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This book is an attempt to explain how, in the face of increasing religious        authoritarianism in medieval Islamic civilization, some Muslim thinkers continued to        pursue essentially humanistic, rational, and scientific discourses in the quest for        knowledge, meaning, and values. Drawing on a wide range of Islamic writings,...

This book of new research by leading experts expands our current understanding of the ways in which languages allow for ellipsis of the sluicing type to occur, and shows how sluicing constructions reveal important information about the general architecture of grammar....

American Landscape and Painting, 1825-1875, With a New Preface#N/A...

Reviews the origin and spread of cultivation in southwest Asia, Europe, and northeast Africa, from the very earliest beginnings. This new edition incorporates recent findings from molecular biology and extensive new archaeological data about the spread of agriculture within the region....

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The third edition of this popular introduction to the classical underpinnings of        the mathematics behind finance continues to combine sound mathematical principles        with economic applications.Concentrating on the probabilistic theory of continuous        arbitrage pricing of financial derivatives, including stochastic optimal...