The no-nonsense guide to Islam

For many non-Muslims, the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 in the US deepened an association of Islam with violence, despotism and suppression. They asked: Why are Muslims so violent? How can Islam justify the terrorism of al-Qaeda, the suicide bombers in Palestine, the beheadings ...

Fundamentalism

the search for meaning

Paul

his story

A dictionary of Contemporary World History

from 1900 to the present day

The concise Oxford Dictionary of Music

Epics of sumerian kings

the matter of Aratta

Between text and artifact

integrating archaeology in biblical studies teaching

Biblical scholars by training and inclination focus on texts, and as much as they might want to add a physical dimension to their teaching, have little or nor expertise in archaeology. Some that have integrated the two fields explain how to go about it. Among ...

Jewish book art between islam and christianity

the decoration of hebrew bibles in Medieval Spain

Love, war, and the grail

templars, hospitallers, and teutonic knights in medieval epic and romance 1150-1500

Originally published by Brill in 2001 as part of the series History of Warfare . Scholars of the crusades, medieval history, and medieval literature will welcome the paperback reprinting of this interdisciplinary study. Nicholson (Cardiff U., Wales), who has published extensively on the history of the ...

Making history

agency, structure, and change in social theory

Making History is about the question - central to social theory - of how human agents draw their powers from the social structures they are involved in. Drawing on classical Marxism, analytical philosophy, and a wide range of historical writing, Alex Callinicos seeks to avoid two unacceptable ...

Trade politics

Trade has always been an intensely political activity. Its conduct determines the well-being of entire national communities, and expansion of trade since the Second World War has been one of the major engines of world economic growth. In this new, fully updated edition, leading experts ...

City of gold

an apology for global capitalism in a time of discontent

INDICE Part One: Desire's Constitution 1. Conception 2. Money as Communication 3. Finance and the War Against Time 4. Urban Renewal 5. Governance Part Two: Constitutional Critique 6. Alienation 7. Inauthenticity 8. Identity, Tense Part Three: Exhausted Philosophies 9. The Reformation of Economics 10 ...

Divergent dynamics of economic growth

studies in adaptative economizing, technology change and economic developement

This book explains how changing technology and economizing behavior induce vast changes in productivity, resource allocation, labor utilization, and patterns of living. Economic growth is seen as a process by which businesses, regimes, countries, and the whole world pass through distinct epochs, each one emerging ...

The European Union and e-Voting

addressing the European Parliament's internet voting challenge

The European Union and E- Voting investigates one of the latest potential changes in the 'technology of democracy' - electronic voting. It explores how it may impact on traditional mechanisms of democratic participation, raising issues that go to the very core of contemporary governance. Among the ...

Knowledge and competitive advantage

the coevolution of firms, technology and national institutions

Politics and the European Commission

actors, interdependence, legitimacy

The European Commission is an organization which has come to fascinate or repulse a range of national politicians, journalists and social scientists. In contrast to the prevailing image of the Commission as a 'bureaucrat's paradise', however, and by using the results of original research ...

Electronic democracy

mobilisation, organisation and participation via new ICTs

The strategic partnering handbook

the practitioner's guide to partnerships and alliances

With the global economy now a reality, the objectives of becoming internationally competitive and world class are imperatives for all successful businesses entering the new millennium. Critical to this success and to the development of sustainable competitive advantage will be the quality of relationships developed ...

Secrets of the undergroundtrader

advanced methods for short-term and swing trading any market

Short-term and swing trading has become the strategy of choice for active, aggressive traders and investors. Secrets of the Undergroundtrader details the advanced methods todays most successful traders live by, from stochastics and candlesticks to 3-price breaks, volatility signals, and more. Each of these methods ...

The e-learning fieldbook

implementation lessons and case studies from companies that are making e-learning work

The E-Learning Fieldbook teaches the expensive lessons learned by leading companies as they have implemented E-learning. Based on 25 case studies of best practices in e-Learning implementation from: Home Depot, Deloitte, JP Morgan, McDonalds, Unilever, Wachovia, BMW, INSEAD, and more, this indispensable guide helps readers ...