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Much traditional historiography consciously and unconsciously glosses over certain discourses, narratives, and practices. This book examines silences or omissions in Middle Eastern history at the turn of the twenty-first century, to give a fuller account of the society, culture and politics.

With a particular focus on the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Egypt, Iran and Palestine, the contributors consider how and why such silences occur, as well as the timing and motivation for breaking them. Introducing unexpected, sometimes counter-intuitive, issues in history, chapters examine:

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- A thriving spiritual community on over six hundred acres of pristine forest and meadows in Florida
- A cutting-edge software package that transformed the medical practice management industry
- A billion-dollar public company whose achievements are archived in the Smithsonian Institution
- A book that became a New York Times bestseller and an Oprah favorite
- A massive raid by the FBI that would...

Love him or hate him, you certainly can't ignore him. For the past twenty years, Australian philosopher and professor of bioethics Peter Singer has pushed the hot buttons of our collective conscience. In addition to writing the book that sparked the modern animal rights movement, Singer has challenged our most closely held beliefs on the sanctity of human life, the moral obligation's of citizens of affluent nations toward those living in the poorest countries of the world, and much more, with arguments that intrigue as often and as powerfully as they incite.

Writings On An...

Port of Call describes a metaphysical journey at the dawn of the 3rd millennium. Time blurs, and unsettled relationships mirror a world of heightened disconnection and hope. In a spare and lyrical form, poet/performance artist Davida Singer creates the long breath of a journey to eight destinations: "millennium," "florida," "montreal," "dementia," "long island," "vermont," "new york" and "taos." Time blurs as we meet past and present lovers, a mother with dementia and revisit her roots and the loss of a father. Recent backdrops -- 9/11 and global warming -- mirror personal frailty; a...