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Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid
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by Qais Akbar Omar
Published Apr 2014
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by Kim Barker
Published Mar 2012
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by Mahvish Khan
Published Jun 2009
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by Khaled Hosseini
Published Nov 2008
Read ReviewsAt once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love.
by Mark Bowden
Published Mar 2007
Read ReviewsThe story of the Iran hostage crisis, Americas first battle with militant Islam.
by Jonathan Randal
Published Sep 2005
Read ReviewsHow is it possible for one middle-aged Saudi millionaire to threaten the world's only superpower? This is the question at the center of Jonathan Randal's riveting, timely account of Osama bin Laden's role in the rise of terrorism in the Middle East.
by Dan Fesperman
Published Sep 2005
Read ReviewsA burned-out war correspondent hoping for a last hurrah in Afghanistan arrives on the Afghan border just as American bombs begin falling on the ruling Taliban in this fast-paced, timely, and galvanizing novel.
by Carmen Bin Ladin
Published Jun 2005
Read ReviewsThe ex-wife of Osama Bin Ladin's older brother speaks out in this shocking, impossible to put down memoir.
by Yasmina Khadra
Published Apr 2005
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