About this title: The moving, inspiring memoir of Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and advocate for the oppressed, offers a vivid picture of the struggles of one woman against the system.
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Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2006-05-02
ISBN-13:9781400064700ISBN:1400064708
Description: New. This is a paperback ARC with plain cover and publisher stickers. This book is the same isbn, but is a paperback. New, unread, unused & in perfect condition with no damaged or missing pages. Great Copy. Ships Lightning Fast. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2006-05-02
ISBN-13:9781400064700ISBN:1400064708
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Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: EBURY PRESS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781846040146ISBN:1846040140
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 256 pages. Shirin ebadi is an iranian human rights lawyer and activist. she is known for defending dissident figures, and for the establishment of a number of non-profit grassroots organisations dedicated to human rights. in 2003, she became the first muslim woman, and the first iranian, to be awarded the nobel peace prize. here, she tells her story. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rider
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781846040122ISBN:1846040124
Description: Karl, Anita; Kemp, Jim (maps) Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The story of the Nobel Peace Prize winner who has almost single-handedly given both Iran and the world reason to hope for a better future. Clean, bright copy in an unclipped d/w-232 pages including index. Next post dispatch. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781400064700ISBN:1400064708
Description: New in new dust jacket. First Edition, First Print. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 232 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781400064700ISBN:1400064708
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. clean tight copy, cover and DJ show slight shelf wear, especially to corners, book would be in fine condition, but there are several pages with underlining and notes on the margins (all in pencil-can be erased) Glued binding. Paper over boards. 232 pgs., illustrations, index. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Full-Leather
Publisher: Easton Press, Norwalk, CT, USA
Date Published: 2006
Description: As New; Signed by Author. 8vo A special Limited First Edition/First Printing preceding the trade edition. This one SIGNED by author and Peace Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi. A wonderful copy in As New condition, never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; In the fall of 2000, Ebadi, one of Iran's leading reformist lawyers, represented Parastou Forouhar, whose parents, dissident intellectuals, were butchered by government assassins. In 2000, some of those involved in the murders were finally ... read more
Description: As New. Signed by Author Red leather binding with gold titles and designs; FINE condition. Silk moire endpages, all page edges gilt. SIGNED and #646 of 1, 300 printed. Also included are a 'Note from the Archives', and a Certificate of Authenticity. 232 pages. read more
Binding: Leather Bound
Publisher: Easton Press
Date Published: 2003
Description: New. EASTON PRESS: SIGNED FIRST EDITION (Limited Leather Bound Edition). Book is still in publisher's shrink wrap-never opened. Burgundy leather binding with spine and cover decorations in gilt. read more
Binding: Leather Bound
Publisher: Easton Press
Date Published: 2006
Description: Like New. #1256 Sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap, Easton Press. SIGNED limited edition numbered 1st edition. Hard Cover Full Leather. Book Condition: New. Bound in Priemium Quality Full-Leather, 22kt-gold accents on hubbed spines and moire fabric endsheets. These volumes are printed on specially milled archival-quality paper and Smyth-sewn bindings. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, New York, NY, USA
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781400064700ISBN:1400064708
Description: As New in As New dust jacket; Signed by Author. 8vo. 1400064708. A beautiful copy of this First Edition/First Printing in unread As New condition in alike dust-jacket, this copy SIGNED by author and Peace Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi directly on the title page; The biography of Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and advocate for the oppressed, whose spirit has remained strong in the face of political persecution. Also known as the lawyer of Canadian photojournalist Zara ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rider & Co
Date Published: 04/05/2006
ISBN-13:9781846040122ISBN:1846040124
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rider & Co
Date Published: 04/05/2006
ISBN-13:9781846040139ISBN:1846040132
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rider
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781846040139ISBN:1846040132
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rider
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781846040139ISBN:1846040132
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ebury Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781846040146ISBN:1846040140
Description: New. Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian human rights lawyer and activist. She is known for defending dissident figures, and for the establishment of a number of non-profit grassroots organisations dedicated to human rights. In 2003, she became the first Muslim wom... read more
"Iran Awakening was quite a book. Reads easy, she's a good storyteller. Interesting from different angles as well. Politicly informative. I didn't appreciate the significance of Obama's admission of the US role in the 1953 coup. And their mistrust of the US is pretty understandable as well.
But the story also is inciteful from her personal angle, as a woman and mother. How she backed a revolution that would destroy much of her own personal/professional life is fascinating, especially when others saw what was coming. She says she was an idiot. At the same time, she has a clear bitterness towards those who left Iran. That bitterness gets tested when the choice comes for her own daughter and she leaves. She deeply loves her homeland.
Her obvious brilliance makes a mockery of those who oppress her."
"Ebadi creatively tells her life story and makes her experiences seem personal to those reading about them. She brings alive the aspects of Iran that we have only briefly heard about on nightly news or perhaps come across in a more academic magazine. She compassion for her country is strong, unbreakable, which is at times difficult to understand considering her difficult career, family life and worries over the vulnerable."
"I got this book to try and get a better understanding of the recent history that has lead to the current events in Iran. And it was perfect. It went into enough depth to give a really solid background on the history, but it's couched in a really engaging narrative that keeps it from feeling like a textbook.
Shirin Ebadi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her work as a lawyer defending dissidents, women, and other victims of the Iranian regime. She is deeply religious and very strongly believes that Islam, properly interpreted, does not conflict with democracy and equality.
This book is a memoir of her life in Iran during events from the US-orchestrated coup-d'etat that brought the Shah to power in 1953 to the 1979 revolution and on to the present day.
In order to get the book published, she sued the US Treasury Department, causing them to revise some of their provisions regarding sanctions against Iran that prohibit American publishing houses from working with Iranian authors.
There's so much great stuff in this book. I totally recommend it."
"I agree with the critics on this one: it is a must read for any American with the slightest interest/curiosity in Middle Eastern foreign relations/politics and general human rights. I read it on Memorial Day and it made me even more grateful for the freedoms we, as a nation, seem to take for granted while other intelligent & worthy people have to literally fight for their humanity. Shirin deserved the Noble Peace Prize.. reading her memoir was enlightening & humbling."
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