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Robert Irwin
The definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the Muqaddima Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) is generally regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have…
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Tom's Version is a lament for the sixties & then a mad race towards old age and death. Hovering in background are the ghostly presences of St Ignatius, St Joseph…
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An enchanting clothbound edition of the essential tales drawn from the acclaimed translation of The Arabian Nights
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Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the…
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Every night, the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her the next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier’s daughter…
This publication is devoted to the titular work by the legendary San Diego-based light and space artist Irwin, the most recent addition to the Chinati Foundation’s permanent collection, inaugurated in…
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Robert Irwin, one of the most influential postwar American artists and a pioneering figure of California Light and Space Art, is the subject of this book that traces his development…
A groundbreaking translation-along with new commentary and hundreds of images-enhances this celebratory publication of the most famous story collection of all time.
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Robert Irwin,Lachlan Creagh,Jack Wells
Discover a world of prehistoric dinosaur adventure with Robert Irwin!
While trekking up Mount Ruapehu, an active volcano in New…
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Robert Irwin,Lachlan Creagh
Discover a world of prehistoric adventure with Robert Irwin! After discovering a dinosaur fossil in outback Queensland, Robert stumbles upon a way to travel back to the Australian age of…
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After stumbling upon a dinosaur fossil that can transport him back in time to the age of dinosaurs, Robert Irwin has the chance to experience firsthand what it was like…
Discover a world of prehistoric adventure with Robert Irwin in these four bestselling stories!
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Lawrence Weschler
A beautifully illustrated, accessible volume about one of the Getty Center’s best-loved sites.
Robert Irwin’s Power Tips for Buying a House for Less explains how to purchase a home for less whether the market is red hot or ice cold. It shows the…
Discover a world of prehistoric dinosaur adventure with Robert Irwin! While on a visit to the Canadian Badlands, Robert and his best friend Riley gets pulled back in time to…
A report of the Stanford University Task Force on Preventive Force –t.p.
Discover a world of prehistoric adventure with Robert Irwin!
Robert and Riley are visiting Dinosaur Cove in Victoria, a dig site…
Robert is out camping in the outback with his family and some friends. He can hear dingoes howling to one another, and imagines what it might have been like to…
Which dinosaur was the fastest runner of all time? Robert is taking part in an athletics carnival. While warming up for a running race, he starts thinking about the biggest…
Aimed at investors and real estate professionals looking to profit from today’s hidden real estate opportunities. It supplies information on every aspect of the contemporary real estate environment, with coverage…
Featuring the information you need to know to make money in residential real estate, this book covers the investment tools of market, including buy-and-hold strategies and tax-smart long-term financing.
The classic guide to getting the best deal when buying a home–from America’s #1 real estate expert
The guide millions of underwater homeowners have been waiting for
Fully revised and expanded edition of the classic bestselling guide to negotiating every aspect of any real estate transaction.
For over two hundred and fifty years the Mamluks ruled one of the great territorial Empires of the Middle Ages, centered on Egypt and Syria and controlling, at times, most…
An Exhilarating, Magical Blend of History and Fantasy Set during the Original Game of Thrones-For Fans of T. H. White, George R. R. Martin, and Philippa Gregory.
For many children of the sixties a ‘journey to the East’ was a necessary rite of passage. In this memoir, the author contrasts the contexts of England - the new…
Features a collection of studies that deals with the confrontation between the Mamluks and the Crusaders. This title covers the aspects of Mamluk society and culture in Egypt and Syria…
‘A perfect introduction to the place and a first-rate account of its history.’ - The Guardian
A collection of digital stories from the Humanizing Deportation project that reveals a uniquely expert point of view of Mexican and Central American migrant experiences: those of the migrants themselves.
A distinct symbol of the desert and the Middle East, the camel was once unkindly described as half snake, half folding bedstead. But in the eyes of many the camel…
Filled with checklist questions that every person who attempts a home renovation, big or small, should ask, this resource provides the appropriate answer - complete with cost and time estimates.
The history of Orientalism shows that, whether making philological comparisons between Arabic and Hebrew, cataloguing the coins of Fatimid Egypt or establishing the chronology of Harun al-Rashid’s military campaigns against…
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The Alhambra is the only Muslim palace to have survived since the Middle Ages and has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. In his absorbing new book…
The Arabian Nights has become a synonym for the fabulous and the exotic. Many people are familiar with the stories of Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor and Ali Baba. Yet few…
Sex, drugs, rock and roll in the 1960s with the arrival of Satan.
Here is a timely guidebook from the expert author of Tips and Traps When Selling Real Estate on how to sell a home when the market is the worst it’s…
A comprehensive guide to protecting and increasing home investment value. It contains information you need to move in, financially operate, and maintain your first home. It provides practical, real-world advice…
Covering various themes such as religion and law, conversion, Islam's relationship with the natural world, governance and politics, caliphs and kings, philosophy, science, medicine, language, art, architecture, literature, music and…
Covering various themes such as religion and law, conversion, Islam’s relationship with the natural world, governance and politics, caliphs and kings, philosophy, science, medicine, language, art, architecture, literature, music and…
Spanning the fifth century to the sixteenth, and ranging from Afghanistan to Spain, this collection provides an insight into the vitality of Classical Arabic literature. It explores such traditional themes…
Shows buyers and investors where to look for good deals in real estate. This book helps you learn how to get in on the ground floor of a foreclosure by…
A home closing is fraught with arcane rituals, hidden traps and pitfalls, and confusing legal terminology. This book leads you step by step through the different stages of your closing…
A guide to use no-money-down financing to build long-term wealth. It shows how to find deals on properties and finance them with little - or even none - of your…
If one of your biggest concerns is paying too high an interest rate, or shelling out excessive cash for closing costs, this book helps to save your money by showing…
