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The Heartbeat of Iran: Real Voices of a Country and Its People by Tara Kangarlou
RRP: €22.60€16.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632462053Author Tara KangarlouFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Ig PublishingPublisher Ig Publishing -
1001 Days: Memoirs of an Empress by Empress Farah Pahlavi
€38.06This memoir by empress Farah Pahlavi looks back on her reign over an Iran so modern it is unrecognizable today-written just a few years before the Islamic Revolution of 1979. "Beautifully written, intelligent and insightful, the memoirs of Farah Diba... -
The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire by Charles Häberl 9781837642595
RRP: €35.69€32.58The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran are adherents of the last surviving Gnostic tradition from the period of Late Antiquity, and the Book of Kings is the capstone to one of their most sacred scriptures. A universal history in four parts, it concisely outlines... -
The Cypress Tree by Kamin Mohammadi
RRP: €15.46€10.82_______________ 'A memoir to inspire' - Aminatta Forna 'I cannot recommend this book highly enough' - Nassim Assefi, author of Aria 'Fascinating insight on a topic much discussed but rarely understood from a human perspective. Recommended... -
The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran by Andrew Scott Cooper
€21.31In this remarkably human portrait of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Emperor of Iran, Andrew Scott Cooper examines the life of an infamously complex personality in a bold new light. The recent wave of instability in the Middle East has led Iranians and... -
The Shah's Imperial Celebrations of 1971: Nationalism, Culture and Politics in Late Pahlavi Iran by Robert Steele
RRP: €27.36€27.19In October 1971 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, held a celebration to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great. Dozens of heads of state descended on Persepolis for these Celebrations, where they... -
Armies of the Iran-Iraq War 1980-88 by Stephen Walsh
RRP: €17.84€13.03Driven by the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the insecurities it provoked in Saddam Hussein's Iraqi dictatorship, the Iran-Iraq War would become the largest conventional conflict of the period. Curiously little-known considering its scale and longevity,... -
Farsi (Persian)-English / English-Farsi (Persian) Dictionary& Phrasebook by Nicholas Awde
RRP: €13.08€9.87Farsi is the official language of Iran, where over 67 million people speak its standard form. This phrase book and dictionary contains all the essential aspects of the language, detailing the alphabet and grammar, as well as listing a number of... -
Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an Atomic State by David Patrikarakos
€57.86The Iranian nuclear crisis has dominated world politics since the beginning of the century, with the country now facing increasing diplomatic isolation, talk of military strikes against its nuclear facilities and a disastrous Middle East war. What is... -
The Fate of Third Worldism in the Middle East: Iran, Palestine and Beyond by Rasmus C. Elling 9780861547289
RRP: €35.70€24.93In the latter half of the twentieth century, a revolutionary idea promised to upend the global order. Anti-imperialist militancy, bolstered by international solidarity, would lead to not only the national liberation of oppressed peoples but universal... -
Land of the Turquoise Mountains by Cyrus Massoudi
RRP: €14.27€10.52A compelling personal journey of discovery, illuminating the Iran that lies beyond the headlines. For Cyrus Massoudi, a young British-born Iranian, the country his parents were forced to flee thirty years ago was a place wholly unknown to him. Wanting... -
Religious Statecraft: The Politics of Islam in Iran by Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar
RRP: €29.75€22.82Since the 1979 revolution, scholars and policy makers alike have tended to see Iranian political actors as religiously driven-dedicated to overturning the international order in line with a theologically prescribed outlook. This provocative book argues... -
An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville by Reza Aslan
RRP: €28.55€24.41Little known in America but venerated as a martyr in Iran, Howard Baskerville was a twenty-two-year-old Christian missionary from South Dakota who traveled to Persia (modern-day Iran) in 1907 for a two-year stint teaching English and preaching the gospel... -
Iran Under the Safavids by Roger Savory
RRP: €29.74€26.05The importance of the Safavid period (1501-1736) in Iranian history has been increasingly recognised. Iran Under the Safavids aims at providing the student and general reader, in non-technical language, with a comprehensive history of the Safavid dynasty... -
A Short History of the Mughal Empire by Michael Fisher
RRP: €17.84€17.06The Mughal Empire dominated India politically, culturally, socially, economically and environmentally, from its foundation by Babur, a Central Asian adventurer, in 1526 to the final trial and exile of the last emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar at the hands of... -
Power Couple: Russian-Iranian Alignment in the Middle East by Ghoncheh Tazmini 9780755640454
RRP: €23.79€19.68Cooperation between Iran and Russia has expanded to unprecedented levels. Following the Russian offensive in Ukraine, their partnership has undergone a significant transformation, altering power dynamics and elevating Iran from a junior partner to an... -
Iran: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Michael Axworthy
RRP: €13.08€9.25Since the beginning of recorded history, Iran/Persia has been one of the most important world civilizations. Iran remains a distinct civilization today despite its status as a major Islamic state with broad regional influence and its deep integration... -
An Arabian Journey: One Man's Quest Through the Heart of the Middle East by Levison Wood
RRP: €15.46€12.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802148858Author Levison WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Black CatPublisher Black Cat -
The Sasanian Empire at War: Persia, Rome, and the Rise of Islam, 224-651 by Michael J Decker
RRP: €41.65€27.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594163692Author Michael J DeckerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Westholme PublishingPublisher Westholme PublishingWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm)... -
The Incarcerated Modern: Prisons and Public Life in Iran by Golnar Nikpour 9781503637634
RRP: €33.31€28.16Iran's prison system is a foundational institution of Iranian political modernity. The Incarcerated Modern traces the transformation of Iran from a decentralized empire with few imprisoned persons at the turn of the twentieth century into a modern... -
Operation Eagle Claw 1980 by Justin Williamson
RRP: €16.65€11.60Following months of negotiations after the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979, President Jimmy Carter ordered the newly formed Delta Force to conduct a raid into Iran to free the hostages. The raid, Operation Eagle Claw, was risky to... -
They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents by Neda Toloui-Semnani
RRP: €10.70€7.29From a daughter of Iranian revolutionaries, activists, immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers comes a gripping and emotional memoir of family and the tumultuous history of two nations. In 1979, Neda Toloui-Semnani's parents left the United States... -
Women, Life, Freedom: Our Fight for Human Rights and Equality in Iran by Nasrin Sotoudeh 9781501776106
RRP: €8.32€7.20The Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal, presented by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State, recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce innovations to further democracy in the United States or around... -
The Bundahisn: A New Translation by Shaul Shaked 9780190879044
RRP: €97.58€88.60The Bundahisn, meaning primal or foundational creation, is the central Zoroastrian account of creation, cosmology, and eschatology. Compiled sometime in the ninth century CE, it is one of the most important surviving testaments to Zoroastrian literature... -
Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran by Medea Benjamin
RRP: €15.46€10.27U.S. relations with Iran have been fraught for decades, but under the Trump Administration tensions are rising to startling levels. Medea Benjamin, one of the best-known 21st century activists, offers the incredible history of how a probable alliance... -
The Iran-Iraq War: The Greatest Land War of the Late Twentieth Century by Tom Cooper
RRP: €59.44€41.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804511565Author Tom CooperFormat PaperbackImprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
A History of the Tajiks: Iranians of the East by Richard Foltz 9780755649655
RRP: €30.93€25.25In this comprehensive and up to date history, from prehistoric proto-Indo-Iranian times to the post-Soviet period, Richard Foltz traces the complex linguistic, cultural and political history of the Tajiks, a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group from the... -
Sephardi Voices: The Forgotten Exodus of the Arab Jews by Dr. Henry Green
RRP: €34.50€24.09In the years following the founding of the State of Israel, close to a million Jews became refugees fleeing their ancestral homelands in the Middle East, North Africa, and Iran. State-sanctioned discrimination, violence, and political unrest brought an... -
Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests: The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran by Jason Sion Mokhtarian 9780520385726
RRP: €35.70€27.16Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests examines the impact of the Persian Sasanian context on the Babylonian Talmud, perhaps the most important corpus in the Jewish sacred canon. What impact did the Persian Zoroastrian Empire, as both a real historical... -
The Voyage and the Messenger: Iran and Philosophy by Henry Corbin 9781556432699
RRP: €20.22€14.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556432699Author Henry CorbinFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Persian in Use: An Elementary Textbook of Language and Culture by Professor of Persian Anousha Sedighi
RRP: €89.25€86.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789087282172Author Anousha SedighiFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Leiden University PressPublisher Leiden University Press -
Desert Warriors: Iranian Army Aviation at War by Babak Taghvaee 9781910777565
RRP: €35.64€24.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910777565Author Babak TaghvaeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran by Parvaneh Pourshariati 9781784537470
€29.81I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire has been acclaimed as one of the most intellectually exciting books about late antique Persia to have been published for years. It proposes a... -
The Iran-Iraq War - Volume 4: Iraq'S Triumph by Tom Cooper 9781911512455
RRP: €23.74€16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911512455Author Tom CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World by Reza Zarghamee
RRP: €65.45€58.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933823935Author Reza ZarghameeFormat HardbackPage Count 728Imprint Mage PublishersPublisher Mage PublishersWeight(grams) 1395g -
Memories of a Bygone Age - Qajar Persia and Imperial Russia 1853-1902 by Prince Arfa 9781909942868
RRP: €35.70€34.58Set against the backdrop of Iran s struggle against the rising powers of Russia and Britain, the memoirs of Mirza Riza Khan Arfa -ed-Dowleh otherwise known as Prince Arfa (1853 1902) are packed with picaresque adventures as the prince tells the story of... -
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: A New Translation from the Persian by Omar Khayyam
RRP: €28.55€24.92A repository of subversive, melancholic and existentialist themes and ideas, the rubaiyat (quatrains) that make up the collected poems attributed to the 12th century Persian astronomer Omar Khayyam have enchanted readers for centuries. In this modern... -
Iran, Islam and Democracy - The Politics of Managing Change by Ali M. Ansari 9781909942981
RRP: €35.70€35.30Current developments in Iran are forcing a fundamentalreassessment of the relationship between Islam and democracyand the processes of democratization in the Muslim world.While some scholars have argued that 'Islam' and 'democracy'are essentially... -
The Struggle for Iran: Oil, Autocracy & the Cold War, 1951–1954 by David S. Painter 9781469671666
RRP: €39.21€36.62Beginning with the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry in spring 1951 and ending with its reversal following the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq in August 1953, the Iranian oil crisis was a crucial turning point in the global Cold... -
Patterns of Wisdom in Safavid Iran: The Philosophical School of Isfahan and the Gnostic of Shiraz by Janis Esots 9780755644919
€33.94I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies The exceptional intellectual richness of seventeenth-century Safavid Iran is epitomised by the philosophical school of Isfahan, and in particular by its ostensible founder, Mir Damad (d...