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Books May 17-21, 1999 / Ordibehesht 27-31, 1378 Book of the week * Media: Home, Exile, Homeland Past picks * Language: 1001 Persian-English Proverbs * History: The Greco-Persian Wars * Literature: Hand of Poetry * Autobiography: Behind the Tall Walls Do you want your book advertised or featured here? Send review copies to: The Iranian, PO Box 34842, Bethesda, MD, 90827 email us Home, Exile, Homeland Film, Media, and the Politics of Place Edited by Hamid Naficy Global changes in capital, power, technology, and the media have caused massive shifts in how we define home and community, leaving redrawn territories and globalized contexts. Ranging from intensely personal to highly theoretical, the contributors explore our complex negotiation of "home" and "homeland" in a postmodern world ... GO TO BOOK Go to top 1001 Persian-English Proverbs By Simin Habibian A cultural gap is growing between Iranian adults and youth residing outside of Iran. Young Iranians are strongly influenced by Western culture, while the adults struggle with Western culture and try to maintain their homeland's traditions. A bridge is needed to overcome the gap. Simin Habibian compiled "1001 Persian-English Proverbs" with this in mind ... GO TO BOOK Go to top The Greco-Persian Wars By Peter Xerxes at Salamis Green The long and bitter struggle between the great Persian empire and the fledgling Greek states reached its high point with the extraordinary Greek victory at Salamis in 480 B.C. The astonishing sea battle banished forever the specter of Persian invasion and occupation. In this account, Green brilliantly retells this historic moment, evoking the whole dramatic sweep of events that the Persian offensive set into motion. 15 illustrations. 12 maps ... GO TO BOOK Go to top The Hand of Poetry Five Mystic Poets of Persia : Translations from the Poems of Sanai, Attar, Rumi, Saadi and Hafiz In 13th century Persia, spiritual teaching was given in the guise of poetry. From this vast treasury, Coleman Barks has selected a broad assortment of poems form the works of Sanai, Attar, Rumi, Saadi, and Hafiz. These are combined with the lectures originally given by Inayat Khan in San Fransisco during 1923, which discuss the signifigance of the poets for our lives. The book is quite possibly the best anthology of Persian Sufi Poets currently available ... GO TO BOOK Go to top Behind the Tall Walls From Palace to Prison An autobiography by Azar Aryanpour Not long after Azar Aryanpour returned home to Iran in September of 1978, following a visit with two of her children in Washington, DC, a state of martial law was declared. Her husband-the former Minister of Health and Welfare under the Shah and an American-trained orthopaedic surgeon who played a role in the real-life events chronicled in Ken Follett's best-selling book On Wings of Eagles-was subsequently and wrongfully imprisoned. Now, nearly two decades later, Azar Aryanpour speaks for the first time in Behind the Tall Walls, an autobiographical retrospective of the tumultuous events that resulted in the overthrow of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi ... GO TO BOOK Go to top Copyright © Abadan Publishing Co. All Rights Reserved. May not be duplicated or distributed in any form   Web Site Design by Multimedia Internet Services, Inc   Internet server by Global Publishing Group.

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