Download or read book The Divine Names written by Al-Tilims& and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2023-12 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sufi scholar’s philosophical interpretation of the names of God The Divine Names is a philosophically sophisticated commentary on the names of God. Penned by the seventh-/thirteenth-century North African scholar and Sufi poet ʿAfīf al-Dīn al-Tilimsānī, The Divine Names expounds upon the one hundred and forty-six names of God that appear in the Qurʾan, including The All-Merciful, The Powerful, The First, and The Last. In his treatment of each divine name, al-Tilimsānī synthesizes and compares the views of three influential earlier authors, al-Bayhaqī, al-Ghazālī, and Ibn Barrajān. Al-Tilimsānī famously described his two teachers Ibn al-ʿArabī and al-Qūnawī as a “philosophizing mystic” and a “mysticizing philosopher,” respectively. Picking up their mantle, al-Tilimsānī merges mysticism and philosophy, combining the tenets of Akbari Sufism with the technical language of Aristotelian, Neoplatonic, and Avicennan philosophy as he explains his logic in a rigorous and concise way. Unlike Ibn al-ʿArabī, his overarching concern is not to examine the names as correspondences between God and creation, but to demonstrate how the names overlap at every level of cosmic existence. The Divine Names shows how a broad range of competing theological and philosophical interpretations can all contain elements of the truth.

Download or read book Army of None Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War written by Paul Scharre and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book I had been waiting for. I can't recommend it highly enough." —Bill Gates The era of autonomous weapons has arrived. Today around the globe, at least thirty nations have weapons that can search for and destroy enemy targets all on their own. Paul Scharre, a leading expert in next-generation warfare, describes these and other high tech weapons systems—from Israel’s Harpy drone to the American submarine-hunting robot ship Sea Hunter—and examines the legal and ethical issues surrounding their use. “A smart primer to what’s to come in warfare” (Bruce Schneier), Army of None engages military history, global policy, and cutting-edge science to explore the implications of giving weapons the freedom to make life and death decisions. A former soldier himself, Scharre argues that we must embrace technology where it can make war more precise and humane, but when the choice is life or death, there is no replacement for the human heart.

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Download or read book Exodus of Spies written by Brian Landers and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Angola the largest tank battle since WWII is taking place. South African troops are battling to preserve apartheid.Ministers want MI6 to provide support, discreetly. Thomas Dylan is sent to the front line, but death is soon much closer to home. After thirty years in British Intelligence, Adam Joseff has retired to his stamp collection. His loyalty is beyond question... until he is murdered in the Caribbean. Then the questions start.Has Joseff betrayed his country? Or has he been betrayed? And why was he so interested in an Angolan student young enough to be his granddaughter? As the Dylans start pulling the clues together they must confront death, betrayal and their own conscience.Then the politicians take over.

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Download or read book Lookout written by Christine Byl and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in rural Montana, LOOKOUT centers on the dual coming-of-age of a girl and her father amid the natural and cultural forces that shape their family. LOOKOUT tells the story of the Kinzlers, a complex working-class family firmly rooted in northwestern Montana. Josiah and Margaret Kinzler have forged an unusual bond marked by both tenderness and distance; their daughters, Cody and Louisa, grow up watching their parents navigate what it means to be true to yourself and what that costs. LOOKOUT offers a gripping dual coming-of-age: Cody’s from stoic ranch kid to hotshot firefighter to resilient woman learning to rely on others, and Josiah’s as he struggles to thrive in a world that has misunderstood him. Bound by their love of the land, the Kinzlers work to bridge the gaps created by what they leave unspoken. LOOKOUT brings to life a family coming out to itself, at home in a new and nuanced American West.

Download or read book The Loyal West in the Times of the Rebellion written by John Warner Barber and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Thank God for Atheists written by Timothy Morgan and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The greatest authors of atheism did more to push me toward belief in God than any Christian apologist writer." —Timothy Morgan After a decade of major disappointments, Timothy Morgan was ready to reject God. Atheism offered an escape—an opportunity to dismiss God permanently. But as Morgan delved into the thinking of great atheists past and present, he was stunned. In book after book, he found their reasons for rejecting God to be intellectually unfulfilling. In Thank God for Atheists he candidly shares his journey by letting atheists speak for themselves, examining their logic to see whether it holds up or not. Along the way, deals with these key questions: What are the key elements of the atheist worldview? Who are the leading modern-day atheists, and what are they saying? How can you effectively respond to atheism? You'll find this a personal and thoughtful book on why the evidence for God is much more compelling than the evidence against Him.

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Download or read book Natural Forces Trilogy written by Jean Gill and published by Jean Gill. This book was released on 2021-08-12 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All three books in Jean Gill's award-winning Natural Forces Trilogy. Included in this collection are Queen of the Warrior Bees, Arrows Tipped with Honey, and The World Beyond the Walls. IPPY Award winner, Royal Dragonfly Award winner, finalist in the Kindle Book Awards and the Wishing Shelf Awards Bee-shifter, bear-shifter, Forest spy and woman-lover; what's second nature to four unlikely friends is a death sentence in the Citadel. Take a wild flight with Mielitta into the forbidden Forest in this highly original epic eco-fantasy series. As she grows from despised servant to Queen of the Warrior Bees, Mielitta discovers that evil can wear a friend's face and an unlikely alliance is her best chance of healing the rift between sterile Citadel and vibrant Forest. The mysterious world beyond the walls offers the answer to her identity but she knows her friends could pay a terrible price for crossing the boundary. Her natural forces tested beyond human endurance, Mielitta's bond with her bees is all that offers hope for the future. Is it enough? Can she live up to her destiny? And should she? Block Nature out and she'll force a way in. 'Jean Gill's Natural Forces series offer a rich, strange, and alluring adventure that buzzes with intrigue and nature.' The Booklife Prize 'Fabulous world-building and spellbinding intrigue, ' Karen Inglis Perfect for readers of Amy Harmon, Frank Herbert, Sarah J Maas, Neil Gamon, Robin Hobb, Guy Gavriel Kay, Garth Nix, Sheri Tepper, J R R Tolkien, J K Rowling, Terry Brooks, Caitlin R Kiernan, Cassandra Clare, Leigh Bardugo, Laini Taylor, Holly Black, Robert Jordan, Victoria Aveyard, Sabaa Tahir, Claire Legrand, Krista Walsh, Orson Scott Card, Donna Augustine, Trudi Canavan, Yoon Ha Lee, Jonathan Strahan, Erin Morgenstern, Stephanie Garber, Ken Liu, Catherine M Valente. Epic fantasy, nature, bees, dystopian fiction, medieval, historical fiction, strong female characters, women's issues, Young Adult, social issues, award-winning, fantasy, magic, knights and ladies, shapeshifters, paranormal, LGBTQ characters

Download or read book The Opening of the California Trail written by George R. Stewart and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.

Download or read book Love in Three Acts written by Susan Crossett and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lovelorn? Lovesick? How long will it take Libby to get over the enigmatic Zack? All Three Acts and then some. 1960. Libby is off to Italy with the other grad students in her string quartet. Their recital tour leaves plenty of time for mischief even as she continues to dream of her adviser back on campus. Is he up to it? 1985. Reuniting with her friends, Libby catches up with Zack in Aspen, Colorado. Now their love has a chance to grow and strengthen. Or does it? 2007. There remains a third act, moving from Gettysburg to Chicago, to give Libby and Zack yet another chance to fulfi ll their love. Or does it? Novelist (Her Reason For Being) and weekly columnist (Musings from the Hill), Susan Crossett continues her examination of the attractions did she mention differences? between the sexes. Serious topics life, death, love and loss but always written with a knowing smile.

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