Following on from the success of their award-winning books, Saha and Turquoise, Greg and Lucy Malouf now explore one of the world's earliest and greatest empires: Saraban is an unforgettable journey through the culinary landscapes of ancient Persia and modern-day Iran. Persian c…
A lighthearted portrait of Iran's secret counterculture as observed by an American backpacker describes how he became immersed in the culture of friendly locals who revealed a world marked by Western fashions, Christian worship, and black-market alcohol.
A lighthearted portrait of Iran's secret counterculture as observed by an American backpacker describes how he became immersed in the culture of friendly locals who revealed a world marked by Western fashions, Christian worship, and black-market alcohol.
"When Gertrude Bell's uncle was appointed Minister in Tehran in 1891, she declared that the great ambition of her life was to visit Persia. Several months later, she did. And so began a lifetime of travel and a lifelong enchantment with what she saw as the romance of the East, w…
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"An unexpectedly enlightening introduction to an unfairly misunderstood country and culture."
In 2011, at the height of tension between the British and Iranian governments, travel writer Lois Pryce found a note left on her motorcycle outside the Iranian Embassy in London: ...I wish that you will visit Iran so you will see for yourself about my country. WE ARE NOT TERRORI…
Presents a guide to Iran, with maps, itineraries and information on its history, culture, arts, food and drink, health, and language, and provides separate sections on Tehran, the Persian Gulf, and the Western, Central, Northeastern, and Southeastern regions.
