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"First published in 1963, James A. Michener’s gripping chronicle of the social and political landscape of Afghanistan is more relevant now than ever. Combining fact with riveting adventure and intrigue, Michener follows a military man tasked, in the years after World War II, with a dangerous assignment: finding and returning a young American woman living in Afghanistan to her distraught family after she suddenly and mysteriously disappears. A timeless...
Author
Series
Michael Parson thrillers volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When her happy middle-class life in Afghanistan is shattered by the rise of the Taliban and her husband's murder by fundamentalists, former schoolteacher Fereiba embarks on a high-risk effort to escape to England with her three children.
5) The knife
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A powerful, dark, and morally provocative debut novel about a U.S. Special Forces unit operating in Afghanistan, written by a former soldier--No Easy Day meets Redeployment.."--
6) Silent enemy
Author
Series
Michael Parson thrillers volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When the Afghan National Police training center in Kabul is attacked by jihadists, Major Michael Parson accompanies wounded soldiers on planes bound for Germany only to discover that several of the planes have been sabotaged.
7) The warriors
Author
Series
Michael Parson thrillers volume 4
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Relieved to be reassigned to a comparatively peaceful air base in Kyrgyzstan, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Parson discovers a cache of opium on the base that leads him and interpreter Sergeant Major Sophia Gold into a lethal conflict.
8) The valley
Author
Publisher
Dutton Adult
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A former Army Captain's gripping portrait of a fighting division holding a remote outpost in Afghanistan reminiscent of Apocalypse Now, The Yellow Birds, and Matterhorn There were many valleys in the mountains of Afghanistan, and most were hard places where people died hard deaths. But there was only one Valley. Black didn't even know its proper name. But he knew about the Valley. It was the farthest, and the hardest, and the worst. It lay...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2019.
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...
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