Subject(s): Hadith | Hadith -- Study and teaching Holdings: ,Book - General,Centre for Foundation Studies Library,General Collection,Open Shelf,BP135 A991S 2012,Available,11100311124

Subject(s): Physics Summary: "Understanding Physics - Second edition is a comprehensive, yet compact, introductory physics textbook aimed at physics undergraduates and also at engineers and other scientists taking a general physics course. Written with today's students in mind, this text covers the core material required by an introduct

Subject(s): Plagiarism | Cheating (Education) -- Prevention | Internet research -- Moral and ethical aspects Summary: Designed to be of use to all levels of educators working with students, from high school to post-graduate, this book addresses the problems and concerns facing librarians and educators involved in the process of teaching academi

Subject(s): Banks and banking -- Islamic countries | Finance -- Islamic countries | Banks and banking, Islamic | Banking law (Islamic law) | Finance -- Religious aspects Islam Summary: Examines the roots of the principles of ethical Islamic financial transactions, which have evolved over several millennia, on issues including usury, interest ra

Subject(s): Self-realization | Happiness | Curiosity Summary: Far from killing cats, curiosity breathes new life into almost everything it touches. Here, Dr. Todd Kashdan offers a profound new message missing from so many books on happiness: the greatest opportunities for joy, purpose, and personal growth don't, in fact, happen when we'

Subject(s): Adult children -- Fiction -- Family relationships | Fathers -- Fiction -- Death | Family secrets -- Fiction | New York (State) -- Fiction Summary: In this book, the author tells the story of a woman's homecoming, a family secret, and the old house that holds the key to the true legacy of a family. At a crossroads in her life, L

Subject(s): Ocean travel -- Fiction Summary: In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the "cat's table"--as far from the Captain's Table as can be--with a ragtag group of "insignificant" adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship

Subject(s): United States. Central Intelligence Agency | Drug traffic -- Government policy -- United States | Drug control -- Political aspects -- United States | Intelligence service -- United States | Afghan War, 2001- -- Causes Summary: This book explores the covert aspects of U.S. foreign policy. The author presents compelling evidence to e

Subject(s): Etiquette -- History | Manners and customs | United States -- Miscellanea -- Civilization Summary: With engaging and artfully presented text, including sidebars on media mavens throughout history, social gaffes, and archaic manners, this book is as entertaining as it is informative. Readers delve into cultural similarities and diffe

Subject(s): Families -- Fiction | Pawleys Island (S.C.) -- Fiction Summary: Emmett and Lauren Sullivan have always been a team, working together to raise their daughters on tranquil Pawley's Island, South Carolina. Now, with all their attention focused on nine-year-old Ainslie, they barely notice as their older daughter Sloan drifts further