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A Political History
by Hamid Reza Sadr (2006)

A comprehensive, highly readable history of Iranian cinema with its embedded and reflected social, political, cultural and economic contexts.

Film Festivals and the World They Made
by Kenneth Turan (2002)

“insider’s view” of twelve film festivals.

by Cormac McCarthy (2006)

A father and his son wander through a ravaged post-apocalyptic world, where all matter of wildlife is extinct and the rain ashen.

by Orhan Pamuk (1998)

A murder mystery in 16th century Istanbul within rich history, religion and aesthetic meditations.

by John Updike (2006)

A post-9/11 novel where a strongly-devoted Muslim boy finds himself prepared as a truck driver to deliver bomb attack.

Non-Fiction 1922-1986
by Jorge Luis Borges

A collection of more than 150 non-fiction pieces (critical essays, movie & book reviews, prologues, introductions).