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Forgoing claims that Islam is a violent religion, Zaid shows us that, above all, justice and obedience lies at the heart of the Qur'an.

At the outset of this book, we find Zaid growing up in Quhafa, a village in northern Egypt.

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Following W.E.B. Du Bois from his birth in Massachusetts in 1868 to his death in Ghana in 1963, this concise encyclopaedia covers all the highlights of his life, his writings and political career.

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Twenty-two original essays by first-generation women caught between two worlds

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Linda Sarsour, co-organizer of the Womens March, reveals her story growing up Palestinian Muslim American, feminist, and empowered moved her to become a globally recognized activist.

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More charming tales from bobby-on-the-beat Martyn Johnson

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She finally thought she was safe

Toni Maguire, author of Number One Bestseller Don't Tell Mummy, takes up the story of her tragic childhood where she left off, revealing the awful truth about what happened when her father, sent to jail for abusing her, was released, and came home

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For new explorers into the creativity literature, it will provide helpful grounding in the work of a major figure in the field and foundation for new questions and directions.

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The seventeenth-century philosopher Spinoza was expelled from the Jewish community of Amsterdam and claimed that human beings are parts of a single nature, that God is identical with nature. He made this thesis the basis for a crusade. Dr Gullan-Whur's biography shows how Spinoza's beliefs developed within the context of his own life.

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Barbara's father was a sadistic man at the best of times - his idea of fun was to kill the family dog by tying it to the back of his car and driving off.

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Recounting the story of America's antebellum woman's rights movement through the efforts of Lucy Stone (1818-1893), this important account differs dramatically from those that focus almost exclusively on Susan B.

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Brings together more than 500 biographies of queens, empresses, prime ministers, presidents, regent rulers, de facto rulers, constitutional monarchs, and other women rulers since the beginning of recorded history.

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Collects biographies of outstanding Blacks from all over the world, from Marcus Garvey to Akhenaton.

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"Europe, South and Central America, the West Indies, and the United States, including Alessandro de' Medici, Alexandre Dumas, Dom Pedro II, Marcus Garvey, and many others"--Cover.

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Taken to a penitentiary in the Nevada desert to serve a twelve-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter, this previously nice Jewish boy from Brooklyn ends up sharing a claustrophobic cell with Kansas, a hugely muscled skinhead with a swastika tattooed on his neck and a serious set of issues.

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A new biography of the singular French artisan philosopher Bernard Palissy.

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A powerful memoir of a molecular biologists courageous fight against corporate retaliation after revealing dangerous biosafety failures in biotech labs.

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A complete portrait of French philosopher Gaston Bachelard, who plumbed both science and imagination.

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For Linda Burney, life began tough in the tiny NSW township of Whitton. Her birth had been a scandal and caused her to be mocked and reviled by some. From these humble beginnings in country NSW, Linda grew to become a successful teacher, then a leader in a vital community organization, and an inspiring political leader.

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An urgent and timely manifesto on how digital currencies will win the New Cold War and the struggle for geopolitical supremacy in the twenty-first century.

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Arguably Australia's most influential political journalist, Alan 'the red fox' Reid covered Australian politics from the 1930s to the 1980s. During his career he was both a chronicler of, and player in, Australian politics. A look at a Machiavellian behind-the-scenes world of recurrent plots, crises and leadership challenges.