{"product_id":"the-seventh-courtyard-glenn-p-wood-9798295769849","title":"The Seventh Courtyard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Seventh Courtyard\u003c\/strong\u003e by Glenn P. Wood is a bilingual English-Arabic reader that brings the Islamic world to life through the imagined voices of historic objects, vessels, coins, cups, bowls, boxes, and fragments that have crossed centuries of faith, trade, art, scholarship, conquest, and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with English on the left and Arabic on the right, this collection is designed for serious reading, classroom use, and self-study. The Arabic translation uses Modern Standard Arabic, making the text accessible to learners, heritage readers, and culturally curious audiences across the Arab and Islamic worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach story begins with a real antique or archaeological object, then transforms it into a witness of human experience. An Ottoman powder flask remembers power and discipline. A Judean cup carries questions of naming and careful conservation. An Islamic coin reflects faith, trade, and the meaning of value. A Nishapur bowl speaks of healing, knowledge, and the fragile ideal of care. A rock crystal vase reveals wonder, stewardship, and the ethics of possession. A Persian box from Shiraz evokes poetry, perfume routes, and grace. Other pieces guide readers through themes of vigilance, ruin, rebuilding, loyalty, patronage, and the politics of gifts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending historical imagination with cultural reflection, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Seventh Courtyard\u003c\/strong\u003e invites readers to see artifacts not as silent remnants, but as vessels of memory. Through them, Glenn P. Wood explores how objects preserve the stories of civilizations, the hands that shaped them, and the people who carried them across borders, languages, and generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly rooted in Islamic heritage and written for bilingual readers, collectors, students, and lovers of history, this book offers a thoughtful journey into the shared human inheritance found in art, faith, craft, and storytelling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Glenn P. Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798295769849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Veritas Ink and Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.34d","brand":"Glenn P. Wood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49002001334527,"sku":"9798295769849","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-seventh-courtyard-glenn-p-wood-9798295769849","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}