Land of the Turquoise Mountains: Journeys Across Iran - Cyrus Massoudi

DescriptionFor Cyrus Massoudi, a young Britishborn Iranian, the country his parents were forced to flee thirty years ago was a place wholly unknown...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Mark LevineIllustration(s): 31 b-w photosNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: ...

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Publisher: Yoffy PressIllustration(s): Color photographs throughoutNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 224 x 272 x 20Cover type: ...

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Published on the 20th anniversary of Massoud's assassination, two days before the 9/11 attack, this is the first biography of Massoud published in ...

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Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Lennard BickelNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 30Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

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Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Cairo RampersaudIllustration(s): 0; 0Number of pages: 152Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 132 x 20...