Psychological Dimensions of Near Eastern Studies (Princeton Studies on the Near East)

History

Brown & Itzkowitz

Middle East

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The Sephardim in the Ottoman Empire

This book deals with a little-known chapter in Jewish history and, indeed, in Ottoman and Middle Eastern social history. Although much has been written about the "golden age" of Iberian Jews, the Sephardim, relatively little has been published about their largest diaspora, which came into existence after their expulsion from Spain in 1492. The present work comes to fill this void. It describes how the Sephardim came to settle in the Ottoman Empire, how they developed and organized their communities, what were their economic and cultural activities, and what role they played in the lands of the Ottoman Empire.

Avigdor Levy

This document, known in Orientalist jargon as the "Constitution of Medina," is accepted, even by iconclasts of the field, as an original document going back to the Prophet Muhammad. Yet, for some reason, it has not received its fair share of scholarly attention. This book is an attempt to remedy this situation, and includes the two known versions of the "Constitution," founded on many sources. This is followed by introductory chapters dealing with the Muslim and Jewish groups that participated in the document. Finally, there is a translation and a detailed commentary on the clauses. 
In this book, the author argues that most of the Jewish tribes of Medina, including the large ones, did not participate in the "Constitution"; the main tribes had more rudimentary, non-belligerency treaties with Muhammad. In addition, the assumption that the "Constitution" declared each Jewish group as an umma or community rests on a faulty reading: In fact the participating Jews received a guarantee of security (amana). 
This monograph will enrich the resources available for the study of Muhammad’s concepts and policies shortly after his arrival at Medina.

Constitution of Medina: Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam, Vol. 23

Lecker, Michael

Historical Study & Educational Resources

The Golden Retriever Puppy Handbook

What Ann Johnson brings to the discussion in this book are very personal ways of caring for Golden Retriever puppies based on her experience, knowledge, and background in Biology. Her natural ability to listen to all points of view and her extensive background in science as an educator and researcher have proven invaluable in helping to create the best and most harmonious life for each of her Golden puppies and for each puppy’s family. Explaining the growth phases of a Golden puppy during his first year of life, Ann separates these periods into stages of development, describing the major changes that take place: Seven Weeks through Four Months Five Months through Eight Months Nine Months through Twelve Months In the comprehensive middle section of the book, she deals with health concerns: Vaccinations Feeding and Nutrition Common Health Problems Parasites Neutering and Spaying Finally, she addresses specific topics for new owners (and breeders) including a chapter about a puppy’s first visit to the vet (written by Jean H. Cunningham-Smith, VMD). This book is basically a compilation of responses to questions owners of new puppies have asked her over the course of three decades working with owners and their families. In addition, she discusses matters she finds interesting or fascinating and does not avoid discussing areas controversial in the breed: "Not everything is known about so-called genetic defects," she says. "For breeders and owners to focus exclusively on the genetic component and not take into consideration environmental influences ignores a major component of what goes into producing a healthy Golden." Most amazing of all is Ann’s devotion to her own canines and to the welfare of the breed. She is not only clearly fascinated with the lives of these wonderful creatures, but she is as closely connected to their world as she is to ours.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

R. Ann Johnson

Pets & Animal Care

What Ann Johnson brings to the discussion in this book are very personal ways of caring for Golden Retriever puppies based on her experience, knowledge, and background in Biology. Her natural ability to listen to all points of view and her extensive background in science as an educator and researcher have proven invaluable in helping to create the best and most harmonious life for each of her Golden puppies and for each puppyÂ’s family. Explaining the growth phases of a Golden puppy during his first year of life, Ann separates these periods into stages of development, describing the major changes that take place: Seven Weeks through Four Months Five Months through Eight Months Nine Months through Twelve Months In the comprehensive middle section of the book, she deals with health concerns: Vaccinations Feeding and Nutrition Common Health Problems Parasites Neutering and Spaying Finally, she addresses specific topics for new owners (and breeders) including a chapter about a puppyÂ’s first visit to the vet (written by Jean H. Cunningham-Smith, VMD). This book is basically a compilation of responses to questions owners of new puppies have asked her over the course of three decades working with owners and their families. In addition, she discusses matters she finds interesting or fascinating and does not avoid discussing areas controversial in the breed: "Not everything is known about so-called genetic defects," she says. "For breeders and owners to focus exclusively on the genetic component and not take into consideration environmental influences ignores a major component of what goes into producing a healthy Golden." Most amazing of all is AnnÂ’s devotion to her own canines and to the welfare of the breed. She is not only clearly fascinated with the lives of these wonderful creatures, but she is as closely connected to their world as she is to ours.

Johnson, R. Ann

What Ann Johnson brings to the discussion in this book are very personal ways of caring for Golden Retriever puppies based on her experience, knowledge, and background in Biology. Her natural ability to listen to all points of view and her extensive background in science as an educator and researcher have proven invaluable in helping to create the best and most harmonious life for each of her Golden puppies and for each puppy's family.
 Explaining the growth phases of a Golden puppy during his first year of life, Ann separates these periods into stages of development, describing the major changes that take place:
 Seven Weeks through Four Months Five Months through Eight Months Nine Months through Twelve Months In a comprehensive middle section of the book, she deals with Health Concerns:
 Vaccinations Feeding and Nutrition Common Health Problems Parasites Neutering and Spaying Finally, she addresses specific topics for new owners (and breeders) each with a distinct chapter, including a puppy's first visit to the vet (written by Jean H. Cunningham-Smith, VMD).
 This book is basically a compilation of responses to questions owners of new puppies have asked her over the course of three decades working with new owners and their families. In addition, she discusses matters she finds interesting or fascinating. Nor does she avoid discussing areas controversial in the breed: "Not everything is known about so-called genetic defects," she says. "For breeders and owners to focus exclusively on the genetic component and not take into consideration environmental influences ignores a major component of what goes into producing a healthy Golden."
 Most amazing of all is Ann's devotion to her own canines and to the welfare of the breed. She is not only clearly fascinated with the lives of these wonderful creatures, but she is as closely connected to their world as she is to ours.

The Golden Retriever Puppy Handbook: The Care and Training of a Golden Retriever Puppy from Seven Weeks through Twelve Months (2nd Edition)

Reference

Starboard at Midnight

Helen Behr Sanford

In his memoir, My Other Life: A Combat Soldier in Vietnam, Richard Alexander tells of his experiences as a machine gunner on, and then the driver and Track Commander of, an armored personnel carrier with the Army s Eleventh Armored Cavalry Regiment in South Vietnam from April, 1967 to April, 1968. In relating his experiences, it s as if Alexander is remembering what happened to him in another life. He tells of the young, badly burned Viet Cong soldier who was miraculously still alive when Alexander came across him lying among the charred corpses of his buddies in a napalmed village; sitting in the driver s compartment of a personnel carrier and hoping to God that one of the rockets he just heard being fired from the nearby tree line didn t have his name on it; his young black friend from Newark, New Jersey, where race riots were taking place and personnel carriers rolling down the street on which his family lived, asking, "how does someone like you end up being in a place like this with someone like me?" My Other Life is about Alexander s growing disillusionment about the war and how the U.S. was fighting it; the ineffectual search and destroy tactics and the use of "expendable" soldiers such as himself as "bait" who, day in and day out, were sent into the heavily mined and booby-trapped jungles and rice paddies in order to lure an otherwise elusive and often unseen enemy, into fighting. And for what? It s about Alexander feeling as if his luck had finally run out when after being discharged from the hospital and assigned to base camp for the final four months of his tour, he found himself back out in the field fighting at the beginning of the Tet Offensive. My Other Life is about the unimaginable horrors of war and the lingering emotional and psychological effects fighting in the war had on Alexander. It s about the unforeseen challenges Alexander faced upon returning home. How in the eyes of many students mostly returning vets were considered traitors, murderers . . . cowards . . . baby-killers. Finally, My Other Life is about the impact the war had on Alexander s family; his mother, father, sister, and brother and the triumph of his family over a war that tried to tear them apart.

My Other Life: A Combat Soldier In Vietnam

Biographies & Memoirs

Richard Alexander

Leaders & Notable People

This is an important primary document describing the status of Russian Jewry just prior to the Revolutionary period, and placing it in its proper historical perspective. As a defender of Russian Jews, Leskov deserves recognition; his voice is that of religious tolerance, something rare in the perspective of human history. The book deserves to be read by scholars and laymen alike. It is a worthy monument to a magnificent writer and, as Professor Shefski states, "a concrete example of the ultimate goodness and generosity of mankind."

Jews in Russia: Some Notes on the Jewish Question (English and Russian Edition)

N. S. Leskov

Asia

The March from Medina: A Revisionist Study of the Arab Conquests

John Walter Jandora

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