Persian Shield Plant
The Persian Shield Plant is quickly catching everyone's eye this spring with its beautiful, exotic looking narrow, lance-shaped quilted leaves. The marbled rich purple leaves have iridescent blue markings with a deep wine red underside. The ... [... more]
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Jean Bethke
Reflections on the Morality of the Persian Gulf War But Was It Just? Jean Bethke [... more]
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Thaddeus F. Tuleja
From the discovery of America to the war in the Persian Gulf, Tad Tuleja chronologically offers 100 sayings and events, using each as a lens through which to view America at that time. American History in 100 Nutshells Thaddeus F. Tuleja [... more]
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Kenneth Pollack
Kenneth M. Pollack is the director of research at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. From 1995 to 1996 and from 1999 to 2001, he served as director for Persian Gulf affairs at the National Security Council, ... [... more]
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Esther Averill
In Greenwich Village an orphaned black cat lives happily with her master, a sea captain. Still, the gentle Jenny Linsky would like nothing more than to join the local Cat Club, whose members include Madame Butterfly, an elegant Persian, the ... [... more]
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Persian Rice Salad
Bring rice, water & salt to boil in saucepan. Cover tightly, reduce heat to minimum & leave 45 minutes. Drain any excess water if necessary & allow to cool. Meanwhile, combine all other ingredients except cashews in a bowl. Mix in cooled ... [... more]
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Hamid Dabashi
In the tradition of such beloved classics as The Thousand and One Nights and the Persian Shahnameh, here is the first unabridged English translation of a major Indo-Persian epic, The Adventures of Amir Hamza (Dastan-e Amir Hamza)-a panoramic tale ... [... more]
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Penguin Classics Conference Of The Birds
 From Amazon.co.uk: Like "Rumi" and "Hafiz", the name "Attar" conjures up images of passionate attraction to the divine. A Persian Sufi of the 12th century, Attar's masterpiece is the Conference of the Birds, an epic allegory [... more]
CDN$18.00
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The Essential Rumi
From Amazon.com: No translator could do greater justice to the gorgeous simplicity of Rumi's poetry than Coleman Barks has done here. These exquisite renderings of the 13th-century Persian mystic's words into American free verse capture all the " [... more]
CDN$17.50
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The Essential Rumi - Reissue: New Expanded Edition
From Amazon.com: No translator could do greater justice to the gorgeous simplicity of Rumi's poetry than Coleman Barks has done here. These exquisite renderings of the 13th-century Persian mystic's words into American free verse capture all the " [... more]
CDN$25.95
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The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems
From Amazon.com: When Rumi was born in Afghanistan in 1207, it was a time of tremendous political turmoil in the Near East. Paradoxically, it was also a time of "brilliant mystical awareness," writes translator Coleman Barks in The Soul of Rumi. [... more]
CDN$19.25
Amazon CA |
Conference Of The Birds
From Amazon.co.uk: Like "Rumi" and "Hafiz", the name "Attar" conjures up images of passionate attraction to the divine. A Persian Sufi of the 12th century, Attar's masterpiece is the Conference of the Birds, an epic allegory [... more]
CDN$23.95
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