The Book of Nativities (Ibn Ezra Avraham Ben Meir)(Paperback)

The Book of Nativities (Ibn Ezra Avraham Ben Meir)(Paperback)

Rabbi Avraham Ben Meir Ibn Ezra (1089-1164) was a renowned Jewish scholar, whose accomplishments and prolific writing encompassed Biblical exegeses, Hebrew grammar, personal, national and liturgical poetry, philosophy, mathematics, geometry, astronomy and Astrology. In mainstream Judaism he is

An Honest Man (Fergusson Ben)(Paperback)

The new novel from the award-winning writer, Ben Fergusson, author of The Spring of Kasper Meier and The Other Hoffmann

The Spring of Kasper Meier (Fergusson Ben)(Paperback)

Perfect for fans of Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada and The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Simon Mawer - tightly plotted, emotionally gripping and a brilliant sense of place and period.Berlin, 1946. Everything is in short supply. Including the truth.The war is over, but Berlin is a desolate sea of

Ibn Arabi: The Voyage of No Return (Addas Claude)(Paperback)

Ibn Arabi: The Voyage of No Return traces the major events of Ibn Arabi's life: his conversion to Sufism; his travels around Andalusia and the Maghreb; his meetings with the saints of his time; his journey to Mecca; and his travels in Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Anatolia and Syria. Through her

The Book of Contemplation: Islam and the Crusades (Ibn Munqidh Usama)(Paperback)

The Crusades as seen through the eyes of Muslims A significant contribution to the understanding of the medieval holy wars between Christians and Muslims, this volume brings together the best and most complete eyewitness account of the Crusades from the perspective of a medieval Muslim writer

Book of Assistance (Al-Haddad Abdallah Ibn Alawi)(Paperback / softback)

Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn Yaqzan: A Philosophical Tale (Tufayl Ibn)(Paperback)

The Arabic philosophical fable Hayy Ibn Yaqzan is a classic of medieval Islamic philosophy. Ibn Tufayl (d. 1185), the Andalusian philosopher, tells of a child raised by a doe on an equatorial island who grows up to discover the truth about the world and his own place in it, unaided-but also

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China (Vogel Ezra F.)(Paperback)

Winner of the Lionel Gelber PrizeNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist An Economist Best Book of the Year A Financial Times Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year A Washington Post Book of the Year A Bloomberg News Book of the Year An Esquire China Book of the Year A Gates

Al Muqaddimah: Prolegomena (Ibn Khaldun)(Paperback)

The Muqaddimah, also known as the Muqaddimah of Ibn Khaldun or Ibn Khaldun's Prolegomena was written by the Arab, North African Muslim historian Ibn Khaldun in 1377 which records an early view of universal history. Some modern thinkers view it as the first work dealing with the philosophy of

Ibn Khaldun on Sufism: Remedy for the Questioner in Search of Answers (Khaldun Ibn)(Paperback)

The Travels of Ibn Battutah (Battuta Ibn)(Paperback)

Ibn Battutahethnographer, bigrapher, anecdotal historian and occasional botanistwas just21 when he set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on a pilgramage to Mecca. He did not return to Morocco for another29 years, traveling instead through more than 40 countries on the modern map, covering75,000

Expo 1 Pupil Book (Meier Jon)(Paperback / softback)

Provide clear grammatical progression and development of language skills in the context of lively and appealing content. The short two-page units are motivating and accessible for the pupils and make lesson planning easy. Contain differentiated activities to cater for a full range of abilities

Ezra Pound: Translations (Pound Ezra)(Paperback)

Ezra Pound is destined to rank as one of the great translators of all time. Ranging through many languages, he chose for translation writers whose work marked a significant turning point in the development of world literature, or key poems which exemplify what is most vital in a given period or

Shelley Gave Jane a Guitar (Meier Richard)(Paperback)

'Basking in the twilight of Late Romanticism, Meier . . . finds the rays seductive but damaging . . . Meier's sophisticated debut promises further developments.'--Publishers Weekly on Terrain Vague Domesticity, nature, and heartbreak inhabit this seriously playful second collection. Through precise

False Value - Ben Aaronovitch

Now in paperback, the eighth book of the bestselling Rivers of London series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London. Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and

What the Bible Teaches - Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther: Wtbt Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther (Flanigan Jim)(Paperback)

What the Bible Teaches exposition of the Old Testament books of the Bible:

Ezra Pound (Pound Ezra)(Paperback / softback)

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the

The Rhine (Coates Ben)(Paperback)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD The Rhine is one of the world's greatest rivers. Once forming the outer frontier of the Roman Empire, it flows 800 miles from the social democratic playground of the Netherlands, through the industrial and political powerhouses of

Hammer And Tickle - A History Of Communism Told Through Communist Jokes (Lewis Ben)(Paperback / softback)

The book that immerses the Cold War in the warm bath of nostalgia

The Pretender's Gold (Ben Hope, Book 21) (Mariani Scott)(Paperback)

Pre-order now: the next Ben Hope thriller in the series which has sold millions of copies around the worldWhen things get rough, we should all have a friend like Ben Hope...Retired army sergeant Boonzie McCulloch travels to the wintry Highlands of Scotland to help a relative in danger, but is soon

Personae - The Shorter Poems of Ezra Pound (Pound Ezra)(Paperback / softback)

If the invention of literary modernism is usually attributed to Joyce, Eliot and Pound, it was Pound's personality and position in the artistic world that enabled the experiment to transform itself into an international

The Snowy Day (Keats Ezra Jack)(Paperback)

The magic and wonder of winter's first snowfall is perfectly captured in Ezra Jack Keat's Caldecott Medal-winning picture book. This celebrated classic has been shared by generations of readers and listeners, a must-have for every child's bookshelf and a perfect gift for the holiday season. New

The Travels of Ibn Battutah (Mackintosh-Smith Tim)(Pevná vazba)

Ibn Battutah - ethnographer, biographer, anecdotal historian and occasional botanist - was just twenty-one when he set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He did not return to Morocco for another twenty-nine years, travelling instead through more than forty countries on

Misadventures of Frederick (Manley Ben)(Paperback / softback)

A critically acclaimed, gloriously illustrated picture book that celebrates the joys of being scared and doing it