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Brian Hanson Appleton

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in Tokyo, Japan

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http://www.zirzameen.com

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Nonfiction, Biography, Poetry

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Rumi, Sa'adi, el Ghazali, Buddha, Shakespear, Edgar Allen Poe, Hedeyat ...more

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aka Rasool Aryadust

author speaks five languages, grew up in Greece, Italy, France and Iran. Is a lighting design professional by day and a writer and painter by night. He has written extensively for Iranian American publications both in hard copy periodicals and newspapers and on virtual media. Writing poetry has been a passion since age 11. He is an activist in human rights, women's rights, rights for physically and intellectually handicapped, polical critic and practices Buddhism and Sufiism. He was elected Phi Beta Kappa from GWU in 1972, BA Anthropology, MA Ancient History from University of Fendamental Studies Oxford Network, St Petersburg, Russian Federation and was knighted by the Sovereign Orthodox Order of St John Hospitaller of Je ...more

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	How the World Began according to the Greeks: A Children's Illustrated Guide to The Early Greek Myths by Brian Hanson Appleton (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Lily Beth Hanson Appleton 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1000 years at the bottom of a well: reflections of a soul 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from the Zirzameen it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The ocean waves never question the shore,
the sky never questions the rain clouds”
― Brian Hanson Appleton, 1000 years at the bottom of a well: reflections of a soul

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“where is the reward in aging gracefully”
― Brian Hanson Appleton, 1000 years at the bottom of a well: reflections of a soul

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“there was more truth in a falling leaf”
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