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What happens when authorities you venerate condone something you know is wrong? Every major religion and philosophy once condoned or approved of slave...
As the founder of Islam Muhammad is one of the most influential figures in history. The furor surrounding the Satanic Verses and the Danish cartoon cr...
The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy
AN INDEPENDENT BEST BOOKS ON RELIGION 2014 PICK Few things provoke controversy in the modern world like the religion brought by Prophet Muhammad. Mode...
General -- From pharmacology to toxicology -- Infection and inflammation -- Nervous system -- Cardiorespiratory and renal systems -- Blood and neoplas...
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the b...
Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World
Contrary to popular opinion, the bulk of Islamic law does not come from the Quran but from hadith, first-hand reports of the Prophet Muhammad’s word...
Art historians have often minimized the variety and complexity of seventeenth-century Spanish painting by concentrating on individual artists and thei...
The Buen Retiro and the Court of Philip IV
The Buen Retiro, a royal retreat and pleasure palace, was built for Philip IV on the outskirts of Madrid in the 1630s. With its superb display of pain...
'I broke some bones and I copped some head knocks. But if I had my time again I would not change a thing.' Three premierships, three club best-and-fai...
Essays in Honor of Jonathan Brown
This series of essays by Jonathan Brown's colleagues, collaborators, and former students are the fruits of his teaching and scholarship. They constitu...
a listener's companion
This is the Ebook version of the award-winning "Great Wagner Conductors" published in 2012, now scarce in print. It contains corrections to the hardba...
1500-1700
El Greco, Ribera, Velázquez, Murillo--these are but a few of the great sixteenth- and seventeenth-century artists of Spain's golden age of painting. ...
Odysseus was notoriously vague about where he lived. Ithaca was the place, he said, but his description of its whereabouts was a mixture of geography ...
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The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS), established in 1984, is a quarterly, double blind peer-reviewed and interdisciplinary journal...
On January 2, 1959, Fidel Castro, the rebel comandante who had just overthrown Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, addressed a crowd of jubilant support...
A Life in Art History
In this lucid, witty book, the eminent art historian Jonathan Brown examines links between his personal life and his study of Hispanic art of the Gold...
El Greco, Ribera, Velazquez, Murillo - these were but a few of the great 16th and 17th century artists whose genius illuminated Spain's golden age of ...
Collecting Art in Seventeenth-Century Europe
A vivid and exciting account of royal collectors, art dealers, connoisseurs, and the rise of old master paintings Old master paintings are among the m...
The interest generated by the conservation and rehanging of a Velazquez picture "Portrait of a Man", led the Metropolitan Museum to consider how it mi...
The mysterious places of Homer are explored in this most extensively illustrated account of the landscape around Troy. Over 170 photographs, 38 old pa...
Sources and Documents
The Baroque period was crucial for the development of art theory and the advancement of the artistic academy. This collection of primary sources bring...
A Comprehensive Discography of Wagner's Music Drama with a Critical Introduction to the Recordings
This critical discography of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde opens with an introduction that illustrates the challenges the opera poses to performers. The...
I broke some bones and I copped some head knocks. But if I had my time again I would not change a thing.' Three premierships, three club best - and - ...
This book is about the rational scientific basis and practice of drug therapy. Doctors need to understand the psychological and medical area in which ...
With world markets upset and economies in recession, the 1920s and '30s were not an easy time for farmers, who required great resilience to survive. J...
The Technique of Genius
This study begins with an introduction to Velazquez's life. The authors then examine how the artist devised his techniques and how they changed over t...
It’s the first time Lou Crasher discovers a corpse. What hurts is the woman, Trix Rockland, was a friend. His instinct screams for him to back out o...
Crime Fiction Inspired by Music in the Dark and Suspect Choices
Whether their cover bands play Willie Dixon or Willie Nelson, juke joints and honky-tonks appeal to hard-working men and women looking for a good time...
Praise for the previous edition: ..".concise and interesting accounts of the [history] of...Argentina...most appropriate for university collections an...
Zurbaran
This volume, with 40 color plates and black-and-white illustrations contains Zurbarán's most important works--his devotional pictures of suppliant mo...
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Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life
Offering a fresh approach to bringing life to schools and schools to life, this book goes beyond touting the benefits of learning gardens to survey th...
Offers a detailed biography of the seventeenth century Spanish painter, looks at all of his paintings, and discusses the original technique Velazquez ...