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21) Taking fire
Author
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Marine Corp Sergeant Khat Shinwari lives among the shadows of the rocky Afghani hills, a Shadow Warrior by name and by nature. She works alone, undercover and undetected--until a small team of US Navy SEALs are set upon by the Taliban...and Khat is forced to disobey orders to save their lives. Now, hidden deep in the hills with injured SEAL Michael Tarik in her care, Khat learns that he's more than just a sailor. In him, she sees something of herself...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations, color map.
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Zulviya, her sister and her cousin, her mother and her grandmother... they all belong to the loom. For generations the women of Zulviya's family have earned their living by weaving rugs by hand. The rugs are valuable and the women are proud of their beautiful handiwork. But the work is hard. It takes months to weave a rug; each one contains hundreds of thousands of knots. Before one work day has passed, Zulviya will tie thousands of...
23) The invisible
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tensions between Pakistan and India are at an all-time high. To complicate matters, twelve American climbers have disappeared in Pakistan's Hindu Kush range. As the conflict escalates, the U.S. Secretary of State's motorcade is ambushed on the outskirts of Islamabad. When her back-up team arrives, they discover a disastrous scene: dozens are dead, including seven diplomatic security agents, and the secretary of state has vanished without a trace.
In...
24) The breadwinner
Author
Series
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
170 pages : maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.
25) Long shadow
Author
Series
Shadow Squadron volume 11
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a video surfaces of a man making terrorist demands, an ex-teammate of the Shadow Squadron recognizes the man as a former SEAL, lost in an operation nine years before--but something is strange about the video, and it is up to Lieutenant Commander Ryan Cross and his team to locate and capture the apparent traitor in Afghanistan.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Deep in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, Dr. Jonathan Ransom is making amends for the violence of his past. His wife, Emma, is a ruthless double agent who used his job with Doctors Without Borders as cover to carry out clandestine missions for both Division, a shadowy American intelligence agency, and the Russian FSB. Now Emma has gone missing, rumored to be a captive of a charismatic and violent arms dealer known as Lord Balfour. Or, is her disappearance...
28) Hallowed ground
Author
Series
Publisher
Amara, an imprint of Entangled Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
381 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Josh Walker is loyal, reckless, and every girl's dream. But he only has eyes for December Howard, the girl he has yearned for since his high school hockey days. Together they have survived grief, the military, distance, and time as they've fought for stolen weekends between his post at Ft. Rucker and her schooling at Vanderbilt. Now that Josh is a medevac pilot and Ember is headed toward graduation, they're moving on--and in--together. Ember never...
29) The kite runner
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It's a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day's victory, one boy's fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after twenty years of living in America, Amir returns...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (90 pages).
Language
English
Description
Nicole came to Afghanistan to make a killer war documentary, but when the helicopter she bribed to take her closer to the enemy gets shot down she finds a lot more action than she had bargained for--and it is up to an Army Special Forces team to locate and rescue her and her cameraman.
31) Torn
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st American ed.
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Only eighteen when she is sent to Afghanistan, British army medic Elinor Nielson is continually at odds with her hardnosed bunkmate, Heidi Larson, but connects with a mysterious Afghan girl and local children, as well as an American lieutenant.
32) The edge
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
238 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello is invited to participate in an "International Peace Ascent" in the Hindu Kush, with a team made up of under-eighteen-year-old climbers from around the world--but from the first something seems wrong, so when the group is attacked, and most of the climbers are either killed or kidnapped, Peak finds himself caught up in a struggle to survive, shadowed by the Shen, a mysterious snow leopard.
33) Silent enemy
Author
Language
English
Description
"When a terrorist bombing strikes a police training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, many are killed. The wounded, including Sergeant Major Sophia Gold, are loaded onto a C-5 Galaxy bound for Germany. But after takeoff, aircraft commander Major Michael Parson receives a message: The jihadists have placed bombs on planes leaving Afghanistan--and his is one of them. They are trapped in the air: If they descend, they will die. As the aircraft deteriorates...
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Sunny is an expat in Kabul who blissfully runs a coffee shop for other Americans in the country. When Yazmina, a pregnant young woman from a nearby village, is kidnapped and later abandoned near the coffee shop, Sunny instinctively comes to her aid. Candace, a wealthy American, also pitches in, while Isabel, a journalist, chronicles Yazmina's woe. Meanwhile, Halajan, a local mother, is reeling from a forbidden love affair.
35) The opium prince
Author
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 22 cm
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...
36) Enduring freedom
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
361 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this dual-narrative tale, a teenage American army private and an Afghan boy living under the horrors of the Taliban, caught on separate sides of the world during the tumultuous times leading up to and following 9/11, come to discover how much more they have in common than they ever could have imagined" --
37) The breadwinner
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 33 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her...
38) The warriors
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lieutenant Colonel Michael Parson has seen plenty of action lately, so he's happy with his new assignment as safety officer at a Kyrgyzstan air base. It's a pretty laidback way to spend the next year. Or so he thought. On his second day, a C-27 crashes on the runway with a load of electronic gear--and opium. Recruiting his battle companion Sergeant Major Sophia Gold as interpreter, he investigates not only the crash but the source of the cargo, and...
39) Rock the Kasbah
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A music manager is on tour in Afghanistan when he discovers a talented teenager. He convinces the young girl to compete on the television show, Afghan Star.
40) The outpost
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on true events. A team of U.S. soldiers stationed at the deadliest outpost in Afghanistan is relentlessly attacked by an overwhelming force of Taliban insurgents. Their fight for survival is the ultimate display of American valor.