…Thanks to Davis’s magnificent translation, Ferdowsi and the Shahnameh live again in English.” - Michael Dirda in The Washington Post Bookworld "Divine cookbook...stunningly beautiful." - Alice Waters, Executive Chef & Owner, Chez Panisse ...Yes! at last we meet one of the greatest lyric poets in history fully alive in English." - Dana Gioia, former chairman of the NEA on "Faces of Love: Hafez & the Poets of Shiraz" Candid and revealing [offers] a wealth of insights into Iranian society and culture." - William Quandt, Foreign Affairs on "The Persian Sphinx" An engrossing chronicle of life in Persia-just-turned-Iran by Simin Daneshvar..." - USA Today on "Savushun" It is so surely told, so funny, true, and ultimately heart-rending, it's absolutely clear why My Uncle Napoleon is loved in its homeland." - The Baltimore Sun Winner of the World's Best Wine History Book for 2007" - Gourmand Prize for "From Persia to Napa" One of the most extraordinary and fascinating love narratives produced anywhere in the medieval world" - Times Literary Supplement on "Vis & Ramin" “Engaging, accessible, and well written.” - Nerina Rustomji, FIRES on "Discovering Cyrus"