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Paperback. The many political lives of an Indian Ocean metropolis, as seen through the eyes of scholars, writers and activists. Editor(s): Khan, Nichola. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HBJF; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849047265
ISBN
9781849047265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.95

Paperback. Presents the rules of conduct that remain fundamental to Muslims - the key Islamic values of prayer, fasting, pilgrimage and absolute faith in God, with spiritual guidance on matters of kinship, marriage and family, crime and punishment, rituals, food, warfare and charity. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HRHS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 38. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105886
ISBN
9780143105886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Considered in Islam to be the infallible word of God, The Qur'an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel in a series of divine revelations. This title features Adam, Moses, Abraham, Jesus and John the Baptist, among others, who are regarded, like Muhammad, to be prophets of the Muslim faith. Translator(s): Khalidi, Tarif. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HRHS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455441
ISBN
9780140455441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 319.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Beacon Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807033241
ISBN
9780807033241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPN; HBJF1; HBLW; HBWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166690
ISBN
9780231166690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00
€ 29.12

Paperback. Contributors, including C. Ernest Dawn, Mahmoud Haddad, Reeva Simon, and Beth Baron, provide a broad survey of the Arab world at the turn of the century, permitting a comparison of developments in a variety of settings from Syria and Egypt to the Hijaz, Libya, and Iraq. Editor(s): Khalidi, Rashid; Anderson, Lisa; Muslih, Muhammad Y.; Simon, Reeva S. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
325
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074353
ISBN
9780231074353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. "A fascinating anthology of historical narratives composed from the late sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries by European women abducted by Muslim corsairs and enslaved in North Africa during the age of piracy. Many of the narratives are very rare and are by women coming from diverse social and economic backgrounds"-- Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; HBTB; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349307487
ISBN
9781349307487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 184.42

Hardcover. A fascinating anthology of narratives from the period 1735-1830, by European women who recount their enslavement in North Africa. The first such collection, it includes an extensive introduction which links the discourse on contemporary Western women captives in Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq with that of former white captives in North Africa. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221987
ISBN
9780230221987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.98
€ 136.94

Paperback. New media flows have sparked a boom of Muslim, Christian and Jewish religious channels in the Middle East. This is a close content analysis of the impact on religious broadcasting in the Middle East. It examines how the highly charged political and religious ferment in the Middle East plays out in the media Editor(s): Hroub, Khaled. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; APT; HRA; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041331
ISBN
9781849041331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.95

hardcover. Attitudes toward homosexuality in the premodern Arab-Islamic world are commonly depicted as schizophrenic. This title argues that this apparent paradox is based on the anachronistic assumption that homosexuality is a timeless, self-evident fact to which a particular culture reacts with some degree of tolerance or intolerance. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780226729886
ISBN
9780226729886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.50
€ 45.64

Paperback. Attitudes toward homosexuality in the premodern Arab-Islamic world are commonly depicted as schizophrenic. This title argues that this apparent paradox is based on the anachronistic assumption that homosexuality is a timeless, self-evident fact to which a particular culture reacts with some degree of tolerance or intolerance. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
49267th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226729893
ISBN
9780226729893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.00
€ 25.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Anatolios, Khaled. Series: Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRCC8; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801048975
ISBN
9780801048975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 185 x 31. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742550933
ISBN
9780742550933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.29

Paperback. The events of September 11 and the subsequent war on terrorism have provoked widespread discussion about the possibility of democracy in the Islamic world. This work aims to engage the reader in a discourse on the challenges of democracy in contemporary Islam. Editor(s): Cohen, Joshua; Chasman, Deborah. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691119380
ISBN
9780691119380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.39

Hardcover. This book presents a critical edition of the twelfth/eighteenth century manuscript on the subject of legal maxims 'Umdat al-Nazir 'ala al-Ashbah wa'l-Naza'ir'. Series: Monographs in Arabic and Islamic Texts. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 821.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Critical
SKU
V9781781793992
ISBN
9781781793992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.77

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909384989
ISBN
9781909384989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.96

Paperback. This book presents an atheistic case against the legalization of assisted suicide. Critical of both sides of the argument, it questions the assumptions behind the discussion. Yuill shows that our attitudes towards suicide - not euthanasia - are most important to our attitudes towards assisted suicide. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137487469
ISBN
9781137487469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.52

Paperback. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742549982
ISBN
9780742549982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.12

Hardcover. This book presents an atheistic case against the legalization of assisted suicide. Critical of both sides of the argument, it questions the assumptions behind the discussion. Yuill shows that our attitudes towards suicide - not euthanasia - are most important to our attitudes towards assisted suicide. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137286291
ISBN
9781137286291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.68

Paperback. For the first time, using recently declassified materials and extensive interviews with those involved, Looking Down the Corridors provides a detailed account and analysis of these operations and their unique contribution to the Cold War. Num Pages: 224 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750979474
ISBN
9780750979474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.73

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