Modern Persian

Reducere. Completely redesigned for today's generation of cooks and food enthusiasts, the 25th Anniversary Edition of Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Moder...

DescriptionA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Persian is one of the great lingua francas of w...

Discover a new and effective way to learn Persian. With 21 units covering the four key skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening, this bes...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Greco-Persian Wars, then keep reading...This cultural prominence was on full display during ...

The Greco-Persian Wars (499-49 BC) convulsed Greece, Asia Minor, and the Near East for half a century. Through a series of bloody invasions and pit...

DescriptionA repository of subversive, melancholic and existentialist themes and ideas, the rubaiyat (quatrains) that make up the collected poems a...

Reducere. DescriptionWine is seen as the natural partner of many great cuisines, but few people associate it with Persian food, one of the world's most sophi...

Reducere. Dr. Benjamin Dykes produces essential new translations of traditional astrology texts for modern students. Persian Nativities III contains a comple...

The spiritual masterpiece of the Persian Sufi tradition-in a brilliant new translation The longest single -authored "mystical" poem ever written, t...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Afsharid and Qajar Dynasty, then keep reading...Most people have heard about the famous and ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient Japan, then keep reading... This cultural prominence was on full display during these wa...

Reducere. The poems attributed to Omar Khayyam have a universal and timeless philosophical theme: life is a meaningful journey even if brief and uncertain. T...

Reducere. The poems attributed to Omar Khayyam have a universal and timeless philosophical theme: life is a meaningful journey even if brief and uncertain. T...

Reducere. The Shahnameh, also transliterated as Shahnama ("The Book of Kings"), is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1...

Reducere. Covering the period from the early nineteenth century to the present day, Modern Iran: A History in Documents brings together primary sources in tr...

Reducere. The Masnavi I Ma'navi of Rumi is one of the most influential works of Sufism, commonly called "the Quran in Persian". It has been viewed by many co...

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. During the height of Muslim power in Mughal South Asia, Hi...

The first Persian Empire (559-331 BC) was the biggest land empire the world had seen, and seated at the heart of its vast dominions, in the south o...

In the early 1400s, Iranian elites began migrating to the Deccan plateau of southern India. Lured to the region for many reasons, these poets, trad...

Reducere. A grimoire honoring Ahriman as the "Prince of the World" and the Daevas as 'Deific Masks' of primal power, DRAUGA has been a work which has been de...

Reducere. PROSEIn this prequel to the now-classic Makers of Modern Strategy, Victor Davis Hanson, a leading scholar of ancient military history, gathers prom...

Reducere. "One of Iran's leading modern poets featured in all of his playful complexity. Like his poems, Bijan Elahi's own writings on translation (brought i...

In the second novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ...

DescriptionThe Persians, Aeschylus' earliest surviving tragedy, holds a fascination both for readers of Greek drama and Greek history. Not only is ...

Reducere. Over a thousand years ago, the Persian physician and chemist Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi presented his students with a book of alchemy i...

The comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205-184 BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete a...

Explore the Captivating History of the Safavid EmpireThe Safavid dynasty was one of the most notable ruling dynasties of Iran. This Islamic Empire ...

Reducere. DescriptionBaby Names for Muslims is a baby name reference for Muslims that includes over 5000 names, with meanings and variant spellings provided....

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Lying in the middle of a plain in m...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating History of the Persian EmpireStudents of ancient history are well aware of the Persians. A still-present cultural and lingu...

Cyrus the Great created the first Persian Empire in the 500s BCE. He conquered all major civilizations in his region and his influence reached from...

Reducere. Sadegh Hedayat's novel The Blind Owl is considered by many to be the greatest work of modern Persian literature. Often compared to the classics of ...

Reducere. Sadegh Hedayat's novel The Blind Owl is considered by many to be the greatest work of modern Persian literature. Often compared to the classics of ...

In Falafel For Breakfast, ingredients are put first and foremost at the centre, opening the door to a greater understanding and appreciation of Mid...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdNumber of pages: 308Collection: Routledge/BIPS Persian Studies SeriesPublication date: 2007Dimensions: 157 x 234 x 2...

Reducere. DescriptionBuilding on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, The World of Myth, Third Edition, offers a uniquely comprehensive collectio...

Reducere. Now available in paperback, this book traces the complete story of the Missouri from her keel-laying in 1941, her participation in the Japanese sur...

Reducere. Available in paperback, this four-volume narrative world history tells the story of the entire globe, from the earliest nomadic humans all the way ...

Reducere. Designed for parents and elementary/middle grade students (grades 4-8) to share together, The Story of the World, Volume 4 Revised Edition: The Mod...

Reducere. Designed for parents and elementary/middle grade students (grades 4-8) to share together, The Story of the World, Volume 4 Revised Edition: The Mod...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Greece, then keep reading...Three captivating manuscripts in one book: History of Greece: A Capt...

Reducere. This Handbook aims to serve as a research guide to the archaeology of the Levant, an area situated at the crossroads of the ancient world that link...

At a time when hostilities and violence in the Middle East and Persian Gulf continually threaten the world with war, anyone seeking to understand t...

Reducere. Inspired by traditional quilting techniques, including patchwork, English paper piecing, and appliqu , master quilter Sanae Kono creates a charming...

Falnama is the name of a genre used in Turkish and Iranian literature and hails from the seventeenth century's Islamic traditions. Inspired by a bo...

Reducere. DescriptionMaking the rich narrative world of Talmud tales fully accessible to modern readers, renowned Talmud scholar Jeffrey L. Rubenstein turns ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book presents twenty chapters by experts in their fields, providing a thorough and interdisciplinary overview of the theory and pra...

Reducere. Don't just read about history--experience it Color a picture of Captain Cook in Botany Bay, design a Persian rug, play the Battle of Bunker Hill bo...

Reducere. HARVEY AWARD NOMINEE comic writer and artist Don Lomax assembles his Desert Storm Journal comic series and brings back his central character from h...

Reducere. This first-ever biography of American painter Grace Hartigan traces her rise from virtually self-taught painter to art-world fame, her plunge into ...

Reducere. Cyrus the Great was a brilliant general who founded the Persian Empire, greatest empire of its day. He was also the king who freed the Jews from ex...

Friedrich Nietzsche's most accessible and influential philosophical work, misquoted, misrepresented, brilliantly original and enormously influentia...

In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enli...

DescriptionFrom encounters with Western powers in the nineteenth century through to a Constitutional Revolution at the beginning of the twentieth c...

Reducere. DescriptionA new type of dictionary. An indispensable reference for language learners within the Indo-European language family, as well as for any ...

DescriptionCombining the best features of traditional and modern methods, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek 3/e, provides a unique, bestse...

Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story of a nation of great int...

Sacred poetry from twelve mystics and saints, rendered brilliantly by Daniel Ladinsky, beloved interpreter of verses by the fourteenth-century Pers...

Combining the best features of traditional and modern methods, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek 3/e, provides a unique, bestselling cours...

Reducere. The Persian poet and Sufi mystic Jeláleddín Rumi (1207-1273) found his own religious order, the Whirling Dervishes. His Sufi poems are amongst the ...

Reducere. *Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingGilgamesh, Hercules, Aeneas, and Lancelot are instantly recognized as mythological he...

Reducere. King of the World. The Life of Cyrus the Great The Persian Empire was the world's first hyperpower, with territory stretching from Central Asia to ...

Reducere. DescriptionNader Shah, ruler of Persia from 1736 to 1747, embodied ruthless ambition, energy, military brilliance, cynicism and cruelty. His reign ...

Reducere. From Syria and Iraq to Ukraine, from AfPak to Libya, from Iran to Russia, and from the Persian Gulf to China, foreign correspondent Pepe Escobar, a...

Explore a timely introduction to the formation of the Bible in its historical and modern contexts In the newly revised Second Edition of A Contempo...

Reducere. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers run through the heart of the Middle East and merge in the area of Mesopotamia known as the cradle of civilization. ...

From Syria and Iraq to Ukraine, from AfPak to Libya, from Iran to Russia, and from the Persian Gulf to China, foreign correspondent Pepe Escobar, a...

Reducere. Abu Hamed Mohammad ibn Mohammad Al-Ghazzali (1058-1111), known as Algazel to the western medieval world, was born and died in Tus, in the Khorasan ...

Reducere. Transoxania, Khurasan, and ?ukharistan - which comprise large parts of today's Central Asia - have long been an important frontier zone. In the lat...