Subject(s): Muslims -- Civilization | Muslims -- Relations | Islamic countries -- History | Islamic countries -- Relations | Islamic countries -- Civilization Summary: Cosmopolitanism has become a key concept in social and political thought, standing in opposition to ideologies such as nationalism, parochialism and fundamentalism. Much recent d

Subject(s): Small business | Small business -- Location | New business enterprises | Entrepreneurship | Success in business Summary: "100 Cities. 100 Entrepreneurs. 9 Keys for Success. Main Street Entrepreneur offers a unique look at what it takes to create a successful and thriving business. Lifelong entrepreneur, business consultant and

Subject(s): Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Early works to 1800 | Qur'an -- Criticism, Textual | Qur'an -- History | Manuscripts, Arabic -- History | Manuscripts, Arabic -- Yemen Summary: The Sanaa Palimpsest: The Transmission of the Qur'an in the First Centuries AH' provides a new annotated edition of the two layers of the 'Sa

Subject(s): Islam -- History -- Africa | Islamic renewal -- Africa | Islamic awakening -- Africa | Islam and politics Summary: Based on twelve case studies (Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and the Comoros), this book looks at patterns and peculiarities of different traditions of Islamic r

Subject(s): Evolution -- Religious aspects Christianity | Religion and science Summary: From the Publisher: Finally, the war between science and religion is over. The winner? All of us. With supporters from an incredibly wide spectrum of backgrounds and beliefs, including five Nobel laureates, Thank God for Evolution! builds bridges, provides

Subject(s): Computer security | Hackers | Hacking | Computer networks -- Security measures Summary: Takes you inside the world of cybersecurity to show you what goes on behind the scenes, and introduces you to the men and women on the front lines of this technological arms race. Twenty-six of the world's top white hat hackers, security rese

Subject(s): Rutledge, Ian (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Murder -- Fiction -- Investigation | Police -- Fiction -- Great Britain | Traffic accidents -- Fiction Summary: "Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge finds himself caught in a twisted web of vengeance, old grievances, and secrets that lead back to World War I in the nineteenth instal

Subject(s): Arab Spring, 2010- | Islam and politics -- Tunisia | Islam and politics -- Egypt | Islam and politics -- Saudi Arabia | Islamic fundamentalism -- Political aspects -- Tunisia | Islamic fundamentalism -- Political aspects -- Egypt | Islamic fundamentalism -- Political aspects -- Saudi Arabia | Tunisia -- Politics and government -- 2011-

Subject(s): Islam and politics | Liberation theology | | Philosophy, Islamic Summary: This study analyses the commentaries of four Muslim intellectuals who have turned to scripture as a liberating text to confront an array of problems, from patriarchy, racism, and empire to poverty and interreligious communal violence. Shadaab Rahemtulla consi

Subject(s): Composition (Language arts) -- Study and teaching (Primary) | Creative writing (Primary education) | English language -- Composition and exercises Study and teaching (Primary) Summary: Written by an experienced teacher and literacy consultant, Planning to Teach Writing offers an easy-to-use, tried-and-tested framework that will redu