Bestsellers
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King of Kings
- The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation
- By: Scott Anderson
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner, Scott Anderson
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall225
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Performance212
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Story212
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER From the author of the landmark bestseller Lawrence in Arabia comes a stunningly revelatory narrative history of the Iranian Revolution...
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Great read that breaks down many factors leading to 1979
- By Assad on 08-21-25
By: Scott Anderson
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Iran's Grand Strategy
- A Political History
- By: Vali Nasr
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance30
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Story30
This audiobook narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi overturns simplistic portrayals of Iran as a theocratic pariah state, revealing how its strategic moves on the world stage are driven by two pervasive threats—external aggression and internal dissolution.
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well detailed history of modern Iran
- By Fr. S. on 06-28-25
By: Vali Nasr
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Persians
- The Age of the Great Kings
- By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Narrated by: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall251
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Performance221
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Story223
A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor of ancient Persia and its enduring legacies for today's Iran “A brilliant feat of resurrection.”―Tom Holland, author of Dominion The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of...
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Disappointing
- By Thomas Block on 01-27-23
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Iran
- A Modern History
- By: Abbas Amanat
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 41 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall285
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Performance242
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Story242
This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years. The book covers the complex history...
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Extremely Opinionated.
- By Elijah Rose on 02-13-19
By: Abbas Amanat
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America and Iran
- A History, 1720 to the Present
- By: John Ghazvinian
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 27 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall246
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Performance218
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Story218
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A hugely ambitious, “delightfully readable, genuinely informative” portrait (The New York Times) of the two-centuries-long entwined histories of Iran and America—two powers who were once allies and now adversaries—by an admired historian and...
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Distortions Galore
- By Chuck S. on 03-15-21
By: John Ghazvinian
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Assyria
- The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
- By: Eckart Frahm
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall212
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Performance184
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Story183
A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story...
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Too much volume change in narration
- By Erin on 06-19-24
By: Eckart Frahm
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King of Kings
- The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation
- By: Scott Anderson
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner, Scott Anderson
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall225
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Performance212
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Story212
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER From the author of the landmark bestseller Lawrence in Arabia comes a stunningly revelatory narrative history of the Iranian Revolution...
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Great read that breaks down many factors leading to 1979
- By Assad on 08-21-25
By: Scott Anderson
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Iran's Grand Strategy
- A Political History
- By: Vali Nasr
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance30
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Story30
This audiobook narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi overturns simplistic portrayals of Iran as a theocratic pariah state, revealing how its strategic moves on the world stage are driven by two pervasive threats—external aggression and internal dissolution.
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well detailed history of modern Iran
- By Fr. S. on 06-28-25
By: Vali Nasr
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Persians
- The Age of the Great Kings
- By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Narrated by: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall251
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Performance221
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Story223
A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor of ancient Persia and its enduring legacies for today's Iran “A brilliant feat of resurrection.”―Tom Holland, author of Dominion The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of...
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Disappointing
- By Thomas Block on 01-27-23
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Iran
- A Modern History
- By: Abbas Amanat
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 41 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall285
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Performance242
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Story242
This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years. The book covers the complex history...
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Extremely Opinionated.
- By Elijah Rose on 02-13-19
By: Abbas Amanat
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America and Iran
- A History, 1720 to the Present
- By: John Ghazvinian
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 27 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall246
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Performance218
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Story218
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A hugely ambitious, “delightfully readable, genuinely informative” portrait (The New York Times) of the two-centuries-long entwined histories of Iran and America—two powers who were once allies and now adversaries—by an admired historian and...
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Distortions Galore
- By Chuck S. on 03-15-21
By: John Ghazvinian
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Assyria
- The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
- By: Eckart Frahm
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall212
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Performance184
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Story183
A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story...
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Too much volume change in narration
- By Erin on 06-19-24
By: Eckart Frahm
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The Twilight War
- The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran
- By: David Crist
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 25 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall220
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Performance178
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Story180
The dramatic secret history of the undeclared, ongoing war between the US and Iran....
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Most authoritative book on conflict on Iran, hands down.
- By David T on 07-14-19
By: David Crist
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Rome and Persia
- The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall102
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Performance85
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Story85
The extraordinary history of the epic rivalry between the ancient world’s two great superpowers. "Magnificent." —The Spectator The Roman Empire was like no other. Stretching from the north of Britain to the Sahara, and from the Atlantic coast to the Euphrates, it imposed peace and prosperity...
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Great Book for History Buffs
- By Dav on 07-09-24
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Revolutionary Iran
- A History of the Islamic Republic
- By: Michael Axworthy
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 19 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall48
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Performance41
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Story41
The Iranian Revolution of 1979 was a defining moment of the modern era. Its success unleashed a wave of Islamist fervor across the Middle East and signaled a sharp decline in the appeal of Western ideologies in the Islamic world. Michael Axworthy takes listeners through the major periods in...
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Excellent overview from the revolution to 2012
- By T. Fisher on 11-23-22
By: Michael Axworthy
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Target Tehran
- How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East
- By: Yonah Jeremy Bob, Ilan Evyatar
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall82
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Performance71
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Story71
A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year/Politics Winner of the Jewish Book Council’s Natan Notable Book Prize “One of the most accurate and fascinating books so far” (Michael Bar-Zohar, coauthor of Mossad) about how Israel used sabotage, assassination, cyberwar—and diplomacy—to...
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Couldn’t walk away !
- By ADAM on 01-10-24
By: Yonah Jeremy Bob, and others
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For the Sun After Long Nights
- The Story of Iran's Women-Led Uprising
- By: Fatemeh Jamalpour, Nilo Tabrizy
- Narrated by: Fatemeh Jamalpour, Nilo Tabrizy
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance8
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Story8
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD A moving exploration of the 2022 women-led protests in Iran, as told through the interwoven stories of two Iranian journalists “Unlike anything I’ve read . . . A searing, courageous, and ultimately beautiful book filled with the spirit of the...
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A moving account
- By Paul Stevenson on 02-03-26
By: Fatemeh Jamalpour, and others
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On Wings of Eagles
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: Marcia Hyde, Larry Robinson, Ralph Williams, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall939
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Performance728
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Story719
When two of his American employees were held hostage in a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran, one man took matters into his own hands....
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Was the narrator in a hurry?
- By Tammy on 06-19-08
By: Ken Follett
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The Fall of Heaven
- The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran
- By: Andrew Scott Cooper
- Narrated by: Assaf Cohen
- Length: 22 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall228
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Performance209
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Story209
An immersive, gripping account of the rise and fall of Iran's glamorous Pahlavi dynasty, written with the cooperation of the late shah's widow, Empress Farah....
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Excellent account of a pivotal and sad time
- By Guerin Shea on 09-05-16
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Argo
- How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
- By: Antonio Mendez, Matt Baglio
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall784
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Performance695
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Story699
The true account of the 1979 rescue of six American hostages from Iran On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal and a quake in global politics still reverberating today. But there’s a...
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Better Than the Movie
- By Debra Garfinkle on 11-28-12
By: Antonio Mendez, and others
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A History of Iran
- Empire of the Mind
- By: Michael Axworthy
- Narrated by: Darius Joseph
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
The definitive history of Iran, from the ancient Persian empires to today. “Michael Axworthy’s deft untangling of the country’s history, from the advent of Zoroastrianism to the 1979 revolution, is a stunning achievement.” ―Guardian Iran is a land of contradictions. It is an Islamic...
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Good job condensing an enormously complex history into a single volume.
- By Jo Addy on 07-15-25
By: Michael Axworthy
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History of Iran
- An Enthralling Overview of Iranian History, Starting from the Ancient Persians Through the Persian Empire to Modern Iran (Exploring the Middle East)
- By: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
From the prehistoric ages to the modern Islamic Republic, Iran has always maintained its prevalent position in history as one of the most vibrant, distinct, and diverse countries in the world....
By: Billy Wellman
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The Last Shah
- America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty
- By: Ray Takeyh
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31
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Performance28
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Story28
Offering a new view of one of America's most important, infamously strained, and widely misunderstood relationships of the postwar era, this book tells the history of America and Iran from the time the last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was placed on the throne....
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US propaganda
- By Alex on 03-14-26
By: Ray Takeyh
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The Wind in My Hair
- My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
- By: Masih Alinejad
- Narrated by: Widdi Turner
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall218
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Performance196
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Story196
An extraordinary memoir from an Iranian journalist in exile about leaving her country, challenging tradition and sparking an online movement against compulsory hijab. A photo on Masih's Facebook page: a woman standing proudly, face bare, hair blowing in the wind. Her crime: removing her veil, or...
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An inspiring journey
- By Krishna Teja Rekapalli on 01-06-19
By: Masih Alinejad
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Losing an Enemy
- Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy
- By: Trita Parsi
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 17 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall49
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Performance44
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Story45
This timely book focuses on President Obama's deeply considered strategy toward Iran's nuclear program....
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required reading
- By Seth K on 07-18-19
By: Trita Parsi
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Wars of Ambition
- The United States, Iran, and the Struggle for the Middle East
- By: Afshon Ostovar
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
In Wars of Ambition, Afshon Ostovar explores the evolution of the metastasizing conflict as it unfolded over a span of more than two decades....
By: Afshon Ostovar
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Inside Iran
- The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- By: Medea Benjamin
- Narrated by: Rosemary Benson
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance19
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Story19
US relations with Iran have been fraught for decades, but, under the Trump Administration, tensions are rising to startling levels. Medea Benjamin, one of the best-known 21st century activists, offers the incredible history of how a probable alliance became a bitter antagonism....
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A quaint, pointless charicature
- By Brian on 01-27-19
By: Medea Benjamin
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They Said They Wanted Revolution
- A Memoir of My Parents
- By: Neda Toloui-Semnani
- Narrated by: Neda Toloui-Semnani
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance28
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Story28
From a daughter of Iranian revolutionaries, activists, immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers comes a gripping and emotional memoir of family and the tumultuous history of two nations....
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I learned so much. Great pacing, felt like I time-traveled
- By Jess Fuchs on 02-07-22
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The Devil We Know
- Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower
- By: Robert Baer
- Narrated by: Ted Barker
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall274
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Performance167
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Story173
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A frighteningly prescient look at Iran’s unchecked growth as a hidden superpower, and the threat the nation will soon pose to the United States—and the world. “The most important book on the Middle East to appear in many years”—Thomas Powers, Pulitzer...
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Insider's Guide to Middle East Conspiracy Theory
- By Delano on 10-07-08
By: Robert Baer
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City of Lies
- Love, Sex, Death, and the Search for Truth in Tehran
- By: Ramita Navai
- Narrated by: Sylvia Lisle
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall93
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Performance85
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Story84
In today's Tehran, intrigues abound and survival depends on an intricate network of falsehoods: mullahs visit prostitutes, local mosques train barely pubescent boys in crowd-control tactics....
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Impossible to Put Down
- By Leonard on 10-19-14
By: Ramita Navai
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What's Next? Iran Goes Nuclear
- Connecting Today's Headlines to Tomorrow's Prophetic Events
- By: Jimmy Evans, Mark Hitchcock
- Narrated by: Eben Fowler
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
On October 1, 2024, Iran launched its second direct assault on Israel within six months, shattering decades of shadow warfare. This attack may be the turning point that propels the Middle East toward the prophesied End-Times conflict.
By: Jimmy Evans, and others
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The Arabs
- A History
- By: Eugene Rogan
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 27 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall691
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Performance608
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Story604
In this definitive history of the modern Arab world, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan draws extensively on Arab sources and texts to place the Arab experience in its crucial historical context....
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Superb Book About the Arab World
- By Nostromo on 05-29-16
By: Eugene Rogan
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The Melting Point
- High Command and War in the 21st Century
- By: Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. USMC (Ret)., Gen. James Mattis - foreword
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance10
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Story10
General Frank McKenzie oversaw some of the most important—and controversial operations in modern US military history. McKenzie provides an honest assessment of his time in command-describing decisions that were sound, as well as some outcomes he wishes were different.
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Very Enlightening
- By A. Love on 03-28-26
By: Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. USMC (Ret)., and others
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An American Martyr in Persia
- The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville
- By: Reza Aslan
- Narrated by: Reza Aslan
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall66
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Performance62
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Story62
The #1 New York Times best-selling author of Zealot recounts the spellbinding tale of an unrecognized American martyr for democracy....
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Didn't plan on listening to this one...
- By Amazon Customer on 10-20-22
By: Reza Aslan
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What Iranians Want
- Women, Life, Freedom
- By: Arash Azizi
- Narrated by: Sara Bahadori
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance5
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Story5
The first major book on the uprisings in Iran in 2022 and 2023 On Tuesday 13 September 2022, all Mahsa Amini has planned is a day shopping in Tehran. Her birthday is next week. But she is arrested as she comes out of the subway—the Guidance Patrol deem her hijab inadequate. On Friday she is...
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Important book to read
- By ori ben zvi on 02-05-25
By: Arash Azizi
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Mission Iran
- Special Forces Berlin & Operation Eagle Claw, JTF 1-79
- By: James Stejskal
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance8
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Story8
On November 4, 1979, "student" supporters of the Ayatollah seized the U.S. Embassy with over sixty hostages. Although the Cold War was in full swing, the Iran hostage crisis was a watershed for the United States.
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Shoulda been a podcast
- By Amazon Customer on 12-02-25
By: James Stejskal