"Nila: The Bleeding Garden describes the turbulent journey of an Afghan girl called Nila who suddenly has to escape her homeland during the long Afghan war. As a child refugee, she experiences the trauma of displacement during which her family struggles to survive and slowly falls apart. This collection describes first hand the loss and dysfunction caused by war and displacement in our times."-- NILA THE BLEEDING GARDEN describes the turbulent journey...

An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and...

After the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, new groups of militants arose to fill the void of the Taliban. One of these groups, the Islamic State Khorasan, is even more brutal and violent. Jason Trapp knows that unless he can stop them, the country may become a launching pad for world mayhem.

In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson was best known as a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas. He seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he was a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, once Charlie is prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people who are suffering from the effects of the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan....

When his helicopter crashes in Kunar Province in Afghanistan, Lieutenant Jamal Jenkins is cut off from the forward base where the rest of his pararescue team is under fire. Injured and captured by the Taliban, Jenkins struggles to survive while the rest of his team sets out to find and rescue him.

When Travis returns home from Afghanistan, his parents are splitting up, his brother has stolen his girlfriend and car, and he has nightmares of his best friend getting killed but when he runs into Harper, a girl who has despised him since middle school, life actually starts looking up.

"Parveen Shams, a college senior in search of a calling, feels pulled between her charismatic and mercurial anthropology professor and the comfortable but predictable Afghan-American community in her Northern California hometown. When she discovers a bestselling book called Mother Afghanistan, a memoir by humanitarian Gideon Crane that has become a bible for American engagement in the country, she is inspired. Galvanized by Crane's experience, Parveen...

"Pepper Kinst has finally found the love of her life, Marine Sergeant Braxton Kueppers. But can she overcome his commitment to duty as he voluntarily signs on for a second tour in Afghanistan--especially after a near-death experience during his first tour? Their relationship becomes fractured upon his deployment, and then a bizarre post-deployment pregnancy leaves her world in turmoil. Pepper battles unknown emotions and withdrawals of love, and compounding...