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1) Farewell, Four Waters: one aid worker's sudden escape from Afghanistan :a novel based on true events
Author
Publisher
Moody Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Physical Desc
363 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See.
In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school, and can rarely leave the house. Their only hope lies in the ancient
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IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
A moving tale of the triumph of the human spirit amidst heartbreaking tragedy, told through the eyes of a charming, impish, and wickedly observant Afghan boy
The Taliban have withdrawn from Kabul's streets, but the long shadows of their regime remain. In his short life, eleven-year-old Fawad has known more grief than most: his father and brother have been killed, his sister has been abducted, and Fawad and his mother, Mariya, must rely on the charity...
Author
Language
English
Description
Growing up on their parents' mythical stories about the opportunities of Australia, a brother and sister travel with their family from war-torn Pakistan through temporary homes in Indonesia and Nauru, before government indifference in Australia challenges their dreams.
8) Raptor 6
Author
Series
Quiet professionals volume 1
Publisher
Shiloh Run Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
351 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
11) Tali girls
Author
Publisher
Archipelago Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
381 pages ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
This powerful and intimate look at the lives, loves, horrors and dreams of girls and women in an Afghan mountain village under Taliban rule offers a vivid picture of the endless cycle of suffering but also of resilience, hope and courage.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS ON THE BESTSELLER LISTS, KHALED HOSSEINI RETURNS WITH A BEAUTIFUL, RIVETING, AND HAUNTING NOVEL OF ENORMOUS CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE.
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years — from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding — that puts the violence, fear, hope and faith of this country...
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years — from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding — that puts the violence, fear, hope and faith of this country...
13) Hawk
Author
Series
Quiet professionals volume 2
Publisher
Shiloh Run Press, an imprint of Barbour Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
363 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Raptor's communications expert, Staff Sergeant Brian Hawk Bledsoe, is struggling with his inner demons, leaving him on the verge of an other than honorable discharge. Plagued with corrupted intel, Raptor team continues to track down the terrorist playing chess with their lives. Afghan pilot Fekiria Haidary is devastated when a systems glitch on her aircraft forces a weapons launch on a safe target. And when the deadly bombing separates Hawk from the...
14) Missing persons
Author
Series
Private novels volume 16
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When a desperate businessman asks him to find his daughter and grandchildren who have disappeared without a trace, Jack Morgan, the head of Private, finds this simple missing persons case turning into something much more deadly, forcing him to face the trauma of his past to save a family's future.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
"A luminous meditation on sons and fathers, ghosts of war, and living history that moves between modern-day Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora. In playing "Metal Gear Solid V," a young man's video game experience turns into a surreal exploration on his own father's memories of war and occupation. A college student in "Hungry Ricky Daddy" starves himself in protest of Israeli violence against Palestine. Set in Kabul, "Return to Sender" follows a doctor...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A coming-of-age story about one boy's journey across contemporary Afghanistan to find and bring home the family dog, blending the grit and immediacy of voice-driven fiction like We Need New Names with the mythmaking of One Thousand and One Nights. Twelve-year-old Marwand's memories from his previous visit to Afghanistan six years ago center on his contentious relationship with Budabash, the terrifying but beloved dog who guards his extended family's...
18) The opium prince
Author
Language
English
Description
"Born to an American mother and a late Afghan war hero-turned-magnate, Daniel Sajadi has spent his life navigating a complex identity. After years in Los Angeles, he is returning home to Kabul for the first time as the head of a US foreign aid agency dedicated to staunching the growth of the poppy fields in Fever Valley that feed the world's opiate epidemic. But on the drive back to Kabul from an anniversary trip with his wife, Rebecca, Daniel hits...
19) Hard target
Author
Series
Publisher
Pamela Clare
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A life debt ... Derek Tower has spent his life at war, first as a Green Beret and then as the owner of a private military company, Cobra International Security. When a high-ranking US senator asks Cobra to protect his daughter, a midwife volunteering in Afghanistan, Derek's gut tells him to turn the senator down. The last thing he wants to do is babysit an aid worker. But Jenna isn't just another assignment. She's also the younger sister of his best...
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 10 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
In 2001, Kabul is suddenly a place of possibility as people fling off years of repressive Taliban rule. This hopeful chaos brings together American aid worker Liv Stoellner and Farida Basra, an educated Pakistani woman still adjusting to her arranged marriage to Gul, the son of an Afghan strongman whose family spent years of exile in Pakistan before returning to Kabul. Both Liv and her husband take positions at an NGO that helps Afghan women recover...
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