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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1891 edition by John Murray London
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Describing her work as a healer in Asia Isabella Bird travels to Trebizond and describes the customs beliefs dress and activities of the inhabitants She also wrote A Ladys Life in the Rocky Mountains Unbeaten Tracks in Japan andThe Yangtse Valley and Beyond The book has been read but is in excellent condition Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting The spine remains undamaged
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Winner James Beard Award for Best Book of the Year International 2017 Winner IACP Award for Best Cookbook of the Year in Culinary Travel 2017 Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by The Boston Globe Food amp Wine The Los Angeles Times The New York Times The New York Times Book Review The San Francisco Chronicle USA Today and The Wall Street Journal A reason to celebrate a fascinating culinary excursion The New York Times Though the countries in the Persian culinary region are home to diverse religions cultures languages and politics they are linked by beguiling food traditions and a love for the fresh and the tart Color and spark come from ripe red pomegranates golden saffron threads and the fresh herbs served at every meal Grilled kebabs barbari breads pilafs and brightly colored condiments are everyday fare as are rich soupstews called ash and alluring sweets like rose water pudding and datenut halvah Our ambassador to this tasty world is the incomparable Naomi Duguid who for more than 20 years has been bringing us exceptional recipes and mesmerizing tales from regions seemingly beyond our reach More than 125 recipes framed with stories and photographs of people and places introduce us to a culinary paradise where ancient legends and ruins rub shoulders with new beginningswhere a wealth of history and culinary traditions makes it a compelling place to read about for cooks and travelers and for anyone hankering to experience the food of a wider world
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Though the Kurds played a major military and tactical role in the United States recent war with Iraq most of us know little about this fiercely independent longmarginalized people Now acclaimed journalist Christiane Bird who riveted readers with her tour of Islamic Iran in Neither East Nor West travels through this volatile part of the world to tell the Kurds story using personal observations and indepth research to illuminate an astonishing history and vibrant culture For the twentyfive to thirty million Kurds Kurdistan is both an actual and a mythical place an isolated largely mountainous homeland that has historically offered sanctuary from the treacherous outside world and yet does not exist on modern maps Parceled out among the four nationstates of Iraq Turkey Syria and Iran after World War I Kurdistan is a divided land with a tragic history where the indomitable Kurds both celebrate their ancient culture and fight to control their own destiny Occupying some of the Middle Easts most strategic and richest terrain the Kurds are the fourthlargest ethnic group in the region and the largest ethnic group in the world without a state to call their ownWhether dancing at a Kurdish wedding in Iran bearing witness to the destroyed Kurdish countryside in southeast Turkey having lunch with a powerful exiled agha in Syria or visiting the sites of Saddam Husseins horrific chemical attacks in Iraq the intrepid insightful Bird sheds light on a violently stunning world seen by few Westerners Part mesmerizing travelogue part actionpacked history part reportage and part cultural study this critical book offers timely insight into an unknown but increasingly influential part of the world Bird paints a moving and unforgettable portrait of a people uneasily poised between a stubborn past and an impatient future
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After the monthlong Gulf War of 1991 Iraqs Kurdish minority began to rise against Saddam Husseins regime which had in previous years engaged in genocidal campaigns including assaults with chemical weapons that killed as many as 180000 people United Nations peacekeeping forces helped established a safe haven in Iraqi Kurdistan a section of northern Iraq that runs along the borders of Turkey and Iran and elections were soon held Teresa Thornhill an English barrister who became concerned with the plight of the Kurds through an expartners personal connection to Iraq took two trips to the region in 1993 to see for herself how the efforts at democracy were progressing The Iraqi Kurds claimed that they did not wish to establish an independent state Thornhill writes Rather they wished to be part of a postSaddam Iraq under a federal arrangement But their efforts were hampered by the economic sanctions of the UN against Iraq which affected them as well as Saddam and Iraqi troops were poised at the edge of the border ready to reclaim their land In addition rival Kurdish groups began engaging in violent conflict Thornhill particularly concerns herself with the Kurdish women who survived Saddams atrocities but she encounters people from every level of Kurdish society Her fascination with the region and its people is perceptible even in the restrained journalistic tone with which she recounts her journey
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The founder of the Tehran School of Social Work tells how she left the security of a Persian harem attended the University of Southern California and returned to Iran only to be arrested after the collapse of the Shahs regime 15000 first printing Tour
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Translated by William Jesse This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1856 edition by John Murray London
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The founder of the Tehran School of Social Work tells how she left the security of a Persian harem attended the University of Southern California and returned to Iran only to be arrested after the collapse of the Shahs regime 15000 first printing Tour
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The Remarkable story of the daughter of a once powerful and wealthy shazdeh or prince Farmaiannbspnbsptells a fascinating tale of growing up in the 1930s in a Persian harem compound in Tehran Breakingnbspnbspwith Muslim tradition she became an independent woman and foundnbspnbspherself arrested as a counterrevolutionary A dramtic window onnbspnbspIrans journey through the twentieth century
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Following on from the success of their awardwinning books Saha and Turquoise Greg and Lucy Malouf now explore one of the worlds earliest and greatest empires Saraban is an unforgettable journey through the culinary landscapes of ancient Persia and modernday Iran Persian cooking is one of the oldest and most sophisticated cuisines in the world and its influence has spread across India and the Middle East to North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula and even through Medieval Europe Its a cuisine that is subtle elegant and alluring which rejoices in rice uses fresh herbs in abundance and combines meat fish fruit and vegetables with exotic spices such as saffron cardamom and dried limes In Saraban Greg and Lucy discover a land where the rich diversity of climate countryside architecture and poetry provide a fitting background for an equal variety and richness of cuisine Join them as they visit bustling bazaars and tiny soup kitchens pick saffron before dawn and fish in timehonored tradition from wooden dhows in the Persian Gulf Then discover the joy of Persian cooking for yourself with the mouthwatering recipes that Greg has created for the home kitchen as he mixes centuries of tradition with modern techniques and flavors for both the home cook and experienced chef
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Following on from the success of their awardwinning books Saha and Turquoise Greg and Lucy Malouf now explore one of the worlds earliest and greatest empires Saraban is an unforgettable journey through the culinary landscapes of ancient Persia and modernday Iran Persian cooking is one of the oldest and most sophisticated cuisines in the world and its influence has spread across India and the Middle East to North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula and even through Medieval Europe Its a cuisine that is subtle elegant and alluring which rejoices in rice uses fresh herbs in abundance and combines meat fish fruit and vegetables with exotic spices such as saffron cardamom and dried limes In Saraban Greg and Lucy discover a land where the rich diversity of climate countryside architecture and poetry provide a fitting background for an equal variety and richness of cuisine Join them as they visit bustling bazaars and tiny soup kitchens pick saffron before dawn and fish in timehonored tradition from wooden dhows in the Persian Gulf Then discover the joy of Persian cooking for yourself with the mouthwatering recipes that Greg has created for the home kitchen as he mixes centuries of tradition with modern techniques and flavors for both the home cook and experienced chef
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Translated by William Jesse This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1856 edition by John Murray London
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In 1770 the young German scientist and explorer Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin embarked on a journey on behalf of the Russian Academy of Sciences and in the service of Catherine the Great These heretofore littleread accounts of his travels and broad research in Northern Persia first published in German in St Petersburg in the 1770 s have now been translated for the first time into English by renowned scholar Willem Floor In the two voyages recounted in this volume Gmelin kept journals describing the customs industry political world warfare geography and plant and animal life of Northern Persia until his capture and imprisonment in the village of Parakay near the Caspian Sea in 1774a misfortune that he also was able to record and which is included here in the final volume of his travelogue
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A piece of travel writing which tells the story of a journey in a ModelA Ford from Beirut through Iran to India The journey was undertaken in 1926 by Ronald Sinclair revealed after his death last year to have been an important British secret agent Reginald TeagueJones
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A year after Vita SackvilleWest first travelled to Iran a journey described in the classic Passenger to Teheran she returned to the land that had so captured her imagination For twelve days with her husband and three friends she embarked on a difficult and often dangerous journey through the rugged and wildlybeautiful Bakhtiari Mountains of southwestern Iran It was a landscape that affected SackvilleWest profoundly inspiring what is arguably some of her most lyrical prose in the same year she wrote her acclaimed poem The Land Interwoven with her magical descriptions of the landscape she also wrote of her encounters with the Bakhtiari tribe as they embarked on their epic annual migration The way of life of the Bakhtiari a people claiming descent from Fereydun hero of the Shahnameh has now all but disappeared the result of persecution by Reza Shah and the encroachments and temptations of modernity SackvilleWests descriptions of their everyday life are thus a valuable and illuminating portrayal a vanished world A book that reveals as much about its author as the country through which she travelled Twelve Days in Persia is a classic of travel writing on Iran and a musthave for all Bloomsbury devotees
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Before Prince of Persia was a bestselling video game franchise and a Jerry Bruckheimer movie it was an Apple II computer game created and programmed by one person Jordan Mechner Also available as an ebook Mechners candid journals from the time capture his journey from his parents basement to the forefront of the fastgrowing 1980s video game industry and the creative technical and personal struggles that brought the prince into being and ultimately into the homes of millions of people worldwide
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Just in time for the summer blockbuster movie the Princes most epic journey yetXBOX MagazinenbspJourney deeper into the legendan epic adventure steeped in ancient Persian lorethe tale of a prince from a distant land outside of time nbspThe huge Disney movie adaptation of The Prince of Persia helmed by Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Jake Gyllenhaalis sure to make many new fans for the swashbuckling Prince For all of them First Second offers a new edition of our graphic novel tale of the Prince of Persia which Booklist describes in a starred review as a book thats even better with repeat readings Here is the story behind the games the legend and the mana tale of magic and destiny
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Sketches on the Shores of the Caspian is the product of the authors journey through the Caspian region as part of an expedition headed by his cousin James Brant the British Consul at Erzeroum Holmes provides a wonderfully intimate portrait of the country Written in a very accessible style it nonetheless provides a wealth of detail on the towns the climate trade military people and culture as well as valuable information on the Russian presence in the region at the time This very scarce volume is here published with a new Introduction by leading scholar of Asia Morris Rossabi Professor of Inner Asian History Weatherhead East Asian Institute Columbia University and Distinguished Professor of History Queens College The City University of New York
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In 1770 the young German scientist and explorer Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin embarked on a journey on behalf of the Russian Academy of Sciences and in the service of Catherine the Great These heretofore littleread accounts of his travels and broad research in Northern Persia first published in German in St Petersburg in the 1770 s have now been translated for the first time into English by renowned scholar Willem Floor In the two voyages recounted in this volume Gmelin kept journals describing the customs industry political world warfare geography and plant and animal life of Northern Persia until his capture and imprisonment in the village of Parakay near the Caspian Sea in 1774a misfortune that he also was able to record and which is included here in the final volume of his travelogue
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In February 1828 the Russian Empire annexed the historical Armenian province of Erivan Yerevan from Persia The province included Mount Ararat a symbol of Armenian national and spiritual identity said to be the resting place of Noahs Ark The mountain had never before been scaled in recorded history Explorer Friedrich Parrot of the University of Dorpat now Tartu Estonia decided to take on the challenge of climbing Ararat In 1829 he traveled to the Caucasus with an expeditionary team Accompanied by Armenian writer Khachatur Abovian he eventually reached the summit of the mountain His memoir of the expedition Journey to Ararat was later published in German in 1834 and translated into English by William Desborough Cooley and printed in the United States in 1846The content of Parrots account is not just limited to Armenia and Mount Araratnbsp It also contains plenty of fascinating insights on the broader region in the late 1820snbsp These include impressions of Georgia Ingushetia North Ossetia Kalmykia eastern Ukraine central Russia and the German colonies of TranscaucasiaThis new edition of the Cooley translation includes a critical introduction by Pietro A Shakarian new maps and historical documents from Estonia and Armenia related to Parrots expeditionnbsp It also includes illustrations from the original English translation of Parrots book reproduced with the assistance of the Cleveland Public Librarys John G White Special Collection of Folklore Orientalia and Chess and Digital Public Library All of these new and restored elements provide a fresh look and understanding of Parrots 1829 expedition to the Holy Mountainnbsp The text itself is an engaging and often informative travel memoir of 19th century Russian Armenia and Transcaucasia
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