
Self-Portrait in Bloom
Niloufar Talebi - -
In the aftermath of World War II, “a new dynamism” was taking shape in Persian poetry. Award-winning translator Niloufar Talebi explains how Iranian poets were increasingly instrumental in “freeing Persian poetry from the state of decline and stagnation.” Into this backdrop emerges the poet Ahmad Shamlou in this part-memoir, part-biography, ...

The Man from Turkey
Mauro Mevlud Martino - -
THE MAN FROM TURKEY lives inside the universal village within all of us that seek to find some sort of inner bliss: for those of us that wish to walk along all the streets of all the 'New Yorks' of the world that are strewn with rubbish that lives both within and without.
As Frank and Layla search for love, for commitment in the village of ...

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
George Orwell - -
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often published as 1984, is a dystopian novel by English novelist George Orwell. It was published in 1949 as Orwell’s ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of all persons ...

Halfway to the Stars: Cable Car Tales of a Grumpy Gripman
Daniel Curzon - -
Foreword’s 2013 Book of the Year Award Finalist (https://botya.forewordreviews.com/books/halfway-to-the-stars/) "Halfway to the Stars will thrill an audience seeking entertainment untouched by editorial censors. This is stand-up comedy at its literary best, with controversial pieces included to strike the ...

















