Readings & Historical Documents
Books of interest (used as research ref. for the Novel)

1    IRANIAN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
     (Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard), Edited by Habib Ladjevardi
2    THE ILLUSION OF POWER, Robert Graham.
3    IRANIAN INTELLECTUALS AND THE WEST(The Tormented Triumph of Nativism), 
      Mehrzad Boroujerdi.
4    AN ISLAMIC UTOPIAN (A Political Biography of Ali Shari`ati), Ali Rahnema
5    IRAN BETWEEN TWO REVOLUTIONS, Ervand Abrahamian
6    IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY UPHEAVAL, Sepehr Zabih
7    THE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT OF IRAN, Sepehr Zabih 
8    IRANIAN INTELLECTUALS IN THE 20TH CENTURY, Ali Gheissari  
9    RELIGION AND POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY IRAN, Shahrough Akhavi
10  WORKERS AND REVOLUTION IN IRAN, Assef Bayat
11  THE POLITICS OF IRAN (Groups, Class & Modernization), James Alban Bill
12  REBELS WITH A CAUSE, Maziar Behrooz
13  THE POLITICAL ELITE OF IRAN, Marvin Zonis
14  ROOTS OF REVOLUTION, Nikki R. Keddie
15  CLASS, POLITICS AND IDEOLOGY IN THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION, M. Moaddel
16  TOWARDS A MODERN IRAN (Studies in Thought & Politics in Society), Edited by Elie Kedourie
17  THE MANTLE OF THE PROPHET, Roy Mottahedeh
18  THE DYNAMICS OF THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION, Jahangir Amouzegar
19  INSIDE THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION, John Stempel
20  PROPHETS OF DOOM, by M.R. Ghanoonparvar
21  NATIONALISM IN IRAN, Richard W. Cottam


 Sites of interest 
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> Story of Revolution

> Iran - Country Briefings

> 7000 years of Persian Art

> Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization

> Iranian Gardens and Palaces

> Libray of Congress Iran - Country Studies

> The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies

> The Society for Iranian Studies

> The Art of Qajar Period