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1	Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books more books like this by Azar Nafisi add to wishlist Azar Nafasi formed a book club in Tehran comprised of seven young women who got together to discuss such books as THE GREAT GATSBY, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, DAISY MILLER, and, of course, LOLITA--books forbidden by the Islamic government. In this memoir, Nafasi, who was expelled from the country for refusing to wear the veil, writes about those women, ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.63! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Protect & Defend more books like this by Vince Flynn add to wishlist In Flynn's most explosive thriller yet--a #1 "New York Times" bestseller--CIA operative Mitch Rapp returns and finds himself on a collision course with America's most feared enemy. Now available in a tall Premium Edition. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.84! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood more books like this by Marjane Satrapi add to wishlist The critics made the inevitable comparisons to MAUS when reviewing this graphic novel-style memoir. But this deeply personal child's-eye view of Iran during the fall of the Shah deserves to be considered in its own right. Marjane Satrapi is related both to the old Persian royal family and to Communist rebels. Therefore, it's not surprising that ... see all copies from £6.31! new only from £8.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Whirlwind more books like this by James Clavell add to wishlist This epic novel of over 1,100 pages takes place in Iran between February 9 and March 4, 1979, just after the flight of the Shah and the advent of Khomeini. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.06! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	The Increment more books like this by David Ignatius add to wishlist By the author of the best-selling Body of Lies, a novel that takes the reader inside the most volatile secret of the twenty-first century: the Iranian nuclear program. see all copies from £3.93! new only from £9.67! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey from Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic Revolution more books like this by S Farmaian add to wishlist The story of the daughter of a once powerful and wealthy prince and her childhood in a Persian harem compound in Teheran. Breaking with Moslem tradition, she became an independent woman and was arrested as a counterrevolutionary. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	New Food of Life: Ancient Persian & Modern Iranian Cooking & Ceremonies more books like this by Najmieh K Batmanglij add to wishlist This is a treasury of 240 classical and regional Iranian recipes. 120 colour photographs intertwined with descriptions of ancient and modern ceremonies, poetry, folk tales, travelogue excerpts, and anecdotes make "New Food of Life" not just a collection of recipes but also an introduction to Persian art and culture. Each recipe is presented in a ... see all copies from £22.19! new only from £24.04!
8	Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West more books like this by Tom Holland add to wishlist Holland's new work describes the very first "clash of empires" between East and West. Revealing extraordinary parallels between the ancient world and the present, this history takes in the entire sweep of the Persian Wars. see all copies from £5.09! new only from £6.74! \| first editions
9	House of Sand and Fog more books like this by Andre Dubus, III add to wishlist This second novel by Andre Dubus 3rd (son of acclaimed writer Andre Dubus) is about an Iranian immigrant who stumbles into a complex struggle over the possession of a California house with the down-on-her-luck woman who used to own it and the sheriff who is in love with her. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	On Wings of Eagles more books like this by Ken Follett add to wishlist A thriller, based on fact, in which a group of American volunteers, hand-picked by a retired Green Beret officer, are sent to Iran to free the Americans from a heavily guarded prison fortress there, against overwhelming odds of success or survival. From the author of A DANGEROUS FORTUNE and NIGHT OVER WATER. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Shah of Shahs more books like this by Ryszard Kapuscinski add to wishlist In this book, the author brings a mythographer's perspective and novelist's virtuosity to bear on the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, one of the most infamous of the United States' client-dictators, who resolved to transform his country into 'a second America in a generation', only to be toppled virtually overnight. see all copies from £5.09! new only from £5.09! \| first editions
12 view cover	All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror more books like this by Stephen Kinzer add to wishlist With a thrilling narrative that sheds much light on recent events, this national bestseller brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that ousted the country's elected prime minister, ushered in a quarter-century of brutal rule under the Shah, and stimulated the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and anti-Americanism in the Middle East. Selected as one ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.43! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Delta Force: The Army's Elite Counterterrorist Unit more books like this by Charlie Beckwith, Colonel, Donald Knox add to wishlist In this heart-pounding, first-person account, retired Col. Beckwith, founder and first commanding officer of Delta Force, tells the remarkable true story of the Army's elite counterterrorist unit--from its secret training in North Carolina to its political battles in the Pentagon to its missions in Vietnam. see all copies from £2.27! new only from £3.11! \| first editions
14	James Clavell's Whirlwind more books like this by James Clavell add to wishlist A thriller revolving around three weeks of fanaticism, passion, self-sacrifice and heartbreak in Tehran in February 1979. An epic, abundant in sub-plots, characters, intrigue and atmosphere. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Things I've Been Silent about: Memories more books like this by Azar Nafisi add to wishlist The author of the international bestseller "Reading Lolita in Tehran" now offers a stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, with moving memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and difficult mother, against the background of Iran during a time of revolution and change. see all copies from £8.17! new only from £8.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Hadassah: One Night with the King more books like this by Tommy Tenney, Mark Andrew Olsen add to wishlist Bestselling author Tommy Tenney expands the extraordinary story of Esther like no novelist has done before. Both a thriller and a Jewish woman's memoir, Hadassah takes readers to ancient Persia (now known as Iraq), into the inner sanctum of the palace and back out into the war zones of battle and political intrigue. This gripping drama of a simple ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.87! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion more books like this by Bruce Feiler add to wishlist Investigates the historical origins of, and commonalities between, the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religions, in a historical tour that visits the locales of key events and considers the role of religion in peacemaking efforts between cultures. see all copies from £1.96! new only from £3.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Rooftops of Tehran more books like this by Mahbod Seraji add to wishlist From a striking new talent (Sandra Dallas, author of "Tallgrass") comes an unforgettable debut novel of young love and growing up in an Iran headed toward revolution. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57!
19 view cover	Secret War with Iran: The 30-Year Clandestine Struggle Against the World's Most Dangerous Terrorist Power more books like this by Ronen Bergman add to wishlist Israel's top investigative reporter reveals the clandestine counter-jihad that the CIA and Mossad have been fighting for 29 years against Iran and its terrorist proxy, Hizbollah. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Blood of Flowers more books like this by Anita Amirrezvani add to wishlist In this mesmerizing historical novel, an ill-fated young woman's gift as a rug designer transforms her life in 17th-century Isfahan. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran more books like this by Roy Mottahedeh add to wishlist Drawn from the first-hand accounts of eyewitnesses, Roy Mottahedeh's account of Islam and politics in revolutionary Iran is widely regarded as one the best records ofd that turbulent time ever written. The true story of a young mullah, hi life in the sacred shrine city of Qom, and the dramatic events of the 1979 Revolution, this account paints a ... see all copies from £7.12! new only from £13.68! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Persian expedition. more books like this by Xenophon add to wishlist In "The Persian Expedition", Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. When the Greeks were then betrayed by their Persian employers, they were forced ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.45! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Soul of Iran: A Nation's Journey to Freedom more books like this by Afshin Molavi add to wishlist Afshin Molavi, born in Iran, but brought up in America, and fluent in Farsi, travelled his homeland for over a year, meeting with students of the right and left, bazaar merchants, Islamic clerics, pro-democracy writers and young people fascinated by anything Western. His journey took the form of a series of pilgrimages out of the capital, Tehran, ... see all copies from £6.36! new only from £6.36!
24 view cover	A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind more books like this by Michael Axworthy add to wishlist Iran is a land of contradictions. It is an Islamic republic, but one in which only 1. 4 percent of the population attend Friday prayers. Irans religious culture encompasses the most censorious and dogmatic Shia Muslim clerics in the world, and yet its poetry insistently dwells on the joys of life-wine, beauty, sex. Iranian women are subject to ... see all copies from £10.74! new only from £10.74!
25 view cover	Strike Force more books like this by Dale Brown add to wishlist When a disgraced former Iranian military chief of staff engineers an insurgency that threatens to destroy the theocratic regime in Iran, a new era appears to be dawning in the Middle East. But one must be wary of old enemies...On the run from the Pasdaran, the theocrat's terror army, and unable to count on support from his friends in the regular ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.05! \| signed copies \| first editions

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