Islam in Iran Tom H. HastingsA scholarly and authoritative history of the emergence and growth of Islam in Iran during the early and later medieval periods. This book, by I. P. Petrushevsky, the foremost Soviet Iranologist, was originally published in Russia in 1966. After discussing the Arabian environment in which the faith of Islam arose, and the character legal, social and doctrinal of the new message, the author moves on to trace the peculiarly Iranian development of Islamic
Asprem maintains that the continued presence of "magic" and "enchantment" in people's everyday experience of the world created an intellectual problem for those few who were socialized to believe that nature should contain no such incalculable mysteries
This book considers how impoverished youth living in a deindustrialized urban neighborhood struggle to make sense of their lives in today's economy
and also examines the challenge of moving beyond tolerable soil loss (T) to ISHM
Archaeological excavation of the ancient city of Bethsaida has retrieved a wealth of information on some of the most intriguing topics from 10th century BCEto 4th century CE
and comparisons are made with evidence from related sites elsewhere
and nineteenth-century antiquarian William Flinders Petrie
As bodies evolve
Reflecting Pool is an innovative volume of poetry and essays by twenty-five New York State poets who teach the writing of poetry
Dicky comes of age while believing that if he works hard and hopes even harder
where humans and nonhumans coexist harmoniously
perceived roles of women in history and in society and composition of medieval drama
and murdered for their actions
