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Defining Boundaries in al-Andalus: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Islamic Iberia by Janina M. Safran Defining Boundaries in al-Andalus: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Islamic Iberia by Janina M. Safran PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Al-Andalus, the Arabic name for the medieval Islamic state in Iberia, endured for over 750 years following the Arab and Berber conquest of Hispania in 711. While the popular perception of al-Andalus is that of a land of religious tolerance and cultural cooperation, the fact is that we know relatively little about how Muslims governed Christians and Jews in al-Andalus and about social relations among Muslims, Christians, and Jews. In Defining Boundaries in al-Andalus , Janina M. Safran takes a close look at the structure and practice of Muslim political and legal-religious authority and offers a rare look at intercommunal life in Iberia during the first three centuries of Islamic rule. Safran makes creative use of a body of evidence that until now has gone lar...

Light Scattering by Ice Crystals: Fundamentals and Applications by Kuo-Nan Liou, Ping Yang Light Scattering by Ice Crystals: Fundamentals and Applications by Kuo-Nan Liou, Ping Yang PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad This research volume outlines the scientific foundations that are central to our current understanding of light scattering, absorption and polarization processes involving ice crystals. It also demonstrates how data from satellite remote sensing of cirrus clouds can be combined with radiation parameterizations in climate models to estimate the role of these clouds in temperature and precipitation responses to climate change. Providing a balanced treatment of the fundamentals and applications, this book synthesizes the authors' own work, as well as that of other leading researchers in this area. Numerous illustrations are included, including three-dimensional schematics, to provide a concise discussion of the subject and enable easy visualization of the key concepts. This book...

The Ghost and Bertie Boggin by Martin Waddell The Ghost and Bertie Boggin by Martin Waddell PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Bertie Boggin is the smallest of the Bogginses. His older brother and sister, won't play with him and he has nothing to do. Then he sees the notice on the coalshed - and there inside is the Ghost! Bertie and the Ghost quickly become friends and share all sorts of adventures. From reader reviews: Melanie Pemberton: Book is to be different for every grade. Book for children till adult are different content. As you may know that book is very important for all of us. The book The Ghost and Bertie Boggin had been making you to know about other know-how and of course you can take more information. It is extremely advantages for you. The book The Ghost and Bertie Boggin is not only giving you a lot more new information but also to become your friend when you truly feel bored. You can spend your personal spend time to read your reserve. Try to make relationship together w...

Rand McNally Easyfinder Indianapolis Map by Rand McNally Rand McNally Easyfinder Indianapolis Map by Rand McNally PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad LAMINATED MAP From reader reviews: John Lyons: Book is written, printed, or illustrated for everything. You can realize everything you want by a e-book. Book has a different type. As we know that book is important matter to bring us around the world. Next to that you can your reading talent was fluently. A guide Rand McNally Easyfinder Indianapolis Map will make you to become smarter. You can feel much more confidence if you can know about everything. But some of you think that will open or reading some sort of book make you bored. It is not necessarily make you fun. Why they are often thought like that? Have you in search of best book or ideal book with you? June Whitaker: What do you think of book? It is just for students because they are still students or it for all people in the world, what best subject for that? Only you can be answered for tha...

Artificially Sweet Delinquent by Sabrina Eiya Makein Artificially Sweet Delinquent by Sabrina Eiya Makein PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Beverley Whatman is a blind, innocent and friendless creature. Her mother is always busy but when she's at home it's as though Beverley is non-existent in London. Being a blind teenager never felt more peculiar and-boring. On top of that her brother, Frederick, is more of a secret. There are certain unusual occurrences in the Whatman residence, but it really wasn't until Beverley met Amanda that things utterly changed-life was just not the same anymore. Befriending Amanda only meant two things: Trouble and Change. Amanda teaches Beverley to do things she only dreamt of and say things she normally wouldn't. She is the friend who Beverley is in dire need of. But on Beverley's 19th birthday life begins to prevail before her eyes prior to and after her abrupt and crucial departure to Sudan. In Artificially Sweet Delinquent...

Disciplining Statistics: Demography and Vital Statistics in France and England, 1830–1885 (Politics, History, and Culture) by Libby Schweber Disciplining Statistics: Demography and Vital Statistics in France and England, 1830–1885 (Politics, History, and Culture) by Libby Schweber PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad In Disciplining Statistics Libby Schweber compares the science of population statistics in England and France during the nineteenth century, demonstrating radical differences in the interpretation and use of statistical knowledge. Through a comparison of vital statistics and demography, Schweber describes how the English government embraced statistics, using probabilistic interpretations of statistical data to analyze issues related to poverty and public health. The French were far less enthusiastic. Political and scientific élites in France struggled with the “reality” of statistical populations, wrestling with concerns about the accuracy of figures that aggregated heterogeneous gro...

The Dog Who Knew Too Much: A Chet and Bernie Mystery (The Chet and Bernie Mystery Series) by Spencer Quinn The Dog Who Knew Too Much: A Chet and Bernie Mystery (The Chet and Bernie Mystery Series) by Spencer Quinn PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad The fourth entry in the irresistible New York Times bestselling mystery series featuring canine narrator Chet and his human companion Bernie Little—“the coolest human/pooch duo this side of Wallace and Gromit” ( Kirkus Reviews ) Humor and intrigue combine for a “thoroughly entertaining comic mystery” ( Booklist ) as Spencer Quinn’s engaging and unlikely team of crime solvers takes on the case of a boy gone missing from a wilderness camp. The kid’s mother thinks her ex-husband snatched their son, but Chet’s always reliable nose leads Bernie in a new and dangerous direction. Meanwhile, matters at home get complicated when a stray puppy that looks suspiciously like Chet shows up. Affairs of the heart collide with a job that’s never been tougher, requiri...

Integrating Religion and Spirituality into Counseling: A Comprehensive Approach (Spirituality/Religious Values) by Marsha Wiggins Frame Integrating Religion and Spirituality into Counseling: A Comprehensive Approach (Spirituality/Religious Values) by Marsha Wiggins Frame PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad This text is intended to help counselors and other mental health practitioners make informed and effective interventions with clients for whom religion and spirituality are significant concerns. It is comprehensive, providing information on religious systems and spiritual beliefs as well as clinical strategies and interventions. Throughout the text, the author weaves the theme in of understanding how the counselor's own worldview and values impact working with clients and offers activities and cases for exploring this further. From reader reviews: Jetta Butler: Why don't make it to be your habit? Right now, try to prepare your time to do the important action, like looking for your favor...

The Legacy of Americo Paredes by Jose R. Lopez Morin The Legacy of Americo Paredes by Jose R. Lopez Morin PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Américo Paredes (1915–99) is one of the seminal figures in Mexican American studies. With this first book-length biography of Paredes, author José R. López Morín offers fresh insight into the life and work of this influential scholar, as well as the close relationship between his experience and his thought. Morín shows how Mexican literary traditions—particularly the performance contexts of oral “literature”—shaped Paredes’s understanding of his people and his critique of Anglo scholars’ portrayal of Mexican American history, character, and cultural expressions. Although he surveys all of Paredes’s work, Morín focuses most heavily on his masterpiece, With a Pistol in His Hand. It is in this book that Morín sees Paredes’s innovative interdisciplinary approach most effectively expressed. Dealing as he did with a people at the intersection of cultures, Paredes...

Wynonna Earp: Strange Inheritance by Beau Smith Wynonna Earp: Strange Inheritance by Beau Smith PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Wynonna Earp, descendent of the famous lawman, follows in Wyatt's shoes, but with one difference: she brings the unnatural to justice! Redneck, trailer trash, drug-running vampires, bounty-hunting biker werewolves, immortal desperadoes, an ancient mummy hitman and the Egyptian Mafia: these are the kinds of perpetrators that covert U.S. Marshal Wynonna Earp hunts down on a regular basis. Collects all of the early tales including the original mini-series, "Home on the Strange," "Blood is the Harvest," and "The Yeti Wars." From reader reviews: Rita Dubois: Often the book Wynonna Earp: Strange Inheritance will bring one to the new experience of reading a new book. The author style to explain the idea is very unique. Should you try to find new book to read, this book very suitable to you. The book Wynonna Earp: Strange Inheritance is much...

Sew Mini Animals: More Than 12 Animal Plushies to Stitch & Stuff (Klutz) by Editors of Klutz Sew Mini Animals: More Than 12 Animal Plushies to Stitch & Stuff (Klutz) by Editors of Klutz PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Stitch and stuff an assortment of fuzzy animals from felt! These mini plushies are full-sized fun, and everything you need to make up to 14 animals is included. Add extra accessories like hats, bows, and glasses to personalize your animals. We must admit, they rate pretty high on the look-what-I-made scale of satisfaction Contains: 3 pages of paper patterns 12 sheets of felt 8 colors of embroidery floss 15 sets of precut felt eyes and cheeks 2 embroidery needles 1 bag of polyfill stuffin From reader reviews: Loyd Tyler: This Sew Mini Animals: More Than 12 Animal Plushies to Stitch & Stuff (Klutz) are generally reliable for you who want to be considered a successful person, why. The explanation of this Sew Mini Animals: More Than 12 Animal Plushies to Stitch ...

Fonts & Encodings by Yannis Haralambous Fonts & Encodings by Yannis Haralambous PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad This reference is a fascinating and complete guide to using fonts and typography on the Web and across a variety of operating systems and application software. Fonts & Encodings shows you how to take full advantage of the incredible number of typographic options available, with advanced material that covers everything from designing glyphs to developing software that creates and processes fonts. The era of ASCII characters on green screens is long gone, and industry leaders such as Apple, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle have adopted the Unicode Worldwide Character Standard. Yet, many software applications and web sites still use a host of standards, including PostScript, TrueType, TeX/Omega, SVG, Fontlab, FontForge, Metafont, Panose, and OpenType. This book explores each option in depth, and provides background behind the processes that comprise today's "digital...

BLANK Sketchbook for Kids (Extra Large-Made with Standard White Paper-Best for Crayons, Colored Pencils, Watercolor Paints and Very Light Fine Tip Markers ) (Volume 1) by Creative Learning Tools BLANK Sketchbook for Kids (Extra Large-Made with Standard White Paper-Best for Crayons, Colored Pencils, Watercolor Paints and Very Light Fine Tip Markers ) (Volume 1) by Creative Learning Tools PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Encourage your child to let their creativity flow with this blank sketchbook. This particular sketchbook was designed for small children who just want to be free to draw whatever they want. However, some older kids who like to draw are sure to enjoy this book as well. Includes 97 blank pages with a section at the top for your child to write the title. Kids can also color in the title box or ask an adult to help them choose a title. This book is also great for kids to who like to create sticker and glitter art. Combine this book with a sticker book for more creative options. One...

The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life by John le Carré The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life by John le Carré PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad "Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit. First comes the imagining, then the search for reality. Then back to the imagining, and to the desk where I'm sitting now."          From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War, to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, le Carré has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his first memoir, le Carré is as funny as he is incisive, reading into the events he witnesses the same moral ambiguity with which he imbues his novels. Whether he's writing about the parrot at a Beirut hotel that could perfectly mimic machine gun fire or the opening bars of Beethoven’s Fifth, v...

An Artist's Letters from Japan by Forage, John La Farge An Artist's Letters from Japan by Forage, John La Farge PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. From reader reviews: Freddie Patton: Why don't make it to be your habit? Right now, try to prepare your time to do the important work, like looking for your favorite publication and reading a guide. Beside you can solve your long lasting problem; you can add your knowledge by the reserve entitled An Artist's Letters from Japan. Try to stumble through book An Artist's Letters from Japan as your buddy. It means that it can to be your friend when you sense alone and beside those of course make you smarter than before. Yeah, it is very fortuned for yourself. The book makes you far more confidence because you can know anything by the book. So , we should make new experience and knowledge with this book. Erin Mohammad: Often the book An A...

Legal Research, Loose-Leaf Version by William H. Putman, Jennifer Albright Legal Research, Loose-Leaf Version by William H. Putman, Jennifer Albright PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Learn to conduct legal research without wasting time or duplicating effort! This one-of-a-kind text covers every phase of the legal research process and includes examples, illustrations, and assignments based on real-life cases. Practical information in every chapter shows you how to identify key facts and issues in a case, how to conduct statutory and case law research and analysis, as well as how to brief cases, research secondary authority, conduct electronic legal research and counteranalysis, and cite authority. Designed to help you develop an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals of legal research, the book guides you through each step in the research process, including how to determine what to research, how to identify key facts and terms, what to look for when researching, what to do with the research...

Encyclopedia of Human Services: Master Review and Tutorial for the Human Services-Board Certified Practitioner Examination (HS-BCPE) by Howard Rosenthal Encyclopedia of Human Services: Master Review and Tutorial for the Human Services-Board Certified Practitioner Examination (HS-BCPE) by Howard Rosenthal PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Dr. Howard Rosenthal, author of the best-selling counseling exam book of all time, the Encyclopedia of Counseling , has now created the Encyclopedia of Human Services: Master Review and Tutorial for the Human Services-Board Certified Examination (HS-BCPE) . Helpers can read this book to snare the Human Services-Board Certified Practitioner (HS-BCP) credential to take their career to the next level! Dr. Rosenthal’s unique, reader-friendly style actually makes exam prep enjoyable! Reads like a novel, but imparts information like a graduate text. Who else wants to say, "I passed!"? From reader reviews: Deborah Ayers: What do you concentrate on book? It i...