#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • ONE OF THE BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE CENTURY*In this celebrated modern classic, a former teacher in revolutionary Iran tells the extraordinary true story of the women who risked their lives to study Western literature in her living room.“Stunning . . . a literary life raft on Iran’s fundamentalist sea.”—Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale

The instant #1 New York Times bestseller!Shadow and Bone meets The Selection in this first book in Kiera Azar's sharp, sexy, and twisty debut YA romantasy trilogy!“Dark, sexy, and completely addictive, romantasy lovers will devour Azar’s Thorn Season. With epic betrayals, shocking twists, and delicious tension, I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. An absolute thrill of a novel.”—Rachel Griffin, ...

A grieving family flees Tehran after the Islamic Revolution in this novel of "magical realism with a Persian twist" translated from Farsi (The Guardian, UK).When their home in Tehran is burned to the ground by zealots, killing their thirteen-year-old daughter Bahar, a once-prominent family flees to a small village. There, they hope to preserve both their intellectual freedom and their lives. But they soon find themselves caught up in the post-revolutionary chaos th...

Sequel to the instant #1 New York Times bestseller!Shadow and Bone meets The Selection in this second book in the sharp, sexy, and twisty #1 New York Times bestselling romantasy trilogy about a teen girl in possession of an illegal magic, who joins her kingdom’s harsh and glittering royal court only to find herself caught in a web of hidden intentions.Alissa has defied the odds, escaping her kingdom—and K...

The question of whether there is a general, universal theory for the conduct of war has long preoccupied military thinkers, army personnel and students of conflict. Warfare has been radically transformed throughout history, under the influence of technological change. But is there anything enduring that can be determined about it, taught in military schools and applied in practice?Azar Gat offers a fresh look at the relationship between politics and war, examining the meanings of ‘...

With an irresistible cast of characters, an incredible high fantasy world, and a unique, dangerous magic system, THORN SEASON is an epic court romantasy – perfect YA for fans of Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse.'Destined to be a romantasy sensation' – Katherine Webber'Sexy, hilarious and completely addictive. I need more!' – S. F. WilliamsonONLY THE SHARPEST WILL SURVIVE“Court is fill...

With an unputdownable plot, incredible twists, and an extraordinary high fantasy world filled with court intrigue, heart-racing action, a unique magic system, and sizzling chemistry, Sharpest Court is the thrilling sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller, Thorn Season.Alissa Paine has fled her home, the Kingdom of Daradon – forced to say goodbye to her old old life in order to escape the clutches of both the cruel, tyrannical King Erik to whom ...

Ciara Navaro, a young celebrity, finds her life turned upside down after her best friend Vladimir disappears.With the help of her friends Miranda Smith and Yasmine Ouédraogo, she desperately sets out to find him until a criminal from another dimension comes to Earth to cause trouble: he is known as the Man in the Hood.Will she be able to foil the schemes of this fearsome criminal? Can Ciara find her best friend?

*Shortlisted for the International 2020 Booker Prize**Shortlisted for the Stella Prize 2018**Shortlisted for TheUniversity of Queensland Fiction Book Award 2018**Shortlisted for the 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature**Longlisted for the US National Book Award 2020**Longlisted for the PEN America Literary Awards 2021: PEN Translation Prize*

The New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with a guide to the power of literature in turbulent times, arming readers with a resistance reading list, ranging from James Baldwin to Zora Neale Hurston to Margaret Atwood."[A] stunning look at the power of reading. ... Provokes and inspires at every turn." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Remarkable. ... Audacious." —The P...

Combining insights from evolutionary psychology with a broad sweep through history, down to the ideological civil war ripping the United States apart, the book explores the deeper roots of people's inability to accept claims about reality which come from the opposite ideological camp, no matter how valid they might be. After theorists around 1960 proclaimed the 'death of ideology', ideological divides and clashes have reemerged with renewed intensity throughout the world....

Anamika challenged me with profound questions: "If true love exists, why wasn't I chosen for it? Are marriages made in heaven? Can lust truly be love? Is there a realm that exists between love and destiny?" Little did she know, she herself held the answers to these queries. She embodied true love. She experienced love in its purest form, never confusing it with lust. She wasn't merely a desire for men; but she was everything they craved. Bold yet marked by her scars, she evoked a complex b...