#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • A “brilliant” ( The Boston Globe ) memoir of one Iranian teacher’s steadfast pursuit to educate young women under a government that sought to stifle them “An inspiring account of an insatiable desire for intellectual freedom.”— USA Today “A poignant, searing tale about the secret ways Iranian women defy the regime.”— Salon A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azar Nafisi, a bold and inspired teacher, secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. Some of the women came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular; some had spent time in jail. They were shy and uncomfortable at first, unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, but soon they removed their veils and began to speak more freely—their stories intertwining with the novels they were reading by Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, as fundamentalists seized hold of the universities and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the women in Nafisi’s living room spoke not only of the books they were reading but also about themselves, their dreams, and disappointments. Azar Nafisi’s luminous masterwork gives us a rare glimpse, from the inside, of women’s lives in revolutionary Iran. Reading Lolita in Tehran is a work of great passion and poetic beauty, a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny, and a celebration of the liberating power of literature.
Reeds Skipper’s Handbook Malcolm Pearson The Reed's Skipper's Handbook has been a bestseller since first publication. The previous edition sold over 60,000 copies, and it is easy to see why: a handy pocket size, it is an aide-memoire of everything a boater needs to know at sea. Packed with a wide range of… <a href="https://ioleggotuleggi.it/sport-acquatici/reeds-skippers-handbook/" rel="bookmark">Leggi tutto »<span class="screen-reader-text">Reeds Skipper’s Handbook</span></a>
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The Stormrider Surf Guide Central America and the Caribbean Bruce Sutherland Central America has become a veritable surfing playground where the wave-rich deserts, jungles and tropical islands host some of the most fun and funky surf spots around. Perennial, long-period, Pacific swells break in bath-warm water, enticing the global surf community to not… <a href="https://ioleggotuleggi.it/sport-e-vita-allaperto-2/the-stormrider-surf-guide-central-america-and-the-caribbean/" rel="bookmark">Leggi tutto »<span class="screen-reader-text">The Stormrider Surf Guide Central America and the Caribbean</span></a>
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L’africano Jean-Marie-Gustave Le Clézio Nel 1948, a otto anni, Jean-Marie-Gustave Le Clézio lascia Nizza, la sua città natale, e con la madre e il fratello parte per la Nigeria, dove il padre, che non ha mai conosciuto, è medico nell’esercito britannico. Inizia così, per il futuro scrittore, uno straordinario periodo di formazione da… <a href="https://ioleggotuleggi.it/biografie-e-memorie/lafricano/" rel="bookmark">Leggi tutto »<span class="screen-reader-text">L’africano</span></a>
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Gestire le vendite – II edizione Paolo Guenzi, Paola Caiozzo & Marco Aurelio Sisti A dispetto del boom dei canali digitali, l’elemento umano costituisce ancora il fattore determinante all’interno della funzione commerciale. Di fronte alla crescente complessità di aziende e mercati, vendere non è più solo un’arte, ma anche scienza: per eccellere bisogna innovare, pianificare,… <a href="https://ioleggotuleggi.it/marketing-e-vendite/gestire-le-vendite-ii-edizione/" rel="bookmark">Leggi tutto »<span class="screen-reader-text">Gestire le vendite – II edizione</span></a>
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Sincerely, the puck bunny Maren Moore Briggs Wilson, il più famoso bad-boy della NHL, non è chi tutti pensano che sia. È dolce, comprensivo e leale. Lo scoop? È anche il miglior padre del mondo. Sì, avete letto bene. È bastato un week-end… un week-end fantastico, finito con me incinta. Avevamo deciso di… <a href="https://ioleggotuleggi.it/romanzi-rosa/sincerely-the-puck-bunny/" rel="bookmark">Leggi tutto »<span class="screen-reader-text">Sincerely, the puck bunny</span></a>
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The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395 David S. Potter The Roman Empire at Bay is the only one volume history of the critical years 180-395 AD, which saw the transformation of the Roman Empire from a unitary state centred on Rome, into a new polity with two capitals and a new religion—Christianity. The… <a href="https://ioleggotuleggi.it/antichita/the-roman-empire-at-bay-ad-180-395/" rel="bookmark">Leggi tutto »<span class="screen-reader-text">The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395</span></a>
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