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This challenging new book reviews the ethics at the heart of the Islamic legal system and suggests that these laws have been misinterpreted by certain sources in an attempt to control women.... More

In this highly anticipated volume, the world-renowned authors take a basic approach to present the principles of petroleum reservoir simulation in an easy-to-use and accessible format. Applicable to any oil and gas recovery method, this book uses the block-centered grid and a point-distributed grid.... More

Abou Ben Adhem, a retired goat herder and one-time taxi driver in America, is an Arab village elder living amid the turmoil of the Middle East-and family relationships that aren't so placid either. An angel named Cohen comes to Abou one night, and Cohen is slangy, modern, and full of information abo... More

Khaled Abou El Fadl's book represents the first systematic examination of the idea and treatment of political resistance and rebellion in Islamic law. Pre-modern jurists produced an extensive and sophisticated discourse on the legality of rebellion and the treatment due to rebels under Islamic law. ... More

In this updated and expanded edition of The Search for Beauty in Islam, Abou El Fadl offers eye-opening and enlightening insights into the contemporary realities of the current state of Islam and the West. Through a conference of the books, an imagined conference of Muslim intellects from centuries ... More

The Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition, offers enterprise developers a simplified, component-based approach to creating applications for both intranets and the Internet. Created by the Enterprise Team of the Java software group at Sun Microsystems, Designing Enterprise Applications with the Java™... More

Written by two prominent physicians at Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center and filled with insider advice from actual patients, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this frightening disease.... More