This is a major new & definitive work by the author of Iran: Empire of the Mind. Ayatollah Khomeinis return to Tehran in February 1979 was a key moment in post-War international politics. A large well-populated & wealthy state suddenly committed itself to a quite new path: a revolution based on the supremacy of Islam & contempt for both superpowers. For over 30 years the Islamic Republic has resisted widespread condemnation sanctions & sustained attacks by Iraq in an eight-year war. Many policy-makers today share a weary wish that Iran would somehow just disappear as a problem. But with Irans continuing commitment to a nuclear programme & its reputation as a trouble-maker in Afghanistan Lebanon & elsewhere this is unlikely any time soon. The slow demise of the 2009 Green Revolution shows that Revolutionary Irans institutions are still formidable. About the author: Michael Axworthys Iran: Empire of the Mind established him as one of the worlds principal experts on this extraordinary country & in his new book Revolutionary Iran he has written the definitive history of this subject one which takes full account of Irans unique history & makes sense of events often misunderstood by outsiders. Reviews: Balances scholarly precision with narrative flair.. . Axworthy does the best job so far of describing the Iran-Iraq war.. . He revisits & convincingly reinterprets defining moments of the Islamic republic.. .[with] scholarly rigour & first-class analysis. Anyone interested in this most complex of revolutions would do well to read [this book]". (Economist). " An impressive exploration of Irans development since 1979 into an unpredictable pseudo-democracy.. .[a] calm & literate portrait of the Islamic Republic". (Guardian). " If you were to read only one book on present-day Iran you could not do better than this.. . Axworthy revokes the sound & fury of the revolution itself". (Ervand Abrahamian Times Higher Education). " Packed with gobbets of information & policy advice on how to deal with Iran". (Telegraph). "[A] meticulously fair & scholarly work.. .passages from Iranian authors little known in the west as well as references to both popular & arthouse cinema bring depth [and] richness.. .moving & vivid.. .a very fine work that deserves to be read by anyone interested in the Middle East". (Jason Burke Observer). " Axworthy is a true Iranophile learned in history & literature ancient & modern.. .[A] subtle lucid & well-proportioned history.. .his method casts theocracy in a refreshingly cold light & embosses the Islamic Republics well-established subordination of faith to power". (Spectator)." ...

THIS ORANGE INHERITANCE EDITION OF Revolutionary Road IS PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION. Books shape our lives & transform the way we see ourselves & each other. The best books are timeless & continue to be relevant generation after generation. Vintage Classics asked the winners of The Orange Prize for Fiction which books they would pass onto the next generation & why. Lionel Shriver chose Revolutionary Road. This is the story of Frank & April Wheeler a bright beautiful & talented couple whose empty suburban life is held together by the dream that greatness is only just round the corner. With heartbreaking compassion & clarity Richard Yates shows how Frank & April mortgage their hopes & ideals betraying in the end not only each other but their own best selves. I cant think of a better novel to hand on to readers growing up today than Revolutionary Road
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Hailed as a masterpiece from the moment of its first publication Revolutionary Road is the story of Frank & April Wheeler a bright young couple who are bored by the banalities of suburban life & long to be extraordinary. With heartbreaking compassion & clarity Richard Yates shows how Frank & Aprils decision to change their lives for the better leads to betrayal & tragedy. ...

The Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable near-catastrophic revolutions started by biological innovations & marked by global environmental consequences. The revolutions have certain features in common such as an increase in the complexity energy utilization & information processing capabilities of life. This book describes these revolutions showing the fundamental interdependence of the evolution of life & its non-living environment. We would not exist unless these upheavals had led eventually to 'successful' outcomes
- meaning that after each one at length a new stable world emerged. The current planet-reshaping activities of our species may be the start of another great Earth system revolution but there is no guarantee that this one will be successful. This book explains what a successful transition through it might look like if we are wise enough to steer such a course. This book places humanity in context as part of the Earth system using a new scientific synthesis to illustrate our debt to the deep past & our potential for the future.
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Join Rex Conway on a remarkable steam-hauled journey on the Eastern Region. Starting at Liverpool Street in the capital during the golden age of steam we encounter places such as Stratford Colchester Ipswich Cambridge Norwich & Peterborough with many diversions along the way. Seen here are plentiful images of engine sheds stations signal-boxes a fabulous selection of engines & railway staff going about their daily business. All the photographs featured in this book have been specially selected from Rex Conways phenomenal collection of over 65 000 images & the book is sure to appeal to railway enthusiasts far & wide. ...

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