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  • A History of Islamic Spain

    by Pierre Cachia ...
    The period of Muslim occupation in Spain represents the only significant contact Islam and Europe was ever to have on European soil. In this important as well as fascinating study, Watt traces Islam's influence upon Spain and European civilization - from the collapse of the Visigoths in the eighth century to the fall of Granada in the fifteenth, and considers Spain's importance as a part of the ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Arabic Literature

    An Overview

    by Pierre Cachia ...
    Series series Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
    Assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, Arabic Literature - An Overview gives a rounded and balanced view of Arab literary creativity. 'High' literature is examined alongside popular folk literature, and the classical and modern periods, usually treated separately, are presented together. Cachia's observations are not subordinated to any pre-formed literary theory, but describe and ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Landlocked Islands: Two Alien Lives in Egypt

    Two Alien Lives in Egypt

    by Anna Cachia, Pierre Cachia ...
    This is a highly unusual and beautifully written book. It is the double memoir of a mother and son, Anna and Pierre, and the story takes us from Anna's childhood in Russia and subsequent arrival in Egypt in 1901 to Pierre's enrollment at the American University in Cairo in the late 1930s. It is fascinating, therefore, not only as a personal account of an interesting group of people but also as a ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Neuroscience of Hallucinations

    Edited by Renaud Jardri, Arnaud Cachia, Pierre Thomas, Delphine Pins ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Hallucinatory phenomena have held the fascination of science since the dawn of medicine, and the popular imagination from the beginning of recorded history. Their study has become a critical aspect of our knowledge of the brain, making significant strides in recent years with advances in neuroimaging, and has established common ground among what normally are regarded as disparate fields. The ... Read more

    $256.19 CAD

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  • God's Crucible

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    How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In

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  • In God's Path

    The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire

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