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Here is a pen-picture of 'Abdu'l-Bah by an author whom Shoghi Effendi called 'the best writer we have . . . the pre-eminent Bah ' writer.'This collection, which was published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of 'Abdu'l-Bah 's journey to the West, brings together...

This book explores how to locate the sources which influenced the political, social, and ideological stance of a famous Turkestani Jadid thinker, writer, journalist and scholar, 'Abdurra'uf Fitrat (1886-1938), thus also putting in perspective some overall intellectual trends in Turkestan, especially in Bukhara in...

This book is related to the Supreme Court of India's Leading 20 Case Laws on 'Acquittal From 376'. Relevant Sections, Case Note-Facts-Findings of the Hon'ble Apex Court and Citation are given for each case. It will be useful for the Advocates of the Trial...

Think like a child! Act like a mature Christian offers some profound tips with a spiritual focus to help Christians to consider the importance of taking the time to read the Bible, and meditate on His words. Thus, allowing the words of God to...

This book presents the results of the colloquium "Ricerche Archeologiche alla Foce del Tevere" which was held on 18-20th December 2018 in Rome and Ostia. It provided young researchers with the opportunity to present their own research on ancient Ostia and the surrounding territory...

It seems a habit of our time to lament about the state of the world and simultaneously profess that there is nothing we, as individuals, can do about it. In this auto/ethnographic study, Elisabeth challenges this view on the basis that science teachers in...

'Adolf Island' offers new forensic, archaeological and spatial perspectives on the Nazi forced and slave labour programme that was initiated on the Channel Island of Alderney during its occupation in the Second World War. Drawing on extensive archival research and the results of the...

The 1st volume of 'Advances in Microelectronics: Reviews' Book Series contains 19 chapters written by 72 authors from academia and industry from 16 countries. With unique combination of information in each volume, the 'Advances in Microelectronics: Reviews' Book Series will be of value for...

The 1st volume of new 'Advances in Networks, Security and Communications: Reviews' Book Series contains 15 chapters submitted by 42 contributors from 13 countries. The book is divided into 3 parts: Networks, Security and Communication. The book provides focused coverage of these 3 main...

The fourth volume of this popular Book Series is devoted to optics, lasers and optical sensors, and written by 29 authors from academia and industry from 10 countries: Brazil, China, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Russia, Serbia, USA and Vietnam. This book ensures that the...

The book deals with the subject "Aesthetics" as taught to the students of Architecture. It is obvious that while Aesthetics has got a universal meaning, it also has got different meanings applicable to various subjects. In Architecture Aesthetics however, appear quite different and at...

Author: Suryakanthie ChettyISBN-10: 3030527107ISBN-13: 9783030527105Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/05/2021Pages: 271Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.69d

This book focuses on two specific areas: wildlife conservation policies and projects, and the interaction between local societies and the surrounding environment in Africa. Against the internationally dominant approach that regards Africa as being a state of 'deficiency', this book demonstrates, based on fieldwork...

Throughout World War II the United States operated a nationwide gulag for 'dangerous enemy aliens.' The story of this prison archipelago would have remained hidden were it not for the memories of its human commerce and the Freedom of Information Act.Encouraged by President Franklin...

'Aharei Mot (Leviticus 16:1-18:30) and Haftarah (Ezekiel 22:1-19): The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. Each pamphlet includes...

The fourth volume in the Amheida series, 'Ain el-Gedida: 2006-2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's Western Desert (Amheida IV) presents the systematic record and interpretation of the archaeological evidence from the excavations at 'Ain el-Gedida, a fourth-century rural settlement in Egypt's...

'AISHAH AL-BA'UNIYAH: Life & Poems Translation & Introduction Paul Smith 'Aishah al-Ba'uniyah (1457 - 1517) came from the village of Ba'un in the south of Syria. Her family were well-known and respected religious scholars and poets. She surpassed her father and brothers in her...

'AISHAH AL-BA'UNIYAH Sufi Poet & Female Perfect Master Selected Poems Translation & Introduction Paul Smith 'Aishah al-Ba'uniyah (1457 - 1517) came from the village of Ba'un in the south of Syria. Her family were well-known and respected religious scholars and poets. She surpassed her...

This volume presents a commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics Book 12 by pseudo-Alexander in a new translation accompanied by explanatory notes, introduction and indexes. Fred D. Miller, Jr. argues that the author of the commentary is in fact not Alexander of Aphrodisias, Aristotle's distant successor...

This book tells the story of how Shari'ati developed a language of political Islam, speaking in an idiom intelligible to the Iranian public and subverting the Shah's regime and its claim to legitimacy.Author: K. ChatterjeeISBN-10: 1349295116ISBN-13: 9781349295111Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/25/2011Pages: 274Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize:...

This book tells the story of how Shari'ati developed a language of political Islam, speaking in an idiom intelligible to the Iranian public and subverting the Shah's regime and its claim to legitimacy.Author: K. ChatterjeeISBN-10: 0230113338ISBN-13: 9780230113336Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/25/2011Pages: 274Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.05lbsSize:...

This book celebrates the quatercentenary of the birth of Thomas Willis on 27 January 1621. As a physician in Oxford, Willis's work in the 1650s provides an example of rural medical practice in early modern England. As a member of the Oxford Philosophical Club...

In 1609 Joseph Scaliger bequeathed 'all my books in foreign tongues' to the library of Leiden University. The collection was kept in the Arca Scaligerana, an ornamental cupboard in the library. This publication provides a complete overview of all Scaliger's printed books in oriental...

Hansen argues against prevalent views that the unity formula employed in Gal 3.28, 1 Cor 12.13 and Col 3.11 reflects either a Hellenistic anthropology of ideal androgyny or a modern liberal conception of social equality. Rather, Hansen contends, attention to function and context demonstrates...

Author: John OxenhamISBN-10: 1975854101ISBN-13: 9781975854102Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2017Pages: 90Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.19d

The Miserere by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652) is one of the most popular, oft performed and recorded choral pieces of late Renaissance/early Baroque music. Yet the piece known today bears little resemblanceto Allegri's original or to the piece as it was performed before...

The year 2014 saw the start of four years of centenaries associated with the First World War. In the decades since that conflict ended there have been many books, plays, films and television programs which have variously characterized the war as 'senseless' and 'futile'....

Comedy Characters: 10 male, 5 female, plus extras Scenery: Unit set Based on the hugely successful British television series that ran for seven seasons, this uproarious comedy relates the adventures of a hapless cafe owner, Rene, in occupied France. You can see all of...

'Am I Less British?' explores the experiences of the children of refugees and immigrants in North London, whose parents migrated from Turkey.Author: Doğuş ŞimşekISBN-10: 1787351785ISBN-13: 9781787351783Publisher: UCL PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2024Pages: 106Format: Paperback

Writing about changes in the notion of womanhood, Denise Riley examines, in the manner of Foucault, shifting historical constructions of the category of "women" in relation to other categories central to concepts of personhood: the soul, the mind, the body, nature, the social. Feminist...

Alessandria, Italy, 1628: a young woman, Isabella Sori, publishes her only known work, consisting of three different texts, at a time when war and the plague are looming. Written in the form of letters by a mother to her daughter, her Ammaestramenti e ricordi...

Lady Anne Cooke Bacon's translation of Bishop John Jewel's Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1562) as An Apology or Answer in Defence of the Church of England (1564) is the official defence of the Elizabethan Settlement. At once an explanation and vindication of the establishment of...

In 'An Aristocracy of Exalted Spirits', the first book-length study of John Henry Newman's Tamworth Reading Room, David P: Delio offers a new framework for understanding this highly original work of satire, politics, and theology. In February 1841 John Henry Newman responded in The...

This volume, featuring essays by a number of poets and critics, is the first survey of Peter Hughes' poetry, and is published simultaneously with his Selected Poems. The book features contributions from Andrew Bailey, Riccardo Duranti, John Hall, Simon Howard, David Kennedy, Simon Marsh,...

Occupational therapy originated in social reform, and then became allied with medicine and a biomedical. This work shows how the profession has recognised the value of the work of its pioneers, and now argues for principles such as occupational justice and the right to...

Occupational therapy originated in social reform, but early in its history became allied with medicine and a biomedical perspective. Over the last two decades the profession has recognized the value of the work of its pioneers and sought to argue for principles such as...

April Westbrook explores the intentional inclusion of woman stories (those displaying significant female presence) within the David narrative in the books of Samuel. These stories are made prominent by the surprisingly high number of their occurrences as well as the sequentially progressive literary pattern...

This antiquarian volume contains Karel Capek's "And So Ad Infinitum: An Entomological Review in Three Acts". This delightfully witty and thoroughly thought-provoking play is testament to Capek's mastery of the written word in all its forms, and constitutes a worthy addition to any personal...

This antiquarian volume contains Karel Capek's "And So Ad Infinitum: An Entomological Review in Three Acts". This delightfully witty and thoroughly thought-provoking play is testament to Capek's mastery of the written word in all its forms, and constitutes a worthy addition to any personal...

A bold argument that "and" always means "&," the truth-functional sentential connective.In this book, Barry Schein argues that "and" is always the sentential logical connective with the same, one, meaning. "And" always means "&," across the varied constructions in which it is tokened in...

This is a new edition of the fragments of 'Anonymus Iamblichi', the mysterious Greek author excerpted by Iamblichus in chapter 20 of Protrepticus. The fragments are an important but overlooked source for early Greek ethical and political thought. Among other things, they criticize traditional...

This study examines the ways in which the relationships between the creative power of revolutionary people and the revolutionary power of creative artists, especially writers, are evident in the on-going Arab uprisings. Bringing together literature, cultural geography, and human rights discourse, it explores a...

James 2:19 Says 'You Believe there is 1 one God do you? You are doing quite well, and Yet the demons believe and shudder. It makes sense the Devil and his Demons want you to think God has many names. As long as you...

The impact of data abundance extends well beyond business ensuring funding for social programs. Big Data has the potential to be "humanity's dashboard," an intelligent tool that can help combat poverty, crime and pollution. All these burning issues are covered in the following chapters...

'Arabiyyat al-Naas (Part One), second edition, offers a groundbreaking introduction to Arabic as it is written and spoken by native speakers. It combines a grounding in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) with an innovative integration of the spoken Levantine variety used in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan...

Sir Redmond, Red to his friends, takes you on a wonderful walk round the Australian fishing village where he lives. He has many questions to ask you as he stretches, smells, runs, and explores. Do you know what a lighthouse does? Do you catch...

This book examines to what extent the right of self-defence, as laid down in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, permits States to launch military operations against other States. In particular, it focuses on the occurrence of an 'armed attack' -...

This book examines to what extent the right of self-defence, as laid down in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, permits States to launch military operations against other States. In particular, it focuses on the occurrence of an 'armed attack' -...

This book is related to the Supreme Court of India's Leading 20 Case Laws on 'Armed Forces Tribunal'. Relevant Sections, Case Note-Facts-Findings of the Hon'ble Apex Court and Citation are given for each case. It will be useful for the Advocates of the Armed...

The hugely entertaining autobiography of one of the most popular and highly respected managers in the English Football League.Mention West Ham United FC and the name Harry Redknapp immediately springs to mind. The Hammers' boss is an institution in the game; his experience of...