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Under the persimmon tree Under the persimmon tree Suzanne Fisher Staples During the 2001 Afghan War, the lives of Najmal, a young refugee from Kunduz, Afghanistan, and Nusrat, an American-Muslim teacher who is awaiting her huband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect at… OL115620W
Firefight Firefight Chris Ryan,Chris Ryan The latest thriller from the author of number one bestseller Strike BackFormer SAS Captain Will Jackson is a man with nothing to lose. A veteran of the most dangerous missions the Regiment could thro… OL14990377W
SEALed with a Ring SEALed with a Ring Mary Daughtridge She's got it all...except the one thing she needs mostSmart, successful businesswoman JJ Caruthers has a year to land a husband or lose the empire she's worked so hard to build. With time running out… OL15183411W
Out of the Dark Out of the Dark David Weber Extraterrestrials invade Earth. Supernatural forces fight back. OL15370296W
Something like normal Something like normal Trish Doller 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 H… OL16262998W
The Maverick Experiment The Maverick Experiment Drew Berquist "In wartime, some operation have to conduction outside the normal lines of authority. Nowhere is this more true than in modern AFghanistan, the setting for this riverting military thriller... Drawn f… OL16485415W
Hinterland Hinterland Caroline Brothers Two boys are crossing Europe. Only fourteen and eight years old, they have nothing but the clothes on their backs and a dwindling inheritance stitched into the lining of a belt. Their goal is a futur… OL16589025W
Semper fido Semper fido C. Alexander London Gus Dempsey is a newly trained dog handler in the United States Marine Corps, and when he is deployed to Afghanistan he is paired with Loki, a bomb-sniffing black Labrador with a mischievous streak. OL16600015W
And the Mountains Echoed And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini Presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another, and how choices resonate through subsequent generations. Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their … OL16804912W
When the Moon Is Low When the Moon Is Low Nadia Hashimi Mahmoud's passion for his wife Fereiba, a schoolteacher, is greater than any love she's ever known. But their happy, middle-class world—a life of education, work, and comfort—implodes when their coun… OL17621475W
Allure of deceit Allure of deceit Susan Froetschel "A young inventor and his wife die in a car bombing - leaving behind a will that surprises friends and parents by directing a vast fortune toward charities in the developing world. On the ground in A… OL17874776W
Pashtun Pashtun Ron Lealos The Company has a special secret operation planned for one of their top agents: the leaders of the Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorist groups are hiding out in Pashtun country, and they must be eliminated… OL17886375W
The Warriors (A Parson and Gold Novel) The Warriors (A Parson and Gold Novel) Tom Young ..Cracking good read!!..not only fast paced and realistic..without "unkillable" heroes..but historical informative regarding the political atmosphere at the time.I learnt a great deal about the war a… OL19330056W
The ones we trust The ones we trust Kimberly Belle When former DC journalist Abigail stumbles across a military cover-up that has emotional consequences for one family, she finds that she can trust no one and winds up facing a difficult decision. OL19711978W
Head hunters Head hunters Ryan, Chris A top-secret SAS kill team is assassinating high-value targets. It is bloody, violent, relentless work, suitable only for the Regiment's most skilled and ruthless head hunters. Like Danny Black. But … OL20849242W
The Afghans The Afghans Nadeem Akbar This novel is a fictional narration of three generations of an Afghan family, spanning from the invasion and subsequent occupation by the then superpower USSR, the coming to power of the Taliban gove… OL21207606W
Beowulf Beowulf Ronie Kendig Beowulf--a hulky, brindle-coated bullmastiff--is the only "boy" for Timbrel Hogan. And she has a history to remind her why. But when Timbrel, a handler at A Breed Apart, embarks on a mission to detec… OL21361514W
Over the rainbow Over the rainbow Paul Pickering It is September 2009, Ramadan and the eve of Afghanistan's first 'democratic' elections when young American Malone, pilot for an aid airline, does Fatima Hamza the favour of flying her out of Kabul t… OL23200089W
Parvana's Journey (The Breadwinner #2) Parvana's Journey (The Breadwinner #2) Deborah Ellis In Parvana's Journey, the Taliban still control Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins. Parvana's father has just died, and her mother, sister, and brother could be anywhere in the country. Parvana knows… OL2954212W
CIRCLE AROUND THE SUN CIRCLE AROUND THE SUN M. D. Johnson In the aftermath of 9/11, lecturer Emily Cowan, called back into government service, revisits her past. Gathering intelligence as her own search for ethnic identity unfolds, Emily returns to the grea… OL5739281W
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