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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of the author's novel about Amir, a forty-year-old novelist living in the U.S., who returns to his native Afghanistan to right a terrible wrong that ended his boyhood friendship with Hassan, a member of the persecuted Hazara people.
2) Afghanistan
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Afghanistan.
3) Afghanistan
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Introduces Afghanistan, including its geography and climate, history, government, economy, people, culture, religion, language, and activities of daily life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and step-mother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Adbullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named, is everything.
Author
Series
Mitch Rapp volume 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a CIA black ops master with ties to disreputable figures in Afghanistan goes missing, Mitch Rapp is ordered to track down the missing man at all costs and finds himself enmeshed in a dangerous plot involving the interests of numerous countries.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
358 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a media titan's daughter is kidnapped in Afghanistan and offered in exchange for the freedom of a top Al Qaeda operative, covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath undertakes a dangerous mission to free the terrorist from a Kabul prison.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
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.
9) Kandahar
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An undercover CIA operative gets stuck in hostile territory in Afghanistan after his mission is exposed. Accompanied by his translator, he must fight enemy combatants as he tries to reach an extraction point in Kandahar.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about the longest war in American history by Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock, a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist"--
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Maureen's Secret School is based on a true story. After her parents are taken away by the Taliban, young Nasreen stops speaking. But as she spends time in a secret school, she slowly breaks out of her shell.
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
208 p. ;
Language
English
Description
Not since the last American troops left Vietnam have we faced such a sudden vacuum in our foreign policy—not only of authority, but also of explanations of what happened, and what the future holds.
Few analysts are better poised to address this moment than Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad, intellectuals and critics whose work spans generations and continents. Called “the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet” by the New York...
13) Afghanistan
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
209 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores three deades of human rights abuses in Afghanistan associated with the intervention of the Soviet Union in that country.
Author
Series
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
438 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Contains three novels that look at conditions in Afghanistan under the control of the Taliban through the experiences of Parvana and Shauzia, two young girls who must disguise themselves as boys in order to be able to move about freely and help their families and the people of their country.
15) Ground Zero
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Language
English
Description
The story of K-9 Marine hero Lucca, a decorated and highly skilled military working dog, and the handlers who fought alongside her through two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A Specialized Search Dog, Lucca belonged to an elite group trained to work off-leash at long distances from their handlers. She served alongside both Special Forces and regular infantry, and became so sought-after that platoons frequently requested her by name.
17) Sons of valor
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Navy SEAL Keith "Chunk" Redman has been one of the military's top doorkickers since the day he pinned on his trident: loyal, single-minded, lethal. Tasked to lead a new, covert team of Tier One SEALs--the most elite special operators in the world--Chunk can no longer simply rely on the status quo. To safeguard America, he needs help to stay a step ahead of its adversaries. Brilliant at spotting patterns in the data that others miss, ex-CIA analyst...
Author
Publisher
Molon Labe Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
248 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Betrayed" provides a detailed account of a tragic incident involving the single largest loss of life of our elite special warriors, which could have been avoided if proven warfighting principles were adhered to.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2015
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of First Lieutenant Ashley White and a groundbreaking team of female American warriors who served alongside Special Operations soldiers on the battle field in Afghanistan.