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21) The island
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"CIA operative Dewey Andreas is America's last line of defense when terrorists take over Manhattan, targeting the U.N. and the President himself in The Island, the latest in this New York Times bestselling series by Ben Coes. America is about to face the deadliest terrorist attack on it's soil since 9/11. Iran has been planning a revenge attack for years, with three goals in mind. Bring America to its knees. Assassinate the popular U.S. President...
22) Kiss the dust
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Description
Her father's involvement with the Kurdish resistance movement in Iraq forces thirteen-year-old Tara to flee with her family over the border into Iran, where they face an unknown future.
Author
Series
Jake Conlan thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Pulled out of retirement after a career working undercover for the CIA, Jake Conlan discovers intelligence about Iran's nuclear capabilities that compels him to infiltrate a missile factory to prevent an imminent Armageddon attack on Israel.
25) Shadow command
Series
Patrick McLanahan novels volume 14
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
General Patrick McLanahan, commander of the new Aerospace Battle Force, ignores directives from the White House and Pentagon to stand down and orders the ABF to attack secret Russian bases in Iran in an attempt to thwart Russian aggression.
26) Strike force
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
High hopes about a new Iranian leader who limits Islamic theocracy and pursues harmonious relations with America and Israel are shattered when a terrorist army declares holy war on Iran's new military regime, threatening to further destabilize the MiddleEast.
28) Kiloton threat
Author
Publisher
B&H Publishing Group
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Blake Kershaw, a courageous young Special Forces officer, enters the dark world of espionage to try and stop the madness of Iranian fanatics before they bring the world to the brink of a global nuclear conflict.
Author
Series
Harvest series volume 1
Language
English
Description
The prophet Nehemiah's cousin can speak numerous languages, keep complex accounts, write on rolls of parchment and tablets of clay, and solve great mysteries. There is only one problem: she is a woman. In her early childhood years, Sarah experienced the death of her mother and her father's subsequent emotional distance and she came to two conclusions: that God does not care about her, and that her accomplishments are the measure of her worth - the...
30) Persepolis
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Français
Description
Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution.
31) Mystery bottle
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
What happens when a boy and his grandfather are separated from each other by borders, politics, and distance? The mystery bottle unites the two through an extraordinary gift. The bond of their love.
32) Seven days
Author
Publisher
TimeWorthy Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
An Israeli attack on Iran is followed by seven days of retaliation against Israel and the West. Iranian-backed terrorists pour across the U.S.-Mexican border aided by the Mexican cartel. Their targets: Jews and Jewish population centers. Now, glassy-eyed suicide bombers stalk U.S. streets...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
In Iran, more than 100 years ago, a young girl with three suitors gets permission from her father and a holy man to weave into her wedding rug a riddle to be solved by her future husband, which will ensure that he has wit to match hers.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A novel set in 1953 Tehran, against the backdrop of the Iranian Coup, about a young couple in love who are separated on the eve of their marriage, and who are reunited sixty years later, after having moved on to live independent lives in America, to discover the truth about what happened on that fateful day in the town square"--
1953, Tehran. Amidst the political upheaval of the time, Roya finds an oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri's book and stationery...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"For a woman who just wants to get her first kiss out of the way, a young rugby star her parents would never approve of seems like the perfect mismatch. But she has no idea how intoxicating one kiss can be... Soraya Nazari is ready to make her mark on the world--if only she knew what that was going to be. Caught between her strict Muslim family's expectations and her own, Soraya can't help feeling like a fish out of water as she navigates life as...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a six-year-old girl disappears and calling the police isn't an option, her desperate mother Pernilla turns to an unlikely source for help. She finds a cryptic ad online for a private investigator: "Need help, but can't contact the police?" That's where Kouplan comes in. He's an Iranian refugee living in hiding. He was forced to leave Iran after news of his and his brother's involvement with a radical newspaper hated by the regime was discovered....
39) The handler
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A disgraced ex-CIA operative must return to the field with only his ex-wife as his handler in this electrifying thriller from a former intelligence officer. A single well-placed American asset has kept Iran's secret uranium enrichment from hitting weapons-grade. For the last decade, a mild-mannered Iranian physicist has enabled a CIA hack into software controlling Iran's gas-centrifuge arrays. But now the saboteur has gone dark, off grid-and he's...