This book offers a normative reconceptualization of a modern Islamic governed state. First, Joseph Kaminski surveys the historical context of the trajectory of Islamic thought, and offers a unique discursive framework for reconceptualizing an Islamic governed state that rejects secular Enlightenment liberalism and instead is heavily grounded in Ancient Greek ideals of politics and political leadership. Despite heavily borrowing from Greek thought, the model offered remains firmly rooted in...

This book offers comparative ontologies of both Islam and liberalism as discourses more broadly construed.The author argues that, despite recent efforts to speak of overlapping consensuses and discursive congruence, the fundamental categories that constitute "Islam" and "Liberalism" remain very different, and that these differences should be taken seriously. Thus far, no recent scholarly works have explicitly or meticulously broken down where these differences lie. The author rigor...

While working for the State of New Jersey, a civil servant with a troubled past discovers an ancient Egyptian terror is stalking the streets of Trenton. With no one to believe him, he must confront the vicious apparition all on his own.Giant frogs, hopping mad, and with an insatiable appetite for human flesh, wreak havoc in a lakeside town in upstate New York.A small, family-owned theater in Florida, and the popular film playing there, become the scene of a cinephile's Holl...

Advances in the study and understanding of myasthenia gravis have led to the need for the publication of this important new edition. The goal of Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders, Second Edition is identical to the first -- to provide the clinician and the scientist with a common resource for understanding this complex disorder. This new edition begins with discussions of neuromuscular junction structure and function and follows with updated chapters covering a wide range of topics, ...

"People. Eat. Angels!" - Reader Review"A true Epic. The type of book that reminds you why you fell in love with Fantasy." - Reader Review--History is Written in Blood. Fate is Forged in Holy Fire.Helesia is a land held in the iron grasp of a tyrant. Faith is outlawed, punishable by death, and the last of the legendary divinities are hunted for the immortality their blood provides. Worse still, anci...

The Roman Empire depended on the power of its armies to defend and extend the imperial borders, enabling it to dominate much of Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East. Success was, in large part, founded on well-trained, well-disciplined soldiers who were equipped with the most advanced arms and armour available at that time. This is the story of the production of that armour. Roman Imperial Armour presents an examination of the metals the armour was made from, of how the ores contain...

She swore never to shed blood in violence, no matter how grave the danger. But when a faery war threatens her home, the price of peace may be higher than Rhosmari can pay…For a thousand years the faeries known as the Children of Rhys have lived in safety on their magical islands, protected from the evils of the outside world. Yet a deadly conflict is brewing on the mainland, as the evil faery Empress gathers an army to destroy the brave rebels known as the Oakenfolk. And when Rhosm...

No Ordinary Fairy Tale The last time Timothy broke a rule, he got suspended. But when he defies the faery empress, it might well get him killed.Timothy Sinclair doesn't believe in faeries - after all the hardships he's suffered since his missionary parents sent him away to boarding school, he's not even sure he still believes in God. But when a tiny winged girl named Linden bursts into his life and begs him to help save her people, the skeptical Timothy finds himself drawn into a s...

The third edition of this important, gold-standard title outlines a range of significant advances in the study and understanding of myasthenia gravis. The overarching goal of this new edition is identical to the first and second -- to provide the clinician and the scientist with a common resource for understanding the profound achievements in the clinical, translational, and basic sciences of neuromuscular transmission disorders. In addition to several new authors and an extensive update o...

Miya's world ended in Black Hollow.It's been three years since the Dreamwalker upended her life and left her with a heavy burden. A fledgling to the ethereal realm, Miya stumbles into the nightmares of those haunted by spectres. Little does she know, one of them is coming for her, clutching a dark secret abreast.Kai has found a new purpose with his companion, but the price is his freedom. Bound and beholden to Miya, he struggles to adjust to his ne...

No Ordinary Fairy Tale Forget everything you think you know about faeries. . . . Creatures full of magic and whimsy? Not in the Oakenwyld. Not anymore. Long ago the faeries of the great Oak mysteriously lost their magic. Robbed of their powers, they have become selfish and dull-witted. Now their numbers are dwindling and their very survival is at stake. Only one young faery-Knife-is determined to find out where her people's magic has gone and try to get it back. Unlike her sisters, Knife i...

Myasthenia gravis treatment has seen remarkable progress, with FDA approval of a first-in-class drug targeting autoimmunity. Additionally, more than 20 therapies are currently in development, ranging from pre-clinical stages to Phase 3 trials.This new and expanded edition explores these new therapies and other new developments in MG. The book retains its comprehensive review of MG, covering clinical presentation, laboratory and electrophysiological diagnosis, and treatment. These c...