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ISBN: 8172235089
Publisher: HARPER COLLIN
Subtitle: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF A LOST LAND
Author: PATRICK FRENCH
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| ISBN | 8172235089 |
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| Publication Date | 2003 |
| Pages | 333 |
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ISBN: 0226028402 – Paperback
Publisher: CHICAGO
ISBN: 0226028402
Publisher: CHICAGO
Subtitle: AN HISTORICAL SURVEY A.D. 200-1500 THIRD ED REVISED
Author: FREDERICK B. ARTZ
ISBN: 0002152177 – Paperback
Publisher: HARPER COLLINS
ISBN: Z1500
Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS
Subtitle: THE CONQUEST AND ADMINISTRATION OF MULTAN
Author: J. ROYAL ROSEBE
ISBN: B3234
Publisher: VINTAGE BOOKS
Subtitle:
Author: VINTAGE BOOKS
This study outlines the main features of the theory and practice of political power in Muslim polities in the Middle Ages against the background of Near Eastern traditions of kingship, particularly Hellenistic, Persian, and Byzantine. The early Arab-Muslim polity is treated as an integral part of late Antiquity and the book explores the way in which older traditions were transposed into Islamic form and given specifically Islamic textual sanction.
ISBN: 1860640532
Publisher: I.B.TAURIS PUBLISHERS LONDON
Subtitle: POWER AND THE SACRED IN MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN, AND PAGAN POLITIES
Author: AZIZ AL-AZMEH
Millions of children in Pakistan live short and painful lives, suffering the worst forms of exploitation and neglect. Such injustice is often explained away as a direct result of the abject poverty in which their families live.
Yet lethargic legislatures, uncaring judges and poor planning by the state must share in the guilt of ignoring the pains and rights of such children. This book sets out to put the record straight. It argues that approaches to the question of child prisoners should require a totally new, care-oriented discipline, especially where legal rights are concerned.
The book examines the extent to which laws are actually applied in practice. Recommendations are then offered to correct the deficiencies in the system. An added bonus for lawyers and human rights organizations involved in the defense for children’s rights is the inclusion of eleven thoroughly updated appendices containing all relevant laws and amendments.
ISBN: 9694021316
Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS
Subtitle: CHILD PRISONERS OF PAKISTAN
Author: ASMA JAHANGIR
ISBN: 0860782573
Publisher: VARIORUM
Subtitle:
Author: FRANZ ROSENTHAL
On an autumn day in 1769, a Hungarian nobleman named Wolfgang von Kempelen attended a conjuring show at the court of Maria Theresa, empress of Austria-Hungary. So unimpressed was Kempelen by the performance that he declared he could do better himself. Maria Theresa held him to his word and gave him six months to prepare a show of his own. Kempelen did not disappoint; he returned to the court the following spring with a mechanical man, fashioned from wood, powered by clockwork, dressed in a stylish Turkish costume—and capable of playing chess.The Turk, as this contraption became known, was an instant success and enjoyed an illustrious career in Europe and America during the next eighty-five years. Associated over time with a host of historical figures, including Benjamin Franklin, Catherine the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, Charles Babbage, and Edgar Allan Poe, Kempelen’s creation also unwittingly helped to inspire the development of the power loom, the computer, and the detective story. Everywhere it went; the Turk baffled spectators and provoked frenzied speculation about whether a machine could really think. Many rival theories were published serving only to undermine each other, and the Turk’s secret was only ever revealed to a select few.Part historical detective story, part real-life fairy tale, The Turk chronicles the machine’s remarkable and checkered career against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution, as mechanical technology opened up dramatic new possibilities and the relationship between people and machines was being redefined. Today, in the midst of the computer age, that relationship has assumed a new significance, as scientists and philosophers continue to debate the possibility of machine intelligence. To modern eyes, the Turk was a surprisingly farsighted invention, and its saga is a colorful and important part of the history of technology.
ISBN: 0802713912
Publisher: WALKER & COMPANY
Subtitle:
Author: TOM STANDAGE
ISBN: 1851702830 – Hardback
Publisher: BRACKEN BOOKS
ISBN: 1851702830
Publisher: BRACKEN BOOKS
Subtitle:
Author: S.PETER DANCE