This book explores the foundations of Islamic investment, covering various products, their market application, and regulation. Its theoretical and practical approach offers a balanced overview of Islamic financial markets, their ethics, and their Shari’ah foundations.
Classical Phenomenology Applied to Gender Identity
Uncover the gendered human being through Kant, Husserl, and Heidegger. This book offers intellectual tools to grasp our existential reality and details the fierce intellectual clash between former colleagues Husserl and Heidegger.
Conservation of the Red Panda in the Eastern Himalayas
Explore the evolutionary history and conservation of red pandas in the Indian Himalayas. This book combines storytelling with scientific rigor to uncover the genetic saga of the red panda, their ever-changing world, and the urgency of conservation efforts.
Bashir Ahmad rescued Indo-Persian miniature painting from the cusp of extinction. This book details his apprenticeship with its last masters, his modernization of the art, and its evolution through his students, including Shahzia Sikander. With color illustrations.
Humour and Identity in Jewish American Fiction
This book explores the connection between humour and identity in contemporary Jewish American literature. It is a serious investigation into the strategic use of humour in identity formation, revealing the serious undertones in works that may first appear merely humorous.
Explore contemporary law’s pivotal shifts and pressing challenges. Delve into landmark cases, human rights, environmental law, and the transformative impact of technology on jurisprudence. A compass for navigating our modern legal discourse, this is an indispensable resource.
Radiation and Nuclear Energy
This book explains the benefits and risks of radiation and nuclear power in a simple manner. It covers applications in medicine, agriculture, and industry, then looks at nuclear power, arguing it has minimal environmental effects. Written for students and the public.
Weird fiction arose as an antithesis to the adverse conditions of modern life, expressing society’s disappointment with unrealized promises. This guide analyzes how these irrational visions in literature, film, and art trace the impact of the collective subconscious.
Protection, Preservation, and Conservation of Our Oceans
This book discusses the conservation, protection and preservation of oceans and the public trust and responsibility in State governments. This trustee responsibility of States was enshrined in the UN Law of the Sea Convention. An Oceans Public Trust is now required by Mankind.
Conflict-based strategy is obsolete. This is the essential guide to cooperative strategy for modern leaders. In a world where the choice is stark—”cooperate, or die”—this book provides the playbook for a successful future.
Exploring Personality and Performance in The Beatles
Go beyond the music to discover the secret of The Beatles’ global success. This book explores how personality, image, and unity created a phenomenon you could love without listening, as seen through the unique lens of the world’s best tribute acts.
A guide to analyzing financial data using econometric techniques. Covering topics from time series analysis to machine learning, it provides students, researchers, and finance professionals with the essential tools and real-world examples to make more accurate predictions.
This collection of annotated essays discusses the relevance of evolving science to public discourse about climate change. The essays confront organized denial and disinformation, building support for informed decisions on how to adapt to and abate climate risks.
University assessment efforts have failed to enhance educational quality. Plagued by questionable reliability and validity, the prevalent summative approach may not be the best method. This book suggests alternatives that yield more meaningful, quality-driven information.
The End of Manorial Tenure, 1841-1957
This book reveals the neglected world of English manorial tenure in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It establishes for the first time a protracted property revolution lasting over 100 years—a massive lacuna in legal history of interest to lawyers and historians alike.
This book interlinks gender, alterity, and education, with a focus on refugee education. It uniquely examines gender and alterity through both theoretical debate and empirical research, and explores the potential of Distance Education to combat inequality and discrimination.
The folktales of Libyan Jews reveal views on social issues that couldn’t be expressed openly due to cultural inhibitions and fear. This study examines these tales, exploring relationships, the position of women, and attitudes towards the “Other,” including the Muslim majority.
This book introduces valuation, explaining core concepts and the required calculations. A unique feature is its use of forward and backward calculations in worked examples, where an answer becomes a new question, enabling effective and enduring understanding.
Perceptions of Tank Cascade Systems in Sri Lanka
Drawing on 4 decades of research, this book brings you updated knowledge of Sri Lanka’s ancient tank cascade systems. The author offers new definitions of cascade systems and cascade ecology, exploring history, geology, water management, and the restoration of cascade ecology.
Carols of Birds, Bells, and Sacred Hymns from Ukraine
This anthology of Ukrainian carols is a prism through which Ukraine’s history, culture, and vibrant spirit are revealed. It includes the original “Carol of the Bells,” music scores, translations, and the gripping narratives of choral activism that helped a nation survive.