Ebook: Descendants of Cyrus: travels through everyday Iran

Tehran : two tales from one city -- Tabriz : seat of a revolution -- The Caspian shore : rice and spice and other things nice -- Mashhad : shrines of all kinds -- Kermanshah : Kurdish lands and warrior kings -- Hamedan : city of the Jewish queen -- Kashan : court of the Qajars -- Abyaneh : heading for the hills -- Esfahan : bridges to everywhere -- Yazd : land of fire and ice -- Persepolis : in the shadow of an empire -- Shiraz : of senses and sensibilities.;A firsthand look at one of the least accessible and yet most politically significant countries on earth, Descendants of Cyrus taps is a beautifully written travelogue full of Iranian culture, history, and politics.