Subject(s): Longhouses -- History -- Borneo | Ethnicity -- History -- Borneo | Community life -- History -- Borneo | Borneo -- Social life and customs | Borneo -- Antiquities | Borneo -- Politics and government | Borneo -- Commerce Social aspects History | Borneo -- Commerce -- China | China -- Commerce -- Borneo | Brunei -- Commerce History Su

Subject(s): Artisans -- History -- Turkey | Occupational mobility -- History -- Turkey | Labor mobility -- History -- Turkey Summary: It has often been assumed that the subjects of the Ottoman sultans were unable to travel beyond their localities - since peasants needed the permission of their local administrators before they could legitimately

Subject(s): Aristotle. De Caelo | Cosmology -- Early to 1800 -- Philosophy Holdings: ,Book - General,Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Library,General Collection,Open Shelf,QB508 A7K3 M233M 1972 v4,Available,00000745312

Subject(s): Learning and scholarship -- History -- 17th century -- Turkey | Learning and scholarship -- History -- 17th century -- Africa, North | Muslim scholars -- History -- 17th century -- Turkey | Muslim scholars -- History -- 17th century -- Africa, North | Muslim philosophers -- History -- 17th century -- Turkey | Muslim philosophers -- Hist

Subject(s): Middle East -- History -- 1914-1923 | Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 | Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945 Summary: "Between 1911 and 1923, a series of wars--chief among them World War I--would engulf the Ottoman Empire and its successor states. It is a story we think we know well, but as Sean McM

Subject(s): Islamic countries -- Civilization | Civilization, Islamic Summary: "Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social, and political forces in history. Over the last 1400 years, from origins in Arabia, a succession of Muslim polities and later empires expanded to control territories and peoples that ultimately stretched

Subject(s): Corporations | Corporate governance | Corporations -- Finance | Corporations -- Valuation | Stockholders Summary: "This book develops a new framework (stakeholder model) that helps understand corporate finance and governance in modern society, where (especially in developed countries) the sources of people's happiness have s

Subject(s): Islamic civilization -- 19th century | Technology -- History -- 19th century -- Islamic countries | Islamic countries -- History -- 19th century Summary: "The second half of the nineteenth century marks a watershed in human history. Railroads linked remote hinterlands with cities; overland and undersea cables connected distant c

Subject(s): Art, Ottoman -- Turkey Istanbul | Art, Ottoman -- Turkey Istanbul | Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 | Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 Summary: "A vibrant artistic milieu emerged in the late-nineteenth century Istanbul that was extremely heterogeneous, including Ottoman, Ottoman-Armenian, French, Ita

Subject(s): Dillon, Sean (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Johnson, Blake (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Ferguson, Charles (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Intelligence officers -- Fiction | Afghan War, 2001- -- Fiction -- Casualties | Secret service -- Fiction | Murder -- Fiction | Suspense fiction Summary: A disturbing tape has made