wyszukanych pozycji: 56
Land of Enchanters: Egyptian Short Stories from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
ISBN: 9781558762671 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Several civilizations have risen, flourished, and fallen in the valley of the Nile, each with its own religion, language, culture, institutions, and style of life. Yet beneath them all a basic unity persisted - the love of tales and the manner of telling them. This work covers such tales.
Several civilizations have risen, flourished, and fallen in the valley of the Nile, each with its own religion, language, culture, institutions, and s...
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91,81 zł |
Political Words and Ideas in Islam
ISBN: 9781558764736 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Bringing togther eleven papers on Islamic political thought, this volume offers a focused treatment of the subject matter.
Bringing togther eleven papers on Islamic political thought, this volume offers a focused treatment of the subject matter.
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140,27 zł |
The Muslim Discovery Of Europe
ISBN: 9781842121955 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'The book covers every side of Muslim life ... a remarkable collection of new information, which will be of deep interest to students of European history' R.W. Southern, NEW YORK REVIEW
'The book covers every side of Muslim life ... a remarkable collection of new information, which will be of deep interest to students of European hist...
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93,30 zł |
Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East
ISBN: 9780195144215 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Bernard Lewis is recognized around the globe as one of the leading authorities on Islam. Hailed as "the world's foremost Islamic scholar" (Wall Street Journal ), as "a towering figure among experts on the culture and religion of the Muslim world" (Baltimore Sun ), and as "the doyen of Middle Eastern studies" (New York Times ), Lewis is nothing less than a national treasure, a trusted voice that politicians, journalists, historians, and the general public have all turned to for insight into the Middle East.
Now, Lewis has brought together writings on religion and government in the Middle... Bernard Lewis is recognized around the globe as one of the leading authorities on Islam. Hailed as "the world's foremost Islamic scholar" (Wall Street...
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112,51 zł |
Wales' Unknown Hero - Soldier, Spy, Monk: The Life of Henry Coombe-Tennant, Mc, of Neath
ISBN: 9781912631339 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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66,76 zł |
What Went Wrong?: The Clash between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East
ISBN: 9780753816752 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) For many centuries, Islam was the world's greatest, most open, enlightened, creative and powerful civilization, and then everything changed, as the previously despised West won victory after victory, first on the battlefield and in the marketplace, then in almost every aspect of public and even private life. Bernard Lewis examines the anguished reaction of the Islamic world as it tried to understand why things had changed, and he provides a portrait of a culture in turmoil. Some Middle Easterners asked not who did this to us? but where did we go wrong?, while others fastened blame on a series...
For many centuries, Islam was the world's greatest, most open, enlightened, creative and powerful civilization, and then everything changed, as the pr...
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51,35 zł |
Political Words and Ideas in Islam
ISBN: 9781558764248 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Brings together eleven essays on Islamic political thought by Bernard Lewis, a scholar in middle eastern studies. This title provides a treatment of fundamental Islamic political terms. It also provide the background that is essential to understanding Isla
Brings together eleven essays on Islamic political thought by Bernard Lewis, a scholar in middle eastern studies. This title provides a treatment of f...
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276,17 zł |
Cultures in Conflict: Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the Age of Discovery
ISBN: 9780195102833 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Hailed as "the doyen of Middle Eastern studies" in The New York Times Book Review, Bernard Lewis stands at the height of his field. "To read Mr. Lewis," wrote Fouad Ajami in The Wall Street Journal, "is to be taken through a treacherous terrain by the coolest and most reassuring of guides. You are in the hands of the Islamic world's foremost living historian." Now this sure-handed guide takes us through treacherous terrain indeed--the events of 1492, a year laden with epic events and riven by political debate.
With elegance and erudition, Lewis explores that climactic year as a clash of... Hailed as "the doyen of Middle Eastern studies" in The New York Times Book Review, Bernard Lewis stands at the height of his field. "To read Mr. Lewis...
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75,44 zł |
Music of a Distant Drum: Classical Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew Poems
ISBN: 9780691150109 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Music of a Distant Drum marks a literary milestone. It collects 129 poems from the four leading literary traditions of the Middle East, all masterfully translated into English by Bernard Lewis, many for the first time. These poems come from diverse languages and traditions--Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew--and span more than a thousand years. Together they provide a fascinating and unusual window into Middle Eastern history. Lewis, one of the world's greatest authorities on the region's culture and history, reveals verses of startling beauty, ranging from panegyric and satire... Music of a Distant Drum marks a literary milestone. It collects 129 poems from the four leading literary traditions of the Middle East, all ... |
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77,65 zł |
Islam: From the Prophet Muhammad to the Capture of Constantinople Volume 1: Politics and War
ISBN: 9780195050875 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This documentary history of Islam from the advent of the prophet Muhammed to the capture of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed, the Conqueror, is concerned with a period that extends from the 7th century to 1453; with a region that stretches from Western Arabia to embrace the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Asia, tropical Africa, and southern and eastern Europe; and with people and states, which, amid many diversities, share a common acceptance of the faith and law of Islam. Bernard Lewis, a widely-known authority on the Middle East, here translates from original sources and documents...
This documentary history of Islam from the advent of the prophet Muhammed to the capture of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed, the Conqueror, is concern...
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630,05 zł |
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror
ISBN: 9780753817520 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 161 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The great scholar of Islam directly confronts the events of September 11th and the reasons behind Islamic terrorism in the modern world - a Sunday Times bestseller.
The great scholar of Islam directly confronts the events of September 11th and the reasons behind Islamic terrorism in the modern world - a Sunday Tim...
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54,86 zł |
Swansea and the Second World War
ISBN: 9781800994409 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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77,04 zł |
From Babel to Dragomans : Interpreting the Middle East
ISBN: 9780753818718 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A collection of essays on past and current history by a western Islamic scholar.
A collection of essays on past and current history by a western Islamic scholar.
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71,34 zł |
Islam in History: Ideas, People, and Events in the Middle East
ISBN: 9780812695182 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This collection of essays, written by a Western expert in Islamic studies, gives background on present Middle Eastern conflicts with the West. It also reflects on how this religion - from its first expansion to the exploits of Saddam Hussein - has been fatefully involved with the Western world.
This collection of essays, written by a Western expert in Islamic studies, gives background on present Middle Eastern conflicts with the West. It also...
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216,08 zł |
Islam and the West
ISBN: 9780195090611 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Hailed in The New York Times Book Review as "the doyen of Middle Eastern studies," Bernard Lewis has been for half a century one of the West's foremost scholars of Islamic history and culture, the author of over two dozen books, most notably The Arabs in History, The Emergence of Modern Turkey, The Political Language of Islam, and The Muslim Discovery of Europe. Eminent French historian Robert Mantran has written of Lewis's work: "How could one resist being attracted to the books of an author who opens for you the doors of an unknown or...
Hailed in The New York Times Book Review as "the doyen of Middle Eastern studies," Bernard Lewis has been for half a century one of the West'...
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85,32 zł |
The Arabs in History
ISBN: 9780192803108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Now brought completely up to date, this classic study by one of the world's premier historians of the Middle East considers the achievement of the Arab peoples and their place in world history, from pre-Islamic times to the present-day. In a concise and readable account, Lewis examines the awakening that accompanied the advent of Islam and the political, religious, and social developments that transformed the Arab kingdom into an Islamic empire. He brings the edition up-to-the-minute with an account of recent events in the Middle East and analyzes the forces, internal and external, that have...
Now brought completely up to date, this classic study by one of the world's premier historians of the Middle East considers the achievement of the Ara...
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80,39 zł |
Race and Slavery in the Middle East: An Historical Enquiry
ISBN: 9780195062830 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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129,81 zł |
Islam: From the Prophet Muhammad to the Capture of Constantinople Volume 2: Religion and Society
ISBN: 9780195050882 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This second volume examines the religion and structure of Islamic society. Bernard Lewis draws on a broad range of Islamic literature, including books on religious sects, politics and economics, philosophy and science, travel, biography and literary works, and even bureaucratic records from such disparate sources as the postal service and the judiciary. Comprehensive and cogently translated, these documents bring into sharp focus aspects of a world long neglected by Western historians.
This second volume examines the religion and structure of Islamic society. Bernard Lewis draws on a broad range of Islamic literature, including books...
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630,05 zł |
Facility Manager's Maintenance Handbook 2e (Pb)
ISBN: 9781265827274 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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702,54 zł |
Islam in History: Ideas, People, and Events in the Middle East
ISBN: 9780812692174 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the first expansion of Islam to the exploits of Saddam Hussein, Middle Eastern society has been fatefully involved with the West. This revised and updated collection of essays by a leading Western expert on Islam and the Middle East gives essential background to the present Middle Eastern conflicts and their interaction, through mutual misunderstanding, with Western conceptions. From the first expansion of Islam to the exploits of Saddam Hussein, Middle Eastern society has been fatefully involved with the West. This revised and updated collection of essays by a Western expert on Islam...
From the first expansion of Islam to the exploits of Saddam Hussein, Middle Eastern society has been fatefully involved with the West. This revised an...
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237,93 zł |