The part-time vegetarian who was identified in Sally's first book, Veggiestan, has become a thing. Great swathes of the population are now eschewing meat for the best part of the week in favour of healthier, vegetable—based alternatives. The appetite for new ways to brighten your broccoli, add sparkle to your spinach and titillate your tomatillos has never been greater. Since opening her vegetarian café within her shop Persepolis, Sally has seen...

The lore of Persepolis includes the exploits of many great kings. Explore the great citadel at Persepolis with its famed flight of 111 steps leading to the Gate of All Nations, which held a set of wood and bronze doors standing 20 feet high. Learn of the spectacular stone masonry and powerful art filled with lions and mythological creatures.

An anthropological scientific study of ancient Zoroastrian Judaism, Christianity, and Islam of Semitic and nomadic Iran-with general East Asian Hindu and Buddhist philosophical, social, and religious reference to the newer Catholic order of chivalry of the Knights Templar, including genealogical cultural Mystery Cryptology of The Holy Grail -transcripted angelic or alien sightings and encounters, which become regular family traditions as heritage...

Comics veteran Andy Diggle (The Losers, Green Arrow: Year One) and artist Rubine (Voltron: Legendary Defender) continue their adaptation of the beloved science fiction franchise! Set in the nearly 30 year gap between the 6th and 7th novels, The Expanse: Babylon's Ashes and The Expanse: Persepolis Rising, the final season of the television series was not the end, and neither an unstable interstellar cold war nor emerging alien technology will compare...

Get an insider’s look at some of history’s most awe-inspiring structures in these 24 lectures presented by Professor of Classics Steven L. Tuck. As you make your way through storied sights like Persepolis, Hadrian’s Villa, Weiyang Palace, and the Palace of Montezuma II, you’ll explore the meaning of power and the ways it operated in societies across the globe.

A novella set in the hard-scrabble world of James S. A. Corey's NYT-bestselling Expanse series, Gods of Risk tells the story of Bobbie Draper following the events of Caliban's War. Now a Prime Original series. As tension between Mars and Earth mounts, and terrorism plagues the Martian city of Londres Nova, sixteen-year-old David Draper is fighting his own lonely war. A gifted chemist vying for a place at the university, David leads a secret life as...

Picking up after the final season of the acclaimed and beloved The Expanse show and filling in the missing years between The Expanse: Babylon's Ashes and The Expanse: Persepolis Rising, the hidden stories of your favorite Expanse characters are revealed for the first time! Everything comes together, tying the threads of the show and answering lingering questions that will bring readers and viewers alike far beyond the stellar horizon. In the first...

Upon his return from India, Alexander the Great travelled to the Persian royal city of Pasargadae to pay homage at the tomb of King Cyrus, founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, whom he admired greatly. Disgusted to find Cyrus' tomb desecrated and looted, the Macedonian king had the tomb guards tortured, the Persian provincial governor executed and the tomb refurbished. This episode involving Cyrus' tomb serves as one of many case studies in Alexander's...

The Persian Empire literally: Iran refers to any of a series of imperial dynasties that were centered in the region of Persia (Iran) from the 6th century BC. C., during the reign of Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Empire, until the 20th century AD. C. with the Pahlavi dynasty. In 1979, after the Iranian revolution, the Iranian monarchy was replaced by the Islamic Republic. The first dynasty of the Persian Empire was created by the Achaemenids, established...

For fans of Persepolis; An incredible true story in graphic novel form, that lays bare the tortured and triumphant history of Taiwan, an island claimed and fought over by many countries, through the life story of a man who lived through its most turbulent times. Tsai Kun-lin, an ordinary boy was born in Qingshui, Taichung in 1930s Taiwan. In part 1 Tsai, in concert with the beautiful illustrations of Chou Jian-xin, depicts a carefree childhood despite...