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Ghazali and the Poetics of Imagination (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks) 1 review
Ebrahim Moosa
The University of North Carolina Press, 2005
An Eloquent Tour de Force
Ghazali and the Poetics of Imagination is an eloquent tour de force that argues for the contemporary engagement and revitalization of the Islamic tradition through the reconciliatory hermeneutical strategy of al-Ghazali. Professor Moosa's extensive training in traditional Islamic scholarship as well as his fluency in the Western intellectual tradition allows him to address many challenges ...
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Over What Hill?: Notes from the Pasture2 reviews
Effie Leland Wilder
Peachtree Publishers, 1996
Aging Humor is Ageless !
Over What Hill ? is another very entertaining short novel by Effie Leland Wilder. It touches your heart and then makes you laugh. The book is written as a diary in which Hattie shares the her thoughts and the events that happen at FairAcres retirement center. The point of view of an eighty something with a sense of humor is refreshing. If you have to choose between this book and Out to ...
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Five Minute Bride (How To Catch A Princess) (Silhouette Desires, No 1058)1 review
Leanne Banks
Silhouette, 1997
The Five-Minute Bride by Leanne Banks (Silhouette Desire Large Print)
Description from the book back cover:
Every girl dreams of marrying a prince ... Just when Emily St. Clair was about to march down the aisle, she discovered that her 'perfect' groom was a complete toad! Well, she'd just forget about happily-ever-after. From now on, Miss Prim-and-Proper was going to live footloose and fancy-free! Officer Beau Ramsey was more cowboy than county sheriff. But ...
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Night Studies: Stories of Life in a West African Village2 reviews
Trafford Publishing, 2006
AMAZING BOOK!
I loved this book! The author really has special insight into the traditions, beliefs, and events - big and small - that make up the life of a West African village. His warmth, humor, and love of the people that he writes about comes through on every page. I had this book with me when I was travelling through Nigeria and had to wrestle it away from my travelling companion. Definitely recommend ...
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Shooting the Moon (Harlequin Superromance No. 1058)4 reviews
Brenda Novak
Harlequin, 2002
Highly Satisfying--A Beautiful Story!
When Harley Nelson reads the obituary of his former girlfriend, he returns to Portland, OR to claim the nine-year-old son he's never seen. Brandon has been raised by his aunt and grandparents in a luxurious gated community. Lauren Worthington loves her sister's son as if he were her own, and nothing will make her give up this child to bad boy Harley. In fact, fueled by her father's tales of ...
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Healers on Healing (New Consciousness Reader)5 reviews
Richard Carlson
Putnam Publishing Group, The, 1989
A treasure of advice and guidance for healing
This collection of essays by a Who's Who of American Healing started changing my life twenty minutes after I picked it up. The advice of people like Louise Hay and Carl Simonton went straight to the heart of issues we all face with our own health and the health of our loved ones and clients. Of course, not all of the 37 different takes on the healing process will seem relevant to any ...
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Rachel's Cowboy (Harlequin American Romance # 1058)3 reviews
Judy Christenberry
Harlequin, 2005
Studly cowboys and warm-hearted family. Cool!
After a brief affair, Rachel Barlow learned exactly where she stood with handsome cowboy J. D. Stanley. He was happy to take a beautiful model to bed, but he didn't have any interest in a long-term relationship. Which was all right with her. She had to keep working, to replace the money her 'mother' had stolen from her. She had no place in her busy life for a cowboy--no matter that her body ...
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On the Boundaries of Theological Tolerance in Islam: Abu Hamid al Ghazali's Faysal al Tafriqa (Studies in ...4 reviews
Oxford University Press, USA, 2002
A very timely and important work.
"Hujjat al-Islam" (Proof of Islam) Shaykh Abu Hamid al-Ghazali covered a very important topic in his famous book "Faysal at-Tafriqa Bayna al-Islam wa al-Zandaqa" - The Decisive Criterion for Distinguishing Islam from Heresy (or Masked Infidelity).
It's actually a really great read, especially the commentary by Dr. Sherman (Abdul-Hakim) Jackson. Very methodological, but also flows very well, ...
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The Scriptorium and Library at Monte Cassino, 1058-1105 (Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology)1 review
Francis Newton
Cambridge University Press, 1999
The most important book in paleography of our generation.
This volume ranks with E.K. Rand's Studies in the Script of Tours, or Bernard Bischoff's Sudostdeutsch Schreibschulen (but it is much more readable than the latter), as one of the major paleographical studies of the twentieth century. The product of 35 years of study at Monte Cassino and in libraries throughout Europe and North America, this book presents the first comprehensive study of any ...
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Imam Abu Hamid Ghazali : An Exponent of Islam in Its Totality1 review
Hamid Algar
Islamic Publications International, 2000
Algar, One of the Greatest Contemporary Islamic Scholars
Algar is one of the greatest contemporary Islamic scholars who has published original works on Islam in the English language. This book is yet another in a series of illuminating discussions, many of which have been delivered live. Algar's other books and essays (both in English and other languages), whether on history, translation of sufi texts, commentary or tafsir, are a breakthrough in ...
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Kidnapped (Sac 1058) 85 reviews
Robert Louis Stevenson
Spoken Arts, 1990
Kidnapped By Robert Louis Stevenson
This is a very wonderful book. When David Balfours father dies his his greedy uncle tries to get all the money of his fathers. So he plots to kill David. His uncle has him on a boat to the American Colonies to have David be a slave. On the way the boat is shipwrecked. He becomes friends with the only survivor a rugged Highlander from Scottland named Alan Breck Stewart. They plan a rebellion to ...
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PowerLiving by Jake:: Eleven Lessons to Change Your Life6 reviews
Jake Steinfeld
Random House, 1997
It's great if you REALY want to change
Practical, no nonsense apporach from the guy who actually makes mistakes and eventually succeeded in life. It is not for someone who just want to lose a few pounds, but for someone who really wants to change his life for the better and keep doing it forever.
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Homer's Iliad (Cliffs Notes) 3 reviews
Bob Linn
Cliffs Notes, 1989
A must-have
especially if you're new to Greek, or are somewhat intimidated by Homer. Any student studying The Iliad should have a copy of this to help them keep the families and factions in order. However - if you're already familiar with Greek and/or Homer, this won't provide you with much info that you don't already know. I would think the student would benefit the most from this.
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The mystery of Drear House: The conclusion of the Dies Drear chronicle8 reviews
Virginia Hamilton
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Pub. Co, 1993
The Best!
The House of Dies Drear is a great book. I loved the way the author left you hanging at the end of each chapter. I read it in class. It was really hard not to read to the next chapter. I loved it.
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Torts: Law in a Flash2 reviews
Emanuel Pub Corp, 2001
Spendid resource for students in California non-ABA law schools!
Now I can't tell everyboby what to do in every situation but if you are in a law school ABA or non-ABA or are thinking about studying law and want an excellent outline for torts but don't want to spend the $30-$35 for the 2006 version of torts: law in a flash then go ahead and buy this 2001 used and out of print version of these torts cards which is more or less the same as the 2006 version but ...
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The Firm399 reviews
John Grisham
Dell Publishing Company, 1992
Beware of Offers You Cannot Refuse
The Firm launched John Grisham to superstar status as the world's favorite debunker of the legal profession. The Firm perfectly casts the way that high-potential law students are wined, dined, and bribed into taking sweat shop jobs that ruin their lives. But like all good novels, that's just the beginning of the story. How does a small-to-medium-sized Memphis firm outbid the Wall Street boys? ...
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A Case for Romance4 reviews
Katie Rose
Fanfare, 1999
A refreshing romance that is genuinely delightful
The lawyer wrote Emily Potter to inform her that her father died, leaving her with a bordello and an apparent missing fortune in gold. To the surprise of her father's Denver attorney, Emily announces that she plans to occupy her father's house of ill repute. Emily loves mysteries and plans to incorporate Sherlockian logic to uncover who murdered her father. On the stage to Denver, Emily meets ...
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The Doctors Book of Home Remedies II: Over 1,200 New Doctor-Tested Tips and Techniques Anyone Can Use to Heal ...10 reviews
Rodale Pr, 1993
Not a doctor but reads like one!
I bought this book after getting fed up taking myself to the doctor to hear that it is just a bad cold or something that could be remedied at home. I had the wonderful experience of letting myself get addicted to nasal decongestant. Not the saline spray! I know that my body can become resistant to antibiotics and the side effects are scary! This book has all kinds of ailments. It is incredible ...
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The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories15 reviews
Mary Higgins Clark
Smithmark Pub, 1992
Mary can't miss!
MAry Higgins Clark has done it again. This author just can't miss. I have never read a book of her's that has disappointed and this is no exception. It is a little different in that instead of one story-- it is four little stories. Each one with its own little twists and turns. Perfect short story reading for a commuter or a busy parent on the run! Miss Mary, keep 'em coming!
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The Prince of Egypt: A to Z ("Prince of Egypt")2 reviews
Eric Metaxas
Thomas Nelson Inc, 1998
Retired School Teacher
This is a beautiful book written in such a way that it can help children not only to learn about the story of the Hebrews flight from slavery, but also Moses' relationships to other people in the story. The pictures are eye-catching and beautiful!
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