{"title":"Freya Stark","description":"Jane Fletcher Geniesse is a former reporter for The New York Times and the author of the biography Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark, a finalist for the 1999 PEN\/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction. Her writing has been featured in The Washington Post, New York magazine,  and Town \u0026amp; Country. She lives in Washington, D.C.","products":[{"product_id":"the-valleys-of-the-assassins-and-other-persian-travels-paperback","title":"The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eHailed as a classic upon its first publication in 1934, \u003cb\u003eThe Valleys of the Assassins\u003c\/b\u003e firmly established Freya Stark as one of her generation's most intrepid explorers. 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