In its first thousand years--from the revelations to Muhammad in the seventh century to the great Islamic empires of the sixteenth--Islamic civilization flourished. While Europeans suffered through the Dark Ages, Muslims in such cities as Jerusalem, Damascus, Alexandria, Fez, Tunis, Cairo, and Baghdad made remarkable advances in philosophy, science, medicine, literature, and art. This engrossing and accessible book explores the first millennium of Islamic culture, shattering stereotypes and enlightening readers about the events and achievements that have shaped contemporary Islamic...

In the years following the revelations of the Prophet Muhammad in the early seventh century AD, the new religion of Islam spread rapidly through Arabia to North Africa and Spain in the west and Cental Asia and India in the east. Through the following 1000 years, artists and craftsmen in the areas influenced by Islam produced some of the world's most beautiful works of art: from the Albrahmra to the Taj Mahal, from illuminated copies of the Koran to exquisite decorative arts: ceramics, textiles and metalwork.

A pioneering critical study of the short stories of V.S. Pritchett and William Trevor, drawing on hitherto unpublished archival materials and exploring manuscript revisions and other transformations, from life to art, from initial idea to magazine and book publication that analyzes the craft of this relatively neglected genre.

Never before has such a huge collection of Sudoku puzzles been published in a single book. The Gigantic Sudoku Puzzle Book has 1500 sudoku puzzles spread across 6 levels of difficulty. All the puzzles are on a standard 81 square, 9X9 grid.
The solutions to ALL1500 puzzles are included at the back of the book.
The levels are: easy, average, challenging, tough, nail biting and torturous. Each level has around 250 puzzles which increase in difficulty as you turn each page. At the end of each level, I have included 6 empty grids for scribling and calculating.
The easy...

How similar are humans to the non-human universe? Many people believe that there are obvious similarities between humans and some non-human animals, however, the similarities between humans and things such as trees and stones are less obvious. This has led to the conceptualisation of trees and stones as 'physical' stuff or 'mere matter', whereas humans contain feeling states such as the feeling of pain and the feeling of elation. In this book Jonathan Bloom outlines the case for believing that feelings pervade not only humans but that they pervade the entire non-human universe too.

The Must Have Sudoku Book for 2011 contains a collection of 365 puzzles of varying difficulty. The selection of grids, ensures a daily dose of challenging mental gymnastics. All puzzles are ranked according to difficulty and are randomly distributed throughout the book. They range from quick through nasty to cruel and deadly. The book is arranged by month with an empty grid at the end of each section for scribbling & calculating. The quick puzzles will take a couple of minutes to complete, while the nasty and cruel puzzles will have you scratching your head and chewing your pencil. As for the...

The ideal Holiday gift for the Sudoku enthusiast, with 480 NEW puzzles ranging in difficulty from easy through hard to cruel and deadly. All puzzles are large format with plenty of space for calculations and notes. Whoever you give this book to will be entertained for hours on end. As they attempt to complete the puzzles, their emotions will range from love, to hate and every shade in between. If you are looking for the perfect gift to keep them thinking of you throughout the holiday season and beyond; then you have got to buy this book. The quick puzzles will take a couple of minutes to...

The ideal Christmas gift for the Sudoku enthusiast.
A unique stocking filler with 250 puzzles. If you're looking for the perfect gift to keep them thinking of you throughout the holiday season and beyond; then you've got to get this book
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250 sudoku puzzles for the whole holiday Day and date printed above every puzzles 4 difficulty levels: Quick, Tough, Severe and Extreme Sudoku bold original clues in the solution section
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The Scary Sudoku Book is a specially created collection of 300 of the toughest puzzles you have ever seen. If you love killer Sudoku puzzles, then this book will give you hours of excrutiating and hair-raising challenges, along with well-earned satisfaction as you successfully work your way through it. You should be familiar with a broad range of sudoku solving techniques to ensure maximum enjoyment from these puzzles. Once again, don't say I didn't warn you You may end up crying for help or begging for mercy, in your attempts to solve the toughest puzzles in this book. Best of luck The...