Goes beyond current events to discuss the history of Islam, describe its basic structure and beliefs, explore the current division between Muslim moderates and extremists, challenge stereotypes, and s
This highly informative and insightful study opens numerous windows into the history of Islamic religious thought in the Malay-Indonesian world from the thirteenth to the late twentieth century. The a
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A Simple Souvenir: Coins and Medals of the Olympic Games serves as the catalogue for the American Numismatic Society's exhibition "Full Circle: The Olympic Heritage in Coins and Medals," shown at the
What if the Allies had been defeated at Normandy? What if the German airborne had kept its wings after the capture of Crete? How would Britain have stood up in the face of tyranny after the fall of Fr
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In the spring term of 1976, a courageous English professor at Lehigh University and fifteen trusting undergraduate students initiated a brave new course on philosophical and practical self-reliance.
