and got credit for them). Merry writes movingly about McKinley’s admirable personal life, from his simple Midwestern upbringing to his Civil War heroism to his brave comportment just moments before his death by assassination (it was only six months into his second term when he was shot). Lively, definitive, and eye-opening, President McKinley resurrects this overlooked president and places him squarely on the list of one of the most important.

Acclaimed historian Robert Merry resurrects the presidential reputation of William McKinley in a “measured, insightful biography that seeks to set the record straight…a deft character study of a president” (The New York Times Book Review) whose low place in the presidential rankings does not reflect the stamp he put on America’s future role in the world.Republican President William McKinley transformed America during his two terms as president (1897 – 1901). Although he does not register large in either public memory or in historians’ rankings, in this revealing account, Robert W. Merry offers “a fresh twist on the old tale…a valuable education on where America has been and, possibly, where it is going” (The National Review). McKinley settled decades of monetary controversy by taking the country to a strict gold standard; in the Spanish-American war he kicked Spain out of the Caribbean and liberated Cuba from Spain; in the Pacific he acquired Hawaii and the Philippines; he developed the doctrine of “fair trade”; forced the “Open Door” to China; forged our “special relationship” with Great Britain. He expanded executive power and managed public opinion through his quiet manipulation of the press. McKinley paved the way for the bold and flamboyant leadership of his famous successor, Teddy Roosevelt, who built on his accomplishments (and got credit for them). Merry writes movingly about McKinley’s admirable personal life, from his simple Midwestern upbringing to his Civil War heroism to his brave comportment just moments before his death by assassination. “As this splendid revisionist narrative makes plain….The presidency is no job for a political amateur. Character counts, sometimes even more than charisma” (The Wall Street Journal). Lively, definitive, and eye-opening, President McKinley resurrects this overlooked president and places him squarely on the list of one of the most important.

Acclaimed historian Robert Merry resurrects the presidential reputation of William McKinley in a “measured, insightful biography that seeks to set the record straight…a deft character study of a president” (The New York Times Book Review) whose low place in the presidential rankings does not reflect the stamp he put on America’s future role in the world.Republican President William McKinley transformed America during his two terms as president (1897 – 1901). Although he does not register large in either public memory or in historians’ rankings, in this revealing account, Robert W. Merry offers “a fresh twist on the old tale…a valuable education on where America has been and, possibly, where it is going” (The National Review). McKinley settled decades of monetary controversy by taking the country to a strict gold standard; in the Spanish-American war he kicked Spain out of the Caribbean and liberated Cuba from Spain; in the Pacific he acquired Hawaii and the Philippines; he developed the doctrine of “fair trade”; forced the “Open Door” to China; forged our “special relationship” with Great Britain. He expanded executive power and managed public opinion through his quiet manipulation of the press. McKinley paved the way for the bold and flamboyant leadership of his famous successor, Teddy Roosevelt, who built on his accomplishments (and got credit for them). Merry writes movingly about McKinley’s admirable personal life, from his simple Midwestern upbringing to his Civil War heroism to his brave comportment just moments before his death by assassination. “As this splendid revisionist narrative makes plain….The presidency is no job for a political amateur. Character counts, sometimes even more than charisma” (The Wall Street Journal). Lively, definitive, and eye-opening, President McKinley resurrects this overlooked president and places him squarely on the list of one of the most important.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Get Cutting-Edge Coverage of All Chemical Engineering Topics―from Fundamentals to the Latest Computer Applications. First published in 1934, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook has equipped generations of engineers and chemists with an expert source of chemical engineering information and data. Now updated to reflect the latest technology and processes of the new millennium, the Eighth Edition of this classic guide provides unsurpassed coverage of every aspect of chemical engineering-from fundamental principles to chemical processes and equipment to new computer applications.Filled with over 700 detailed illustrations, the Eighth Edition of Perry's Chemcial Engineering Handbook features:Comprehensive tables and charts for unit conversionA greatly expanded section on physical and chemical dataNew to this edition: the latest advances in distillation, liquid-liquid extraction, reactor modeling, biological processes, biochemical and membrane separation processes, and chemical plant safety practices with accident case histories Inside This Updated Chemical Engineering GuideConversion Factors and Mathematical Symbols • Physical and Chemical Data • Mathematics • Thermodynamics • Heat and Mass Transfer • Fluid and Particle Dynamics Reaction Kinetics • Process Control • Process Economics • Transport and Storage of Fluids • Heat Transfer Equipment • Psychrometry, Evaporative Cooling, and Solids Drying • Distillation • Gas Absorption and Gas-Liquid System Design • Liquid-Liquid Extraction Operations and Equipment • Adsorption and Ion Exchange • Gas-Solid Operations and Equipment • Liquid-Solid Operations and Equipment • Solid-Solid Operations and Equipment • Size Reduction and Size Enlargement • Handling of Bulk Solids and Packaging of Solids and Liquids • Alternative Separation Processes • And Many Other Topics!

When a mysterious book appears on the coffee table of Maggy and Ethan’s house, they have no idea of the adventure in store for them. They discover a magical bookshop and its wildly eccentric proprietor, Mr.Catterwall, as well as his geriatric kitty, Achebe. But when the children are pulled into one of the books, they find themselves at the mercy of the Junglest and its many residents. The Junglest is a beautiful place where stories grow on trees. But Maggy and Ethan aren’t the first to ever visit this magical land. The Pharess has come before them, and she has plans for a story all her own. So come in reader. Come in. Pull up a nice place under a blue tree, and enjoy the story. But fair warning: Not all stories are safe. Here there be Bearguars.

Chipper Murphy and his friends have built a secret treehouse located deep in the orange groves that surround their small town. During an overnight trip, they discover that they aren’t the only ones drawn to the deep solitude of the grove and its many mysteries. Over the course of one summer, the friends learn that many things are not what they appear to be.Chipper, who struggles with the secret burden of his mother’s increasing dependence on alcohol, faces danger, real and perceived, while grappling with the meaning of trust and true friendship.

Be Careful What You Wish For is the first novel in the exciting new series, The Adventures of Booper and Harry. Harry is a troubled teenager with a huge, caring heart and a dysfunctional family suffering from the effects of alcoholism and a bitter divorce. She wants a dog more than anything, and she finds one that is being terribly abused by an alcoholic, mad criminal. The story takes Harry and her Redhawks soccer team on a wild adventure of unexpected danger and incredible courage in the face of pure evil.Can Harry, the child of an alcoholic and a severely depressed mother, break through her painful mistakes to become the better person she wants in her heart to be? Will she achieve her atheletic dream: Score the winning goal in the soccer championship? Or will her repeated mistakes crush her dreams and put her into deadly peril? Can Harry and the Redhawks rescue 'Booper,' before he dies a miserable death? Can they triumph over the tough, unexpected consequences of their good intentions? Will they learn an unsettling lesson: Be Careful What You Wish For because you might just get more than you bargained for? This novel asks and answers all these tough dilemmas as Booper and Harry sprint onto the "soccer field" of young adult fiction and win their way into our hearts.This first Booper and Harry adventure challenges "tweens and teens" to become far better, far stronger and far more compassionate people than they think they can be.Through the eyes of Booper, Harry and the Redhawks, young people are encouraged to ask–and answer–the deepest questions of how to:Defeat true evil with great goodDo what's moral and ethical rather than blindly obey unjust lawOutsmart abusive government to protect the human rights of deserving peopleHelp their families and their friends recover from deadly addictionsOvercome subtle, unyielding prejudice with reason, acceptance and true compassion andDefend girls' and women's rights from extreme, even deadly cultural practices.

Harry Chapman, a troubled "tween," is swept up in the swirl of her parents’ nasty divorce, her dad’s recovery from alcoholism, and the mounting pressure of her new life in near poverty. She seeks solace in her dream of owning a magnificent dog. She finds a dog suffering from hideous abuse by a criminal lunatic. Her pleas for help are ignored by her parents, her teachers and even her teammates on her diverse and superb soccer team, the Redhawks. Harry, struggling with her own deep fears, is pushed beyond her limits. She piles mistake on top of mistake, lie on top of lie, as she stumbles toward her dream. She is punished by her Mom for her serious mistakes and shocked when her dire predictions are so wrong. Severely depressed and confused by her torturous thoughts, Harry makes the "best worst mistake of her life." Does it lead to justice and joy or to deadly peril? Is pursuing her dream along the not-so-lonesome highway the right thing, or is it just illegal and selfish? In a wild adventure, Harry learns the hard way to be careful what she wishes for. Harry, her best friend Glenda, and her teammates—Rory, Magda, Peter, Jorge, Keysha and Bu—must call on all of their athletic skills and dig deep to find new strength to try to save Booper from a horrible death. Can these intrepid Redhawks drive the evildoer to his knees? Can they prevail despite the rude surprise that their best intentions have paved a road of painful consequences? Can true justice prevail despite the baffling laws that seem to reward evil and punish good? In a gripping trial, can Harry and the wily prosecutor outfox the tenacious defense attorney to ensure that the evil abuser receives his well-deserved punishment?Does the outcome bring its own joys, or does it portend a reality very different from Harry’s dreams? In this thrilling new adventure series, Booper and Harry, a mighty duo, must rely on their own daring and the courage of the Redhawks, her relentless soccer team, if they are to triumph over evil. Or the wickedness will overwhelm their town in a relentless tide of destruction.These tides sweeping through their hometown? Animal abuse. Child abuse. Drug epidemics. Gangs. Addiction. Bigotry. Suicide. Mental illness. Corruption. Terrorism. Intolerance and injustice. Why do these these global perils plague Harry and Booper, her gentle warrior dog, in a small town far from any major city? Can Harry overcome her own family’s dysfunctions and triumph over the evil infesting her hometown? This series explores the damage and the danger these modern epidemics inflict on the Redhawks and their friends and families. These compelling mysteries pit Booper and Harry against the menacing perpetrators of these political, social, and cultural ills who threaten their safety, security and happiness.