The inspirational tale of eight women who defied the confines of life in revolutionary Iran through the joy and power of literature.

Tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. This title paints a portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life.

Persepolis ended in a cliffhanger in 1984, just as 14 year old Marjane was leaving behind her home in Tehran, escaping fundamentalism and the war in Iraq to begin a new life in the West. Here we follow her through the next eight years of her life - four years in Vienna, and four years back in Iran.

Tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. This book paints a portrait of daily life in Iran and of the contradictions between home life and public life.

A stunning and evocative first novel with the power of A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, HALF OF A YELLOW SUN and THE ISLAND

Contains stories about the lengths to which some women go to find a man, to keep a man, or just to keep up appearances. This book presents an introduction to the private lives of some interesting ordinary women. It also demonstrates how much women the world over have in common.

As far back as she can remember, Azadeh Moaveni has felt at odds with her identity as an Iranian-American. In America, she lived in two worlds. At home, she was the daughter of the Iranian exile community and outside she was a California girl. This is the story of her search for identity, between two cultures cleaved apart by a violent history.

As Isaac navigates the tedium and terrors of prison, his wife feverishly searches for him suspecting that their housekeeper has turned on them. His son, sent to New York before the rise of the Ayatollahs, struggles to find happiness even as he realizes that his family may soon be forced to embark on a journey of incalculable danger.

The First Battle in the West's War on Militant Islam. The new blockbuster from Mark Bowden, the bestselling author of 'Black Hawk Down' and 'Killing Pablo', this is a dramatic and eerily topical account of the Iranian hostage crisis, the event that marked the birth of radical Islam. The author Mark Bowden has spent six years interviewing everyone involved in the hostage crisis, on all sides, to ..

* A passionate novel about mothers and daughters, roots and exile, set among an Anglo-Iranian family

Discusses the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that ousted the country's elected prime minister, ushered in a quarter-century of brutal rule under the Shah, and stimulated the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and anti-Americanism in the Middle East.

Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian human rights lawyer and activist. She is known for defending dissident figures, and for the establishment of a number of non-profit grassroots organisations dedicated to human rights. In 2003, she became the first Muslim woman, and the first Iranian, to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Here, she tells her story.

The author and her husband came to Iran from the USA to meet her husband's family. With them was their four-year-old daughter, Mahtob. Betty soon became desperate to return to the States but her husband and his family had other plans. This is the true story of one woman's struggle to keep her child and win freedom for them both.

In November 1955, Nasser Ali Khan, one of Iran's celebrated tar players, is in search of a new instrument. His beloved tar has been broken. He decides that life is no longer worth living. He takes to his bed, renouncing the world and all of its pleasures. This book presents the story of the eight days he spends preparing to surrender his soul.

Depicting the final years of the Shah in Iran, this book offers a meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. It describes the tyrannical monarch, who, despite his cruel oppression of the Iranian people, sees himself as the father of a nation, who can turn a backward country into a great power.

Presents the story of three weeks in Tehran in February 1979: three weeks of fanaticism, passion, self-sacrifice and heartbreak. Caught between the revolutionaries and the forces of international intrigue is a team of professional pilots. They are ordered to flee to safety with their helicopters.

A superb, authoritatively written insider's account of Iran, one of the most mysterious but significant and powerful nations in the world.

When Kathy, a young recovering alcoholic recently separated from her husband, fails to open a series of tax letters that have been sent to her in error, the State of California seizes the house she and her brother have inherited from her father. The State sells the house at auction to Behrani, a former Iranian Air Force officer.

WE ARE IRAN is a seamlessly edited multi-voiced portrait of contemporary Iran, translated from Farsi, using that nation's weblogs as its primary source. Iran has more web diarists than most countries, and in cyberspace many Iranians find a freedom to express opinions that is not available to them in print. Theirs is not the Iran of bearded ayatollahs and thuggish militias, but a country that has .

An international bestseller, Prisoner of Tehran is the astonishing, true account of one womans remarkable courage in the face of terror.