The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler's Fight for His Mother
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Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure...
Treasures from the Sea: Sea Silk and Shellfish Purple Dye in Antiquity
Alice Feiring, Hedvig Landenius Enegren and Francesco Meo
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This interdisciplinary volume presents a collection of 17 papers which treat the current state of...
Trophies of Victory: Public Building in Periklean Athens
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The Greek military victories at Marathon, Salamis, and Plataia during the Persian Wars profoundly...
Sanctioning Modernism: Architecture and the Making of Postwar Identities
Vladimir Kuli, Timothy Parker, Monica Penick and Frederick Steiner
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In the decades following World War II, modern architecture spread around the globe alongside...
Pindar's Eyes: Visual and Material Culture in Epinician Poetry
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Pindar's Eyes is a ground-breaking interdisciplinary exploration of the interactions between Greek...
The Art of RF (Riba-Free) Islamic Banking and Finance: Tools and Techniques for Community-Based Banking
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Updated and expanded insights into Islamic banking and finance From Yahia Abdul-Rahman-the father of...
The Market as God
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The Market has deified itself, according to Harvey Cox's brilliant exegesis. And all of the world's...
Yearning to Labor: Youth, Unemployment, and Social Destiny in Urban France
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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, France underwent a particularly turbulent period...
Designing Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Focusing on West and Southern Africa, this book provides a comprehensive historical analysis of...
Light in the Heavens: Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad
Al-Qudai Al-Qadi and Tahera Qutbuddin
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The words of Muhammad (d. 11 H/632 AD), God's messenger and prophet of Islam, have a special place...