This Festschrift, Arabic in Context, is a tribute to the remarkable scholarly legacy of the Reverend Professor Martin R. Zammit. It celebrates his extensive contributions to the fields of Semitic Studies, Arabic linguistics, and comparative Semitic philology. Spanning decades of dedicated research and teaching, Professor Zammit’s career has been marked by a profound engagement with the Arabic…
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, one of the great masterpieces of the Christian canon, today continues to offer some of the most accessible and insightful guidance for going on retreat -- whether as a part of a group or by oneself. Based on the rich fruit of St. Ignatius' own meditations and practice, this guide for spiritual perfection has been treasured and faithfully used for centuri…
Prathik was a young ayurvedic physician, fresh out of college, and studying one of the Sanskrit medical classics, the A????gah?daya,at Mookkamangalam gurukula in India’s southwestern state of Kerala when he told me this.2 Prathik and I had spoken about his education over the course of several days, and he was always candid about the differences he saw betwee…
Just who are ‘the Malays’? This provocative study poses the question and considers how and why the answers have changed over time, and from one region to another. Anthony Milner develops a sustained argument about ethnicity and identity in an historical, ‘Malay’ context. The Malays is a comprehensive examination of the origins and development of Malay identity, ethnicity, and consciousn…
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Norway is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Visit Oslo; Norway's cultural capital, hike glacier-strewn high country, or simply hope to catch the elusive Northern Lights -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Norway a…
How to Read Ancient Texts foregrounds the principles of interpretation that scholars employ when reading ancient inscriptions. In order to better come to grips with Canaanite, such as Phoenician, inscriptions, we need to first understand how people wrote and read texts in the ancient Mediterranean world, including that of the Greeks and Romans. The use of continual script and lack of punctuatio…
How to Augment Language Skills outlines ways in which translators and language providers can expand their skillset and how translation technologies can be integrated into language learning and translator training. This book explains the basics of generative AI, machine translation, and translation memory suites, placing them in a historical context and assessing their fundamental impacts on lan…
Buku ini dikarang untuk orang dengan pandangan keagamaan atau duniawi yang berbeda-beda. Akan tetapi kami tidak menyembunyikan, bahwa kami seorang iam Katolik. Kami mendalami secara luas tradisi-tradisi mistis yang bukan -Kristen, bahkan bukan- keagamaan dan kami sangat dipengaruhi dan diperkaya olehnya. Akan tetapi kami selalu kembali kepada Gereja kami, yakni Gereja Katolik, karena dialah Bun…
Take an average American. We will call her “Jane.” Think about what she may have done yesterday.Jane rose at a time best suited to her schedule for the day so she could walk her dog, get the kids breakfast and off to school, or get to work. Or maybe she was lucky enough to sleep in.She ate a breakfast that conformed to her cravings, or health needs, or budget.She got ready, choosing clothes…
The coup in Myanmar on 1 February 2021 abruptly reversed a decade-long flirtation with economic and political freedoms. The country has since descended into civil war, the people have been plunged back into conflict and poverty, and the state is again characterised by fragility and human insecurity. As the Myanmar people oppose the regime and fight for their rights, the international community …
Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, developed a totally new way of looking at human nature. Only now, with the hindsight of the half-century since his death, can we assess his true legacy to current thought. As an experienced psychiatrist himself, Anthony Storr offers a lucid and objective look at Freud's major theories, evaluating whether they have stood the test of time, and in the …
In the spring of 2020, the world came to a halt. Schools, shops, and restaurants closed. Millions of people lost their jobs. Office staffmoved to teleworking while essential workers did double shifts to attend to patients or deliver food. Manufacturing almost stopped. Roads emptied. Airports shut down. This came to be known as the Great Lockdown. The COVID-19 pandemic is the most …
Innovation may be the hottest discipline around today?in business circles and beyond. And for good reason. Innovation transforms companies and markets. It’s the key to solving vexing social problems. And it makes or breaks professional careers. For all the enthusiasm the topic inspires, however, the practice of innovation remains stubbornly impenetrable. No longer. In The Little Black Book…
The Runaway Species is a deep dive into the creative mind, a celebration of the human spirit, and a vision of how we can improve our future by understanding and embracing our ability to innovate. David Eagleman and Anthony Brandt seek to answer the question: what lies at the heart of humanity’s ability—and drive—to create? Our ability to remake our world is unique among all living thin…
Industrial film, non-theatrical film, film studies and science and technology studies, economic history, visual culture
A huge variety of terrestrial and aquatic species are included in this class, with over 5000 species recorded worldwide. All mammals share a basic feature: the presence of mammary glands that produce milk to feed their offspring. In contrast to birds, fish and reptiles, mammals have hair or fur. This may sometimes be barely visible or only present in newborn animals. Mammals also have a region …
Computational models begin with a set of values. The values can be separated into two groups, primitive and composite. The primitive values (or types) are usually numbers, boolean values, and characters. The composite values (or types) are usually arrays, records, and recursively defined values. Strings may occur as either primitive or composite values. Lists, stacks, trees, and queues are exa…
When in 1613, following the Time of Troubles, the first Romanov came to the throne of Muscovy, sixty years had elapsed since, in the words of Richard Hakluyt, “the strange and wonderful Discoverie of Russia” by the English. It was Hakluyt who gathered together in his Principal navigations, voiages, [traffiques,] and discoueries of the English nation (first …
Good nutrition and access to an adequate diet and health are essential for child growth and development, body maintenance and protection from both infectious and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in adult life. Adequate nutrition and a healthy productive population are increasingly recognized not only as resulting from but also as an important prerequisite for poverty reduction and economic and …
It is therefore necessary and timely that the 2020 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture is devoted to the topic of Sustainability in Action. The fisheries and aquaculture sector has much to contribute to securing all the SDGs, but is at the core of SDG 14 – Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. As custodian of four o…
With so much emphasis today on eating natural, organic foods – not to mention the rising costs associated with buying them, many people are considering growing their own vegetables in a home garden. It’s very easy to grow your own vegetables, and at harvest time, vegetable gardening is a very rewarding pastime. All your garden really needs is sunshine (6–8 hours of sun each day, in the su…
This e-book contains statistical bulletin of Citrus Fruit in 2020.
Food safety regulatory authorities are tasked with safeguarding consumers’ interests by ensuring the food they eat meets relevant food safety standards. Sound food safety policies and risk management decisions are required to ensure food safety issues of highest concern are identified, and the appropriate control measures are implemented. Countries face multiple and varied food safety risks a…
Kita semua punya impian ... Kita semua ingin percaya dengan kedalaman jiwa kita, bahwa kita punya karunia istimewa, bahwa kita bisa menghasilkan perbedaan, bahwa kita bisa menyentuh sesama dengan cara yang istimewa, dan bahwa kita bisa menjadikan dunia ini tempat yang lebih baik. Entah kapan dalam kehidupan kita, kita semua mempunyai visi tentang kualitas kehidupan yang kita inginkan da…
Sumatra adalah sebuah pulau yang sangat luas dan belum banyak diteliti, berpenduduk 43 juta jiwa dan terdiri atas berbagai suku bangsa. Selain dari karya besar William Marsden pada 1783, sedikit sekali tulisan serius mengenai sejarah Sumatra, dan sedikit lagi upaya untuk menguraikan sejarah itu sebagai sebuah kesatuan yang utuh.Berkat sumberdayanya yang berlimpah berupa tanah dan mineral, dan p…
Well then--and I must premise that I am going, perforce, to rake up the very scandal which my dear Lady Burlesdon wishes forgotten--in the year 1733, George II sitting then on the throne, peace reigning for the moment, and the King and the Prince of Wales being not yet at loggerheads, there came on a visit to the English Court a certain prince, who was afterwards known to history as Rudol…
Secara khusus buku ini berupaya menanggapi perdebatan mengenai apakah mereka yang Islamis bisa menjadi demokrat dengan membalikkan pertanyaan yang biasa mengenai Islamisme dan demokrasi, yaitu “apa yang akan kaum Islamis lakukan terhadap demokrasi?” Ketiga penulis dengan menelaah PKS (Partai Keadilan sejahtera) di Indonesia, Al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun di Mesir dan Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (…
"Ketika mata tidak terganggu, hasilnya adalah penglihatan. Ketika telinga tidak terganggu, hasilnya adalah pendengaran. Ketika mulut tidak terganggu, hasilnya adalah cita rasa. Ketika pikiran tidak terganggu, hasilnya adalah kebenaran. Dan ketika hari tidak terganggu, hasilnya adalah kegembiraan dan cinta. Anda sudah mendapatkan semuanya, tetapi terganggu. Lepaskanlah gangguan itu." Re…
Koleksi kisah di dalam buku ini akan menginspirasi kita untuk menggunakan kekuatan memaafkan demi bergerak maju dan melanjutkan hidup kita. Kita akan terbebas dari kemarahan kita dan memulai penyembuhan diri sendiri dengan melupakan kebencian dan memahami orang yang melukai kita. Justru dengan memaafkan seseoranglah hati kita akan menjadi lebih tenang dan bahagia. Kisah-kisahnya antara lain …
Meski dikungkung dalam penjara politik selama tiga dasawarsa, Nelson Mandela telah memimpin Afrika Selatan keluar dari Apartheid ke Demokrasi. Seorang pria yang hidupnya dijalani dengan keberanian, penuh keteladanan, dan keyakinan yang menginspirasi. Kisah hidup Mandela merepresentasikan sejarah bangsanya. Mandela dibesarkan dengan kisah-kisah masa lalu?sebelum lahirnya bangsa Afrika Selata…
At the request of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishop, a working group of priests and laity studied the programmes of priestly formation operative in the country. Almost all the members of the group had already been involved in the formation of priests or religious. Some of them had also been speciallu trained in the area of human growth and development or in the helping profession. The…