Subject(s): Islam -- History | Islamic literature -- Criticism, Textual | Islam -- Relations -- Christianity | Christianity and other religions -- Islam | Islam -- Europe Subject: "Eighteen colleagues from i.a. KU Leuven, IDEO, UCL, Universite de Provence, University of Birmingham and Institut Catholique de Paris have contributed to this L

Subject(s): War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Political aspects -- United States | Terrorism -- Prevention History -- 21st century | Military history, Modern -- 21st century | World politics -- 21st century Summary: "Trapped in a forever war by 9/11, in Spiral Mark Danner describes a nation that has been altered in fundamental ways. President

Subject(s): Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013 -- Criticism and interpretation Summary: The death of Nobel Prize-winning Doris Lessing sparked a range of commemorations that cemented her place as one of the major figures of twentieth- and twenty-first-century world literature. This volume views Lessing's writing as a whole and in retrospect, focusin

Subject(s): Young women -- Fiction | Great Britain -- Fiction -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 Summary: "In this intriguing novel of romance, mystery, and clever disguise set in Victorian England, a young woman investigates the murder of her own father. After the mysterious death of her father, Miss Gillian Young takes a new job as the pr

Subject(s): Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation | Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976 -- Influence | Self in literature Summary: Breaking fresh ground in Woolfian scholarship, this study presents a timely and compelling interpretation of Virginia Woolf's textual treatment of the relationship between self and world from the p

Subject(s): Islam and politics -- History -- 20th century -- Middle East | Islam and state -- History -- 20th century -- Middle East | Democratization -- History -- 20th century -- Middle East | Arab Spring, 2010- | Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945- | Democracy and Islam Summary: "Why and how did Islam become such a political

Subject(s): Wumingshi -- Criticism and interpretation | Xu, Xu, 1908-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation | Chinese literature -- History and criticism -- 20th century | Modernism (Literature) -- China Summary: This book introduces and analyzes the fiction of Xu Xu and Wuminghsi and shows their importance during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45)

Subject(s): Communication in organizations -- Congresses | Interpersonal relations -- Congresses | Psychology, Industrial -- Congresses | Conference proceedings, published Summary: Moving between linguistic, professional and national boundaries is part of daily reality in the modern workplace. A changing employment market means frequently cross

Subject(s): Arabic language -- Grammar Theory, etc. History | Arabic language -- Discourse analysis | Arabic language -- Usage | Arabic language -- Rhetoric Summary: "This lively introduction to the linguistics of Arabic provides students with a concise overview of the language's structure and its various components: its phonology, morp

Subject(s): Stocks | Investments | Portfolio management Summary: "For generations investors have believed that risk and return are inseparable. But is this really true? In high returns from low risk, Pim van Vliet, founder and fund manager of multi-billion Conservative Equity funds at Robeco and expert in the field of low-risk investing, co