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Sufi Aesthetics argues that the interpretive keys to erotic Sufi poems and their medieval commentaries lie in understanding a unique perceptual experience. Using careful analysis of primary texts, Cyrus Ali Zargar explores the theoretical and poetic pronouncements of two major Muslim mystics, Muhyi...

Skokholm is a remote island nature reserve located off the southwest coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. Home to over 100,000 seabirds (including the third-largest Manx shearwater colony in the World), it was made famous by pioneer naturalist Ronald Mathias Lockley in the 1930s and 1940s as a result of...

The second edition of this bestselling title provides the most up-to-date comprehensive review of all aspects of biomaterials science by providing a balanced, insightful approach to learning biomaterials. This reference integrates a historical perspective of materials engineering principles with biological...

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

This book argues that American and European policies toward Central Asia and the Caucasus suffer from both conceptual and structural impediments. It traces the framework of Western policies to the 1975 Helsinki Final Act, which resulted in the stovepiping of relations into political, economic, and...

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

Uzbekistan, long considered the center of Central Asia, has the region’s largest population and borders every other regional state including Afghanistan. For the first 25 years of its independence, it adopted a cautious, defensive policy that emphasized sovereignty and treated regional efforts at...

I broke away from society's mold before it could imprison my dreams. I searched old books for wisdom of the ages. I sought truth that never changes, truth cast aside by today's insane media-driven politics and its imaginary bell-curve of acceptable thinking, truth that is and will always be the only...