"This book traces the evolution of Russian policies toward Armenians, showing how and why the tsarist state relied on Armenians to build its empire in the Caucasus and beyond"--

"Persepolis is the story of Satrapi?s unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna, facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming?both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland....