Conspicuous sameness: introducing Hasan's lyric verse -- Ghazals -- Quatrains -- Fragments -- Ode -- Notes to the poems -- Appendix: Hasan's poems in Persian editions -- Chronology of Hasan's life and times -- Glossary of key terms and names.

Return of the King of Kings is a Christian fictional story inspired by and based on the prophetic Biblical scriptures. Two friends, Micho and Sashi are caught in a sequence of terrifying global events, which ultimately culminates in the Third World War, the aftermath of which leads to the second coming of God’s Messiah, Ishua Hameshea. During these trials and tribulations, Micho and Sashi make personal life choices which take them to the opposite sides of the divide between good and evil. But as time passes and events unfold, will Micho and Sashi’s search for the truth rebuild their friendship? The return of Ishua marks the time when God interferes to save His people on Istra. Will this be the beginning of the new Golden Age in this history of humanity, the age of love and peace?

Seeking for philosophy the same spirit and assurance conveyed by artists like Fred Astaire, Cavell presents essays exploring the meaning of grace and gesture in film and on stage, in language and in life. Critical to the renaissance in American thought Cavell hopes to provoke is the recognition of the centrality of the “ordinary” to American life.

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Persian is one of the great lingua francas of world history. Yet despite its recognition as a shared language across the Islamic world and beyond, its scope, impact, and mechanisms remain underexplored. A world historical inquiry into pre-modern cosmopolitanism, The Persianate World traces the reach and limits of Persian as a Eurasian language in a comprehensive survey of its geographical, literary, and social frontiers. From Siberia to Southeast Asia, and between London and Beijing, this book shows how Persian gained, maintained, and finally surrendered its status to imperial and vernacular competitors. Fourteen essays trace Persian’s interactions with Bengali, Chinese, Turkic, Punjabi, and other languages to identify the forces that extended “Persographia,” the domain of written Persian. Spanning the ages of expansion and contraction, The Persianate World offers a critical survey of both the supports and constraints of one of history’s key languages of global exchange.

George Takahashis An Adventure in English Language Space: A Key to the Mysteries of Prepositions, goes beyond the basic dos and donts of English grammar into contextual space. He defines dimensional relationships of words to their meanings and proper usage to help native and non-native speakers of English grasp the layers of possibilities beneath the often ambiguous sound-and-sense method of approach to the English language. He finds discrepancies between other authoritative dictionaries and puts as many myths to rest in tangible explanations of how the structure of language in and around prepositions can be straightforward and comprehensible. Takahashis An Adventure in English Language Space is for everyone, from scholars to anyone who is curious about the sense and meaning of English prepositions.

Humanity is moving ever towards its final destination without knowing why, when, where: teloi, multiple paths, leading towards God’s eschaton. These essays examine the movement towards this day of reckoning, and how such eschatological events are projected back into time. Towards the Day after Tomorrow, or the one after that, or months, decades—centuries—away, often we behave as though the end is upon us. These essays start with the beginning of the end: the incarnation. We examine the origins of Karl Barth’s realized eschatology in Expressionism. We consider death and judgment, as usurped by humanity, an eschaton without God’s forgiving judgment: multiple Holocausts. War ushers in the eschaton, but how do Christians handle conflict in the light of a redefined just war theory? We analyze the eschatological insights into humanity’s end in The Simpsons—post mortem. Consider the issue of atheistic human authorities usurping God’s judgment. Finally crisis and judgment are glimpsed in the mindset of people who suffer seizures—postlapsarian exile, the sufferance of salvation: how God blesses us despite the chaos of our human-generated teloi, in preparation for the end. As the end approaches, events become darker, chaotic, confusion reigns: “Judas immediately went out. And it was night.”

Amid the glamour and decadence of Paris, Rome and Cap Ferrat a group of insatiable men and women come together. Their hopes, their fears and their dreams lie in... THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. To Anne, the timid outsider, it is her chance to enter a life she has only dreamed about. A life where wealth and sophistication are the norm and beautiful people are the exclusive clientele. To Brenda, the chic Wall Street broker, it is an escape from the heartbreak of her past; an opportunity to venture forth into a world of new challenges. To Alessandro, the handsome Duke of Valdagno, it is his final chance. Living on borrowed time, in the world of Italian fashion design where the risks are high, all he needs is one lucky break. To Gino, it is the day he will ensnare his next victim. Feeding off the secret appetites and addictions of women, he ensures few can resist him. Fewer still can survive. They are all living for... THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW.