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Harlequin Love Inspired February 2017 - Box Set 1 of 2: The Doctor's Texas Baby\Courting the Cowboy\Falling for the Single Mom
by Carolyne Aarsen Deb Kastner Mia RossLove Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. THE DOCTOR’S TEXAS BABYLone Star Cowboy League: Boys RanchDeb KastnerWhen past love Carolina Mason returns, Wyatt Harrow is shocked to learn he has a son. Working with Carolina at his veterinary practice, Wyatt realizes if he can learn to trust the woman who once broke his heart, he may just have a chance at a forever family.COURTING THE COWBOYCowboys of Cedar RidgeCarolyne AarsenWidowed rancher Cord Walsh is focused on being a good dad and has no room for romance—until Ella Langton moves in next door. Ella’s rented a cabin hoping to find inspiration for her art, but after spending time with the cowboy, could it be she’s also found her perfect match? FALLING FOR THE SINGLE MOMOaks CrossingMia RossAfter Josh Kinley comes to her niece’s rescue when the girl’s day care is struck by lightning, Heather Fitzgerald is beholden to the charming country boy. As they work side by side to restore the town’s ruined playground, the kind farmer soon becomes Heather’s hero, too.Join HarlequinMyRewards.com to earn FREE books and more. Earn points for all your Harlequin purchases from wherever you shop.
Harlequin Love Inspired June 2017 - Box Set 1 of 2: Their Pretend Amish Courtship\Second-Chance Cowboy\The Single Mom's Second Chance
by Carolyne Aarsen Jessica Keller Patricia DavidsLove Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. THEIR PRETEND AMISH COURTSHIPThe Amish Bachelors Patricia DavidsTo avoid their matchmaking mothers’ plans and pursue their dreams, Fannie Erb and Noah Bowman agree to a pretend courtship. As they make room in their schedules to attend events as a couple, could their hearts also begin to make room for each other?SECOND-CHANCE COWBOY Cowboys of Cedar Ridge Carolyne AarsenOnce she’s paid off her father’s debts, Tabitha Rennie plans to leave Cedar Ridge and all the painful memories it brings. Having ex-fiancé Morgan Walsh ask for help connecting with his son was not part of the plan. Yet spending time with father and son is creating dreams of house and home. THE SINGLE MOM’S SECOND CHANCEGoose Harbor Jessica KellerReturning to Goose Harbor, Claire Atwood has plenty of reasons for staying away from Evan Daniels—most notably being jilted at the altar by her onetime sweetheart. But both are running for mayor, which means spending time together. But could it also mean a second chance at forever? Join HarlequinMyRewards.com to earn FREE books and more. Earn points for all your Harlequin purchases from wherever you shop.
Second-Chance Cowboy and The Texan's Twins
by Carolyne Aarsen Jolene NavarroSecond-Chance Cowboy by Carolyne Aarsen Morgan Walsh needs ex-fiancée Tabitha Rennie’s help to connect with his son, Nathan. But Tabitha is determined to keep her distance. As soon as she’s paid off her father’s debts, she’ll leave town and the painful memories of the real reason she left Morgan years ago. Yet spending time with Morgan and Nathan is sparking dreams of family and fresh starts…The Texan’s Twins by Jolene Navarro Between providing for her twins and achieving her dream of running a wildlife sanctuary, Danica Bergmann has no room for anything else. So when the volunteer she’s taken on turns out to be Reid McAllister, her secret husband, who disappeared before she got a chance to reveal she was pregnant, it flips her world upside down. Reid’s a changed man, but can Danica learn to trust him again?
Love Inspired September 2013 - Bundle 2 of 2
by Carolyne Aarsen Mindy Obenhaus Ruth Logan HerneLove Inspired brings you three new titles for one great price, available now for a limited time only from September 1 to September 30! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. This Love Inspired bundle includes A Father's Promise by Carolyne Aarsen, Falling for the Lawman by Ruth Logan Herne and The Doctor's Family Reunion by Mindy Obenhaus.Look for 6 new inspirational stories every month from Love Inspired!
Love Inspired September 2014 - Bundle 1 of 2
by Carolyne Aarsen Tina Radcliffe Renee AndrewsLove Inspired brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. This Love Inspired bundle includes Her Montana Twins by Carolyne Aarsen, Small-Town Billionaire by Renee Andrews and Stranded with the Rancher by Tina Radcliffe. Look for 6 new inspirational stories every month from Love Inspired!
Love Inspired January 2016 - Box Set 1 of 2
by Carolyne Aarsen Tina Radcliffe Ruth Logan HerneLove Inspired brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. A FAMILY FOR THE SOLDIERLone Star Cowboy Leagueby Carolyne Aarsen Returning to his family ranch, injured army vet Grady Stillwater is unprepared for the surprises waiting for him--including his growing feelings for his physical therapist. Can he get past Chloe Miner's secrets and welcome a ready-made family? AN UNEXPECTED GROOMGrace Havenby Ruth Logan HerneFor Kimberly Gallagher, planning a senator's daughter's wedding isn't easy--especially when their security team includes her teenage crush, Drew Slade. Can she move past old hurts to realize the future she's been searching for is standing right beside her? ROCKY MOUNTAIN REUNIONby Tina Radcliffe Contractor Matt Clark is focused on his business--and raising his newly found daughter. When he discovers his latest project will destroy the home of his ex-wife, he'll have to choose between saving his company and a happily-ever-after with his first love.
Lost in the Forest: Grubstake Adventures (Grubstake Adventures #4)
by Nathan AasengWhen five-year-old Max, who suffers from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, runs away from Bible camp, the children who search for him gain unexpected understandings. "At Camp Grubstake, Terrell and Aaron decide to play a trick on a Hmong boy named Khou who is still adapting to American culture. Meanwhile, five-year-old Max is out terrorizing Danielle and Laura with a huge black beetle. When Max wanders off into the state forest, Danielle and Terrell follow to rescue him. But what's that noise? Is a bear following them? Now they're lost in the forest! And night is coming on. You'll find the rest of the books in the Grubstake series in the Bookshare library. Look for: Aliens!, Sneak Attack!, and Swamped!. NATHAN AASENG, the author of more than 120 books, has based the Grubstake Adventures on his experience as a Bible camp counselor. He lives in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, with his wife and children."
The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali (Library of Arabic Literature #68)
by Abū Rayḥān al-BīrūnīA brilliant cross-cultural Arabic interpretation of a key text of yoga philosophyThe Yoga Sutras of Patañjali is the foundational text of yoga philosophy to this day and is still used by millions of yoga practitioners and students worldwide. Written in a question-and-answer format, The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali deals with the theory and practice of yoga and the psychological question of the liberation of the soul from attachments.This book is a new edition and translation into English of the Arabic translation and commentary on this text by the brilliant eleventh-century polymath al-Bīrūnī. Given the many historical variants of the Yoga Sutras, his Kitāb Bātanjali is important for yoga studies as the earliest translation of the Sanskrit text. It is also of unique value as an Arabic text within Islamic studies, given the intellectual and philosophical challenges that faced the medieval Muslim reader when presented with the intricacy of composition, interpretation, and allusion that permeates this translation.A bilingual Arabic-English edition.
Cross-Cultural Dialogue as a Conflict Management Strategy (Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications)
by Gracia Abad-Quintanal J. Martín RamírezThis book contributes to the current knowledge and research on conflict and cross-cultural dialogue, emphasizing how respect, tolerance and dialogue may be quite effective tools for bridging the diverse cultures and, consequently, for solving many of the conflicts of today’s world, characterized by a dynamic interchange of populations with very diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. For this purpose, we rely on reputed scholars from ten different countries, and from different cultures and fields of expertise, which allows for diverse contributions from a valuable interdisciplinary perspective. The first section of the book deals with the correlation between cultural differences and conflict, while also showing how such conflicts can be prevented and, should they arise, managed and solved. The second section addresses a different, more specific issue: how cultural expression means and tools for cultural communication may lead to conflict whereas they may help to avoid it as well. Finally, the third section analyzes how legal and justice systems deal with cross-cultural conflicts as well as with situations which may lead to cross-cultural conflicts, thus assessing to which extent such systems contribute to avoid and/or solve such kind of conflicts.
Harry Potter y la Biblia: La amenaza tras la magia
by Richard AbanesHarry Potter y sus aventuras mágicas en una escuela de hechicería continúa cautivando a millones de personas mundialmente. El mercado ha sido inundado con un centenar de productos relacionados a esta historia: juegos de barajas, ropa y hasta muebles para el hogar. Sin embargo, unas cuantas preguntas al respecto deben ser formuladas: * Ofrece Harry Potter alguna moraleja positiva para los niños de hoy? * La hechicería de Harry es verdaderamente ficción o esta basada en el ocultismo? * Cómo se compara Harry Potter a otros libros de ficción para niños escritos por C.S. Lewis o J.R.R. Tolkien? En este libro amigable y de gran ayuda, Richard Abanes responde a estas interrogantes, analiza profundamente a una sociedad que tiende a volcarse al paganismo y examina la razón de por qué Dios dijo "no" al ocultismo. Harry Potter y la Biblia le ayudará a decidir sabiamente respecto a este tema para su familia.
He Is Risen: Reflections on Easter and the Forty Days of Lent
by Richard AbanesIn this informative and celebratory read, Richard Abanes calls Christians to focus on the true meaning and significance of Easter. To do this, he examines different aspects of this holy day, including its origin in ?the old rugged cross,? what Lent is for, how Christians celebrate Easter worldwide, and where traditions grew from in history. While jelly beans fill children?s fancies, Abanes reestablishes the true center of Easter. Written in lively prose, ALL ABOUT EASTER is a quick read sure to please and inform Christians everywhere.
Convivencia and Medieval Spain: Essays in Honor of Thomas F. Glick (Mediterranean Perspectives)
by Mark T. AbateThis volume is a collection of essays on medieval Spain, written by leading scholars on three continents, that celebrates the career of Thomas F. Glick. Using a wide array of innovative methodological approaches, these essays offer insights on areas of medieval Iberian history that have been of particular interest to Glick: irrigation, the history of science, and cross-cultural interactions between Jews, Christians, and Muslims. By bringing together original research on topics ranging from water management and timekeeping to poetry and women’s history, this volume crosses disciplinary boundaries and reflects the wide-ranging, gap-bridging work of Glick himself, a pivotal figure in the historiography of medieval Spain.
A Land of Permanent Goodbyes
by Atia Abawi<P>Narrated by Destiny, this heartbreaking -- and timely -- story of refugees escaping from war-torn Syria is masterfully told by a foreign news correspondent who experienced the crisis firsthand. <P>In a country ripped apart by war, Tareq lives with his big and loving family . . . until the bombs strike. His city is in ruins. His life is destroyed. And those who have survived are left to figure out their uncertain future. In the wake of destruction, he's threatened by Daesh fighters and witnesses a public beheading. <P> Tareq's family knows that to continue to stay alive, they must leave. As they travel as refugees from Syria to Turkey to Greece, facing danger at every turn, Tareq must find the resilience and courage to complete his harrowing journey. But while this is one family's story, it is also the timeless tale of all wars, of all tragedy, and of all strife. <P>When you are a refugee, success is outliving your loss. Destiny narrates this heartbreaking story of the consequences of war, showing the Syrian conflict as part of a long chain of struggles spanning through time. <P> An award-winning author and journalist--and a refugee herself--Atia Abawi captures the hope that spurs people forward against all odds and the love that makes that hope grow.
Debates on Islam and Knowledge in Malaysia and Egypt: Shifting Worlds
by Mona AbazaThis book is a comparative study of the sociological field in two different Muslim societies: Malaysia and Egypt. It analyses the process of the production of 'knowledge' through the example of the modern 'Islamization of knowledge debate' and local empirical variations.
Liberalism and Human Suffering
by Asma AbbasThis book investigates the sources and implications of our encounters with suffering in contemporary politics and culture, exploring the forces that determine how suffering matters. It counters liberalism's distorting domestications of human suffering, which are most acute in its politics of redress through justice, the law, representation and inclusion. Radically rethinking the subjectivity of sufferers and arguing that our experience of the world is not prior to or outside of justice, but constitutive of it, the book recuperates a materialist politics that emphasizes sensuous activity, reclaims representation, and honors "the labor of suffering. ""
The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual: Devotional Practices of Pakistan and India
by Abbas Shemeem BurneyThe female voice plays a more central role in Sufi ritual, especially in the singing of devotional poetry, than in almost any other area of Muslim culture. This research clarifies why the female voice is so important in Sufi practice and underscores the many contributions of women to Sufism and its rituals.
The Prophet's Heir: The Life of Ali ibn Abi Talib
by Hassan AbbasThe life and legacy of one of Mohammad&’s closest confidants and Islam&’s patron saint: Ali ibn Abi Talib Ali ibn Abi Talib is arguably the single most important spiritual and intellectual authority in Islam after prophet Mohammad. Through his teachings and leadership as fourth caliph, Ali nourished Islam. But Muslims are divided on whether he was supposed to be Mohammad&’s political successor—and he continues to be a polarizing figure in Islamic history. Hassan Abbas provides a nuanced, compelling portrait of this towering yet divisive figure and the origins of sectarian division within Islam. Abbas reveals how, after Mohammad, Ali assumed the spiritual mantle of Islam to spearhead the movement that the prophet had led. While Ali&’s teachings about wisdom, justice, and selflessness continue to be cherished by both Shia and Sunni Muslims, his pluralist ideas have been buried under sectarian agendas and power politics. Today, Abbas argues, Ali&’s legacy and message stands against that of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and Taliban.
Terror and the Dynamism of Islamophobia in 21st Century Britain: The Concentrationary Gothic (Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series)
by Madeline-Sophie AbbasThis book provides powerful insights into the dynamics, nature, and experiences of the terrors of counter-terrorism measures in the UK. Abbas links her analysis to wider concerns of nation construction and belonging; racial profiling and policing; the state of exception and pre-emptive counter-terrorism measures; community-based counter-terrorism measures; and restrictions to political engagement, freedom of speech and hate speech. What makes this work distinct is its advancement of an original framework - the Concentrationary Gothic - to delineate the racialised mechanisms of terror involved in the governance of Muslim populations in the ‘war on terror’ context. The book illuminates the various ways in which Muslims in Britain experience terror through racialised surveillance and policing strategies operating at state, group (inter- and intra-), and individual levels in diverse contexts such as the street, workplace, public transport and the home. Abbas situates these experiences within wider racial politics and theory, drawing connections to anti-Semitism, anti-blackness, anti-Irishness and whiteness, to provide a complex mapping of the ways in which racial terror has operated in both historical and contemporary contexts of colonialism, slavery, and the camp, and offering a unique point of analysis through the use of Gothic tropes of haunting, monstrosity and abjection. This vital work will be of interest to students and scholars across sociology, criminology, anthropology, terrorism studies, Islamic studies, and critical Muslim studies, researching race and racialisation, security, immigration, nationhood and citizenship.
Whose Islam?: The Western University and Modern Islamic Thought in Indonesia (Encountering Traditions)
by Megan Brankley AbbasIn this incisive new book, Megan Brankley Abbas argues that the Western university has emerged as a significant space for producing Islamic knowledge and Muslim religious authority. For generations, Indonesia's foremost Muslim leaders received their educations in Middle Eastern madrasas or the archipelago's own Islamic schools. Starting in the mid-twentieth century, however, growing numbers traveled to the West to study Islam before returning home to assume positions of political and religious influence. Whose Islam? examines the far-reaching repercussions of this change for major Muslim communities as well as for Islamic studies as an academic discipline. As Abbas details, this entanglement between Western academia and Indonesian Islam has not only forged powerful new transnational networks but also disrupted prevailing modes of authority in both spheres. For Muslim intellectuals, studying Islam in Western universities provides opportunities to experiment with academic disciplines and to reimagine the faith, but it also raises troubling questions about whether and how to protect the Islamic tradition from Western encroachment. For Western academics, these connections raise pressing ethical questions about their own roles in the global politics of development and Islamic religious reform. Drawing on extensive archival research from around the globe, Whose Islam? provides a unique perspective on the perennial tensions between insiders and outsiders in religious studies.
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Future of ASEAN (ICoFA) 2017 – Volume 2: Science And Technology
by Mohd Azwan Abbas Rizauddin SaianThis book examines how business, the social sciences, science and technology will impact the future of ASEAN. Following the ASEAN VISION 2020, it analyses the issues faced by ASEAN countries, which are diverse, while also positioning ASEAN as a competitive entity through partnerships. On the 30th anniversary of ASEAN, all ASEAN leaders agreed to the establishment of the ASEAN VISION 2020, which delineates the formation of a peaceful, stable and dynamically developed region while maintaining a community of caring societies in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. In keeping with this aspiration, Universiti Teknologi MARA Perlis took the initial steps to organise conferences and activities that highlight the role of the ASEAN region. The Second International Conference on the Future of ASEAN (ICoFA) 2017 was organised by the Office of Academic Affairs, Universiti Teknologi MARA Perlis, to promote more comprehensive integration among ASEAN members. This book, divided into two volumes, offers a useful guide for all those engaged in research on business, the social sciences, science and technology. It will also benefit researchers worldwide who want to gain more knowledge about ASEAN countries
At Freedom's Limit: Islam and the Postcolonial Predicament
by Sadia AbbasThe subject of this book is a new “Islam.” This Islam began to take shape in 1988 around the Rushdie affair, the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and the first Gulf War of 1991. It was consolidated in the period following September 11, 2001. It is a name, a discursive site, a signifier at once flexible and constrained—indeed, it is a geopolitical agon, in and around which some of the most pressing aporias of modernity, enlightenment, liberalism, and reformation are worked out. At this discursive site are many metonyms for Islam: the veiled or “pious” Muslim woman, the militant, the minority Muslim injured by Western free speech. Each of these figures functions as a cipher enabling repeated encounters with the question “How do we free ourselves from freedom?” Again and again, freedom is imagined as Western, modern, imperial—a dark imposition of Enlightenment. The pious and injured Muslim who desires his or her own enslavement is imagined as freedom’s other. At Freedom’s Limit is an intervention into current debates regarding religion, secularism, and Islam and provides a deep critique of the anthropology and sociology of Islam that have consolidated this formation. It shows that, even as this Islam gains increasing traction in cultural production from television shows to movies to novels, the most intricate contestations of Islam so construed are to be found in the work of Muslim writers and painters. This book includes extended readings of jihadist proclamations; postcolonial law; responses to law from minorities in Muslim-majority societies; Islamophobic films; the novels of Leila Aboulela, Mohammed Hanif, and Nadeem Aslam; and the paintings of Komail Aijazuddin.
Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws: From Islamic Empires to the Taliban
by Shemeem Burney AbbasUnder the guise of Islamic law, the prophet Muhammad's Islam, and the Qur'an, states such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Bangladesh are using blasphemy laws to suppress freedom of speech. Yet the Prophet never tried or executed anyone for blasphemy, nor does the Qur'an authorize the practice. Asserting that blasphemy laws are neither Islamic nor Qur'anic, Shemeem Burney Abbas traces the evolution of these laws from the Islamic empires that followed the death of the Prophet Muhammad to the present-day Taliban. Her pathfinding study on the shari'a and gender demonstrates that Pakistan's blasphemy laws are the inventions of a military state that manipulates discourse in the name of Islam to exclude minorities, women, free thinkers, and even children from the rights of citizenship. Abbas herself was persecuted under Pakistan's blasphemy laws, so she writes from both personal experience and years of scholarly study. Her analysis exposes the questionable motives behind Pakistan's blasphemy laws, which were resurrected during General Zia-ul-Haq's regime of 1977-1988--motives that encompassed gaining geopolitical control of the region, including Afghanistan, in order to weaken the Soviet Union. Abbas argues that these laws created a state-sponsored "infidel" ideology that now affects global security as militant groups such as the Taliban justify violence against all "infidels" who do not subscribe to their interpretation of Islam. She builds a strong case for the suspension of Pakistan's blasphemy laws and for a return to the Prophet's peaceful vision of social justice.
Islamic Radicalism and Multicultural Politics: The British Experience
by Tahir AbbasThe expression of an Islamic political radicalism in Britain has been one of the most dramatic developments in recent decades. Islamic Radicalism and Multicultural Politics explores the nature of this phenomenon by analysing the origins of Islam and its historical contact with Western Europe and Britain, and the emergence of Islamic political radicalism in the Muslim world and in the West. Tahir Abbas draws on historical analysis and contemporary case studies to explore the post-war immigration and integration of Muslim groups, the complex relations that exist between a secular liberal Britain and a diverse but multifaceted Islam, and the extent of social and economic inequalities that affect Muslims as individual citizens and in local area communities. He shows how violent extremism among British Muslims is in reality influenced by a range of issues, including the factors of globalisation and contemporary politics, media and culture. Analysing and dissecting public policy, Abbas offers suggestions for tackling the major social, political and economic questions facing British Muslims in the post-7/7 era. An important contribution to the study of religion, ‘race’ and ethnicity in modern Britain, this accessible work will be of interest to anyone working in the field of Islamic studies, sociology and political radicalism. Cover design by Mahtab Hussain, www.mahtabhussain.com
Gardening Eden: How Creation Care Will Change Your Faith, Your Life, and Our World
by Michael AbbateBefore the snake,the apple,and the Ten Commandments,God created a garden..."Spiritual environmentalism" did not start out as an oxymoron-it was an invitation. Yet today, many believe God's first job description for humankind has been replaced by other "worthier pursuits". Why has this simple instruction become so controversial? How does one sort through all the mixed messages? Is changing our lives to save the world really our responsibility-or even possible?Gardening Eden invites you to consider a new, spiritual perspective to practical environmentalism. The question is not whether our souls find expression and inspiration in our incredible planet, but how best to preserve that fundamental connection. Green living is no longer a fad-simple lifestyle solutions are now available to everyone. Discover creation care as an act of worship and a call to deeper harmony with our Creator, our fellow gardeners, and our living Earth. Gardening Eden is the primer in how this shift will transform not only our world, but your very soul.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Psychology in the Talmud: Guidelines for Simchah and Personal Growth
by Rabbi Elihu AbbeThis book uncovers important insights from the Jewish tradition and offers tools for success, joy, growth, and inspiration. Timeless ideas are elaborated on from the writings of classical Torah commentaries as well as current leaders in the fields of psychology and personal growth. Short summaries enable readers to more easily implement these crucial concepts into their lives.