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Whether you hike, bike, camp, climb, hunt, ride, paddle, paint, garden—whatever way you get out and enjoy nature, you leave an impact on the outdoors every time you step out your front door. Every step your boots take down dusty trails, every bolt your clip draws into, every time you cruise down a dirt road, till the soil, you leave an impact. Outdoor recreation inherently leaves an impact on the land, but we can work to offset that impact by advocating for earth in our own circles, online and in our neighborhoods. The question is, can we use the digital space to protect the outdoors while still protecting our human spirit? We all share a responsibility to protect our planet––especially those of us in the outdoor industry––and in the digital age, access to advocacy is abundant. Social media hands us the tools to get educated, gather resources, organize and empower ourselves on whatever slice of the “save the planet” pie tickles your appetite to do good. The opportunity and potential for digital advocacy is dizzying––but what happens when we begin to tangle our personal identities with our pursuit of saving a dying earth? As users of public lands, we have an ethical responsibility to the planet. As inhabitants of our identities, we have an ethical responsibility to ourselves, too. Inside, the book covers topics like: The two types of advocacyBecoming an advocate for the outdoor industryVoting for the outdoor spaces you love the mostThe advocacy retention cycleOnline bullying and stalking Autorid: Katie Boue

Muslims in Non-Muslim Lands is a legal study that illustrates the flexibility of Islamic jurisprudence and its ability to deal with and to accommodate the minority status of Muslims living in Western countries. Due to mass migration over a number of decades, many Muslims today find themselves residing as minorities in Western secular nations and as a result are searching for answers in order to live within these societies yet remain true to their faith. This book sets out to counter the idea that there are only two possibilities for Muslim minorities—isolation or assimilation—by arguing that traditional Islamic law, or fiqh as it is found in the classical schools of law, is not outdated or too inflexible to be utilized in the 21st century and that rather it can provide the means for Muslims to integrate within secular societies while maintaining a link to the sources of their religion and its legal rulings. Amjad M. Mohammed demonstrates how Islamic law, as interpreted by the Hanafi School of Law, is a multifaceted, complex legal system that takes into account both the individual’s situation and the society’s culture and customs. The concept of diyar, or political-legal jurisdictions, is discussed with special emphasis on the criteria for the application of dar al-Islam (Muslim state), dar-al-sulh (peace-treaty state), and dar al-harb (enemy state). A number of rulings for different situations that confront Muslim minorities are also included, such as working with illegal products or services, halal meat, food additives, medicines and medical interventions, financial transactions, and political participation. Autorid: Amjad M. Mohammed

A 2024 Locus Award Finalist! A 2024 Dragon Award Finalist!A "Best Of" pick in BookBub | Lit Hub | Book Riot | The Mary Sue"So much fun!"-Ann Leckie, New York Times bestselling authorFrom international bestseller Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport is an exuberant new sci-fi adventure with heart that reads like a mash-up of "Aladdin" and Murderbot-with gloriously chaotic resultsShantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking, and its colonist rulers aren't helping anyone but themselves.Lina, a daughter of failed revolutionaries, has no desire to escape Shantiport. She loves her city and would do anything to save its people. This is, in fact, the plan for her life, made before she was even born.Her brother, Bador, is a small monkey bot with a big attitude and bigger ambitions. He wants a chance to leave this dead-end planet and explore the universe on his own terms. But that would mean abandoning the family he loves-even if they do take him for granted.When Shantiport's resident tech billionaire coerces Lina into retrieving a powerful artifact rumored to be able to reshape reality, forces from before their time begin coalescing around the siblings. And when you throw in a piece of sentient, off-world tech with the ability to grant three wishes into the mix... None of the city's powers will know what hit them.Also by Samit BasuThe City Inside

"On the Gaze: Dubai and Its New Cosmopolitanisms engages with the spectacular growth of the city of Dubai, a once small but busy Arabian Gulf town known for its pearl divers and fishing trade. Author Adrianne Kalfopoulou follows the changes of the town, an informal British Protectorate, like the cluster of coastal sheikhdoms that included Oman and Abu Dhabi, known as the Trucial States for the protective treaties signed with the United Kingdom, Dubai became one of the seven Arab states which formed the UAE (United Arab Emirates) in 1971. The Gulf town of the 1950s expanded notably during the reign of Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1968-1990), whose foresightedness and risk-taking acuity were seminal in securing key infrastructure projects such as the expansion of the Dubai Creek harbor and the Jebel Ali port that transformed the town into a regional trade hub, building the foundation for today's commercial attractions as much as the optics of its spectacular skyline of architectural wonders. Uniquely, today's nexus of twenty-first century cosmopolitanisms caters to all manner of the gaze"-- "ON THE GAZE is an exploration of cosmopolitanism and its 21st-century manifestation in Dubai. "What do I see? Neon contours of a building at night. A near-empty walkway with a flashing monitor that reads: "Dubai Digital Park"; in the morning I see a concrete expanse of flat apartment rooftops amidst a humid, sand-infused horizon, the steaming heat of the desert temperature in August. Plasma screens along a walkway show various scenes of people eating, exercising, shopping, the only people I see. I am inan area called Silicon Oasis. Dubai, a city where 70% of the world is within an 8-hour plane flight from its airport, was built to represent the geographical factuality of its being a crossroads between East and West. A contemporary city of spectacle andthe spectacular, it caters to all manner of the gaze"-- What does it mean to be cosmopolitan? To be a crossroads, a gathering place, a center for world commerce? Explore the meaning of Dubai as a nation-state at the corssroads of the world, gathering people together from around the world. Much like Syros in ancient Greece was once at the center of world commerce, Dubai has evolved into a twenty-first-century nexus for new cosmopolitanisms. Both as a port and desert city, Adrianne Kalfopoulou imagines how Dubai has projected itself onto these screens as an idea for the future — and the present. By exploring the development of Dubai both through the lens of philosophers like Baudrillard and his “ hyperreal” as well as by digging into the city’ s history, from its disastrous collapse as a pearl-diving mecca through its complex evolution into a member of the United Arab Emirates. On The Gaze: Dubai and it’ s new Cosmopolitanisms fleshes out the story of Dubai, revealing it through multiple gazes. Kalfopoulou’ s fantastic writing and inward searching brings readers along as as she examines what Dubai means to her, to the Arab world, and to the world as a whole. “ We follow Kalfopoulou’ s multiple gazes— temporal, abstract, theore Autorid: Adrianne Kalfopoulou

In a philosophical idiom that attempts to be intelligible to the reader who is not traditionally trained, this study outlines various dimensions of traditional Islamic 'correspondence' theories of truth. It particularly argues that purely intelligible, 'abstract' concepts, universal natures and general principles objectively apply to the world, against schools of thought that contend that they are subjectively imposed. It is only by discerning the congruity or discordance of these fundamental instruments of general metaphysics with forms of extramental reality, that we are able to avoid the implication that their lack of sensible referents implies our knowledge of the world - which is contingent upon the employment of these instruments - must be ultimately subjective. These intelligible entities, universal natures and general principles can thus only be validated by situating them within an all-encompassing theory of objective reality and truth, in the Islamic tradition nafs al-amr or 'things as they are'. Transcending individual minds and sensible reality, such a theory must be sufficiently broad to account for the ultimate ontological and henological status of such universal and abstract principles and forms. This study demonstrates that a synthetical approach to the nature of objective reality and truth, drawing on the Avicennan and kal¿m, and especially Platonic and Akbarian traditions is capable of effectively responding to subjectivist, anti-metaphysical views on the nature of the world and our knowledge of it. It purports to do this in a manner that strengthens the deepest foundations underlying traditional natural theology, illustrating that the physical world of particulars is 'intelligible' (in the sense of 'objectively knowable') exactly because it is a branch of an 'intelligible' (as the contrary of 'sensible'), non-physically instantiated world.

Mitad niño, mitad animal, ¡con poderes increíbles! Ellos son los Magic AnimalsEL TERCER LIBRO DE MAGIC ANIMALS.áLa nueva serie que reúne todos los ingredientes para triunfar e ilusionar a los pequeños lectores en un mundo lleno de niños y niñas, magia, aventuras, seres fantásticos? y animales.En el misterioso valle de Blim habitan seres fantásticos capaces de adoptar forma de niño y de animal. Seres que, a través de un amuleto mágico, pueden transformarse en MAGIC ANIMALS con poderes increíbles.MAGIC ANIMALS 3. LA ARDILLA VAMPIRALa vuelta al cole es menos dura si empieza? ¡con una acampada en el bosque! Y es que como la fauna del valle de Blim es tan variada y curiosa, la profesora Mery ha propuesto un trabajo de investigación: quien logre fotografiar a la criatura más especial del valle conseguirá un premio. Abi, Éric, Cloe, Yuna y Nico lidiarán con compañeros tramposos y combatirán las argucias del mago Otto y Hela Crow?á ¿Conseguirán los Magic Animals dar con la criatura más insólita que habita en el valle?Mitad niño, mitad animal, ¡con poderes increíbles! Ellos son los Magic AnimalsUna colección para primeros lectores, con capítulos breves, letra grande y lenguaje adaptado al nivel lector. Una serie de libros ideal para aprender a leer, con parte narrativa y parte de cómicáy perfecta para pasar horas de diversión y entretenimiento.Ilustraciones a todo color y con páginas en formato cómic, que facilitan la lectura y la comprensión del lector, creadas por Carles Dalmau, un joven ilustrador que se han hecho un hueco destacado en el mundo de la ilustración, el cómic y el manga. Cuenta con más de 600k seguidores en sus redes.Una colección llena de magia, poderes, animales, niños y niñas, misterios recomendada para niños de 6 a 8 años. Perfecta para niños y niñas lectores de Anna Kadabra y Marcus Pocus.GÉNEROAcción y aventuraMisterios y magiaAnimales y poderesáHumor y diversiónáLA AUTORASusanna Isern es una de las autoras más importantes del panorama de la literatura infantil. Ha publicado más de 90 títulos que se han traducido a más de 30 idiomas y lleva más de 1.000.000 de ejemplares vendidos a nivel mundial.Algunos de sus títulos más destacados son:Daniela pirataEl gran libro de los superpoderesAbecemocionesAqua Marina

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