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Ancient Egypt Investigated: 101 Important Questions and Intriguing Answers [9781780762302]

How well do we really know ancient Egypt? The world of the Egyptians seems so familiar to us: exhibitions of ancient art and archaeological discoverie…

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Ancient Greece and American Conservatism: Classical Influence on the Modern Right [9781788311540]

US conservatives have repeatedly turned to classical Greece for inspiration and rhetorical power. In the 1950s they used Plato to defend moral absolut…

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Ancient Persia [9781860646751]

Of all the great civilizations of the ancient world, that of Persia is one of the most remarkable but least understood. This is a study of the country…

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And the Twain Shall Meet: Three Countries and Three Generations, a Doctor's Story [9781780768502]

Set between three countries, Burma, India and England, and spanning three very different generations, And The Twain Shall Meet witnesses the tumultuou…

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Andalucia [9781784533908]

Its literary history began to develop with the Romans and reached an early flowering when Arabic poets drew on centuries of literary tradition, togeth…

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Angel Directs the Storm, An: Apocalyptic Religion and American Empire [9781850434788]

This passionately argued book provides the first in-depth investigation of the religious politics of current American neo-conservatism. It shows that …

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Anglicanism, Methodism and Ecumenism, A: A History of Queen's and Handsworth Colleges [9781788312790]

For almost 200 years, the city of Birmingham has been a key location for the training of clergy. From 1828 Anglican clergy studied at the Queen's Coll…

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Animal and Shaman: Ancient Religions of Central Asia [9781780762326]

What common features can be found in the native religions of the vast Eurasian landmass? Julian Baldick, in this comparative study of the indigenous p…

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Anthology of Ismaili Literature, An: A Shi'i Vision of Islam [9781845117948]

One of the richest and most rewarding, yet at the same time least familiar, traditions of Muslim literature is that of the Shi'i Imami Ismailis. Altho…

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Anthology of Philosophy in Persia, An: From the School of Illumination to Philosophical Mysticism: Vol. IV [9781848857490]

The fourth volume of the Anthology of Philosophy in Persia deals with one of the richest and yet least known periods of philosophical life in Persia, …

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Anthology of Philosophy in Persia, An: v. 5 [9781848857506]

Persia is home to one of the few civilizations in the world that has had a continuous tradition of philosophical thought lasting more than two and a h…

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Anthology of Philosophyin Persia, An: v. 1: From Zoroaster to Omar Khayyam [9781845115418]

The tradition of philosophy in the Persian-speaking world is extraordinarily rich, creative and diverse. This anthology, which is divided into three v…

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Antipolitics in Central European Art: Reticence as Dissidence Under Post-Totalitarian Rule 1956-1989 [9781784533144]

In this bold book Klara Kemp-Welch offers a compelling account of the way that artists in Central Europe embraced alternative forms of action-based …

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Antiquity and the Meanings of Time: A Philosophy of Ancient and Modern Literature [9781845118167]

Society and contemporary culture seem forever fascinated by the topic of time. In modern fiction, Ian McEwan (The Child in Time) and Martin Amis (Time…

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Antiquity Imagined: The Remarkable Legacy of Egypt and the Ancient Near East [9781784532758]

Outsiders have long attributed to the Middle East, and especially to ancient Egypt, meanings that go way beyond the rational and observable. The regio…

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Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shi'ism [9781845119812]

Interest in Shi'i Islam is running at unprecedented levels. International tensions over Iran, where the largest number of Shi'i Muslims live, as well …

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Approaching the Apocalypse: A Short History of Christian Millenarianism [9781845117597]

Embracing two thousand years of intense and fiery admonition, Approaching the Apocalypse offers students of religion, history and politics the defin…

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Arab Cultural Studies: Mapping the Field [9781848855595]

'Arab Cultural Studies: Mapping the Field' is the first attempt to explore ways of conceptualising and theorising the nascent field of Arab Cultural S…

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Arab Media and Political Renewal: Community, Legitimacy and Public Life [9781845113278]

People are on the move across the Arab world, organizing politically in new ways. The Arab media have also undergone a transformation and are still in…

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Arab Media Moguls [9781780767321]

Transformations in the Arab media landscape are a key element in regional dynamics of political change. Where do private owners of Arab media outlets …

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