Jewels of Allah: The Untold Story of Women in Iran (Ansary Nina)(Paperback)

Jewels of Allah: The Untold Story of Women in Iran (Ansary Nina)(Paperback)

International Book Award in 'Women's Issues' Eric Hoffer Award for 'Best Culture Book' Eric Hoffer Award for 'Best Book Cover' Eric Hoffer Award for 'Best Debut Author' Indie Book Award for 'Historical Nonfiction' Indie Book Award for 'Women's Issues' ForeWord INDIEFAB Award for 'Women's Studies'

The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women in Space - Loren Grush

The remarkable true story of America's first women astronauts - six extraordinary women, each making history going to orbit aboard NASA's Space Shuttle. When NASA sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s the agency excluded women from the corps, arguing that only military test pilots - a

The Nine Hundred: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz - Heather Dune Macadam

The untold story of the 999 young, unmarried Jewish women who were tricked into boarding a train in Poprad, Slovakia on March 25, 1942 that became the first official transport to Auschwitz.'Books such as this are essential: they remind modern readers of events that should never be forgotten' -

In the Palace of Flowers (Princewill Victoria)(Paperback)

- Historical novel about the untold lives of Abyssinian slaves in Iran - A tale of political intrigue, following a precarious time of growing public dissent and foreign interference, in 1890's Iran. - Lush descriptions of palace life - 105 Bookstagrammer book tour to coincide with US

The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History (Holt Nathalia)(Paperback)

From the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, the untold, 'richly detailed' story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic films that have enthralled generations (Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Figures). From Snow White to Moana, from

The Nine Hundred : The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz - Moorehead Caroline, Heather Dune Macadam

On March 25, 1942, nearly a thousand young, unmarried Jewish women boarded a train in Poprad, Slovakia. Filled with a sense of adventure and national pride, they left their parents' homes wearing their best clothes and confidently waving good-bye. Believing they were going to work in a factory for

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II (Kiernan Denise)(Paperback)

The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback--an incredible true story of the top-secret World War II town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the young women brought there unknowingly to help build the atomic bomb. 'The best kind of nonfiction: marvelously reported, fluidly written, and a

Iran: A Very Short Introduction (Ansari Ali)(Paperback)

Iran has rarely been out of the headlines. Yet media interest and extensive coverage has tended to hinder rather than help our understanding of Iran as an idea, an identity, and a people, leading to a superficial understanding of what is a complex and nuanced political culture and civilization

Midnight in Chernobyl - The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster (Higginbotham Adam)(Paperback / softback)

Women on Wheels: The Scandalous Untold Histories of Women in Bicycling (Streeter April)(Paperback)

A feminist history of bicycling for sport and adventure spans a century of women who changed the world from two wheels. This vivacious tale, peppered with fascinating details from primary sources, shows how women were sometimes the stars of bicycle races and exhibitions, and other times had to

Aftershock: The Untold Story of Surviving Peace (Green Matthew)(Paperback)

A gripping and groundbreaking book that tells the inside story of how the men and women we dispatch to fight our battles adapt to life outside the combat zone Over the last decade, we have sent thousands of people to fight on our behalf. But what happens when these soldiers come back home, having

League of Wives - The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the US Government to Bring Their Husbands Home (Lee Heath Hardage)(Paperback / softback)

The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington - and Hanoi - to bring their husbands home from the jungles of

Iranian Women and Gender in the Iran-Iraq War (Farzaneh Mateo Mohammad)(Paperback)

Eighteen months after Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979, hundreds of thousands of the country's women participated in the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) in a variety of capacities. Iran was divided into women of conservative religious backgrounds who supported the revolution and accepted some of the

Iran, Islam and Democracy: The Politics of Managing Change (Ansari Ali M.)(Pevná vazba)

The surprise election of Hasan Rouhani in 2013 has refocused attention on the dynamics between Islam and democracy in Iran after the hiatus of the Ahmadinejad presidency. With comparisons being drawn between Rouhani and his predecessor, the late Reformist President Mohammad Khatami, there has never

No Greater Ally: The Untold Story of Poland's Forces in World War II (Koskodan Kenneth K.)(Paperback)

There is a chapter of World War 2 history that remains largely untold: the story of the fourth largest Allied military of the war, and the only nation to have fought in the battles of Leningrad, Arnhem, Tobruk and Normandy. This is the story of the Polish forces during the Second World War, the

Voices of a Massacre: Untold Stories of Life and Death in Iran, 1988 (Mohajer Nasser)(Pevná vazba)

In July 1988, the Islamic Republic of Iran agreed to bring an end to the brutal eight-year war with Iraq. Over the next two months, under the orders of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini, political prisoners around the country were secretly brought before a tribunal panel that would later become

Women of the Irish Revolution (Gillis Liz)(Paperback / softback)

Tells the story in pictures of the role played by women in Ireland's

To Hell or Barbados: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ireland (O'Callaghan Sean)(Paperback)

A vivid account of the Irish slave trade: the previously untold story of over 50,000 Irish men, women and children who were transported to Barbados and

Olya's Story - A Survivor's Personal and Dramatic Account of the Persecution of Baha'is in Revolutionary Iran (Roohizadegan Olya)(Paperback / softback)

The story of one Baha'i woman's experiences at the hands of the Iranian Revolutionaries in the 1980s. Amid the escalating program she witnessed friends, neighbours and relatives being imprisoned, tortured and executed. She visited prisoners, comforted relatives and then it was her

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II (Mundy Liza)(Paperback)

The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the American women who secretly served as codebreakers during World War II--a 'prodigiously researched and engrossing' (New York Times) book that 'shines a light on a hidden chapter of American history' (Denver Post). Recruited by the U.S. Army and

Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey (Minnick Fred)(Pevná vazba)

Shortly after graduating from the University of Glasgow in 1934, Elizabeth 'Bessie' Williamson began working as a temporary secretary at the Laphroaig Distillery on the Scottish island Islay. Williamson quickly found herself joining the boys in the tasting room, studying the distillation process,

The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home (Lee Heath Hardage)(Pevná vazba)

The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington--and Hanoi--to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam. On February 12, 1973, one hundred and fifteen men who, just six years earlier, had been high flying Navy and Air Force pilots, shuffled, limped, or were carried

League of Wives - The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the US Government to Bring Their Husbands Home (Lee Heath Hardage)(Pevná vazba)

The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington - and Hanoi - to bring their husbands home from the jungles of

Ian Fleming and Soe's Operation Postmaster: The Untold Top Secret Story (Lett Brian)(Paperback)

The untold story of a daring and successful WW2 SOE operation.This is a true story of a force of 'licensed to kill' secret agents, commanded by a real war time secret service chief code names M, with whom Ian Fleming worked, and upon whom his James Bond stories were based.Brigadier Colin Gubbins