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Pages: 448
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Abou El Fadl (Islamic law, UCLA School of Law) wrote the 62 brief essays here over the course of five years. Through a combination of musings and critical refle
Searching for Beauty
Language: en
Pages: 384
Authors: Cherie Burns
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-13 - Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

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A fascinating portrait of the Standard Oil heiress and legendary American trendsetter Millicent Rogers. “A page-turning tale of a society rebel.” —Meryl G
The Search for the Beautiful Woman
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Cho Kyo
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-16 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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While a slender body is a prerequisite for beauty today, plump women were considered ideal in Tang Dynasty China and Heian-period Japan. Starting around the Sou
The Search for Beauty in Islam
Language: en
Pages: 442
Authors: Khaled Abou El Fadl
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Khaled Abou El Fadl is a classically-trained Islamic jurist, an American lawyer and law professor, and one of the most important Islamic thinkers today. In this
Feynman's Rainbow
Language: en
Pages: 194
Authors: Leonard Mlodinow
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-29 - Publisher: Vintage

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Some of the brightest minds in science have passed through the halls of the California Institute of Technology. In the early 1980s, Leonard Mlodinow joined thei