The Arabic alphabet has a rich history, one that is closely linked with the development of culture and society in the Middle East. In this comprehensive introduction the authors trace the origins of the Arabic alphabet back to Aramaic, which also gave rise to the Hebrew and Greek alphabets. Using detailed illustrations the authors investigate early Arabic papyri and early Islamic inscriptions as well as classical Arabic scripts. John F. Healey and G. Rex Smith bring the story up to the pre...

Widower and former pastor Rex Wells is struggling with Parkinson's disease when his twenty-seven-year-old daughter, Wendy, lands the starring role in an action movie. He makes the arduous journey from Nashville to the Hollywood premiere but finds the aptly titled Overkill almost as disagreeable as her filmmaker boyfriend—a millionaire twice her age and, for better or worse, the father of Rex's newborn grandson.Even as Overkill makes Wendy a star, a scandal from he...

In 1968, the world experienced a brand-new kind of terror with the debut of George A. Romero’s landmark movie Night of the Living Dead. The newly dead rose to attack the living. Not as vampires or werewolves. This was something new—and terrifying. Since then, zombies have invaded every aspect of popular culture.But it all started on that dreadful night in a remote farmhouse. Nights of the Living Dead returns to that night, to the outbreak, to where it all began.

Gideon Shaw was too old to chase glory and too seasoned to fear trouble.After years of wearing a badge, he had learned one hard truth: a town only stays peaceful when good men are willing to stand against bad ones. When outlaws ride into town with guns drawn and greed in their hearts, the citizens look to Marshal Shaw for protection.But this time, the danger is bigger than one robbery and meaner than one gang.With the bank threatened, innocent people hiding behind l...

The last significant clash of arms in the American Indian Wars took place on December 29, 1890, on the banks of Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. Of the 350 Teton Sioux Indians there, two-thirds were women and children. When the smoke cleared, 84 men and 62 women and children lay dead, their bodies scattered along a stretch of more than a mile where they had been trying to flee. Of some 500 soldiers and scouts, about 30 were dead—some, probably, from their own crossfire. Wounded Knee has...

WINNER: Independent Press Awards 2023 - Category: TechnologyAI presents a new paradigm in software development, representing the biggest change to how we think about quality and testing in decades. Many of the well known issues around AI, such as bias, manifest themselves as quality management problems. This book, aimed at testing and quality management practitioners who want to understand more, covers trustworthiness of AI and the complexities of testing ...

Are You A Proud Owner Of An GERMAN REX, Or Are You Considering Bringing One Of These Remarkable Cat Into Your Life?Do you want to unleash the Secrets of Canine Companionship?Do you want to unlock the Secrets of Canine Communication?Have You Ever Wondered What Your Cat Is Really Thinking? Dive into the mind of your furry friend today in this eye-opening journey through the canine psyche. The “GERMAN REX CARE BOOK" is your essential resource for ensuring your furry fr...

Are You A Proud Owner Of An DEVON REX, Or Are You Considering Bringing One Of These Remarkable Cat Into Your Life?Do you want to unleash the Secrets of Canine Companionship?Do you want to unlock the Secrets of Canine Communication?Have You Ever Wondered What Your Cat Is Really Thinking? Dive into the mind of your furry friend today in this eye-opening journey through the canine psyche. The “DEVON REX CARE BOOK" is your essential resource for ensuring your furry frie...

From 17 April, 1900, to 6 June of that year, Pierre Loti travelled in a private capacity from Bushire on the Persian Gulf, northwards through Shiraz, Persepolis, Isfahan and Tehran, before returning via the Caspian Sea to Europe. This is the personal day-by-day account of his journey, the hardships of the mountainous terrain and the empty desert. Loti excels in his descriptions of the world around him: the sky, the mountains, the fertile plains, the deserted desert. His descriptions of the...

Are You A Proud Owner Of An SELKIRK REX, Or Are You Considering Bringing One Of These Remarkable Cat Into Your Life?Do you want to unleash the Secrets of Canine Companionship?Do you want to unlock the Secrets of Canine Communication?Have You Ever Wondered What Your Cat Is Really Thinking? Dive into the mind of your furry friend today in this eye-opening journey through the canine psyche. The “SELKIRK REX CARE BOOK" is your essential resource for ensuring your furry ...

Bloomsbury presents I Walk Between the Raindrops by T. C. Boyle, read by T. C. Boyle, Cheryl Smith, Jason Culp, Derek Perkins, Jeremy Arthur, Stephen Mendel, Johnathan McClain, Ewan Chung, Pete Simonelli, David deVries, Nan McNamara and Rex Anderson.A joyful, freewheeling, funny and profound new collection from ‘one of the most inventive, adventurous and accomplished fiction writers in the US today’ (Lionel Shriver)For one woman, a cross-country train ride becomes a paralle...

BernardSmith (19162011) was unquestionably one of Australia's greatest humanistscholars and its finest art historian. His EuropeanVision and the South Pacific, 17681850 (1960) was a foundationaltext of post-colonialism, and in AustralianPainting (1962) he set out the definitive history of Australian artto that time. Antipodean Perspective: TheSelected Writings of Bernard Smith presents twenty-six arthistorians, curators, artists and critics, from Australia and ov...