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Lady Sale's Afghanistan

Author : Florentia Sale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846777325
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book Lady Sale's Afghanistan written by Florentia Sale and published by . This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hard road back to India There are few books that can truly be said to be unique, but this is one. Afghanistan has been a battleground since man has occupied its hostile landscape and others have sought to control it as the corridor between great continents. The British-conquerors of the Indian sub-continent-have found themselves fruitlessly bleeding into its dry soil on several occasions. The first was in the mid-nineteenth century as they attempted to secure an unpopular puppet ruler on its throne. Error compounded error as Elphinstone, the British army's incompetent commander, compromised his strategic position in the capital and then, to extricate himself, instigated a forced retreat in winter as hostile tribesmen pressed in on all sides. History knows that this resulted in the annihilation of the entire army. Only a handful of people survived. One of these was Lady Sale, the formidable wife of Robert Sale whose brigade was fighting its own war locked inside Jellalabad. Incredibly Lady Sale kept a daily diary of her experience of the entire appalling catastrophe. It illuminates the events of the retreat uniquely and provides an inspiring view of a woman rising to the demands of extreme adversity that has no parallels.

Lady Sale's Afghanistan

Author : Florentia Sale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846777318
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (773 download)

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Hostage

Author : Florentia Sales
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780955572968
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Hostage written by Florentia Sales and published by . This book was released on 2008-12-25 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Lady Sales' journal of disaster in Afghanistan.

The Anglo-Afghan Wars 1839–1919

Author : Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472810082
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book The Anglo-Afghan Wars 1839–1919 written by Gregory Fremont-Barnes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 19th century Britain entered into three brutal wars with Afghanistan, each one saw the British trying and failing to gain control of a warlike and impenetrable territory. The first two wars (1839–42 and 1878–81) were wars of the Great Game; the British Empire's attempts to combat growing Russian influence near India's borders. The third, fought in 1919, was an Afghan-declared holy war against British India – in which over 100,000 Afghans answered the call, and raised a force that would prove too great for the British Imperial army. Each of the three wars were plagued by military disasters, lengthy sieges and costly engagements for the British, and history has proved the Afghans a formidable foe and their country unconquerable. This book reveals the history of these three Anglo-Afghan wars, the imperial power struggles that led to conflict and the torturous experiences of the men on the ground. The book concludes with a brief overview of the background to today's conflict in Afghanistan, and sketches the historical parallels.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Author : Khaled Hosseini
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 074758589X
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book A Thousand Splendid Suns written by Khaled Hosseini and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2008-09-18 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting and powerful story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship and an indestructible love

The World is a Carpet

Author : Anna Badkhen
Publisher : Riverhead Books
ISBN 13 : 9781594488320
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book The World is a Carpet written by Anna Badkhen and published by Riverhead Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable portrait of a place and a people shaped by centuries of art, trade, and war. Badkhen first traveled to Afghanistan in 2001, as a war correspondent. She has returned many times since, and tells a story through the four seasons in which a new carpet is woven by the women and children of Oqa.

The Kite Runner

Author : Khaled Hosseini
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 140882485X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-09-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

The New Women of Afghanistan

Author : Ritchie Calder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 3 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The New Women of Afghanistan written by Ritchie Calder and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Encyclopedia

Author : Chris Scullion
Publisher : White Owl
ISBN 13 : 1526746603
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Encyclopedia written by Chris Scullion and published by White Owl. This book was released on 2021-12-08 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An exhaustive, tremendous look back at one of the most beloved consoles of all time . . . an absolutely barnstorming recollection of a wonderful era.” —Finger Guns The third book in Chris Scullion’s series of video game encyclopedias, The Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Encyclopedia is dedicated to Sega’s legendary 16-bit video game console. The book contains detailed information on every single game released for the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis in the west, as well as similarly thorough bonus sections covering every game released for its add-ons, the Mega CD and 32X. With nearly a thousand screenshots, generous helpings of bonus trivia and charmingly bad jokes, The Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Encyclopedia is the definitive guide to a legendary gaming system. “The Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Encyclopedia is a must-buy for fans of the console and a perfect addition to any retro game fan’s library.” —Goomba Stomp Magazine

We Are Afghan Women

Author : Laura Bush
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501120514
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book We Are Afghan Women written by Laura Bush and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We Are Afghan Women chronicles the lives of young and old, daughters and mothers, educated and those who are still learning. Their stories are a stark reminder that women's progress in society, business, and politics cannot be taken for granted. Many of these women face serious risks for speaking so openly, but they want the world to listen. Their words will change not only how we as Americans see Afghanistan but also how we understand the complex challenges still facing women and girls around the globe.

Where Men Win Glory

Author : Jon Krakauer
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 030738604X
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Where Men Win Glory written by Jon Krakauer and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A "gripping book about this extraordinary man who lived passionately and died unnecessarily" (USA Today) in post-9/11 Afghanistan, from the bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air. In 2002, Pat Tillman walked away from a multimillion-dollar NFL contract to join the Army and became an icon of American patriotism. When he was killed in Afghanistan two years later, a legend was born. But the real Pat Tillman was much more remarkable, and considerably more complicated than the public knew. Sent first to Iraq—a war he would openly declare was “illegal as hell” —and eventually to Afghanistan, Tillman was driven by emotionally charged, sometimes contradictory notions of duty, honor, justice, and masculine pride, and he was determined to serve his entire three-year commitment. But on April 22, 2004, his life would end in a barrage of bullets fired by his fellow soldiers. Though obvious to most of the two dozen soldiers on the scene that a ranger in Tillman’s own platoon had fired the fatal shots, the Army aggressively maneuvered to keep this information from Tillman’s family and the American public for five weeks following his death. During this time, President Bush used Tillman’s name to promote his administration’ s foreign policy. Long after Tillman’s nationally televised memorial service, the Army grudgingly notified his closest relatives that he had “probably” been killed by friendly fire while it continued to dissemble about the details of his death and who was responsible. Drawing on Tillman’s journals and letters and countless interviews with those who knew him and extensive research in Afghanistan, Jon Krakauer chronicles Tillman’s riveting, tragic odyssey in engrossing detail highlighting his remarkable character and personality while closely examining the murky, heartbreaking circumstances of his death. Infused with the power and authenticity readers have come to expect from Krakauer’s storytelling, Where Men Win Glory exposes shattering truths about men and war. This edition has been updated to reflect new developments and includes new material obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.

The Afghan Mona Lisa

Author : Anosha Roya Zereh
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483646858
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book The Afghan Mona Lisa written by Anosha Roya Zereh and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Afghan woman has been spoken for, depicted in numerous ways since the fall of the Taliban in 2011. Afghan women have been represented in the Western media, both in the television and the news broadcast copiously. They have made the Times magazine cover page, revealed in the National Geographic, and have been pronounced as victims of womans rights. Their crime simply being born in Afghanistan as a woman in an era unfavorable to their gender. I have investigated and listened to long hours of heartbreaking stories by Afghan women in numerous countries, conversed with old and young women, and read plentiful anecdotes of Afghan womens narratives around the world for over ten years. Although I cannot claim what they have experienced completely, I have exerted years of love inscribing for them their narratives, their depiction of what took place in their lives, as well as their interpretation of their struggles and daily burdens. Although they are my words, nevertheless they represent their rightful voice. While it is my pen that was used to write these poems, in every poem, in every verse, it is the fighting potency of these women. And we witness through their lens the long-suffering echoed throughout the book in their own words. I am blessed to have been favored as an unassuming envoy for their voices.

The Lady of Kabul

Author : Michael Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781673527865
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (278 download)

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Download or read book The Lady of Kabul written by Michael Scott and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A superb account of the disastrous British invasion of Afghanistan in 1841-2, told with flair and military insight, and starring the redoubtable Florentia Sale, the true hero of the campaign. A gripping read." - Professor Jane Ridley In January 1842, the British garrison of Kabul, besieged, badly led, and out of food and ammunition, began its retreat to India. In the depths of winter, through mountainous passes, the column was constantly harassed by the Afghans.Discipline collapsed and every day hundreds died from hunger and cold, or attacks by insurgents. Very few survived. It was, arguably, the biggest military disaster of the 19th century. Among the refugees was Lady Florentia Sale. During the march, Florentia and a number of others were taken hostage by an Afghan chieftain. Constantly being moved to avoid abduction attempts by rival factions and kept prisoners as a bargaining counter for future safe conduct, life was miserable. Florentia was, though, unfazed by the perils in which she found herself. Lice, fleas, earthquakes, rain, snow, lack of hygiene, glutinous mutton stew and little bedding or shelter were taken in her stride. Her captors were quite prepared to kill her and her companions if it suited them. She knew the penalties. This is the story of one of the most remarkable women of the 19th century - the true Lady of Kabul - by the author of In Love and War, Scapegoats and Royal Betrayal.

Afghanistan

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Afghanistan written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Words in the Dust

Author : Trent Reedy
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 054557806X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Words in the Dust written by Trent Reedy and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Christopher Medal and a "heart-wrenching" Al Roker's Book Club selection on the Today Show. Zulaikha hopes. She hopes for peace, now that the Taliban have been driven from Afghanistan; a good relationship with her hard stepmother; and one day even to go to school, or to have her cleft palate fixed. Zulaikha knows all will be provided for her--"Inshallah," God willing. Then she meets Meena, who offers to teach her the Afghan poetry she taught her late mother. And the Americans come to her village, promising not just new opportunities and dangers, but surgery to fix her face. These changes could mean a whole new life for Zulaikha--but can she dare to hope they'll come true?

Afghan Women

Author : Naila Hussain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Afghan Women written by Naila Hussain and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kandahar in the Nineteenth Century

Author : William B. Trousdale
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004445226
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Kandahar in the Nineteenth Century written by William B. Trousdale and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive history of Kandahar uses unpublished and fugitive sources to provide a detailed picture of the geographical layout and political, social, ethnic, religious, and economic life in Afghanistan’s second largest city throughout the nineteenth century.