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"Its cities are studded with gilded mosques and blue-mosaic shrines built in honour of some of history's greatest leaders; its people are generous and kind to a fault; and its terrain ranges from the ski slopes of Tehran to the sands of the Caspian Sea. Leave your preconceptions on the plane, take a copy of this expanded third edition on tour, and immerse yourself in the unfamiliar - the rewards will be rich."--Page 4 of cover.
Previous edition: published as by Patricia L. Baker and Hilary Smith. 2009.
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An engaging look at the global oil industry and how to navigate the price volatility and new policies associated with it Oil is a constantly changing industry, and with the recent BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, more changes are expected. From extra equipment, higher-cost insurance, and expensive technology to mandatory third-party inspections, costly delays, and shifting investments, analysts say the price tag of regulation will be stiff and not confined to the Gulf. The oil industry affects everyone, and the machinations of a few industry heads, the "Barbarians of Oil," can drastically change the lives of investors and consumers. In Barbarians of Oil author Sandy Franks offers the tips...
Komaroff (curator of Islamic Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art) and Carboni (curator of Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art) produced this fine catalog to accompany a major show of Ilkhanid (as the Mongol dynasty was called after conversion to Islam) art exhibited at the authors' museums in New York and Los Angeles in 2002-2003. Most of the manuscripts, metalwork, textiles, ceramics, and other finely decorated objects were created in Iran. Many objects are also included from the Yuan Dynasty in China, during which the Mongols ruled. Eight full-length essays are built around the objects of the exhibition and other works, all depicted in color. The essays describe the history, culture, courtly life, artistic exchanges, religious art, arts of the book, and creation of a new visual language. Distributed by Yale U. Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Der Iran ist ein faszinierendes Reiseziel, das während seiner jahrtausendelangen Geschichte stets ein Schmelztiegel der Zivilisationen war. Das Land besitzt neben unvergleichlichen Baudenkmälern eine verblüffende landschaftliche Vielfalt mit fruchtbaren Tälern, kargen Hochebenen und hohen Gebirgsketten. Dies alles und vor allem die gastfreundlichen Bewohner des Landes hinterlassen bei jedem Besucher unauslöschliche Eindrücke. Dieser Reiseführer stellt alle Sehenswürdigkeiten und Landschaften ausführlich vor und bietet eine fundierte Einführung in Geschichte, Kultur und Politik.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Networked Systems, NETYS 2023, held in Benguerir, Morocco, during May 22–24, 2023. The 9 full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. The scope of the conference covers all aspects related to the design and the development of these systems, including, e.g., cloud systems, formal verification, concurrent and distributed algorithms, data management, data science, parallel/concurrent/distributed programming, machine learning, multi-core architectures, networks, and security.
Un retrato del Irán actual y un viaje por la historia de Persia. Irán es y ha sido siempre un enclave fundamental en Oriente Medio. Las revueltas populares del año 2009 fueron el germen de las convulsiones que sacuden hoy al mundo árabe, prueba de que Irán sigue siendo un barómetro para Occidente. El Jardín del Fin es un recorrido por la historia de este país, un libro en el que confluyen las relevantes negociaciones geoestratégicas sobre el armamento nuclear con las anécdotas y la picaresca cotidiana de quienes tratan por todos los medios de sobrevivir a la dictadura. Ángela Rodicio, periodista y escritora, ha viajado desde el mar Caspio, en el norte, hasta el golfo Pérsico, en ...