All Things Arabia

All Things Arabia
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2020-11-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004435921

By employing the innovative lenses of ‘thing theory’ and material culture studies, this collection brings together essays focused on the role played by Arabia’s things - from cultural objects to commodities to historical and ethnographic artifacts to imaginary things - in creating an Arabian identity over time. The Arabian identity that we convey here comprises both a fabulous Arabia that has haunted the European imagination for the past three hundred years and a real Arabia that has had its unique history, culture, and traditions outside the Orientalized narratives of the West. All Things Arabia aims to dispel existing stereotypes and to stimulate new thinking about an area whose patterns of trade and cosmopolitanism have pollinated the world with lasting myths, knowledge, and things of beauty. Contributors include: Ileana Baird, Marie-Claire Bakker, Joseph Donica, Holly Edwards, Yannis Hadjinicolaou, Victoria Hightower, Jennie MacDonald, Kara McKeown, Rana Al-Ogayyel, Ceyda Oskay, Chrysavgi Papagianni, James Redman, Eran Segal, Hülya Yağcıoğlu, and William Gerard Zimmerle.

The End of All Things Is at Hand

The End of All Things Is at Hand
Author: Richard Booker
Publisher: Bridge Logos Foundation
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2009
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780882706153

At least 76% of Christians believe that the end times are upon us. The End of All Things Is at Hand shows the truth about the last days. However the author avoids the sensational and writes to touch the reader¿s heart with important biblical information. He explains Bible prophecy and current and future events from a biblical Hebraic world view rather than a traditional Western cultural world view. This book is prophetic in its explanations, tone, and urgency. In addition to explaining prophetic events, the author provides instructions on how to prepare for and serve God in the end times. As such, this book is a ¿Watchman call, "and a spiritual manual for holy living in a changing world. Here are some of the critical subjects the book addresses: Ten signs of the coming of the Lord The nations in prophecy America in prophecy Preparing for the end times Serving God in the end times

A Time for All Things

A Time for All Things
Author: Craig Alan Miller
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2019-11-11
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0190073969

He has been called the greatest surgeon of the 20th century. The son of Lebanese immigrants, Michael DeBakey rose from humble beginnings in a backwater Louisiana town to dominate the landscape of modern medicine. His contributions to our understanding and treatment of cardiovascular disease, in particular, were innumerable and epoch-making. DeBakey led a life of high drama, from the streets of Jazz Age New Orleans and the operating theaters of pre-war Europe, to the battlefields of World War II and the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina. An advisor to Presidents, a health care statesman, and a physician to royalty and commoner alike, he helped build Houston's Texas Medical Center into a jewel of the medical world. Yet DeBakey's own family paid a tremendous cost for his commitment to his fellow man. Buoyed by unique access to primary resources, A Time for All Things: The Life of Michael E. DeBakey is the first to tell the remarkable story of a driven genius who led a scientific and therapeutic revolution in all its dramatic depth.

Goethe and the Poets of Arabia

Goethe and the Poets of Arabia
Author: Katharina Mommsen
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2014
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1571139087

A comprehensive account of Goethe's relationship to Arabian culture, mediated by his interest in certain poets and texts and by his highly nuanced attitude toward Islam.