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  • Book cover of The Alchemy of Happiness

    Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazzali (1058-1111) is one of the most important religious figures in Islamic history. He is particularly noted for his brilliant synthesis of mysticism and traditional Sunni Islam. Ghazzali's "The Alchemy of Happiness", written toward the end of his life, provides a succinct introduction to both the theory and practice of Sufism (Islamic mysticism). It thus offers many insights into traditional Muslim society. This translation is fully annotated for readers unfamiliar with Ghazzali and includes an introduction to his life and historical milieu.

  • Book cover of General Aviation Security

    After 9/11, the initial focus from the U.S. government, media, and the public was on security at commercial airports and aboard commercial airlines. Soon, investigation revealed the hijackers had trained at flight schools operating out of general aviation airports, leading to a huge outcry by the media and within the government to mandate security

  • Book cover of Faith, Hope and Determination

    Readers will greatly benefit reading this books forerunner SO MUCH WATER SO LITTLE WOOD for they play in contrasting milieus of maladministration and usually well administered milieus of the financial and other worlds. The American Association of Universty Professors deserves praise for its penetrating light on that books milieu benefitting employees and other educational institutions for future years. Professions have their unique vocabulary and idioms of wisdom as does the investment business. Its truth will be summarized. Business flourished for me. Ruth and I could vacation and travel a more pleasant life. Sorrow struck. Ruth had developed small brain aneurysms and died within four days. Two and a half years later I married Janice Seybolt Morton, a widow with two young daughters. Life went on. And Princeton Seminary? Purposely locked in a forget corner. Then my phone rang. The same student who wanted a copy of my prayer decades ago, now Seminary Archivist, looked for my file, but it was forever assigned to trash. I still have your prayer, he said. He came for three days, asking questions and recording my answers. He unlocked the corner. I had portraits of five deceased, outstanding former colleagues at Princeton painted for the Seminary, and eventually established endowments for scholarships and distribution of Bibles in South Africa, together with liberal contributions for a new library. Graciously the Seminary dedicated a lecture room in the new library for me on October 22, 2013. This book fulfills my dream of tribute to several of my friends at Pretoria University dedicating their lives to the Kingdom of God. They are all long gone now, one fifty years ago in 2013, but to all applies the inscription on Johannes Petrus Potgieters grave stone at his mission station Rivoni: THOU THEY WERE DEAD, YET SHALL THEY LIVE.

  • Book cover of Athlete, Not Food Addict

    Shattering widespread beliefs about the addictive nature of food, Athlete, Not Food Addict offers an empowering method for effective weight loss. Wellspring president Dan Kirschenbaum reveals that weight problems are caused primarily by resistant biological forces, our culture, and a lack of knowledge about how to manage and overcome these challenges. To lose weight permanently, we must become ?weight controller athletes” and learn to mold our bodies in a healthier direction, just as athletes do. 8 Steps to Weight Control Power provides the key steps to maximizing one's inner power to control weight, enabling readers to understand the body's resistance to weight loss and helping them learn how to effectively manage food to decrease the body's biological resistance. Kirschenbaum promotes the importance of increasing movement, while providing effective strategies for developing an athlete's power of concentration through focus and self-monitoring logs. Readers will become proficient weight controller athletes and gain the necessary tools for a lifetime of successful weight control.

  • Book cover of Maritime Security

    In a time when threats against the maritime community have never been greater, Maritime Security: Protection of Marinas, Ports, Small Watercraft, Yachts, and Ships provides a single, comprehensive source of necessary information for understanding and preventing or reducing threats to the maritime community.The book defines what comprises the mariti

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  • Book cover of World Governments, Grades 6 - 12

    Compare the US government to governments from around the world. While the text is summarized and supported with appropriate questions and activities for each level, the CD-ROM supplies essay options, puzzles, logic problems, and whiteboard resources. World Governments promotes content literacy, leveled reading, critical thinking, an understanding of technology, individual and small-group instruction, and more. Section topics include types of world governments, an examination of each continent, ratings and rankings, the United Nations, International Law, and more! Aligned to Common Core State Standards and NCSS standards. --Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. Mark Twain Media also provides innovative classroom solutions for bulletin boards and interactive whiteboards. Since 1977, Mark Twain Media has remained a reliable source for a wide variety of engaging classroom resources.

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  • Book cover of The Oxford Handbook of International Antitrust Economics, Volume 2

    More than any other area of regulation, antitrust economics shapes law and policy in the United States, the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In a number of different areas of antitrust, advances in theory and empirical work have caused a fundamental reevaluation and shift of some of the assumptions behind antitrust policy. This reevaluation has profound implications for the future of the field. The Oxford Handbook of International Antitrust Economics has collected chapters from many of the leading figures in antitrust. In doing so, this two volume Handbook provides an important reference guide for scholars, teachers, and practitioners. However, it is more than a merely reference guide. Rather, it has a number of different goals. First, it takes stock of the current state of scholarship across a number of different antitrust topics. In doing so, it relies primarily upon the economics scholarship. In some situations, though, there is also coverage of legal scholarship, case law developments, and legal policies. The second goal of the Handbook is to provide some ideas about future directions of antitrust scholarship and policy. Antitrust economics has evolved over the last 60 years. It has both shaped policy and been shaped by policy. The Oxford Handbook of International Antitrust Economics will serve as a policy and research guide of next steps to consider when shaping the future of the field of antitrust.

  • Book cover of The Bone Orchard

    Beneath the glamor of the trendy Hamptons summer town lies a different world of dark secrets. Local P.I. Declan MacManus struggles to survive after the summer folk leave, but nothing prepares him for what he's about to discover. Witnessing a bizarre car wreck, Mac knows what he saw was a murder. Following a trail of clues to a chilling conspiracy, Mac is running out of time, and about to become part of a secret no one is willing to talk about.