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Afghanistan

the essential guide to customs & culture
2013
A guide to the customs and culture of Afghanistan, addressing local customs and traditions; the impact of history, religion, and politics; the Afghans at home, work, and play; eating and drinking, Afghan style; business practices; and communication, spoken and unspoken.

The story of my life

an Afghan girl on the other side of the sky
2006
Farah Ahmedi, the victim of a land mine when she was just twelve years old, tells about her childhood in Afghanistan, a country trapped in war her entire life, and discusses the challenges she has faced as a result of losing her leg, and in trying to adapt to living in the United States.

One-way Trip

2014
Navy Master Chief Gil Shannon, one of America's most lethal SEAL snipers, launches his own bold mission comprised of SEAL Team Six and Delta Force fighters to free a female helicopter pilot being held and brutally mistreated by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.

In the sea there are crocodiles

2012
What would you do if, when you were ten, you were left to fend for yourself, and, in order to survive, you had to undertake a harrowing journey all the way from Afghanistan to Italy?.

Caravan

1995
A ten-year-old boy accompanies his father for the first time on a caravan trip through the mountains of Afghanistan to the city below to trade their goods at market.

El pan de la guerra

2004
After her father is arrested by the Taliban, Parvana, an eleven-year-old Afghan girl, disguises herself as a boy so that she can work and support her family.

Looking at Afghanistan

2009
An introduction to Afghanistan that provides information on the landscape, weather and seasons, people, houses, food, and culture of the country, and includes photographs and maps.

Afghanistan

a military history from Alexander the Great to the fall of the Taliban
2002
Traces the history of military conflict in Afghanistan from the time of Alexander the Great through the fall of the Taliban at the dawn of the twenty-first century.

Daughters of Afghanistan

2004
Journalist Sally Armstrong exposes the ongoing struggles of women in modern Afghanistan by following the lives of five courageous women from diverse backgrounds.

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