Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer, and Poetry in Iran, Paperback - Niloofar Haeri

Reducere. Following the 1979 revolution, the Iranian government set out to Islamize society. Muslim piety had to be visible, in personal appearance and in ac...

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Women in Islam is an attractive book of simple compilation of quotations from the Qur'an and Hadith collections that refer to or address women spec...

"Here is a book to be welcomed enthusiastically, to be read carefully, and to be returned to frequently." -Sinclair B. Ferguson In our world, we us...

Reducere. A delightful collection of soul-inspiring poems from the world's great religious and spiritual traditions, accompanied by Ivan M. Granger's meditat...

DescriptionKate Millett was already an icon of American feminism when she went to Iran in 1979. She arrived just weeks after the Iranian Revolution...

Publisher: Spokesman BooksAuthor(s): Donald Newton WilberNumber of pages: 80Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 210 x 149 x 9Cover type: Paperback / ...

Best-selling author Melissa Caughey knows that backyard chickens are like any favorite pet -- fun to spend time with and fascinating to observe. He...

Reducere. "Between Two Worlds is an extraordinary story of how an innocent young woman got caught up in the current of political events and met individuals w...

Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres.

Reducere. In Soundworks Anthony Reed argues that studying sound requires conceiving it as process and as work. Since the long Black Arts era (ca. 1958-1974),...

Reducere. A real-life thriller about a CIA contractor who vanished in Iran and the international manhunt to find himIn late 2013, Americans were shocked to l...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Blake AtwoodIllustration(s): 18 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 320Collection: InfrastructuresPubl...

DescriptionMy Prison, My Home is the harrowing true story of Iranian-American scholar Haleh Esfandiari's arrest on false charges and subsequent inc...

Reducere. A truly fulfilling marriage involves two people focusing on each others' needs rather than their own. Lysa TerKeurst, president of The Proverbs 31 ...

Reducere. A truly fulfilling marriage involves two people focusing on each others' needs rather than their own. Lysa TerKeurst, president of The Proverbs 31 ...

Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar traces half a century of shifting Islamist doctrines, demonstrating that religious narratives in Iran can change rapidly...

Reducere. In exquisitely crafted poems, Len Krisak's Say What You Will muses on a wide range of topics, in present-day and historic settings and relevance: a...

Reducere. As far back as she can remember, Azadeh Moaveni has felt at odds with her tangled identity as an Iranian-American. In suburban America, Azadeh live...

Reducere. A remarkable look at an understudied feature of the Iranian justice system, where forgiveness is as much a right of victims as retributionIran's cr...

Why do we speak the way we do, and what do our voices tell others about us? What is the truth behind the myths that surround how we speak? Jane Set...

This book sets out how contemporary Iranian scholars have approached the Qur'an during recent decades. It particularly aims to explore the contribu...

Description"An invaluable resource for both new and veteran allies...obvious and necessary" (Library Journal, starred review) information for every...

Romanos' lively and dramatic hymns are a highlight of Byzantine literary invention. This book examines the rhetorical embodiment of theological the...

Romanos' lively and dramatic hymns are a highlight of Byzantine literary invention. This book examines the rhetorical embodiment of theological the...

DescriptionIn Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say, Dr. Warren Farrell demonstrates how gender-based anger at home, in the workplace, in omnipresent...

Reducere. DescriptionExplore your faith with thought-provoking verses from the Prayer Journal for Women.Write the story of your faith inside these pages. No ...

Reducere. Have you ever been put on the spot and asked to explain or defend Catholic teaching on sensitive topics such as abortion, same-sex marriage, or the...

What Would the Aunties Say? is packed full of advice to help you be yourself and live your best life, exploring the experiences of girls from India...

Contributor(s): Author: Orkideh BehrouzanProzak Diaries is an analysis of emerging psychiatric discourses in post-1980s Iran. It examines a cultura...