These essays examine Iran�s place in the world–its relations and cultural interactions with its immediate neighbors and with empires and superpowers from the beginning of the Safavid period in 1501 to the present day. The book provides important historical background on recent political and social developments in Iran and on its contemporary foreign relations. The topics explored include Iranian influence abroad on political organizat ...
Классический русский роман, многоплановый и многослойный, густонаселенный, развивающийся на протяжении длительного времени. К концу 1922 года в Маньчжурию из охваченной войной России пришли почти 300 тысяч беженцев. Харбин, город на северо-востоке Китая, казалось бы, стал спасением. На самом деле именно через него на четверть века пролег фронт русской смуты. Мы немного знаем про Дальний Восток вообще и про Харбин в период между Гражданской и ...
A Look Behind the Curtain…<br><br>For lovers of Pride and Prejudice, the characters are like old friends. Everyone knows the who and the what of the cherished tale, but WHAT JANE AUSTEN DIDN'T TELL US! fills in the how, why – and especially the when.<br><br>For instance, why would Mr. Bennet marry such a foolish woman?<br>And how did his daughter Lizzy develop such a fierce independent streak?<b ...
Two parts of this three part book are based upon fact: anti-Semitism and World War 2.<br><br>One part of this book represents a fiction tale involving World War 2 Jewish refugees and Russian army soldiers teamed up for behind the lines partisan warfare against the invading Nazi army. ...
This is the second in the current series of Will James mystery novels, this time, the anti- establishment private investigator and his crew are asked to help unravel a mystery that begins in a Brooklyn antique store and ends in the most unlikely of locations. <br><br>Every Sunday morning, precisely at 10:30 sharp, there is an auction held in a sparsely furnished back room of Better Times Remembered, a small neighborhood antique store ...
PRISON PUZZLE PIECES 3 (the third of a three volume series) is a non-fiction account of a corrections officer working in Stillwater Prison in Minnesota after he stopped traveling the country performing standup comedy and improv. Through examples, explanations and experiences, he explains how the entire system works, piece by piece, by presenting hundreds of events that occurred in that dysfunctional little city contained within those walls and r ...
