Holly Dagres Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings (Hardcover)
Abolqasem FerdowsiHolly DagresReferring to the 'Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings' by Ferdowsi: "Did you know Farangis cut her hair while mourning (her husband) Siavash and tied it around her waist as a sign of struggle? And this mourning ritual and declaration of war is from ancient Iran?" #MahsaAmini https://t.co/IfmPmct8OP
Hardcover, 2018
$34.97Member price:$31.47 + Free shipping10% off
Voices of a Massacre: Untold Stories of Life and Death in Iran, 1988
Nasser MohajerHolly DagresScholar Nasser Mohajer put together a great book on the 1988 massacre with stories from survivors, "Voices of A Massacre: Untold Stories of Life and Death in Iran, 1988." Mohajer also co-authored this piece on Raisi's role in the mass atrocity: https://t.co/hOq1rn8394
Hardcover, 2020
$40.00Member price:$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Waiting for Godot
Samuel BeckettHolly DagresWhen I went to Tehran International School, we studied Samuel Beckett’s play, “Waiting for Godot.” Waiting for the (potential) revival of the JCPOA is very much like that play.
Paperback, 2004
$33.00Member price:$31.35 + Free shipping5% off
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
Abolqasem FerdowsiHolly DagresReferring to the 'Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings' by Ferdowsi: "Did you know Farangis cut her hair while mourning (her husband) Siavash and tied it around her waist as a sign of struggle? And this mourning ritual and declaration of war is from ancient Iran?" #MahsaAmini https://t.co/IfmPmct8OP
Paperback, 2016
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings [Illustrated Slipcase Edition], Ferdowsi](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781631494468.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1766693879)
Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings [Illustrated Slipcase Edition]
FerdowsiHolly DagresReferring to the 'Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings' by Ferdowsi: "Did you know Farangis cut her hair while mourning (her husband) Siavash and tied it around her waist as a sign of struggle? And this mourning ritual and declaration of war is from ancient Iran?" #MahsaAmini https://t.co/IfmPmct8OP
Hardcover, 2017
$125.00Member price:$100.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Azar NafisiHolly DagresAzar Nafisi's memoir, "Reading Lolita in Tehran," has been turned into a film and is hitting the Marché du Film at Cannes this month. Zahra Amir-Ebrahimi and Golshifteh Farahani both star in it. https://t.co/L9uWcSe4Nz
Paperback, 2003
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book