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  • Children of Abraham

    The 1,400-Year History of Jewish–Muslim Relations

    by Marc David Baer ...
    **From the prize-winning author of The Ottomans, a myth-busting history of Muslim–Jewish relations, tracing fourteen centuries of cooperation and conflict.“A revelatory picture of both coexistence and conflict.” —Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Jerusalem: The Biography**Today, the dominant narrative of the relationship between Jewish and Muslim peoples assumes a long history of violent hostility ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • The Slow Down Diet

    Eating for Pleasure, Energy, and Weight Loss

    by Marc David ...
    A revolutionary approach to enhancing metabolism that enables lasting weight loss and facilitates spiritual well-being• Presents an eight-week weight-loss program• Explains how relaxed eating stimulates metabolic function and how stress hormones encourage weight gain• Shows how fully enjoying each meal is the optimal way to a healthy bodyOur modern culture revolves around fitting as much as ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Sultanic Saviors and Tolerant Turks

    Writing Ottoman Jewish History, Denying the Armenian Genocide

    by Marc David Baer ...
    An examination of why Jews promote a positive image of Ottomans and Turks while denying the Armenian genocide and the existence of antisemitism in Turkey.Based on historical narrative, the Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 were embraced by the Ottoman Empire and then, later, protected from the Nazis during WWII. If we believe that Turks and Jews have lived in harmony for so long, then how can we ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nourishing Wisdom

    A Mind-Body Approach to Nutrition and Well-Being

    by Marc David ...
    "Marc David eloquently describes the importance of addressing the emotional and spiritual aspects of our lives in order to truly nourish ourselves." --Dean Ornish, M.D.Nourishing Wisdom revolutionizes the way we think about diets and nutrition. This book will change your attitude towards your body, and provide a foundation for developing a healthful relationship with food. Combining the principles ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Ottomans

    Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs

    by Marc David Baer ...
    This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West.The Ottoman Empire has long been depicted as the Islamic, Asian antithesis of the Christian, European West. But the reality was starkly different: the Ottomans’ multiethnic, multilingual, and multireligious domain reached deep into Europe’s heart. Indeed, the Ottoman rulers saw themselves as the new ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Shredded Abs: The Complete Guide to a Ripped Six Pack

    by Marc David ...
    Precise training information is the most powerful skill you could ever hope to possess to stay healthy and always reach your goals no matter what your situation might be today. With the thousands of websites, articles, other programs, you are bombarded with information on a daily basis. Having a trusted resource, that cuts out the noise and gets you focused on a goal so you can be productive is ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Urgent Calls from Distant Places

    An Emergency Doctor’s Notes About Life and Death on the Frontiers of East Africa

    by Marc-David Munk ...
    In this riveting true-life thriller, a doctor flying out to frontline medical emergencies in Africa shares the daring adventures, victories, and heartbreak of trying to heal.As a physician, Dr. Marc-David Munk never knew when his team's small plane landed in a remote spot in East Africa what he would find on the ground. He and his team—the famed AMREF East African Flying Doctors Service—had been ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Leveling the Playing Field

    The Story of the Syracuse 8

    by David Marc ...
    Series series Sports and Entertainment
    Leveling the Playing Field tells the story of the African American members of the 1969–70 Syracuse University football team who petitioned for racial equality on their team. The petition had four demands: access to the same academic tutoring made available to their white teammates; better medical care for all team members; starting assignments based on merit rather than race; and a discernible ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Dönme

    Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks

    by Marc David Baer ...
    This book tells the story of the Dönme, the descendents of Jews who resided in the Ottoman Empire and converted to Islam along with their messiah, Rabbi Shabbatai Tzevi, in the seventeenth century. For two centuries following their conversion, the Dönme were accepted as Muslims, and by the end of the nineteenth century rose to the top of Salonikan society. The Dönme helped transform Salonika into ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Remembering the Cajun Past

    Memory, Race, and the Politics of Public History in Louisiana

    by Dr. Marc David ...
    Series series Public History in Historical Perspective
    Exploring how public history creates collective memory of this white ethnic group through memorialsCajuns arrived in southern Louisiana in the 18th century after the British exiled them from eastern Canada. Also known as Acadians, they retain a unique dialect of French, and their distinctive music, food, and other cultural traits characterized them as an ethnic group. Until the 1960s, authorities ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Honored by the Glory of Islam

    by Marc David Baer ...
    In Honored by the Glory of Islam Marc David Baer proposes a novel approach to the historical record of Islamic conversions during the Ottoman age and gathers fresh insights concerning the nature of religious conversion itself. Rather than explaining Ottoman Islamization in terms of the converts' motives, Baer instead concentrates on the proselytizers -- in this case, none other than the sultan ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • German, Jew, Muslim, Gay

    The Life and Times of Hugo Marcus

    by Marc David Baer ...
    Series Book 42 - Religion, Culture, and Public Life
    Hugo Marcus (1880–1966) was a man of many names and many identities. Born a German Jew, he converted to Islam and took the name Hamid, becoming one of the most prominent Muslims in Germany prior to World War II. He was renamed Israel by the Nazis and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp before escaping to Switzerland. He was a gay man who never called himself gay but fought for homosexual ... Read more

    $25.19 USD