The Bustan is one of the most celebrated works of Saadi Shirazi, the great thirteenth-century Persian poet and one of the enduring voices of world literature.Written in verse, The Bustan — “The Orchard” — is a moral and spiritual journey through the highest virtues of human life: justice, generosity, love, humility, gratitude, wisdom, and compassion. With a clear, vivid, and deeply humane style, Saadi weaves together stories, parables, and ...

All praise is due to Allah, The most gracious and the most merciful. The magnificent one who taught writing by pen and taught man what he knew not. This book you’re about to read is compilation of poems I’ve written over the years. For me poetry is an outlet, it’s a way of expression. Like other art forms, poetry is not about right or wrong. Poetry is not about what you think or how you feel. It’s about what you believe. Poetry is about what you see and how you see it. When poetry is displ...

Installation Theory: The Societal Construction and Regulation of Behaviour provides researchers and practitioners with a simple and powerful framework to analyse and change behaviour. Informed by a wide range of empirical evidence, it includes an accessible synthesis of former theories (ecological psychology, activity theory, situated action, distributed cognition, social constructionism, actor-network theory and social representations). 'Installations' are the familiar, socially construct...

This book offers a resolution of the paradox posed by the pleasure of tragedy by returning to its earliest articulations in archaic Greek poetry and its subsequent emergence as a philosophical problem in Plato's Republic. Socrates' claim that tragic poetry satisfies our 'hunger for tears' hearkens back to archaic conceptions of both poetry and mourning that suggest a common source of pleasure in the human appetite for heightened forms of emotional distress. By unearthing a psychosomatic mo...

Reissue of first publication of a lesser known but important decorated tomb of the Ramesside Period at Thebes.This volume is a facsimile reissue of the full publication of the tomb identified as that of Amenemhab, a middle ranking priest of Amon. The tomb lies within the lower enclosure of the major cemetery of Elwet Sheikh-Abdel Qurnah in Thebes. It is cut into a perpendicular cliff of limestone and shale and is one of the private, so-called house-like chapel tomb...

Epigenetics is a rapidly expanding field in medical and biological research which concerns heritable traits that are not attributable to changes in the DNA sequence. Epigenetic mechanisms play key roles in many biological processes, and it has become clear that their disruption can gives rise to diverse pathologies in humans. Edited by preeminent experts, Sophie Rousseaux and Saadi Khochbin, this volume in the ‘Epigenetics and Human Health’ series discusses the role of epigenetics in human...

After each major corporate scandal, new suggestions for combatting fraud emerge from regulators and industry professionals. Despite changes to guidelines for firms’ corporate governance, augmented protection for whistle blowers, and enhanced cybersecurity measures, evidence documents an alarming increase in the prevalence and severity of corporate fraud. The rapidly changing laws aimed at curbing corporate fraud sometimes lag behind the changing sophistication of fraud schemes....

Mikhail’s poetic vision transcends cultural and linguistic boundaries with liberating compassion.Revolutionary poetry by an exiled Iraqi woman. Winner of a 2004 PEN Translation Fund Award. "Yesterday I lost a country," Dunya Mikhail writes in The War Works Hard, a revolutionary work by an exiled Iraqi poether first to appear in English. Amidst the ongoing atrocities in Iraq, here is an important new voice that rescues the human spirit from...

Waste Biorefinery Technologies for Sustainable Development: Volume 2: Biological Processes deals with the intersection of circular economy principles and biorefinery innovation, exploring how biorefineries can play a central role in closing the loop of resource use and promoting sustainable development. Through a comprehensive examination of circular economy concepts and biorefinery technologies, it illustrates how waste streams can be valorized and transformed into valuable products throu...

This book presents the peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Geomatic Technology (ICAIGT 2026), bringing together contributions from researchers, engineers, and academics working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and geospatial sciences. Artificial Intelligence and Geomatic Technology are rapidly transforming the way environmental systems, natural resources, and spatial phenomena are monitored, analyzed, and managed. By integr...

Immerse yourself in the timeless wisdom and lyrical beauty of Saadi, one of the greatest Persian poets of all time. This selection of his most renowned works, meticulously translated and unabridged, offers a profound exploration of love, loss, spirituality, and the human condition. From the poignant verses of the Gulistan to the mystical depths of the Bustan, Saadi's poetry transcends time and culture, inviting readers to embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and enlightenme...

Saadi is one of the greatest figures of classical Persian literature. His best-known work of poetry is the ‘Bustan’ (The Orchard), composed entirely in epic metre and consisting of stories illustrating the standard virtues recommended to Muslims, as well as offering reflections on the behaviour of dervishes and their ecstatic practices. Saadi also wrote the ‘Gulistan’, a prose collection featuring stories and personal anecdotes. The text is interspersed with a variety of short poem...