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Iran in World History

Iran in World History

Richard Foltz

In this book, Richard Foltz traces the spread of Iranian culture among diverse populations ranging from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, and along the Silk Roads as far as China, from prehistoric times up to the present day.
Islam and ecology: a bestowed trust

Islam and ecology: a bestowed trust

Richard Foltz

MOHAMMAD YUSUF SIDDIQ JL here is a popular story in the Islamic east that tells of five wise brothers who were traveling together. They arrived in a place where, all of a sudden, each one of them found he had lost inner consciousness and ...
Persian Studies in North America: Studies in Honor of ...

Persian Studies in North America: Studies in Honor of ...

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RICHARD FOLTZ Harvard University Both Omar Khayyam and Hafez of Shiraz are known for writing about wine and love, yet the use of similar images by the two poets belies a great difference in content. This should not be surprising, since  ...
Spirituality in the land of the noble: how Iran shaped the ...

Spirituality in the land of the noble: how Iran shaped the ...

Richard Foltz

Although today associated exclusively with Islam, Iran has in fact played annparalleled role within all the world religions, injecting Iranian ideasnto the Jewish, Buddhist, Christian, and Manichaean traditions of theerchants who passed ...
Mughal India and Central Asia

Mughal India and Central Asia

Richard Foltz

This book explores the Central Asian element in the formation of the civilization of Mughal India, focusing on the 16th and 17th centuries.
Sufis in Western Society: Global Networking and Locality

Sufis in Western Society: Global Networking and Locality

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References. Chishti, Saadia (2003) 'Fitra: An Islamic Model for Humans and the Environment', in Islam and Ecology, Richard Foltz, Frederick Denny and Azizan Baharuddin (eds). Cambridge: Harvard CSWR. Geaves ...
Animals in Islamic Traditions and Muslim Cultures

Animals in Islamic Traditions and Muslim Cultures

Richard Foltz

This book, the first of its kind, surveys Islamic and Muslim attitudes towards animals, and human responsibilities towards them, through Islam's philosophy, literature, mysticism and art.
Religions of Iran: From Prehistory to the Present

Religions of Iran: From Prehistory to the Present

Richard Foltz

112–113. 4. Mehrdad R. Izady, The Kurds: A Concise Handbook, Washington: Taylor and Francis, 1992, especially Chapter 5. Izady includes the Alevi branch of Shi'ism alongside Yezidism and the Yaresan as the three surviving expressions ...
Religions of the Silk Road: Premodern Patterns of Globalization

Religions of the Silk Road: Premodern Patterns of Globalization

R. Foltz

Drawing on the latest research and scholarship, this newly revised and updated edition of Religions of the Silk Road explores the majestically fabled cities and exotic peoples that make up the romantic notions of the colonial era.
Richard Middleton, the Man and His Work

Richard Middleton, the Man and His Work

Henry Savage

Richard Middleton . . . Frontispiece Camera Portrait by E. O. Hoppé. Facing page Richard Middleton at the Age of 7 . . 10 Richard Middleton in Fancy Dress . . 28 A Bohemian Gathering . . . . 36 Sketch by Herbert Garland. Richard Middleton at ...
Freedom’s Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and ...

Freedom’s Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and ...

Richard S. Newman

Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers Richard S. Newman ... —Richard Allen, “An Address to Those Who Keep Slaves and Approve the Practice” With his coauthorship of the yellow-fever pamphlet, Richard ...
New Historicism and Renaissance Drama

New Historicism and Renaissance Drama

Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson, University of Louisville Kentucky Richard Wilson, Humanities Distinguished Professor of English Richard Dutton, Richard Dutton. First published 1992 by Longman Group Limited Published 2013 by Routledge 2 Park Square, ...
The Stage History of Shakespeare's King Richard the Third

The Stage History of Shakespeare's King Richard the Third

Alice Ida Perry Wood

In 1610, Robert Niccol's new edition of The Mirror for Magistrates appeared, in which there were two poems on Richard the Third, The Two Princes, and Richard III, the last to replace Segar's poem, Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, ...
The Cinema of Richard Linklater: Walk, Don't Run

The Cinema of Richard Linklater: Walk, Don't Run

Rob Stone

... Richard Linklater Cinematography: Richard Linklater Editor: Richard Linklater Main Cast: Richard Linklater, James Goodwin, Daniel Kratochvil, Linda Finney, Tracy Crabtree, Linda Levine, Lisa Schiebold, Erin MCafée, Denise Montgomery,  ...
Richard III

Richard III

Richard Andersen

Richard Andersen. Berger, Harry Jr. "Conscience and Complicity in Richard III," in Richard III, edited by Thomas Cartelli. New York: Norton, 2009. Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. New York: Riverhead Books, 1998.
Programming of Life

Programming of Life

Donald E. Johnson

Dawkins (Richard), “Book Review,” The New York Times, 4/9/89, section 7, p3. Dawkins (Richard), River Out of Eden,1995, p83. Dawkins (Richard), The Blind Watchmaker, 1996B. Dawkins (Richard), Climbing Mount Improbable, 1996C.
The Best Books for Academic Libraries: Language and literature

The Best Books for Academic Libraries: Language and literature

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B78 1991 Burton, Richard D. E., Baudelaire and the Second Republic : writing and revolution / Richard D.E. Burton. Oxford [England] .... PQ2230.S84 Stowe, Richard S. Alexandre Dumas (pere) / by Richard S. Stowe. Boston : Twayne ...
Through the Eyes of Darwin and Genesis:

Through the Eyes of Darwin and Genesis:

Bill Nielsen

Dawkins, Richard. An Appetite for Wonder. New York: Ecco, 2013. Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker. London: Penguin, 1986. Dawkins, Richard. The God Delusion. New York: First Mariner Books, 2008. Dawkins, Richard. The Greatest ...
War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the ...

War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the ...

Richard Toronto

Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction Richard Toronto . Interview by author. Telephone. August 17, 1983. Yerxa, Richard. Interview by author. Telephone. 2008. Letters Ackerman, Forrest J. Letter to ...
Probability's Nature and Nature's Probability - Lite: A ...

Probability's Nature and Nature's Probability - Lite: A ...

Donald E. Johnson

Dawkins (Richard), The Selfish Gene, 1976. Dawkins (Richard),”The Necessity of Darwinism,” New Scientist: 94, 4/15/82, p130. Dawkins (Richard), Scientific American, 6/88. Dawkins (Richard), “Book Review,” The New York Times, 4/9/89,  ...
Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson, Bishop of Landaff;

Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson, Bishop of Landaff;

Richard Watson

A N E O DOT ES OF THE LIFE OF RICHARD WATSON, BISHOP OF LAN DAFF: WRITTEN BY HIM SELF AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS, AND REVISED IN 1814. PUBLISHED BY HIS SON, RICHARD WATSON, LL.B. PREBENDARY OF ...
Black Boy

Black Boy

Richard Wright

At four years of age, Richard Wright set fire to his home; at five his father deserted the family; by six Richard was - ­ temporarily - an alcoholic.
Life and Inventions of Richard Roberts, 1789-1864

Life and Inventions of Richard Roberts, 1789-1864

Richard Leslie Hills

This is a biography of Richard Roberts, one of Britain's greatest inventors and the father of production engineering.
Archaeopteryx

Archaeopteryx

Richard M. Gaines

Richard M. Gaines. Richard M. Gaines ARCHAEOTERYX A Buddy Book by Richard M. Gaines \ .__. Cover.
The Pursuit of Knowledge: Speeches and Papers of Richard C. ...

The Pursuit of Knowledge: Speeches and Papers of Richard C. ...

Richard C. Atkinson

Speeches and Papers of Richard C. Atkinson Richard C. Atkinson, Patricia A. Pelfrey. University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing ...
U.S. Physician Reference Listing

U.S. Physician Reference Listing

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JOHN HILLIS EVANS' JOHN HM EVANS' JOHN HYNNE EVANS' JONATHAN LYNN EVANS' JOS BERNARD EVANS JR ... EVANS' RICHARD HAROLD EVANS' RICHARD HARVEY EVANS' RICHARD MILNER EVANS' RICHARD R EVANS' ...
Nez Perce

Nez Perce

Richard M. Gaines

Richard M. Gaines ... Furlong Art Direction & Maps: Pat Laurel Border Design: Carey Molter/MacLean & Tuminelly (Mpls.) Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Gaines, Richard M., 1942The Nez Perce / Richard M. Gaines. p. cm.
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of ...

A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of ...

Bernard Burke

Richard, of whom presently. 4. James. 2, Dorothy. 4, Agatha. 1. Thomas. 8. Humphrey. 1. Elizabeth. 8. Joan. The and son, Richard Newman, was resident in the city of Cork, 1651, and in t66s was J. P. for the co. He purchased from Sir Richard ...
Richard III: The Road to Leicester

Richard III: The Road to Leicester

Amy Licence

Following the dramatic announcement that Richard III's body had been discovered, past controversies have been matched by fresh disputes. Why is Richard III England's most controversial king?
Right of Way

Right of Way

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IN Richard J. Wurtz George D. Sinclair, MAI, FASA Richard J. Wurtz, a long time member of the IRWA, passed away August 23, 2006 in Mound City, Kansas, following a lengthy illness. Richard was very active in the Association for many years.

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