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    The Iran Hostage Crisis: The History of the Standoff That Ended Diplomatic Contacts Between the United States and Iran , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 104min
    On February 1, 1979, amid great fanfare, exiled cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini landed in Tehran. The return of the leader of the revolution to his home country was one of the final markers of the Iranian Revolution, a national phenomenon that had global implications. The Iranian Revolution of 1979 has been described as an epochal event, called the peak of 20th century Islamic revivalism and revitalization, and analyzed as the one key incident that continues to impact politics across Iran, the Middle East, and the even the world as a whole. As a phenomenon that led to the creation of the first modern Islamic Republic in the world, the revolution marked the victory of Islam over secular politics, and Iran quickly became the aspiring model for Islamic fundamentalists and revivalists across the globe, regardless of nationality, culture, or religious sect. When Ayatollah Khomeini was declared ruler in December 1979 and the judicial system originally modeled on that of the West was swiftly replaced by one purely based on Islamic law, much of the world was in shock that such a religiously driven revolution could succeed so quickly, especially when it had such sweeping consequences beyond the realm of religion. Furthermore, while the focus of the revolution was primarily about Islam, the revolution was also colored by disdain for the West, distaste for autocracy, and a yearning for religious and cultural identity. This point was driven home on November 4, 1979 when Iranians stormed the US embassy and took dozens of Americans hostage, sparking a crisis that would last for the rest of President Jimmy Carter's term. A few Americans escaped the embassy and hid in Tehran before being extracted (a mission that was recently adapted into the movie Argo), but for nearly 450 days, the crisis remained at the forefront of America's daily life, and aside from an embarrassing failed rescue mission, the administration seemed uncertain over how to approach the crisis and pro ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Gallagher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/078857/bk_acx0_078857_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Dissident Mullah
    The Dissident Mullah ab 128.99 € als pdf eBook: Ayatollah Montazeri and the Struggle for Reform in Revolutionary Iran. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Erzählungen,
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    Compact Dirt Digital Ditties, Hörbuch, Digital, 59min
    John Valby sings "Three Blind Crabs", "Who Gives A F**k", "F**king USA", "Little Penis", and many other funny songs guaranteed to make you and your friends laugh till you cry. Explicit Language Warning: You must be 18 years or older to purchase. Tracks: 1. Philosophical Bullshit 2. Was It You 3. Candy Bar Poem 4. Three Blind Crabs 5. Shithouse Blues 6. Leprosy 7. Yank My Doodle 8. Ya-Ya 9. Ayatollah Poem 10. Who Gives a F**k 11. Rock 'n' Roll 12. Yo-Ho 13. Gangbang 14. Skeeter 15. Madonna 16. F**king USA 17. Tight Twat Tina 2 18. Arf Rag 19. Little Penis 20. G. Lee's Groove 21. Eat-Bite 22. End of the Month 23. Johnny B. Bad Language: English. Narrator: John Valby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/lcom/000033/pf_lcom_000033_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Blood & Oil
    Blood & Oil ab 12.49 € als epub eBook: A Prince's Memoir of Iran from the Shah to the Ayatollah. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Wirtschaft,
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    Flight from Iran , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 283min
    One the eve of the Shah of Iran's exile, Siamak and Gazaleh, two young offspring of prominent Iranian families, are joined by marriage. One of their guests is Phillipe, a Frenchman whose parents own a business in Tehran. After the wedding, Phillipe invites his two friends, Rezah and Ashin, to Ramsar on the Caspian Sea, where his family owns a seaside villa.There, Phillipe receives a disturbing call from his mother. She tells him her anxiety about the sudden and alarming turn of events in Iran and of their plan to return to France as soon as possible. Ashin's mother, Nina, is informed that it has been arranged for the Ayatollah Khomeini to return to Iran from his exile in France. Nina feels the urgent need for the family to leave the country. Ashin stubbornly refuses, and so does his father, who has a secret. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Cooper. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bimo/000742/bk_bimo_000742_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    King of Oil
    Billionaire oil trader Marc Rich for the first time talks at length about his private life (including his expensive divorce from wife Denise); his invention of the spot oil market, which made his fortune and changed the world economy; his lucrative and unpublicized dealings with Ayatollah Khomeini's Iran, Fidel Castro's Cuba, war-ravaged Angola, and apartheid South Africa; his quiet cooperation with the Israeli and U.S. governments (even after he was indicted for tax fraud by Rudy Guiliani) and near-comical attempts by U.S. officials to kidnap him illegally. This sure-to-make-headlines book is the first no-holds-barred biography of Rich, who was famously pardoned by Bill Clinton, and resurfaced in the news during the confirmation hearings of Attorney General Eric Holder. The King of Oil sheds stunning new light on one of the most controversial international businessmen of all time.
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    A Bitter Veil , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 566min
    It all began with a line of Persian poetry . . . Anna and Nouri, both studying in Chicago, fall in love despite their very different backgrounds. Anna, who has never been close to her parents, is more than happy to return with Nouri to his native Iran, to be embraced by his wealthy family. Beginning their married life together in 1978, their world is abruptly turned upside down by the overthrow of the Shah, and the rise of the Islamic Republic. Under the Ayatollah Khomeini and the Republican Guard, life becomes increasingly restricted and Anna must learn to exist in a transformed world, where none of the familiar Western rules apply. Random arrests and torture become the norm, women are required to wear hijab, and Anna discovers that she is no longer free to leave the country. As events reach a fevered pitch, Anna realizes that nothing is as she thought, and no one can be trusted? Not even her husband. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Diane Piron-Gelman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/000944/bk_acx0_000944_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Cornucopia of Fools
    The Cornucopia of Fools ab 21.49 € als Taschenbuch: 50 000 Flags for the Ayatollah and Other Stories on the American Radical Right-Wing. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,
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    True Stories & Other Essays , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 768min
    An irresistible collection of favorite writings from an author celebrated for his bravura style and sheer unpredictability.  Francis Spufford’s welcome first volume of collected essays gathers an array of his compelling writings from the 1990s to the present. He makes use of a variety of encounters with particular places, writers, or books to address deeper questions relating to the complicated relationship between storytelling and truth-telling. How must a nonfiction writer imagine facts, vivifying them to bring them to life? How must a novelist create a dependable world of story, within which facts are, in fact, imaginary? And how does a religious faith felt strongly to be true, but not provably so, draw on both kinds of writerly imagination?   Ranging freely across topics as diverse as the medieval legends of Cockaigne, the Christian apologetics of C. S. Lewis, and the tomb of Ayatollah Khomeini, Spufford provides both fresh observations and thought-provoking insights. No less does he inspire an irresistible urge to play this audiobook and listen on. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Francis Spufford. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/033765/bk_adbl_033765_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Cornucopia of Fools
    The Cornucopia of Fools ab 9.99 € als epub eBook: 50 000 Flags for the Ayatollah & Other Stories on the American Radical Right-Wing. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Politikwissenschaft,
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