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The Places In Between
by Rory Stewart  Publisher Comments In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan-surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied...
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The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban
by Sarah Chayes Publisher Comments As a former star reporter for NPR, Sarah Chayes developed a devoted listenership for her on-site reports on conflicts around the world. In The Punishment of Virtue, she reveals the misguided U.S. policy in Afghanistan in the wake of the defeat of the...
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times
by George Crile Publisher Comments A gripping and vibrant book soon to be released as a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts and directed by Mike Nichols, Charlie Wilson’s War was a New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times best seller when it was...
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The Bookseller of Kabul
by Asne Seierstad 
Powells.com Staff Pick In this remarkable portrait, Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad recounts with brutal honesty the day to day lives of one Afghani family persevering through life in a country beset by chaos. With the assent of the Khan family with whom she lives...
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Window on Afghanistan: Rebuilding Health, Hope and the Human Spirit
by Fred Hartman Synopsis Fred Hartman, a family physician with training in public health and infectious diseases, and his wife Mary, a nurse with a degree in Education, have dedicated their lives to providing healthcare to underserved populations throughout the world. While this...
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The Hunt for Bin Laden: Task Force Dagger
by Robin Moore Publisher Comments “As the [al-Qaida terrorists] charged one wall, three Green Berets leaned over the parapets, oblivious to the enemy small-arms fire that was cracking by their heads and shoulders. “ ‘Focus, squeeze, focus, squeeze,’ they recited...
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Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence
by Sonali Kolhatkar Publisher Comments In the years following 9/11, US policy in Afghanistan has received little scrutiny, either from the media or the public. Despite official claims of democracy and women's freedom, Afghanistan has yet to emerge from the ashes of decades-long war. Through...
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
by George Crile Publisher Comments Charlie Wilson's War was a publishing sensation and a New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times bestseller. In the early 1980s, a Houston socialite turned the attention of maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson to the ragged band of...
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Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America
by Yossef Bodansky Publisher Comments Who is Osama bin Laden—the only terrorist leader ever to have declared a holy war against America? What drives him and those he leads to hate a West that helped enrich and arm them? Bin Laden's name has been linked to a number of incidents that...
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The Taliban: Ascent to Power
by M J Gohari Publisher Comments Many hold the view that Islam discourages freedom of thought and action. This seems to be borne out by common perception which sees Muslims as fundamentalist, radical, and militant. In this book, M. J. Gohari describes the rise of a controversial...
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The Bookseller of Kabul
by Asne Seierstad Publisher Comments Two weeks after September 11th, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad went to Afghanistan to report on the conflict. In the following spring she returned to live with a bookseller and his family for several months. The Bookseller of Kabul is the...
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The Taliban: War, Religion and the New Order in Afghanistan (Politics in Contemporary Asia)
by Peter Marsden Publisher Comments The Taliban are yet another manifestation of the growth of radical Islam worldwide. This book explores what they stand for and the factors leading to their rapid rise to military and political dominance over Afghanistan. It considers the many influences...
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Bookseller of Kabul (03 Edition)
by Asne Seierstad
Powells.com Staff Pick In this remarkable portrait, Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad recounts with brutal honesty the day to day lives of one Afghani family persevering through life in a country beset by chaos. With the assent of the Khan family with whom she lives...
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Come Back To Afghanistan
by Said Hyder Akbar Publisher Comments The intimate and riveting chronicle of an extraordinarily courageous Afghan-American teenager coming of age in post-9/11 Afghanistan. Building on two acclaimed radio documentaries aired on This American Life, Hyder Akbar tells how his ordinary...
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The Other Side of the Sky: A Memoir
by Farah Ahmedi Publisher Comments When ABC News's Good Morning America asked its viewers to write essays describing true-life experiences about romance, adventure, loss, and overcoming tremendous odds, the network never imagined receiving more than twenty thousand pages of inspiring...
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Bed of Red Flowers : in Search of My Afghanistan (05 Edition)
by Nelofer Pazira Publisher Comments Written with compassion, intelligence and insight, A Bed of Red Flowers is a profoundly moving portrait of life under occupation and the unforgettable story of a family, a people and a country. "The picnic of the red flower" is a traditional time of...
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Is American Helping Afghanistan (At Issues)
by Jann Einfeld Synopsis According to scholars and commentators, Afghanistan is a proving ground for U.S. credibility with the Islamic world. In this anthology politicians and poets, warlords and women's rights activists voice their opinions on America's motives, strategy, and...
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Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan
by Ann Jones Publisher Comments A sharp and arresting people’s-eye view of real life in Afghanistan after the Taliban Soon after the bombing of Kabul ceased, award-winning journalist and women’s rights activist Ann Jones set out for the shattered...
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Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan: The Martyr Who Founded Rawa, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
by Melody Chavis Publisher Comments "A profoundly moving experience . . . a page-turner." - Los Angeles Times " 'Dare to show up . . . Dare to be present in your own time' . . . Meena is the story of a woman who did these things at great cost, in the process giving a face and voice to...
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An Afghan Journey
by Roger Willemsen Publisher Comments 'I ask a nomad boy: why do you have a green spot on the bridge of your nose? So they can find me again', he replies. 'And where do you think I come from?' 'From China.''Hello. Minister, what's your matter?' another one asks me. And I say: 'No matter...
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