Seyyed Hossein Nasr 
Need For a Sacred Science [EPUB ebook] 

What do search engines do? And what should they do? These questions seem relatively simple but are actually urgent social and ethical issues. The influence of Google”s search engine is enormous. It …

This book offers a mainly factual outline of the results of study, mainly within the last forty years, of these aspects of Scottish history, hitherto scattered through many specialised books and arti …

Originally published in1984. Regional development planning has grown rapidly in recent years, as both an academic specialism and a focus of policy and practice. Books and articles on the subject have …

This book proposes a new theoretical framework for agency thinking by examining the ethical, discursive and practical engagements of a group of women development workers in north-west India with deve …

This book examines the role of military virtues in today”s armed forces. Although long-established military virtues, such as honor, courage and loyalty, are what most armed forces today still use as …

Retaining the conceptual framework of the first edition through emphasis on the dual themes of continuity and change, the second edition of Libya is revised and updated to include discussion of key d …

Finding life’s secret is not the exclusive domain of conventional medical research; living longer is a personal experience and only the one who has experienced longevity is able to explain its secret …

In Even the Odds, Karen Firestone explains how risk assessment plays a prominent role in all aspects of life. We may all define risk, and our tolerance for it, somewhat differently, but we might all …

Based on new source material available in both England and India, India”s Partition examines the partition in the context of the retreat of the British Empire. The freeing of India from British rule …

The product of five years of North American Taiwan Studies Conferences, this book carefully analyzes the emergence of national feelings in Taiwan, its historical roots and its contemporary manifestat …