Text: English, Persian (translation)

Ship of Sulaiman

History

O’Kane, John

Muḥammad Rābīʻ ibn Muḥammad Ibrāhīm

Asia

Columbia Univ. Pr.

The Concept of Sainthood in Early Islamic Mysticism: Two Works by Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi - An Annotated Translation with Introduction (Routledge Sufi Series)

This book provides translations of the earliest Arabic autobiography and the earliest theoretical explanation of the psychic development and powers of an Islamic holy man (Saint, Friend of God).

Radtke, Bernd

Reference

Routledge

This book provides translations of the earliest Arabic autobiography and the earliest theoretical explanation of the psychic development and powers of an Islamic holy man (Saint, Friend of God).

Biographies & Memoirs

religious book in English, paperback

The Secrets of God's Mystical Oneness, Or, the Spiritual Stations of Shaikh Abu Said = Asrar Al-Towhid Fi Maqamat Al-Seyk Abi Said (Persian Heritage)

Muhammad Ibn Al-Munavvar

Religion & Spirituality

Mazda Pub

The Ship of Sulaiman

Venice, Ca: A City State of Mind

This book is a reminiscence that celebrates Venice, California's heyday as an alternative community and what survives from it in the present. Many wonder how much longer this city's creative state of mind can persist as gentrification threatens to transform this legendary bohemian Mecca into merely another beach resort for the propertied. The author discusses these threats, but finds in the consciousness of remaining alternative residents a spirit of resistance to these pressures.

Children's Books

Education & Reference

Booklocker.com, Inc.

The founder of the Celtic Soccer Crew sets the record straight and his life straight in one gripping memoir.With 33 criminal convictions against him, plus a further 33 cases either dropped or found not guilty, he has been remanded nine times including one charge of attempted murder when he was aged just 18. He became rapidly embroiled in a life of violence and was in and out of prison just as many times as he was in and out of the hospital. His was a life dedicated to football violence in the shape of the Celtic Soccer Crew. O'Kane's memoirs are about the extraordianry struggle of a gang of football hooligans to survive, despite discovering an unexpected enemy: the indomitable Celtic Support - a support that guarded its reputation and good name with a passion O'Kane hadn't reckoned with, even as a Celtic supporter himself. But out on the streets and causing mayhem, the Celtic Soccer Crew (which incredibly included their girlfriends) proved they were not taking shit from anyone. Now revealed for the first time are some of those outrageous antics for which the CSC firm are notorious. Combined with frankness and honesty, they give the reader a real insight into what turns a man into a career hooligan.

Celtic Soccer Crew

Sports & Outdoors

Biographies

John Blake

"My name is John Andrew O’Kane, I played football for the biggest club in the world but you probably don’t remember me. I’ve shared a pitch with legends like Peter Schmeichel, Roy Keane and Eric Cantona. I’ve received the hairdryer treatment from Fergie and partied with the likes of Ryan Giggs and Lee Sharpe. I’ve roomed with David Beckham and knew him inside out. We did everything together. I then watched as he went on to another level entirely when his career took off whilst my own took me in a completely different direction."\nIn the same summer that his erstwhile roommate became Real Madrid’s latest galactico, John retired from football at just 29 due to his mental health and diminished appetite for the game, an age when defenders are usually reaching their peak. In truth, he had never been truly satisfied with his career in the game because his autism and naturally questioning nature led to clashes with authority, a cardinal sin in the strict world of the game back then. 
Back in the real world John moved into ‘normal’ jobs as a roofer’s mate and a labourer before finally taking on a job as a teaching mentor to vulnerable kids. Almost overnight he’d gone from living the dream to dealing with nightmare problems and horrific life stories, yet John describes this as ‘The Best Job in the World’. 
In this searingly honest account of life inside the football bubble, John uncovers the real world of football beyond the glitz and glamour and the price to be paid for anyone with a mind of their own.

Bursting the Bubble: Football, Autism and Me

Empire Publications

Five short stories about Venice, CA

Storylandia 46: A Venice Quintet

Literature & Fiction

Short Stories & Anthologies

Wapshott Press

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