Parastoo's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 29 Mar 2025 15:17:40 -0700 60 Parastoo's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg اهل غرق 318862 397 مُنیرو روانی‌پو� Parastoo 4 fiction 3.53 1989 اهل غرق
author: مُنیرو روانی‌پو�
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.53
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them]]> 38255329
“No single book is as relevant to the present moment.”—Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS� CHOICE � With a new preface � A Yale philosopher identifies the ten pillars of fascist politics, and charts their horrifying rise and deep history.

As the child of refugees of World War II Europe and a renowned philosopher and scholar of propaganda, Jason Stanley has a deep understanding of how democratic societies can be vulnerable to fascism: Nations don’t have to be fascist to suffer from fascist politics. In fact, fascism’s roots have been present in the United States long before Donald Trump.

Alarmed by the pervasive rise of fascist tactics both at home and around the globe, Stanley focuses here on the structures that unite them, laying out and analyzing the ten pillars of fascist politics—the language and beliefs that separate people into an “us� and a “them.� He knits together reflections on history, philosophy, sociology, and critical race theory with stories from contemporary Hungary, Poland, India, Myanmar, and the United States, among other nations. He makes clear the immense danger of underestimating the cumulative power of these tactics, which include

� exploiting a mythic version of a nation’s past
� propaganda that twists the language of democratic ideals against themselves
� anti-intellectualism directed against universities and experts
� law and order politics predicated on the assumption that members of minority groups are criminals
� fierce attacks on labor groups and welfare

These mechanisms all build on one another, creating and reinforcing divisions and shaping a society vulnerable to the appeals of authoritarian leadership.

By uncovering disturbing patterns that are as prevalent today as ever, Stanley reveals that the stuff of politics—charged by rhetoric and myth—can quickly become policy and reality. Only by recognizing fascists politics, he argues, may we resist its most harmful effects and return to democratic ideals.]]> 240 Jason F. Stanley 0525511830 Parastoo 0 4.21 2018 How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
author: Jason F. Stanley
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2018
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]]> A Promised Land 55361205
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency—a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.

Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office.

Reflecting on the presidency, he offers a unique and thoughtful exploration of both the awesome reach and the limits of presidential power, as well as singular insights into the dynamics of U.S. partisan politics and international diplomacy. Obama brings readers inside the Oval Office and the White House Situation Room, and to Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, and points beyond. We are privy to his thoughts as he assembles his cabinet, wrestles with a global financial crisis, takes the measure of Vladimir Putin, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to secure passage of the Affordable Care Act, clashes with generals about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, tackles Wall Street reform, responds to the devastating Deepwater Horizon blowout, and authorizes Operation Neptune’s Spear, which leads to the death of Osama bin Laden.

A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective—the story of one man’s bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. Obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a Black American, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of “hope and change,� and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making. He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing American experiment, progress is always possible.

This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama’s conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day.]]> 768 Barack Obama 1524763187 Parastoo 4 non-fiction 4.32 2020 A Promised Land
author: Barack Obama
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[زنانی که زیر مقنعه کلاهداری نموده‌اند]]> 8120019 نویسنده سعی کرده است با بررسی نامه های نوشته شده توسط زنان ممتاز دوره قاجاریه پرده از زندگی بسته اندرونی بردارد تا شاید کمکی باشد برای ما که بدانیم چه می گذشته در سر و بر دل زنان آن روزگار.
وی با تکیه بر نامه نگاری های نجم السطنه؛ مادر دکتر محمد مصدق، از زنانی می گوید که توانسته اند در آن شرایط خفت بار و تحقیر آمیز و با وجود آن همه موانع فرهنگی و اجتماعی و حتی اقتصادی نام نیکی از خود برجای بگذارند. نام نیکی که با هر بار عبور از روی پل حافظ و با دیدن سردر قدیمی بیمارستان نجمیه خود را به رخ همگان می کشاند.
فراموش نکنیم نجم السطنه در زمان و مکانی می زیسته که باور غالب برجامعه همان دو سه خطی است که از اوج گرفتن فکرها جلوگیری می کند. دو سه خطی که بخشی از نامه یکی از رجال (بخوانید انسان) به نام آن روزگاران است خطاب به برادرش.
"("از زمان ایجاد عالم، برای زن عفت و عصمت مقدر شده، نه خط و سواد. از زن خانه داری خواسته اند نه خوب نویسی. برای طبقه نسوان خط حرام حرام حرام است. سواد جزئی ضرر ندارد." )]]> 204 منصوره اتحادیه 9646082610 Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 3.32 2009 زنانی که زیر مقنعه کلاهداری نموده‌اند
author: منصوره اتحادیه
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.32
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Parenting with an Accent: How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children]]> 57500807
Through her own stories and interviews with other immigrant families, award-winning journalist Masha Rumer paints a realistic and compassionate picture of what it’s like for immigrant parents raising a child in America while honoring their cultural identities. Parenting with an Accent speaks to immigrant and non-immigrant readers alike, incorporating a diverse collection of voices and experiences to provide an intimate look at the lives of many different immigrant families across the country.

With a compelling blend of empirical data, humor, and on-the-ground reportage, Rumer presents interviews with experts on various aspects of parenting as an immigrant, including the challenges of acculturation, bilingualism strategies, and childcare. She visits a children’s Amharic class at an Ethiopian church in New York, a California vegetable farm, a Persian immersion school, and more. Through these stories, she opens a window to a world of parenting unique to multicultural families. Immigrant readers will appreciate Rumer’s gentle message about the kind of ethnic and cultural ambivalence that is born of having roots planted in many different soils, while in these pages non-immigrants get a fly-on-the-wall view of the unique experiences of newcomers.

Deeply researched yet personal, Parenting with an Accent centers immigrants and their experiences in a new country—emphasizing how immigrants and their children remain an integral part of America’s story.]]> 232 Masha Rumer 0807021873 Parastoo 0 to-read 4.25 Parenting with an Accent: How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children
author: Masha Rumer
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.25
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]]> Trust 58210933 An unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception

Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Together, they have risen to the very top of a world of seemingly boundless wealth—all as a decade of excess and speculation draws to an end. But at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? This is the mystery at the center of Bonds, a successful 1937 novel that all of New York seems to have read. Yet there are other versions of this tale of privilege and deceit.

Hernan Diaz's TRUST elegantly puts these competing narratives into conversation with one another—and in tension with the perspective of one woman bent on disentangling fact from fiction. The result is a novel that spans over a century and becomes more exhilarating with each new revelation.

At once an immersive story and a brilliant literary puzzle, TRUST engages the reader in a quest for the truth while confronting the deceptions that often live at the heart of personal relationships, the reality-warping force of capital, and the ease with which power can manipulate facts.]]> 402 Hernan Diaz 0593420314 Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 3.77 2022 Trust
author: Hernan Diaz
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[دکتر نون زنش را بیشتر از مصدق دوست دارد]]> 1671821 111 شهرام رحیمیان 9644481208 Parastoo 5 fiction 3.69 دکتر نون زنش را بیشتر از مصدق دوست دارد
author: شهرام رحیمیان
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.69
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[نامه‌ها� همایون صنعتی‌زاد� به خواهرش]]> 29966987 "غوغا و هنگامه‌� گل‏‏‏‏ها� صحرايی را نمی‏‏‏‏توان� برايت وصف کنم. بيابان خيلی قشنگ و رنگ‌وارن� است. رسيديم به جايی که زمين پُر از ياس وحشی سفيد بود. بچه‏‏‏‏ه� اصرار کردند و ايستاديم تا در ميان گل‏‏‏‏ه� گردش کنند. چون اغلب‌شا� روستا‌زاد� هستند راجع‌ب� گياهان منطقه اطلاعات وسيعی دارند و بحث‏‏‏‏ها� آموزنده‌� جالبی داشتيم که خيلی بر اطلاعات من افزود. حاصل همه‌� بحث‏‏‏‏ه� توافق درباره‌� طرحی به منظور جمع‏‏‏‏آور� بذر گل‏‏‏‏ه� و فروش آن در پاکت‏‏‏‏ها� کوچک شد."]]> 159 همایون صنعتی‌زاد� 6002295186 Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 3.80 2015 نامه‌های همایون صنعتی‌زاده به خواهرش
author: همایون صنعتی‌زاد�
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> Feel Free: Essays 35581653 From Zadie Smith, one of the most beloved authors of her generation, a new collection of essays Since she burst spectacularly into view with her debut novel almost two decades ago, Zadie Smith has established herself not just as one of the world's preeminent fiction writers, but also a brilliant and singular essayist. She contributes regularly to The New Yorker and the New York Review of Books on a range of subjects, and each piece of hers is a literary event in its own right. Arranged into five sections--In the World, In the Audience, In the Gallery, On the Bookshelf, and Feel Free--this new collection poses questions we immediately recognize. What is The Social Network--and Facebook itself--really about? "It's a cruel portrait of us: 500 million sentient people entrapped in the recent careless thoughts of a Harvard sophomore." Why do we love libraries? "Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay." What will we tell our granddaughters about our collective failure to address global warming? "So I might say to her, look: the thing you have to appreciate is that we'd just been through a century of relativism and deconstruction, in which we were informed that most of our fondest-held principles were either uncertain or simple wishful thinking, and in many areas of our lives we had already been asked to accept that nothing is essential and everything changes--and this had taken the fight out of us somewhat." Gathering in one place for the first time previously unpublished work, as well as already classic essays, such as, "Joy," and, "Find Your Beach," Feel Free offers a survey of important recent events in culture and politics, as well as Smith's own life. Equally at home in the world of good books and bad politics, Brooklyn-born rappers and the work of Swiss novelists, she is by turns wry, heartfelt, indignant, and incisive--and never any less than perfect company. This is literary journalism at its zenith.]]> 464 Zadie Smith 0698178882 Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 3.83 2018 Feel Free: Essays
author: Zadie Smith
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2018
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]]> White Teeth 61279886 Zadie Smith Parastoo 0 to-read 3.50 2000 White Teeth
author: Zadie Smith
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2000
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]]> <![CDATA[Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents]]> 51152447 The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.

“As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power—which groups have it and which do not.�

In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings.

Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives and behavior and the nation’s fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people—including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball’s Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others—she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity.]]> 544 Isabel Wilkerson 0593230256 Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 4.52 2020 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
author: Isabel Wilkerson
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism]]> 250792 Ain't I a Woman examines the impact of sexism on black women during slavery, the historic devaluation of black womanhood, black male sexism, racism within the recent women's movement, and black women's involvement with feminism.]]> 205 bell hooks 089608129X Parastoo 4 gender-studies, non-fiction 4.51 1981 Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
author: bell hooks
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.51
book published: 1981
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/29
date added: 2025/01/29
shelves: gender-studies, non-fiction
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Now I have a better understanding of what my position is, as a “woman of colour� to feminism here in Canada.
]]> <![CDATA[Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy]]> 32073301 472 Trita Parsi 0300218168 Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 4.36 Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy
author: Trita Parsi
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.36
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]]> The Immortals of Tehran 51091578
Ahmad grows up to suspect that something must be interfering with his family, as he struggles to hold them together through decades of famine, loss, and political turmoil in Iran. As the world transforms around him, each turn of Ahmad's life is a surprise: from street brawler, to father of two unusually gifted daughters; from radical poet, to politician with a target on his back. These lives, and the many unforgettable stories alongside his, converge and catch fire at the center of the Revolution.

Exploring the brutality of history while conjuring the astonishment of magical realism, The Immortals of Tehran is a novel about the incantatory power of words and the revolutionary sparks of love, family, and poetry--set against the indifferent, relentless march of time.]]> 400 Alireza Taheri Araghi Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 3.61 2020 The Immortals of Tehran
author: Alireza Taheri Araghi
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> Small Things Like These 58662236
Already an international bestseller, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers.]]> 128 Claire Keegan 0802158749 Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 4.13 2021 Small Things Like These
author: Claire Keegan
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2021
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]]> <![CDATA[(درخت انجیر معابد (دوره‌� دو جلدی]]> 1771838 1038 Ahmad Mahmoud 9645643708 Parastoo 0 fiction, currently-reading 4.26 2000 (درخت انجیر معابد (دوره‌ی دو جلدی
author: Ahmad Mahmoud
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2000
rating: 0
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]]> ننه دلاور و فرزندان او 4048346
برشت هنرمندی است نمایشنامه نویس، شاعر، مقاله نگار، هنرمند تئاتر و نویسندۀ رمان و داستان کوتاه. ولی کار عظیم او در دنیای نمایشنامه نویسی است.نزدیک به چهل نمایشنامه از او در دست است. تاکنون هشت دیوان شعر از وی انتشار یافته و چاپ آثارش ادامه دارد.مکتب برشت، تنها مکتبی هنری نیست، بلکه مکتبی است فلسفی و هنری بر اساس پیشرو ترین مکتب ها و مستقل از آنها. برشت در این جهان چشم اندازهای آموزنده و جالبی در برابر دیدگان جوینده می گشاید.برشت به آگاهی و روشن بینی و مسئولیت شناسی انسان قرن بیستم توجۀ خاص دارد. به نظر او فلسفه و هنر دو برادر همزاد و همگام اند. معتقد است که «عالمی از نو بباید ساخت وزنو آدمی».]]> 192 Bertolt Brecht 9644484231 Parastoo 2 fiction, play 3.90 1941 ننه دلاور و فرزندان او
author: Bertolt Brecht
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1941
rating: 2
read at: 2014/06/19
date added: 2025/01/12
shelves: fiction, play
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]]> <![CDATA[Reuniting With Strangers: A Novel]]> 152249846 240 Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio 1771623586 Parastoo 2 fiction 4.32 Reuniting With Strangers: A Novel
author: Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.32
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2025/01/11
date added: 2025/01/11
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]]> Why We're Polarized 52098718
Why We’re Polarized reveals the structural and psychological forces behind America’s descent into division and dysfunction. Neither a polemic nor a lament, it offers a clear framework for understanding everything from Donald Trump’s rise to the Democratic Party’s leftward shift to the politicization of everyday culture.]]> 336 Ezra Klein 147670032X Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 4.19 2020 Why We're Polarized
author: Ezra Klein
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> قلعۀ مالویل 1468264 582 Robert Merle 964448262X Parastoo 2 3.99 1972 قلعۀ مالویل
author: Robert Merle
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1972
rating: 2
read at: 2024/12/30
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]]> <![CDATA[Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics]]> 168484 123 bell hooks 0896086283 Parastoo 3 gender-studies, non-fiction 4.16 2000 Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
author: bell hooks
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2000
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/27
date added: 2024/12/27
shelves: gender-studies, non-fiction
review:
Has some very good points, but I felt that it’s still not that one essential book which she promised us in the intro.
]]> Martyr! 139400713 A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.

Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father’s life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past—toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the angel of death to inspire and comfort the dying, and toward his mother, through a painting discovered in a Brooklyn art gallery that suggests she may not have been who or what she seemed.

Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others.]]> 331 Kaveh Akbar 0593537610 Parastoo 0 fiction 4.22 2024 Martyr!
author: Kaveh Akbar
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2024
rating: 0
read at: 2024/11/25
date added: 2024/11/25
shelves: fiction
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I listened to the audiobook and think I need to read it. I am not that much familiar with this kind of fluid writing.
]]> گفت‌وگ� با مرگ 9338460 چاپ ۱۳۸۰]]> 263 Arthur Koestler 9643125750 Parastoo 0 non-fiction, to-read 4.19 1937 گفت‌وگو با مرگ
author: Arthur Koestler
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1937
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[پنجاه نفر و سه نفر: خاطرات دکتر انور خامه‌ای]]> 1922197 چاپ اول شهریور ۱۳۶۲]]> 280 انور خامه‌ا� Parastoo 2 non-fiction 3.03 1983 پنجاه نفر و سه نفر: خاطرات دکتر انور خامه‌ای
author: انور خامه‌ا�
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.03
book published: 1983
rating: 2
read at: 2020/09/07
date added: 2024/10/21
shelves: non-fiction
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]]> تمدن و ملالت‌ها� آن 3299655 124 Sigmund Freud Parastoo 4 non-fiction 3.90 1930 تمدن و ملالت‌های آن
author: Sigmund Freud
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1930
rating: 4
read at: 2013/05/06
date added: 2024/10/17
shelves: non-fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[The End Of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection]]> 23299634
Returning to her home village in rural Malaysia, Linda Jimi brings along a laptop in order to show her family the wonders of the Internet. “This can show you everything,� she tells her mother. Videos of celebrities flash across the laptop’s screen.

“It can show me everything?� her mother asks, now full of wonder.

“Everything. What do you want to see?�

Excited, tearing “Show me my mother in the afterlife.�

Michael Harris chronicles the singular experience of living through the greatest technological translation of this age. The “straddle generation”—those who know life before and after the rise of the Internet—have a unique opportunity to witness this monumental shift. We revel in ubiquitous information and instant access to anything we fancy—but we rarely stop to consider what we’ve given up in exchange for such constant connections.

Popular opinion holds that technology has enhanced our lives, but what exactly did we lose along the way? Harris argues that the lack we lost was, itself, a precious commodity. He follows this loss of lack, this end of absence, through a series of chapters devoted to specific areas of our lives, including sex, memory, attention span, and more.

Marshaling a vast span of research, plus interviews with global experts and aspects of personal memoir, What We’ve Lost reminds us that each technology removes us from an earlier self. In other words, the flood of constant connection is not as free as we like to think. When online life so wholly takes over our daily experience, what invisible things begin to drop away? The book’s message is an urgent once you’ve lost absence, it’s very, very difficult to recall its value.]]> 258 Michael Harris 1443426296 Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 3.70 2014 The End Of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection
author: Michael Harris
name: Parastoo
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]]> <![CDATA[Midlife: A Philosophical Guide]]> 34427017 Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle age

How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of death that blights the future? In this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts the inevitable challenges of adulthood and middle age, showing how philosophy can help you thrive.

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]]> The Concubine 1199161 A novel by Elechi Amadi. 216 Elechi Amadi 0435905562 Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 4.17 1966 The Concubine
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]]> اسرار گنج دره جنی 233256
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]]> راهنمای مردن با گیاهان دارویی 43380796
درباره� کتاب راهنمای مردن با گیاهان دارویی
کتاب راهنمای مردن با گیاهان دارویی، روایت زندگی زندگی دختر هفده ساله� نابینایی است که دنیا را با حس بویایی و لامسه درک می‌کن�. او و مادرش کسب و کاری خانگی دارند، آنها گیاهان دارویی را خشک و ترکیب می‌کنن� و می‌فروشن�. برای راوی داستان دنیا در خانه و میان گیاهان خلاصه شده است. همه چیز با حس بویایی و لامسه برایش معنامی‌شو� و از کودکی مادر او را از دنیای بیرون ترسانده است و او هیچ درکی از آدم‌ها� دیگر جهان ندارد. اما همه چیز تغییر می‌کن� زمانی که برای مراسم عزا با مادر از خانه خارج می‌شون�. دختر چیزی را تجربه می‌کن� که هیچ درکی از آن نداشته.

عطیه عطارزاده در این کتاب وارد دنیای سوررئالیسم می‌شو�. دختر همزمان در دنیای ذهنی‌ا� زندگی می‌کن� او دنیا را مرز خیال و واقعیت خودش می‌بین� و با شیخ بوعلی‌سین� هم حرف می‌زن�. کتاب فضای عجیب و حتی و هولناکی دارد.

شنیدن کتاب راهنمای مردن با گیاهان دارویی را به چه کسانی پیشنهاد می‌کنی�
راهنمای مردن با گیاهان دارویی را به تمام کسانی که به ادبیات معاصر ایران و داستان‌ها� عجیب علاقه� دارند پیشنهاد می‌کنی�.

درباره� عطیه عطارزاده
عطیه عطار‌زاد� شاعر، نویسنده� و دانش‌آموخته‌� سینماست. او با نوشتن کتاب راهنمای مردن با گیاهان دارویی مشهور شد. و اثرش توانست نظر مثبت منتقدان را نیز به خود جلب کند. عطارزاده همچنین اشعاری سروده است. اسب را در نیمه دیگرت برمان و زخمی که از زمین به ارث می برید مجموعه اشعار عطیه عطارزاده هستند.

او در نقاشی هم تجربه‌ها� گسترده‌ا� دارد و آثارش در نمایشگاه‌ها� انفرادی و گروهی متعددی حضور داشته است. در کنار نوشتن به کار مستندسازی هم می‌پرداز�. در یکی از مستندهایی که می‌ساخ� با نابینایان کار می‌کر� و همین مساله سبب شد تا به مشاهده، بیش از پیش دقت کند. همین هم ایده‌� نوشتن کتاب راهنمای مردن با گیاهان دارویی را به او داد. در حقیقت دغدغه‌� او این بود که آیا می‌توا� دنیا را جور دیگری دید و حس کرد؟ حتی بدون قوای بینایی؟

درباره نگار جواهریان
نگار جواهریان متولد ۲۲ دی ۱۳۶۱ است. او بازیگر موفقی است و از سال ۱۳۷۷ به شکل حرفه‌ا� فعالیت می‌کن� و همسر رامبد جوان بازیگر و مجری مشهور است. نگار جواهریان در بیست و هشتمین جشنواره فیلم فجر موفق به دریافت جایزه سیمرغ بلورین در رشته بهترین بازیگر نقش اول زن برای فیلم طلا و مس شد و در چهاردهمین جشن خانه سینما نیز برای فیلم طلا و مس تندیس بهترین بازیگر زن نقش اول را دریافت کرد. او همچنین در دوبلهٔ فارسیِ فیلم کمپ ایکس ری (۲۰۱۴) جای نقش کریستن استوارت حرف زده است.

بخشی از کتاب راهنمای مردن با گیاهان دارویی
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مادر همیشه می‌گوی� معنای جهان در تنْ است. هر چیزی‌ا� که باشد می‌گوی� به تنم فکر کنم. مهم نیست کمرم گرفته باشد یا از چیزی ترسیده باشم یا مفاصلم بی‌دلی� صدا بدهند، فقط کافی است به تنم توجه کنم. می‌گوی� ببینم تنم از من چه می‌خواهد� شاید باید مثل گربه‌ا� در خودم فرو بروم. شاید باید جایی‌ا� را کش بدهم، مثلاً عضلهٔ پشت پایم را. عضلهٔ پشت پایم را می‌کش� که هنوز به خاطر ایستادن روی یک پا درد می‌کن�. مادر می‌گوی� بگذارم بدنم با من حرف بزند. می‌گذار� تنم حرف بزند. می‌توان� صدایش را به‌وضو� بشنوم. فکر می‌کن� آدمیزاد واقعاً به هر چیزی توی این جهان عادت می‌کن�. مثل تن من که به چیزی که نیست عادت کرده. انگار از ازل نبوده. انگار وضع تن من و جهان از اولش همین‌طو� بوده.

مادر ترکیب ساده‌ا� دارد که اسمش را گذاشته آرامش‌بخش‌تری� چای جهان. برای درست کردنش، یک یا دو قاشق مخلوط اکلیل‌المل� خشک و گیاهان دیگر را در قوریِ کوچکی می‌ریز� و می‌گذار� با یک فنجان آب تازه‌جو� ده دقیقه دم بکشد. این چای را معمولاً قبل از رفتن به رخت‌خوا� می‌خوری�. معجزه می‌کند� دیگر خبری از هجوم افکارِ مغشوش نیست، حس عجیبی کف پاها پدیدار می‌شو� و آرام تا پشت پلک‌ه� بالا می‌آی� و نرم‌نر� در چشم‌خان� می‌گردد� انگار دست گرم مادر روی چشم‌های� می‌نشین�. ناگهان اعصابی که از حفرهٔ زیر چشم‌ه� شروع می‌شو� و تا فکِ فوقانی پایین می‌رود� گزگز می‌کن� و خیلی زود آرام می‌گیر�.

مادر همیشه می‌گوی� معنای جهان در تنْ است. هر چیزی‌ا� که باشد می‌گوی� به تنم فکر کنم. مهم نیست کمرم گرفته باشد یا از چیزی ترسیده باشم یا مفاصلم بی‌دلی� صدا بدهند، فقط کافی است به تنم توجه کنم. می‌گوی� ببینم تنم از من چه می‌خواهد� شاید باید مثل گربه‌ا� در خودم فرو بروم. شاید باید جایی‌ا� را کش بدهم، مثلاً عضلهٔ پشت پایم را. عضلهٔ پشت پایم را می‌کش� که هنوز به خاطر ایستادن روی یک پا درد می‌کن�. مادر می‌گوی� بگذارم بدنم با من حرف بزند. می‌گذار� تنم حرف بزند. می‌توان� صدایش را به‌وضو� بشنوم. فکر می‌کن� آدمیزاد واقعاً به هر چیزی توی این جهان عادت می‌کن�. مثل تن من که به چیزی که نیست عادت کرده. انگار از ازل نبوده. انگار وضع تن من و جهان از اولش همین‌طو� بوده.]]> عطیه عطارزاده Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 1.69 2015 راهنمای مردن با گیاهان دارویی
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]]> اتحادیه‌� ابلهان 16118352 ایگنیشس جی رایلی، قهرمان داستان، یک متخصص قرون وسطا است که تمام دنیا را از دریچه‌� کتاب تسلای فلسفه‌� بوئتیوس، فیلسوف قرون وسطایی، می‌بین�. تمام زندگی‌ا� فلسفه‌باف� است و انزجار از جامعه‌� آمریکا. او که یک دن کیشوت امروزی است، وادار می ‌و� از خلوت خود بیرون بیاید و با جامعه‌ا� که از آن متنفر است روبه‌ر� شود و به شیوه‌� دیوانه‌وا� خود با آن بستیزد. بسیاری از منتقدان، اتحادیه ابلهان را بزرگ‌تری� رمان کمدی قرن می‌دانن�.]]> 467 John Kennedy Toole Parastoo 0 to-read 3.48 1980 اتحادیه‌ی ابلهان
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]]> سنگ صبور 3306926 Original Persian]]> 263 Sadegh Chubak Parastoo 4 3.66 1966 سنگ صبور
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]]> خاطرات سیلویا پلات 2674570 488 Sylvia Plath 9643126595 Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 3.94 2000 خاطرات سیلویا پلات
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]]> تصویر یک زن 18193524 Henry James 9644484967 Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 3.40 1881 تصویر یک زن
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]]> Aura: A Novel 19326287 47 Carlos Fuentes 1466840048 Parastoo 2 3.84 1962 Aura: A Novel
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]]> كرگدن 216673745 وسوسه‌ها� متناقض یا مکمل مرا به نوشتن وامی‌دار�: میل به قدرت، نفرت، میل به بخشوده شدن، عشق، دلهره، دلتنگی، سرگشتگی، اعتماد به‌نفس� عدم اعتماد به‌نفس� اطمینان به آن‌چ� تایید می‌کنم� نیاز وافر به آگاهی، نیاز وافر به آگاهی دادن، تواضع، تفریح!!! اما اگر برای تفریح بود، این مشقت، این خستگی غیرقابل تحمل، زمانی که کار می‌کنم� از برای چیست؟
مسلما نوشتن نمایش‌نام� کار بسیار دشواری است. باید جان کند. باید قلم به دست گرفت که بسیار سنگین است... ؛]]> 246 Eugène Ionesco 964341499X Parastoo 3 fiction 3.97 1959 كرگدن
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]]> خاطرات عزت شاهی 27769673 خاطرات عزت شاهی نوشته محسن کاظمی برای نخستین بار در سال ۱۳۸۵ منتشر شد. کتاب ۱۳ فصل به ترتیب با این عناوین دارد: «سوی سور»، «مشق مسلحانه»، «مجاهد خلق»، «در زندان زنان»، «یادهای قصر»، «شب‌ها� کمیته مشترک»، «در اوین»، «سره ناسره»، «مرزبندی‌ها� ایدئولوژیک»، «شام آخر»، «لب تنور»، «مروری و تحلیلی بر مجاهدین» و «پیوست‌ها»۰]]> 682 محسن کاظمی 6001758859 Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 3.95 2006 خاطرات عزت شاهی
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]]> <![CDATA[زنان سیبیلو و مردان بی ریش: نگرانی‌ها� جنسیتی در مدرنیته ایران]]> 38208963 150 Afsaneh Najmabadi 6007683656 Parastoo 0 3.93 2005 زنان سیبیلو و مردان بی ریش: نگرانی‌های جنسیتی در مدرنیته ایران
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]]> خاطره‌ها� پراکنده 8293417 231 Goli Taraghi 9644481623 Parastoo 4 fiction 3.78 خاطره‌های پراکنده
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]]> سووشون 83261 این رمان اولین بار در سال ۱۳۴۸ چاپ شد.]]> 310 Simin Daneshvar 9644870050 Parastoo 3 fiction 4.00 1969 سووشون
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]]> آی بی‌کلاه� آی باکلاه 53459272 96 غلامحسین ساعدی 9643518906 Parastoo 4 fiction, play 3.58 1967 آی بی‌کلاه، آی باکلاه
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]]> خواب زمستانی 827259 137 Goli Taraghi Parastoo 3 3.19 1973 خواب زمستانی
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]]> <![CDATA[Moral Understandings: A Feminist Study in Ethics (Studies in Feminist Philosophy)]]> 10416960 328 Margaret Urban Walker 019972735X Parastoo 0 4.00 1990 Moral Understandings: A Feminist Study in Ethics (Studies in Feminist Philosophy)
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]]> زمین سوخته 83683 329 Ahmad Mahmoud Parastoo 0 fiction 3.96 1982 زمین سوخته
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]]> گیله مرد 25700198 204 Bozorg Alavi Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 3.66 1978 گیله مرد
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]]> سنگی بر گوری 204273 هر آدمی سنگی است بر گور پدرش

راوی نخست به بازگویی چگونگی زندگی خانوادگی� اش می� پردازد و سپس راه� های بچه دار شدن را بر می� شمارد و از آزموده� های خود و همسرش در بررسی برخی از این راه� ها می� گوید. نویسنده با مقایسه خودش با دیگران به خود دلگرمی می� دهد: تو زندگی می� کنی که بنویسی، آنهای دیگر بی� هیچ قصدی فقط زندگی می� کنند. پس از آن که برای آینده نمی� تواند کاری کند، به سراغ گذشته� اش می� رود و از این که پایان سلسله� ای است که از همان آغاز آفرینش آدمی به راه افتاده و پس از پدرش به او رسیده، خرسند می� شود:
من اگر بدانی چقدر خوشحالم از این که آخرین سنگ مزار درگذشتگان خویشم]]> 98 Jalal Al-e Ahmad Parastoo 2 fiction 3.50 1963 سنگی بر گوری
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]]> پنجاه‌وس� نفر 1145633 242 Bozorg Alavi Parastoo 0 to-read 3.37 1979 پنجاه‌وسه نفر
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]]> <![CDATA[Dance or Die: From Stateless Refugee to International Ballet Star]]> 57490310 A Syria-born dancer offers his deeply personal story of war, statelessness, and the pursuit of the art of dance in this inspirational memoir.

DANCE OR DIE is an autobiographical coming-of-age account of young refugee, Ahmad Joudeh, who grows up in Damascus with dreams of becoming a dancer. Neither bombs nor family opposition keep him from taking classes, practicing hard, and ultimately becoming a Middle Eastern celebrity after success on a Lebanese reality show. But ISIS threatens him with death if he continues dancing, his father kicks him out of the house, and the war around him intensifies. Recruited by one of Syria's top dance companies, Ahmad persists in his dream, and gets a tattoo on his neck, right where the executioner's blade would fall, that says "Dance or Die."

A powerful look at refugee life in Syria, DANCE OR DIE tells of the pursuit of personal expression in the most dangerous of circumstances and of the power of art to transcend war and suffering. It follows Ahmad from Damascus to Beirut to Amsterdam, where he finds a home with one of Europe's top ballet troupes, and from where he continues to fight for the human rights of refugees everywhere through his art, his activism, and his commitment to justice.]]> 240 Ahmad Joudeh 1632892405 Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 4.30 Dance or Die: From Stateless Refugee to International Ballet Star
author: Ahmad Joudeh
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.30
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rating: 0
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]]> اوی 29528461 136 Abutorab Khosravi 964305487X Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 2.92 1990 اوی
author: Abutorab Khosravi
name: Parastoo
average rating: 2.92
book published: 1990
rating: 0
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shelves: to-read, fiction
review:

]]> جمجمه‌ا� در کانه‌مار� 27418845 102 Martin McDonagh Parastoo 3 fiction, play 3.38 1997 جمجمه‌ای در کانه‌مارا
author: Martin McDonagh
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.38
book published: 1997
rating: 3
read at: 2016/09/25
date added: 2024/05/27
shelves: fiction, play
review:
از مجموعه نمایشنامه‌ها� منتشرشدهٔ مک‌دون� همین یکی مونده بود که ازش خوشم اومد.
]]> پیکر فرهاد 203380312 143 Abbas Maroufi 9643113973 Parastoo 1 fiction 3.30 1998 پیکر فرهاد
author: Abbas Maroufi
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.30
book published: 1998
rating: 1
read at: 2021/10/17
date added: 2024/05/25
shelves: fiction
review:

]]> سال بلوا 43451303 با این� صحنه شگفت� سال� بلوا آغاز می‌شو�. داستانی� که� در آن� همه� چیز منظم� است� و منظم� نیست‌� داستانی� که� تاریخی� است� و تاریخی� نیست‌� داستانی� که� روایتش� خطی� است� و در عین� حال� سیال� است�. ماجرا عمدتاً از زبان� دختری� روایت� می‌شو� که� پدرش� سرهنگ� است� و در آرزوی� صعود از پله‌های� ترقی� مدام� سقوط� می‌کن�. سرهنگ� هرگز به� پایتخت� خوانده� نمی‌شود� دخترش� نیز به� جای� آن� که� همسر ولیعهد و ملکه� ایران� شود، دل� سپرده� به� عشق� کوزه‌گری� غریب� به� ناچار به� همسری� پزشکی� در می‌آی� که� سرانجام� قاتل� اوست�. تصویر موشکافانه� مظلومیت� زن� ایرانی‌� مظلومیت� مرد هنرمند ایرانی� و تاریخ� پرهراس� یک� سرزمین� کهنسال‌� از سال� بلوا رمانی� ساخته� است� که� هرگز فراموش� نمی‌شو�.]]> Abbas Maroufi Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 4.01 1992 سال بلوا
author: Abbas Maroufi
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1992
rating: 0
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]]> مای 89597190 Bahram Beyzaie 1735568600 Parastoo 2 3.55 2020 مای
author: Bahram Beyzaie
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2021/01/14
date added: 2024/05/19
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]]> زندگی در پیش رو 4691009
کتاب اولین بار در سال ۱۳۵۹ چاپ شد؛ این نسخه چاپ اول از ویراست دوباره کتاب است.]]> 217 Romain Gary 9649283161 Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 4.06 1975 زندگی در پیش رو
author: Romain Gary
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1975
rating: 0
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]]> رگتایم 1725785 رگتایم یک داستان نیست، بلکه چند داستان به‌هم‌بافت� است. به همین دلیل چند بار آغاز می‌شو� و چند بار به پایان می‌رس�. «پدر» و خانواده‌اش� «تاته» و دخترش، کولهاوس و نامزدش، «برادر کوچکه» و عشقش، اما گلدمن و سر پرشورش، همه سرگذشت خاص خود را دارند. و لابه‌لا� همه اینها، هودینی، آکروبات و شعبده‌با� تردست... پرواز می‌کن�.
[از مقدمه مترجم]]]> 280 E.L. Doctorow 9644870735 Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 4.02 1975 رگتایم
author: E.L. Doctorow
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1975
rating: 0
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]]> گلهای رنج: گزیدۀ اشعار 2577005 144 Charles Baudelaire Parastoo 3 poetry 3.88 1857 گلهای رنج: گزیدۀ اشعار
author: Charles Baudelaire
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1857
rating: 3
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shelves: poetry
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]]> <![CDATA[دیباچه‌‌ا� بر جامعه‌شناس� سیاسی ایران: دوره جمهوری اسلامی]]> 171122 حسین بشیریه در دیباچه‌ا� بر جامعه‌شناس� سیاسی ایران استدلال می‌کن� که ابتکارات مدرنیزاسیون رژیم پهلوی در هیبت انقلاب سفید، از یک سو با افزایش شهرنشینی، توسعه رسانه‌ها� جمعی و به ویژه سواد و آموزش و همچنین صنعتی شدن، راه را برای افزایش آگاهی سیاسی و سیاسی شدن قسمت‌های� از جامعه هموار کرد، اما تقاضاهای فزاینده آنها برای ایجاد فضای مشارکت سیاسی را نادیده گرفت و این دوگانگی، بستری را برای ناخشنودی این طبقات و اضمحلال حکومت پهلوی آماده کرد. از نکات قابل توجه کتاب این است که حسین بشیریه در بررسی وقایع، شناخت کاملی از وضعیت داخلی کشور داشته و نیروهای درون جامعه را به طور کامل مورد بررسی قرار داده است.]]> 192 حسین بشیریه 9647763026 Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 4.14 2002 دیباچه‌‌ای بر جامعه‌شناسی سیاسی ایران: دوره جمهوری اسلامی
author: حسین بشیریه
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2002
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder]]> 199344846
On the morning of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in black—black clothes, black mask—rushed down the aisle toward him, wielding a knife. His first thought: So it’s you. Here you are.

What followed was a horrific act of violence that shook the literary world and beyond. Now, for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, Rushdie relives the traumatic events of that day and its aftermath, as well as his journey toward physical recovery and the healing that was made possible by the love and support of his wife, Eliza, his family, his army of doctors and physical therapists, and his community of readers worldwide.

Knife is Rushdie at the peak of his powers, writing with urgency, with gravity, with unflinching honesty. It is also a deeply moving reminder of literature’s capacity to make sense of the unthinkable, an intimate and life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art—and finding the strength to stand up again.]]> 209 Salman Rushdie 0593730240 Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 3.99 2024 Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
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name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.99
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]]> <![CDATA[Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents]]> 23129659 If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met, when your feelings were dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort to compensate for your parent’s behavior. These wounds can be healed, and you can move forward in your life.

In this breakthrough book, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable. You will see how these parents create a sense of neglect, and discover ways to heal from the pain and confusion caused by your childhood. By freeing yourself from your parents� emotional immaturity, you can recover your true nature, control how you react to them, and avoid disappointment. Finally, you’ll learn how to create positive, new relationships so you can build a better life.

Discover the four types of difficult parents:



The emotional parent instills feelings of instability and anxiety

The driven parent stays busy trying to perfect everything and everyone

The passive parent avoids dealing with anything upsetting

The rejecting parent is withdrawn, dismissive, and derogatory
ձ> 201 Lindsay C. Gibson 1626251703 Parastoo 0 currently-reading 4.36 2015 Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
author: Lindsay C. Gibson
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/04/23
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]]> حدیث نفس 18500859
آن‌چ� نوشته شده، به هر صورت، در هشتادوچند سال عمر بر نویسنده گذشته است، و ای‌بس� که او در این بازنگری به گذشته، ناخودآگاه می‌خواست� خود را بهتر بشناسد... مگر نه که آفتاب به لب بام رسیده؟]]> 608 Hassan Kamshad 9641854690 Parastoo 4 non-fiction ]]> 4.10 حدیث نفس
author: Hassan Kamshad
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.10
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2013/10/03
date added: 2024/04/14
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review:
هرچند به خوبی و گزیده‌گویی� جلد اولش نیست، اما همچنان خواندنی‌س�. فکر می‌کن� برای اولین بار هم هست که در این کتاب از سرقت ادبیِ «ایرانیکا» حرفی زده می‌شو�. (در صفحه‌ها� ۲۴۹ و ۲۵۰) خیلی ناراحت‌کنند� است.

]]> حدیث نفس: جلد ۱ 57770348 337 Hassan Kamshad 9641852787 Parastoo 5 non-fiction قلم حسن کامشاد روان و شیرین است. خواندن «حدیث نفس» مثل این است که رفته باشی در محضرِ مردِ دنیادیدهٔ خوش‌صحبت�.
عنوانِ کتاب را دوست نداشتم. به نظرم تناسبی با شوخ‌وشنگی� قلمِ کامشاد ندارد. حتی به نظرم چیزی مثلِ «خاطره‌ها� رسته از فراموشی» (که در نوشتهٔ پشتِ جلد آمده) بهتر از «حدیث نفس» است.

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دو ویژگی که متأسفانه در اغلب خاطره‌نویسی‌ه� دیده نمی‌شو� و دیدنش در این کتاب هیجان‌زده‌ا� کرد: کوتاه‌نویس� و نمایه.
قلم حسن کامشاد روان و شیرین است. خواندن «حدیث نفس» مثل این است که رفته باشی در محضرِ مردِ دنیادیدهٔ خوش‌صحبت�.
عنوانِ کتاب را دوست نداشتم. به نظرم تناسبی با شوخ‌وشنگی� قلمِ کامشاد ندارد. حتی به نظرم چیزی مثلِ «خاطره‌ها� رسته از فراموشی» (که در نوشتهٔ پشتِ جلد آمده) بهتر از «حدیث نفس» است.]]> 3.83 2008 حدیث نفس: جلد ۱
author: Hassan Kamshad
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 2012/10/08
date added: 2024/04/14
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دو ویژگی که متأسفانه در اغلب خاطره‌نویسی‌ه� دیده نمی‌شو� و دیدنش در این کتاب هیجان‌زده‌ا� کرد: کوتاه‌نویس� و نمایه.
قلم حسن کامشاد روان و شیرین است. خواندن «حدیث نفس» مثل این است که رفته باشی در محضرِ مردِ دنیادیدهٔ خوش‌صحبت�.
عنوانِ کتاب را دوست نداشتم. به نظرم تناسبی با شوخ‌وشنگی� قلمِ کامشاد ندارد. حتی به نظرم چیزی مثلِ «خاطره‌ها� رسته از فراموشی» (که در نوشتهٔ پشتِ جلد آمده) بهتر از «حدیث نفس» است.

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دو ویژگی که متأسفانه در اغلب خاطره‌نویسی‌ه� دیده نمی‌شو� و دیدنش در این کتاب هیجان‌زده‌ا� کرد: کوتاه‌نویس� و نمایه.
قلم حسن کامشاد روان و شیرین است. خواندن «حدیث نفس» مثل این است که رفته باشی در محضرِ مردِ دنیادیدهٔ خوش‌صحبت�.
عنوانِ کتاب را دوست نداشتم. به نظرم تناسبی با شوخ‌وشنگی� قلمِ کامشاد ندارد. حتی به نظرم چیزی مثلِ «خاطره‌ها� رسته از فراموشی» (که در نوشتهٔ پشتِ جلد آمده) بهتر از «حدیث نفس» است.
]]> تاريخ مشروطه ايران 892988 951 احمد کسروی Parastoo 3 non-fiction 4.20 1940 تاريخ مشروطه ايران
author: احمد کسروی
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1940
rating: 3
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]]> مترجمان، خائنان 107697013 192 حسن کامشاد 964312911X Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 3.27 2007 مترجمان، خائنان
author: حسن کامشاد
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.27
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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]]> سه‌گانه‌� نیویورک 2346257 455 Paul Auster 9643691578 Parastoo 2 3.63 1987 سه‌گانه‌ی نیویورک
author: Paul Auster
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.63
book published: 1987
rating: 2
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date added: 2024/04/08
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]]> <![CDATA[Perfectly Hidden Depression: How to Break Free from the Perfectionism that Masks Your Depression]]> 43319543

With this compassionate guide, you’ll begin the process of understanding your perfectionism, identifying destructive beliefs, and connecting with emotions suppressed for far too long. You’ll also find tangible tips for quieting that critical inner voice, and powerful strategies for coping with difficult feelings. Most importantly, you’ll learn that asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength. If you’re ready to stop hiding and start healing, this groundbreaking book will guide you—every imperfect step of the way.]]> 216 Margaret Robinson Rutherford 1684033586 Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 3.93 2019 Perfectly Hidden Depression: How to Break Free from the Perfectionism that Masks Your Depression
author: Margaret Robinson Rutherford
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/04/02
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]]> یک روز ایوان دنیسوویچ 12263592 192 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 9645589460 Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 4.11 1962 یک روز ایوان دنیسوویچ
author: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1962
rating: 0
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]]> Halfbreed 49429415 A new, fully restored edition of the essential Canadian classic.

An unflinchingly honest memoir of her experience as a Métis woman in Canada, Maria Campbell's Halfbreed depicts the realities that she endured and, above all, overcame. Maria was born in Northern Saskatchewan, her father the grandson of a Scottish businessman and Métis woman--a niece of Gabriel Dumont whose family fought alongside Riel and Dumont in the 1885 Rebellion; her mother the daughter of a Cree woman and French-American man. This extraordinary account, originally published in 1973, bravely explores the poverty, oppression, alcoholism, addiction, and tragedy Maria endured throughout her childhood and into her early adult life, underscored by living in the margins of a country pervaded by hatred, discrimination, and mistrust. Laced with spare moments of love and joy, this is a memoir of family ties and finding an identity in a heritage that is neither wholly Indigenous or Anglo; of strength and resilience; of indominatable spirit.

This edition of Halfbreed includes a new introduction written by Indigenous (Métis) scholar Dr. Kim Anderson detailing the extraordinary work that Maria has been doing since its original publication 46 years ago, and an afterword by the author looking at what has changed, and also what has not, for Indigenous people in Canada today. Restored are the recently discovered missing pages from the original text of this groundbreaking and significant work.]]> 224 Maria Campbell 077102410X Parastoo 0 to-read 4.37 1973 Halfbreed
author: Maria Campbell
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1973
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America]]> 18902635 The Inconvenient Indian is at once a “history� and the complete subversion of a history—in short, a critical and personal meditation that the remarkable Thomas King has conducted over the past 50 years about what it means to be “Indian� in North America.

Rich with dark and light, pain and magic, this book distills the insights gleaned from that meditation, weaving the curiously circular tale of the relationship between non-Natives and Natives in the centuries since the two first encountered each other. In the process, King refashions old stories about historical events and figures, takes a sideways look at film and pop culture, relates his own complex experiences with activism, and articulates a deep and revolutionary understanding of the cumulative effects of ever-shifting laws and treaties on Native peoples and lands.

This is a book both timeless and timely, burnished with anger but tempered by wit, and ultimately a hard-won offering of hope -- a sometimes inconvenient, but nonetheless indispensable account for all of us, Indian and non-Indian alike, seeking to understand how we might tell a new story for the future.

]]> 306 Thomas King Parastoo 0 to-read 4.24 2012 The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
author: Thomas King
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> The Snow Was Dirty 30177828
'And always the dirty snow, the heaps of snow that look rotten, with black patches and embedded garbage ... unable to cover the filth.'

Nineteen-year-old Frank - thug, thief, son of a brothel owner - gets by surprisingly well despite living in a city under military occupation, but a warm house and a full stomach are not enough to make him feel truly alive in such a climate of deceit and betrayal. During a bleak, unending winter, he embarks on a string of violent and sordid crimes that set him on a path from which he can never return. Georges Simenon's matchless novel is a brutal, compelling portrayal of a world without pity; a devastating journey through a psychological no-man's land.

'Among the best novels of the twentieth century' New Yorker

'An astonishing work' John Banville

'So noir it makes Raymond Chandler look beige' Independent]]> 304 Georges Simenon 0241258561 Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 3.87 1948 The Snow Was Dirty
author: Georges Simenon
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1948
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[و انسان خدا را همسان خود آفرید]]> 61896223 آرمین لنگرودی Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 5.00 2022 و انسان خدا را همسان خود آفرید
author: آرمین لنگرودی
name: Parastoo
average rating: 5.00
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/12/31
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]]> نامه‌های� به شکنجه‌گر� 18842664 602 Houshang Asadi 1780832877 Parastoo 0 3.33 2010 نامه‌هایی به شکنجه‌گرم
author: Houshang Asadi
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.33
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/12/31
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]]> The Lie Maker 62047988 In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Take Your Breath Away, a man desperately tries to track down his father--who was taken into witness protection years ago--before his enemies can get to him.

Your dad's not a good person. Your dad killed people, son.

These are some of the last words Jack Givins' father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his mother to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives as best they could.

Years later, Jack is a grown man with problems of his own. He's a talented but struggling author, barely scraping by on the royalties from his moderately successful first book. So when the U.S. Marshals approach him with a lucrative opportunity, he's in no position to turn them down. They're recruiting writers like Jack to create false histories for people in witness protection--people like Jack's father.

The coincidence is astonishing to Jack at first, but he soon realizes this may be a chance to find his dad. Only there's one problem--Jack's father hasn't made contact with his handlers recently, and they have no idea where he is. He could be in serious danger, and Jack may be the only one who can find him.

But how will he find a man he's never truly known? A man who has done terrible things in his lifetime and made some deadly enemies in the process--enemies who wouldn't think twice about using his own son against him.]]> 337 Linwood Barclay 0063276240 Parastoo 0 to-read 3.95 2023 The Lie Maker
author: Linwood Barclay
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> پاتوغ: پنج نمایشنامه 25536089 «پاتوغ»
«پاانداز»
«حالت چه‌طور� مش رحیم؟»
«توی خودت باش، عرقت رو بخور!»
«گلدونه خانوم»]]> 203 اسماعیل خلج Parastoo 3 3.35 پاتوغ: پنج نمایشنامه
author: اسماعیل خلج
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.35
book published:
rating: 3
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]]> پنجر 36128570 ایستاده بودم منتظر به امید دستی که پنجر ام را بروی روشنایی باز کند و تو آن را گشودی با سخاوت خورشید و رحمت باران. دانه ام را از کویر نادانی برون آوردی و در دشت علم رویاندی. من با دستهای تو بارور شدم و رشد کردم تو مرا به انتهای دشت بردی در آنجا اقاقیهایی دیدم که نور می پاشیدند و از دیار شب گذر می کردند. تو یک اقاقی به دستم دادی و راهم را روشن نمودی اینک ما ایستاده ایم. من و تو، تا که باز کنیم پنجر بسته را بر روی طالبان نور. روبرویمان دریچه ای است که بدشت روشنایی گشوده می شود.]]> 454 فهیمه رحیمی Parastoo 1 fiction 2.64 پنجر
author: فهیمه رحیمی
name: Parastoo
average rating: 2.64
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]]> مرده‌ا� که حالش خوب است 1961843
نخستین� اثر احمد آرام� “غریبه� در بخار نمک‌� برنده‌ی� لوح� تقدیر از نخستین� دوره‌ی� جایزه‌ی� ادبی� یلدا (۱۳۸۰) و بهترین� مجموعه� داستان� سال� در سومین� دوره‌ی� جشن� فرهنگ� فارس� (۱۳۸۰) شد.

این اثر نامزد جایزه ی ادبی منتقدان و مطبوعات سال ۱۳۸۴ نامزد جایزه ی ادبی بنیاد گلشیری سال ۱۳۸۴ شده است.]]> 232 احمد آرام 9643691551 Parastoo 2 3.19 2005 مرده‌ای که حالش خوب است
author: احمد آرام
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.19
book published: 2005
rating: 2
read at: 2023/11/29
date added: 2023/11/29
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]]> زمین زهری 51634077 (از متن کتاب)





The poisonous land
Asef Soltanzadeh
978-87-993444-4-4
بیتا بوک Bita Book]]> 184 محمدآصف سلطان‌زاد� Parastoo 3 fiction 3.40 زمین زهری
author: محمدآصف سلطان‌زاد�
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.40
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date added: 2023/11/13
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]]> ابلوموف 1291193 یادداشت سروش حبیبی بر چاپ ۱۳۵۵، امیرکبیر

این کتاب به درخواست وزرات ارشاد با ممیزی برا چاپ های بعدی روبرو شد


در سال ۱۳۸۶ سروش حبیبی بر پایه‌� اصل روسی رمان، ترجمه‌ا� تازه و ویراسته به بازار کتاب عرضه کرد]]> 495 Ivan Goncharov 9640004227 Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 4.09 1859 ابلوموف
author: Ivan Goncharov
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1859
rating: 0
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]]> پخم 683759 Başka hiçbir umarım yoktu, sahtecilik yapmak zorundaydım...
Bütün yollar bana kapalıydı, önümde yalnız tek yol vardı. İşte bu romana "Tek Yol" adı verişim bundandır. Bu yüzden "çaresiz kalanların" yada "çaresiz kaldığını sananların" romanını yazmak istedim."]]> 292 Aziz Nesin Parastoo 4 fiction 3.64 پخم
author: Aziz Nesin
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.64
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[لهجه‌ه� اهلی نمی‌شون�: تجربه‌� زندگی میان زبان‌ها� عربی و انگلیسی]]> 195964511
مجموعه‌� زندگی میان زبان‌ه� روایت نویسندگانی است که در کشوری غیر از سرزمین مادری‌شا� زندگی می‌کنن� یا مدام میان چند زبان در رفت‌وآمدند� نویسندگانی که آگاهانه به تجربه‌� زندگی در زبانی دیگر اندیشیده‌ان� و در جستارها و خاطرات‌شا� بازی‌ه� و معماهای زیستن در زبانی آشنا یا غریبه را تصویر می‌کنن�.]]> 192 Pauline Kaldas 6226194677 Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 4.10 2023 لهجه‌ها اهلی نمی‌شوند: تجربه‌ی زندگی میان زبان‌های عربی و انگلیسی
author: Pauline Kaldas
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Gender and Power: Society, the Person, and Sexual Politics]]> 1184407 352 Raewyn W. Connell 0804714304 Parastoo 0 4.13 1987 Gender and Power: Society, the Person, and Sexual Politics
author: Raewyn W. Connell
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1987
rating: 0
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]]> انقیاد زنان 6562203 179 John Stuart Mill Parastoo 4 gender-studies, non-fiction 3.82 1869 انقیاد زنان
author: John Stuart Mill
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1869
rating: 4
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]]> گفت و گو در باغ 30054526 شاهرخ مسکوب Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 3.69 1992 گفت و گو در باغ
author: شاهرخ مسکوب
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1992
rating: 0
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]]> The Beauty Queen of Leenane 1061479
Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, The Beauty Queen of Leenane tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her early forties, and Mag her manipulative aging mother whose interference in Maureen's first and potentially last loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that is as gothically funny as it is horrific.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane was first presented as a Druid Theatre/Royal Court Theatre co-production in January 1996.

]]> 80 Martin McDonagh 041370730X Parastoo 5 fiction, play 4.07 1996 The Beauty Queen of Leenane
author: Martin McDonagh
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1996
rating: 5
read at: 2013/07/09
date added: 2023/07/24
shelves: fiction, play
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]]> <![CDATA[ماشاء الله خان در بارگاه هارون الرشید]]> 545438 Satire 383 Iraj Pezeshkzad Parastoo 3 3.46 1970 ماشاء الله خان در بارگاه هارون الرشید
author: Iraj Pezeshkzad
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.46
book published: 1970
rating: 3
read at: 2023/07/17
date added: 2023/07/17
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ما کتاب رو جمع‌خوان� کردیم و خوش گذشت اما فکر می‌کن� اگه تنهایی می‌خوندم� نمره‌ا� رو کمتر می‌داد�.
]]> همه ما شریک جرم هستیم 144614331 410 کیومرث پوراحمد 1914165446 Parastoo 1 2.55 همه ما شریک جرم هستیم
author: کیومرث پوراحمد
name: Parastoo
average rating: 2.55
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]]> شکوفه‌ها� عناب 44229995 318 رضا جولایی 6220100093 Parastoo 0 fiction, to-read 3.89 2019 شکوفه‌های عناب
author: رضا جولایی
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Uncaged Sky: My 804 days in an Iranian prison]]> 60683155
The extraordinary true story of Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s fight to survive 804 days imprisoned in Iran.

On September 12, 2018 British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested at Tehran Airport by Iran’s feared Islamic Revolutionary Guards. Convicted of espionage in a shadowy trial presided over by Iran’s most notorious judge, Dr Moore-Gilbert was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Incarcerated in Tehran’s Evin and Qarchak prisons for 804 days, this is the full and gripping account of her harrowing ordeal. Held in a filthy solitary confinement cell for months, and subjected to relentless interrogation, Kylie was pushed to the limits of her endurance by extreme physical and psychological deprivation.

Kylie’s only lifeline was the covert friendships she made with other prisoners inside the Revolutionary Guards� maximum-security compound where she had been ‘disappeared�, communicating in great danger through the air vents between cells, and by hiding secret letters in hava khori, the narrow outdoor balcony where she was led, blindfolded, for a solitary hour each day.

Cut off from the outside world, Kylie realised she alone had the power to change the dynamics of her incarceration. To survive, she began to fight back, adopting a strategy of resistance with her captors. Multiple hunger strikes, letters smuggled to the media, co-ordinated protests with other prisoners and a daring escape attempt led to her transfer to the isolated desert prison, Qarchak, to live among convicted criminals.

On November 25, 2020, after more than two years of struggle, Kylie was finally released in a high stakes three-nation prisoner swap deal orchestrated by the Australian government, laying bare the complex game of global politics in which she had become a valuable pawn.

Written with extraordinary insight and vivid immediacy, The Uncaged Sky is Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s remarkable story of courage and resilience, and a powerful meditation on hope, solidarity and what it means to be free.]]> 403 Kylie Moore-Gilbert 1761150413 Parastoo 3 4.45 2022 The Uncaged Sky: My 804 days in an Iranian prison
author: Kylie Moore-Gilbert
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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]]> مدار صفر درجه: دوره ۳ جلدی 455778 1782 Ahmad Mahmoud 964564318X Parastoo 4 fiction 4.11 1993 مدار صفر درجه: دوره ۳ جلدی
author: Ahmad Mahmoud
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1993
rating: 4
read at: 2023/06/19
date added: 2023/06/19
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]]> جنگ و صلح جلد اول و دوم 7185606 Russia. Balls and soirées, the burning of Moscow, the intrigues of statesmen and generals, scenes of violent battles, the quiet moments of everyday life--all in a work whose extraordinary imaginative power has never been surpassed. The Maudes' translation of Tolstoy's epic masterpiece has long been
considered the best English version, and now for the first time it has been revised to bring it fully into line with modern approaches to the text. French passages are restored, Anglicization of Russian names removed, and outmoded expressions updated. A new introduction by Amy Mandelker considers
the novel's literary and historical context, the nature of the work, and Tolstoy's artistic and philosophical aims. New, expanded notes provide historical background and identifications, as well as insight into Russian life and society.]]> 744 Leo Tolstoy Parastoo 4 fiction 4.38 1869 جنگ و صلح جلد اول و دوم
author: Leo Tolstoy
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1869
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[مسیر آشتی: از استبداد به دموکراسی اگر فراموش کنیم، عدالت چه می‌شود؟]]> 37922331 364 Desmond Tutu 6002532692 Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 3.67 1999 مسیر آشتی: از استبداد به دموکراسی اگر فراموش کنیم، عدالت چه می‌شود؟
author: Desmond Tutu
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1999
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[(یکی دربارهٔ دیگری (برخوردهای تاریخی]]> 22354281 یکی دربارۀ دیگری رُمان خیالی نیست، سطر به سطر آن مستند است و با هوشمندی نگاشته شده است.
گِریک براون، بزرگ‌تری� طنزپرداز دنیای انگلیسی زبان، از حقیقت پوچی، از لودگی ژرفا و از آشفتگی نظم آفریده است. کتاب او خواننده را هم می‌خندان� و هم به فکر وا می‌دار�.

کتابی که بیش از هر چیز مرا خنداند. جولین بارنز]]> 240 Craig Brown 9644485696 Parastoo 0 to-read, non-fiction 3.43 2012 (یکی دربارهٔ دیگری (برخوردهای تاریخی
author: Craig Brown
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/10/18
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]]> سیاها: یک دلقک‌باز� 13425103 'One evening an actor asked me to write a play for an all-black cast. But what exactly is a black? First of all, what's his colour?' - Jean Genet]]> 200 Jean Genet 9647514352 Parastoo 2 fiction 3.95 1947 سیاها: یک دلقک‌بازی
author: Jean Genet
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1947
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts]]> 9530608 Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelling look into how the brain is wired for self-justification.

Why is it so hard to say “I made a mistake”—and really believe it?

When we make mistakes, cling to outdated attitudes, or mistreat other people, we must calm the cognitive dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth. And so, unconsciously, we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility, restoring our belief that we are smart, moral, and right—a belief that often keeps us on a course that is dumb, immoral, and wrong. Backed by years of research, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating explanation of self-justification—how it works, the damage it can cause, and how we can overcome it.

This updated edition concludes with an extended discussion of how we can live with dissonance; learn from it; and perhaps, eventually, forgive ourselves.]]> 309 Carol Tavris Parastoo 5 non-fiction فقط خیلی ناراحتم که چرا صورت اصلی اسامی در پانویس نیامده. به‌شخص� دوست داشتم تعدادی از پژوهشگران را در اینترنت پیدا کنم و کارهایشان را بخوانم و چون دیکته اصلی را نمی‌دان� کارم سخت شده. یک نمرهٔ منفی برای ناشر.]]> 4.22 2007 Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
author: Carol Tavris
name: Parastoo
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 2022/07/31
date added: 2022/07/31
shelves: non-fiction
review:
عالی و بسیار خواندنی. نویسندگان با آوردن نمونه‌ه� و ارجاع به پژوهش‌ها� روانشناسی اجتماعی نشان می‌دهن� که چرا پذیرفتن اشتباه‌هایما� این‌قد� سخت است و چرا و چگونه به توجیه خودمان می‌پردازی�. همین‌طو� تمایل ما به از بین بردن ناهماهنگی‌ها� ذهنی چطور موجب بی‌آبروی� می‌شو�.
فقط خیلی ناراحتم که چرا صورت اصلی اسامی در پانویس نیامده. به‌شخص� دوست داشتم تعدادی از پژوهشگران را در اینترنت پیدا کنم و کارهایشان را بخوانم و چون دیکته اصلی را نمی‌دان� کارم سخت شده. یک نمرهٔ منفی برای ناشر.
]]> <![CDATA[Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories]]> 9889 here.

It's New York in the 1940s, where the martinis flow from cocktail hour till breakfast at Tiffany's. And nice girls don't, except, of course, Holly Golightly. Pursued by Mafia gangsters and playboy millionaires, Holly is a fragile eyeful of tawny hair and turned-up nose, a heart-breaker, a perplexer, a traveller, a tease. She is irrepressibly 'top banana in the shock department', and one of the shining flowers of American fiction.

This edition also contains three stories: 'House of Flowers', 'A Diamond Guitar' and 'A Christmas Memory'.]]> 157 Truman Capote Parastoo 4 fiction 3.76 1958 Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories
author: Truman Capote
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1958
rating: 4
read at: 2009/12/05
date added: 2022/06/15
shelves: fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction]]> 5997808 128 Nigel Warburton 0199232350 Parastoo 0 non-fiction, to-read 3.65 2009 Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction
author: Nigel Warburton
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/05/11
shelves: non-fiction, to-read
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]]> شهر بازی 6932685 حمید یاوری Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 3.48 2002 شهر بازی
author: حمید یاوری
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2002
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/04/09
shelves: to-read, fiction
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]]> به‌خاط� یک فیلم بلند لعنتی 6470179 248 Dariush Mehrjui Parastoo 0 abondoned 3.08 2009 به‌خاطر یک فیلم بلند لعنتی
author: Dariush Mehrjui
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.08
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at: 2022/04/09
date added: 2022/04/09
shelves: abondoned
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]]> Last Night 18757 144 James Salter 1400078415 Parastoo 0 to-read, fiction 3.89 2005 Last Night
author: James Salter
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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shelves: to-read, fiction
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]]> هیچ دوستی به جز کوهستان 51278127 248 Behrouz Boochani Parastoo 0 non-fiction, abondoned 3.28 2018 هیچ دوستی به جز کوهستان
author: Behrouz Boochani
name: Parastoo
average rating: 3.28
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at: 2022/03/07
date added: 2022/03/07
shelves: non-fiction, abondoned
review:

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