Mystics, Monarchs, and Messiahs


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Focusing on idealists and visionaries who believed that Justice could reign in our world, this book explores the desire to experience utopia on earth. Reluctant to await another existence, individuals with ghuluww, or exaggeration, emerged at the advent of Islam, expecting to attain the apocalyptic horizon of Truth.










Kingdom Of Georgia


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First published in 2008. Intended for would-be travellers to Georgia, this guide presents information on all of the country's regions, as well as its history, language, literature, and political conditions. Batum, Tiflis, Vladikavkaz, the Kakhetian Road, Signakh, and the Alazana are among the locales explored by the author of this fascinating book, first published in 1888. Today's travellers would be well advised to carry two guides: a modern book to assist them with practical necessities and Wardrop's Kingdom of Georgia to convey to them Georgia's history and eternal spirit.




The Kingdom of Georgia


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"Eighteenth-Century Coffee-House Culture, vol 4 "


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Helps scholars and students form an understanding of the contribution made by the coffee-house to British and even American history and culture. This book attempts to make an intervention in debates about the nature of the public sphere and the culture of politeness. It is intended for historians and scholars of literature, science, and medicine.