Iran

Det moderne Iran pulserer av spenningen mellom tradisjon og forandring, der den eldgamle persiske kulturen møter samtidens politiske omveltninger og sosiale endringer. Gjennom memoarer, historieverk og fortellinger som er både intime og vidtfavnende, blir leserne vitner til en nasjon av poeter og demonstranter, der personlige liv veves sammen med avgjørende øyeblikk som fortsetter å forme Midtøsten.

Iran Boksammendrag

The Lion Women of Tehran

av Marjan Kamali

A childhood bond in 1950s Tehran must weather revolution, betrayal, and decades of separation.

4.47

200 000+

🇮🇷 Iranian Revolution 👭 Childhood Friends 💔 Betrayal 🌊 Epic Friendship Saga ✊ Women's Resistance

Oppslukende

The Lion Women of Tehran

A childhood bond in 1950s Tehran must weather revolution, betrayal, and decades of separation.

av Marjan Kamali 2024 327 sider

4.47

200 000+ vurderinger

🇮🇷 Iranian Revolution 👭 Childhood Friends 💔 Betrayal 🌊 Epic Friendship Saga ✊ Women's Resistance

Funny in Farsi

av Firoozeh Dumas • 2003

A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.

3.84

27 000+

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🌏 Culture Shock 🗣️ Language Barriers 😂 Comedic Memoir

Funny in Farsi

A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.

av Firoozeh Dumas 2003 240 sider

3.84

27 000+ vurderinger

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🌏 Culture Shock 🗣️ Language Barriers 😂 Comedic Memoir

The Blind Owl

av Sadegh Hedayat • 1937

Between opium dreams and waking torment, a painter obsesses over a vision that unmakes his reality.

3.95

35 000+

🔪 Psychological Horror 📜 Modernist Classic 🫣 Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🎨 Obsessed Artist

The Blind Owl

Between opium dreams and waking torment, a painter obsesses over a vision that unmakes his reality.

av Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 sider

3.95

35 000+ vurderinger

🔪 Psychological Horror 📜 Modernist Classic 🫣 Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🎨 Obsessed Artist

سمفونی مردگان

av عباس معروفی • 1989

A domineering father in frozen Ardabil breeds rebellion and a shattering family betrayal.

4.27

21 000+

🏠 Iranian Family Saga 📖 Persian Literature 👪 Patriarchal Family 🔪 Sibling Betrayal 🌹 Forbidden Love

سمفونی مردگان

A domineering father in frozen Ardabil breeds rebellion and a shattering family betrayal.

av عباس معروفی 1989 352 sider

4.27

21 000+ vurderinger

🏠 Iranian Family Saga 📖 Persian Literature 👪 Patriarchal Family 🔪 Sibling Betrayal 🌹 Forbidden Love

The Fall of Heaven

av Andrew Scott Cooper • 2016

Oil wealth, repression, reform: how Iran's last shah built the forces that destroyed him.

4.16

500+

🕌 Modern Iranian History 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏗️ Authoritarian Modernization 🛢️ Oil Economies ☪️ Political Islam

The Fall of Heaven

Oil wealth, repression, reform: how Iran's last shah built the forces that destroyed him.

av Andrew Scott Cooper 2016 608 sider

4.16

500+ vurderinger

🕌 Modern Iranian History 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏗️ Authoritarian Modernization 🛢️ Oil Economies ☪️ Political Islam

Iran Awakening

av Shirin Ebadi • 2006

Iran stripped her of her judgeship. She became the regime's most dangerous opponent: a lawyer.

4.18

5 000+

🧕 Iranian Women 🏛️ Post-Revolutionary Iran 📜 Islamic Feminism ⚖️ Human Rights Law ✊ Resistance Memoirs

Iran Awakening

Iran stripped her of her judgeship. She became the regime's most dangerous opponent: a lawyer.

av Shirin Ebadi 2006 256 sider

4.18

5 000+ vurderinger

🧕 Iranian Women 🏛️ Post-Revolutionary Iran 📜 Islamic Feminism ⚖️ Human Rights Law ✊ Resistance Memoirs

Khomeinism

av Ervand Abrahamian • 1993

The Islamic Republic was never fundamentalist. It was populist, and that explains everything.

3.89

171

🏴 Iranian Revolution 🇮🇷 Modern Iran 🗳️ Populism ☪️ Political Islam ✊ Revolutionary Politics

Khomeinism

The Islamic Republic was never fundamentalist. It was populist, and that explains everything.

av Ervand Abrahamian 1993 200 sider

3.89

171 vurderinger

🏴 Iranian Revolution 🇮🇷 Modern Iran 🗳️ Populism ☪️ Political Islam ✊ Revolutionary Politics

Target Tehran

av Yonah Jeremy Bob • 2023

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

4.07

450

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations 💻 Cyber Warfare 🌍 Middle East Politics

Target Tehran

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

av Yonah Jeremy Bob 2023 432 sider

4.07

450 vurderinger

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations 💻 Cyber Warfare 🌍 Middle East Politics

Persian Girls

av Nahid Rachlin • 2006

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

3.92

3 000+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity 👭 Sisterhood Bonds 👩 Iranian Women

Persian Girls

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

av Nahid Rachlin 2006 304 sider

3.92

3 000+ vurderinger

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity 👭 Sisterhood Bonds 👩 Iranian Women

The Shia Revival

av Vali Nasr • 2006

America's Iraq invasion accidentally broke a 1,400-year Sunni order. Iran seized the opening.

3.88

2 000+

🕌 Sectarian Conflict 📜 Islamic History 🖐️ Shia Identity 🗳️ Political Islam 🇮🇷 Iranian Revolution

The Shia Revival

America's Iraq invasion accidentally broke a 1,400-year Sunni order. Iran seized the opening.

av Vali Nasr 2006 314 sider

3.88

2 000+ vurderinger

🕌 Sectarian Conflict 📜 Islamic History 🖐️ Shia Identity 🗳️ Political Islam 🇮🇷 Iranian Revolution

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ

av Hooman Majd • 2008

Iran's paradoxes are a platform, not a bug, built from Shia ritual and Persian pride.

3.76

2 000+

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics 🕌 Shia Islam 🏡 Persian Culture 🧭 Anti-Orientalism 🩸 Shia Identity

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ

Iran's paradoxes are a platform, not a bug, built from Shia ritual and Persian pride.

av Hooman Majd 2008 272 sider

3.76

2 000+ vurderinger

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics 🕌 Shia Islam 🏡 Persian Culture 🧭 Anti-Orientalism 🩸 Shia Identity

Persians

av Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones • 2022

Herodotus told one story. Persian tablets and reliefs tell another, and they survive.

4.07

2 000+

🇮🇷 Persian History 🏛️ Ancient Empires 👑 Imperial Governance 🌍 Multicultural Empire 🔥 Zoroastrian Influence

Persians

Herodotus told one story. Persian tablets and reliefs tell another, and they survive.

av Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 2022 448 sider

4.07

2 000+ vurderinger

🇮🇷 Persian History 🏛️ Ancient Empires 👑 Imperial Governance 🌍 Multicultural Empire 🔥 Zoroastrian Influence

Until We Are Free

av Shirin Ebadi • 2016

A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.

4.27

1 000+

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics ✊ Human Rights Activism 🔒 Political Repression 🧕 Women Under Theocracy ✈️ Exile And Displacement

Until We Are Free

A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.

av Shirin Ebadi 2016 304 sider

4.27

1 000+ vurderinger

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics ✊ Human Rights Activism 🔒 Political Repression 🧕 Women Under Theocracy ✈️ Exile And Displacement

All the Shah's Men

av Stephen Kinzer • 2003

The 1953 CIA coup in Iran: how a quick win for oil created decades of blowback.

4.29

12 000+

🏛️ Iranian History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛢️ Oil Geopolitics ❄️ Cold War Interventions 💥 Regime Change

All the Shah's Men

The 1953 CIA coup in Iran: how a quick win for oil created decades of blowback.

av Stephen Kinzer 2003 272 sider

4.29

12 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Iranian History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛢️ Oil Geopolitics ❄️ Cold War Interventions 💥 Regime Change

Sasanian Persia

av Touraj Daryaee • 2007

Rome's greatest rival invented an Iranian identity that outlived the empire itself.

3.84

180

🏛️ Ancient Persia ⏳ Late Antiquity 🧱 Empire Building 🏗️ State Building 🔥 State Religion

Sasanian Persia

Rome's greatest rival invented an Iranian identity that outlived the empire itself.

av Touraj Daryaee 2007 256 sider

3.84

180 vurderinger

🏛️ Ancient Persia ⏳ Late Antiquity 🧱 Empire Building 🏗️ State Building 🔥 State Religion

Iran

av Abbas Amanat • 2017

Shi'ism became Iran's state religion in 1501, creating a unique nation and centuries of conflict.

4.23

500+

🧱 Safavid Iran 🕌 State Religion 🐎 Nomadic Empires 📜 Persian Literature ✡️ Religious Minorities

Iran

Shi'ism became Iran's state religion in 1501, creating a unique nation and centuries of conflict.

av Abbas Amanat 2017 1085 sider

4.23

500+ vurderinger

🧱 Safavid Iran 🕌 State Religion 🐎 Nomadic Empires 📜 Persian Literature ✡️ Religious Minorities

Joseph Anton

av Salman Rushdie • 2012

A novelist with a bounty on his head. A decade in hiding. The books he wrote to survive.

3.65

9 000+

📖 Literary Memoir ✍️ Writers Under Threat 🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy 🕌 Religious Fundamentalism 🌍 Cultural Identity

Joseph Anton

A novelist with a bounty on his head. A decade in hiding. The books he wrote to survive.

av Salman Rushdie 2012 656 sider

3.65

9 000+ vurderinger

📖 Literary Memoir ✍️ Writers Under Threat 🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy 🕌 Religious Fundamentalism 🌍 Cultural Identity

Lipstick Jihad

av Azadeh Moaveni • 2005

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

3.70

4 000+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

Lipstick Jihad

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

av Azadeh Moaveni 2005 272 sider

3.70

4 000+ vurderinger

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

Den of Spies

av Craig Unger • 2024

The Reagan campaign's secret pact with Iran: keep the hostages captive and win the White House.

3.84

264

🇺🇸 American Political History 🇮🇷 Iran-Us Relations 🗳️ Election Manipulation 🕵️ Covert Operations 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Den of Spies

The Reagan campaign's secret pact with Iran: keep the hostages captive and win the White House.

av Craig Unger 2024 368 sider

3.84

264 vurderinger

🇺🇸 American Political History 🇮🇷 Iran-Us Relations 🗳️ Election Manipulation 🕵️ Covert Operations 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Black Wave

av Kim Ghattas • 2020

The 1979 contest between Saudi Arabia and Iran that dismantled a region’s cultural soul.

4.40

6 000+

🏛️ Middle Eastern History ⚔️ Saudi-Iran Rivalry 🕌 Sectarian Conflict 📜 Political Islam 💣 Religious Extremism

Black Wave

The 1979 contest between Saudi Arabia and Iran that dismantled a region’s cultural soul.

av Kim Ghattas 2020 400 sider

4.40

6 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Middle Eastern History ⚔️ Saudi-Iran Rivalry 🕌 Sectarian Conflict 📜 Political Islam 💣 Religious Extremism

Not Without My Daughter

av Betty Mahmoody • 1987

Two weeks in Iran became forever. Her husband held the law. She held their daughter.

4.19

39 000+

🔗 Coercive Control 🏔️ Escape Memoirs 🕌 Islamic Patriarchy 🛡️ Maternal Protection 🇮🇷 Post-Revolution Iran

Not Without My Daughter

Two weeks in Iran became forever. Her husband held the law. She held their daughter.

av Betty Mahmoody 1987 528 sider

4.19

39 000+ vurderinger

🔗 Coercive Control 🏔️ Escape Memoirs 🕌 Islamic Patriarchy 🛡️ Maternal Protection 🇮🇷 Post-Revolution Iran

The Stationery Shop

av Marjan Kamali

Tehran, 1953. Two teenagers, a stationery shop, and a coup that divides them for sixty years.

4.23

100 000+

💔 Star-Crossed Romance 💌 Love Letters 🌍 Iranian Diaspora 🔐 Generational Secrets 🔥 Political Turmoil

Oppslukende

The Stationery Shop

Tehran, 1953. Two teenagers, a stationery shop, and a coup that divides them for sixty years.

av Marjan Kamali 2019

4.23

100 000+ vurderinger

💔 Star-Crossed Romance 💌 Love Letters 🌍 Iranian Diaspora 🔐 Generational Secrets 🔥 Political Turmoil

خون و نفت خاطرات یک شاهزاده ایرانی

av Manoucher Farmanfarmaian • 1997

A Qajar prince's childhood in a seven-hundred-person harem. Forty years in oil. Then the revolution.

4.04

185

🇮🇷 Iranian History 👑 Royal Memoir 🛢️ Oil Politics 🌍 Cultural Collision ✈️ Exile Narratives

خون و نفت خاطرات یک شاهزاده ایرانی

A Qajar prince's childhood in a seven-hundred-person harem. Forty years in oil. Then the revolution.

av Manoucher Farmanfarmaian 1997 576 sider

4.04

185 vurderinger

🇮🇷 Iranian History 👑 Royal Memoir 🛢️ Oil Politics 🌍 Cultural Collision ✈️ Exile Narratives

Kurdish Women's Stories

av Houzan Mahmoud • 2021

Kurdish women, cast as victims or fighters, tell their own stories here. Neither label fits.

4.40

194

🗺️ Kurdish History ⚔️ Women In Conflict 🗣️ Oral History 🌍 Transnational Feminism ✊ Revolutionary Politics

Kurdish Women's Stories

Kurdish women, cast as victims or fighters, tell their own stories here. Neither label fits.

av Houzan Mahmoud 2021 224 sider

4.40

194 vurderinger

🗺️ Kurdish History ⚔️ Women In Conflict 🗣️ Oral History 🌍 Transnational Feminism ✊ Revolutionary Politics

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

av Omar Khayyám • 1120

Facing the certainty of death, a Persian poet prescribes wine, love, and acceptance of the moment.

4.17

23 000+

🍷 Carpe Diem 📜 Persian Poetry 💀 Memento Mori 🏛️ Epicurean Wisdom 🤲 Acceptance Of Fate

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Facing the certainty of death, a Persian poet prescribes wine, love, and acceptance of the moment.

av Omar Khayyám 1120 52 sider

4.17

23 000+ vurderinger

🍷 Carpe Diem 📜 Persian Poetry 💀 Memento Mori 🏛️ Epicurean Wisdom 🤲 Acceptance Of Fate

The Melting Point

av Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. • 2024

The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.

4.30

175

🎖️ Military Command 🎯 Counterterrorism Operations 🏛️ Civil-Military Relations 🌍 Middle East Conflicts ⚔️ Modern Warfare

The Melting Point

The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.

av Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. 2024 360 sider

4.30

175 vurderinger

🎖️ Military Command 🎯 Counterterrorism Operations 🏛️ Civil-Military Relations 🌍 Middle East Conflicts ⚔️ Modern Warfare

From Miniskirt to Hijab

av Jacqueline Saper • 2019

A Jewish girl's Tehran: cocktail parties, then revolution, then air raids, then one desperate exit.

4.16

500+

🏴 Iranian Revolution ✡️ Jewish Diaspora ✈️ Exile Memoirs 👩‍🔧 Women And Revolution 🌍 Bicultural Identity

From Miniskirt to Hijab

A Jewish girl's Tehran: cocktail parties, then revolution, then air raids, then one desperate exit.

av Jacqueline Saper 2019 240 sider

4.16

500+ vurderinger

🏴 Iranian Revolution ✡️ Jewish Diaspora ✈️ Exile Memoirs 👩‍🔧 Women And Revolution 🌍 Bicultural Identity

Badjens

av Delphine Minoui • 2024

In Iran, after a woman dies in custody, an unwanted girl joins the uprising.

4.25

1 000+

🌱 Political Coming-Of-Age 👭 Female Solidarity 🧕 Hijab Rebellion 🕌 Religious Patriarchy 🇮🇷 Post-Revolution Iran

Badjens

In Iran, after a woman dies in custody, an unwanted girl joins the uprising.

av Delphine Minoui 2024 160 sider

4.25

1 000+ vurderinger

🌱 Political Coming-Of-Age 👭 Female Solidarity 🧕 Hijab Rebellion 🕌 Religious Patriarchy 🇮🇷 Post-Revolution Iran

The Persians

av Sanam Mahloudji • 2024

An Aspen arrest unravels decades of secrets among three generations of Iranian women in exile.

3.37

5 000+

🏠 Family Saga 🌍 Iranian Diaspora 🤫 Family Secrets 💔 Generational Trauma 💪 Women's Resilience

The Persians

An Aspen arrest unravels decades of secrets among three generations of Iranian women in exile.

av Sanam Mahloudji 2024 384 sider

3.37

5 000+ vurderinger

🏠 Family Saga 🌍 Iranian Diaspora 🤫 Family Secrets 💔 Generational Trauma 💪 Women's Resilience

The Parthian

av Peter Darman • 2011

Taken as a Roman slave, a Parthian prince joins Spartacus's rebellion to fight his way home.

4.26

1 000+

🏛️ Ancient World Epic ⚔️ Military Historical Fiction ⛓️ Slave Rebellion 👸 Warrior Princess 👑 Reluctant Leader

The Parthian

Taken as a Roman slave, a Parthian prince joins Spartacus's rebellion to fight his way home.

av Peter Darman 2011 722 sider

4.26

1 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Ancient World Epic ⚔️ Military Historical Fiction ⛓️ Slave Rebellion 👸 Warrior Princess 👑 Reluctant Leader

[(The Coup

av Ervand Abrahamian • 2013

Oil, not communism, drove the 1953 Iran coup. Its buried logic still poisons US-Iran relations.

4.13

500+

📜 Iranian History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛢️ Oil Politics 🌐 Us-Iran Relations 🌍 Imperialism

[(The Coup

Oil, not communism, drove the 1953 Iran coup. Its buried logic still poisons US-Iran relations.

av Ervand Abrahamian 2013

4.13

500+ vurderinger

📜 Iranian History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛢️ Oil Politics 🌐 Us-Iran Relations 🌍 Imperialism

King of Kings

av Scott Anderson • 2025

A deluded king, a blind superpower, and the cassette tapes that toppled a dynasty.

4.33

4 000+

🏴 Iranian Revolution 🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🔥 Revolutionary Politics 🛢️ Oil Geopolitics

King of Kings

A deluded king, a blind superpower, and the cassette tapes that toppled a dynasty.

av Scott Anderson 2025 481 sider

4.33

4 000+ vurderinger

🏴 Iranian Revolution 🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🔥 Revolutionary Politics 🛢️ Oil Geopolitics

In the Shadow of the Sword

av Tom Holland • 2012

Two centuries after Muhammad died, scholars wrote his life story. An empire needed a founding tale.

3.90

5 000+

🏛️ Late Antiquity 🌙 Islamic Origins 📜 Revisionist History ⚔️ Arab Conquests 🏰 Empire And Religion

In the Shadow of the Sword

Two centuries after Muhammad died, scholars wrote his life story. An empire needed a founding tale.

av Tom Holland 2012 526 sider

3.90

5 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Late Antiquity 🌙 Islamic Origins 📜 Revisionist History ⚔️ Arab Conquests 🏰 Empire And Religion

The Complete Infidel's Guide to Iran

av Robert Spencer • 2016

Iran's theology commands deception and world conquest. The nuclear deal ignored both.

3.53

🏛️ Iranian Politics 🕌 Islamic Theocracy 📜 Political Islam 🗺️ Shia Geopolitics 🎯 Proxy Warfare

The Complete Infidel's Guide to Iran

Iran's theology commands deception and world conquest. The nuclear deal ignored both.

av Robert Spencer 2016 256 sider

3.53

73 vurderinger

🏛️ Iranian Politics 🕌 Islamic Theocracy 📜 Political Islam 🗺️ Shia Geopolitics 🎯 Proxy Warfare

Treacherous Alliance

av Trita Parsi • 2007

Israel and Iran wage a cold war for regional dominance, not an ancient religious feud.

4.12

500+

🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🌍 Geopolitical Realism ♟️ Cold War Proxy Wars 📜 Historical Revisionism

Treacherous Alliance

Israel and Iran wage a cold war for regional dominance, not an ancient religious feud.

av Trita Parsi 2007 384 sider

4.12

500+ vurderinger

🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🌍 Geopolitical Realism ♟️ Cold War Proxy Wars 📜 Historical Revisionism

Daughter of Persia

av Sattareh Farman Farmaian • 1992

Born to a prince in Persia, she builds a social work school, then revolution exiles her.

4.13

1 000+

🏴 Revolution Memoir 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👩 Iranian Women's Stories 🏚️ Fallen Aristocracy 🤲 Social Reform Memoir

Daughter of Persia

Born to a prince in Persia, she builds a social work school, then revolution exiles her.

av Sattareh Farman Farmaian 1992 432 sider

4.13

1 000+ vurderinger

🏴 Revolution Memoir 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👩 Iranian Women's Stories 🏚️ Fallen Aristocracy 🤲 Social Reform Memoir

Iran's Grand Strategy

av Vali Nasr • 2025

Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.

4.21

500+

🏛️ Iranian Foreign Policy 🗺️ Middle East Geopolitics ♟️ Grand Strategy 🎯 Proxy Warfare ✊ Anti-Imperialism

Iran's Grand Strategy

Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.

av Vali Nasr 2025 408 sider

4.21

500+ vurderinger

🏛️ Iranian Foreign Policy 🗺️ Middle East Geopolitics ♟️ Grand Strategy 🎯 Proxy Warfare ✊ Anti-Imperialism

Song of a Captive Bird

av Jasmin Darznik • 2018

A colonel's daughter in Tehran trades obedience for poetry and becomes Iran's most dangerous woman.

4.21

6 000+

📖 Fictionalized Biography 🖋️ Poet Protagonist 🕌 Mid-Century Iran 💔 Forced Marriage 🎨 Art As Rebellion

Song of a Captive Bird

A colonel's daughter in Tehran trades obedience for poetry and becomes Iran's most dangerous woman.

av Jasmin Darznik 2018 401 sider

4.21

6 000+ vurderinger

📖 Fictionalized Biography 🖋️ Poet Protagonist 🕌 Mid-Century Iran 💔 Forced Marriage 🎨 Art As Rebellion

America and Iran

av John Ghazvinian • 2020

The 300-year relationship America and Iran forgot: a story that begins with admiration, not hatred.

4.36

1 000+

🌍 Us-Iran Relations 📜 Diplomatic History 🛢️ Oil Politics ✊ Revolution 🌏 Postcolonial History

America and Iran

The 300-year relationship America and Iran forgot: a story that begins with admiration, not hatred.

av John Ghazvinian 2020 688 sider

4.36

1 000+ vurderinger

🌍 Us-Iran Relations 📜 Diplomatic History 🛢️ Oil Politics ✊ Revolution 🌏 Postcolonial History

Compare Features	Free	Pro
📖 Read Summaries Read unlimited summaries. Free users get 3 per month
🎧 Listen to Summaries Listen to unlimited summaries in 40 languages	—
❤️ Unlimited Bookmarks Free users are limited to 4	—
📜 Unlimited History Free users are limited to 4	—
📥 Unlimited Downloads Free users are limited to 1	—

People love SoBrief

Join our global community of 600,000+ readers

★★★★★

This site is a total game-changer. I've been flying through book summaries like never before. Highly, highly recommend.

— Dave G

Worth my money and time, and really well made. I've never seen this quality of summaries on other websites. Very helpful!

— Em

Highly recommended!! Fantastic service. Perfect for those that want a little more than a teaser but not all the intricate details of a full audio book.

— Greg M