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March 26, 2008 by kevinstilley

Arab History & Culture

The companion guide to the video series Christianity and Islam with Dr. Timothy George recommends the following books on the Arab history and culture:

Hitti, Philip K. The Arabs: A Short History, NY: The McMillan Company, 1951.

LeBon, G. The World of Islamic Civilization, Tudor Publishing Co. 1974.

Lewis, Bernard, Ed. Islam and the Arab World, Alfred A. Knopf, 1976.

Patai, Raphael. The Arab Mind, Charles Scribner’s Sons, NY, 1973.

Steward, Desmond. Mecca, Newsweek, NY, 1980.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Arab, Crusades, Islam, middle ages, middle east, World Religions

March 26, 2008 by kevinstilley

The Crusades

The companion guide to the video series Christianity and Islam with Dr. Timothy George recommends the following books on the Crusades:

Belloc, Hillaire. The Crusades: The World’s Debate . Tan Books, Rockford, Ill., 1992.

Maier, Christoph T. Preaching the Crusades: Mendicant Friars and the Cross in the Thirteenth Century , Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Runciman, Steve. The First Crusade (abridged), Cambridge University Press, 1980. Orignially volume one of The History of the Crusades, 1951.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Church History, Crusades, middle ages

March 24, 2008 by kevinstilley

Can Money Buy Happiness?

I wish I had enough money to test this out for myself scientifically…

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Blog, charity, giving, happiness, Money, Philanthropy

March 24, 2008 by kevinstilley

Poland’s Anne Frank

She has been called Poland’s Anne Frank. Rutka Laskier, a 14-year-old Jewish girl, wrote about the horrors of war in a heart-wrenching diary. She perished at Auschwitz, but her journal, hidden away for decades, has recently come to light.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Anne Frank, Auschwitz, Germany, Journal, Judaism, Nazi, Poland, Rutka Laskier, War

March 23, 2008 by kevinstilley

Goosebumps Horrorland

R.L. Stine, author of the young adult ‘Goosebumps’ series, discusses his new ‘Goosebumps Horrorland.’

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: children, goosebumps, R.L. Stine

March 18, 2008 by kevinstilley

Another Use For Duct Tape

Astronauts used duct tape, a towel and a wash cloth to make repairs to a component under floor panels on the space shuttle where moisture was accumulating.

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Rebus Redux

Summer Tire Pressure

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Blog, creativity, Innovation, NASA

March 18, 2008 by kevinstilley

Kiss My Blarney Stone

An estimated 15 to 20 thousand people celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day lined up in Hot Springs Monday night for what organizers call the First Ever 5th Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Arkansas, Blog, Festivals and Celebrations, Hot Springs, Ireland, parade, St. Patrick's Day

March 17, 2008 by kevinstilley

Your Desk’s Dirty Secrets

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: bacteria, Blog, desk, germs, Health, illness, office, virus, work

March 14, 2008 by kevinstilley

Less Profanity Means More Money

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Blog, box office, children, language, Movies, PG, theater

March 14, 2008 by kevinstilley

Gasoline $4 Per Gallon

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Blog, dollar, energy, fuel, gasoline, middle east, oil, policy, prices

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