Whisper Tapes: Kate Millett in Iran (Mottahedeh Negar)(Paperback)

Whisper Tapes: Kate Millett in Iran (Mottahedeh Negar)(Paperback)

Kate Millett was already an icon of American feminism when she went to Iran in 1979. She arrived just weeks after the Iranian Revolution, to join Iranian women in marking International Women's Day. Intended as a day of celebration, the event turned into a week of protests. Millett, armed with film

Sexual Politics (Millett Kate)(Paperback)

A sensation upon its publication in 1970, Sexual Politics documents the subjugation of women in great literature and art. Kate Millett's analysis targets four revered authors--D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, Norman Mailer, and Jean Genet--and builds a damning profile of literature's patriarchal myths

Couchsurfing in Iran: Revealing a Hidden World (Orth Stephan)(Paperback)

A modern-day glimpse into the surprising reality of life in Iran. Iran: A destination that is seldom seen by westerners yet often misunderstood. A country that simultaneously enchants and enrages those who visit it. A place where leading a double life has become the norm. In Couchsurfing in Iran,

Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic (Bajoghli Narges)(Paperback)

The Persians: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Iran (Katouzian Homa)(Paperback)

In recent years, Iran has gained attention mostly for negative reasons--its authoritarian religious government, disputed nuclear program, and controversial role in the Middle East--but there is much more to the story of this ancient land than can be gleaned from the news. This authoritative and

Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi'ite Iran (Corbin Henry)(Paperback)

An analysis of interrelated themes in Iranian religion, including the angelology of Mazdaism and Islamic Shi'ite concepts of spirit-body

Cold War in the Islamic World - Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Struggle for Supremacy (Hiro Dilip)(Paperback / softback)

Reading Lolita in Tehran (Nafisi Azar)(Paperback / softback)

Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, the author and other women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. This book tells how they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita, and share their own stories, dreams with each other, and, for a few

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 Awakening (Chopin Kate)(Paperback)

The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social

A Night in Acadie (Chopin Kate)(Paperback)

A Night in Acadie (1897) is a short story collection by American author Kate Chopin. Chopin, a pioneering feminist and gifted writer, sought to portray the experiences of Southern women and ethnic minorities struggling to survive in an era decimated by war and economic hardship. A Night in Acadie

A History of Modern Iran (Abrahamian Ervand)(Paperback)

In a radical reappraisal of Iran's modern history, Ervand Abrahamian traces the country's traumatic journey from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, through the discovery of oil, imperial interventions, the rule of the Pahlavis, and the birth of the Islamic Republic. The first edition

Shi'i Islam: A Beginner's Guide (Momen Moojan)(Paperback)

From infallible Imams to Ayatollahs in Iran, Shi'ism has long been a prominent, if misunderstood, branch of Islam. It regards Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law, as the Prophet's legitimate successor. But theological differences between the Shi'ah and Sunni Muslims have led to sectarian violence, massacres

Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Khorram Adib)(Paperback)

Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Hilarious and heartbreaking, this unforgettable debut introduces a brilliant new voice in contemporary YA. Winner of the William C. Morris Debut Award 'Heartfelt, tender, and so utterly real. I'd live in this book forever if I

Miss Nightingale's Nurse (Eastham Kate)(Paperback)

Discover the first heartwarming novel in Kate Eastham's nursing series in this gripping and compelling story of strength 'Deftly written . . . a moving account of loss, as well as self-discovery and achievement' Woman's Own'A vivid, entertaining read which brought history alive' 5***** Reader

Memories (Ackoff Russell L.)(Paperback / softback)

From analyzing birth rates in India, to a fireside chat with the Queen of Iran, to introducing theme parks to the US, this book collects stories that lay bare the workings of a number of well-known businesses and other organizations - and the people who run

Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (Daryaee Touraj)(Paperback)

I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation Of profound importance in late antiquity, the Sasanian Empire is almost completely unknown today, except as a counterpoint to the Roman Empire.What are the reasons for this ignorance and why does the Sasanian Empire matter? In this

Rio Tape/Slide Archive - Radical Community Photography in Hackney in the 80s (Denney Alan)(Paperback / softback)

Mary Kate (Dorries Nadine)(Paperback)

In this sequel to Shadows in Heaven, Mary Kate Malone runs away to Liverpool and into all kinds of

Wind in My Hair - My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran (Alinejad Masih)(Paperback / softback)

This memoir is the extraordinary story of how one Iranian woman overcame enormous adversity to fight for what she truly believed and founded a major movement for women around the world with the simple removal of her

The Gardens of Consolation (Reza Parisa)(Paperback)

A novel of love, family, and a fight for freedom in Iran featuring a 'formidable and hard-to-forget heroine' (Publishers Weekly). In the early 1920s, in the remote Persian village of Ghamsar, two young people dreaming of a better life fall in love and marry. Sardar brings his bride, Talla, with him

If You Could Be Mine (Farizan Sara)(Paperback)

In Iran, it's a crime punishable by death to be gay. Sex reassignment surgery, however, is considered a way to fix a 'mistake.' Sahar has been in love with her best friend, Nasrin, since they were six. But when Nasrin's parents announce that her arranged marriage will be in a matter of months,

Studies in Tape Reading (Wyckoff Richard D.)(Paperback)

One cannot become a Tape Reader by giving the ticker absent treatment; nor by running into his broker's office after lunch, or seeing -how the market closed- from his evening newspaper.... He should spend twenty-seven hours a week at the ticker, and many more hours away from it studying his

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