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Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2005], c2003-2004
Physical Desc
2 v. : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
The great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Tehran in a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contraditions between public and private life.
2) Persepolis
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witness first hand how the new Iran has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study....
3) Persepolis
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
153 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"Persepolis is the story of Marjane Satrapi's childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming--both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland."--From...
Author
Series
Expanse volume 7
Pub. Date
2017.
Formats
Description
"The seventh novel in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now a major television series. AN OLD ENEMY RETURNS In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives on a knife edge between collapse and wonder, and the crew of the aging gunship Rocinante have their hands more than full keeping the fragile peace. In the vast space between Earth and Jupiter,...
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J'étais depuis quelques semaines à Ispahan, attendant avec impatience que l'abaissement d'une température caniculaire me permît de continuer mon voyage vers le golfe Persique et les ruines de Persépolis. Il eût été imprudent de commencer ce long trajet avant l'époque o les premiers vents d'automne dissipent les miasmes fébriles qui planent pendant l'été sur les plaines du sud de la Perse. Déjà je sentais en moi le germe et les avant-coureurs...
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Third in the Code Word series, Code Word: Persepolis anticipates headlines as Iran's uneasy neighbors maneuver to resist a new era of Persian dominance while America and China carry their own rivalry to the region. It sweeps from fighter cockpits to the Situation Room to Capitol Hill, from Washington to Tel Aviv to Tehran, pulling readers into the lives and struggles of warriors and leaders. Readers pull Gs in the deadly swirl of aerial combat, sweat...
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A Study Guide for Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary Themes for Students: War and Peace. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Literary Themes for Students: War and Peace for all of your research needs.
Author
Publisher
Interlink Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
256 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Description
The appetite for new ways to brighten your broccoli, add sparkle to your spinach, and titillate your tomatillos has never been greater. Since opening a vegetarian caf within her shop Persepolis, Sally Butcher has seen an explosion of interest in her Middle Eastern-influenced vegetarian dishes. Inspired by the food Sally serves up daily to her hungry customers, this sequel to The New Middle Eastern Vegetarian: Recipes from Veggiestan, ventures a little...
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