25 results for "Modern Muslim Authors" between € 5.00 and € 150.00

Dermot Lucey teaches at Ballincollig Community School, Co. Cork. He is a member of the Central Executive Committee of the History Teachers’ Association of Ireland, and Editor of the Association’s journal, Stair. He is a member of the Junior Certificate History Course Committee and is author of a number of History textbooks, including The Past Today and Shortcuts to Success History Exam Guide for Leaving Certificate.

In "Dubliners", completed when Joyce was only 25, the author produced a definitive group portrait. The book is rooted in an accurate apprehension of the detail of Dublin life. The author also wrote "Ulysses" and "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man".

Read the review by Glenn Flear in Yearbook 75 (You need acrobat reader to view these pages)Following the success of Ideas Behind Modern Chess Openings, this comprehensive companion volume gives the complete opening repertoire for Black. A must for anyone who plays with Black pieces, these low-maintenance, easy-to-follow openings can be played from the very first move, enabling players to dictate the development of the game from a very early stage. Against 1.d4 the author recommends playing 1...

Leading chess author Colin Crouch selects and explains over 30 sensational games, all from the new millennium. By studying battles between the world's best players, Crouch examines in detail all the key areas of modern chess. Powerful attacking and resourceful defending, bloodthirsty tactical battles, profound positional mastery, deep opening preparation and superb endgame play are all in evidence here, while Crouch also explores the ever-increasing role of computers and the way human imagination...

In a Western world suddenly acutely interested in Islam, one question has been repeatedly heard above the din: Where are the Muslim reformers? With this volume, the author establishes himself as one of Europe's leading thinkers and one of Islam's innovative and important voices.

>>> Expected Release May 2012 A very popular chess opening thoroughly modernized Grandmaster Dejan Antic and International Master Branimir Maksimovic have written a book that will change the way chess players look at the French Defense, one of the most popular chess openings. This is a complete and up-to-date work for players of all levels, and contains brand-new concepts in topical modern lines such as the Steinitz, McCutcheon and Morozevich Variations. The authors explain strategic concepts...

Description: This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series "Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era" reveals how French officers who served in Indochina, like the author, Roger Trinquier, fought fierce rear-guard actions against ideologically motiv ...

Modern Accounting is a dynamic new textbook that incorporates a fresh, interactive approach to the teaching of Leaving Certificate Accounting, for both Higher and Ordinary Levels. In contrast to other books, the author separates the theory from the questions. The theory is explored, with examples, in the opening section of each chapter and this is then followed by relevant original questions. All elements of the Leaving Certificate Accounting syllabus (Higher and Ordinary Levels) are comprehensively...

Examines the true teachings of Islam, and explores the reality of the Muslim world. Emphasising the diversity of Islam and its ideals, this book assesses the role Islam plays in the lives of ordinary Muslims, and how Islamic beliefs and practices help Muslims understand the modern world.

Description: In this book the author explores the shifting philosophical boundaries of modern medical knowledge and practice occasioned by the crisis of quality-of-care, especially in terms of the various humanistic adjustments to the biomedical model.

Description: The bestselling author of "The British Century" documents the political, social, cultural and scientific events that marked the 20th century France.

Examines the dynamics of Islamic discourse on sexuality and young Thai Muslims' interactions with modern urban Thai culture. This work illustrates young Thai Muslims' struggles to reconcile their traditional religious beliefs with the surrounding manifestations of modernization, globalization, consumerism, changing sexual mores, and gay rights.