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Il Califfato: Un'introduzione Storica

Il Califfato: Un'introduzione Storica

Thomas W. Arnold

Independently Published
2018
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Thomas Arnold nacque a Londra nel 1864 e, dopo aver studiato filosofia, arabo e persiano, divenne uno degli studiosi del mondo islamico pi preparati e scevri di pregiudizi tra la fine del diciannovesimo e l'inizio del ventesimo secolo. Dopo essere giunto in India, quando si trovava all'inizio della sua carriera accademica, accett l'incarico di docente di filosofia al MAO College in Aligarh, dove lavor dal 1888 al 1889 ed ebbe l'opportunit di stringere amicizia con studiosi e attivisti politici indiani del calibro di Shibli Nomani e Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. Un'altra fase importante della vita accademica di Arnold si svolta a Lahore, dove insegn filosofia e ricopr anche l'incarico di direttore presso il Collegio Governativo dal 1898 al 1904, dove divenne l'insegnante di Muhammad Iqbal. Anche dopo aver lasciato l'India britannica, Arnold continu a mantenere i contatti con l'Oriente attraverso i suoi studenti indiani e produsse importanti ricerche dedicate all'Islam e al mondo arabo come, ad esempio, The Caliphate (Oxford, 1924); The Legacy of Islam (Oxford, 1931), il volume Oriental Studies Presented to Edward G. Browne, redatto insieme a R. A. Nicholson e The Preaching of Islam: A History of the Propagation of the Muslim Faith (London, 1896). In questo volume presentiamo per la prima volta in traduzione italiana l'opera The Caliphate, pubblicata originariamente ad Oxford nel 1924, ossia due anni dopo la dissoluzione dell'impero ottomano, ed originariamente composta da una serie di lezioni tenute presso l'Universit di Londra, dove Arnold ricopr la cattedra di lingua araba e studi islamici dal 1921 al 1930, anno della morte.
Mourning in Their Tribe

Mourning in Their Tribe

Thomas W. Sherwood

Independently Published
2018
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Mary Paulson had been down this road all too often. She cowered on the floor by the refrigerator in the kitchen of the two-bedroom apartment on the second floor of a complex named Bayview, east of downtown Grand Junction. The view didn't exist, but neither did the bay...Ben would start drinking at the Main Street Saloon after a day of being a Roustabout on the big oilrigs that shimmered mirage-like in the high desert sun. Quenching his thirst, as Ben called it, not dream chasing, which is what it was, he would come home bitter and full of anger. Mary would walk softly and make sure that his supper was prepared just right. Any little thing would set him off. But nothing set him off like their son Horace...What happens when domestic violence becomes a murder scene, and the son finally emerges from the cocoon of depression and hypersomnia caused by growing up with the daily verbal lacerations of an abusive father, and worsened by a football injury that left him listless and detached from the world? The revenge he plots to avenge his mother's bizarre death at the hands of the police takes over his life, and he pledges to, as Kit Carson described retribution, "Leave mourning in their tribe."Horace's revenge quest intersects with the designs of a small band of urban terrorists deep within Utah's Wasatch Mountains at a lonely retreat called Scare Canyon. Hell bent on derailing America's bicentennial celebration, the secretive group-inspired by the psychotic Jonathon and led by Beatrice and Chrissy-plan to bomb the Freedom Train in the name of the LTE, la Ligue des Terroristes Environnementeaux. They are not about to allow an avowed cop killer to disrupt their scheme.Unwittingly, the detective team of Reynolds and O'Brien, known simply as Mo and OB, stumble through a murder investigation of a fallen police officer and fall into the valley of horror in Scare Canyon.
Bessie's Story - Watching the Lights Go Out

Bessie's Story - Watching the Lights Go Out

Thomas W. Farmen

Bessie's Story, LLC
2018
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Bessie's Story - Watching the Lights Go Out is an inspiring story about a charming, brave, chocolate Lab who gradually loses her eyesight. The author leads the reader from the unexpected diagnosis of terminal blindness for his beloved four-year-old pet through the two-and-a-half year transition to sightlessness. In the process, Bessie unwittingly becomes an expert mentor and teacher for the high-wire act of growing older with grace and optimism.
Bessie's Story - Watching the Lights Go Out

Bessie's Story - Watching the Lights Go Out

Thomas W. Farmen

Bessie's Story, LLC
2018
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Bessie's Story - Watching the Lights Go Out is an inspiring story about a charming, brave, chocolate Lab who gradually loses her eyesight. The author leads the reader from the unexpected diagnosis of terminal blindness for his beloved four-year-old pet through the two-and-a-half year transition to sightlessness. In the process, Bessie unwittingly becomes an expert mentor and teacher for the high-wire act of growing older with grace and optimism.
Unbridled Spirit

Unbridled Spirit

Thomas W Paradis

Thomas Paradis
2020
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Once in a great while the people of Siena, Italy organize a special horse race beyond the normal Palio events of July and August. Known as a Straordinario, or Extraordinary Palio, the city's seventeen timeless contrade (neighborhoods) reserve such events to honor only the most significant occasions, not the least being the Apollo 11 lunar landing and the turn of the millennium. Eighteen years would pass before the next Straordinario featured herein, which arguably pulled the community quite outside its comfort zone. Unbridled Spirit invites readers to dive into the locally contentious effort in October, 2018 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I. Upon Siena's whirlwind decision to hold the event, Thomas Paradis visited off-season to explore the history and meanings of the war and to experience a rare October Palio that came close to not happening at all.Whether you are a newcomer or more familiar with Siena's Palio, Unbridled Spirit offers intriguing local stories and perspectives that help us appreciate what the Palio means to Siena, and how its people rallied to encourage a unique centenary reflection on La Grande Guerra--the Great War. Includes illustrations, glossary, bibliography, and notes.
Living the Palio

Living the Palio

Thomas W Paradis

Thomas W. Paradis
2020
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A maddening, twice-annual horse race held in Siena's public square, the Palio is less a sport than it is a game--one that involves a combination of bare-back riding skills, human deal-making, and a large dose of fate. The 90-second race and the rituals that surround it have continued largely uninterrupted since the 1500s, serving as the primary source of identity for the city's 17 neighborhoods, or contrade. The Palio can therefore confuse short-term visitors who see little more than an afternoon of pageantry followed by three laps of ferocious racing. Living the Palio thus provides a freshly upbeat and accessible introduction to Siena's centuries-old festival, along with the intriguing cultural traditions that underlie it.Join Thomas Paradis on an amusing, instructional romp as he weaves witty stories of personal discovery with a peak into Siena's little-known customs.
Behind the Ballads

Behind the Ballads

Thomas W Paradis

Thomas W. Paradis
2024
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The 2023 premier of Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes introduced global audiences to the songster Lucy Gray Baird and her breathtaking performances. Based on Suzanne Collins' prequel, the dystopian saga's fifth film merges two unlikely worlds-namely Appalachia's distinctive musical traditions with Germany's postwar reconstruction era. These worlds collide in the Capitol's Tenth Hunger Games and the dubious relationship between Lucy Gray and villain-to-be, Coriolanus Snow. This book explores the film as a period piece, including real-world geography, history, and meanings behind Appalachia's District 12 and an emerging fascist Panem. We further delve into the principal filming locations, music production, casting decisions, character philosophies, comparisons with the novel, and of course the intricate backstories to those unforgettable ballads.
A Daughter of Singapore

A Daughter of Singapore

Thomas W Paradis

Thomas W. Paradis
2025
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This is the witty and inspirational early-life memoir of Singapore tour guide, Cathy Ross. As a mixed-race child from a Chinese Catholic family, she lived with her paternal grandmother and was bounced around to various extended family members throughout her youth. She further happened to live amidst Singapore's upheaval from a sleepy, colonial outpost to a bustling, global metropolis that took off during her childhood years. Hers may not be a full-blown "rags to riches" story-after all, she is still seeking the latter. Rather, perhaps her experience is more a "missing parents to middle class" tale, which may be even more relatable to her fellow, first-generation Singaporeans. In many ways, Cathy's personal story parallels that of Singapore, albeit immensely scaled up. She and her country both experienced growing pains, setbacks, lessons learned, hard-won accomplishments, and steadfast perseverance to reach some version of success. Most important, both Cathy and her national leaders remained staunch optimists, dreaming of a brighter future. A Daughter of Singapore weaves these narratives together into a heartwarming story of one woman's love for her nation and her desire to share that love with the rest of us.
Too Late to Pray

Too Late to Pray

Thomas W Lofgren

Mr. Thomas Publishing LLC
2021
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Set in the near future, this dystopian novel follows the adventures of Thomas Cat as he sets out on a near-spiritual journey to find the Prophet, Thomas Speaker. The cat promises to pass on a gift to all humanity should he reach the prophet.There is ever-present danger in the form of the murderous Grizzly who rampages across Midwestern America with his band of prison escapees. But evil takes on different faces. Two lone desperados have taken a keen interest in James Robert Hendrix, a sole survivor struggling on his parent's farm in the heart of the once-great county. Is it luck that brings him together with the cat?As James and Thomas attempt to escape the pair they have the opportunity to discuss the connections between the physical and spiritual planes, the existence of the soul, and Thomas's belief in reincarnation before they are separated and the cat takes his revenge on their two stalkers.Upon his meeting the cat, Christian Chance grows in consciousness and understanding and promises to help in the journey, only to be swept away on his own path. Will he be reunited with his new-found friend?Meanwhile, Grizzly continued spreading mayhem, destroying everything and everyone in his path. He hears of Thomas Speaker and the enclave he built over the decades after the Forever Wars and swears to make it his next target. But, he has dissension in his ranks.The two Thomas' finally meet, a bloody battle is narrowly avoided, and a catastrophe separates the cat from his friends again. Or does it?This comic satire borders on the absurd as it references many cultural artifacts, especially popular music.
How to be Cool

How to be Cool

Thomas W Hodgkinson

Icon Books Ltd
2017
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Cool can't be taught. That's the received wisdom, yet this wry, entertaining compendium by Thomas W. Hodgkinson (author of the indispensable How to Sound Cultured) shows that, on the contrary, anyone can increase their cool quotient by learning from the masters and the methods of the past.It's never an easy journey. But to set yourself on the path to true cool, you'll need this invaluable roadmap.
Superminds

Superminds

Thomas W. Malone

Oneworld Publications
2019
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Is Apple conscious? Could a cyber–human system sense a potential terrorist attack? Or make diagnosing a rare and little-known disease routine? Computers are not replacing us: they are enhancing us. Different intelligences are joining together to do things we thought were impossible. Whether it’s devising innovations to tackle climate change, helping job seekers and employers find one another, or identifying the outbreak of a serious disease, groups of humans and machines are already working together to solve all sorts of problems. And they will do a lot more. The future will be like another world – a place where we’ll think differently. In many ways, we are already there.
The Journey

The Journey

Thomas W. Fumea

Independently Published
2019
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The majority of my poetry has been inspired by my exposure to this diverse realm with the exception of the book you are now holding in your hands which has unfortunately been inspired by the passing of my lovely wife; Marie Teresa Fumea, born 3-2-55 in Belfast, Ireland, raised in Glasgow, Scotland and passed March 29, 2018 in Gainesville, Florida. If just one of these poems has touched your heart or soul, then I can find relief in saying that with the help of the good Lord, I've done my job.
Rewriting the First Crusade

Rewriting the First Crusade

Thomas W. Smith

BOYDELL BREWER LTD
2024
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An exploration of the letters from the First Crusade, yielding evidence for a number of reinterpretations of the movement. The letters stemming from the First Crusade are premier sources for understanding the launch, campaign, and aftermath of the expedition. Between 1095 and 1100, epistles sustained social relationships across the Mediterranean and within Europe, as a mixture of historical writing, literary invention, news, and theological interpretation. They served ecclesiastical administration, projected authority, and formed focal points for spiritual commemoration and para-liturgical campaigns. This volume, grounded on extensive research into the original manuscripts, and presenting numerous new manuscript witnesses, argues that some of the letters are post hoc "inventions", composed by generations of scribe-readers who visited crusading sites from the twelfth century on, adding new layers of meaning in the form of interpolations and post-scripts. Drawing upon this new understanding, and blurring the distinction of epistolary "reality", it rewrites central aspects of the history of the First Crusade, considering the documents in a new way: as markers of enthusiasm and support for the crusade movement among monastic clergy, who copied and consumed them as a form of scribal crusading. Whether authentic letters or literary "confections", they functioned as communal sites for the celebration, commemoration and memorialisation of the expedition.
The International Dictionary of Accounting Acronyms

The International Dictionary of Accounting Acronyms

Thomas W. Morris

Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group
1999
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The International Dictionary of Accounting Acronyms is a must for busy professionals and students involved in accounting or finance. This comprehensive reference book defines close to 2,000 acronyms. Examples and graphic illustrations are used throughout to clarify definitions. The Dictionary contains an appendix of sources of further information and is fully cross-referenced.
Solitary Sex

Solitary Sex

Thomas W Laqueur

Zone Books
2004
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A historical account of masturbation as a moral issue and cultural taboo.At a time when almost any victimless sexual practice has its public advocates and almost every sexual act is fit for the front page, the easiest, least harmful, and most universal one is embarrassing, discomforting, and genuinely radical when openly acknowledged. Masturbation may be the last taboo. But this is not a holdover from a more benighted age. The ancient world cared little about the subject; it was a backwater of Jewish and Christian teaching about sexuality. In fact, solitary sex as a serious moral issue can be dated with a precision rare in cultural history; Laqueur identifies it with the publication of the anonymous tract Onania in about 1722. Masturbation is a creation of the Enlightenment, of some of its most important figures, and of the most profound changes it unleashed. It is modern. It worried at first not conservatives, but progressives. It was the first truly democratic sexuality that could be of ethical interest for women as much as for men, for boys and girls as much as for their elders.The book's range is vast. It begins with the prehistory of solitary sex in the Bible and ends with third-wave feminism, conceptual artists, and the Web. It explains how and why this humble and once obscure means of sexual gratification became the evil twin-or the perfect instance-of the great virtues of modern humanity and commercial society: individual moral autonomy and privacy, creativity and the imagination, abundance and desire.
Phased-Array Radar Design

Phased-Array Radar Design

Thomas W. Jeffrey

SciTech Publishing Inc
2009
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Phased-Array Radar Design is a text-reference designed for electrical engineering graduate students in colleges and universities as well as for corporate in-house training programs for radar design engineers, especially systems engineers and analysts who would like to gain hands-on, practical knowledge and skills in radar design fundamentals, advanced radar concepts, trade-offs for radar design and radar performance analysis. This book is a concise yet complete treatment of the relationship between mission-level requirements and specific hardware and software requirements and capabilities. Although focusing on surface-based radars, the material is general enough to serve as a useful addition to books currently available for this purpose. It covers all phases of design and development, including the development of initial concepts and overall system requirements, system architecture, hardware and software subsystem requirements, detailed algorithms and system integration and test. This book provides a wealth of information rarely covered in one book. It is unique in that it provides a hands on and how to perspective on applying radar theory to design and analysis. Rather than being a theory and derivations-type, this book is applications-oriented making it different from other published works on this subject.