Book & Persian Literature

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The Persian Puzzle .

The Conflict Between Iran and America
by Kenneth Pollack "To understand the labyrinth of U.S.-Iranian relations, there are at least three things that you need to know about the seven.

Price: $17.79

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State and Society in Iran: The Eclipse of the Qajars and the Emergence of the Pahlavis (Library of Modern Middle East Studies) .

This historical book recounts the story of the Qajar dynasty and their fall through to the Pahlavi Dynasty. A good read if you want to become familiar with this era. The book has a cultural and social aspect to it that may explain sides of the Qajar dynasty we may not know of.

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Best Selling Books

07/16/2005

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: (Harry Potter Book...
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Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth
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Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov,Robert Legault,Belore - Vladimir Nabokov,Robert Legault,Belore
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by Greg Behrendt - Greg Behrendt
Always Talk to Strangers: 3 Simple Steps to Finding the...
by David Wygant - David Wygant
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee,Joyce Milton,Haroldr Bloom,Mary Mae Hartley,Mary... - Harper Lee,Joyce Milton,Haroldr Bloom,Mary Mae Hartley,Mary Hartley
100 Promises to My Baby
by Mallika Chopra - Mallika Chopra
World Is Flat: A Brief History Of The Twenty-first Century
by Thomas Friedman,Thomas L. Friedman - Thomas Friedman,Thomas L. Friedman
Angels & Demons: Special Illustrated Collector's Edition
by Dan Brown,TBA,Roy W. Poe - Dan Brown,TBA,Roy W. Poe
500 Tattoo Designs
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British author JK Rowling poses with a copy of her new book 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince' at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland July 15, 2005. The sixth and penultimate instalment of the 'Harry Potter' saga goes on sale at the weekend, ending months of hype, gag orders and arrests marking the build-up to the publishing event of the year.

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Persian Greetings Cards

Author: Mage
Format: Boxed set of 21 Greeting Cards
ISBN:
0-934211-92-2
Price: $30.00
Date: 2004

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Best Selling Books

07/22/2005
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: (Harry Potter Book...
by J. K. Rowling - J. K. Rowling
Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth
by Strebor Books International LLC,Hannah D. Zane - Strebor Books International LLC,Hannah D. Zane
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov,Robert Legault,Belore - Vladimir Nabokov,Robert Legault,Belore
He's Just Not That into You: The No-Excuses Truth to...
by Greg Behrendt - Greg Behrendt
Always Talk to Strangers: 3 Simple Steps to Finding the...
by David Wygant - David Wygant
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee,Joyce Milton,Haroldr Bloom,Mary Mae Hartley,Mary... - Harper Lee,Joyce Milton,Haroldr Bloom,Mary Mae Hartley,Mary Hartley
100 Promises to My Baby
by Mallika Chopra - Mallika Chopra
World Is Flat: A Brief History Of The Twenty-first Century
by Thomas Friedman,Thomas L. Friedman - Thomas Friedman,Thomas L. Friedman
Angels & Demons: Special Illustrated Collector's Edition
by Dan Brown,TBA,Roy W. Poe - Dan Brown,TBA,Roy W. Poe
500 Tattoo Designs
by Henry Ferguson - Henry Ferguson

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, (Harry Potter Book 6)
J. K. Rowling

If you haven't heard of J.K. Rowling, you live under a rock. She is one of the most popular writers of the past few years thanks to her Harry Potter series. But, life wasn't always magical for Joanne Kathleen Rowling. She's had some tough times but she never gave up on her writing.


J.K.Rowling's Beginnings
Born in Chepstow, Gwent in 1965, J.K. Rowling's favorite subjects in school were English and languages. J.K. went to Exeter University, worked as a secretary and as a teacher, but then fell on hard times. She and her husband divorced shortly after the birth of their daughter and J.K. Rowling ended up unemployed and living in a tiny flat in Edinburgh with her only child. Of course, maybe it wasn't all bad because it was during this time that she wrote Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone. The idea for the book came to J.K. Rowling while on a train ride. She said that she really liked the idea of creating a place where a child could have power, like Hogswarts.

.K. Rowling Gets Published
Bloomsbury Publishing bought Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (published in England as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) in 1997 and it was an instant success. Sorcerer's Stone won The British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year and the Smarties Prize and received rave reviews around the world. Since then there have been three more Harry tales - The Chamber of Secrets, The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Goblet of Fire and the massive Order of the Phoenix. J.K. Rowling has plans to write a book for each of the 7 years that Harry Potter is at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Warner Brothers has the rights to a lot of the books and has already made a bunch of successful flicks.


J.K. Rowling - Did U Know?
The Scottish Arts Council gave her a grant to finish the first book.
J.K. Rowling named Harry Potter after a childhood friend, Ian Potter.
She writes all of her books by hand. Ouch! She must have been pretty tired by the end of Order of the Phoenix.
When asked what mommies do, J.K. Rowling's daughter once replied, "Mommies write!"

J.K. Rowling Says
"My first book was called Rabbit and I was about six, and I haven't stopped scribbling since."

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What Men Won't Tell You but Women Need to Know
by Bob Berkowitz


Bob Berkowitz is not afraid to ask frank, intimate questions. And now he gets straight answers from the most perplexing, emotionally guarded species, the American male. In this unique, no-holds-barred report, the popular host of CNBC's "Real Personal" has gone right to the source, persuading men of all ages and backgrounds to bare their souls and innermost secrets -- giving women everywhere a golden opportunity to better understand their lovers, husbands, male relatives, and business associates ... and improve their relationships with the opposite sex.

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In the Land of the Lion & Sun
Experiences of Life in Persia from 1866-1881

Author: C.J. Willis
with a new introduction by Abbas Amanat



C.J. Wills was an English physician who traveled widely in Iran from 1866*81 while working for the Indo-European Telegraph Department. With a discerning eye for detail, Wills wrote an intimate anthropological account of Qajar-era Iran, rich with description of everyday life, popular beliefs and practices, and arts and crafts, as well as health practices and communications that were his professional concern. In the Land of the Lion and Sun, the second volume to appear in Mage's Persia Observed series, provides a fresh and fascinating insight into both a time and place, as well as the biases and sympathies of a generation.

In his introduction to this new edition of Wills' book, Abbas Amanat presents a critical reading of Wills' career, his works, and his view of Qajar Iran. In an appendix Michael Rubin gives a brief history of the introduction of telegraph to Iran and discusses the role of employees such as Wills in the development of modern Persian communication.

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IRANIAN NATIONALITY
AND THE PERSIAN LANGUAGE

by Shahrokh Meskoob
Foreword by Ali Banuazizi
Translated by Michael Hillmann


In this insightful study of Iranian cultural history and national identity, Shahrokh Meskoob, one of Iran's leading intellectuals, reviews the roles of three social classes, the courtiers and bureaucratic officials (ahl-e divan), the religious scholars (ulama), and the Muslim Gnostics (Sufi poets and writers), in the development and refinement of the Persian language during the past one thousand years and gives the reader a fresh perspective on Iranian cultural heritage and the struggle to forge a distinct national identity. Dr. Ali Banuazizi's foreword and interview with the author sets the stage for a fuller appreciation of this invaluable and wide-ranging contribution to Iranian intellectual history.

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Best Selling Books

08/07/2005
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: (Harry Potter Book...
by J. K. Rowling - J. K. Rowling
Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth
by Strebor Books International LLC,Hannah D. Zane - Strebor Books International LLC,Hannah D. Zane
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov,Robert Legault,Belore - Vladimir Nabokov,Robert Legault,Belore
He's Just Not That into You: The No-Excuses Truth to...
by Greg Behrendt - Greg Behrendt
Always Talk to Strangers: 3 Simple Steps to Finding the...
by David Wygant - David Wygant
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee,Joyce Milton,Haroldr Bloom,Mary Mae Hartley,Mary... - Harper Lee,Joyce Milton,Haroldr Bloom,Mary Mae Hartley,Mary Hartley
100 Promises to My Baby
by Mallika Chopra - Mallika Chopra
World Is Flat: A Brief History Of The Twenty-first Century
by Thomas Friedman,Thomas L. Friedman - Thomas Friedman,Thomas L. Friedman
Angels & Demons: Special Illustrated Collector's Edition
by Dan Brown,TBA,Roy W. Poe - Dan Brown,TBA,Roy W. Poe
500 Tattoo Designs
by Henry Ferguson - Henry Ferguson

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King of the Benighted

Author: Manuchehr Irani (Houshang Golshiri)
Translated by Abbas Milani
Format: Paperback
120 pages

King of the Benighted was mailed out of Iran page by page. It is both a firsthand account of the hard realities of life under the Islamic Republic and a literary masterpeice by one of Iran's best contemporary writers, Houshang Golshiri, who wrote under the pen name Manuchehr Golshiri to protect his identity. Golshiri has creatively combined modern techniques of fiction with the rich tradition of Persian poetry to tell a timeless tale. The novella invites the reader to join the flow of the artist's imagination and to share moments in the life of a contemporary Iranian poet, including his imprisonment and incredible encounter with a younf prisoner called Sarmad. Should you want to know why Iran has become a nation of mourners, you might follow the poet where he has gone.

King of the Benighted epitomizes a new emerging spirit in contemporary Persian literature and shows that despite Iran's isolation today, its literature is very much part of the spirit sweeping the world. Included in this volume is an English prose rendition of the central metaphor of the novella, the 12th century poet Nizami's "The Black Dome." An insightful introduction by Nasrin Rahimieh and a perceptive afterword by the traslator reflect on the state of post-revolutionary Persian literature.

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Life in Iran
The Library of Congress Drawings

Author: Ardeshir Mohassess
Format: Paperback
48 pages

Life In Iran is a series of powerful drawings by Iran's greatest satirist. Drawn in exile during the 1979 revolution, they remain as meaningful and sharpsighted as ever. The characters are situated in an Iran of a century ago, and dressed in the clothes of the Qajar dynasty, but their predicament is both universal and timeless. Ardeshir captures the historic truths of the Third World: autocratic rule, opression, violent religious conflict, oil riches, and high-tech weapons in the hands of barefoot boys. An informative introduction by Bernard Reilly, head of the Curatorial Section of the Library of Congress's Prints and Photographic Division, helps us view these drawings in the context of 19th and 20th century political art. Ardeshir received the Erwin Swann Award for Excellence in Cartoon, Caricature, and Comic Strip Art for this series of drawings, which are now part of the Library of Congress's political drawings collection.

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Best Selling Books

08/09/2005

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: (Harry Potter Book...
by J. K. Rowling - J. K. Rowling

Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth
by Strebor Books International LLC,Hannah D. Zane - Strebor Books International LLC,Hannah D. Zane

Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov,Robert Legault,Belore - Vladimir Nabokov,Robert Legault,Belore

He's Just Not That into You: The No-Excuses Truth to...
by Greg Behrendt - Greg Behrendt

Always Talk to Strangers: 3 Simple Steps to Finding the...
by David Wygant - David Wygant

To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee,Joyce Milton,Haroldr Bloom,Mary Mae Hartley,Mary... - Harper Lee,Joyce

Milton,Haroldr Bloom,Mary Mae Hartley,Mary Hartley
100 Promises to My Baby
by Mallika Chopra - Mallika Chopra

World Is Flat: A Brief History Of The Twenty-first Century
by Thomas Friedman,Thomas L. Friedman - Thomas Friedman,Thomas L. Friedman

Angels & Demons: Special Illustrated Collector's Edition
by Dan Brown,TBA,Roy W. Poe - Dan Brown,TBA,Roy W. Poe

500 Tattoo Designs
by Henry Ferguson - Henry Ferguson