Michael Sells

International football’s most intriguing stories are the tales of what might have been, those seemingly insignificant incidents that would have had the largest unforeseen effects. Imagine That... Messi is unable to afford growth hormone treatment ... and Spanish football loses its charitable nature Technology helps prevent decades of human error in football ... and West Germany claims victory at Wembley in 1966 Substitutions are never introduced to football ... and the game is rid of greed and disloyalty Engaging, contentious and compulsively readable, each book in this new series takes the reader on a historical flight of fancy, imagining the consequences if history had gone just that little bit differently.

The History of Football Rewritten

Imagine That - Football

The most intriguing stories from the history of cinema are the tales of what might have been, those seemingly insignificant incidents that would have had the largest unforeseen effects. Imagine That... The farmers of southern California revolt against plans for an aqueduct ... and Chicago becomes the new home of American cinema Casablanca’s writing committee takes total control ... and the film’s greatest moments are whitewashed from history Disney decides against collaborating with Hitler’s former engineer ... and the USA never wins the ‘Space Race’ Engaging, contentious and compulsively readable, each book in this new series takes the reader on a historical flight of fancy, imagining the consequences if history had gone just that little bit differently.

Imagine That - Film

Popular music’s most intriguing stories are the tales of what might have been, those seemingly insignificant incidents that would have had the largest unforeseen effects. Imagine That... Elvis is drafted into the army before his first studio session ... and quietly lives out his days as a support act The curse of the ‘27 Club’ is broken ... and rock music rehabilitates its fallen stars MTV flops as music fans side with the radio star ... and hip-hop never reaches the mainstream Engaging, contentious and compulsively readable, each book in this new series takes the reader on a historical flight of fancy, imagining the consequences if history had gone just that little bit differently.

The History of Music Rewritten

Imagine That - Music

Technology’s most intriguing stories are the tales of what might have been, those seemingly insignificant incidents that would have had the largest unforeseen effects. Imagine That... Alexander Fleming cleans up his dishes ... and penicillin is washed down the drain Steve Jobs skips the company visit to Xerox PAR C ... and computers never crack the commercial market Nikola Tesla receives philanthropic support ... and the 20th century is illuminated by space age energy and technology Engaging, contentious and compulsively readable, each book in this new series takes the reader on a historical flight of fancy, imagining the consequences if history had gone just that little bit differently.

Imagine That - Technology

Raymond P. Scheindlin

María Rosa Menocal

Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Badawī

M. M. Badawi

Muhammad Mustafa Badawi

This volume provides an authoritative survey of creative writing in Arabic from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.

Modern Arabic Literature

Michael Anthony Sells

Emran Qureshi

In these essays, twelve of the most influential thinkers in Middle Eastern and religious studies examine the idea of an emergent "Cold War" between Islam and the West and fears of an ongoing "clash of civilizations"--Cover 4.

Constructing the Muslim Enemy

The New Crusades

The Literature of Al-Andalus is an exploration of the culture of Iberia, present-day Spain and Portugal, during the period when it was an Islamic, mostly Arabic-speaking territory, from the eighth to the thirteenth century, and in the centuries following the Christian conquest when Arabic continued to be widely used. The volume embraces many other related spheres of Arabic culture including philosophy, art, architecture and music. It also extends the subject to other literatures - especially Hebrew and Romance literatures - that burgeoned alongside Arabic and created the distinctive hybrid culture of medieval Iberia. Edited by an Arabist, an Hebraist and a Romance scholar, with individual chapters compiled by a team of the world's leading experts of Islamic Iberia, Sicily and related cultures, this is a truly interdisciplinary and comparative work which offers a interesting approach to the field.

The Literature of Al-Andalus

R. B. Serjeant

T. M. Johnstone

A. F. L. Beeston

G. R. Smith

The History provides an invaluable source of reference of the intellectual, literary and religious heritage of the Arabic-speaking and Islamic world.

Arabic Literature to the End of the Umayyad Period

Technology's most intriguing stories are the tales of what might have been, those seemingly insignificant incidents that would have had the largest unforeseen effects. Imagine That... Alexander Fleming cleans up his dishes ... and penicillin is washed down the drain Steve Jobs skips the company visit to Xerox PAR C ... and computers never crack the commercial market Nikola Tesla receives philanthropic support ... and the 20th century is illuminated by space age energy and technology Engaging, contentious and compulsively readable, each book in this new series takes the reader on a historical flight of fancy, imagining the consequences if history had gone just that little bit differently.

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