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The Persian: Ancient Mediaeval and Modern Iran
Author:	Homa Katouzian
Date:	December 15,2009
Publisher:	Yale University press
Price:	$ 39.00
Comment:	Writing from an Iranian rather than a European perspective, Katuozian integrates the significant cultural and literary History of Iran with its political and social history. some of the greatest poets of human history wrote in Persian-among them Rumi,Omar Khayyam, and Saadi- Katuozian discusses And occasionally quotes their work in his thoughtful analysis of Iranian society, Katouzian argues that the absolute and arbitrary power traditionally enjoyed by Persian/Iranian rules has resulted in an unstable society where fear and short- term Thinking dominates. A magisterial history, this book also serves as an excellent background to the role of Iran in the contemporary world.

My Dreams of Stars: from daughter of Iran to space pioneer
Author:	Anousheh Ansari
Date:	March 2, 2010
Publisher:	Palgrave MCcmillan
Price:	$ 16.50
Comment:	In her heart warming and empowering memoir, Anoushe tell the story of her childhood in Iran and her family’s exodus to America after the Islamic revolution. After settling down in Texas, Anousheh built a computer technology firm from the ground up, which eventually realized a net worth of $750 million and ultimately allowed her to achieve her child hood Dream of space flight.

Democracy in Modern Iran: Islam, Culture and Political Change
Author:	Ali Mirsepassi
Date:	May 24, 2010
Publisher:	NYU Press
Price:	$ 42.00
Comment:	Can Islamic societies embrace democracy? In Democracy in Modern Iran, Ali Mirsepassi maintains that is possible, Demonstrating that Islam is not inherently hostile to the idea of democracy. Rather he provides new perspective on how such political and social transformation could take place, arguing that to key to understanding the integration of Islam and democracy lies in concrete social institutions rather pre- conceived ideas, the every day experiences rather than abstract theories. Mirsepassi,an Iranian, provide a rare inside Look in to the country, offering a deep understanding of how Islamic countries like Iran and Iraq can and will embrace democracy.

The World of Achaemenied Persia: The diversity of Ancient Iran
Author:	John Curtis –St. john Simpson
Date:	May 11, 2010
Publisher:	I.B Tauris
Price:	$ 85.08
Comment:	Interest and fascination in Achaemenid in recent years. it is time for major new appraisal of the glorious civilization founded by Cyrus the Great and continued by his successors, The great king Darius1, Xerxes and Artaxrexes and Artexerxes 1 this volume offers precisely that: a sustain and comprehensive overview of the field of Achamenids studies by leading scholar and experts. It discusses all aspects of Achaemenid history and archaeology between 550 BCE and 330 BCE, and embraces the whole wast territory of the Persian empire from North Africa to India and from central Asia to the Persian Gulf. topics covered include aspects of Achemenid religion, administration, material, culture, ethnicity, gender and the survival of Achaemenid traditions.

RESET: Iran Turkey and Americas futures
Author:	Stephen Kinzer
Date:	June 8, 2010
Publisher:	Times Books
Price:	$ 15.60
Comment:	What can the Unite Stats do to help realize its dream of a peaceful, democratic Middle East? Stephen Kinzler offers a surprising answer in this paradigm-shifting book. Two countries in the region, he argues, are America’s logical partners in twenty-first century: Turkey and Iran. Kinzer’s provocative new view of the Middle East is the rare book that will richly entertain while moving a vital policy debate beyond the stale alternatives of the last fifty years.

Iranian Books Nominated for 2010 IBBY Honor Diploma
Author:	Erfan Nazarahari,Ali Bouzari,Kayvan Abidi-Ashtiani
Date:	Narch 2010
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Comment:	Efran Nazarahi Has been nominated for writing I’m the 8th of the seven, Ali Bouzari for illustrating The Tailless Fox and Kayvan Abidi-Ashtiani for translating The Graveyard Book By Nail Richard Gaiman. Some164 books has been nominated for 2010 IBBY, which are set to be first displayed at the IBBY congress in Santiago de Comp Estela in September 2010. The International board on Books for young people(IBBY)is A non profit organization which represents an international Net work of people from all over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together.

Iran Books to Munich IINTL. Library
Author:	Farideh Khalatbari,s Iron Shoes Illustrated by Farshid Shafiei, Fereidoun Amouzadeh-Khalili,s Crows Don,t Catch Bird flu Illustrated by Neda Azimi, Atosa Saleh,s I Miss you illustrated by hodda Haddadi and Mohamad- Reza Sham,s Lazy hero illustrated by Mahmoud Moktadri made on to the list this year
Date:	April 2010
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Comment:	Almost 10,000 Books for Children and young Adults are submitted to the Munich International Youth library each year, from which 250 are selected to be annotated in a catalogue and presented at Bologna’s international children’s Book Fair. The international youth library is the world’s largest library for international children’s and youth literature, which was founded in1949 by Jella Lepman

My Bird
Author:	Fariba Vafi
Date:	November 2009
Publisher:	Syracuse University press
Price:	$ 29.45
Comment:	In this powerful story of life, love and the demands of marriage and motherhood, Fariba Vafi gives readers a portrait of one woman’s struggle to adapt to the complexity of life in modern Iran. The narrator, a housewife and young mother living in a low-income neighborhood in Tehran, dwells upon her husband Amir’s desire to move to Canada. His peripatetic lifestyle underscores her sense of inertia. When he finally slips away, the young woman is forced to raise the children alone while caring for her ailing mother. Vafi’s characters are emblematic of many women in Iran caught between tradition and modernity. Demystifying contemporary Iran by taking readers beyond the stereotypes and in to the lives of individuals, Vafi is one of the most important voices in Iranian literature. My Bird heralds her Eagerly anticipated introduction to an English- speaking Audience. Syracuse University press

Life as a Visitor
Author:	Angela M. Nazarian
Date:	September 2009
Publisher:	Assouline, France
Price:	$ 24.95
Comment:	“I may be what you call a permanent tourist no longer living beneath the sky that I was born under, but always on a quest or a journey,” writes Angela Nazarian. As an eleven year-old Iranian Jew, she was forced by increasing violence from her childhood cocoon in Teheran. But this first journey would be prophetic, as travel has become for her not only a way of life, but a way of understanding. Part memoir, part travel diary, Life as a Visitor presents two Interwoven narratives of her family’s harrowing escape from revolution-rocked Iran to the glitz and glamour of Beverly Hills, and of her own quest to understand both her past and present. Nazarian’s exploration of self masquerades as spectacular journeys through foreign lands, from wildebeest safaris to the gates of Petra, she takes in brutal poverty in Cambodia, exquisite beauty in Marbella, Spain, and one lonely tortoise in Galapagos Islands. Featuring an evocative selection of images, this multifaceted, impressionistic mix of prose and poetry is rich in observation and sensuous detail.

Contemporary Art in the Middle East
Author:	Nat Muller
Date:	June 2009
Publisher:	Black Dog Publishing Ltd., London, United Kingdom
Price:	$15.30
Comment:	As the first book in new series called Art World, that considers under-exposed art scenes, Contemporary Art in The Middle East showcases the dynamic and provocative art coming out of the region, and aims to shatter common stereotypes and present a new way of looking at one of the most complex and misunderstood areas of the world. Artists from opposite ends of the spectrum come together in a vivid confrontation of diverse styles across boundaries; from the brash Pop Art of Shirin Aliabadi to the restrained calligraphic minimalism of Golnaz Fathi; from the provocative conceptualism of Mona Hatoum to the vibrant installations of Farhad Moshiri; from the slick beauty of Youssef Nabil to edgy realism of Afshin Dehkordi. Contemporary Art in the Middle East intends to provide a new way of understanding the Middle East outside the headlines and through the engaging medium of art. Editorial Reviews

Returning to Iran
Author:	Sima Nahan
Date:	2009
Publisher:	Urtext Media
Price:	$15.30
Comment:	This year marks the 30th anniversary of the revolution in Iran. This book is collection of articles written over more than twenty of those years, from 1986 to 2008. The author’s account of her travels, mostly to her native city of Tehran, reflect the complexities and contradictions that define Iranian life, culture, and politics. The articles depict the experience of the years since the revolution through the eyes of the people who have lived them. They offer glimpses in to many facets of Iranian society: survivors of war and terror, women, dissent, secular intelligentsia, underground culture, and Iranians in the Diaspora. Editorial Reviews

My Prison My Home
Author:	Haleh Esfandiari
Date:	September 2009
Publisher:	Harper Collins
Price:	$ 25.99
Comment:	December 30, 2006 was the night Esfandiari’s nightmare began. Traveling by car to the Teheran Airport, following a visit to her elderly mother, the director of Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., was robbed. The 67 year-old felt lucky not to have been injured in what she initially thought was simple snatching of her belongings, including her passport; a few friends warned her of more dire consequences. Esfandiari (Reconstructed Lives: Women and Iran Islamic Revolution) did not realize that upon returning to her childhood home she was entering a maelstrom—fueled by the long-standing animosity between Tehran and Washington. Esfandiari was interrogated for eight months, four of which were spent in solitary confinement in Evin Prison. Most disconcerting was the shattering of Esfandiari’s feelings for her native land: “I felt the country I had cherished all my life was no longer mine. I had loved Iran with a passion… yet these horrible people had made me feel alien in my own homeland.” In this engaging memoire, Esfandiari weaves together strands of her family and professional life, the problematic and complex history of American-Iranian relations, and reasoned eyewitness account of being as a political prisoner. From Publisher Weekly

Returning to Iran:
Author:	Sima Nahan
Date:	2009
Publisher:	Urtext
Price:	$ 17
Comment:	Thirty years after its revolution Iran continues to baffle the world As changes within Iran and improved relation with the west become distinct possibilities, the experiences of the years since the revolution gain in relevance and significance. Returning to Iran, published on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Iranian revolution, reflects on these years while placing them in a greater historical context.

Different Sames: (Publication) New Perspectives in Contemporary Iranian Art
Author:	Hossein Amirsadeghi Anthony Downey Mark Irving Hamid Keshmirshkan
Date:	May- September 2009
Publisher:	Special IHF Offer
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Comment:	Long considered a bastion of creativity in the region, Iran is currently experiencing a remarkable artistic revival in the middle of most challenging of circumstances. Iranian artist- whether based inside or out side the country- are creating remarkable works that reflects there country’s social and political environment, while incorporating their own personal world views and those of their adapted homelands. Seen together, these works from a new and exciting movement that can only gain in importance in the coming years.

Sensory on Iranian love story
Author:	Shahriar Mandanipour
Date:	May- 5 - 2009
Publisher:	Knopf
Price:	$ 16.50
Comment:	From one of Iran’s most acclaimed and controversial contemporary writers his first novel to appear in English- a dazzlingly inventive works of fiction that opens a revelatory window on to what it’s to live, to love, and to be an artist in today’s Iran. Laced with surprisingly humor and irony. At once provocative and deeply moving, Censoring on Iranian love story take us unforgettably to the heart of one of the world’s most alluring yet least understood cultures It is an ingenious, wholly original novel a literary tour de force that is triumph of art and sprit.

Textile Imports in to Qajar Iran
Author:	Willem Floor
Date:	2009
Publisher:	Mazda
Price:	$ 35
Comment:	This study discusses the nature, Importance, and development of textile imports to Qajar Iran; the main exporting countries; the changes that occurred in the size and composition of those imports over time; and the kinds of textiles that were imported during the Qajar period as well as their uses. It further discusses the intense rivalry between great Britain (including India) and Russia to dominate Persian Textile market. As a result Of this competition, the Persian consumer was able to choose from cheaper and more varied assortments of fabrics.

Rumi and the Sufi Tradition:
Author:	John A. Moyne
Date:	2009
Publisher:	Mazda
Price:	$ 12
Comment:	This Book explores the concept of mystical union and other major teachings of the great Iranian (Persian) mystic poet, Mowlana Jaladdin Mohamad, Known in the west as “Rumi.”is Written by a foremost authority on Mowlana Rumi. Unlike many recently published books on this subject, written primarily by those who do not even read or speak the Persian language and hence have had to rely upon a few available secondary and tertiary sources in English, Professor Moyne draws upon the works of Mowlana Rumi in the original language in which they were written.

At Home, and far from home:
Author:	Dick Davis
Date:	2009
Publisher:	Mage
Price:	$ 29.95
Comment:	At Home, and far from home, his ninth book of poetry, focuses on Iran and how it stirs him. Some of the poems draw on his scholar’s knowledge of Persian history and culture to read in to long – ago lives and mind: poets, artists, adventures in others, he weaves a gossamer net to catch subtleties of love, grief, or spiritual yearning, in still others, he looks at himself as a traveler, translator, and for many years, an Englishman in a country often suspicious of West. Some times tone is witty, sometimes tender, but keen imagination and sharp intelligence are always in play as he explores the pull and aura of Iran.

The Rise and Fall of Nader Shah.
Author:	William Floor
Date:	2009
Publisher:	Mage
Price:	$ 50
Comment:	By many measure, Nader Shah- founder of the Afsharid dynasty – ranks as towering figure in Iranian history, rising from the humblest of origins, he became military commander of genius, restored an embattled Persia to Imperial greatness, and proceeded to wield the power of the throne with ruthlessness that approached derangement. Yet much about the man and his tumultuous times remains obscure. This book peers in to the shadows by drawing on unusual source materials- unpublished letters and reports written by the staff of the Dutch East India company, who watched in dismay as the Tyrant sacrificed the nation’s economic health (and Dutch hopes for trade) to feed his war machine.

Scholars and Humanists
Author:	Iraj Afshar Touraj Daryaee
Date:	2009
Publisher:	Mazda
Price:	$ 40
Comment:	Scholars and Humanists contains a series of letters exchanged between the Iranian scholar and statesman, S. H. Taqizadeh, and the German Iranist W.B. Henning, between 1937 and1966, the letters contain a wealth of information important to the history of Iranian studies in the twentieth century, specifically in relation to Manichaean studies, and old and Middle Persian p philosophy. Also important is insight provided regarding prominent figures involved in study of ancient Iran. Furthermore, the letters demonstrate the contribution of Taqizadeh, who was also a senator and an ambassador, as a scholar who studied the development of calendars and Iranistics, and his attempt at promoting Iranian studies both in Iran and abroad. Henning’s letters demonstrate his uncanny erudition in the various aspects of ancient Iranian studies. This volume shows the mutual admiration and recognition of genius and intimate local knowledge.

Tale from the Zir Zameen
Author:	Brian Hansen Appleton Aka Rassol Aryadust
Date:	February 4th, 2009
Publisher:	Dorrance Publishing Co Inc
Price:	$ 19.76
Comment:	Tale from zirzameen reflects on Iranian culture and society as well as the American expatriate culture there is 1970s The short stories related how the author become assimilated there, and he shares his experiences leading up to the revolution and its after math despite circumstances under which he left the country- Including being taken hostage for a time the author celebrate the hospitality and rich culture of Iranian people He was welcomed warmly in to their society and came to appreciate the sincerity kindness that characterized the people he met.

How to win a Cosmic War
Author:	Reza Aslan
Date:	April 21, 2009
Publisher:	Random House
Price:	$ 26
Comment:	“Aslan makes the case that war on terror is an unwinnable one exactly because it’s a wrong war to fight, A war between religions, a battle between good and evil, “A cosmic war” fails to add the underlying social and political roots of conflict and terror, for people of faith and all those concerned with peace in our world, Aslan’s exacting prose and depth of discernment create an inciting and necessary read ”

Iran Today: Encyclopedia of life in the Islamic Republic (two Volumes)
Author:	Mehran Kamrawa, Manocher Dorraj
Date:	-
Publisher:	All Green Wood Products
Price:	$ 149.95
Comment:	Iran Today: offers crucial insight for students and general reader in to an often miss understood and complex country that is shrouded in mystery and misperception. Heir to a long history and great culture and civilization, Iran embodies a rich, complex, and divers mosaic that defines its national identity. Diversity is also the operative word that describes Iranian landscapes and geography, it’s multiple ethnic groups and their varied cultures and traditions,

Persian Art and Architecture The Colombia Encyclopedia, Sixth edition
Author:	-
Date:	2008- retrieved February- 2009
Publisher:	Colombia University press
Price:	-
Comment:	Persian Art and architecture works of art and structure produced in the region of asia traditionally Known as Persia and now called Iran. Boundary by fierce mountains and deserts, the high plateau of Iran has seen the flow of many migrations and the development of many cultures, all of which have added distinctive features to the many styles of persian art in Teheran; the Metropolitan museum; the Museum fine Arts, Boston; and Victoria and Albert Museum.

Shakespeare, Persia, and the East”
Author:	Cyrus Ghani
Date:	2008
Publisher:	Mage
Price:	$ 30
Comment:	No writer’s work has been studied more closely or often than the plays of William Shakespeare, that master of language and peerless explorer of the human heart. books about him number in thou Yet Shakespeare, Persia and the East brings truly fresh perspective to his genius. In the three dozen plays he composed between 1520 a1612, Shakespeare ranged far and wide in his imagination, seting some of his tales in places as varied as Denmark, Venice and Athens- while drawing on a rich array of imagery and lore from lands further east. This remarkable book by life long student of Shakespeare Cyrus Ghani reveals how rich a source of inspiration those exotic Eastern realms were for the play write.

Labor industry in Iran 1850 – 1941
Author:	William Floor
Date:	2009
Publisher:	Mage
Price:	$ 45
Comment:	In the nineteenth century Iranian reformer wanted to create an independent modern state that could stand on its own feet, how ever constrained by foreign influence ignorance, and inexperienced their efforts at industrialization were on expensive failure, when a modernizing regime took over the country in 1925 it began the most interesting examples of estate directed effort at economic organization in the Middle East. William Floor uses primary sources and documents, as well as statistics, to analyze the cast and benefits of Iran’s efforts toward industrial modernization from 1850 to 1941 this study is essential reading for any one interested in details of the economic history of Modern Iran.

Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
Author:	Various
Date:	24 November 2008
Publisher:	Penguin
Comment:	One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of stories collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars across the Middle East, North Africa and Indian subcontinent. These collections of tales trace their roots back to ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, Indian, Egyptian and Mesopotamian literature. In particular, many tales were originally folk stories from the Caliphate era and the Sassanid-era Pahlavi work Hazār Afsān. Though the oldest Arabic manuscript dates from the 14th century, scholarship generally dates the collection's genesis to around the 9th century. What is common throughout all the editions of The Nights is the initial frame story of the ruler Shahryar and his wife Scheherazade and the framing device incorporated throughout the tales themselves. The stories proceed from this original tale; some are framed within other tales, while others begin and end of their own accord. Some editions contain only a few hundred nights, while others include 1001 or more "nights."

Harvard Iranian Oral History Collection
Author:	Habib Ladjevardi
Date:	1995 - 2003
Publisher:	Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University. distributed by: Ibex (IranBooks, Inc.)
Comment:	"The Iranian Oral History Project was launched at Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies in the fall of 1981. The project provides scholars studying the contemporary political history of Iran with primary source material consisting of personal accounts of individuals who either played major roles in important political events and decisions from the 1920s to the 1970s or witnessed these events from close range. During the last nineteen years, the project has recorded the memoirs of 134 individuals (see Narrators and Interviews), comprising approximately 900 hours of tape and 18,000 pages of transcript at a cost of over $800,000. The project has been funded by a large number of supporters including the National Endowment for the Humanities ($300,000) and the Ford Foundation ($50,000). The collection embodies the most comprehensive chronicle of eye-witness reports of modern Iran by some of the key figures who defined her history. Microfiche of the collection has been purchased by libraries of major universities in Canada, England, Germany, France, and the United States (see Libraries Holding the Collection). A more complete description of the project can be found in The Reference Guide to the Iranian Oral History Collection (see Publications). In 2007, the Harvard College Library began expanding the online availability of IOHP interview transcripts and audio files. Enter New Harvard College Library IOHP website."

Persian ceramics from the collection of the Asian art museum
Author:	Aime’e Froom
Date:	November 15, 2008
Publisher:	Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Price:	$ 25.00
Comment:	The Asian Art Museums extraordinary collection of Persian ceramics has been one of the least known treasures. In this book, Aime’e Froom forme Hagop Kevorkian associate curator of islamic art, the Brooklyn Museum, New York and an international lecturer and consultant in islamic Art, provides the first detailed survey of the collection’s highlights. Section introductions summarize the history of Persian ceramics production and each object is illustrated –many with multiple views- and disgust in a separate entry, the result is an essential introduction to one of the world’s great tradition of ceramic artistry.

Things I have been Silent about
Author:	Azar Nafisi
Date:	December, 2008
Publisher:	Random House
Price:	$ 27.00
Comment:	Azar Nafisi, author of the beloved international bestseller reading lolita In Tehran, now gives us stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, memories of her life lived in Tehran to a powerful and complex mother, against the back ground of countrie’s political revolution a girls’ pain over family secrets, a young women discovery of the power of sensuality in leterature; the price family pays for freedom in a country be set by political upheaval- these and other threads are wave together in this beautiful memoire, as a transform the way we see the world and “remind us of why we read in the first place.

The Sasanian Era
Author:	Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh
Date:	2008
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillian
Price:	$ 75.00
Comment:	The latest volume in the idea of Iran series concentrates on the Sassanian period, engaging with all the major aspects of Sassanian Culture, twelve eminent scholars address subject which include; early Sassanian art and iconography; early Sassanian coinage; religion and identity in the Sassanian empire; later Sassanian orality and literacy; and state and society in late antique Iran. The volume in question arguably comprises the most complete and comprehensive treatment of Sassanian civilization yet to be published in England.

Sassanian Iran (224-651 CE)
Author:	Tourage Daryaee
Date:	Feburary. 17. 2009
Publisher:	Mazda Publishers
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Comment:	The Sassanians were the last of the ancient Persian dynesties, and the largest Empire to espouse Zoroastianism , before the encounter with Arabs swept away the pre-islamic institution. using new sources, Touraj Daryaee provides a portrait of the empire’s often neglected social history, exploring the development of political and administrative institutions from foundation by Ardashir 1 to the king, Yasdegerd 111, and the attempts for his descendants to re-establish a second state for almost a century later.

The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di. English and Persian edition with vocabulary
Author:	Wheeler M. Thackston
Date:	2008
Publisher:	IBEX
Price:	$ 60.00
Comment:	This is the first complete English translation of the Gulistan in more than a century. Wheeler M. Thacson, professor of Persian at Harvard University, has faith fully translated Sa’di in to clear contemporary English. To help the student, the original Persian is presented facing the English translation a 3,600 word Persian English and Arabic-English glossary is included to aid with more difficult meanings.

Ardeshire Mohasses: Art and Satire in Iran
Author:	Shirin Neshat
Date:	May, 2008
Publisher:	Antique Collector’s Club Ltd, ltd
Price:	$ 26.60
Comment:	Shirin Neshat born march 26, 1957 in Qazvin Iran is a contemporary visual artist who lives in New York. She is known primarily for her work in film, video and photography.

Eminent Persians (BOX SET) (Hard cover)
Author:	Abbas Milani
Date:	December, 2008
Publisher:	Syracuse University
Price:	$ 44.95
Comment:	The tow volumes are divided in to section on politics, economics, and culture, each accompanied by introductory essay that places the individual stories in their broader historical context. drown from interviews, extensie archival material, and private correspondence, eminent persians is the treasure trove of original documents, many appearing in print for the first time. detailed sketches of personalities add personal foibles offer compelling and highly readable account of this remarkable period of history on a humble scale.

Happy Nowruz: Cooking with children to Celebrate the Persian New Year
Author:	Najmieh Batmanglij
Date:	February, 2008
Publisher:	Mage
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Comment:	Nowruz - the Persian New Year - is one of the world's great festivals, a full month of activities celebrating the earth, the arrival of spring, and the rebirth of nature. Most of all, it is a festival for families. Children and adults alike can share in preparing special meals, decorating the house, and performing the many ceremonies that welcome the New Year. This book is a guide to customs thousands of years old yet as vital as ever – enjoyable for families no matter where they live or what their beliefs. Happy Nowruz offers twenty-five fun, easy, and innovative Nowruz recipes, with lots of photos to show you what to do. Spiral-bound

Rumi's Sun: The Teachings of Shams of Tabriz
Author:	By Shams of Tabriz. Translated by, Refik Algan & Camille Helminski
Date:	January, 2008
Publisher:	Morning light Press
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Comment:	Rumi's Sun collects many lessons and discourses from Shams of Tabriz, the Sufi mystic and spiritual master who was the catalyst for Rumi's awakening. His teachings and insights inspired much of Rumi's poetry and are still celebrated today by all Sufis. Translated by two noted students of Sufi, Shams' timeless teachings are presented here in their traditional order. Through the book, readers discover the teachings that made Rumi dance and gain access into Sufi traditions and the power of mystical love. Paperback

The Persian Book of Kings: Ibrahim Sultaan's "Shahnama" (BL-Tresurers from Bodleican Library)
Author:	Firuza Abdullaeva and Charles Melville
Date:	February, 2008
Publisher:	Bodlerian library University of Oxford
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Comment:	India has the Mahabharata, Greece has Homer's epic cycle, and the national history of Iran is chronicled in Firdausi's epic poem The Book of Kings, or Shahnama. This lavishly illustrated study explores the intricate complexity of this epic as it is beautifully rendered in a rare fifteenth-century reproduction.

The Adventures of Amir Hamza
Author:	Galib Lakhnavi and Abdullah Bilgram. Translated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Date:	October, 2007
Publisher:	The Modern Library
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Comment:	In the tradition of such beloved classics as The Thousand and One Nights and the Persian Shahnameh, here is the first unabridged English translation of a major Indo-Persian epic, The Adventures of Amir Hamza (Dastan-e Amir Hamza) - a panoramic tale of magic and passion, and a classic hero's odyssey that has captivated much of the world.

The Koran Dictionary

The Roshan Institute is proud to announce the publication of the "Dictionnaire du Coran". We would like to congratulate the outstanding Iranian scholar, Professor M.A. Amir-Moezzi, on the great success of this ambitious enterprise.

The Dictionary has proved to be a major success with more than 30 articles in quality French Press and specialized reviews such as: (Le Figaro Nov. 21, 2007, Nouvel Observateur Nov. 22, 2007, Sciences Humaines Dec. 2007, Le Monde (des livres) Dec 7, 2007, Le Monde (des religions) Jan-Feb 2008, L'Express Nov. 2007, La Croix Jan. 3, 2008, etc.) and over 10 radio and 4 television programs.

Published by Robert Laffont's "Bouquins" Collection in October 2007, over 72 000 copies have already been sold. The work has been translated in Italian and an English translation is in progress.

At a time when Islam is under focus on the international scene, this erudite, but clear presentation of Koranic references answers a major intellectual requirement, as well as some of the political issues.