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A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius...

Kamran Esfahani, a dentist living out a dreary existence in Stockholm, agrees to spy for the Mossad after he’s recruited by Arik Glitzman, the chief of a clandestine unit tasked with running targeted assassinations and sabotage inside Iran. At Glitzman’s direction, Kam returns to his native Tehran and opens a dental practice there, using it as a cover for the Israeli intelligence agency. Kam proves to be a skillful asset, quietly earning money helping Glitzman smuggle weapons, run surveillance, and conduct kidnappings.

The War of the Three Gods is a military history of the Near and Middle East in the seventh century - with its chief focus on the reign of the Eastern Roman Emperor Heraclius (AD 610-641) - a pivotal and dramatic time in world history. The Eastern Roman Empire was brought to the very brink of extinction by the Sassanid Persians before Heraclius managed to inflict a crushing defeat on the Sassanids with a desperate, final gambit.

The global order is shifting. The age of uncontested American dominance is fading. Great power rivalry has returned. And at the center of this historic transformation stands one nation whose geography, history, and ambition make it impossible to ignore: Iran. The Persian Fault Line is a sweeping geopolitical analysis of Iran’s strategic position in a rapidly fragmenting world. Moving far beyond headlines and political rhetoric, this book explores the deep historical forces, internal power structures, and global rivalries that have placed Iran at the epicenter of one of the most ...

Before the mid-sixth century BCE, the world was a familiar landscape of rival kingdoms, but the sudden rise of a provincial vassal king named Cyrus the Great shattered this ancient order. He forged the Achaemenid Persian Empire, a new kind of multicultural state built not on terror, but on a revolutionary policy of tolerance and local autonomy. This book provides a comprehensive narrative history of the world's first true superpower, from its dramatic formation to its epic collapse two centuries later. Delving into the intricate machinery of the Persian state, this work explores the ...

A Persian Iran Through the Lens of an American Husband and Father What happens when the world fractures between two countries — and your family stands on both sides of the rupture? When explosions echo in Tehran and you are standing under a peaceful sky in North Carolina, distance is no longer abstract. It is physical. It is political. It is personal. In A Persian Iran, Dr. Eric Infanti offers a powerful braided memoir that moves between intimate family life and the long arc of Persian civilization. Through the eyes of an American husband and father, this book explores what it means to ...

If you want to discover the captivating history of Iran, then listen to these five captivating manuscripts in one audiobook: Achaemenid Empire, Parthian Empire, Sasanian Empire, The Safavid Empire, and The Afsharid and Qajar Dynasty, will help you learn more about the history of Iran.

In the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it regarded as two terrorist states. The superpower was Persia, incomparably rich in ambition, gold, and men. The terrorist states were Athens and Sparta, eccentric cities in a poor and mountainous backwater: Greece. The story of how their citizens took on the Great King of Persia, and thereby saved not only themselves, but Western civilization as well, is as heart-stopping and fateful as any episode in history.

When a millionaire is murdered and his Persian is orphaned, cat groomer Cassie must solve the case using clues from the feline before someone tries to silence them for good.

Five women. Three generations. A whole lot of family history. “Whip-smart, infused with melancholy, tragicomic, huge-hearted and sharp-toothed...a joy of a debut by the real deal.” —DAVID MITCHELL, author of Cloud Atlas SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR...

Prepare to be transported into the thunderous sweep of Persian history. This section of Shahnameh (Chapters 16-27 in Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings) moves from myth to history, chronicling the dramatic rise of the Sassanian dynasty and its eventual fall. Through masterful storytelling, the epic brings to life royal ambition, political intrigue, heroic resistance, and cultural transformation—culminating in the Arab conquest of Iran in the seventh century. Performed by award-winning voice actor Marc Thompson, this performative audiobook places you at the heart of the action.

Throughout the Gulf War of 1991, unprecedented restrictions on the media’s access to the battlefield kept the true story of that brief, brutal conflict from being told. Now, after two years of intensive research, Rick Atkinson has written what will surely come to be recognized as the definitive chronicle of the war.

Saudi Arabia has fallen… …as America fights to hold on. Saddam declares this the “Mother of all Wars.” Iraq controls twenty-five percent of the world’s daily oil output. Prices soar as the Soviet Union moves to fill the void. The world’s first oil war has begun and wreaked havoc on global trade. Fighting around Medina and the Islamic Holy sites turns medieval. Memories of World War I trench warfare return. Will the 101st Airborne be able to stop the Republican Guard from throwing America and the remnants of the Saudi Army into the Red Sea? High above the skies of the desert, ...

Embark on a journey down the most famous trade route in history, a name that conjures images of endless camel caravans, lost desert cities, and courageous merchants. The historical reality of the Silk Road, however, was far more complex and fascinating than a single golden road. This book unveils the sprawling, shifting web of arteries that for a millennium pulsed with life, connecting the great empires of the East and West for the first time. The story begins with a desperate geopolitical gambit, as Han China, locked in a struggle with the nomadic Xiongnu, sent the envoy Zhang Qian on an ...

When Jamie Maslin decides to hitchhike the entire length of the Silk Road, he decides to travel first and plan later. Then, unexpectedly stranded in Iran - a country he's only read about in newspapers - he wonders whether he'll make it out alive. After crossing the border on foot from Turkey, Maslin finds himself suddenly plunged into the subversive, contradictory world of Iranian subculture, where he is embraced by locals who are happy to show him the true Iran as they see it....

Seeking to depose his brother Artaxerxes and take his place upon the Persian throne, Cyrus the Younger leads the 10,000 mercenaries on a dangerous campaign deep into the heart of Persia. There, Cyrus is killed and his generals overthrown, leaving a young Xenophon to lead the army on its treacherous journey home. Snowy mountains, wide rivers, violent blizzards, and hostile tribes obstruct their way, testing Xenophon's leadership and his soldiers' perseverance to the extreme.

The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander's life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas is sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but finds freedom with Alexander the Great after the Macedon army conquers his homeland. Their relationship sustains Alexander as he weathers assassination plots, the demands of two foreign wives, a sometimes mutinous army, and his own ferocious temper.

From the Persian palace to the ruins of Jerusalem, one man’s courage changed everything. Nehemiah lived comfortably as cupbearer to the most powerful king on earth. But when devastating news arrived about his homeland, he faced an impossible choice: remain safe in luxury or risk everything to rebuild a broken city. In this gripping biblical historical fiction, experience the drama of Jerusalem wall rebuilding as Nehemiah transforms from palace servant to visionary leader. This Christian historical novel brings the timeless Bible story to vivid life, showing how ordinary people can ...

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Farsi Persian With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Farsi Persian — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. And our scientifically proven...

In the follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Kremlin Conspiracy, Rosenberg’s international thriller tracks a terrifying nuclear alliance among three world powers - Russia, Iran, and North Korea - and the deadly mission former US Secret Service Agent Marcus Ryker must risk to halt their deadly strategy. Shot out of the air in enemy territory in the middle of the greatest international crisis since the end of the Cold War, former US Secret Service agent Marcus Ryker finds himself facing an impossible task.